Chapter 28: Visitors

It was another morning, the students of Kuoh got ready for school, walking towards the gate, chatting about how much of a drag homework is, and other normal stuff. If only they were doing them and noticed a handsome silver-haired guy having a stare off with us. It's almost as if the humans can't see him, they're unconsciously walking around us. Vali must have put up a spell around himself without us noticing.

"What business do you have here Hakuryuukou? We will not tolerate a fight between the Heavenly Dragons in our school." Yuuto stepped up, an edge in his polite tone.

In a completely relaxed posture, Vali answered, "While that does appeal me, I am not here to start a fight. I came here to merely see Issei Hyoudou up close. And to be honest, he is less than I expected."

"What was that?" Issei asked, almost affronted. I gripped his shoulder to remind him to be careful.

"Let me make this clear to you. Issei Hyoudou, do you know what the title 'Heavenly Dragon' means to us? And what it means in general?" None of us made a sound. Vali continued without letting Issei answer anyway, "Dragons are the embodiment of pride and power, creatures that love to fight and act on their desires. And above most dragons are the Two Heavenly Dragons."

"They were born with incredible power. Among countless others, the Welsh Dragon and Vanishing Dragon consider each other worthy as rivals, nothing else could be a match for them, including Gods. And yet you, who was nothing more than an average human a few months prior, are still weak with barely any dragon aura."

"What are you getting at?"

"I am saying that, with Balance Breaker or not, you are incapable of entertaining me. Will you become stronger or should I meet the next Sekiryuutei sooner?"

Holding my hand up to stop everyone from engaging a fight, I walked up and locked eyes with Vali. Neither of us were willing to yield to break contact, "That's not very nice to say Vali. You are working for Azazel right? Are you sure provoking us is on his to-do list?"

"Aoi Arashi." His eyes narrowed. There was no spike in magical or draconic aura yet the tension around us felt higher, "It would be wise to not interfere a dragon's bout, but I am not against seeing what you have to offer either."

"Are you really? If you truly wanted a fight, you would have actively came to search for Issei earlier instead of spouting about his lack of progress. I imagined the long history and rivalry between the Two Heavenly Dragons would involve less conversing."

He chuckled, smirking with something akin to approval, "That is true. Whenever one senses the other, a rush of excitement and a thirst for clash would be immediate. However, the current Issei Hyoudou is too docile for such. Tell me, is it true that you two were inducted into the peerage of Rias Gremory simultaneously?"

My eyes narrowed, feeling something I don't like about what he's gonna say next.

The brunette thought nothing of it and answered, "Yeah we are. What does that have to do with you?"

"Word got around that the Sekiryuutei has emerged to once again roam and paint the battlefield red. Many had high expectations of you to surge in power and conquer your enemies without mercy. However, that never happened." Vali's eyes shifted to me, "It was not the wielder of Boosted Gear but the wielder of Double Burst who has announced his presence loud and clear."

Issei went silent, faltering from his rival's revelation.

"Overshadowed by an inferior gear, some even speculated Aoi Arashi should have the Longinus instead of you, Issei Hyoudou. You-"

"Big talk for someone who stood a safe distance away from Kokabiel." I spoke out slowly and clearly, increasing my pressure with some anger and irritation for emphasis, "Everyone started out weak and progress at their own rate with hard work and training, I am no exception. Or are you cocky enough to admit you were strong enough to defeat anyone during your childhood?"

For a moment, I could have sworn there was something in the silver-head's eyes, "Perhaps. At the very least, I accept any challenge from anyone who dares to get in my way."

"Those who threaten my servants will not be tolerated." Everyone except me turned to see the King and Queen leveling a hard gaze at Vali. "What are you doing here Hakuryuukou?"

"Rest assured. A makeshift group that narrowly bested Kokabiel is not worth my time, much less a lesser version of that said group. You have acquired interesting people as your servants, Rias Gremory. I look forward to see how they progress to greater heights. However, know that great power comes with a great price. Keep that in mind."

After one last cool smirk, Vali walked towards us. We separated to give him a way through, none of us wanted him here any longer than he wanted. Despite his back towards us, we kept our guard up until he was out of sight. Issei's fists were shaking, frustrated by what his rival said, "Daisuke, think you can help with my training?"

"Yeah, sure."

"Haaaaa!" The Pawn charged at me with his gauntlet reeled in for a punch, only for me to duck into his guard and kneed his solar plexus followed by a punch to the face, sending him rolling on the rocky terrain and kicking up dust.

