Hey friends and fans! Kairomaru is bringing you a new chapter! Now that Issei and Aika have become Reborn Devils under Rias, it's time to learn how to BE a Devil! Aika and Issei are starting from the very bottom, but if they work their way up, all of their desires can come true! Hehehe~ However, what is the current state of Issei who was nearly overflowing with Dragon Aura before being turned into a Devil? Was he just a human reborn into a Devil, or was he something a bit different because of his circumstances? How will that affect Rias and the Occult Research Club?
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Chapter 2 – Learning to be Devils
A single ray of sunlight found its way through the curtains of the window in Issei's bedroom in the morning. With a grumble, Issei tried to turn over and go back to sleep.
Beep-beep
Beep-beep
Beep-beep
Only for his alarm to ring a handful of seconds later.
"Ugh…" Issei tapped the button on top with a drawn out groan. "Fucking sun…" He sat up and ran his hands through his dark brown hair once. "President wasn't wrong. I feel off in the morning." Blinking the sleep out of his eyes, Issei tossed his blankets off and threw his legs over the side of his bed. With a grunt he stood up and stretched his arms above his head and then went through a few stretches like he did every morning. "Man… I don't even want to go on my normal morning jog."
Issei still got his running clothes on and trudged out the door after saying good morning to his parents. Running the familiar path as he always did, Issei kept his eyes half-closed for most of the run, the morning sunlight just seemed way too intense to his eyes. As he rounded the halfway point, Issei started feeling a little closer to normal and wondered if getting himself more awake through physical exercise was helping somehow. Perhaps a higher heart rate was helping his new Devil body slowly adjust to being active so early in the morning?
"Have a good run, son?" Gorou asked his son with a smile as he was finishing up with the morning paper. "You finished a bit faster than normal."
"I did?" Issei looked at the clock on the wall and noticed that he'd completed his run almost ten minutes faster than normal. ' I wasn't even trying to run faster or anything. Is my Devil body just that much stronger?' Something to ask Rias later, for sure. "Huh, I did."
Miki smiled at the two most important men in her life. "Hurry up and take your shower, Issei. Breakfast will get cold if you don't."
Issei returned the smile to his mother. "I will, mom." He headed up the stairs, not seeing the happy smiles on his parents faces, both proud of the young man that their son had become.
-Later-
"Did you struggle to get out of bed today too, Ise?" Aika asked before putting her hand over her mouth to cover her yawn.
"Yeah, I even thought about skipping my morning jog and everything." Issei said with a sigh. "I started feeling a bit more normal about halfway through though."
Aika leaned against him a little as they walked to school together. "Lucky you. I still feel like going back to bed."
Issei chuckled a little. "I certainly wouldn't mind taking you to bed."
"Don't tempt me~" Aika looked at him with a grin, her eyes half-lidded.
Neither of them cared about the looks they were getting from several of the other students that were also on their way to school. They were both totally focused on each other. A few of the female students, even if they wouldn't say it out loud, would admit that the 'lovey-dovey' aura around the couple was kind of cute.
Once Issei and Aika got to Kuoh's front gate, they saw Kiba standing off to the side, as if he was waiting for them. The way he smiled and waved when he saw them only confirmed that he, indeed, had been waiting for them.
"Hyoudou-kun, Kiryuu-san, good morning." Kiba greeted the two of them with a nod of his head.
"What's up, pretty boy?" Issei asked nonchalantly.
Kiba looked vaguely amused at the nickname. He was well aware of how the majority of the male students viewed him as an 'enemy' for his looks and the attention he got from the female students. "President wanted to make sure that you two stopped by the clubroom after classes to go over some things."
Aika stifled a yawn before speaking. "We'll be there. But how long until I can wake up normally again?" She asked the more experienced Devil.
"Not too long." Kiba assured them both with a small smile. "A few days on average."
"Great…" Issei and Aika said at the same time and in the same flat tone.
School was normal enough, nothing out of place or different than any other day. Aika and Issei noticed they could hear better, and see the board in the front of class much more clearly, but all in all, the first half of the day was normal and boring.
-Lunch-
"Aika~" Issei rumbled lowly as he kissed her neck.
"Issei~" Aika's reply was a breathy moan as she titled her head to give him more access.
The couple was all over each other almost as soon as they were alone in one of the out of the way areas that they'd scoped out on their first day of classes in their new school. Neither knew why, but they'd both been shooting glances at each other leading up to lunchtime and it had gotten to the point of blatant sexual teasing just before the bell rang.
Had either of them been thinking about anything but each other at the moment, they may have wondered if this lust didn't also have to do with their new Devil physiology.
"We need to be quick." Aika bit her lip as she straddled Issei's lap.
"A lunch time quickie has been on our list for a bit." Issei said with a grin before lightly kissing Aika's lips.
Aika had Issei's belt unbuckled and his pants undone quickly; something easy given her amount of experience with doing it. Issei lifted the front of her skirt and Aika pulled her panties to the side to reveal her pussy, already wet and ready for Issei's cock.
Issei let out a heavy breath as he pulled his hard length from his boxers and guided himself into Aika's pussy. "Mmnnn…" He groaned under his breath as he slipped into the familiar tight heat.
