I won't lie... I shamelessly ripped off the first scene in Silver W King's DxD fic, All in One Sky. This is a bit different compared to my other DxD fics. Reincarnated Devil, worth only a single pawn, no Gear, not born with any kind of Bloodline power, break the world over my knee anyway!
Chapter One: Just One Pawn
Hyoudou Issei was on Cloud Nine. He had a girlfriend now. An actual girlfriend! Her name was Amano Yuuma, and she went to a different school, but that didn't matter since she was super cute, her boobs being a solid A+ was the cherry on top! His parents had long abandoned any hope of him giving them grandchildren due to his infamous perversion, but he showed them. He showed them all! The proud pervert, Issei Hyoudou, can, in fact, get bitches! Hallelujah!
Today was their first date and he had gone all out. Even all the money he had saved up for new, upcoming eroge was poured into this date. Theme park, sappy romance movies, expensive lunch that made his wallet cry, and the classic photo booth! It was the whole nine yards. The perfect date! He even knew the perfect place to end it, a park with a beautiful fountain that made the sunset look magical!
This whole day was perfect. Everything had gone off without a hitch, he couldn't have asked for a more perfect date.
'Now it's time for my favorite part of any romance visual novel!' Issei thought excitedly, barely able to contain how giddy he was.
His beautiful, perfect, girlfriend had brought him to the center of the park by the fountain as the sun was setting. She said she had a request for him.
'End of date kiss! End of date kiss! End of date-'
"Would you die for me?" The words came from Yuuma's mouth.
Issei's thoughts came to an abrupt halt. The park was silent, not a sound, not even a single person nearby either.
"Wha- What did you say, Yuuma-chan?" Surely he heard wrong. "Sorry, could you repeat that? I thought you said something silly like-"
"Would you die for me?" she repeated, a cruel glint entering her eyes.
"Tha…that's not a good joke, Yuuma-chan." Issei tried to play off her question casually, yet couldn't shake off the feeling that something was wrong.
Suddenly, a pair black-feathered wings burst from her back. Her clothes were shredded, and for a second, Issei was able to see her bare breast, nipple and all! Her outfit was then replaced with leather straps that made up some kind of kinky S&M costume, a pair of black thigh-high, heeled boots finishing the look.
"I had fun today, like playing house with a child." She raised her arm to the side and light gathered to form a spear in her hand. "But it's time for you to die. You are a threat to us and can't be allowed to live."
She pulled back her arm, getting ready to stab Issei when…
"GET DOWN MR. PRESIDENT!" A voice shouted.
A black blur moved across the park and tackled Issei out of the way of the deadly spear's path.
Yuuma blinked as her spear hit nothing but air. "What?"
Issei and the newcomer rolled on the ground a few times before coming to a stop. The newcomer quickly got off the ground, picking up a dazed and slightly dizzy Issei.
He was a tall, well-built, young man wearing the Kuoh Academy uniform with a black shirt. Six foot two, with messy black, neck-length hair that liked to sway over his sky-blue eyes, and with handsome looks a step or two below that damn pretty boy, Kiba.
Issei shook his head clear then brought his attention to the young man, someone he knew personally. "S-Sora? What are you doing here!?"
Sora was a Third-Year at Kuoh Academy, and one of his few friends at the school. He often hung around his group, the Perverted Trio, being a pain in the ass whenever they tried to peep on the cute girls in the kendo club… much to the endearment of the girls. Seriously, why did this asshole get to have girls all over him at their expense? But he was a pretty alright guy aside from that; he was their first friend when they came to the academy and despite his reputation at school, he was just as perverted as them, just better at hiding it. He was amazing when it came to finding some of the best quality hentai around, and set up a Discord group with them so they could share lewds… the man practically had entire hard drives filled with nothing but hentai. He was strict with them at school but an absolute homie nonetheless.
"Issei what the hell did you do!?" He yelled.
"Eh? What did I do?" Issei yelled back incredulously.
"Dammit, I knew this would happen." He shook his head in disappointment. "Only you, Issei, would be so hopelessly inept when it comes to women that you'd get the first girl to ask you out on a date mad enough to try and kill you. Even worse, you pissed off a Fallen Angel of all things!"