"Don't just think about punching, keep anticipating what the opponent might do next."

He rubbed his sore spot, wincing from the pain and got back up, "Easy for you to say. I'm not that good at using my head."

"Then make sure every last one of your hits count, they have to connect when you put all your weight into it. Make your opponent stagger long enough for you to get your bearings."

Another boost sounded from his gear whereas I activated mine and doubled my stats. We were in the training ground below the club room at a night of a weekend. Normally I'd leave a clone to spar against Issei but he wanted more and asked me personally, the anger and determination told me he wanted to stand up to Vali. Either that or the fact that people kept comparing him to me really got to him.

Helping Gasper with his Forbidden Balor View was my clone, throwing rocks up into the air as the dhampir works on his aim. Another was with Miho, coming up ways to use her flames to take flight, there will be times when she needs the extra mobility, not to mention of enemies that can fly. Plus she's asking to improve both her control and power recently. Five other clones were working on a new wind spell.

Three more clones were at the artificial lake. Two of them sparring underwater while the third was holding a stopwatch on land, measuring how long they can last before resurfacing. A little exercise I thought of after the pool to increase lung capacity and speed since fighting underwater is harder. Don't know if we're gonna be trapped with aquatic enemies or with no oxygen in the future, but better safe than sorry. I can't increase my physical stats with my clones but at least I get the experience and muscle memory.

The rest were doing their own training, more than a little put off by Vali barely acknowledging them. Issei kept coming at me with punches with vigor to which I dodge without trouble. He went for a hard left hook but I swat his wrist downwards and uppercut him. The damaged was reduced since he tilted his head a little, yet he still staggered backwards in a daze.

"You're still using your left side too much.".

"I know I know. But this is how I've been fighting this whole time. It's kinda hard to change since I started out like this." Issei whined, wincing from another sore spot. I barely used any magic to power up in this exercise.

"Our training against fire chicken was too little to help you adjust your fighting style generally. Since most of your physical strength is concentrated on that gauntlet of yours, you've been using punches from your left hand most of the time. And you didn't get much combat against Kokabiel so he couldn't exploit that weakness. We can't let this keep going so you need to start using your right hand and legs now."

"Are you sure? I doubt I can hurt that Vali bastard with my bare hand, more like I'll hurt myself from punching him."

"Who said you'll be bare handed?" Issei blinked in surprise. "Remember the Hakuryuukou's Scale Mail? That's what you're Balance Breaker will be like."

"Wait, I'm gonna get my Balance Breaker!? Does that mean I won't be weak anymore!?"

"Temporarily, you'll know what I mean when you get there. With a full body armor, you'll need to be more fluid and adjust the way you fight with your whole body." Resuming into my fighting stance, "Now come on, the Divine Dividing originally allows him to fly at high speeds. After this we'll work on your aerial mobility."

Issei came at me again albeit with bruises. He was starting to get the hang of using his entire body. The real problem was his devil wings, he isn't suited with how awkward his turns are in mid-flight. But that's okay, he just needs some experience since the thrusters on his armor should be easier to use if it goes according to canon. After Issei was exhausted and being treated by Asia, I rotated with other sparring partners before going to Xenovia for some sword clashing.

"Orya!" The bluenette let out a war cry, swinging down Durandal from above. With Tenkugan and x5 power, I tipped my Dream Sword as the blue blade slid over and destroyed a good chunk of the ground. She heaved the blade and swiped horizontally but I leaned backwards and responded in kind. Blocked by her sword, both of us jumped back and launched holy and demonic waves of power at each other.

The opposite energies created a large explosion, enveloping the battlefield in smoke. I shunpo to behind Xenovia, my blade stopped by hers. Another me without the my gear's auras appeared behind her back.

"A clone? I won't fall for your tricks again." She jumped to the side to cut the clone's stomach, only to lose her balance as Durandal passed through the clone, "Wha-"

I sped right in front of her, my sword pointed at her jugular. Yuuto (acting as referee) held up his hand and announced, "The match is over, Hanwei-kun is the winner."

Both of us relaxed, powering down and greedily breathing in air. Wiping her sweat, Xenovia placed Durandal on the ground and asked, "How did you make your clone intangible?"

"It wasn't a clone, it was an illusion. You got careless and looked into my eyes."

