"Sona's Chance"

A Highschool DxD fanfiction written by Christopher'Zazel

Chapter 7 "A day with the Student Council"

Scene (Student Council Office, Kuoh Academy)

Issei was currently sitting on one of the couches within the large room that was kept at low lighting. Heavy and dark-blue curtains were drawn over the windows as candles and Edwardian era lamps filled the office. Aside from the obvious devil vibes, (which Issei was used to by now), all seemed pretty normal. Most of Sona's peerage were busy going through their contract numbers along with school projects that needed authorization. Each of the members were sitting on other pieces of furniture, all but one. Ruruko, (who looked to be in great relief as she was smiling with her eyes held shut), was sitting on a large cube of ice. The Sitri devil had her skirt held up in her hands as she sat, (presumably comfortably), on the large and square shaped chunk of ice. Deciding not to ask questions, Issei continued to finish his book report on Atlantic Squid Mating Behavior as instructed by Sona. Speaking of the devil, Sona was sitting at her large desk while going through paperwork of her own. Occasionally she would glance at Issei as she made it a point to place him on the couch closest to her desk. Issei found it odd that Momo and Reya were going to sit next to him on the large couch, only for the two girls to quickly change their minds once they received piercing glances from both Tsubaki and Sona.

After some time went by, Issei finished his book report and checked it over for mistakes while occasionally letting his eyes wander around the room and at different members. Meanwhile, Issei was able to notice Saji, (who was glancing over and over again, toward Ruruko, more so, toward her behind), he looked to be drooling a bit while fantasizing but was caught off guard the moment he felt a jab toward his stomach. Momo, (who was sitting next to Saji), had a frustrated look on her face as she made a scoffing sound the moment Saji looked back at her. Issei found this rather funny but kept his laughter held back.

Issei then looked back down at his finished report. Hoping that Sona might let him off of his leash for a bit, the teen stood up and handed Sona his homework. "This boring report about stupid squids is finished, President. So I was thinking that maybe I could…"

Sona cuts Issei off as she goes through his report with absolute scrutiny. "You call this "finished", Hyoudou? As student council president, I can't allow this half-assed attempt of a report to simply remain as it is. Hyoudou, you are in need of a serious attitude adjustment. I suspect it's those two delinquents, Motohama and Matsuda, they are a bad crowd, Hyoudou. I suggest getting your priorities straight if you plan on having a good future. Especially if you are going to be my..oh, uh, erm, ahh…" Sona caught herself at the very end. Her eyes went completely wide and all she could do was turn to Tsubaki.

Tsubaki then clears her throat to gain everyone's attention from a stuttering Sona. "Hyoudou, sit back down and redo your report to the President's standards!"

Issei then stands at attention while retrieving his homework from a flustered and blushing Sona. "Yes, Ma'am!" Issei then marches back to the couch while getting back to work.

Sona then nods at Tsubaki for the save. The queen responds with a nod of her own. Meanwhile, the rest of the peerage went back to their respective tasks.

As another half hour dragged on, Issei struggled to keep his eyes open while trying to remember the different tentacle lengths of Atlantic squids. "Stupid squids, this is stupid. D'draig, do you know anything about these dumb animals?" Issei could only hear snoring sounds in response. This made him even more tired. Slowly, Issei stopped moving his pencil and began to nod off into unconsciousness.

Sona was going over some of the final bits of paperwork as Tsubaki was looking over it one last time. Then, from the rather silent room, Issei began to make noises. To both Sona and Tsubaki's surprise, these sounds were familiar. As this continued on, the sounds gathered the attention of the rest of the peerage. Tsubaki looked at Sona and they both shrugged.

Issei then rolled over on the couch while using his arm as a pillow. The mumbling now became clear words as Issei's sleeping lips spoke. "Yuma, mmm, Raynare. Pfft mmmgh. Why does dying mmmgghhaa hurt so fucking much? Raynare, you bitch. Agh…don't touch me."

Jaws all started to drop onto the floor one by one. All Sona could think to herself was, "how did nobody ask him about this? It's so obvious." Then, the Sitri heiress took a quick glance at the members of her peerage and how they were reacting. As she assumed, they all looked to have different intensities of bewilderment written along each of their faces. They are going to have questions. She will eventually have to answer them. Sona does not keep things from her peerage. Her peerage are her family. This is how it's always been and will continue to be.

Saji then raised his hand into the air as if wanting to ask a question. Sona nods toward her pawn while using her index finger against her lips to emphasize that he uses a quiet tone.

Saji then stands up while whispering. "President, who is Raynare?"

The rest of the peerage nod in response as they would like to know the answer to Saji's question. Sona took a moment to think about what to say. She thought that Issei should be the one to tell them if he chose to. Knowing it was bad enough that she already knew about Issei's personal trauma through means that didn't involve Issei telling her himself, Sona felt she just had no right to say anything.

To Sona's surprise, Tsubaki spoke up. "Raynare is a fallen angel who is now dead. She is of no concern. Just let it be for now, Saji. That goes for the rest of you as well."

Issei then stirred a bit as the room went completely silent again. Sona then relaxed in her chair while now understanding that Tsubaki must have been awake during her conversation with the red dragon last night. Sona then wondered how her and Issei got into their, (in Sona's opinion), "errotic" situation earlier this morning. Of course, Sona did know how the entire situation played out, (as she was the one who orchestrated it), but didn't want to admit it, even to herself. Then the Sitri heiress caught herself drifting deeper into her thoughts. "I wonder if he thinks my breasts are good enough? Should I have exposed both of them instead of just one? Wait, shit, NO!"

Sona now stands suddenly as her legs smacked onto the bottom ledge of the desk which made a loud noise.

