Beforeword: I'm sorry if I'm dragging the story too much, I realized now that this is the sixth chapter and so far no battles have occurred at all. I just wanted to focus on building Tatseyo's character and how he investigates the world of DxD. But don't worry, this and 6-1 will be the last before the battle, look forward for chapter 7.
Also, I would like to ask that if you are going to give me a suggestion for the story, please give some way of contacting you, I honestly like to discuss what I write with the readers.
Part 1
I eat my lunch at a quiet area, keeping an eye on Issei and the ones surrounding him, I can't make my move with so many people around, I would be found out for sure.
It was on Rias that I wanted to try it on first, being a full blooded demoness and the leader, she is probably the one I should aim for, but exactly because she's the leader, approaching her right away might be dangerous.
So I decided to go for Issei, the massive energy he hides makes him the second best target, I just gotta wait until they part ways.
But there's something bothering me...
Namely, the trio looking at me
A group of two guys and one girl who I recognize from class is standing a few meters behind me, they approached a few minutes ago but didn't said a single word to me and are just standing there whispering to each other for a while, they probably think I don't know they are here and even though there's nothing wrong with them, this is starting to bother me.
Tired of waiting, I stand up and turn back to look at them
"Oi, you guys want something?"
The three jump back at my remark
Oh yeah, I gotta remember that people in the school are still afraid of me.
I lift a hand and apologize
"Sorry, didn't meant to scare you all, did you want to talk to me?"
The two boys exchange glances as if deciding who would speak first and the girl steps up between them
"Ka-Kageyama-kun, right?"
She says lifting a lunch box and asking
"Would you like to e-eat with us?"
I stay silent for a moment, not believing what I just heard
They want me to sit with them? Seriously?! For real!?
I never made friends so easily! But right now I'm investigating!
Aghhh, what should I do? There's gotta be a way!
I look around and I see a bench where I can keep my eyes on the devils and still eat with them, sweet!
"Y-yes! But could we please eat over there?"
They look at the place where I just pointed and answer
"Fine by us!"
We go to the bench and start eating and chatting, to be honest, I barely say anything since I'm busy watching the demons, but apparently the three were born in this town and all of them are involved with some club activity. They told me their names were Kanae, Eizo and Koji
"How is Seasoning city like Kageyama-kun?" - Kanae asks
"A pretty standard city, I think the only major difference between there and here is the amount of schools"
And the amount of Espers, but I think it's better not to talk about it with them.
"Nice, I'm really looking forward to our trip to Kyoto! " - Eizo says
"You never left the country, right?"
Koji questions his friend
"No, what about you, Kageyama?"
I nod my head
"Yeah, I've travelled to a few countries, but I only stayed in there for a week or two"
His eyes go wide and he hunches towards me
"Woah! Even so it's amazing! Is your familiy rich or something?"
Kanae pinches his cheek
"Hey, don't you know it's rude to ask about someone's wealth?"
"Ouch, dis hurds, led go!"
She then lets go off Eizo's cheek, I wouldn't mind telling them that my family is wealthy, it's not a state secret.
"Sorry Kageyama-kun, I didn't mean to offend... huh? Kageyama-kun?"
He finally notices my staring towards the devil's group
"Oi Kageyama-kun, are you staring at Rias-senpai? Careful, there are lots of boys AND girls who will hate anyone who makes a move on her!"
I cough my juice at his remark, why does he thing I was looking as Rias specifically!?
"Idiot! I wasn't looking just at Rias!"
"But that means you were watching them, right?"
Kanae caught me and she looks at me with an impish smile
"Y-yes, I was just thinking about how they seem so familiar with each other"
Not really, I already know what makes them so familiar, but I have to give an excuse
"Well, can't blame you, they sure are an odd crew"
"The only thing odd for me is that Issei guy, how does he manage to get along with the popular group being such a human trash?"
"Huh? Popular?"
Now they lost me, I know Kiba and Rias are because of what happened when I first arrived, but are all the others besides Issei considered "popular" too?
"Why are they popular?"