Xenovia groaned, "This is why technique-types are difficult to defeat, you and Kiba have too many options." Then she nearly pouted at my eyes, "Your predictive ability and visual-induced illusions made me feel like I am fighting against Excalibur."

Chuckling sheepishly, "Yeah, guess it is kinda like a cheat if used correctly. There were quite a lot of people complaining how unfair the ability I based it on. You should see what it could really do, even I think it's overpowered sometimes."

"With how you are improving, I think you would be very powerful yourself. Your swordsmanship is nearly equal to mine and your speed already exceeds my own with the help of your gear and magic." Yuuto smiled wryly, "Although it does seem unfair how you can recreate powers from different animes."

"That's what I get for becoming an anime-addict for most of my adolescence. Besides, it's not like I can recreate everything." I scowled in irritation, "I can't even heal a scratch to save my life."

"But why are you so adamant about learning healing arts? Asia can already heal most injuries and started to train to heal from the distance."

Deadpanning, "I want to become a doctor."

That single statement clarified Xenovia's confusion. She nodded in sympathy, "I'm sure you can overcome that."

"It just makes me want to pull my hair out." I groaned, scratching my head in frustration, "I tried to do what the book said: calm your mind and focus, envelop the targeted area, disinfect the wound, and send the energy into the cells to trigger mitosis. The skin has active dividing cells so it should be easy for beginners, yet it took me over 20 fucking minutes to heal a small cut."

"Though it is peculiar, even devils with no affinity for healing would not have this much problem." Yuuto said.

Activating Tenkugan, "Most probably because I was a human from another dimension. Compared to when I first started, my eyes are a lot better and I can see noticeable differences between our auras. My physiology might be affecting my magic or something." I drooped my head tiredly, "Either that, or I just really suck at healing."

"Really? How different are ours compared to yours?"

"It's kinda hard to describe." I pointed at Yuuto, "Devil auras have demonic magic in them, the color varies from each person but they have the generic free form core that keeps changing based on the host's thoughts. Yours is like that with a mixture of grey with black and white, most probably because of your Balance Breaker. You got the white after accepting your childhood friends' genes." Shifting my finger to Xenovia, "Yours is navy blue, always wild and violent whenever you want to destroy something."

"For people like Issei and Rias, they got red and violent black which represents their gear and Power of Destruction respectively. Mine's the same as a normal devil's but in two shades: light and dark blue. And unlike yours which are streaks, mine is like blended together."

"Actually, I have a question about that." Xenovia asked, tilting her head in puzzlement, "If what you say is true and you have seen what the future holds for us, does that mean we are in the past? Shouldn't you be transported here at the newest chapter of the story?"

"Meh. Space-time travel is complicated, I could be where the story stops or centuries in the past. For example, if I go back one minute in the past, I'll see the past us about to have the same conversation."

"Hmmm. I knew it." Xenovia nodded proudly.

"Wait really? What did you know?" I asked excitedly, maybe it might help me with my own dimensional traveling project!

"I knew that I can't understand what you're saying."

...

"Well, I'm sure you'll get it sooner or later. It took me a while to understand it too."

*DING*

A chime echoed throughout the training ground, signifying that it's already late and we need to debrief before heading home and sleep. A little convenience installed so we don't lose track of time.

My clones nodded and crossed their fingers, ready to dispel one by one. I used my gear's relaxing ability to dull my headaches and organize the memories better while soothing my body further. Pain reducing is a useful trick but using Double Burst still saps away my stamina. After finishing up, we gathered around the entrance.

Rias started, "Another good day of work everyone, Daisuke do you have any additions to the plan?"

"As much as I want to say yes, no." They all grimaced. "Assuming Vali saw most of our fight against Kokabiel, then he won't fall for the same tricks twice. His Divide abilities only works on one opponent at a time after making physical contact but he's faster, stronger, and more formidable than Kokabiel. Not to mention he still has Half Dimension, demonic magic and... yeah let's just hope he doesn't use that last one."

"I still can't believe the current Hakuryuukou is half devil." Akeno spoke, probably feeling disdained about her own status, "Are you sure your trump card will defeat him?"

Memories came flooding about the Two Heavenly Dragons' battle. Struggling to compose myself, "Oh yeah- pftt- it'll work alright."

"Hanwei-sama, are you alright?"

