Chapter 1 - Awaken, Rias Gremory!

Kuoh Academy - Highschool DxD World - Two months before the start of canon

(General P.O.V)

In a former all-girls academy known as Kuoh Academy, one of the most popular girls in Kuoh Academy isn't having the best day today as the red-headed young woman Rias Gremory has been feeling strangely lethargic the entire day as if she's not had enough sleep.

Her friends and secretly her servants, Akeno Himejima and Koneko Toujo have been looking at her with concern on their faces as Rias is just looking more and more exhausted as the day continues. It eventually gets to the point that Akenko suggests Rias takes a nap in their club room, the club name being the Occult Research club which is more of a cover for their true nature.

For you see, Rias Gremory, Akeno Himejima, and Koneko Toujou are all Devils with the latter two being reincarnated servants belonging to Rias Gremory as part of her peerage. Eventually, Rias decides to take them up on their offer and goes to take a nap on one of the couches of the Occult Club room.

Thankfully for Rias another friend of hers and fellow Devil, Sona Sitri (Known to most of the school as simply Sona Shitori), seeing the state of her childhood friend decides to cover for her just this once.

As Rias finally reaches the club room, she is quick to take a lie down and eventually drifts off to slumber. However, what no one ever knew was that Rias Gremory is a reincarnated woman herself of a different sort as up until this very moment, the full extent of her soul had been sealed by forces far beyond even the world she lives in.

Now at long last, the time has arrived as Rias Gremory will remember her past life and as the sealed-off part of her soul is released, her clothes are soon buffeted by a shroud of flames as the shroud integrates her clothes and fuses into the Kuoh Academy Girls Uniform and lingerie that the red-headed devil is wearing at the time before any trace of the flames disappears.

It will take a full hour for Rias to awaken once more but as the soul of the young woman settles after having been unshackled at long last, a new fate for the Red-Headed Devil will emerge…

Kuoh Academy, Occult Club Room - One Hour Later

(Rias Gremory's P.O.V)

I moan softly as I wake up, wincing as I feel a headache forming as my mind is adjusting to all the new memories. "Ugh….when they said I'd fully wake up at sometime before canon, I kinda expected perhaps during childhood or something…" I said as I slowly find the headache disappearing while my mind finishes adjusting to the awakening.

It's strange really, to have Sirzechs as a brother as I can recall him doting on me since the day I was born and at the same time have memories of another life where….nevermind, I think it's best I don't think about my past life much anymore, I am Rias Gremory now anyway.

As I look down at my body and am met with a pair of incredibly large breasts, a feeling of pride and confidence fills me as I form a smirk recalling how Sona was quite jealous of my growth and I do believe she still is at that~!

I shake my head and sigh as I get up from the couch, the memories of who I was before helping to contextualize many things about my life that I never knew before. Such as the fact Izayoi Hyoudou is the Red Dragon Empress, although it is technically supposed to be a guy Issei Hyoudou instead, but due to the build I had set up before being reincarnated well…at least I don't have to deal with a rampant perv staring at my breasts all the time….even if I would think it cute in a way.

Regardless I can't help but be quite grateful to my past self as they had the foresight to give me the perfect tool to defeat Riser, one that I can feel integrated into my uniform as we speak although you wouldn't notice just by looking at it.

Although I soon find myself frowning and realizing just how….Lazy I was before fully awakening, to be fair though I was expecting to not have to deal with Riser until I was done with school so learning now that I would be fighting him a lot sooner than that is a bit of a wake-up call.

"I think it's time I did my duty as their king and tend to my peerages problems…" I say as I start to go through my past life's memories regarding my cute little servant's problems and I can't help but wince at some of the things I learn from said memories.

My Precious Queen has severe daddy issues to grossly oversimplify things, and my knight has a grudge against a holy sword of all things rather than just the guy who made the project but to be fair even knowing about it as I do now, I can't help but sympathize here.

That's nothing to say about my adorable Rook, Maou just thinking of that political nightmare with the additional context I now have is making me want to immediately call my brother and tell him what actually happened, however, I don't intend to because I just lack the proof required for all this.