The trio looks at me, Eizo is the first to answer
"Well, Rias is one of the two great Onee-samas of this school together with Akeno-senpai, she is beautiful, smart, athletic, rich, basically the dream girlfriend of any boy, and of some girls as well..."
Kanae proceeds
"Kiba Yuuto is the school's prince, since he arrived all the girls at school have a crush on him, he's smart, handsome, talented, cool, well, you get it"
Koji keeps going
"Koneko Toujou, the white haired girl, and Asia, the blonde one, are like the school's mascots, they are cute, pretty and adorable. Asia came in after Koneko, but her blonde bishoujo type soon won everybody's hearts"
The girl then continues
"There is also Xenovia and Irina, they are the most recent additions to the school, Xenovia got popular because she's really good at sports, almost every club wants her to join in, her looks also helped on it though, and Irina got popular because of her excentric personality, she has the tittle of "cute but weird" girl"
Wow, that was quite an explanation, but...
"And what about Issei?"
When I first arrived I already knew he wasn't liked, insults were directed to him almost as much as praises were directed to Rias and Kiba, but the reason was never very clear to me
At the mention of his name, their faces seem filled with anger. Kanae is the first to speak
"He's the worst! He is a member of the school's perverted trio together with that jerk Matsuda and that creep Motohama! Those three often are caught trying to spy on girls or even reading lewd magazines in the middle of class!"
It sounds like she's cursing him, Eizo continues
"Yeah! And there is rumour going on that he's forcing the girls of the ORC to make lewd things by blackmaling and threatening them! Even poor Asia and Koneko didn't scape that creep's lust!"
Wait, wait, is that actually truth? I share the same classroom as them and aside from the porn mags I haven't seem anything resembling what they are saying
"That's a pretty serious accusation! Is there any proof of that?"
Koji then speaks, at this point he's pratically shouting
"Who cares! Just him being close to them is already a threat to their well being!"
Well, guess I already know what I have to know about them
There's just one more thing...
"But what about you three? How do you feel about the popular group?
I already know that they hate Issei, but they only told me the history of the popular group, not how they feel towards them
They confusedly look at each other and Koji answers
"W-well, we like them, we don't idolize them like almost everyone, but I think they are ok."
"Yeah, we would like to get closer to them, but it's not like we have a chance" - Kanae says while forcing a smile
It seems a normal answer, but even so I have to try something...
[ANNULATION]
By using psychic powers I can annulate any kind of suggestion, hypnosis or brainwashing imposed on someone.
After using it, I ask again
"That is how you really feel about them?"
They look at each other and nod
"Yup, pretty much, aside from Issei, there's no real reason to dislike them"
Well, guess that settles it, the humans on this school are not brainwashed, they are just being tricked by the demons.
"You know Kageyama-kun, since you came in you have gained a bit of a fame as well..."
Eizo says scratching his cheek
"Really?! What fame?"
I never had fame in a school, maybe I can become popular too?
"W-well, since you came in people think that you are..."
"That I am?"
C'mon, I wanna know!
Kanae completes the boys phrase
"...A deliquent"
...
WHAT?!
"How? W-Why? What have I done?"
Deliquent? Already?! I knew this could happen because of my face, but so soon?
"It's because of your expression and your gaze I think. Everybody says that you have the face of someone who's plotting something all the time, there were also two students who said that you glared at them with some real killing intent when you got inside the classroom"
"Yeah, we had to work quite a lot of courage to invite you to eat with us..."
What?! So the boys who I stared at my first day got that scared of me? Shit! My chance to be popular just blew out of the water.
Even though I know that the first part is my fault, since I really am plotting about what to do with the demons at this school, this news still makes me want to cry! I guess a normal life is truly impossible.
"Uahhhh, why? What have I done?"
I say as I cover my face with my hands
"There, there, we'll try do dismiss the rumours, okay? Please cheer up."
Kanae says as she pets my head
Thank you, but I still feel like crying!
Part 2
Before the bell announcing the end of our break rings, I say goodbye to the trio of my newly made friends and follow towards Issei
Unfortunately, he makes his way back with Asia and Xenovia, so I have to find a way to separate them.
What can I do?
I scroll around the area for something that I can use untill a glimpse from the window catches my attention
I have an idea!