"Yeah yeah." The emotional urge from just remembering it is almost too much, "Do me a favor and- pftt- one of you remember to- pftt- record the fight- pftt-"

"PFTTHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Correction: it is too much. The pain in my stomach made me buckle over as I continued to laugh like a madman, tears escaping from my eyes. Most of them deadpanned at my ridiculous display, boring at me with unimpressed eyes as they stood there, waiting for me to stop.

After a few seconds, Koneko drawled, "Are you done yet?"

"AH HAHAHAHAHA! GIVE ME A SEC! PFTTHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ah haha... haha... haaaaa..." Dusting myself, I stood up and wiped my eyes, "Okay, now I'm done."

The King shook her head, half exasperated half amused by my antics, "If you can laugh like that, then our victory must be certain."

"Not exactly certain but close. Outside of training to get stronger and hitting him hard, I've thought of three other backup plans to beat Vali but none are feasible." I held out my index finger, "A: we create an opening and bombard him with Holy Demonic dragon slayer swords but Yuuto can't make those yet."

"My apologizes everyone." Yuuto bowed in regret, "I am still adjusting to my Balance Breaker and dragon slayer swords are the hardest to create among any other."

"You have nothing to apologize for Yuuto, trying your hardest is the best of what I hope for out of my servants."

The Knight smiled gratefully, none of us blaming him as I extended my middle finger, "B: sever the connection between his gear and his target. His abilities work from the distance and if they're like a wireless network, cutting off the power drainage before it reaches will weaken him. But I can't come up with a method which can do that."

My ring finger raised, "Which leaves to C: seal his excess-energy-expelling wings and have Issei transfer his energy, overloading him." I took out a piece of paper with a magic seal of my own creation, "But unlike normal fire, Sacred Gears are a part of their hosts, any sufficient willpower can forcefully break the seal. I've tried it on Asia and Yuuto and the seal lasted for a few minutes before burning out while it's about ten seconds on Issei. Don't know if the seal is weakened by a Longinus or because Ddraig resides in the Boosted Gear. Regardless, it won't be applicable in the fight since Vali's much stronger."

"O-oh," Gasper piped up while holding his own pieces of paper, "that explains why you have so many senpai. I thought it was just for me."

"Ah Hanwei-san, I just remembered." Asia took out slight modified versions of seals, "They're ready."

"Wait really? That's great! Now we got more options and coverage."

"Asia worked really hard, she did her best to stock up as many as possible." Issei said proudly, earning a blush from the blonde.

Xenovia stared curiously, "What are these? You said something about assisting Hanwei with a project."

Taking the seals, I made a small cut on my thumb, "Asia's the only healer and I'm sure you guys have heard how much I've complained about my failed attempts of healing-"

"Only for about a thousand times." I ignored Issei's verbal jab.

"-so I decided to make a sealing magic circle to store up Twilight Healing's powers. Slap it on, funnel a little magic and presto." The cut immediately disappeared, "Less burden on our Bishop and faster healing time for multiple people. We got our own edition of Phoenix Tears."

"That's amazing!" Everyone cried out, each taking one healing seal and inspected the matrix array. Miho got her own version which utilizes fire as an initiator. Rias flashed me a megawatt smile, "This will help us immensely in battles, and not to mention in Rating Games. Daisuke, Asia, thank you."

"I-I didn't do much. Hanwei-san made those complicated seals."

"With help and advice from Akeno and Rias, we made it together. If we can handle the invaders, then the leaders can handle Vali. But Issei-"

"Right I know, I still need to fight him for a while since that's the whole point. He won't be satisfied if he can't size me up." The Sekiryuutei sighed, "But why does it have to be a life-or-death battle?"

"What did you think I made these seals for? They're designed to give a sudden rush of healing faster than what Asia can do. Remember, they only work once and the matrix breaks down after that so use them wisely. I'll have to figure out how to perfect them after the fight. Now all that's left is-"

"Daisuke wait." My King held out a hand, summoning her familiar with a package. The bat nodded respectfully before disappearing while the summoner flashed me another smile, "They're here."

"Talk about timing." Rubbing my hands in excitement with a dangerous grin, "Let's see them." One slice of my wind opened the lid, revealing half a dozen green bottles with warning labels on them.

The rest crowded around to get a look, everyone except Rias and Miho gained confused looks. Yuuto pointed at the contents, "What are these Hanwei-kun?"

"Special potions back in the days to temporarily give a magic boost. There's a spell I need to try." I took a bottle, estimating it about the same size as Phoenix Tears, and turned to Rias, "Thank you Buchou. How come nobody uses these anymore?"