"Hah…fuck yes~" Aika let out a long moan of satisfaction as Issei's sizeable cock spread her in the most pleasurable ways, just as it always did. "Mmm, I needed this, Ise." She wrapped her arms around Issei's shoulders and kissed him deeply, their tongues quickly playing.
"Me too, Aika." Issei agreed as his hands went under her skirt to grab her panty-clad ass. Aika let out a soft mewl from Issei fondling her butt before he lifted her up a bit and then dropped her back down on his cock.
Aika stifled a moan, putting her hand over her mouth. "Yes, just like that~" She rolled her hips, grinding Issei's length against her walls for a second before Issei lifted her up again and started bouncing her up and down. "Ah, ah, yes, fuck…" Aika kissed Issei again to silence her moans.
Issei's tongue moved against Aika's as he continued to bounce her on his cock, each bounce was punctuated by him groping her ass while she would briefly gyrate or roll her hips to press him against all of her best spots. The two had done it I like this before, though it had been at Aika's house while her parents had been out at the time. The thrill of potentially getting caught drove the two pervs on in their risky fucking.
"Fuck, doing it outside is so hot…" Aika panted out once their lips separated. She rolled her hips against Issei, pressing him into her deepest spot with a lustful moan.
"Aika, getting close." Issei said before pulling the collar of her white button-up shirt to the side a bit and nibbling on her neck.
Aika moaned and her left hand tangled into Issei's hair while her right tightened around his shoulders. "Inside, Ise… We don't want to make a mess of my uniform~" She moaned hotly.
Issei pushed himself to the hilt into Aika, briefly lifting her upwards from the force, before he flooded her pussy with his thick seed. Aika buried her face into Issei's neck and moaned loudly as she crashed over the edge with him, her pussy practically milking Issei's cock to coax out all of his cum.
"Hah… Hah… Mmm~" Aika rested her head on Issei's shoulder, still feeling the twitches and throbbing of Issei's cock as it finished filling her pussy.
"Damn…" Issei panted a bit. "Outside sex is intense." He held Aika close as they both caught their breath.
Once both of them had recovered they shared a soft kiss and a smile before Aika eased off of Issei and quickly fixed her panties to cover her pussy. "There we go. No mess." She teased Issei as she sank to her knees in front of him and took his half-hard cock into her mouth for a cleanup blowjob.
Issei let out a short hiss from the sudden pleasure on his still sensitive cock, but released a groan of bliss a second later. "Aika…so good."
Aika hummed in appreciation before swirling her tongue all over Issei's cock, cleaning him off and savoring their combined taste. She felt Issei getting excited again, but didn't think they had time for her to satisfy him with her mouth. ' Well…maybe if we eat fast afterwards…' Aika rationalized before taking Issei into her throat.
"Aika!" Issei barely stopped himself from shouting as Aika went from just cleaning his cock to deepthroating him. "Love you!" He put his hand on top of her head as she bobbed up and down his cock.
Aika would have a full belly and a satisfied smile on her face when she returned to class with an equally satisfied Issei.
-After Classes ~ Occult Research Clubroom-
Issei opened the door to the clubroom for Aika and followed her inside, only for both of them to stop in their tracks as they saw a girl wearing a Junior High uniform sitting on one of the two couches. She had semi-short white hair, yellow eyes, and was kind of short from what Aika and Issei could tell.
"Hello." The girl gave the two a nod before going back to her snack of yokan.
"Hi." Issei returned the greeting to the Junior High student.
Aika smiled at the cute girl. "Hello, are you a member of the Occult Research Club too?" She asked while moving over to sit on the couch across from the girl.
"Mm." The girl nodded while eating. "Toujou Koneko, nice to meet you."
"Hyoudou Issei, nice to meet you, Toujou-chan." Issei greeted with a smile as he sat down on the couch next to Aika.
"Kiryuu Aika, nice to meet you, Toujou-chan." Aika introduced herself with a soft smile.
Koneko gave them both a nod before focusing on her snack again.
Issei looked at Aika, only to see her looking at him. Neither knew what to say, or if they should say anything, when Koneko didn't seem to be the 'talking type' of person.
The door to the clubroom opened and Kiba entered. Seeing the other three, Kiba smiled and greeted them. "Good afternoon, Koneko, Hyoudou, Kiryuu."
"Afternoon." Issei returned the greeting with a wave.
Kiba sat on the same couch as Koneko, but gave her a respectful amount of space as was proper. Unlike Issei and Aika who were sitting close enough to each other that their legs touched.
It was only a minute or so later that the door opened again, letting both Rias and Akeno enter the clubroom. Rias smiled at Issei and Aika, happy that both had gotten here right after classes.
"I'm glad that everyone's here." Rias said as she sat behind the desk that faced the two couches, while Akeno moved to make tea for everyone. "I hope that you've gotta acquainted with our new members, Koneko."
"Yes, president." Koneko said with a short nod to Rias.
Rias accepted a cup of tea from Akeno with a quick 'thank you' and sipped from the warm beverage as she looked upon her Peerage. It warmed her heart to see them getting along with Issei and Aika, though the two weren't hard to get along with, in her opinion. Among the 'sins' that Devils often reveled in, lust was a common one and both Aika and Issei were very 'devilish' in that regard. Deciding to get their tasks started, rias set her teacup down and got everyone's attention with a small clearing of her throat.
"Now, as we have two new members, it's time that we explain what it means to be a Devil." Rias let her black wings spread out from her back. "Firstly, you'll both need to get used to your new appendages."
