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On a hot, sunny day that was devoid of any clouds to provide any refreshing shade,within a lush green forest were Rias Gremory, her Peerage, and Drake Redgrave. All of them walked uphill towards a mansion that was at the top of the hill. Although the path they walked on had some boulders, it was nonetheless smooth and stable, making it an easy climb.

They were going hiking up to the Gremory Family mansion that Rias said would be where they'll be staying for the next ten days to train themselves for the Rating game against Riser.

Rias was leading her group with Akeno and Asia right behind. A bit back, Drake and Kiba were casually walking while carrying a full backpack on their backs. Closely following them, Koneko was carrying a full backpack as well but was twice the size and width than any of the guy's bodies. Behind her, Issei was struggling to carry half the amount that Koneko was carrying.

Turning around, Rias saw how much her Pawn was struggling and decided to try and encourage him. "You're almost there! Just a little bit more!"

"Easy... for... you to... say..." Issei panted, sweat pouring down his body. It didn't help with the sun baring down on them with it's hot temperature, causing him to feel more exhausted.

Drake stopped and looked back before smirking as he walked backwards in order to come into step with Issei and said in a sly, but teasing tone that went over Issei's head. "Hey, Issei, I bet if you walk faster and get there before all of us... there will be many naked girls just waiting for you, waiting to tend to you and make you feel less exhausted. They may even bathe you with their soaking, wet breasts-"

Drake smirked and walked on ahead, mentally counting down from three. As soon as he did that, Issei was running past him with the bag on his bag, a determined expression on his face... that was also mixed in with perversion. The others were caught by surprise when Issei ran past them all with a sudden case of adrenaline and energy, shouting something about 'wet breasts'. Rias looked back at Drake and raised an eyebrow, silently asking what he said to make Issei like this. Drake just shrugged with a wink, causing her to sigh with an amused smile.

A few minutes later, they reached the top of the hill with Rias announcing. "We're here."

Drake had to admit, he was amazed at the sight of the mansion that greeted them. It was a beautiful mansion that was built from the forest and owned by the House of Gremory. The building had the trees surrounding it, with a pond in front of the entrance.

"Wow! How beautiful," Asia said in amazement, with her eyes lighting up with excitement by the sight of the mansion.

"Alright, you guys, let's get inside and get going on this training," Rias told them.

"Wait, we're not even going to rest?!" Issei's eyes widened in disbelief, looking stumped that there wasn't any so-called naked girls on display like Drake had told him, which made him realize he had been tricked just to move faster. He shot the half-Devil a glare, but Drake shrugged, then looked at Rias. "You're the Devil!"

Rias looked over her shoulder and smirked playfully. "You're too kind, Issei." She then turned her body to face the others and said, "Let's go in and get ready for training."

"Yes, ma'am!"

Later, Koneko had changed into her P.E. uniform, short-sleeve shirt, bloomers, and sneakers. Akeno wore her priestess clothes, Asia wore just her school uniform, and finally Rias wore the winter P.E. uniform (red color).

Like Rias, Kiba and Issei changed into the same P.E. uniform but blue color. Drake simply took his red coat off and if he got too hot, then his tanktop would be removed.

Stretching themselves a bit, everyone started off on getting ready. Drake had done a 2-mile parkour run to get his blood flowing. Once he was done, the son of Sparda noticed that Issei and Kiba were sparring with wooden swords. Standing a bit away from the two, Rias and everyone else were watching.

"Oi… what's with slap show…?" Drake curiously asked as he witnessed Issei getting hit over the head by one of Kiba's sword strike.

"Well, Drake, I'm just trying to see if Issei has any talent in swordsmanship." Rias answered where they heard the sound of a thump. Both turned to see Kiba had hit Issei's shoulder. "Unfortunately, it looks like he might not have a talent for it."

"Well, if your using today's lesson, then it's only natural since by the way he's holding that wooden sword, he's never trained in it." Drake replied

"I'm going to let Issei train with Kiba for another hour before he'll begin his magic lesson with Akeno, while you can then train with Kiba." Rias said. Drake nodded in agreement. He'll need to keep his own skills sharp, he had told them he would only be doing one day of training with them before he set off on his own.

The day soon started to pass from afternoon and into the late evening. For the afternoon, Drake mostly trained with Kiba where the two were on even ground for the first couple of hours. Drake switched between using Rebellion and Yamato, as while he was training himself he was also training Kiba to sharpen his reflexes and senses, especially when he used speed to strike with Yamato.

After that, Drake had trained with Akeno and Rias in their magic lesson. It was here that they learned, nearly an hour into the session, that Drake was capable of summoning blue spectral swords and blades which he decided to call a 'Style'. Ever since awakening his demonic power, he's named four abilities as part of his 'Styles', them being Trickster. Gunslinger, Swordmaster and Royal Guard. With the style unlocked thanks to Yamato, he called it the Darkslayer Style.

And in the evening, before the sun would begin to set, Drake was training with Koneko in hand-to-hand combat. The two went at it for the entire day, toppling trees or smacking into them.