"Before Phoenix Tears were sold to the public, devils used magic potions to significantly increase their magic. However compared to the former, potions do not heal injuries or cause severe exhaustion once the effects wear off. They need to be ingested instead of topical application too. Which brings me to its taste, almost no one wants them mainly because of that."

Opening the cap, "Oh please, how bad can it- HOLY FUCK! SOMEBODY GET ME ACID! I NEED TO STERILIZE MY NOSE!"

"Come on Daisuke, now you're just exaggerating." I held the vial in front of Issei. "AAAHHHHH! IT SMELLS WORSE THAN MOTOHAMA'S AND MATSUDA'S FEET COMBINED! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE!?"

Quickly replacing the lid, I turned to see a very entertained red head, "Okay, point taken. Buchou, I know it's late but can I test it out?"

"Of course, I am curious to see what your spell is like."

"Ufufu, I am sure it will be very destructive."

I was about to head back to the field before remembering something and gazed at Issei cautiously. He was confused by the action, "What's wrong?"

Nothing out of the ordinary from what I can tell, thought he might be bothered if I get stronger again, comparing himself to me because of what Vali said. Maybe I'm just overthinking it, "Make sure to brace yourself for what's to come, all of you actually."

Walking towards an area littered with large boulders, I took a deep breathe and quickly downed the liquid, feeling the rancid taste to my stomach and fighting back the intense urge to puke it back out. Barely a moment later, a surge of demonic magic erupted within me like I just went Super Saiyan. My mind clear and body responding faster than before as a warm sensation overflowed within me. Doubling up, I started.

"Futon: Rasenshuriken!"

"What's gotten you so tired?" Kiryuu took a seat on my table as usual, her sly smirk magnified as she saw the hollowness in my eyes, "Did Miho suck out your essence all night long?"

"No, something else did drain me dry though." I answered with my head lying on the table, too weak to retort.

"Damn you ikemen." Motohama seethed, loaded with jealousy and hatred, "Can't believe you got a babe like Miho to keep you company all day everyday."

"Can't you introduce us to some girls or something? It's not fair you get all the glory." Matsuda glared at me.

"Suck? Of course, how naive of me. If I had sucked Issei while exposing my bare body back then, maybe he would have-"

"Xenovia! Stop talking!"

"I-if that would make you h-happy Issei-san, then I w-will-"

"Asia! you don't need to listen to whatever Xenovia says!"

"ISSEI YOU BASTARD! WHAT DID YOU AND XENOVIA-CHAN DO!?"

Two of the Perverted Trio went to comically clobber the third member, suffocating the brunette until his face started to turn blue. Our resident angel in disguise managed to quell the two after giving Issei one last punch. Meh, Issei will be fine. He's taken much harder punches from me after all.

The seven of us sat together in a small group. Don't know how I managed it but somehow we got close enough to form a group to occasionally talk about stuff, at least closer than canon if memory serves me right. Our classmates look weirdly at us a few times like how the Perverted Trio got more companions but shrugged it off soon after.

My theory is since Rias and Akeno come to find me for lunch during their free time, it gives Kiryuu more teasing material. I'm close with Issei and the other ORC members so that's a no brainer. For Motohama and Matsuda, Issei's with me, girls are with me, so nuff said. If I'm wrong then I don't really care, not worth the time and effort to figure it out.

"By the way, did you guys feel the earthquake last night?" Kiryuu asked.

Issei, Asia, Xenovia, and I stiffened up.

"Yeah, the news also talked about it this morning." Motohama adjusted his glasses, speaking normally when it's not related to erotic stuff, "The reporter said it's normal for earthquakes in Japan but this one happened with our school as the epicenter."

"Kinda weird don't you think? Kuoh's relatively safe from earthquakes and the magnitude is lower than normal. I heard some people said that it happened artificially." Matsuda continued.

I started to sweat.

"Is it really that though?" Kiryuu questioned, "Kuoh's pretty small compared to cities like Tokyo, why would someone want to cause an earthquake here? It's not like some random guy accidentally blew something up and shook the place."

Sweat trickled down harder.

Kiryuu looked at me weirdly, "Daisuke, you okay? You look like Miho dragged you off to bed and-"

"Yes, I'm fine. The earthquake spooked me a bit last night that's all."