"But I didn't even do anything bad!" Issei whined.
The Fallen Angel, "Yuuma", finally shook herself from the odd arrival, and gritted her teeth in annoyance, as she addressed the new disturbance. "I don't know who the hell you are, little Devil. You look weak, a Stray maybe?" She said tauntingly. "I don't have time to deal with you. Lucky for you I'm busy, but if you don't get out of the way, I'll kill you too." Said "Yuuma" with a sneer as she focused again on Issei.
Sora raised his hands peacefully. "Listen, I understand this boob obsessed pervert has an uncanny ability to piss women off. But isn't it a bit cruel to murder him on the first date? Like what did he even do? It was your first date he couldn't have possibly cheated on you already… could he?" He turned to Issei. "Homie, did you cheat on your girlfriend on the first date?"
"Of course I didn't!" Issei shouted, enraged. "I would never cheat on Yuuma-chan!"
"Then you must've done something to piss her off. Think back on your date, did you do anything that might have caused her to go full yandere on your ass?"
"Of course not! I was the perfect gentleman. Well, I did look at her boobs a few times, but I was very gentlemanly about it!" The pervert courageously admitted.
The Fallen Angel looked at the two bickering idiots before her. Her irritation grew along with her headache at the sheer stupidity on display.
Sora put his hand on the back of Issei's head and forced him to bow along with him. "Miss Fallen Angel, I'm really sorry for whatever this idiot did but can you find it in your heart to at least just cuck him instead of killing him? I actually like my friends alive."
"Would you two idiots shut up? You honestly think I give a damn about this human!"
"Y-Yuuma-chan," Issei said hesitantly, as he stepped back. "Wha-what do you mean?"
Sora gave her a bland look. "Nevermind, she's just a bitch."
"That's right, there was never a relationship. I simply pulled him out here to kill him. The rest of this so-called 'date' was just for my amusement." She smiled cruelly as she saw Issei's hurt look, gleeful at his misery.
Sora let out a long sigh. "Sorry, Issei, I got the situation wrong. You got tricked by a snake." He put a hand on his shoulder. "I've got a plan, you just have to follow my lead."
"I…" Issei was still trying to wrap his head around everything, but tried his best to focus. "O-Okay!"
"We'll beat her with the power of friendship…"
Issei blinked. "Wait what!?"
Sora pulled out a comically large high-powered rifle out of his school blazer that couldn't have possibly fit there or stayed hidden. "And this gun I found!"
The Fallen Angel gave Sora a bland look. "Killing you might actually be doing Hell a favor."
"Here, have one too." Sora took out another gun from his blazer and shoved it into Issei's hands.
"Wa-Wa-Wait!" Issei cried. "I don't know how to use a gun!"
The gun was noticeably smaller than Sora's. Instead of a rifle, it was a large handgun, a revolver.
"Aim and pull the trigger, nothing to it." He explained. "Hell, I even gave you a smaller one since I figured it was more your speed."
"Oh fuck you too!"
The Fallen Angel's eye twitched. "I'm going to enjoy killing you two way more than I should."
"BRING IT, BITCH!" He yelled as he aimed his sights on her. "FOR THE EMPEROR!"
Two years ago, April 5, Kuoh Academy
Being reincarnated into DxD was nothing to write home about. Now being reincarnated into Japan with all of their social tiptoeing? That's a fucking nightmare and a half. Don't get me started on how hard schools can be here, America in my past life spoiled me rotten. I was no genius, in fact I was kind of an idiot, but I could at least apply myself where it counts, which is how I got into Kuoh Academy in the first place.
I had no real drive to get involved in the plot, just let Issei handle things and it'd all be fine. The reason I wanted to come to Kuoh was for the more lax social standards. 'Cause if these guys could tolerate the Perverted Trio without expelling them or even them getting horrendously bullied by the rest of the school, then they could at least handle an open otaku goober like myself. Surprisingly enough, classes here were a lot easier than I was expecting. Either that or devil money afforded better teachers. Probably that, now that I thought about it.
