"Sona's Chance"
A Highschool DxD fanfiction written by Christopher'Zazel
Chapter 8 "I'll Be Here"
Scene (Kuoh Academy)
After the lunch hour, the rest of the day went pretty normal for Issei, (aside from his interactions with the student council throughout each class). It was finally the lesson of the day, Issei's "favorite, History Class. Once the boring hour was over with, the instructor had the students hand in their reports. Issei was hoping that all of his forced and torturous work would pay out in a good grade. Once he was on his way out of the class, the teen, (who was in deep thought), was intercepted by Kiba. Issei stopped and smiled nervously.
Kiba returned the smile while placing an arm over Issei's shoulder. "Issei, would you please come with me back to the ORC?"
Issei was about to simply say "yes", that was until Saji, Momo and Ruruko came up from behind him. Kiba noticed this while giving his attention to the Sitri peerage.
Saji then smirked while speaking in a sarcastic yet mildly threatening voice. "Say, Hyoudou, you doing alright, man?"
Momo then jumped into the conversation with a smirk of her own. "Is this guy bothering you, Hyoudou?"
Ruruko was also going to say something, however she realized that the pain from Sona's punishment was beginning to flare up once again. With that, she needed another ice-block to sit on. So instead of speaking, she simply placed both of her hands toward her butt and massaged her behind as discreetly as possible.
Ignoring this, Kiba then replies as his smile has turned into a threatening grin of his own. "Just remember, Sitri's, there's not one of you who specializes in direct attacks. From what I understand, you are all just defense. Well, what do you think it is that I specialize in, hmm?"
Issei knew Kiba had a bit of a pride streak and didn't want this situation to escalate either, so Issei placed his arms in front of Kiba and Saji. "Stop it, you two. First off, too many people are watching right now. Now, I don't know how to wipe people's memories, but I can imagine, it's probably boring to do, like stupid squid reports." Issei got a few strange looks from all involved, however he ignored it and continued on. "Anyway, Saji, Momo and I guess, Ruruko, it's fine. I need to have a talk with my president anyway. But, thank you guys for hanging out with me today. I know it sounds corny, but aside from the boring stuff like studying and doing homework, it was fun."
At that, Momo then pulls Saji along as Ruruko runs behind them with her hands on her behind. As the three get out of earshot, Momo speaks up. "We need to tell President about this ASAP." The other two nod in all seriousness.
Scene (Front Doors of the Old School Building)
Kiba and Issei were walking silently through the doors but then Kiba broke the silence with a frown on his face. "Listen, man, I am really sorry about the President's reaction to your, well, confession."
Issei stopped walking which caused Kiba to turn around. Issei then spoke while looking at the ground. "Don't worry about it. Aside from making a complete fool of myself, I don't think it's going to cause too much lasting damage."
Kiba was about to protest, but Issei then walked on and ahead of him. With that, the knight decided it was best to just leave it at that.
As the main doors to the ORC opened, Issei was not surprised to see the rest of his peerage. They were all standing next to Rias's desk. Speaking of Rias, she was sitting in her large chair with a blank look. That look changed the moment Rias's eyes met Issei's. As the switch princess's face began to contort into fifty shades of pure rage, Issei couldn't help but feel a bit of anger himself.
Rias then spoke in a direct tone. "Issei, mind on telling me where you've been since last night?"
Looking at her entitled and angry eyes, Issei wanted to snap back, but thought he should just be truthful. After all, regardless of the outcome of today, at least nobody could say that "Issei was a lying piece of shit." Plus, if he left out some of the more risky parts of his evening, it could help to smooth things over.
Issei then took a deep breath as he approached the large desk with Kiba walking behind him. "President Gremory, I apologize for storming out of the club room last night. As it stands, President Sona Sitri and her sister, Milky, erm Serafall Leviathan Sama, well, they must have thought I was in trouble or something. But for some reason, Serafall sama teleported me to President Sona's dorm. There, they insisted I stayed the evening."
Rias stood from her desk while stomping her foot down, (hard), onto the floor. "Really now? And you're telling me you just, oh, I don't know, slept? Actually, yeah, speaking of sleeping. Well, let's just say I know Sona's little apartment pretty well. I also know about the only two beds in that tiny place. So, Issei, what parts are you leaving out of your story? Hmm?"
Issei wasn't going to dare speak about where he actually was sleeping, rather, who he was sleeping with. And he most certainly was not going to talk about Sona's exposed breast. The problem with Issei at this point in time was that he was thinking about his strange evening and early morning. These thoughts of beautiful Sona, staring at him, first thing in the morning, Issei couldn't help but begin to blush.. Rias, (who was ruthlessly scrutinizing Issei's body language for anything suspicious), picked up on his blushing.
Pointing at issei accusingly, Rias began to yell. "I fucking knew it! You are fucking my best friend, aren't you!?"
Issei starts shaking his head rapidly indicating that Rias was completely wrong. "No, no, that's not true!"