Of course, everyone else trained as well. Asia has been training to increase her magic reserves. While Issei had been going through a similar training with Drake, but not as harshly except in strength training that involved a boulder on his back while jogging and other exercises.

All in all, it was an eventful first day of training, and they only had nine more to go before the big fight.

"Really Issei?" Drake asked in a deadpanned tone as the ORC and the son of Sparda sat at the table, seeing massive mountains of food available.

"I just got a little carried away using magic to peel the potatoes and onions, alright?" Issei defended with a glare.

"Why do I get the feeling that it wasn't an onion you imagined peeling?" Drake asked bluntly.

"Pervert." Koneko grumbled, glaring at Issei, who looked like he had an arrow strike his heart. "Don't you dare try to peel me."

"I would never! I was just picturing you naked!" Issei quickly said, before realizing what he just said. Koneko was glaring at him and cracked his knuckles, but Drake reached from where he sat beside Rias and smacked him upside the head. "Ow! Dude!"

"Mind out of the gutter." Drake said.

"So, did you learn anything new?" Rias asked her Pawn curiously.

"Yeah... that I'm the weak link on this team." Issei sighed dejectedly.

"Knowing is half the battle," Rias said jokingly. "You shouldn't feel totally useless, though. Between Asia's healing powers and your Boosted Gear, you two have become great assets. Your opponents will always be aware of this, so you two must gain enough energy to escape from that situation so you wouldn't slow the rest of the team down."

"I guess that makes sense," Issei said as he and Asia nodded.

"That was delicious and filling. I think we should head to the baths." Rias told everyone with a smile as she stood. "Now it's time for a bath."

"You're all going together?!" Issei suddenly shot out of the chair.

"That was the plan. Why, do you want to join us? You want to see us naked right?" Rias asked with a pleasant smile. Issei looked seconds away from blowing a fuse in his head. Meaning, nosebleed.

"I don't mind, what about you Akeno?" Rias asked her Queen politely.

"Of course not. It sounds like fun. Drake is welcome too." Akeno winked at the son of Sparda, who kept a stoic face to not give anything away.

"You Asia?" Rias asked the blond former nun.

"Sure…" Asia said with a smile, though she seemed a little embarrassed.

"Koneko?"

"I'd rather die." At Koneko's response, Issei looked like someone had just kicked him in the crotch. "Drake is fine." She added after a moment. At that, Issei fell to the ground, crying anime tears.

"No fair! How does he get to go?!" Issei yelled.

"Because he won't try anything with us unlike you, pervert boy." Koneko said blandly, causing Issei to cry harder.

"I'll pass." Drake said with a sigh, leaning back in his chair.

"Oh well. Sorry Issei." Rias said with a smile.

"Why is it always him!?" Issei wailed from the ground, making the rest of them sweatdrop.

"Now that's just melodramatic..." Rias deadpanned.

"If you peek I'll kill you." Koneko told Issei with narrowed eyes.

And here Drake was… in the outdoor bath… with Kiba and Issei… And Issei pushing against the wall with a hard look on his face… mixed with perversion…

"Should we leave you two alone?" Kiba asked with an amused amused smile from next to the son of Sparda.

"Yeah, you and that wall look like you could use some privacy." Drake added, just as amused as Kiba. If not a little uncomfortable at the sight... as well as annoyed.

"Shut up! This is part of my training idiots!" Issei shot back at them.

"They teaching you X-ray vision or something?" Kiba asked in a deadpanned tone.

"Perversion, thy name is Hyoudou." Drake deadpanned as well.

"If that's my power then so be it! It given to me for a damn good reason!" Issei yelled as he glared at the wall like it was his worst enemy. Which, in a sense, it was.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Issei let out a roar of determination. And then, something miraculous happened!

…

Nothing. Stupid pervert.

"Well, that was a very... entertaining bath." Drake muttered to himself as he entered his room, dressed in only his boots and jeans while drying his hair off with a towel.

"I take it Issei was the one we heard yelling like he was trying to achieve something?" Rias' voice asked, making the son of Sparda lift the towel off his head to see the groegous redhead sitting on his bed, in nothing but a towel with her legs crossed at the knee while drying her hair with a spare towel. "Sorry, hope you don't mind. I wanted to see you before... you know."

"before I leave." Drake said with a nod, placing his towel onto the nearby table and walking over to sit beside Rias, who took her towel off her head and placed it beside her.

"You don't have to go, you can still train with us and-" Rias started, but Drake cut her off by grabbing her hand softly and then turning her head so she can look him in the eyes.

"I know, but I need to." He said, staring into her eyes. "it's only until the Rating Game, which I will watch and I will be back before it to wish you luck. I promise. But with the next ten days of training... I need to go on my own training routine, and to do that I need to travel around, as going up against powerful demons may help in developing my skills as well as my use of my demonic power. I need to get stronger to save you if... if you lose and you end up having to go through with the wedding."

