The next morning Issei and Mash were walking to school. While they were walking, Issei couldn't help but keep glancing at Mash. She was wearing her new Kuoh Academy school uniform and seeing her in it excited him to no end. This is really happening. He thought to himself.
As his mind wandered in bliss the school was coming into sight and other students were gathering. They all saw the pair walking to school together and began whispering among themselves. As Issei and Mash walked into school they were greeted by a member of the student council. "Hello, I'm here to pick up Kyrielight-san and take her to introduce her to the faculty. She will return when first period starts."
"All right. See you later Mashu." Issei gave her a soft smile.
"Y-yeah. See you later Sen- I mean Issei-san." She said awkwardly.
Issei chuckled. "Don't worry. You'll get used to it."
The two left and soon Matsuda and Motohama rushed to him.
"All right, spill! Who was that and why were you walking with her!?" Matsuda yelled.
"How did you get a cute girl like that to be near you?!" Motohama yelled while adjusting his glasses.
Issei simply smirked at the duo. "You will see later on. Why would I spoil it now?" He said casually.
He began walking off as the duo began cursing him and the other students were talking among themselves about what they saw. Some time passed and eventually first period was about to begin. The teacher walked in and began class.
"Now before we begin class today I have an announcement. We are getting a new transfer student today."
The class began to stir with excitement over the news. "A new student?!" "I wonder who it could be?" "I hope it's a cute girl." "Maybe we can get a handsome boy finally, we need more to counter the perverted boys in this class." Everyone kept speculating who it could be.
Issei and Kiryuu had small smiles on their faces watching everyone's reactions, since they knew who the new student was. After a bit the teacher calmed the class down and continued. "All right, that is enough everyone. Let's let them introduce themselves. You may come in now." The teacher spoke loud enough so that the person on the other side could hear them.
The door slid open and a girl with lilac hair and a white fluffy animal on her shoulder walked in and to the front of the class. Many of the students recognized her from seeing her the past few days and some turned to look at Issei who had a wry smile on his face. Once she was up front she introduced herself.
"Hello, I am Mash Kyrielight. Or I suppose it's Kyrielight Mash since you do last names first in Japan. And this little one is Fou. It's nice to meet you all." She said with a bow, her nervousness evident in her voice.
"Now then, we will have the class ask a few questions before we begin. Does anyone have a question for Ms. Kyrielight?"
Immediately almost every hand in the room shot up. The teacher pointed to one of the students and she asked. "What is your relation to Hyoudou?" Many heads nodded in class wanting to know the same thing.
Mash's face turned to a blush and she looked over to Issei. He had a complicated look on his face but eventually gave her a look that said to say whatever she wanted. Seeing his face Mash resolved herself and said seriously. "I am Issei's girlfriend." The fact that she said it without faltering made the class go silent in shock.
Many of the students couldn't believe it. It didn't make sense for someone to go out with a pervert like him. Immediately after that someone else jumped in before they could be called on. "But why, him?" There was notable disgust in her voice.
Mash frowned, clearly displeased with how her Senpai was viewed. "Because I love him." The class was shocked into silence again. Mash continued, now determined to speak her mind. "Senpai has done a lot for me. More than anyone ever should have. Because of him I'm able to experience things I never would have gotten the chance to. He saved my life and asked for nothing in return." She looked hard at the class, her gaze sweeping across them. "From what I saw the few times I visited before becoming a student I saw how poorly you all treat him. Even if his preferences are less than decent so what? Last time I checked people were more than just their preferences. I wonder, what does anyone here actually know about Issei Hyoudou besides his taste in women?" Her gaze was cool but still displayed her displeasure.
The class was silent. They couldn't refute what the girl had said and they knew that asking anything that made Issei look bad would make her more upset so they stayed quiet. The teacher, sensing the atmosphere, tried to change the mood. "Ok, I think that's enough. Ms. Kyrielight you may take a seat where there is one available."
Mash nodded her head and went to the back of the class and took the desk next to Issei. When she got there she gave him a warm smile which he returned. Fou who had been silently sitting on Mash's shoulder jumped onto Issei's and got himself comfortable. The class looked at their interaction and were perplexed.
After that interaction, classes went on like normal. Mash demonstrated her knowledge and the class was impressed with her academic abilities. Some were also curious about Fou and saw how well behaved he was. Soon lunch came around and many of the students wanted to talk to Mash and hang out with her. She didn't know what to do and looked over to Issei for guidance but saw that he was dealing with his own sort of trouble.
"So she was the one who sent the love letter! C'mon man tell us how you did it!"
"Share the wealth man! You can't keep this to yourself."
The perverted duo were shaking Issei, trying to get him to magically give them the answers to getting girls. The other students were giving the three cold stares. "Seriously, don't those three idiots ever learn?" "It's a miracle we can survive being in the same room as them."
The girls were trash talking the perverted trio as they usually do. Mash started to become upset again, so she walked to the trio surprising the girls in the class. The duo hounding Issei became quiet when she walked up. "Senpai, do you want to have lunch together?" She said with a gentle smile on her face.
Issei smiled back while releasing himself from his friend's grip. "I would love to." He grabbed his stuff and they went to the courtyard to have lunch. On the way out Mash gave a cold glare to the girls who were talking bad about Issei earlier and they looked down ashamed.
"You didn't have to do that, you know." Issei said as they were walking down the hallway.
"Thank you for worrying about me, but it's like I said before. I'm your girlfriend, you are all that matters to me."
"I'm glad, but that is a slippery slope to walk. I don't want you giving up friends just because they say a few mean things about me. I'm used to it."
"But you shouldn't have to be!"
Issei had a grateful smile and brought her in close. He ignored the stares of the other students and spoke again. "You're really too good for me." He said softly.
Mash blushed heavily but smiled. The two continued on and enjoyed the rest of the school day.
Since this chapter was so short I figured I would upload it today as well. For those of you that are curious, I have been sitting on this story for a while. I've been having friends and family read it for grammar and sentence structure corrections so I've had time to write. I'm still having this stuff read over so don't be surprised if the story updates and it's just corrections instead of a new chapter. I'm currently finishing writing volume 2 of this story aka the Riser arc so I'm uploading this story in pieces both because I'm reading the comments and waiting for corrections. Although I'm a bit impatient as well so this probably seems quick compared to other stories. I also have an outline save for the story all the way up to volume 12 so I have plans for this. I might take a break after I finish volume 2 since the new fire emblem game came out so I really want to play that. For those who want to know how Kiryuu knows about Issei I had plans for a whole side story that takes place between Issei returning from Chaldea and before the beginning of this story which takes place over a couple of months, so no, you didn't miss the part where Kiryuu found out I just haven't written it yet. Finally for the people wondering who will be in the harem, FGO has a lot of girls in it (because of genderbends) and even if I used a quarter of the girls there would be a ton in it. I'm basically using the valentines day event and general conversations between the servants and master as a judgment on whether or not someone would be part of the harem but the story is gonna focus on the main cast while the servants are a rotating cast with only a few of them being consistently seen. The FGO servants who will be part of the harem would be used more for making things more interesting and dramatic like with Kiyohime or Serenity but with too many characters it will be hard to give anyone a decent amount of screentime so please bear with me everyone.