Aika unfolded her own wings with a grin. "Already on it, president." She flapped her wings once. "I thought they were cool when you and Akeno-senpai showed them to us before, so I practiced at home until I could make them appear and disappear at will."
Issei opened his mouth and then closed it, then spoke after a second to think. "Why didn't I think of doing that?"
Aika looked at him with a sweet smile. "You can be a dope sometimes, Ise." She teased her boyfriend with a giggle.
"Hey…" Issei narrowed his eyes at Aika in a playful glare. "You're lucky you look so sexy with those wings…" He said while looking Aika over appreciatively.
"Heh." Aika posed a little. "Wait until I wear that sexy succubus costume you like so much. This time I won't have to wear the fake wings~"
Issei smiled brightly at the image his mind conjured up. Aika wasn't wrong, he VERY MUCH liked that sexy succubus costume that she'd bought online and modeled for him before. "Awesome…"
"Fufufu… Oh my, you two." Akeno giggled at the couple's blatant talk about their relationship and what they got up to alone.
Kiba had his eyes closed, and his smile was a bit lopsided as Issei and Aika had their little moment.
"Pervs." Koneko made her thoughts now in the most simple and direct way possible. Then went right back to finishing off her snack.
"Let's refocus, everyone." Rias grinned at them all. "That's very good, Aika." She praised Aika for taking the initiative with her wings. "Issei, can you bring out your wings?"
Issei closed his eyes for a second to focus and his black wings spread wide a moment later. "Huh… That's different." He said while moving his new wings a bit. "It'll take a little while to get used to them, I think." He flapped them once and wondered if he could fly with them. A few seconds later and he managed to retract them, making his wings disappear completely.
Rias gave him a smile. "Very good. Make sure you practice keeping them hidden and bringing them out at will. We wouldn't want an accident to happen in the middle of your class, right?"
"No, president, I'll do my best." Issei said with a quick nod to Rias. He could just imagine how much of a problem it would be if his wings suddenly revealed themselves in front of everyone.
"Now, we'll spend part of today teaching both Aika and Issei about what it means to be Devils and the history of the supernatural, in relation to the Three Factions." Rias told the group of their immediate itinerary for this afternoon. "Once that's done, we'll go about fulfilling contracts while Issei and Aika start their first tasks."
"Yes, president." Everyone replied promptly.
Aika and Issei looked towards Rias as she stood up from her chair and walked around to the front of her desk.
Rias gave them both a soft smile before she began their new education. "To begin, there are three factions that you need to know about. There are the Angels, which serve the God of the Christian Bible. There are their fallen kin that fell to Hell after giving in to 'sinful' desires, the Fallen Angels. Then there's us, the Devils, the original denizens of Hell, or the Underworld as we call it. Ever since the Fallen Angels began to take up territory within the Underworld, they've been our enemies. Not only did they practically invade the Underworld, our home, but they actively try to turn humans away from making pacts, deals, and contracts with us. The Angels, our longstanding enemies, hunt both Devils and Fallen Angels in an attempt to eliminate both on the orders of God."
Aika raised her hand.
"Yes, Aika?" Rias knew there would be questions and was perfectly prepared to answer them.
"So, you specified the God of the Bible… Does that mean that there're more Gods than just that one?" Aika asked, now wondering if all sorts of religious beliefs and pantheons weren't also real.
Rias smiled and nodded. "Correct. Every Deity that humans have ever worshipped exists, whether in the Heavens or somewhere in the Underworld depending on their preference or role. We'll get more into them over time if you're curious, but for now you need to know about the Three Factions, as it's most likely that you'll be interacting with them more than the others."
"You said that both Angels and the Fallen try to kill Devils, are we going to be targeted?" Issei asked, wanting to keep Aika safe.
Akeno took up his question. "Angels and Fallen Angels both conjure and wield weapons of light. Such light is like poison for us Devils, it hurts us greatly to touch it and it can bypass the natural resilience that Devils have. As for being targeted, you don't have to worry much, Kuoh has been established as the joint territory of the Gremory and Sitri Families. Any Angel or Fallen that causes trouble here would be actively provoking both Families and the Devil Faction as a whole. With the current three-way deadlock that has been in place for quite a long time now, there are few that would try to cause trouble and escalate conflict again."
Issei let out a breath. "That's a relief." He took Aika's hand in his own, getting a soft smile from his girlfriend. "So, the Angels are out to get us because we're Devils and their God orders them to. The Fallen take up territory in the Underworld and actively interfere with…pacts and contracts?"
Kiba nodded to Issei. "Yes, that's a good way to understand it, Hyoudou-kun. We Devils gain power from making pacts or contracts with humans…for a price."
"You've probably heard the term: 'Making a deal with the Devil'." Rias grinned a little when both Issei and Aika nodded. "That's true and something that we Devils actively do. If you both want to climb the ranks, you'll have to make contracts with humans and complete them."
"You briefly went over ranks when we joined." Aika looked at Rias. "Can you explain a bit more?"
