AN: I'd like to start by saying that having gone back and reread my last chapter I know that it wasn't the best and I apologize for that, I'm not gonna make any excuses for it and simply try and not let it happen again. That being said I'm hoping to make this chapter closer to what the previous ones were if not a little better, I'd like to thank everyone for giving this chapter a read and not giving up on the story. Also just so it's know this chapter will start out kinda angsty but it will change very quickly. Sadly I still don't own either of these great anime's.
Rias sighed as she sat at her desk, her glasses resting gently on her nose, it had been nearly four months since she had last seen Asta, but because of all the work she had to do and the fact that now that her sixteenth birthday had passed Riser had begun pushing for the marriage, and no matter how hard Rias had looked she hadn't been able to find a way out of the arrangement. But that hadn't stopped her, in fact even now she was looking for a way to escape her pending nuptials.
"Rias" A soft voice spoke up from the doorway causing the red haired girl to turn her eyes up to see her best friend standing there with a small smile on her face and a pair of small bags resting at her feet. "Come on Rias, I think that you need a break." Akeno stated calmly as she looked to her friend before frowning as she saw the red haired devil turn her eyes back to the large book resting on her desk.
"Not yet Akeno, I haven't found a way out yet." Her king stated calmly causing the purple haired girl to sigh sadly, before a determined frown set itself upon her face. With a small growl the purple haired girl walked forward, her hand quickly grabbing the edge of the large book and slamming it shut. The loud bang causing the red haired devil to jump slightly before turning to stare up into her friends eyes, ready to snap at her, only to pause as she saw the look of determination mixed with sadness.
"Rias, this may be the last time you get to see him, please lets go." Akeno stated calmly unsure what the two could do to prevent what was coming but she knew that she wanted Rias to see Asta again even if it might be the last time.
Rias froze as she looked at her friend, knowing that Akeno was right and that if she didn't go soon then she might not get to see Asta again, but at the same time she didn't want to see him knowing that it might be the last time, how could she enjoy spending time with the man she was pretty sure she had fallen in love with knowing that she'd never get to be with him. But at the same time she knew that Akeno wouldn't take no for an answer, so with a sigh and a simple nod of her head, Rias rose from her seat to follow after her friend, grabbing her bag along the way. The red head couldn't help but chuckle as she saw Koneko waiting for the two with a bag resting at her feet just a few feet from the front doors.
Rias smiled as she saw Koneko turn to follow her towards the room where they had placed the magic circle that would take them directly to the circle leading to Asta's world. The three were just about to step into the circle when Rias found herself stopped by a loud voice echoing in the room.
"Wait where are you guys off to?" Issei asked softly causing Rias to sigh softly as she turned to see the brown haired boy, a frown set on his face, but his eyes were once again taking in her voluptuous figure. She didn't really mind how perverted the boy was, or his rather unique dream of becoming a harem king, and had she never met Asta she might have even found herself falling in love with the pervy boy. But she had met Asta and though she wasn't ashamed of her body in the least, she was getting slightly annoyed at the fact that he wouldn't take the hint that she didn't want to be a part of his harem. She was about to try and explain that they were going to see a friend, but before she could Koneko spoke up, her dislike of the brown haired boy obvious.
"We're going to see people better then you." She stated calmly, causing Rias to sigh softly as she turned to look at Koneko, who simply shrugged at her King's obvious dislike of how she had phrased that.
"I'm coming too." Issei stated calmly causing all three girls to turn to stare at him as he walked forward, a cocky smile splitting his face as he came to stand next to Rias. "I may find more women for my harem" He stated with a massive smile as he thrust his fist into the air. Rias sighed as she looked at the boy before turning sighing softly as she activated the magic circle, smiling as she felt the magic engulf her, knowing that soon she'd be able to see her beloved.
Asta sighed as he stood in the hide out, his bandaged arms resting in their slings. The boy couldn't help but to smile as he watched the others running around, everything just as active as it ever was, he couldn't help but to laugh softly as he saw Vanessa teasing Magna yet again about being a virgin punk. His smile shifted slightly as he saw Finral walking toward the back, his mind drifting back to their encounter with Finral's younger brother. He was about to follow after the older male when he heard the hide outs main door get thrown open, causing all eyes to whip to the front, taking in the site of three people standing there, two girls who were easily recognized by everyone there as well as a brown haired boy who looked to be around the same age as the girls. The ash haired boy was about to smile and say hi when he saw the girls eyes widen in shock before they charged at him with a scream of his name, slamming into him with enough force to send the boy falling onto his back.
Issei froze as he watched Rias and Akeno tackle the ash haired boy, before they quickly began fussing over him. He wanted to believe that it was only because he was hurt but the brown haired boy had never seen either girl fuss over any of them like that, and with that thought ringing through his mind, he couldn't stop the jealousy from beginning to build inside him.
"What happened?" Rias asked as she looked at Asta, her eyes tracing over the damage that had been done to his arms, while Akeno did the same, both girls trying to make sure he wasn't in any real pain right that second, and wishing they could find a way to help him. Asta simply smiled as he looked at the two girls before slowly shuffling back, so he could stand up, only to pause as he saw the strange brown haired boy standing in front of him, a glare on his face.
"Hi I'm Asta and I'm gonna become the Wizard King" Asta stated quickly with a large smile, unsure why the other boy didn't seem to like him, but he figured that he had always been able to make friends after stating his dream.
Issei froze as he glared at the older heavily muscled boy, his jealousy had flared when he watched two of the women that he considered part of his harem, pay so much attention to the other boy, add on the fact that they hadn't even tried to introduce him, or even pay him any attention and Issei was about ready to try and fight the ash haired boy. But seeing the way that Rias and Akeno were looking at him Issei figured the better choice would be to try and play nice, but that didn't mean he couldn't try and stake his claim on the two girls subtly.