Right from where I stand I can see one of the school's deposits from the corridor's window.
I use telekinesis to burst the doors open and throw the materials outside the shed
There's my excuse!
I run towards them and call their attention
"Hey, Hyoudou-kun! Could you help me arrange the things in the deposit? Someone did a real mess over there"
Xenovia and Asia turn back, they wide their eyes in surprise
"Ka-Kageyama-san?" - Asia says
"Huh, the new student? What do you want with Ise?"
Xenovia asks suspiciously
"I want his help to arrange the deposit, I was told to call him too"
Issei steps forward
"Oh, it's okay, I can help"
But at this moment, Xenovia jumps between me and her friends
"I don't trust you! Tell me Ise, have you done anything to make him mad?"
"Eh, Xenovia-san?"
We are all confused at her reaction, did she found out that I'm planning something?
"You are a deliquent aren't you? They warned me about you"
I'm completely speechless at the scene, warned her? It's not even my third day here and things are already this bad?!
"Xenovia-san, you're exaggerating, it's just rumours..."
Issei tries to dismiss her accusations, but Xenovia shakes her head and glares at me
"You trust people too much Ise. I've heard it from Irina, the Yakuza has recruits like him in highschools around the country, if someone as much as look at them wrong they'll hold a grudge of death against them!"
Yakuza?! You serious?
"Xenovia! I don't think Irina was talking about Kageyama-kun, we don't even have gangs in Kuoh town!"
She then points at me, she's completely ignoring what they are saying!
"Eh? Me?"
"You! I don't know what Issei might have done to you, but I... I..."
She then opens open her arms as if shielding Issei and Asia
"But I'll take you on! No matter what you wanna do to them, I'll take it! So come at me if you must!"
"Are you stupid?!"
This words escape my mouth, I can't help it, she's being absurd!
"Curse me if you want! I'll take it all!"
I facepalm, maybe this wasn't a good plan...
Just as I was thinking of leaving, Issei and Asia intervene
"Xenovia, it's alright, me, Rias and Kiba spoke to Tatseyo in his first day, he's not dangerous at all"
"I also trust Tatseyo-san, c'mon Xenovia"
Asia also insists while pulling Xenovia by her shirt
"Ah, wait, Asia!"
"See you later, Ise-san, Kageyama-san"
Asia waves to us as they both disappear into the hallway
Issei sighs
"I'm sorry about Xenovia, she's not a bad person, but she's still adapting to this country and she's quick to believe in things"
I scratch my head
"I-I see..."
That was close, for a moment I believed she had seen through me
"So... let's go to the shed before class starts"
I quickly shake my head trying to stay on focus
"Oh, yeah, let's go"
We walk for a few minutes without saying anything but just as we are halfway, Issei asks me
"So Kageyama-kun, are you liking Kuoh academy?"
I nod
"It's a good place, not that I ever went to other schools for comparison though"
"You were home-schooled through all of middle education right?"
"Yeah, my parents thought it would be better..."
He makes a troubled expression
"I'm sorry that your highschool experience has to be like this, rumours can be really nasty, trust me, I know."
I give a quick laugh
"I heard yours too, it ain't easy right? Shouldn't you take easy on the lewd stuff if you don't like it?"
Issei merely sighs
"Well, it's not like I actually care, I am a pervert after all!"
He says it sou proudly! Maybe my friends from earlier were right, but it's still wrong to call him human trash, after all, he is a demon, so this kind of behaviour should be expected.
Issei keeps talking with a somewhat worried tone
"But your case is different right? I'm used to being called a pervert, and it's not like that's a lie, but you are not actually a deliquent isn't it? There are people who are outright afraid of you, doesn't it bother you?"
I shake my head
"Don't worry, I'm used to it, things will calm down eventually... I hope"
I already traveled to many countries and met different people, so I'm used to people thinking that I'm a deliquent based on my looks, it's a piece of crap, but eventualy they get used to it, I hope it'll be the same here.
He seems happy again
"Alright, if you say so"
"I'm fine, trust me, by they way, thanks for helping out a new-guy"
He geniunely seems concerned with my well being. Xenovia also seemed concerned with her friend's safety, demons can really be deceiving can't they?
