The Engineer Gamer

by Gwyndolin Crawford

The journey of a man reincarnated in highschool dxd. Doesn't like magic all that much so he makes up for his short comings, by using technology instead. This is my take on a gamer fic, and I hope you enjoy the read. I will appreciate any and all criticism/feedback on my story. I do not own highschool dxd or the gamer system, only the OC.

5. Chapter 5

(Game speaking)

[Sacred gear speaking]

"Speaking normally"

'Thoughts'

-Sign Language-

Name: Joshua Irons

Race: Half Demon (50% Increase to Diabolos' Abilities)

Title: Born Rebel (Higher chance at succeeding at crime)

LV: 53

Gender: Male

Orientation: Bisexual

HP: 15,000 (100 per minute)

MP: 2,640 (100 per minute)

Str: 166

Dex: 138

Con: 300 (50 HP per point)

Int: 210

Wis: 264 (10 MP per point)

Cha: 150

Lck: 158

Available Skill Points: 0

Currently Mythical Rank:

Engineering, Survivor, Cyber Enhanced and Alchemist.

Epic Tier:

Assassin and Bio-Engineer.

Important Notes:

Now has the stasis module as well as the Plasma Cutter and The Ripper. The stasis module has 3 charges before completely depleted but can drain his mana supply to form a charge quickly. It takes a lot of power to slow time.

As far as augments go, he has replaced all of his internal organs, except for his brain, with synthetic ones. He is also sporting nanites in his circulatory system and enhanced muscle fibers woven into his organic ones.

During this time skip Irons has gotten closer with Sirzechs, Gasper and Diabolos. Sirzechs is a close friend, Gasper and Irons talk daily and will likely meet soon, and Diabolos and Irons are brothers in all but blood.

Chapter 5: So, It Begins

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1 Day Till School Starts

"Yes, M-m-master…Right there! Mhhh, don't stop, please! Just a little more!" I just look at Kitten, 'If you would keep your voice down so I can focus, I could finish this for both of us.' She doesn't listen and continues to be loud about this. "I've never felt anything so great before! I don't want this to end! Just a little more, Master!"

After a few loud minutes later, I finish up what we're doing. "Ahhhh. Thank you, Master. That was truly amazing." I just give her a sarcastic smirk, 'If you're going to act like that every time, I'm not sure I'll be giving you another hot wax buff for a while.' God knows without my high constitution I'd be having one of those cliche anime nose bleeds. "Ahhhhh, you're no fun, Master." As she playfully pouts at me.

'Now now, don't give me that look. You know what you were doing. Now, how about a ride around town to show off your new shine?' She roars to life in excitement. "Let's go right now, Master!" I just give her a caring smile and hop on. Next thing I know we're burning rubber out of the driveway.

Always feels great to get out for a nice high speed stroll around town. Every now and then there's a new rookie cop that thinks they can catch me and Kitten. They are surely mistaken. I can even hear over their radios telling them to give up. 'All they do is just drive fast around town, so leave them be.'

I got a good laugh out of that. While we were driving I got a call from Gasper. I can count on one hand the amount of times he's called me, so it must be important. So I pick up and use my helmet to speak back to him. "Hey, Gasper. How's it going?"

He is always nervous but in a super cute way, "H-hi, Irons. I-I'm doing o-ok. I'm s-sorry if I'm bothering you." So cute, so I chuckled a little. "You are not a bother, Gasper. Not in my eyes anyways. I'll always make time for you." I heard a small squeak from his end. I'm fairly certain he is blushing up a storm. So to help him calm down I redirect the conversation.

"So, was there something you wanted to ask or just felt up to talking today?" I can hear him shuffling about a little bit before answering, "A-actually….. There is s-something I w-was told to ask y-you. Would you b-be willing to do a j-job for Rias?" I'd be lying if I said my anger didn't spike at the fact Rias went through Gasper to ask for my help.

So, after grumbling internally a bit I responded, "Well, that depends. Do you want me to help her?" Again with the shuffling, wait a minute. "Gasper, please don't tell me Rias gave you a stack of responses to my questions." This time I heard him yelp and the distinct sound of his cardboard box closing. "I'm so sorry! Please don't hate me!"