Rias continues her reaming of Issei. "What's this, it's not true? Oh, "really now"... Oh, wait, let me guess, you are also fucking Serafall too, am I right!?"
Instantly the rest of the peerage can't believe what they are hearing. Akeno was about to say something to defend a worried looking Issei, that was until Rias continued on with her rant.
"Hyoudou Issei! Of all the things that I cannot stand, it's a lying pervert who fucks my slut friends! Issei, I am going to fucking trade your ass! That's right, I've had it! Out of sight, out of mind!"
Instantly, the ORC fell into complete silence. As Rias was heaving in and out with sheer rage, Issei simply stood where he was while looking directly at her. His face showed zero emotion as his eyes looked to have lost all of their natural warm color. Kiba almost fell down and onto the floor in shock while Koneko and Asia had their jaws agape. Akeno was grinding her teeth and looked as if she was about to tear Rias apart.
Everyone then jumps a bit as Issei replies in a very cold and non-Issei kind of way. "Well then, so, that's that."
Rias's posture changes into a now very worried one as Issei doesn't look like his normal self, he looks far away, even though he is standing right in front of the heiress.
Issei continues. "I suppose you can just contact me when you're ready to, "trade my ass".
Now really freaking out now as she didn't mean what she said, not even a little bit, Rias panics suddenly. "Issei, wait, I didn't mean.."
Issei cuts Rias off with a louder and even colder voice. "Don't! No more! No more games, Rias! I'm fucking done, too!"
Rushing past Kiba, Issei threw the ORC doors open and proceeded to dash out without a second glance. Issei's dramatic exit was cut short when the teen almost collided with Sirzechs and Grayfia. Issei stopped in place while looking at both devils. They both had very worried looks but all Issei could see was the pretentious and highclass devils who thought of him as nothing more than a sacrificial pawn. This angered him as they blocked his path.
To Grayfia and Sirzechs great surprise, Issei placed a hand on each of their shoulders while pulling them apart from one another. Once this happened, the teen removed his hands while proceeding to rush in between them and out of the ORC all together.
Without hesitation, Sirzechs knew something was seriously wrong and spoke to Grayfia. "Go after him, don't leave him alone."
As Grayfia nodded, both devils were cut off by a very familiar voice. "Sirzechs kun, Grayfia chan, hello. Oh, don't worry Grayfia chan, Issei will be just fine. My Sona chan and peerage will keep an eye on him."
Grayfia looks toward Sirzechs who nods. Serafall then approaches the two. "I suggest you two have a nice long talk with Rias. While you do that, I'll make sure that Issei doesn't do anything stupid along with So-chan."
Sirzechs now looks incredibly cross. "Rias will be dealt with, I can assure you of that fact, Serafall." The Mao was absolutely furious. Never has he seen the boy who calls him, Oni Sama, look the way he did just now. Also, hearing what his sister had told him, that was enough to make Sirzechs want to blow up a large section of the underworld.
Scene (Roof Top)
Opening the weather doors once again, Issei found this roof empty. He wasn't sure why he came here again but he knew he didn't want to be alone this time. So, why did he come here? All he could feel was nothing and this feeling of nothing was more painful then light spears tearing through in his gut. This reminded him a bit of Raynare which made him feel sick. To compare a psychotic killer of a fallen angel to his master made Issei feel absolutely nauseous.
Issei then slumped onto the same stone bench that he sat on earlier that day, during the lunch hour. Looking at his right arm, Issei was going to speak with D'draig, but instead he just broke down. After a few minutes of intense sobbing, Issei stood from his position and began to stare at the setting sun.
He then shouted at the top of his voice for the whole world to hear in his pained state. "FUCK YOU! You hear me, RIAS! I said FUCK YOU! Go ahead, trade me for all I care! You don't deserve anyone to actually love you! If I knew what I fucking know now, before I fought the flaming chicken, Rias, I would've gladly let him force you into marriage! This whole time, you played with me! You are no different than that cunt, Raynare! I hope you rot in hell!"
Issei immediately jumped the moment he heard a response. "Hyoudou! Watch your language! I don't care if school hours are over with, you will keep a clean mouth on this campus, do you get me, mister?!" Standing at the rooftop entrance was none other than Sona Sitri.
Turning around, Issei just stood in place with a blank stare. The blank stare changed into widened eyes the moment he felt two warm arms wrapped around him. Now, completely shocked, Issei finds himself being hugged by the student council president. Not just that, but Sona seemed to have her face planted in Issei's chest. She was holding on for dear life. Issei could compare this grip with that of her older sister's. Why was she doing this? Was it because she overheard Rias just now? At this point, does it matter? Issei didn't want to be alone, low and behold, he wasn't. Then, the broken hearted teen couldn't hold it in anymore and began to cry out loud. Sona simply tightened her hug and let him.
Alright, thanks again Overlordsturm for the help with this. Like what I do and want more, join my discord. /wsJpYmqd