Regarding my only bishop right now, I think if I ever get the chance I should look into the vampires in Romania if only to reunite my bishop with her friend. Yea I am still not getting over the fact that according to these new memories of mine, Izayoi, Yumi, Sayori, and Gasper were all supposed to be guys although cute guys if I had to be honest~

Still, I can't get ahead of myself as I really need to use the time I have before that bitch would make a move on Izayoi and go on the date that would cause Izayoi's death and of course her revival as a devil to train my abilities as fast as I can.

Mostly because I want to make sure I don't use all eight of my pawns on an admittedly hot-as-hell brunette, although if I have to I will make do with that end result. So in short I have confirmation of the red dragon empress in my own school of all places, a bishop candidate coming my way due to the machinations of Raynare, and a new laundry list of things I need to handle as the king of my peerage.

I am expressly trying to ignore the elephant in the room regarding my memories of His death and what that means for the three factions at large as I know for a fact that this particular information is way above my league and because of said fact, I have no intention of letting anyone find out about me knowing this yet if ever.

Still, I should probably let Akeno know that I'm alright now and try to resume my classes for the day, although speaking of Akeno though, I think I might just make her the first member of my retinue today if things go as planned.

I briefly glance toward where I know the shower is and feel so damn tempted to just take a long relaxing shower to put my mind off everything for a while, but I'm already absent enough as it is from class so I would rather not piss off Sona if I can help it.

With that in mind I head out of the club room and return to class, although with what I know now however I should probably keep an eye on Izayoi Hyoudou considering the sacred gear she has at her disposal if my past self's memories are correct…

Still, I should probably work on trying to reduce the cost of reincarnating her as one of my cute little pawns which means after-school training for me. While I would love to pick Sona's brain for some ideas for training, my only real trump cards are my inherent Power of Destruction and of course the Fire Shroud that I had picked out for myself in my past life, both of which I can't exactly ask Sona for help with…

That doesn't mean I can't ask her for strategies for dealing with riser though~!

Kuoh Academy - An hour later, lunch break

(Rias's P.O.V)

It's amusing how easy high school is once you've done it once before, albeit in a previous life of course. I'll have to make sure to tone it down a bit though as to not have people consider accelerating me through school because while Riser is supposed to be here in the human world in maybe a month or so my estimation of when I woke up is correct…

I have no desire to not take advantage of the time I am here at school to enjoy myself, not to mention I don't wanna draw attention to myself just yet. As for why I do want to see if there are any good candidates for pawn pieces I may have left after reincarnating Izayoi in the school itself.

Not to mention I want to make sure that Izayoi is indeed the Red Dragon Empress and that the Hyoudou family doesn't have a dead son/brother that could have been Issei which would kinda suck if it turns out the main protagonist so to speak died before things got started…

"Doing better now Rias..?" I hear from behind me, I turn around and smile as I see Akeno looking down with a small smile, I soon nod and respond by saying… "Yea, I think I was just feeling a bit under the weather today but the nap helped with that thankfully…"

Akeno smiles brightly at that and I blush faintly as while I've always considered Akeno stunningly attractive before, the memories I have now only provide further context to these….feelings I have kept buried until now.

I soon get up from my desk and start making my way back to the club, Akeno follows next to me, and before long we begin to talk as Akeno soon says… "By the way, I think Sona wants to talk to you about Izayoi and Sayori again to see if you've made your choice regarding who to bring into our group…"

I make a show of being indecisive when internally I already know who I intend to reincarnate but it's best to wait first before I announce my choice to the others, with that in mind I soon say… "Well I'll unfortunately I can't decide between the two of them yet, might see if Koneko can look into Izayoi first though…."

Akeno chuckles at my indecisiveness and nods before moving on and saying… "Well let's hope you make your choice soon Rias, I think Sona might get impatient before long~!" Akeno's words made me chuckle and smile in turn as we approach the club room itself and head inside.