In any case this was the first year they were allowing men into Kuoh Academy, and I was part of the first batch of lucky guys that got to be surrounded by near constant eye candy. Who knew what the future would bring, but I was more than happy just to sit back and enjoy my mob status. Maybe my life would end up some slice of life rom-com? Some of the girls here have been giving me looks, though that just might be because of my height. Really glad I got to keep my height when I was reincarnated. Oh wait! Maybe my life would end up a shounen sports anime, the basketball team was already trying to scout me. That could be really fun too!
Yup. No need to worry about canon in the slightest, my family wasn't connected to the supernatural, I didn't have a Sacred Gear (I checked), and we lived in a safe neighborhood far away from where the Stray Devils usually dwelled. All I needed to do was stay back and relax.
"Hello," An oh so familiar voice that made me flashback to my previous life called out, "If it isn't too much trouble, could you help me?"
Even knowing what she looked like, I was not prepared to actually see her. Even if I didn't know that she was a supernatural being, Rias Gremory was just so damn hot that it would've been a tip-off anyway. My brain straight up blue-screened the second I laid eyes on her. I'd seen redheads before, but no one was that red. Her thick crimson hair fell in a curtain down her back to her shapely thighs, contrasting her smooth, creamy skin. Her round face was the perfect mix between soft and mature, and her blue, sapphire eyes glimmered with a hint of mystery and mischief. My height meant I had to look down, meaning I got quite an eyeful of her large breasts, her whole body looking like the textbook definition of sinful… though to be fair she kind of was a devil. While her Kuoh Academy uniform was technically modest, the shirt conformed tightly to their round plumpness, so much so that I had to wonder if she was even wearing a bra. The weird half corset thing worn over it (yet more proof of who was running the school, in hindsight) only emphasized them.
Now my face had a look of mild surprise, my mind on the other hand…
Why didn't anyone tell me that girls could be this pretty!? Holy shit! Fuck! God fuck fuck God Dammit! Shit fuck God, oh God please help me! Fuck!
Was less than eloquent to say the least.
Yes, I'd like to pick ' Women I don't have a chance with' for 500.
She giggled. "Hello~?"
I blushed all the way down to my neck, if I was any more red I'd have been mistaken for a traffic signal. Or a cut off piece of her hair.
"S-Sorry!" I stammered. "You said you needed something?" My eyes widened. "O-Oh, uh, I'm Kawakami Sora, nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you," she echoed, nodding and smiling widely, "My name is Rias Gremory. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind helping me move some things."
"S-Sure!" My voice cracked, I cleared my throat. "Sure, I'd be happy to help."
She giggled again, and I felt butterflies in my stomach. "Follow me, hopefully this shouldn't take too long."
Rias turned around and began walking away, I followed a few paces behind her. As expected, anime logic took hold and people began staring and pointing at us, though not nearly as much as when she and Issei walked to school together in canon. In a few minutes we made it to the old school building. The whole time I tried - and failed - to not stare at her lovely rear as we did.
We walked into the building and just as we turned the corner, I saw what she wanted me to move, a dozen or so cardboard boxes of varying sizes, as well as something else - someone.
Himejima Akeno rivaled Rias in terms of sheer beauty and figure. Her black silky hair that went down to her legs was tied into a ponytail by an orange ribbon. Her uniform made it look like her large breasts were going to pop the buttons of her shirt at the slightest wrong movement. Her lovely violet eyes stared at me with a look of slight surprise.
"My, Rias, you've brought home a big one today haven't you? I'll put on some tea~" She said in a sultry, teasing voice.
"Oh, Hello," I waved, "Kawakami Sora, nice to meet you."
"My name's Himejima Akeno," the beauty replied with an elegant bow and a warm smile. "And I'll be your server today."
With that, she departed from sight, presumably to a kitchen…
I saw Rias smirk at me from my peripheral vision. "You're staring~"
I didn't even have it in me to feel the slightest bit shameful. "Yup." Then I brought my attention to the boxes. "So, you want me to move these up-stairs?"
She nodded. "If it isn't too much trouble."
I rubbed my hands together. "Easy enough." I approached one of the boxes and bent my knees, I tested its weight and… you know I really should've thought twice about agreeing to this.
