"Good morning everyone!" Rias said to everyone. It's now the second day of our little training camp. We were currently sitting in what I think is somewhat of a living area. Rias is currently standing in front of the entire peerage with a blackboard behind her. "I hope that everyone slept well. Since yesterday was more of a physical day, I thought today we can think up some strategies to take down Phoenix."

"Strategizing? That's a first." I remarked.

"We may be devils, Raynare, but we're all not barbarians. Now, let's break down all of the team members and their abilities. Starting with their key two." She then rotates the board to the other side, showing Riser's entire peerage. She then points to the one with dark brown hair. "This is his [Queen Piece, Yubelluna. She's one of the more formidable pieces in his peerage. She specializes in setting off huge explosions around the battlefield. "Bomb Queen" Yubelluna."

"With her current strength, she can handle most middle-class and some lower high-class devils," Akeno explained further. "If we let our guard down while she's around, it'll most likely lead to immediate retirement."

"So would it be best to try and get rid of her first?" I asked.

"In theory yes, but just like in actual chess, the [Queen] always be with their [King] unless they decide to move them into battle," Rias explained. "Next person on the list…" she then points to another girl with blonde hair in drill pigtails. "...is his sister Ravel Phoenix."

"Wait, that sick bastard put his own little sister inside his own female army? Disgusting."

"Trust me, I was thinking the same thing when I first heard about this, but after some deep thought I guess it makes some kind of sense. Another member of the Immortal family can be quite problematic. Despite being weaker than Yubelluna and Riser themselves, she can still handle her own quite well."

Meanwhile in the Phoenix Territory in the Underworld.

BOOOOOMM!!!

"Is this some kind of joke to you?! Have you gone mad after Rias's pawn hit you that day?!" A rather young girl engulfed in flames was yelling at Riser, who was healing from being damaged.

"My, my Ravel. That attack did some serious damage. You see? I need that type of fire power on my team! Plus, having an actual little sister as the "Little Sister" tsundere trope also balances the entire group!" Riser explained. "Since you've already have the "Tsun" part, let's raise up that "dere" portion—"

"YOU'LL GET ABSOLUTELY NO "DERE!" She yelled before blasting Riser again…along with burning a hole in the entire east side of the mansion.

"Ok, that should wrap up everything for today's meeting." Rias said. "Dinner would be at 7 tonight, so you can choose to rest or train for the upcoming game until then."

["Yes president!"] With that, everyone was dismiss to do whatever they want to do before dinner. I'll might as well go back to bed to get some more sleep. Between the nightmare and meeting up with Lord Azazel didn't allow me to get enough of it.

"Issei, Raynare, I need the both of you to stay here with me." Rias then said. "I need to talk to the both of you. It's very important."

"Eh, the both of us?" The Boy asked.

"I'd rather not have everyone's opinion on this. This is going to be a touchy subject," she explained her reasoning. Everyone nodded their head and left the room we were all in, leaving only the three of us. Rias then looks around before taking a seat down across from us. "I'm sorry for leaving you both here, but this should be addressed before the day we go up against Riser."

"As in?" I asked.

"Your's and Issei's little "lover's spat" ." She said in finger quotations. "I want to end this bad blood between you before going any further. Not just for the sake of this battle, but for working together later on."

"Lover's spat? Oh whatever do you mean, dear President?" I asked her.

"This isn't the time to be coy, Raynare."

"Look princess, I doubt that he would want to do anything with me besides putting me in a coffin. And that's just him being nice," I said.

"Oh, I know," She said. "That's why me and Akeno had a little chat with each other before the meeting started, and we both came up with the perfect solution for the both of you."

"Really? What's that?"

"Just follow me. You too, Issei." She said as she began to walk out of the room. Issei then gets up and follows her.

"You think she'll actually have a plan for the both of us?" I asked him.

"...you know that I won't forgive you, right." He told me. "But I'm only going through this for her sake. To make sure that she doesn't get married to that bastard."

"My, my. Being a bit overprotective with your master?"

"But at least I do care about protecting someone, unlike a certain someone.." He then walks out the room.

"...arrogant little shit…"

"You want us to do what now?" I asked Rias. Her, The Boy, and I were currently standing outside in the backyard of the villa.

"You two are going to take a hike to the top of that mountain over there and back to the villa with one of you blindfolded and the other wearing earplugs," she said, pointing to a nearby mountain. "I figured that would be a simple exercise for the both of you. Just make sure to stay on the trail." She then walks up to the both of us, giving me a blind fold and giving The Boy a pair of plugs.

"Umm.. President..?" The Boy spoke up.

"Yes?"

"Is this a good idea…? What if one or both of us get lost in the mountains?" He asked her.

"Don't worry about that. This exercise should take at least two hours to get up there and back. If it takes any longer, one of my familiars would come to retrieve the missing pair," she explained. "But there will be a punishment to whoever decided to leave their partner behind, so keep that in mind."

"Wait, would it make sense for one of us to be the blind one? Why does the other one have to be deaf?" I asked her.

"It makes things more challenging. Plus, I want Issei to utilize his sixth sense more, so I've set up some magical traps," she explained. "Now, you two go on ahead. And now cheating ok?"

"I see, so that's your side of the story of getting rid of the Red-Dragon Emperor," the Devil King Sirzech said towards Azazel, holding a small glass of an alcoholic beverage. The both of them were sitting in a local bar in the human world, listening to a woman gently singing inside. Azazel would swirl his drink around before responding.

"Yeah, sadly it didn't go out as planned. But hey, if it is God's almighty plan for him to become a devil, then what's the point?" He then downs the rest of his drink before placing the cup on the table. "At least he did get founded by your sister rather than some crazy organization."

"I'm surprised that you didn't go after him first."

"Eh, I'm already fathering one of them. Really don't want to take care of both of them at the same time. I like my hair to not be falling out."

"Speaking of the other one, I've been sensing him around the area, especially around my little sister's school and the Red-Dragon's home. Are you sure you're not planning anything?"

"Don't worry, Bother Hawk. I have no plan on going to war again. I've already had a lot of unneeded blood on my hand since the last one. Too many innocent lives had gone in the crossfire and ruined because of me." Azazel was about to take another sip before he noticed that his glass was empty. "Oi Tobi, give me another one," he said towards the bartender, the latter filling his glass with more alcohol.

"That's your fourth glass there. Sure you're not overdoing it?" Sirzechs asked Azazel.

"Trust me, once you get to my age and have been through the things I've gone through, this stuff goes down like water," Azazel explained himself. "Anyways, I wish I could answer what in the world that kid is doing. He's been secretive as of late… hopefully he doesn't get his nose into anything he shouldn't…"

Author's note: Yes yes, hello hello. This story is very much still alive. In all honesty, I didn't really much care for this portion of the story since there's very little to based things off on and have thoughts on skipping this portion, but that's just seems lazy of me. But anyways, do tell me which story I should work on next or any ideas you want to see happen in the DxD world. See ya next month!