[Oh, she has fucked up this time. I know your feelings for him. This isn't going to slide. Just say the word and I'll have your back, Brother.]

I had to fight back my horns bursting out of my skull at this. So as calmly and caringly as I could manage, I spoke, "I could never hate you, Gasper. You have nothing to be sorry about. I'm about to stop by the clubroom. Would you like anything? Chocolate, soda, you know what I'll just surprise you. I'll be there soon. You don't have to leave your box either if it's too much for you."

He very shyly responded, "O-only if you want to, b-but p-please don't start a fight with Rias." I couldn't help but let out a defeated sigh. "Anything for you, Gasper. Although if she starts it, that's another story." I can hear a sigh of relief coming from him, "I understand. T-thank you. S-see you." Then the line cut out. Oh I want so badly to wring her neck out.

Using Gasper to ask a favor of me instead of being an adult and just asking me directly. Ughhhh…..'Let's head to the clubroom, Kitten. I have some business to take care of.' She changes course and we're riding towards the school. I took a quick look around the shop for something specific. There it is.

Ring of Suppression:

A small obsidian ring meant to suppress powers the wearer are incapable of controlling. Will adjust the output they can handle as they master their powers until the ring is no longer needed.

I have plenty of money so I bought it and slipped it into my inventory. They should have looked into something like this for training his power so he doesn't have to live afraid of his own shadow. Maybe I can help him more than anyone else has been able to.

Rias really is a crappy leader. Letting her peerage fester in their past until they're so rotten nothing would be able to help them. She honestly makes me sick. If it wasn't for Sirzechs being a close friend of mine, I would have put her six feet under by now. Who knows, maybe one day she'll step so far that even her brother can't save her.

A man can dream can't he. Anyways, I can see the school approaching. I pull up the driveway and park. 'You going to be good here for a little while?' "I'll be fine, Master. If I get too bored, I'll just watch some videos on my phone." I just give her a nod and head for the door.

As I approach the door I notice Koneko sitting on a bench just off to the side. Guess I can see how she's been doing. So, I approached her, "Hey, Koneko. How are you doing today?" She looked up from her phone to look at me. "Hey. I'm…..Ok." I squat down to get on her level, "If you ever need an ear, I'll listen. I know what it's like to feel alone, even when surrounded by people you know." I decided to buy something for her to cheer her up.

Everlasting Gobstopper

I pull it out of my inventory, "Here, this might help cheer you up. It's a jawbreaker that'll never get smaller or lose its flavor. An eternal candy if you will." I can see her eyes literally sparkling at the piece of candy. She swipes it out of my hand and eats it. Then shyly says, "Thank you."

I just lightly wave it off, "Don't worry about it. Just remember what I told you. Now, I could actually use your help if you wouldn't mind?" She tilts her head, "What is it?" I throw my thumb over my shoulder at the building. "I'm actually here to see Gasper and cheer him up a bit. Afterwards, unfortunately, I need to have a talk with Rias. Could you take me to his room? I don't know my way around there."

She nods and leads me inside. A few halls later and we're standing in front of a door with a lot of seals on it. She knocks on the door, "Gaspi, It's Koneko. Irons is here to see you. Can we come in?" I heard him jump into his box from this side of the door. "O-ok." She opens the door and we step in.

I can see his eyes peering at me through the hand hole in the box. I know he's nervous so I just take a seat on the floor to appear less intimidating to him. "Good morning, Gasper. Sorry to frighten you by being here." He pokes his head out of the box a little, "It's o-ok. I-I'll manage." I pulled out some candy bars and a stuffed animal bear. "Here, these are for you. I thought you might like them."

I place them next to his box and watch him slowly grab them and pull them in. "Thank you." I notice the sparkle in his eyes. He decides to slowly get out of his box and sit on his bed. He has the bear held close and is nibbling on a chocolate bar. "Feeling better now, Gasper?" He nods his head. "Good. I have one more thing for you."