Inside the club room waits both Koneko Toujou and Yumi Kiba, the two of them looking at me with relief in their eyes as I am no longer so lethargic as I seemed this morning. I smile at them as I soon say… "I'm sorry for worrying you two, I was merely feeling under the weather this morning and have thankfully gotten the rest I needed to get back to normal…"

It is Yumi who speaks up first as she soon says "I'm glad to hear that Rias, I will admit you did have us concerned that you may have come down with something bad but thankfully that's not the case…" which makes my smile more gentle and warm at that as I can't help but be thankful for having the peerage I have right now.

I will admit it is enough to tempt me to abandon my plan to slowly capture my retinue and just take them all now, but I know that if I did that I'd lose their trust and more so unfortunately I will have to wait.

"Well, you won't have to worry about me on that front anymore, now then…Koneko can I get you to do something for me..?" I ask while turning to the white-haired reincarnated devil/nekoshou hybrid who looks at me with a slight tilt of her head as she waits for me to make my request.

"Can you discreetly monitor Izayoi Hyoudou for me…?" I ask Koneko who thinks about it for a second or two before nodding and saying… "Sure, I can do that Rias..". While this may be an indirect confirmation of who I've chosen regarding my agreement between me and Sona to the rest of my peerage, it's also my way of verifying for sure what my past self had set up in their build.

It also has the added benefit of getting Koneko away from Kuoh for long enough that I can capture both my queen and my knight during the time she isn't present as while my shroud can't be sensed when inactive, I have no doubt she'd smell or sense it if I tried to capture either of the two while she was present and I would rather not attempt to explain myself mid-capture to my rook.

With that in mind and Koneko likely going to be keeping an eye on Izayoi after school, all that remains to do is to choose with of my adorable servants to bring into the fold first, Akeno or Yumi…

Well, I have until school ends to decide who I'm going for first as this will be quite the experience indeed for both me and my first retinue member-to-be. Until then though… "Akeno would be so kind as to make me a cup of tea please..?" I ask my queen, who smiles and nods pleasantly as she goes to prepare me a cup of tea while I head to look out the window of the club room building.

And as I look out the window I smile as I spot Izayoi Hyoudou with her friends in this world, Katase, Muriyama, and surprisingly Aika Kiryuu. The first three are a part of the Kendo club together while Aika is apparently a childhood friend of Izayoi in the version of this world I live in.

Although unfortunately, Universal Calibration did absolutely nothing to change how pervy Aika is compared to her original counterpart, probably some sort of karmic balance of some sort to ensure the Universal Calibrations don't go into Meta-shift territory.

Still though, at least I know the hunch I felt for so long is validated by my reawakened memories of my past self, although the question now is how do I approach her and when do I approach her.

While I have already decided that I want to train myself and my peerage once I finished binding them all, I have yet to figure out exactly how much of Izayoi's canon pawn cost do I want to reduce it to.

Preferably I would like it so that it would be at least slashed in half, but who knows if I'll be able to train hard enough before the canon events of my world start to occur so perhaps I may wait until I have confirmation of Raynare approaching Izayoi before trying to bring her into my peerage.

I hide a wince as my mind is assaulted with her canon self's dying corpse at a park near the fountain, finding myself resolving to not let things get that bad as it kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth to even think of allowing her to die to such a terrible thing as a betrayal.

Suddenly I am broken out of my musing as I turn to see Akeno having placed her tea set on the table between the set of three couches and I smile before taking a seat on one of the couches.

"Thank you Akeno!" I say warmly as I take small, careful sips of the hot tea before me, my stomach warming up noticeably as I continue to take more sips of the tea. Right as I finish my tea though, I check the clock and realize lunch break is nearly over…

I can't help but grumble internally at that as it means I'll have to sort out lunch after school, well I could probably cook myself something once I'm done capturing either Akeno or Yumi even without faerie feast perk~

As I get up to return to class, I briefly consider trying to grab the company phone from the pocket space but I can't exactly explain that away as Gremory family magic due to a lack of a magical circle so I'll have to wait until I've got a moment to myself.

Although part of me does worry if the fact that Izayoi is in the kendo club in this time-line will affect her piece requirement to the point that the earlier eight pawn assessment is off even now, which would leave me with only one option which would be to bind her through the shroud and wait to reincarnate her until later.