Not a lie. After all, I didn't think Rasenshuriken is strong enough to rock the place. Even with the magically reinforced interior, it still couldn't completely contain the blast. More than half of the training ground was completely decimated, leaving nothing but a giant crater while the shock wave also damaged a good part that wasn't directly hit.

Rias forbid me from using that spell again until she could call in experts to reinforce the training ground to withstand ultimate-class power because Rasenshuriken was pretty close to that level.

On the down side, my magic instantly depleted the moment I fired it, leaving me completely weak and defenseless. Those potions are powerful but not suitable for drawn out fights, assuming the enemy doesn't get back up after receiving a direct hit. Rias and Miho had to carry me back to my room like I'm dead weight and then I slept like a rock. Even now I'm still feeling the effects from the potion.

Although I could've sworn Rias mumbled something about a nurse costume.

"The big and tough Daisuke being scared of a little earthquake? Now that's just pathetic." Baldy and four-eyes laughed.

"Give me a break. From where I come from, we don't have earthquakes. Japan is still new to me."

"Anyway," Issei attempted to steer the conversation, trying to prevent suspicion from the humans, "are your parents coming to School Observation Day. Mine are coming to mostly see Asia though."

"This is my first time to be watched by otou-sama and okaa-sama in class." The blonde fidgeted nervously, "It feels a bit embarrassing somehow."

"Yeah, my mom is coming." Kiryuu replied, "Not sure about my dad though, he's busy with a special project."

"Our folks are coming too, mostly to make sure our peeping antics doesn't get out of hand." Motohama and Matsuda shrugged, "Same as last year."

"Not like you three have anything else to show to your parents." The brunette earned herself three indignant yells for her teasing, "What about you Xenovia?"

"Well, I do have a guardian who is like an older sister to me but," A wave of guilt and insecurity briefly washed over her, "I don't believe she could make it."

"Don't worry too much, I'm sure she'll make it next time." I gave her a knowing smile.

Xenovia was relieved but instantly became full of fear, "Now I feel... conflicted."

"So Daisuke, is your family coming?"

"Well... they're kinda busy so, they can't make it."

Busy trying to find where I am that's for sure. Rias offered to send some servants from the Gremory Household to act as my mom and dad like with Yuuto, but I don't want any substitutes. Xenovia and the others refused too. Or at least until we really need them for important school events.

"And what about your aunt and uncle?"

"Yeah." Two of the pervert donned a weird look, almost drooling, "Bet Miho's mom will be a total MIL-"

"No, they're busy with other stuff too. And stop fantasizing about my cousin and her mom already!"

After giving them a pointed glare, we chatted about pointless topics before starting class. Although I did that, I can't help remembering Rias' and Akeno's moms who look like older versions of their daughters. She mentioned her parents before but I wonder what an older Miho would look like... Let's just put that thought away for now. Maybe visiting them in the future would be nice.

It wasn't until a little after first period that the families came. Issei's parents gave me a smile and waved, which I reciprocated in kind. And right now I have paper mache. Pretty much nothing changed except for Issei making a clothed Raynare instead of a naked Rias, drawing eyes full of loathed from the female classmates as they wonder who the brunette is targeting next.

Seeing all the adults coming to watch their kids kinda makes me lonely. My first thought was making a replica of my family but I'm not that good at art, and that leaves me with the second thought on my mind: Rasenshuriken.

I did my best to smoothen the flat surfaces and dulled the blades enough so it won't cut me but still showing it's appealing image. Not perfect, but still good in my books. After letting the paper mache dry, each of us presented what we made and our thoughts about it. Though the girls were visibly disgusted when Issei said 'good friend'.

But still, why the hell are we sculpting during English class? At least the other classes were normal as always.

"Haaaah." Rias sighed as she clung onto my arm as if it was rejuvenating her, "I can't believe otou-sama and onii-sama filmed me in front of the whole class like that. This has to be the most humiliating day of my life."

'Not as humiliating as Switch Princess if you ask me.'

"Ufufu, they did look very enthusiastic." Akeno snuggled deeper into my other arm, "Perhaps they are like that as this is your final year in high school. They were unable to attend during the first two times."

"I wish they wouldn't come at all. Our classmates kept shifting their eyes from me to them repeatedly. Daisuke, don't you think they went overboard with their shenanigans too?"

"Uh... Toning it down would have made it less conspicuous I guess?"