I reached in my inventory and pulled out the ring. Instantly his eyes went wide. "W-w-what? We've been t-talking for a m-month. I-It's too soon for-" I couldn't help but chuckle. I move to sit on the edge of his bed and turn to him. "This isn't for that, Gasper. It's an enchanted ring. It'll suppress your power until you can control it. If you want it anyways. I know you fear your power, so I got this for you."

He is now a blushing mess at the misunderstanding. He shakily takes the ring and slips it on his ring finger. It reshapes to fit his hand. His eyes went wide again, "I…..I have control. I d-don't feel like I'm losing a b-battle." He can't help but let the tears out at this. What I didn't expect was for Gasper to lung at me and wrap me in a hug.

I was shocked for sure, but I returned the hug quickly. While still crying he asked me, "This means so much to me. What can I do to pay you back?" I moved back from him a little. "You don't owe me anything, Gasper. I wanted to do this for you. I do, however, want to ask you something."

The crying has dwindled down a bit and he has those puffy red eyes after you cry for a while. Regardless, I asked my question. "Now that you have your power under control, would you like to go on a date with me tonight?" At that he really became a blushing and stuttering mess. Couldn't really make a coherent sentence.

Then Koneko walks over and sits beside him and wraps an arm around him. "Gaspi, look at me." He manages to look her in the eyes, though barely. "Gaspi, do you like him?" He couldn't possibly blush anymore, right? He looks at me then back to her, then away from both of us as he shakes his head yes. "Irons has asked you on a date. You like him and he likes you. You should give it a try. I believe in you, Gaspi." She then gives him a big hug which he reciprocates.

He manages to get himself under control and looks back at me. "Y-yes. I-I would like that. Just, not t-too many people p-please." I reach my hand out for his, which he gives, "Of course. The last thing I would want is to cause you discomfort. Now, I need to go have a talk with Rias, and yes I remember my promise. I'll be back tonight to pick you up. Have fun while I'm gone." He is still blushing up a storm, "S-see you tonight." I turn to Koneko and ask, "Do you want to accompany me to Rias or will you stay and keep Gasper company?" Without missing a beat, "I'll stay. Got to help Gaspi prepare for his date." I give a nod and head out to find Rias upstairs.

Doesn't take but a couple minutes to head back and find the stairs. I headed up and entered without knocking. Rias is just staring daggers at me, "It's rude to just walk in without announcing yourself first, Irons." Without missing a beat I retort, "The same could be said to you about acting like a spoiled brat, Rias. I'm already on edge about you using Gasper to ask me about a job, so don't waste my time. What do you want?"

She is taken aback and just scoffs at me. "Always so rude. The job I wanted to offer is actually a challenge. I wanted you to face me and my peerage. If I win you will join my peerage, if you win you can ask for anything within my power." A smug look and air of confidence around her. 'Oh I want to kick her ass.'

[Then now is the chance. Especially without any negatives since she issued the challenge. Accept, then show her your power.]

'Well said, Brother. Just one thing to do first.' So I placed a call to Sirzechs. Only takes a couple rings for him to pick up. "Irons, so nice to hear from you. What can I do for you?" So I just lay it out for him, "Your sister has issued a challenge against me to try and get me to join her peerage. I figured I should let you know and see if maybe you would like to watch her learn a lesson or two."

He was just silent for a moment. I heard him just mumble, "Damn it, Rias. You just keep stirring up trouble." He clears his throat and speaks up, "I'll be there in ten minutes. Tell her she better be ready to accept the consequences of issuing this challenge." I just chuckle, "Will do. See you soon." Then hung up.

Rias is just staring at me waiting on my answer, "I'm waiting, Irons. What will it be?" I'm so ready for this. "I was on the phone with Sirzechs. He'll be here in a few minutes to watch our match. By the way, he told me to tell you that you better be ready to accept the consequences of issuing this challenge." Once I mentioned her brother her eyes were bugging out and steadily got worse with every word. It was hilarious.

Then she stands up and starts yelling, "Why would you get my brother involved in this! He has nothing to do with this! I issued a challenge, all you had to do is accept it so I can beat you and have you join my peerage!" She has her power of destruction crackling off her at this point. I just stood and stared at her stupidity and the utter tantrum she was throwing.

