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"Speech"

Time*

Arc 3 - Chapter 2

"Hmm?" I look back to see Rias running to catch up with me. "Need something from me? Another kiss, maybe?" I grin again at Rias, whose face becomes red when reminded of losing her first kiss to me. I can say that this is one of those moments when I didn't care how forward I could be with girls or how forceful I was.

"Sh-Shut up! I don't want a kiss from someone who just kissed me out of the blue!" Rias shouted as she couldn't believe she had lost her first kiss just like that and in a manga store of all places!

"I'm Sato Daisuke, Sato being my surname. Nice to meet you." I introduce myself to Rias, then give her a small bow.

"Oh, I'm Gremory Rias, Gremory being my surname. It's nice to meet you too." Rias introduces herself out of reflex and bow her head too, then blinks a few times after realizing what she just has done. "Hey! Stop distracting me!"

"Okay, I'll stop." I lean in to kiss Rias on the lip, causing the girl to blank out for a moment. "There is the kiss you wanted."

That snaps Rias and brings out the rage deep within her. "I said I didn't want a kiss!" She was this close to attacking without caring about the outcome.

"Fine. Fine. What do you want then?" I roll my eyes at Rias, as she acts out of character from her canon's version. Then again, I bet no one dares to kiss her out of nowhere and by a stranger.

"I want to know what gave you the right to kiss me like that?!" Rias pokes Daisuke in the stomach while blushing a bit to feel how hard his stomach is, and she just barely sees those abs—making her subconscious focus on them.

"Well, for one, you didn't stop me. So I went for it, and the way you're staring at me right now." I lean even closer until I'm right next to her left ear. "I can see what you want right now." Then, I lean back and pull Rias into my arms, allowing me to feel her breasts on my chest, and I must say. I think I might stay in this world a bit just for Rias alone.

Out of nowhere, an explosion occurs nearby.

Landing on my back from the explosion usually is uncomfortable. However, this time it is 50-50, which is painful and great at the same time. Painful because Rias landed on top of me. Great, because Rias landed on top of me, and pressing her lovely breasts against me made the pain worth it.

"What the hell." I look in disbelief to find the manga store blown up. And I can say that even Rias is shocked when she turns around to see the store on fire and dead people scattered around in front of the destroyed manga shop.

"Not the manga store!" Rias cried out in absolute horror to find that one of her special places had been destroyed before her eyes.

"Forget the manga store. What the hell is that?!" I point at the thing that comes out of the manga store, where both Rias and I and anyone alive nearby see a tall, almost 6 meters in height, thin in size human skeleton on fire, with empty eye sockets, have two balls of white fires as eyes.

"Why is there a stray devil here out in the open!?" Rias look at the tall, thin human skeleton in shock. Then, she quickly got up from the ground to prepare for a fight and just remembered she wasn't alone. "Hurry and leave!" Rias said to Daisuke, not wanting to have an innocent bystander get hurt or killed by this stray devil.

"Well, seeing how you know exactly what that thing is. I guess you must be from the supernatural world." I got up from the ground, then pat my pants while quickly thinking of what I should use on this stray devil and came up with the best Magical Item to use while at the same time hiding most of my other Magical Items and abilities.

I pull out the Grimoire Weiss via hammerspace, causing Rias to look at my Magical Tome with surprise.

"This is my Grimoire Weiss. This contains most of my dangerous and powerful Spells." I briefly explain what I'm using to Rias, and I'm glad I've modified the Grimoire Weiss to replace the Magic Spell: Words to the Dragon language from Skyrim. Due to the latter being much more powerful, in my opinion. Therefore, through the Grimoire Weiss acts as the medium to use Dragon Shouts without having to meet the conditions to use them at full power. "Like this. Hi Nis Bo (You Can't Move)!"

Then, everything around me froze, including the fire itself as well. This is exactly how powerful the Dragon Shouts is without any limitations. As anything is possible if I'm not careful, but at the same time, I can do so much with the Dragon Shouts as it isn't limited to just three words. Thought, due to not truly understanding the Dragon language and being fluent in it. It became chaotic most of the time when using it. Yet, it made things interesting for me and I wasn't planning to fix this little problem using the Dragon Shouts.

Under the shocked Rias, I casually walk over to the frozen stray devil.