Rias leaned against the front of her desk. "Sure. The Devil ranking system is a simple hierarchy. Low Class Devils make up the majority of Devil society, these are Devils that aren't especially powerful and do not belong to any notable family. This is the class that Reborn Devils are part of until they achieve results and earn merit to move up. The next rank up is the Middle Class Devils, these are Devils that've been born into Baronet Houses or are former Low Class Devils that've earned merit and ranked up." Seeing both Issei and Aika following along, Rias continued. "Next is the High Class Devils, only a few Devils rank up to this purely from merit, and most are instead born into it as Devil Nobility. The Houses of Baron, Viscount, Count, Margrave, and Marquis make up the vast majority of this Class. Then we have the top of the Devil Hierarchy, the Supreme Class Devils. Very few have ever reached this Class on merit alone, and it's filled with the highest of Devil Nobility; families that hold the Titles of Grand Marquis, Duke, Archduke, Grand King, and the Devil Kings."
"As we told you before, Rias's family, the Gremory, hold the Title of Duke, that places them in the Supreme Class. Although power can vary widely, many members of these families are also the strongest Devils in the Underworld." Akeno informed the two new Devils of how power factored into Rank. "While Rias has the Rank of Supreme Class as part of the Gremory Family, her power isn't the same as, say, her father's or her older brother's."
"What're you trying to say, Akeno?" Rias narrowed her eyes at Akeno, only for her Queen to smile at her with her eyes closed. "Hah…" She exhaled and Akeno giggled at her best friend. "It's true enough. While there are many that believe power is what gets one into the Supreme Class, they're conflating Rank and Title with the power that only some of the members of Supreme Class have…we can't all be Super Devils like my brother." Rias shrugged, though there was a desire in her eyes that wasn't missed by her Peerage.
Issei and Aika decided not to ask about 'Super Devils', since it didn't sound like something that was normal among the Devils and likely would never apply to them.
Rias and Akeno, with occasional input from Kiba, went on to explain more about Devil history and the Three Factions, including the ages long war and the current stalemate that was a thin and sometimes shaky peace. But the part that caught the Pervert Couple's attention was when Rias brought up the reason for Evil Pieces being necessary.
"Pureblooded Devils can take centuries to produce a single child in most cases. With our incredibly long lives comes a lack of procreative ability, so after the Great War our population suffered greatly. Thus, the Evil Pieces were created to allow us to make Devils from other species, humans being the most common." Rias explained the 'why' of the Evil Pieces. "This led to a shift in our society in the form of Rating Games, which have now become the main way to rank up among those born to Noble Devil Houses." She looked at Issei and Aika with a playful grin on her lips. "It's also why many male High Class Devils have harems. To increase the chance of having children."
"Sounds good to me~" Aika nearly purred into Issei's ear. Any harem for Issei would be their harem, after all.
"I'm gonna be the Harem King!" Issei declared as he pulled Aika into his side, his eyes nearly shining as he imagined the future he wanted.
"What a lewd face…" Koneko said, looking at Issei flatly.
Issei flinched slightly at the comment and the deadpan delivery of it.
"Akeno, hand Issei and Aika a simple magic seal." Rias requested.
Akeno handed a paper to Aika and then one to Issei with a grin. "Here."
The two new Devils looked at the complex circles on the paper, seeing the multiple glyphs that they couldn't understand and the clear shape of a five-pointed star within the circle. They both had the same thought upon seeing the magic seal.
' This is simple?' Neither Issei nor Aika believed that they'd ever have any chance of drawing this freehand.
On the bottom of the paper were the words 'Make your wishes come true!' in large font.
"Like we explained earlier, we Devils gain power by making pacts with humans, granting their wishes in exchange for something of value. But of late, the number of humans capable of drawing a devil-summoning magic circle has dwindled to almost nothing." Rias explained with a little shrug. "So we instead hand out these simple magic seals to especially greedy-looking humans, usually through our familiars in crowded places like the shopping district and such."
"Seems simple enough." Aika said as she looked away from the paper and at Rias. "So, we just have to learn how to make pacts and grant the person's desires and we'll start gaining some merit as Devils?"
Akeno giggled a little. "Fufufu… There's one step before that."
Thump
Koneko set down four large boxes on the coffee table between the two couches. The sound they made when set down was more than enough to know that they were all heavy. Koneko remained nearly expressionless even as Issei and Aika almost gaped at the small Junior High girl moving the heavy boxes like they weighed nothing.
"We'll put you both to work now." Rias had a little smile on her face. "First, I wonder if you could pass all of these out?" She motioned to the boxes and watched as Issei stood up to open the top one.
"Are these all fliers?" Issei asked as he turned his head slowly to look at Rias. There had to be hundreds of them in each box!
Aika stood up to look into the box as well. "We have to pass all of these out?"
Rias leaned forward a bit, making her breasts bounce in her shirt and instantly catching the eyes of Issei and Aika. "Your first big step is making a pact with a human. You'll both need to do your best, Issei, Aika."
"Okay…" Issei let his head droop a little.
"Yes, president." Aika rubbed Issei's back comfortingly.
Issei and Aika carried the boxes out of the clubroom, both noticing that the heavy boxes weren't causing them that much strain. Their strength as Devils was clearly much greater than when they'd been regular humans. As the couple walked down the hallways and out of the front doors of the old school building, they started to make a plan.
"Rias-senpai said that they usually hand these fliers out around busy places like the shopping district. But I have an idea." Aika said with a little grin.
Issei cocked an eyebrow curiously. "Oh? What kind of plan?" Aika was a smart girl and Issei trusted her completely.