(I see why you dislike her so much. Most gamers see her as a very loving and flirtatious catch. You on the other hand see her as a spoiled brat, and you're right.)

'I always disliked her. Everything she did rubbed me the wrong way. Just gotten worse since I arrived here.' She is still just screaming and throwing insults at me. I tuned it all out as I patiently awaited Sirzechs' arrival. A few minutes later he was here. "Calm yourself, Rias!" Sirzechs is fuming at Rias. "I am so disappointed in you, Rias. To issue a challenge against a Satans' bounty hunter, is utter idiocy. Gather your peerage, now."

She was just a sputtering fool at this point. Regardless, she went to gather her whole peerage. Sirzechs turned to me, "I apologize, Irons. What did she offer in exchange when you win this?" I just shrugged my shoulders, "Her words were to offer me anything within her power. She must be pretty sure of herself." Sirzechs just palmed his forehead.

"She really is an idiot. You could ask for her life and by the rules of our society she would have to hand herself over to you. Do you have any idea as to what you would ask for?" I contemplate my options for a minute. "She doesn't really have anything I need. I'm rather self-sufficient. The only thing I could think of is a little too early to be asking that question."

He raises an eyebrow at that, "Is there a special someone in my sisters' peerage?" I nod my head, "Yeah, I'm head over heels for Gasper. We're actually supposed to go on a date tonight. I'm looking forward to it." He gives a genuine chuckle, "Glad to see you've found someone. It doesn't do too well to be alone. You are aware of his power though, right?"

"Yeah, and I've already fixed that issue. I gave him a ring that will regulate his power until he can fully control it. So, no more accidental time stops coming from him." Sirzechs just claps a hand on my shoulder. "You are always full of surprises. That was a nice thing to do for Gasper. Good to hear he will be fine from now on."

We continued with some idle chatter till Rias returned with her peerage, even Gasper. 'Oh, this bitch.' She sees me looking at Gasper and turns her nose up at me. Sirzechs notices this, "Attention everyone. Your king has issued a challenge against Irons. Should any of you decide not to fight Irons, you may sit on the sidelines with me."

Gasper was instantly by my side holding onto my arm. Then both Koneko and Kiba walked over beside Sirzechs. Rias just has a look of utter shock that any of her peerage would walk away and leave her to her fate. "Really! None of you will fight with me because it's him? We're supposed to be a family."

Koneko decides to speak her peace, "He is a good friend and makes Gaspi happy. I won't fight him." Surprisingly Kiba decided to add on himself, "And you obviously don't understand it's an unwinnable fight. Lord Sirzechs himself named him a Satans' bounty hunter." Gasper just hid behind me when Rias looked at him expecting him to say something too.

Sirzechs decided to cut in at this point, "So it's decided then. Irons versus Rias and Akeno. Should he lose, he will join your peerage. Should he win, he may ask for anything from you as payment. Now, let us head to the training ground." He snaps his finger and we all teleport outside to the grounds.

Quest Received: A Lesson to Learn

Objective: Beat Rias and Akeno

Bonus: Don't Kill Them

Rewards:

Gacha Token x2, Skill Scroll, 50,000 Yen.

Bonus Rewards:

Gacha Token x2

'So just don't kill them. Fine, I'll beat them within an inch of their life. Maybe a little less.' We take our sides of the arena. The others along with Kitten are sitting in the bleachers. Sirzechs kicks us off, "Are both sides ready?" They take their stances. I just crack my knuckles and summon my hellfire. Again my arms and legs are wreathed in blue flames with the smoke rolling off my upper back and shoulders while my adamantium horns sprout out from my helmet.

Rias and Akeno both have a look of shock. Sirzechs just smirked, "Begin!" They both start to cast their spells. I just casually start walking towards them. They start peppering me with lightning and destruction magic. It does so little damage I don't even register it. "Hahahaha! Is that the best you got? That tickles me more than anything."

They start putting more power into their assault. Now it just tingles. I decided to check my HP to really see how much they are doing to me.