"No problem"
As he says that, I notice we are finally out of anyone's sight
Sorry Issei, you should have listened to Xenovia.
NOW!
I use my powers on his body and paralyze him on the spot
"W-what?" - Issei asks as he looks down unable to move himself
Before he can react any further, I approach him and with my hand enveloped in aura I hit his chest
The pressure increases and blood gushes from his mouth as his eyes wide in shock
Suddenly his bat wings pop out, his left hand starts shinning and a big, red gaunlet shows up.
So that's his true form...
I leave him be, he falls on his knees, too hurt to even scream for help, his wings retract as he loses consciousness, but the gauntlet arm does not disappear
So he's not possesed, that's his true nature
I will send him to the otherworld, but not now, they would become suspicious of me if I was the last person to see him alive, the other students in this school still believe they are regular teenagers and it's better if they believe in that to the end.
Deciding to keep the facade, I call for help while dragging Issei towards the infirmary.
It only takes a while before I hear steps coming towards us, but it's not good, it's another demon!
I hide my aura and wait for it to approach
The footsteps draw closer and I'm left speechless
...
Answering to my calls comes a girl of outstanding beauty!
I stop dragging Issei and stare mesmerized at her.
Her long black hair wraped in a ponytail, her white skin, beautiful face, well endowed body and curves just steal all of my attention, she is at least on the same level of beauty as Rias!
The girl does not say a word at first, looking at me and then at Issei
However, as realization hits her, a worried expression appears on her face and she runs towards me, or rather, towards Issei.
"Issei! Who are you? What have you done do him?!"
I lift my hands up
"Woah, calm down! Someone messed up one of the sheds and he was going to help me clean it, but suddenly he had a breakdown and got like this, I haven't done anything"
She takes his now mecha like hand and tries to hide while helping me to carry him. I feel a nervous energy coming from her.
"S-sorry, here, I'll help you with him"
This girl has the energy of a fallen angel and a demon, fuck, will all this beauties in this school turn out to be inhumans?
Anyway, I gotta be polite for now
"Thanks, let's take him to the infirmary"
However, she seems displeased at the idea and quickly dimisses it
"No! The music room is better"
Music room? It must be empty at this time
Oh, I get it, no one can see his hand in this state, right?
I reluctantly agree and we take him to the music classroom, it was empty as expected, she puts him on the ground and holds his deformed hand on her own.
"Thanks for the help, but you can leave now, he's not in danger"
I look at her for a moment deciding on what to do untill-
Wait a minute...
Now that she calmed down I can recognize it!
SHE IS THE GIRL WITH THE SOFT VOICE!
The one in the ORC! Damn it, that place and the student council really are the center of the demonic activity of this school
Anyway, I can't back down now, I gotta see what she'll do. I put my best worried face and retort
"No way, I won't leave untill I can confirm he's fine"
She sighs
"Okay, we don't have time for this, just don't freak out"
What's she going to do?
She puts one of his fingers in her mouth and it starts to emanate a green glown and suddenly Issei's hand goes back to normal
So she can absorb energy? That's a dangerous power, strong espers can also absorb and release energy, if she can do that as well then I got to be warry of her too.
She stands up and walks towards me
"He's going to be fine, thank you and sorry for getting mad"
I shake my head
"Don't worry, I would get mad too if it happened to one my friends. By the way, my name is Tatseyo Kageyama, I'm a new student from the second year"
She gracefully bows towards me
"Pleased, I'm Akeno Himejima, third year"
Himejima-senpai... so she's the other great Onee-sama of this school, huh?
After her quick introduction, the black haired girl gets closer
"You seem like a nice person, too bad you won't remember most of it"
What?
She looks deeply into my eyes and a red glow briefly sparkles through hers
...
But nothing happens
She smiles at me.
"Ara ara, you should be going then"
I tilt my head confused
"Going? But what about Issei? Are you sure we shouldn't take him to the infirmary?"
Her smile drops and she looks at me with a shocked expression
"W-what? Do you still remember?"
"Remember? Of course I..."