Aika looked at Issei. "Busy places with greedy-looking people is what Rias-senpai and Akeno-senpai said. So, what if we handed out these fliers around areas like pachinko parlors, or shops that cater to collectors?"
"Ah, I get it!" Issei grinned at Aika. "People that would make a wish in relation to their hobby or their greed." He leaned over to kiss Aika's cheek. "That's a great idea Aika-chan."
"I do have those, huh?" Aika giggled at the praise and the simple affection from Issei.
It took some time to get to the location that they'd picked to hand out the magic seals. A rather long street at the edge of the market district that had a few pachinko parlors at one end and almost a dozen different hobby shops lining both sides. Issei took the end of the street with the pachinko parlors while Aika took the crosswalk almost dead center among the hobby shops.
"Sir?" Issei held out a magic seal to a man walking towards one of the pachinko parlors.
"Hm?" The man took the flier and looked at it before letting out a snort of laughter and putting it in his pocket. He walked into the parlor without looking back.
Issei mentally fist pumped at handing out the first magic seal so easily. "Sir?" He held out the next magic seal to another man heading for the small building next to the pachinko parlor (where he'd exchange the 'prizes' won while playing for actual cash, which is how the pachinko businesses across Japan skirted around anti-gambling laws).
The man took the flier and looked at it briefly before stuffing it in his pocket and entering the small building.
' This isn't so hard.' Issei smiled and saw a small group of college-aged guys approaching the pachinko parlor from the opposite direction. "Sirs?" He pulled multiple magic seals and fanned them out to the group.
"What's this?" One of the young men took a flier.
"Some special thing they're doing?" Another of the guys said as he looked at the flier he took.
One of the college guys adjusted his glasses. "Make your wishes come true, huh?" He looked at his friends. "Well, when you guys lose all your money, you know what to do, right?" He waved the flier at the others with a laugh.
"You'll be begging me to let you have mine when you're broke tonight!" The largest guy in the group shot back with a cocky smirk as he took the last flier from Issei's hand. "And maybe if you grovel really nicely, I'll let you have it."
"In your dreams!" The bespectacled man scoffed with a grin at his buddy.
Issei watched all four walk into the pachinko parlor before a grin crossed his face. "This was a great place to set up." He'd have to let Aika know just how amazing she was when they were done. Issei barely held in a perverted chuckle as he saw more guys approaching and reached for some more magic seals to hand out from the two boxes he'd taken with him.
Aika was having it even easier than Issei. "Sirs?" She smiled at two guys that were about to enter an electronics store. The two young men both took a flier and smiled at Aika (also giving her a once over) before they headed into the shop. "Miss?" Aika turned to offer a flier to a girl that had come out of the crafts store next door.
"Thank you." The young woman took the flier and looked at it curiously for a moment before putting it in her bag.
' This is pretty easy. But I wonder if any of these people will actually use these magic seals?' Aika thought to herself before offering a flier to another man that was passing buy with a bag from the nearby manga shop. "Sir?"
The man took the flier, looked it over, then looked at Aika before nodding and continuing on his way.
By the time the sun was setting, Issei and Aika were walking home hand-in-hand, all of the magic seals handed out in the busy street over the last few hours.
-Next Afternoon ~ Occult Research Club-
"You finished handing out all the magic seals in only one afternoon?" Rias looked slightly surprised at Issei and Aika.
Kiba gave them both praise. "You must've worked hard yesterday. Good job."
"Mm. Good job." Koneko said with a small nod.
Akeno smiled at both of them. "With that many fliers, both of you should get at least a couple of contracts."
"Okay, let's see if you two can move on to the next step." Rias smiled at Aika and Issei.
"Yes! Are we already moving above the lowest of the low 'passing out fliers' stage?" Issei looked excited at the prospect of moving up, even if only a little.
Rias held in a giggle at Issei's excited face. "Akeno, if you would?"
"Sure thing." Akeno said as she stepped into the center of the large magic circle on the floor. She closed her eyes and began to murmur under her breath as the circle glowed with red light.
"What's she doing?" Aika asked, almost mesmerized by the sight in front of her.
"Akeno is aligning your crests with the magic circle." Rias smiled at Aika.
Issei blinked at the unfamiliar term. "Crests?"
Rias turned to face him with a grin. "Just think of it as proof that you two are part of my household." She held out her hand. "Aika, can I see your palm?"
Aika held out her hand, palm up, to Rias. "Sure."
"Just one moment…" Rias said as she traced a pattern onto Aika's palm.
"What's this?" Aika asked, seeing what looked like a magic circle on her palm before it faded away.
"It's so that you can use the function of the magic circle to teleport directly to your clients." Rias explained easily. "Issei…" She held out her hand and Issei placed his into hers and let her trace the small magic circle onto his palm as well. Once she was finished, Rias looked over her shoulder. "Akeno, is everything ready?"
Akeno nodded. "They can go at any time."
Rias smiled at Aika and Issei. "Alright, you two remember how we explained the process?"
"Draw up a pact with the client, fulfill their wish, and receive payment." Issei and Aika answered at the same time. They grinned at each other for a second afterwards before focusing back on Rias.
"That's good enough." Rias nodded a light laugh in her tone. Aika and Issei were very cute together. "Issei, stand in the magic circle."