It would be a pain but I can probably figure something out if it ends up working out like that, either way, I have to account for her canon presence in my peerage somehow. As I walk out of the club building I briefly glance back at Akeno walking behind me though, I recall the fact that my dear queen is a total S&M…

In the end, I think my choice of first capture isn't actually a choice at all~!

Kuoh Academy - After School

(General P.O.V)

As school winds down for the day, Koneko has gone on her mission to monitor Izayoi for the afternoon while Rias has Yumi do some Devil Contracts to give her time alone with Akeno. With none of the three the wiser to Rias's plan, the young pureblooded devil smiles as she has Akeno sit next to her to discuss Izayoi's potential inclusion into her peerage.

"So Akeno, considering I have got Koneko keeping an eye on Izayoi Hyoudou, I can assume you know what I intend to do with her correct…?" Rias asks Akeno as the Ravenette smiles and nods before she soon says… "Of course, you probably intend to offer her a spot in your peerage, perhaps as a knight considering her Kendo background…"

Rias gives an amused chuckle as she soon says… "I suppose that would be a good piece for her but I'm more curious as to what your thoughts are regarding Izayoi herself…." As Akeno hums in thought to herself she soon decides to say…

"I think she'd be like a little sister to our group that we can dote and introduce to all the aspects of Devilhood…" Akeno has a slight sensual smile on her face as Rias can already see her having slight fantasies of her attending to Izayoi in an S&M sort of way…

Rias places a hand on Akeno's shoulder before she soon says… "Calm down Akeno, don't get caught up in your…habits when she has yet to even be given the offer yet" Hearing that Akeno does calm herself as she closes her eyes to put a lid on her fantasies…

It is at that exact moment that Akeno has her eyes closed that Rias sets her plan into motion, as without warning Rias's Kuoh Uniform is covered in an intense cloak of flames that briefly catches Akeno off guard before that same cloak of flames jumps out and covers the shocked Ravenette in a cocoon of flames…

WARNING - LEMON AHEAD

Akeno struggles to try and throw the flames off of her but much to her surprise she feels the flames turn into an orange liquid that she quickly realizes is magma that has been made into tentacles by the cocoon of flames.

Those same magma tentacles suddenly begin to surge into her mouth and ass as four more similar tentacles restrain a limb each, all of them incredibly hot but not to the point of burning as she had expected.

As she struggles against the incredibly hot magma-like tentacles she can hear Rias giggling near her as she says… "Oh Akeno, doesn't this feel good to you, after all, I know you're quite into this sort of sexual fantasy~!"

Akeno's eyes widen as she realizes that the cocoon and the flames all came from Rias as she tries to comprehend what is going on. But the Magma tentacles don't let her focus her mind much as soon enough another magma tentacle appears from the flame and begins to rub against her nethers, the heat from it making the Queen of Rias whimper as her resolve begins to crumble.

As if sensing her waning resistance, the Magma Tentacles thrusting into her mouth and ass begin to pick up the pace as Akeno can feel the one at her nethers tenderly move aside her lingerie before thrusting into her depths, making the Ravenette throw her head back in the cocoon as she begins to moan with pleasure, the intense heat adding to the pleasure she feels in that moment.

Meanwhile, Rias outside of the cocoon is firmly resisting the urge to masturbate to the sound of her own queen being fucked by her own shroud, knowing that there will be time for that later when she and Akeno can have some alone time.

"That's it Akeno, just submit to my shroud and let yourself become bound to me in an entirely new way~!" Rias says with a sensual smile as she listens to the moans and cries of her precious queen.

Back inside the Cocoon, the magma tentacles are working over Akeno's mouth, nethers, and ass and thrusting in and out with piston-like speed as the reincarnated devil's pleasure begins to grow closer and closer to a resounding climax.

Akeno tries desperately to hold herself back to get as much pleasure as she can handle before the inevitable occurs as she can feel the power of the shroud filling her more and more with the extension of Rias's will.