"Dir Us Dii Haalvut (Die Before My Touch)." I didn't have to yell out the Dragon Shouts if I didn't want to, without caring for being burnt by the flames from the stray devil due to the fire being frozen and with a single touch. The stray devil collapse into ashes. "Hi Lost Fin Suleyk Wah Bo (You Have The Power To Move)."

Rias found herself able to move again, along with everything else around her that seemed frozen, similar to time being stopped. However, everyone is still conscious of everything around them and is now resuming motion. However, that wasn't the main focus since her main focus was the person who kissed her twice, who might be a very powerful magician.

"Come on. I bet you have questions for me." I said to Rias, then walked away from the area as those still alive watched everything going on. Well, I have already put them to sleep via Chariot Requiem while Rias wasn't looking and made sure to have Chariot Requiem use the Book of the End to erase these people's memory of what just happened to something else. This includes removing the part related to Rias and me.

30 minutes later*

Rias and I arrived at a typical park with trees, ponds, and grass fields. In the middle of it lies a water fountain where it's the place where Raynare killed Issei at the end of their date.

Neither Rias nor I spoke until we found a bench to sit on.

"So, are you human or something else?" I ask Rias where I actually know she is a devil, but she doesn't know that. "For me, I'm 100% human." I grin at Rias, where I spoke the truth, but not the whole truth, as I can temporarily become a Noah. "And before you ask about my Grimoire Weiss. It's something I made myself and bound to my very soul. Something on the line of a Sacred Gear, but this is all mine. Not something the big G in the sky created." I love the priceless look on Rias' face to discover I did something many couldn't.

Though Azazel, the current Governor-General of the fallen angels and Grigori is on his way to making his own Sacred Gears, but I wasn't completely sure since the last thing I know about him related to Sacred Gear is the Down Fall Dragon Spear. An Artificial Sacred Gear with one of the Five Dragon Kings, Fafnir, sealed inside it after Azazel made a pact with him.

"I'm a devil." Rias decides to speak the truth, where she has this gut feeling that if she dares lie, then gaining Daisuke's trust will be very hard to get after this meeting. "And you made that yourself?" Rias asks in disbelief as she looks at the floating Grimoire that is just flying around Daisuke without a care in the world, nor does anyone nearby, including humans without knowledge of the supernatural world, wouldn't even so much as glance at the floating book. Making her wonder if it's Daisuke or the Grimoire itself makes others not notice the floating book's existence.

"You bet your sexy ass that I made this." I smirk at Rias, causing her to blush so easily that she didn't think I would say such a thing to her face. "Took me years, but I finally finished making it. Though, I can still improve it later on. In time, the Grimoire Weiss shall become the strongest Grimoire in existence." I gave half the truth since I know the Grimoire Weiss I have right now should already be considered the best in the Highschool DxD world. "Anyway, what is a devil like you going into a manga store of all places?" I raise an eyebrow at Rias, where I can see on her face that she is trying to come up with an excuse for why she was there in the first place.

Rias debated telling Daisuke she had just come for a friend or how she entered the store by accident, but when she glanced at Daisuke, she knew he would see through her lies with ease.

"Wait. Let me guess. I'm good at guessing from what people told me." I decide to save Rias the trouble of trying to come up with a believable excuse, even though I already know the truth from the very beginning. "At a young age, someone influences you, no, introduce you to a few products related to manga. Wait that isn't it." I keep my eyes on Rias' face to make it seem like I'm slowly getting the truth out of her just by looking at her facial expressions alone. "It isn't just manga alone. No. This person must have given you something that includes manga in it. Hmm. What is it? Ah!" I snap my fingers. "It has been everything related to Japan as manga is original from here. Therefore, you became interested in anything related to Japan."

Rias is completely speechless that some stranger manages to discover her dark secret so easily, making her suspect that Daisuke has been stalking her for some time.

"Following this statement. I roughly guess that you must be either one of the extra demons or part of the 72 Pillars and discovered the culture of Japan, leading to you falling in love with it and deciding to move here just for the culture alone, or you were born in Japan and love Japan for you were born here along with other things." I finished my fake analysis of Rias' reason for being at the manga store. "So, how close am I to the truth?"

Rias didn't say anything and just buried her red face into her hands, trying her best not to make a sound as she felt embarrassed and wanted a hole to appear in front of her, so she could jump into and hide from the world.