Issei moved to stand in the center of the circle and noticed something immediately. ' I feel stronger just standing here…is that normal?' The red glow of the circle grew brighter beneath his feet.
"There he goes." Kiba smiled and waved once.
Koneko watched on while munching on a cookie.
"Take care now, Issei." Rias smiled at him.
"I'll see you guys later!" Issei grinned at everyone before the red light engulfed him. As the light began to dim a few seconds later, Issei saw a silhouette appear in front of him. ' That must be the client. I've gotta make a good entrance. Something befitting a Devil!' Issei put his left hand on his waist and raised his right hand into a flippant wave. "So you're the one who called me here? Well, go ahead and state your desire."
"I'd like a nice spanking while you tell me what a bad girl I've been~" Aika said with a giggling laugh.
"Huh?" Issei blinked his eyes open and saw that he hadn't left the clubroom.
Everyone, barring Aika, was staring at Issei in surprise.
"Oh my, oh my." Akeno closed her eyes and let out a small faked laugh.
Rias stepped forward. "Issei…"
"Yeah?" Issei looked into Rias's eyes.
"Unfortunately, it looks like you couldn't make the jump." Rias told him, briefly running her hand through her red hair and letting out a sigh. "You see, teleporting with the magic circle requires a set amount of demonic power…but you don't have enough."
Issei blinked in shock. "Eh?! Not enough?"
Akeno stepped forward and gave Issei a little smile. "Issei, may I check something?"
"Sure?" Issei was starting to feel like he'd let down Rias and the others.
Akeno took his hand in both of hers and closed her eyes for a moment. "Oh…" She opened her violet eyes a second later. "Your demonic power is much, much lower than your Dragon Aura." She shared a quick look with Rias. "But this magic circle is made to use only demonic power, so I'm afraid until you get stronger, you won't be able to teleport with it."
Issei hung his head. "Oh…" He trudged out of the magic circle with his head hung low. Aika was quick to pull him into a warm hug and comfort him.
"Devil Magic requires demonic power, if you don't have enough, even if you learn the theory, you won't be able to use magic." Akeno explained the problem to Issei. "You'll need to complete contracts, and some training wouldn't hurt, to increase your total amount of demonic power."
"I see." Issei let out a sigh.
Rias looked at the magic circle and then at Aika. "Akeno, can you see if Aika has enough demonic power?"
Akeno nodded to Rias and gently took Aika's hand in both of hers, closing her eyes for a moment. "Yes, she has enough." Akeno said as she opened her eyes again, giving Aika a smile. "She's almost the inverse of Issei at the moment. A normal amount of demonic power for a newly Reborn Devil, but not much Dragon Aura since her Sacred Gear was only recently awakened."
"Alright then, let's get Aika to her first client and then Issei…" Rias looked at Issei with a flat expression. "It's unprecedented…but you'll have to go to the client…on foot."
Kiba, seeing Issei's shocked expression, tried to reassure the newest member of the Peerage. "It should only take about twenty minutes on a bike."
"That's so lame… Who ever heard of a summoned Devil showing up on a bike?" Issei asked rhetorically.
Koneko pointed at him sharply, annoyance clear on her face.
"So mean." Issei recoiled slightly from the look on the cute girl's face.
Aika squeezed Issei close and kissed his lips. "I'll see you when you get back, alright?"
Issei hugged her back. "Be safe."
Aika walked into the middle of the magic circle and the red glow grew brighter and brighter. "I'm off!" She waved to everyone with a smile before vanishing.
"That's so cool." Issei had crocodile tears falling from his eyes. "I want to be summoned the cool way."
Rias placed her hand on Issei's shoulder. "I understand that you're frustrated, Issei, but you have to get going. Making contracts and pacts is a Devil's work and it's not good to keep the client waiting."
Issei let out a small sigh. "Yes, president." He walked towards the door of the clubroom.
"You can use my bike, Issei." Kiba offered with a polite smile. "It's on the bike rack on the side of the building."
"Thanks." Issei gave Kiba a short bow before closing the door behind him.
Once Issei had left the hallway, Rias turned to Akeno. "What did you notice while checking Issei's demonic power?"
Akeno took a moment to think about how best to explain it. "The amount of Dragon Aura that Issei has is very high, much higher than I'd expect from a newly awakened Sacred Gear. It's as if his body is producing the Dragon Aura itself, not the Boosted Gear."
Rias looked confused for a moment before adopting a thinking pose. "But Issei is human…he shouldn't be able to produce Dragon Aura." She tried to recall everything that she could about the legendary Longinus-Class Sacred Gear. "You don't think those speculations about the Sacred Gears of the Heavenly Dragons are true, do you?"
"Um, pardon my interruption, but what speculations?" Kiba asked with his hand raised slightly. As a Sacred Gear user himself, rumors about powerful Gears could, potentially, pertain to his as well.
Akeno answered with a serious look on her face. "There has long been speculation that the Sacred Gears of the Two Heavenly Dragons force themselves to awaken in each new host so as to continue their endless fight against each other. Every generation that the Gears appear in, both always awaken without fail, and both the Red Dragon Emperor and the White Dragon Emperor always find each other and fight."