HP: 14,680/15,000

Honestly this is just pathetic. Rias is getting frustrated, "Just give up and join me already!" She is so full of herself. I decided to pull the old reliable out of storage.

Old Reliable: (Improvised)

A highly customized nail gun now turned into a full-auto rifle with a 3,000 round capacity nail belt. Though improvised, it is highly maintained and will never jam. Let it rain, baby.

I shoulder my weapon and let loose a hail of hellfire nails. They quickly throw up a barrier. It does little though. Within a few seconds it is full of cracks and gaps. They drop the barrier and run separate directions trying to throw me off. I guess I'll let them think they have the upper hand. I then focus fire on Akeno.

She tries to take cover behind a nearby tree. It goes up in flames soon enough with my barrage. I see her run again, though I can make out some bleeding holes in her side and a few scorch marks. 'Guess I better switch targets before she dies of shock.'

I quickly turned around to find Rias had been charging up a big ball of her destruction magic. She sees I notice her and just smirks at me. "Give up now and I won't have to hurt you." She just has that greedy grin on her face. I hate it so much. I pulled out a little surprise for her.

Improved Pipe Bomb: (Improvised)

A pipe stuffed with high grade C4 and a remotely controlled detonator. Use with caution.

I drop a smoke bomb at my feet first to obscure her view of me. Only takes a couple seconds for my location to be completely covered. I can still see her plainly with my infrared vision. So, I toss the bomb in an upward arc to keep its trajectory hidden.

She launches the ball of destruction at me even though she isn't sure I'm still there. I pick up the empty canister from my smoke bomb and throw it at the ball to detonate it. "BOOOOMMMMM!" It went off the same time my bomb landed next to her. I didn't think twice. "BOOOMMMM!"

I love explosions. Rias was blasted back quite a ways and looked worse for wear. She'll be licking those wounds for a minute or two. The smoke screen has mostly cleared out at this point from two consecutive blast waves. "CRACK!"

HP: 14,470/15,000

I'll be honest, that staggered me for a second. Akeno hit me with a massive lightning bolt in the back. Can't be too surprised. I'm covered head to toe in metal. I'm practically a walking lightning rod. Anyways, I turn back and resume fire on the sadist queen. Akeno decides to take to the skies. Bad move. I raise my hand at her, then activate my kinesis. "Grrrr, what is this?" I take my hand and slam it down, making her crash into the ground just a few feet away from me.

She is heavily bruised, one of her wings is broken at a weird angle, bleeding from multiple new holes and covered in scorch marks. I am now standing in front of her, and she is glaring daggers at me. "What now? You going to beat on a defenseless girl?" I just chuckled, "Do you yield?" She just spits some blood at me, "Hell no." I just nod. She manages to stand up and I tell her, "Then you're not defenseless." So, I proceeded to give her a good spartan kick to the stomach.

She is sent tumbling away, easily sixty feet or so. I can plainly see her heaving for air. I turn my attention to Rias who is now crackling with energy again. "How dare you hurt Akeno like that! I'll make you pay for hurting my family!" I laughed and retorted, "If you had just left me alone, we wouldn't be in this mess. Now ready or not, I'm going to kick your ass."

So, I start sprinting at her while she is still just rapidly throwing her magic at me. As I get close, she prepares to take to the sky. "Not today bitch." I tag her with a dose of stasis. She is slowed down to a crawl, and I clear the distance. As she began to come out of it I grabbed her by the throat. "Do you yield?"

She is just wildly kicking and punching at me, "Do your worst." I got a sadistic grin under my helmet, "With pleasure." I then proceeded to repeatedly choke slam her into the hard ground. After about a minute or two she has plenty of bruises and bleeding from the head, along with her previous injuries from taking a point blank explosion.

"I'll ask again. Do you yield?" She is barely conscious at this point but she responded, "I-I-I yield." I promptly drop her on the ground and walk away. Sirzechs stands up and announces, "Rias Gremory has yielded. The winner is Irons!" I let my flames die out and return to my usual appearance.