"I take that as a yes, then." I lean back a bit while continuing to grin at Rias. "By the way, are you single?"

"Wh-What?!" Rias snap out and look at Daisuke in disbelief, where she has an idea why he would ask this.

"Hey, do you have any idea how hard it is to find a lovely lady like you who are into mangas and anime, along with other things, instead of finding just males and decent girl, but not much." I lied through my teeth, for I have seen many good-looking women in the past who are like Rias. But, unlike them, they aren't devils, nor do they have access to magic. Well, Devil Magic, to be exact. "So, wanna be my girlfriend?" I raise an eyebrow at Rias.

"Why would I want to go out with someone like you!" Rias growled with a hint of killing intent. "You stole my first kiss! My second even!"

"Because you loved how I remade that scene for us to roleplay in, even if it didn't go exactly like in the scene, but it's close. I saw how happy you were for us to do a small roleplay, and if you're my girlfriend, then we can do lots of roleplay if that's what you desire." I lean closer to Rias near the end and look directly into her eyes. Before leaning back after a second later. "Also, to sweeten the deal. I also have ways to recreate things in the manga/anime." By that, I will the Grimoire Weiss to come closer to me for me to hold, then pull Rias closer to me until I'm hugging her with one arm as I put the Grimoire Weiss away.

Rias allow this to happen, curious if what she was just told is real or not.

"Remember how I made it so that everything is frozen in time, but really, all I did was frozen space instead?" I remind Rias of what happens back at the manga store, and I continue when Rias nods her head. "What if I tell you that I possess my own Stand?" I grin down at Rias. "Wait, I forgot. Only a fellow Stand User can see another person's Stand." I have forgotten this one little fact.

"You have a Stand?! Do you have Star Platinum?! The World?!" Rias became very excited, nor would she dismiss the idea of Stand just a joke from Daisuke. After all, she has seen him literally frozen space, as he said before. Therefore, in her opinion, the chance of Stands being real is very high.

"Why would I aim for those Stands?" I asked Rias, because, technically, I can already stop time itself, and I can do so by using the Domain Control: Elemental Manipulation - Time. Nor do I need Stand entering the Over Heaven since later on, I can also manipulate reality. Therefore, having these two Stands will give me a shortcut to Time Manipulation and Reality Warping when I can wait some time before my natural talent in Telekinesis reaches that point.

"To stop time... of course..." Rias was about to argue with Daisuke before realizing why he didn't aim for those two Stands as she just remembered Daisuke could technically bring a similar effect of stopping time. "Nevermind..."

"Ah, don't be disappointed." I rub the top of Rias' head. "If you're that curious about what Stand I have. It's Chariot Requiem." I decided to reveal only one Requiem Stand and keep Gold Experience Requiem as a secret from Rias for the time being.

Rias mumble the name of Chariot Requiem a few times to recall who this Stand belongs to and what type of Stand it is.

"Wait! Chariot Requiem, the evolved form of Silver Chariot and the Stand of Jean Pierre Poinareff?!" Rias couldn't believe someone she literally just met half an hour ago possessing such a powerful Stand, not to mention the possibility the Chariot Requiem could do! It wasn't revealed all its power in canon, but she knows enough that Chariot Requiem is a powerful Stand that could manipulate the soul itself, which many beings can't do. If that wasn't enough for her, then she can guess this Chariot Requiem belonging to Daisuke must be either the same level as canon or much more powerful due to having the time to figure out the powers of Chariot Requiem could do. This made her want Daisuke in her peerage more than ever, not because he is someone with who she could speak together about Japanese Culture. Nope. Not at all.

"Yup, that's the one. Hmm." I thought about it for a sec, then partially summoned Chariot Requiem and created a rapier in my right hand. "Can you see this?" I brought the rapier close for Rias to see, but I was disappointed by the look of confusion in Rias' eyes. So, I drag the rapier against the ground in front of me, where sparks appear, making Rias' eyes widen at this display.

Dismissing the Chariot Requiem. I lean back while continuing to hug Rias, making people nearby think Rias and I are a couple.