"Some that are very knowledgeable about Sacred Gears have suspected that the Sacred Gears of the Two Heavenly Dragons have a transformative influence on their hosts, even before being awakened. That's why they always awaken without fail in every host they have. If Issei's body is truly producing its own Dragon Aura…then the speculation might be true. The reason the two Sacred Gears always awaken is because their presence changes their hosts over time from the beginning of their lives." Rias continued where Akeno left off. "Only Dragons can produce Dragon Aura. If Issei has his own Dragon Aura, then he must be, at least partially, Dragon himself."
"You did have to use your second Mutation Piece to turn Issei…" Akeno hummed in thought. "If he was part Dragon, plus being the Red Dragon Emperor, that would explain the need for so much power to turn him."
Kiba looked a bit taken aback. "So, because of the Boosted Gear inside of him…Issei was slowly turned from a regular human into some kind of human/dragon hybrid?"
"Dragon Aura is supposed to have an effect on things that're around it for a long enough time. It would make at least a little sense that having the Boosted Gear within him from birth could change Issei over the course of his life." Rias said, only having a bit of knowledge about Dragon Aura because of her older brother's relation to the former Dragon King, Tannin.
"Now that he's become a Devil through the Evil Pieces…would that make him a Devil/Dragon hybrid?" Akeno asked, knowing from experience that the Evil Pieces could fully turn a human, but if that human was a hybrid, then the supernatural species half of them usually stayed around, making a hybrid of Devil and whatever else the human had been a hybrid with.
Rias shook her head once. "I'm not sure, but maybe?" She lightly bit her lip in worry. ' I could ask Sirzechs…he'd definitely know. But would that end up putting a target on Issei's back?' If there was one thing that Rias wouldn't tolerate, it was her family being threatened.
-Aika's Client-
"You summoned a Devil?" Aika asked as the red light faded away. "What is your desire?"
The man that she came face-to-face with was staring at her in surprise. "Holy shit… That worked?"
Aika noticed the man looked tired, with slight bags under his eyes and his body slightly hunched over, as if drained of energy. "Yes, it did. What is your desire?"
"Oh, right… Uh, I know it's stupid but…could you, possibly, maybe…make a home-cooked meal for me tonight?" The worn out man asked politely.
"That's all?" Aika asked, trying to hide her surprise. "You summoned a Devil to cook for you?"
The man sat down on the floor with a heavy sigh. "Sorry for the inconvenience, Devil-san. But I'm absolutely exhausted. My job makes me work twelve-hour shifts and I've only had one day off in the last two weeks." He explained to Aika. "I've eaten so much instant food, and ordered from every delivery restaurant around her so often that they know my address just from hearing my voice. I'm sick of all of it."
Aika could understand that. The same thing over and over, day after day, on top of always working twelve-hour shifts…it was no wonder the man was burnt out. "Very well. What will you offer as compensation?"
"I have money…?" The man offered while opening his wallet to show the bills inside.
' Rias did say that a lot of clients pay in cash nowadays. Money is basically 'value' in physical form, so it counts as proper payment.' Aika recalled as she looked at the worn out man and nodded. "Very well. What do you have for ingredients?"
The man smiled at Aika. "I dragged myself to the grocery store earlier today, so I have a bit of everything. But I just don't have the energy to cook any of it."
"Are you fine with whatever I make?" Aika questioned as she entered the small kitchen and tied on the sole apron she found hanging on the wall.
"Absolutely." The man nodded once as he sat at the low table in the small living room. "I'm just going to turn on the TV to keep myself awake, if that's alright?"
Aika already had the ingredients that she was planning on using out. "That's fine. It's your home, after all."
The sound of the TV turning on filed the small apartment as Aika got out a pan and set it on the oven. She put rice into the rice cooker and set it for the proper time before returning to the pan and prepping it for what she was about to make.
A while later and Aika entered the living room with a tray of food.
"It smells wonderful." The man smiled, almost looing nostalgic. "How long has it been since I last ate something cooked on my own stove?" He asked himself as he sat up properly and looked at the meal that Aika had made. "Teriyaki Salmon…and it's looks so much better than the last time I made it." The man smiled happily and Aika thought she saw a tear in the corner of the man's eye. "Itadakimasu!" He clapped his hands together and dug in.
Aika took the man's dishes once he was finished eating, notably not even a single grain of rice was left behind. She left the paper survey that Rias had given her on the table for the man to fill out while she washed the dishes for the worn out worker. She didn't technically have to do that, his desire was only for her to cook for him, but Aika didn't feel right leaving the man a mess to clean up.
"It was wonderful, Devil-chan." The man smiled as he stood up from the low table, the completed survey and multiple bills on the table for her. "I'm going to take a bath and then sleep good tonight."
Aika gave the tired man a smile as she collected the payment and the survey (briefly noticing that he'd given her a rating of 'Excellent' and that he was 'Extremely' satisfied with the service). "Have a good night, summoner." With the contract complete, Aika glowed red before vanishing from the worker's apartment.
-Issei's Client-
"Damn it! This is so lame!" Issei cursed as he rode Kiba's bike down the road at a speed much faster than most humans could make a bike move. "Is this it?" He slowed down after seeing the name of the apartments on the sign out front. "Yep, the name matches." He got off the bike and leaned it against the wall. Going up the stairs he found the right address and then rang the doorbell. ' I bet Kiba gets summoned by hot ladies all the time…lucky pretty boy. Please be a hot chick for me too!'
"Who is it?" The deep voice of a man asked through the intercom.
' Damn it…' Issei's head dropped. "I'm the Devil you summoned."