Sirzechs comes down to meet me. "Quite the one sided power show. I knew she bit off more than she could chew. Maybe this will teach her a lesson in humility. Now, about your reward." I thought about it for a bit but couldn't think of anything at the moment. "I can't think of anything right now. How about an IOU till I need something?"

Sirzechs just nods his head in agreement, "Sounds good to me. I'll make sure my sister knows she can't worm her way out of the debt she owes you. Now, I'll take care of those two. You have a date to get ready for after all." He gave me a genuine happy smile and wink at me.

Gasper was still a nervous mess about our date. So I crouched down and gave a light hug. "Deep breaths and calm thoughts. I'll see you tonight." He returned the hug and just nodded his head, "I'll try. S-see you tonight." I patted his back a little then stood up to leave. "I'll see you guys later. Take care of yourselves."

Me and Kitten head back to the driveway. She turned back into her chopper form and we rode on home. Doesn't take us long to get back to our house. We head inside and Kitten instantly goes for a bottle of 10-W30 and chugs it. "Pretty thirsty there aren't ya. I replace enough of myself and I may be drinking the same stuff soon." She just shrugs and keeps drinking her motor oil.

Quest Completed: A Lesson to Learn

Objective: Beat Rias and Akeno (Complete)

Bonus: Don't Kill Them (Complete)

Rewards:

Gacha Token x2, Skill Scroll, 50,000 Yen.

Bonus Rewards:

Gacha Token x2

(I'll go ahead and roll you rewards for you since you're home now.)

Skill Received: Phalanx Bubble Shield (Halo)

An energy shield deployed from you that will absorb up to your maximum health in damage. Will last 20 seconds and has a 10 minute cooldown.

Skill Received: Dismembering Master

You will now find dismembering anything twice as easy now. What would have taken two shots now only needs one. Go for the limbs.

Skill Received: Dark Stasis (Destiny)

Any skill or ability that would slow a target will now coat them in stasis crystals the longer they remain slowed. Will cause darkness damage over time and eventually freeze them solid if slowed long enough.

Item Received: Raw Agreasite Crystal

A raw crystal that is used to create the evil pieces of the underworld for devils. Hold undiscovered power if you are willing to study it.

Companion Gem: Sir. P. Khan

'Serina….have I told you I love you lately, cause I really love you right now.'

(Not lately, but I know you do. Who's the greatest system around? This girl.)

'Damn right you are.' I am definitely going to have fun with the dark stasis ability. Now, it's only noon right now so I have several hours before my date tonight, but I need some nice clothes. Call me old fashioned but I want to get him some flowers as well. I want this to be memorable so I'm pulling all the stops here.

Browsing about the gamer store and I find all I need. Some dress pants and some black and orange cowboy boots with spurs. A long sleeve button up black shirt with a flame pattern on it. Decided to roll up the sleeves. Got Gasper a bouquet of pink roses that will stay fresh forever, a hairpin with a pink bow on it and a bracelet made of gold with rubies inlaid in it. I think he'll like them.

Think I've got everything I need for the night. Went ahead and made a reservation for the fanciest restaurant in town. Got an out of the way table since I know he doesn't like a lot of attention. 'Now I'm starting to get nervous. This is my crush of a lifetime and I'm actually going on a date with him.' I noticed my hands shaking a little.

(I'm sure you will do fine. He is just as excited and nervous about the date night. Just be yourself and be genuine.)

I took a few deep breaths to calm myself. 'Thanks, Serina. I needed that.' I just got a feeling of gratification from her. Decided to distract myself a little bit. I went into my garage to do some work. I gave that Agreasite crystal to my bench to process and asked it to do a thorough study of the material. It eagerly started its new job. Says it will take an undetermined amount of time. Probably because it's studying as well as processing.

I have two companion gems sitting in my inventory. I think I can manage another body around here. Do I summon Penny or this Sir. P. Khan. For some reason this Khan fellow sounds interesting. Fuck it. I pull out and crush the companion gem for Khan. The room is enveloped in a white light. After a few seconds it dies down… and I'm both confused and intrigued.