They were Devils, super strength and all, Akeno was her Queen and had Rook strength. So the only reason they'd want me, a human to help lift anything was if they were trying to get some amusement out of seeing a pitiful human confident in their strength struggle to do what they could with ease… or just trying to get a kick out of teasing the school's potential new bag of simps. And to be fair, I was already a simp for both at this point. In other words… holy fucking shit what was in these fucking boxes, construction equipment!?
I lifted the box with my legs, bringing the box up with me, and from the look on her face, it was very much to her surprise. "Alright," I took a deep breath, "Let's go."
It honestly didn't take very long. My previous experience in my past life as a package handler made sure I always had good form when carrying the boxes up. Also helped that I was kind of a gym rat this life cause like fuck I was going to waste my chance to look and feel fit as hell! The instant confidence boost I got every time I looked into a mirror while shirtless helped quite a bit. Even Akeno looked honestly shocked at me carrying what felt like a hundred-fifty to nearly two hundred pounds per box at a decent pace. Hell, I doubt they even expected me to even be able to lift the first box.
So, there I was, panting heavily on the wall of the rather barren looking ORC club room, I gave them a shaky thumbs up. "...Job's done!"
Akeno beckoned me to a comfortable-looking couch with a gentle wave and a smile. "Come sit down, you've definitely earned a rest."
"Oh thank goodness!" I noticed them flinching preemptively, must've thought I was about to say 'God' instead. I all but collapsed onto the couch like a limp noodle. "I'm going to be sore for a few days after that. Should've done some stretches first too now that I think about it."
Rias let out a small laugh, and it's official, I loved hearing her laugh. "Well, I'll make sure to keep that in mind if we need any more heavy lifting. Also, don't worry about your classes for now, I can call a favor in with the Student Council President to have you excused."
I nodded. "Much obliged."
Akeno came to my side, offering me a cup of tea. "Here you go, nice and hot~"
I blew on the tea a few times before taking a sip. My eyes widened. I looked at her, then the tea, then back at her again. "This is the best tea I've ever had."
"My my," Akeno all but purred with a smile, one hand demurely on her cheek as 'Ara Ara~' energy seemed to emanate from her in waves. "I'm so glad you like it!"
"Oh! My folks and I baked some cookies last night." I reached into my bag and pulled out a sizable stack of cookies in seran wrap. "We run a small family owned bakery downtown, I made these ones myself."
Mom and Dad were getting me ready to take over the family business, I had no problems with that, running a bakery sounded interesting to me. Not to mention I was damn good when it came to making desserts. I unwrapped the cookies and offered them to the two beauties. I had two more stacks in my bag, I couldn't decide if I wanted to share them around to promote the bakery… or eat them all myself. What? I have a sweet tooth, sue me!
The girls shared a look before sharing some kind of unspoken agreement. Both took a cookie.
Rias took a tentative bite. She blinked, surprised. "Oh my, these are rather good."
Akeno followed suit, she let out a high pitched moan- like squeal. "Mmmmm~! These are absolutely delicious! And you said you made these yourself? I must have the recipe!"
I gave a smug smirk, as always, my sweets were unparalleled. "It's a family recipe, can't give it away all willy nilly."
"Awwww, are you sure there isn't any way you'd be willing to give it to me~?" She leaned down, giving me a generous look at her barely contained bust.
Gentlemen, I won't lie. I nearly split the beans then and there. I am merely a mortal man against two veritable succubi! But I held out.
I took a deep breath, my face very red. "S-Sorry, but those secrets stay in the family."
She pouted. "Hmmm~ fine."
Good Lord woman, it should be illegal to be that sexy and cute at the same time.
"I-I could bring some more every now and then," I relented just a bit, "I-If you're okay with that!" I quickly added.
She covered her smile with her hand. "Ufufu, that sounds lovely~."
Fuck, I'm being overwhelmed, I must strike back! Quick, think, what can I say to turn this while teasing thing around? Unfortunately, I said the first thing that came to mind.
I turned to Rias. "Um, I've actually been meaning to ask you something."
She batted her eyelashes at me and then raised an inquisitive brow. "Oh?"
Oh these two know exactly what they're doing.
"Your surname, Gremory, is it in reference to the one of the dukes of Hell in the Lesser Key of Solomon?"