Wait, she wants me to forget what I saw? Could it be...
She comes forward and grabs my shoulders
Her proximity makes my face go red, is she going to kiss me?!
However, she stops just a few inches from my face with her eyes locked with mine.
She smells so good... wait, that's not the time for it!
Her eyes turn red again, this time for a longer while.
I move to push her away, but she releases her grip on my shoulders before I can do anything
Akeno looks at me and smiles sweetly again.
"Ara ara~, I hope you are not dizzy now~"
Dizzy? What is she talking about? She wants to hypnotize me or something? That won't work on espers, but she doesn't know that I'm one.
She seems worried again
"It worked right? Do you remember something?"
She takes a step forward in my direction
What I'm gonna do? Whatever she's trying to do won't work, at this rate she'll figure it out, what I'm gonna do?
She takes another step
I'm getting nervous
Should I kill them?
Yes, killing them might be the answer, if they both disappear together I won't be a suspect since no one knows Akeno is with me!
Issei is already down, all I would have to do is take care of her.
I let my killing intent start to ooze
"Ka-Kageyama-kun?"
As I'm in midway of lifting my hand voices come from the hallway
"Man, it's such a beautiful day outside, maybe I should skip class today"
"Shut up, we already have too many absences!"
Other students, shit, I can't do it with people around!
I decide to retreat for now
"Man, my head hurts"
I take a hand to my forehead pretending it's in pain.
"I'm going to class now, see you later Himejima-senpai"
Her smile returns and she waves at me
Damnit, she's so beautiful.
"Goodbye, Kageyama-kun"
The last thing I see in the room is Akeno walking up to Issei, she seems worried. It doesn't seem like she was pretending
Demons get sad for their companions? I've never seen that, for me all of them were beasts who couldn't find peace
I've never seem demons and spirits actually caring for each other, what are they?
...
Great, now I'm late for class...
Part 3
I get in the classroom, say my excuses and sit down
Issei comes in a few minutes later, says that he was in the infirmary
Liar...
Then he shows a note of the nurse
So Akeno did take him there after all, huh? What a nice girl...
No, no, no, no, stop with that! She's a demon!
Issei looks at me as he makes the way to his seat
"Hey man, you know what happened with me?"
I give him a worried look
"No, you freaked me out, you suddenly started to sweat and cough blood, I thought you were a goner back there"
"I don't know what happened I felt sick all of sudden..."
"You don't have any condition or something like that?"
"Not that I know of... By the way, Akeno-san told me you helped me out to the infirmary, thanks a lot"
"No problem, but hey, you owe me one, I had to clean that shed all by myself!"
Using telekinesis made it a 5 seconds job, but you don't have to know that
"Give me a break, I was sick! Hahahaha"
"No way!"
He seems a nice person, too bad he's a demon, for all I know this is a facade.
Part 4
I get home before the sun sets and as I seat on my bed I rethink my plans, step by step
Issei will go first, his hiden strength might prove to be a problem if I'm going to take them all out alone. For what I've seen he still can be exorcised like any demon, though his power might make me have to get close to him for that. Then I'll go after the "Occult research club", it seems that everyone in there is a fallen angel, demon or youkai, so there shouldn't be any problem, later I'll go after the student council and any other groups as quick as possible, the demons in this school seem to be gathered in groups so that might make my job easier
It'll be only a matter of exorcising them.
No problem, I've already dealt with more enemies at once without breaking a sweat
Yeah, I just got think about this as just another job
My cellphone rings
Could it be mom again?
I look at the screen and a smile immediately draws on my face as I pick it up
"Hello Ayumu"
An energetic girl's voice greets me
"Tachan~! How are things going in there?"
For some reason listening to familiar voices makes me calmer
"Things are going fine, I actually made some friends today"
"Oh, getting over me already?"
She says in a mocking voice, ah, talks like that make me miss home.
"As if! I'm really missing being with you all"
"Me too Tachan, I really... miss you"
She sounds... embarassed?
"Are you alright Ayumu?"
"Y-yes! Sorry about it! I'm glad you made friends so quickly, but Tachan... is everything alright?"
I pause for a moment
"W-what do you mean?"