This woke Issei instantly as he then stood to his feet and at attention. Half asleep, Issei then made some kind of military salute with his tired hands as one of his eyes was still shut. "Sresident Pona, I swear, I wasn't awake! Wait, I wasn't asleep! I mean, I mean."

Issei's strange actions made a few of the peerage members begin to laugh at the awkward situation which included Saji and Momo. Sona was blushing intensely while looking very embarrassed. Tsubaki was tilting her head at her strange kohai while raising a perplexing eyebrow.

Scene (Front of Kuoh Academy, near the entrance)

Rias was being followed by a grumpy looking Akeno, an indifferent Koneko, a nervous Asia and the usual Kiba, who was acting like, well, Kiba. Rias had her eyes in all directions as she was clearly searching for something or rather, someone. To her disappointment, she was unable to find her pawn. This upset her a bit more as she was an older student which meant they didn't have any classes together. Her next shot would be the lunch bell. Usually, Issei just comes to the ORC for lunch with the rest of the peerage, but for some reason, Rias thought he might not show up this time. Therefore, lunch was going to have to double up as a non-stray devil hunt today. Rias nodded to herself and began to smile exhaustively. "I am going to make things right. I am going to make things right. I am going to make things right."

The usual routine of classes came and went. Luckily for Issei, most of Sona's peerage happened to be in his classes with him. Interestingly enough, those said peerage members now all seemed to take more interest in wanting to get to know Issei, or offer to be his study partner or solve class questions together as a group. This was something the teen wasn't really used to. As far as Motohama and Matsuda were concerned, it seemed like they were keeping their distance as Issei was now associating with the enemy. Aika Kiryuu was also keeping to herself as she closely watched the situation from a distance. As the insanely-perverted highschool girl pondered to herself, she was coming up with random scenarios as to why Issei Hyoudou was now spending time with the student council. "Maybe him and Saji are sex slaves for the council? Oh, or maybe the council are Saji and Issei's sex slaves? Oh, or maybe Saji and…"

Aside from the obvious strangeness that was today, Issei also found himself sneezing quite a few times throughout the day. To make an odd situation odder, Saji also seemed to be struggling with a bout of hay fever as well. Issei couldn't help but wonder if it had something to do with Aika, as she continued to stare at him and Saji as her glasses would begin to fog up. Issei heard she had the power to see a man's "true size" with some kind of supernatural ability. With that, and considering the stares he was getting from her, he wouldn't put -sneeze attacks- as being another ability of hers.

Scene (Lunch Hour)

As Issei was heading out toward the cafeteria to get some melon bread, he found himself alone for the first time today. Figuring that Rias and the others would be back in the ORC while having their lunches, (something yummy that Akeno probably made), Issei knew more or less that he should be free of any encounters by the lot of them. Taking a deep breath, Issei chose the school roof as a quiet place to have a quiet lunch to himself. Going to the ORC was only asking for pain in the teens opinion, not to mention, inviting himself to hangout with Sona's group was simply out of the question. He has already inconvenienced the Sitri house enough to last a lifetime so the answer was a solid no. Well then, the roof it is.

Unknown to Issei, Rias was scouting the entire campus along with her peerage. She would go as far as to ask individual students as to her pawns whereabouts. She even went so far as to ask Matsuda and Motohama, both of whom simply shrugged while not knowing. Meanwhile Issei was walking up the roof-top staircase with his melon bread in hand. After opening the weather-door, Issei was instantly dumbstruck.

Sitting on all of the outside benches were all of the members of the student council. On the farthest bench was both Sona and Tsubaki. There was a single spot left in between the two girls as Tsubaki was silently pointing at it. Sona was looking at her bento box while not giving Issei any eye contact as she couldn't contain her blush. She couldn't help herself, but the moment Issei walked through the door and onto the roof, he looked a bit depressed at first. But he instantly smiled the moment he saw her. She was sure of it. Sona was the first person Issei noticed and he smiled. It was 'that' smile. A smile that Sona decided was meant for her and only for her.

Still looking at her bento box, Sona spoke up. "Sit down, Hyoudou!" She then pulled out another bento box while turning her head toward Issei's melon bread. "And that is junk food. No wonder you fall asleep when doing something as simple as a book report."

Issei then hides the melon bread behind his back and sits down while smiling nervously. Sona then hands the bento over. Silently, the group eat their lunches. Unknown to the group, they were being watched. Floating above the peerage and Issei, was a fat-looking bat. At closer glance, this was no ordinary bat, it was indeed Rias Gremory's familiar.

Scene (ORC)

"I knew it! That slut! So that's why Serafall was with Issei last night, it was all for her sister, Sona. All so she could get my Issei into her clutches! Oh, hell no, this will not fly!" Rias was now pacing the Occult Research Room while twirling her long and red hair in a nervous action.

Meanwhile, the rest of her peerage were all standing around nervously. Akeno no longer had an angry demeanor toward her, rather she looked more concerned if anything. Asia was hoping that Issei wasn't going to leave them for Sona Sitri. Koneko was now worried just a bit, but only because she knew Issei's absence would cause her new friend, Asia, to be sad, at least, that's what she kept telling herself. Kiba on the other hand, just wanted Rias and Issei to kiss and make up so they could go back to hunting stray devils, but now that could be a problem.

Alright, two more chapters for you guys, all in one day. Phew, that took a bit out of me. Well then, what do you think so far? Is this entertaining? Please let me know in the reviews! OverlordSturm pretty much helped me along with this one by himself which I appreciate immensely. He is one of my many Discordies who write like I do. Want to hang out with us? Join my discord. Link: /wsJpYmqd