Her eyebrows arched, and Akeno nearly choked on her cookie. "Ah-" She uttered, clearly caught flat-footed, before clearing her throat. "Well, I don't know if we're named because of that, but yes, it is the same! I didn't expect to meet someone knowledgeable about the Ars Goetia…"
Ha! Caught slipping! Their faces were priceless.
"Not all that knowledgeable," I lied, I was very knowledgeable due to all the stupid DxD worldbuilding and powerscalimg debates back in my first life, "I'm actually doing some research on demonology for a manga I like to potentially make one day."
A bit of a lie, I kind of just wanted to see if I could keep the conversation rolling after my bit of trolling. Dead Lord knows how many ideas I had for potential stories, and the new sketchbook I got over winter break is almost completely filled up. It didn't hurt that most of the manga from my old life technically didn't exist in this one. And what did exist was shitty ripoffs.
"Oh?!" Rias perked up, her sultry energy melting away into excited exuberance. "You wanna make manga? That's so cool!"
Going from seductress to puppy in .6 seconds. Absolutely amazing. And adorable.
I couldn't help but get caught up in her excitement. "Uh, yeah. A post-apocalyptic dark fantasy story centered around a cataclysmic war between Heaven and Hell, but not really since it's also technically a fantasy sci-fi story with the Angels and Demons actually being beings from other dimensions constantly waging war on world after world resulting in the deaths of countless worlds." I was making this shit up as I go, throwing Berserk, Xenoblade, Darksiders, DOOM, No Game No Life, and even DxD itself into the mix. "The main character is a tragic human who has lost everything because of the war being waged, and through his creativity and ingenuity, he's able to reverse-engineer the Angel and Demon technology to become what is basically the first Horseman of the Apocalypse and fight back to save his world."
Rias didn't say anything, she put a hand over her mouth, her shoulders were shaking.
Akeno just gave me a curious look. "Wait. So the Angels and Demons are aliens in this story?"
"Pffffft!" And there goes Rias bursting into uncontrollable laughter. "Aliens! Bwahahahaha! Aliens!"
I pasted on an offended look. "What's wrong with that? It's not like they exist to get offended by my depiction of them."
This only made her laugh even harder.
I turned to Akeno, who was now rubbing Rias's back. "It's not that bad of a concept, is it?"
"It's…" She laughed a little with Rias, "A rather unorthodox interpretation of Christian mythology."
Don't I know it.
Rias had now reached the painful wheezing phase of uncontrollable laughter. "Oh… Oh goodness… hehehheh… Aliens of all things."
I gave her a flat look. "Yeah, yeah, I get it. The alien mythology angle is dumb."
She put her hand on my arm, probably to keep herself sitting straight. "It's… heheh… it's not that. It was just so unexpected." She started to finally get a hold of herself. "Like, how do you make up something like that?"
I keep my flat look. "The Horsemen powers are based on Super Sentai transformations."
"Bwahahahahahahahahaha!" Ladies and gentlemen, Uncontrollable Laughter 2 The Electric Boogaloo.
Even Akeno couldn't hold her laughter anymore. "Heheheheheh! Never let him meet your brother!"
Ah, Sirzechs's Satan Red thing must've put some amusing images in their heads.
Things were pretty fun after I got over how drop-dead gorgeous they both were. We spent pretty much the entire school day ironing out the plot of the story, even Akeno was sucked into it, pitching ideas here and there. I also showed them my sketchbook, apparently my art was actually good enough to impress them; a few more pages were dedicated to drawings of how the Horsemen Henshin would look like. They really liked the designs I based on the Sin Devil Triggers from Devil May Cry.
Also, I got to meet Sona for the first time too. She was pissed at us for skipping a whole day of school to basically goof off in the old school building. At the very least the day ended on a high note, they actually wanted me to come back the next day, Akeno doubly so since I said I'd bring brownies next.
Okay, sure, I came into this with absolutely no intention of getting involved in the main plot, but I guess no plan survives the enemy. And let's be real, this plan was doomed the moment they gave me an opportunity to be a troll.
Fuck… Koneko's going to eat me out of house and home now, isn't she?