"Was... Was that..." Rias couldn't bring herself to speak out her thoughts. For satan's sake! She has literally been given proof that Stand is an actual thing! Well, partially, but she can tell Daisuke was holding a rapier or something sharp just a few seconds ago but was invisible before her eyes!

"The rapier that Silver Chariot usually wield and I made it so that Chariot Requiem can do the same." Of course, I wasn't going out of my way to reveal everything. Nonetheless, using Chariot Requiem as the main distraction is fine for me. Since it looks like Rias completely forgot about the Grimoire Weiss. No idea if I should be delighted by this or sad that Rias easily forgot it like it was worth nothing in her eyes. "So, about your answer to being my girlfriend." I bring this back up before Rias and I go on our separate way. Well, more like I have to find a place to stay. Because I'm getting sick of sleeping outside and back in D. Gray-Man made me realize how much I miss the modern-day bedroom with AC and comfortable bed.

"Uh..." Rias wonder why she even considered this in the first place! Not to mention, she is already being forced to be in an arranged marriage! The nerve of her parents, and suddenly, she has an idea that may or may not help her get out of her problem. Not to mention, she gets to spend with someone who has the same interests as her; well, similar interests. As well as getting to experience what having a boyfriend is like too. "Alright, I'll be your girlfriend." She decides she may as well figure a way to use Daisuke to her advantage to get out of the arranged marriage. Plus, who knows, maybe Daisuke might be her ideal guy to be as her partner. "And would you like to join my peerage?"

"Nope. I rather not be a devil nor be your servant, and before you say how you will treat me well and all that. I really don't care. Besides, I can do many things without being a devil. Also, I don't feel like being pushed into devil politics." I said dryly, causing Rias to frown.

"If you really want to make me your girlfriend and move our relationship further into the future. You know you'll still be pushed into devil politics, right?" Rias can't really fault Daisuke for not wanting to be a devil, but she is desperate a little to get out of the arranged marriage.

"That's also true." I nod at this. "What if I can give you the option to leave all that? Leave behind your past and what you have in the present for a completely different future?" I didn't outright tell Rias about my world travel, nor will I tell her how until I feel like it. "Not to mention, I have the ability to make the impossible possible as long I have the materials to make it. My Stand? It took me some time to find the right stuff to let me make the Stand-creating Arrow and now I have Chariot Requiem. My Grimoire Weiss? Require me to seek out all the things needed to make it. All this is done because I am a maker." Also, I just realized that maybe this Rias isn't entirely like her canon's version.

After all, I thought she would do random things to force me to join her peerage.

"I'll think about it." Rias knew something strange about Daisuke, odder than what her life was already due to being a devil. "And alright, I'll be your girlfriend." Rias try not to blush as she finally gets her first boyfriend, but she can feel her cheeks heating up.

"Great. Now, do you have a cellphone?" I look at Rias, who took out a pink flip phone that made me miss those smartphones now that I realize they might not be a thing in this world. Well, at this time. Nonetheless, through the usage of the Book of the End. I created a flip phone with all the data plans and whatever. With no required payment whatsoever.

It only took a minute or two before Rias and I had each other numbers. I peek a little with Chariot Requiem's help, where Rias saved my numbers as her boyfriend.

"Now that we have our way to contact each other now. How about we go on a date? Or do you have something important to do right now?" I ask Rias since it has almost been an hour since we met. No idea if people are looking for her or not.

"Well, technically, I don't. But, I got some friends waiting for me back home. How about we schedule our date for some other days?" Rias made an excuse since she honestly can't believe she got herself a boyfriend today and someone full of mystery. But, she rather not have her first date while wearing her school uniform. Rias already dreams of what her first date will be like and what clothes she will wear. "I'll call you later today when I find out what day I have free time. Right now, I should have returned home by now."

"That's fine." I lean close to Rias to give her another kiss on the lip, and once again, I can see the surprised look in her eyes that she did not expect me to kiss her again so early. "Well, later Rias." I stand up before waving Rias goodbye as I search for a nearby hotel or motel if the former isn't a thing in this town. Hopefully, it isn't run by a creature of the supernatural world. Because that would just make things a bit difficult for me. But, that won't stop me from murdering them if they cross me.

3 hours later*

"Well, that was easy." I thought out loud that it didn't take me that much effort to find a decent hotel to rent a room for a night. Then again, when money is involved. In most cases, you'll get things your way.