Unfortunately or fortunately depending on who you ask at that moment, Akeno finally is forced to orgasm and lets out a loud muffled moan as her pleasure peaks at long last. Even as Akeno is coming down from her orgasmic high the magma tentacles don't stop fucking her until their job is done…

LEMON END

(P.O.V Shift - Rias)

I smile as I watch the shroud cocoon finally begin to glow faintly as I feel a connection beyond the Evil Piece within Akeno be formed as my fire shroud returns to me while Akeno is now wearing a bright red shroud of her own over her Kuoh Academy Uniform.

"Now how was that my dear queen~?" I ask Akeno with a sultry, teasing smile as I gently use my fingers to tilt her head up to look me in the eyes. I can see a supremely satisfied and flushed look on her face as she seems out of breath for a few moments before she says…

"T-that was…a-mazing Mistress Rias~!" Her words make me smile demurely and put a single finger on her lips before I say… "Ah Ah, none of that mistress stuff, you're family to me so just call me Rias like usual, ok~?"

Akeno gives a shaky nod as she's still trying to recover from her earlier orgasmic high as I pull my hands away with a victorious smirk on my face. And with neither Koneko nor Yumi to catch me right now, I decide to check on my company phone at long last, and as expected, Akeno's capture has gone through…

Perfect, that's a grand total of 39 credits at my disposal now as my past self left me with just 9 credits before finalizing the build. Now then, with the full extent of my build now at my fingertips I briefly consider giving myself or Akeno a template but decide to leave it for now as I want to wait until I have all the members of my peerage captured before I consider messing with that.

I am briefly broken out of my focus on the company phone by Akeno who has turned her basic shroud into her Uniform to keep it hidden from sight, something I am glad she has done since well, it wouldn't be easy explaining where the semi-sentient cape came from after all.

While I am tempted to try and capture Yumi and Koneko both today, I decided to wait as I want to be able to give them my personal attention when the time comes. It's just before I decide to put the company phone away back in the pocket space however that I notice a small text message from an unknown number and sender.

When I go to check said text, I have to resist giggling in amusement as I finally have a time frame for when canon is supposed to start from the company itself. "Well then Akeno, it seems that you and I will be quite busy for the next two months, I plan to finally start training after all and I do hope you'll join me~" I say as I see Akeno stand up as she comes to grip with what just happened.

"Of course Rias, although I do hope that you might have me go through that again some time~" Akeno says as I look at her with both a slightly shocked expression as well as a blush on my face before I chuckle softly at Akeno's antics.

"I'll see what I can do Akeno, but for now please keep this a secret from Yumi and Koneko as I want to have the pleasure of bringing them both into this one by one~" I say as Akeno nods in understanding, my raven-haired friend and queen all too eager to see how the others will react…

Either way, two months should hopefully be plenty of time to get myself strong enough to easily deal with Riser and integrate Izayoi into my peerage.

I just can't wait to get started~!

Author's Notes

Hey everyone, this is my newest Waifu Catalog Story and what's more, it's my first with a substitution build rather than my usual possession builds.

So let me just address a possible concern here, no this story is not replacing Sentient Wrath as it will be joining it on a monthly basis, however, unlike Sentient Wrath or my other stories, it will have no designated release day for chapters.

Meaning that I'll be able to be more flexible with when I can release chapters of this story compared to my other series as well as not have to worry about meeting a particular day's deadline for this story.

With that out of the way though, instead of the usual plot point discussion that I tend to do with my stories, I think this time I will briefly bring up something that those of you who have read A Golden Goddess will no doubt have picked up on.

Yes, I am reusing the characters of Izayoi, Yumi, and Sayori in a way from that story but unlike in A Golden Goddess where they were gender-bent during the story arc involving High School DxD, here it's a consequence of Universal Calibrations.

Anyway for now there is not much else to say, except for one thing of course.

With every capture there will be a shroud lemon involved so keep that in mind!

Now then, Next time on Devilflare Princess: Highschool Days, first attempts at training and Talks with Sona.

See you all when I see you next time, Hopefully within the same month!