"You know Tachan, you are different, your voice is different and you seem tense. Did something happened over there?"
"I don't know what you are talking about, am I really that different?"
She sighs
"I don't know, Tachan, we've been together for a long time, I just feel these things."
She noticed it?! Damn it, should I lie to Ayumu?
I don't want to, I lied to mom and dad because they'll cause a ruckus if they know about it, but maybe it's safe to talk about it with her?
"Actually Ayumu... there's something I want to tell you, but you can't tell anyone else about it"
"Tachan? What is it? Is something bad going on?" - She asks in a very nervous tone
I go ahead and tell her everything that happened, about the demons, my investigation, the talk with Edmond and mom, everything from the first day untill now.
At the end of it, Ayumu stay silent for a moment, before replying almost as if she didn't believe me
"T-Tachan, that's very serious!"
"I know, I didn't told mom because she would probably freak out over it, so please don't tell her."
"I understand, lady Tatsumaki would be pissed at it! But are you sure you can deal with it all alone? You know I could go over there!"
"Come over?"
I ask confused
"Yeah, you know Tachan, I'll get a break from training soon and if there's something happening in there it could a great opportunity to..."
She hesitates for a while
"Ayumu?"
"To, you know... visit you"
"Visit? You mean comming over to this town?"
"Yeah! When they told me you would be moving to another town to have a normal highschool life I was so jealous! I wanted to go visit you so bad, maybe I can use this as an excuse!"
She seems really excited, I understand Ayumu, just like she never had a normal school life, although her circunstances are a bit different from my own.
I also want to see her, because as much as I like it here, being the only esper would end up feeling lonely eventually.
But this is the kind of situation that I have to think through
"Actually Ayumu, I would rather if you stayed over there"
"Eh? Why?"
"You are currently the only one besides me who knows about the situation, if something bad happens I would like to have someone I trust to alert the others."
She replies in a worried voice
"You make it sound like it's seriously bad..."
"Hahaha, did I? Sorry, sorry, you shouldn't worry about it, this just different from what I'm used to deal with. Look, I'll deal with this situation as soon as possible so you can come over alright?"
She answers in a much more cheerful voice
"Alright! But be careful okay?"
"I will, you can even start packing now"
"Hahahaha, cocky! Okay, I'll do it, so you better deal with it soon!"
"No problem! And Ayumu..."
"What is it?"
"Thanks for insisting for me to talk, I feel much better now"
"No problem Tachan, I knew there was something wrong, after all, I know you better anyone, hehe~"
...
After that we both stay silent for a moment, talking with her has really helped me ease my mind
"Uhm... Tachan?"
Oh yeah, staying here without saying anything is weird
"Sorry, we have to hang up now right?"
"Y-yeah..."
Her tone is kind of sad now, but I understand, I also wanted to talk more to her
"Don't sound so sad! We'll talk later and soon you'll be here, alright?"
"Alright! We'll talk later then, work hard so I can be there soon! Bye Tachan~~"
"Leave it to me! See you later Ayumu"
We hang up and I lay on my bed, drifting into the calmest sleep I've had since I arrived in this town
But I should know better... calm times don't last long
Part 5
I wake up, something's not right
What is this? I can feel a presence less than a mile away from my house
Yes, that's it, a demon, a really evil one
It's coming towards me
When I heard the demons of the ORC saying that the supernatural activity in this town increased I knew it was because of me.
Just like stand users attract other stand users, espers tend to attract other supernatural beings.
So that'll be my warm up huh?
The one I sense is quite strong, this will be fun
I put my robe and mask, can't run the risk of being recognized right now
Then jump out of the window and dash towards the presence
Usually I would wait for it to come to me, but I'm aching for a fight right now
I wonder why...
...Yes, it's probably because of these new demons
I only realized it now, but chasing after them has awakened a stronger will to fight inside of me...
Not only that, but I'm also learning new things about the other world.
After years of fighting evil spirits, monsters and demons, I'm starting to feel something new after meeting Rias and her friends.
Less than a minute later I find it, in the middle of the street with no one else around
It's grotesque and it's not alone
This is going to be a good practice for the real battle