Rias sighed, but nodded in understanding. Still, to not have him around for the next nine days... it would be something she might not get used to right away. She enjoyed his presence, especially when lying in bed with him. But she knew he was doing it for her sake, and her heart fluttered at that as her feelings for him emerged again, causing her to remember the two kisses they shared on the night before Riser arrived at the ORC. However, that made another thing pop into her mind...

"What did you mean when you said Riser tried to assassinate you?" She asked. It had been something on her mind, but she's never had the chance to ask him about it.

Drake told her about the job he was informed of after his return from Kyoto, but it had been a set-up by Riser's three servants, Yubelluna, Xuelan and Karlamine in an effort to kill him on Riser's orders. They hadn't expected an actual demon to show up and cause complications, but they worked together and walked away without deciding to fight, as Karlamine said they were in his debt.

"Riser fears you." Rias said after he was finished.

"Clearly, or he just didn't like how close we were getting." Drake said with a smirk, making Rias smile before she sighed and took the towel off from around her body, leaving her completely naked. She laid back, taking Drake with her and cuddled up to him. If he was leaving tonight, she wanted to make sure she got to be cozy with him. Drake didn't refuse or argue, he just held her and stared at the ceiling.

Rias sighed again. "Drake... you know I'm the heiress of the Gremory family, right?" She suddenly asked him.

"Yeah." Drake nodded.

"You see, no matter where I go, the Gremory name always followed me. I don't dislike the fact that I'm a Gremory, I'm proud of it but it is also a nuisance to me as well. Wherever I go, everyone sees me as Rias Gremory, not as Rias. This is the reason why I came to the human world since no one knows about me here. Everyone here saw me as me which I adore it." She explained as she took a breath.

Drake stayed quiet as he listened to her.

"… my one little dream… or… I should say my former dream is to be with someone who loves, 'Rias'." Rias said as she looked at Drake who kissed her forehead. Rias felt pleasant from feeling Drake's lips on her forehead. After the pleasant feeling, Rias' face frown as she continued her little story. "… Riser loves me as 'Rias Gremory'… and I don't want that."

Drake just held her close. "Well, feel comforted knowing I'm not interested in you because you're 'Rias Gremory'. I'll fight for Rias, not the heiress of the Gremory Family. You deserve a chance to feel loved and special like a normal girl, not seen as the heiress everyone wants because of her family prestige and all that bullshit."

Rias was silent before she leaned up and kissed him for the next ten seconds. "You're the greatest thing to ever enter my life." She mumbled against his lips.

"Ditto." Drake smiled before they got comfortable together and just laid there, content to do so until Drake would feel like leaving to go on his training expedition.

When the time eventually came, it was late at night and only Rias was awake to see him off.

"I will be back, Rias." Drake promised, caressing her cheeks with his hands. "Whether you win or lose, I'll be watching. But if you lose... nothing will stop me from charging into the Underworld to get you back."

"I know." Rias said with tears in her eyes before she leaned up, and the two shared another kiss. This one was a little longer than the others, more softer, passionate and even loving as they poured their feelings for each other into the kiss. After fifteen seconds, they pulled away for air. "I'll miss you. Take care of yourself."

"i always do, but if it helps, Raynare and Kalawarner are with me." Drake said with a small smile. He pecked her lips once more before he turned and started walking away from the doorway, hands in his coat pockets.

Rias watched him go with tears in her eyes, already starting to miss him. She jolted when a hand was placed on her shoulder and she looked to see Akeno standing there with a soft smile.

"You certainly have a lot of faith in him Rias." Akeno commented.

"Is there any reason not to?" Rias replied with a smile, wiping away her tears, "Drake has that kind of power, it's strange. He has this ability to make people believe in him." Rias explained before she turned and started walking out of the room, "I suppose that's one of the reasons I've fallen for him, and why I know he won't let anything happen to me at Riser's hand."

Akeno watched as Rias walked back inside, going to her bedroom, with a quiet stare, making sure the redhead was gone before turning back to the distant form of Drake disappearing into the woods. She stared for a while and began to smile, "… I suppose that's something that attracted me to him as well." Akeno continued smiling as she shook her head and went back inside to go to her own bedroom.

And that's it for this chapter. Like I said in the last chapter, Drake's going on his own training expedition that'll be off-screen, since I'm shit when it comes to training scenes and whatnot, as well as montages, plus this helps him in gaining Devil Arms that I cannot think of how to introduce in a scene Devil May Cry style.

Anyway, be sure to review, favourite and follow.

Also, can anyone come up with an intro for this story? One that fits Devil May Cry and DxD? And also, think I should go for a type of Supernatural opening when starting new seasons, like the 'Road so far' bit, followed by Carry on My Wayward Son playing?

Harem: Rias Gremory (Alpha and main girl), Akeno Himejima, Raynare, Kalawarner, Xenovia Quarta, Kuroka, Yasaka, Yubelluna, Xuelan, Karlamine, Serafall Leviathan, Grayfia Lucifuge, Gabriel, Kiyome Abe and Rossweisse.

Issei's harem: Asia Argento, Koneko Toujou, Ravel Phenex and Irina Shidou.