In a deeper voice than this body should be capable of, "Good evening, Sire. So, you are the one that has summoned this old knight. How may I be of assistance to you?" If I didn't have my helmet on I'd be rubbing my eyes right now. "Good evening to you as well. I just have a quick question."

"Yes sir, I am indeed a squirrel. Sir. P. Khan of the Darkwood Knights." He is indeed a squirrel. Roughly a foot and a half tall, covered head to toe/tail in plate mail armor sized for him and a sword and shield adorning his side and back. He is rather gray around the edges and oddly enough his eyes show wisdom that only comes with age.

"Thank you for clarifying that. I would still like to have you as a companion if we can come to an agreement. What would be your terms if interested?" He just stands at attention, "I am most willing to follow you, Sire. I only require food and lodging. Aside from that, I am at your command."

Most agreeable terms. "I will most certainly provide that for you. Would you like a whole room to yourself or shall I construct something more your size?" He rubs his little chin, "If you have something a little more natural, I would certainly appreciate it. A treehouse perhaps?" I give a simple nod. "I have a sturdy tree outside. I can absolutely make you a treehouse. If you will follow me."

So we head through the back door and into the backyard. There is a rather solid cherry blossom tree. "Just give me a couple hours and I'll have you a treehouse fit for a king." So I purchase all the lumber and accessories I'll provide him. I set to work when I got all I needed. This won't take me too long.

2 Hours Later

All the while me and Kahn were swapping some stories and life experiences. He is a surprisingly wise being and a damn good conversationalist. I finished the treehouse in no time and had it weather-proofed and furnished. Even has his own TV in there if he feels like it.

"Truly impressive, Sire. You have my gratitude for this most wondrous home. Is there anything that you require of me at this time?" I just shake my head, "Nah, I have a date tonight so I'll be occupied tonight. Tomorrow though me and Kitten will continue training. You are welcome to join us."

"Sounds lovely, Sire. Then I shall get accustomed to my new home and introduce myself to my new comrade. Let me know if you need anything from me." Then he scampered up the tree into his new house. I turn and head back inside. I think I'll take a shower and get ready. Probably just watch some TV and kill time until tonight.

6 Hours Later

Me and Kitten are heading towards the clubroom. Not a lot of traffic out tonight. Probably because it's Sunday. Soon enough we pull up to the building. Rias is just glaring at me through the window. I flip her off and head inside.

Koneko meets me at the door, "Hey, Irons. Gaspi is ready, he is just shy. He's in his room if you want to go get him." Without my rig to speak for me, I put my phone in my shirt pocket to speak for me. "Thank you, Koneko. I'll go meet him." She lets me pass and I walk down the halls until I'm standing in front of his door. So I knock, "It's me, Gasper. Are you ready?"

"C-come in." I open the door and take a step inside. Then I am utterly frozen by how beautiful he looks. Standing there shyly, wearing a beautiful pink mini-dress with black jeans and some black low-heels with pink socks. Has his hair tied in a ponytail with it still flowing down the sides. Absolutely beautiful.

"H-how do I look?" I think I had to close my jaw, "You are absolutely beautiful, Gasper. Nothing compares to it." He starts to blush again, "Thank you." I pull out my gifts for him. "Here, I got these for you." His eyes went wide. I can see he is happy to get some pretty gifts. "You didn't have to do this for me."

I just shook my head, "I wanted to get these for you. Seeing you smile is worth more than any amount of money." A wide genuine smile is his response. He put the flowers on his bed then went to his mirror to put on the bow and bracelet. "They're beautiful, Irons. Thank you." I just give a smile. "Are you ready to go? I got us a reservation at a high class Italian restaurant. I hope you like pasta."

He just chuckles a little, "S-sound lovely. Let's go." So we head outside arm in arm. Koneko gave him a quick hug and wished us a good night. I help him onto the back seat of the bike then take my seat. He quickly wraps his arms around me to hold on. "Ready when you are." I start up Kitten and prepare to drive out. "Ready as I'll ever be." I give him a smile and place my hand on his. Then take the handlebars and head towards the restaurant. I could not be happier about what the future might hold.