"I'm Issei and I'm going to become a Harem King!" Issei finished with a bellow, his proclamation about becoming a harem king having the same effect on the women here that it had pretty much everywhere else, disdain and disgust.
"Dirty commoner" Noelle stated calmly as she brushed one of her silver pig tails behind her shoulder before walking over to where Asta was standing with Rias and Akeno. "Come on dorksta it's time for breakfast." She stated calmly as she locked eyes with Rias, sparks of lightning seeming to shoot between the two girls eyes, causing Issei to feel even more jealous since they weren't fighting over him.
"That's a great idea, come on Asta I'll even feed you while you tell us everything that's happened over the past four months." Rias stated with a grin as she easily guided Asta away, shooting a large grin Noelle's way, while Akeno simply smiled before following after the two, quickly taking a seat on Asta's other side. Asta simply smiled as he sat between the two girls before pausing as he saw a spoon sitting right in front of his face, slowly his green eyes followed the spoon, up the arm until he was looking at Rias's smiling face. "Come on Asta you need to eat." The red head stated as she slightly pushed the spoon towards his face, silently loving the jealous look that had taken up residence on the silver haired girls face as Asta easily swallowed the spoon full, before pausing as Akeno brought up a spoon full herself. Though both girls were taking great pleasure in the jealousy of their silver haired rival, they weren't blind to the fact that Issei was also becoming jealous. Unsurprising to them though was the fact that somehow Asta was completely oblivious to the other boy, to caught up in trying to eat the food that they were feeding him, while also telling them what had been happening to him over the past few months.
Rias was smiling as she listened to him, only to pause as her mind processed his last sentence, running over a second time, then a third before turning her blue green eyes to lock with Akeno's and seeing the look on her face she knew that she hadn't heard Asta wrong.
"I'm sorry Asta, but did you just say you went to a mixer?" Rias asked sweetly, but the under current in her tone was enough to catch everyone but Asta's attention, Gauche who was sitting just a few feet away, was quick to stand and leave the room, followed by Gordon, Vanessa, Gray and Charmy, even Captain Yami who had just stepped into the room, turned and walked away having no desire to be in the room with what was potentially about to happen. Sadly though no one had been able to warn Finral though as the brown haired male opened a gate into the room, his heart stopping as he heard Asta's next sentence.
"Yeah after my first dungeon mission, Finral took me and Luck to a mixer, that's where I met Rebecca." He stated calmly, completely unaware of the jealousy the two girls were now feeling as well as the obvious anger that they now felt towards Finral, who was now attempting to slowly make his way out of the room, terrified to open a portal as they might hear space tear and come after him. But as he looked towards them to make sure they hadn't seen him yet, his foot hit one of the cups that had been left on the floor, causing all eyes to lock on to him.
He froze as he looked at them, Asta and Noelle's eyes were normal at the moment, and the brown haired boy had simply seemed to scoff at him, but Rias and Akeno on the other hand had managed to lock the older male in place, fear racing through him as he looked into their eyes, swearing that they were glowing red with demonic anger. Not wanting to set the two off he remained frozen for a moment more until he saw them shift, at which point Finral took off through a portal faster then he ever had before.
Rias scowled as she looked at where the brown haired male had been, she'd find him again later, and make him pay for trying to set her Asta up with another woman. Her plans of revenge were cut short though as Asta resumed telling them about everything that had happened to him.
Akeno couldn't help but to gasp and cover her mouth as he finished telling them what he had been through, and why his arms were broken, and frankly Vetto was very lucky that Yami had finished him off cause the things that she and Rias would end up doing to him for hurting their beloved Asta would have been worse then anything he had ever been through. The purple haired girl couldn't help but to smile as she saw the way that Asta's head was beginning to dip, it was obvious that he was getting tired, and judging by the way that her red haired best friends head had begun to droop he wasn't the only one. She smiled as she looked at her friend before they all began making their way back up to his room, both girls intent to spend the night with him, only to pause as they saw a woman wearing a maid's uniform step out in front of them.
"Rias" She started causing the red haired girl to stiffen as she looked at her. "It's time, you need to come with me." She stated calmly. Akeno froze as she turned to look at her friend, Asta's eyes already locked on Rias's face, a frown firmly planted on his face as he saw the look of sadness on his red haired best friends face, and only deepening as her face fell into an almost neutral expression before she pasted on an obviously fake smile.
"I'm sorry Asta, I guess we'll have to cut this visit short." Rias stated softly before she turned to walk away, Akeno sending Asta an apologetic look.
"Rias" Asta said softly, obviously wanting to know why she had seem so sad, but unsure how to ask. Rias couldn't help but to smile as she looked at Asta again, her eyes lingering on his thinking about all the time that she had gotten to spend with him, and how no matter what fate through at him, he always managed to beat it back, and come out victorious. She couldn't help but to smile as she walked away, wondering what he might have been like if she had made him a member of her Peerage, before chuckling as she realized that they'd probably be able to win any rating game if he was on their team. Rias froze as that thought ran through her mind again, before she gained a massive smile.
"I've finally got it Akeno." She stated confidently as she followed her older sister-in-law back to the magic circle and towards her new challenge but she wasn't sad or worried about it anymore, she had a plan and a shot at getting out of this arrangement.
Alright Chapter 5 much better then chapter 4 I think, I'm hoping that everyone liked it. Only 1 more chapter until the first big fight. Now I know that I was a bit mean on Issei, but don't get me wrong he's a great character, but since Rias has fallen in love with Asta she doesn't find Issei's antics as charming. Now this won't be the last time that the two boy's meet, and as time goes by there will be things that happen, but this chapter was simply supposed to be the meeting. Well with all that said please remember to leave a review. Until next time.