Rias Gremory gave a small smile as she watched Kawakami Sora walk away. Sure, Akeno had roped her into teasing the new boys but she didn't expect to have such a pleasant day. She found the biggest, strongest looking guy and he turned out to be an absolute adorkable teddy bear.
"Ufufu, he was certainly a pleasant surprise." Akeno smiled. "You two got along like two peas in a pod. I could've sworn you almost looked star struck when he said he was making a manga."
Rias blushed, embarrassed. "Oh hush! I only got a…little carried away."
Akeno gave a small laugh. "If you say so, but are you ever going to tell him that the boxes were for that bath you want built in the club room?"
Rias shook her head. "No, what he doesn't know won't hurt him."
There was a comfortable silence as Sora's form mostly blended in with the crowd, but one could still make him out by his height alone.
Akeno smirked. "Aliens~"
"Pffft!" snorted the redhead, shoving her best friend playfully.
[-]
"Jesus Christ, Gremory-san," Every devil in the room twitched as a headache flared up at the name, "The sheer mental gymnastics going through my head to try and justify your reasoning for a shower in the club room is causing me physical pain."
He figured it out the moment he saw the fully constructed shower.
Rias sighed. "Sora, it's not that big of a deal."
"Not that big of a deal!?" he cried out. "Think of all the noise it'll cause when someone goes for a bath. Not to mention all of the steam. Especially if any of you like to take long showers."
"Well, I know I certainly do~" Akeno said in a sultry tone, mercilessly adding fuel to the fire.
Sora turned to the other two, an eyebrow raised. "Anyone else?"
Kiba, a blonde blue-eyed pretty boy, and Koneko, a short, white haired girl with amber eyes, sat on the sofa as they watched their King bicker with some seemingly unimpressive human. Both of them raised their hands… as well as a hand coming out of a cardboard box next to the sofa, Gasper.
"Well, who doesn't like a long shower?" Kiba tried to reason.
He might as well have poured oil on the aforementioned fire.
"See!" Sora exclaimed. "And all that steam is going to heat up the place, the room might as well be a sauna. Which isn't going to be good for 'boxes' over there." He pointed at Gasper, still hiding in the box.
"Eep!" Gasper, and, by extension, his box, jumped at the sudden attention.
Sora shook his head. "Poor thing would get cooked like a Christmas turkey if that complexion is anything to go by."
Rias threw her hands up. "Alright, alright, I get it!"
He looked innocently off to the side. "Not to mention that if you opened the windows up the steam could be mistaken for smoke and that'd be a whole other can of worms to work through with the fire department when the inevitable emergency call is made."
"Sora!"
'Though magic does fix all of the problems he listed.' Akeno mused '...But getting to see Rias squirm like this is amazing~!'
She'd expected many things out of Sora, this was not one of them. It seemed like he was shy when it came to meeting new people, especially girls, but warmed up quickly. And then out comes the sass from left field, and it was glorious. Blunt and with no problem speaking his mind. That day-long geeking out session with Rias must've done a lot to loosen him up. Akeno made a mental note to never let Sora and Sona be in the same room unsupervised. If those two got into a debate they would be at it till the heat-death of the universe.
On the coffee table in front of the sofa was a spread of desserts of such quality it almost felt like they were in one of the top bakeries back in the Underworld. Sora didn't just bring some brownies, he brought in two whole catering boxes worth of sweets. Cookies, brownies, tarts, and many other sweets, including an entire cake; they were spoiled for choice now.
Rias pouted. "I take back ever thinking you were cute!"
Sora put a hand on her shoulder. "Gremory-san, I won't lie, I'm kind of an asshole. You should've expected that when we got into that power scaling debate yesterday."
"I still think White Out is a stronger universe than Category-Lunar."
"Oh here we go again!"
Koneko ignored them as their bickering began anew and grabbed a cupcake from one of the boxes. She eyed it suspiciously before deciding to take a bite. She froze, her eyes lit up as fireworks danced on her taste buds, and in a few seconds the only thing left in her hand was the wrapper.
Slowly, she turned to Akeno, frosting all over her mouth. "...We're keeping him, right?"
Akeno smiled at the bickering redhead and the tall young man. "Mhmm~"
Chapter End
Sora looks like Yato from Noragami.