"It's open. Come in-nyo." The man invited him inside.
' Nyo?' Issei wondered about the attempt at a cutesy ending to the man's words as he opened the door. He was immediately confronted by a massive man, bulging with muscles, wearing what looked like a Magical Girl outfit that was clearly too small for him. ' I really didn't need to see a giant man's bulge today…or ever.' Issei lamented in his mind as the Magical Girl outfit didn't make it past the huge guy's hips and left his white briefs exposed. ' Is this dude some kind of freaky cosplayer?!'
"Welcome-nyo." The huge man greeted Issei.
"P-Pardon the intrusion…" Issei got out after a second to collect his thoughts.
"I've been waiting for you-nyo." The muscular man said with intensity.
Issei swallowed once before speaking. "What is your…desire?"
"I want you to make Mil-tan into a Magical Girl-nyo!" The man requested.
"Huh?" Issei blinked at the impossible request. "Mil-tan…?" He shook his head once. "I think you'd have to go to an alternate universe for that."
Mil-tan looked at Issei seriously. "Already been. No one would give Mil-tan any magical power-nyo."
"You actually went?!" Issei exclaimed at the man's words.
"I have no other choice but to ask my archenemies, the Devils-nyo!" Mil-tan continued, his entire massive frame trembling. "Give Mil-tan… GIVE MIL-TAN MAGICAL POWERS-NYOOOO!"
Issei nearly jumped out of his skin at the sudden outburst. "Wait! Wait, wait, wait!" He held up his hands in front of him. "I don't think you understand how Devil Magic works!"
"Hm?" Mil-tan stooped down a bit to look Issei in the eyes. "What do you mean-nyo?"
Feeling like he might be able to salvage this impossible contract, Issei used his own newly learned knowledge. "Well, to use Devil Magic, you have to have demonic power. I'm a young Devil and even I don't have enough demonic power to use Magic yet. As a human, you don't have any demonic power, so you wouldn't be able to use Devil Magic even if I could teach you."
Mil-tan looked shocked before his face dropped into sadness. "Mil-tan's dream…"
"Wait, wait, no need to cry." Issei waved his arms in front of him as he heard Mil-tan sniffle. "If you have any other desire, I can grant that!" He really hoped he didn't regret saying that.
"Anything-nyo?" Mil-tan looked at Issei.
"S-Sure…" Issei nodded while trying to keep a straight face.
Mil-tan turned and reached for something before showing it to Issei. "Watch Milky Spiral 7 Alternative with Mil-tan-nyo!"
Issei looked at the DVD set in Mil-tan's hands. "Sure thing, Mil-tan." He gave the best smile he could. ' This guy probably doesn't have any friends to share his hobby with. I can least grant him that much.' Issei was stunned by how many posters, figures, and other items covered Mil-tan's apartment, all of them from Milky Spiral 7 Alternative. ' Oh shit… He's a super fan. How many episodes is he going to insist on watching?!'
-Early Morning Hours-
"All of them…" Issei groaned to himself as he trudged out of the apartment complex with Kiba's bike. Mil-tan had demanded they watch the entire series in a marathon. "Thankfully, I was able to send a text to Aika to let everyone know." He knew that Aika would cover for him with his parents and say that he was staying over at her house. Issei looked at the survey and the cash in his hand. "But this totally counts as a completed contract, right?"
The survey was marked with 'Excellent' for his personal rating, and Mil-tan had circled 'Extremely' on the satisfaction question. There was even a comment from Mil-tan written in the little section for it on the survey: ' It was real fun-nyo! I'd love to watch Milky Spiral 7 Alternative with Mr. Devil again sometime-nyo!'
"I don't feel any stronger though?" Issei recalled that Devils were supposed to gain power from completing contracts, but he didn't feel any different. "Maybe it takes a lot of them to add up?" He'd ask Rias and the others after school tomorrow. Looking at his watch made Issei groan, he wasn't going to be getting any sleep with the time left before he had to be up and ready for school.
"It's all for the harem… I'll make it through all of this and become the Harem King!" Issei swore as he hopped onto Kiba's bike and pedaled towards his house. As long as he got there at the right time, he could go through a shortened version of his morning routine and meet up with Aika to go to school together without his parents suspecting anything.
-End Chapter-
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Issei and Aika are definitely learning the ups and downs of being new Devils!
Their lust has seen a noticeable increase, for sure. The two finally marking off 'outdoor sex' from their shared list of sexy things to try. Kek!
We all know a pervert couple like Issei and Aika definitely have a list like that!
Issei has a lot of Dragon Aura, but low demonic power.
Rias and Akeno speculate that housing the Boosted Gear has changed Issei over the course of his life since Issei is producing Dragon Aura of his own! Are they correct?
Aika's first contract goes well, and is fairly easy. Just a burnt out wage slave wanting a home-cooked meal for the first time in way too long.
Issei got Mil-tan… Hahaha! But he managed to save it this time around! The contract was made and completed satisfactorily! Success! The first step on Issei's path to becoming the Harem King! Lol
With Issei and Aika both having about a year before the events of Canon start, just how far will they grow in that time? How will this extra time affect the Occult Research Club? Perhaps things will change for the better with Issei and Aika around to be good friends and help the other members through some of their troubles and traumas?
Keep reading to find out!
Until I get your reviews, later!