Once classes were over, the parents were welcomed to a discussion with the homeroom teachers about their children's academic progression. Yet somehow the moment I stepped out of class, Rias and Akeno magically found me and took me to a relatively desolate area, venting off stress by diving into my arms.

"It's not like they have another chance since you're graduating soon. Capturing the moment and reminiscing the memories in the future isn't bad right?"

Rias rubbed her head against me, "I suppose so, but did they have to attract so much attention like that."

"Ara ara, there were girls who quite admired Sirzechs-sama's and Zeoticus-sama's dashing faces."

"Don't remind me. By the way Daisuke," The red head pointed at my pocket, "what's that?"

"A Rasenshuriken-shaped paper mache. Kengo-sensei said it's a nice way to express or discover a new part of yourself in front of your parents." They released their hold, allowing me to take it out from my pocket. The tip was visible since it's too big to keep it completely, "What do you think? Not bad for an amateur huh?"

"Ufufu, still can't take your mind off of the punishment you inflicted on the training ground last night?" The masochist leaned close and whispered, "I would not mind if I tend to your every needs while you're tired, Daisuke-sama."

"Daisuke, is it fine if I can keep it?" Rias stared at me with pleading eyes, emanating an atmosphere around her which made me unable to say no. Not like I was gonna anyway.

"Sure. You need it for something?"

"Miho gets a gift, so it's only fair that I get one from you as well." She said like it's perfectly normal.

"... Okay? Maybe it can be used as a keychain design or something. You sure you don't want something nicer like an accessory?"

"It's fine, whatever you made is worth more than that."

That's... that's actually pretty touching. Is she starting to realize my weak spots?

"Ara ara, maybe I should ask for a gift as well?"

Come to think of it, I haven't done anything noteworthy for Akeno either, especially when she's done a lot to help me with my demonic magic, "Um... how about a massage? I got a client who asked for that sometimes and she said it's nice."

"Ufufufufufufufu, it would be my plea-"

"A normal massage." I deadpanned.

"At least that client isn't romantically interested in Daisuke." The red head whispered ominously before leaning in close to me with expectation.

I was tempted to ask how she knew that but somehow my instincts said it's better to not know, "Fine... you can have a massage too. But I'm inviting Miho as well."

"Not my ideal situation but thank you Daisuke."

They continued to gently possess my arms, at least they're considerate enough not to do anything too drastic since I'm still feeling the effects from the potion and we're in school. About a minute later, we heard a clamor from a group of boys running to the gym, shouting about something excitedly.

"What was that?" Rias asked.

"Looks like Leviathan-sama's here. Come on, I want to see what she's like up close."

Freed from their grips, we made our way to see lots of males crowding below the stage and met up with the rest of the ORC members (minus Gasper). Saji was already there, dispersing the crowd.

"Saji." Sona arrived with strictness in her tone, "What happened? There should not be any commotion dur-"

"Sona-chan!"

The student council president was figuratively frozen and tackled with a bear hug. The childish Maou went on spouting about stuff between her and her little sister.

"Is that kaichou's little sister? They look similar when standing close to each other like that." Saji walked to my side, watching the duo in confusion.

"That would make sense, I heard a lot of young girls are in to Magical Girl Milky Spiral, including someone I know." Issei stated.

"Close. That's Leviathan-sama, one of the Four Great Satans as well as Sona-kaichou's older sister."

"Eh?" The Pawns did a double take whipping their heads at me and back to Serafall.

"Rias-chan, it's been a while. And you got your new members here. In that case," Serafall twirled around before posing with one eye winking, "My name is Serafall Leviathan. Call me Levia-tan, tee hee."

Issei had the face that said 'seriously?'.

"In that case, hey Levia-tan. Nice to meet you, I'm Tan Han Wei, Rias' Rook."

"You're- I see, I've heard a lot about you from both rumors and Sirzechs-chan." The twin-tailed Maou trotted towards me, then circling around me for inspection, "And he was right, you are easygoing Hanwei-tan."

"Pftt."

I turned back and saw Issei controlling himself from laughing. That's new. Smiling tensely at the Maou, "Um, I think you mean Tan Han Wei."

"Yeah, that's what I said Hanwei-tan."

Embarrassed, Sona walked towards me with an apologetic gaze, "Please forgive onee-sama, Hanwei-kun. She does not mean to mock your name or religion, she's just... eccentric."

"It's okay, I'm not offended. It's just that she's the first person who called me that. Though having the suffix '-tan' behind my Chinese name is a bit awkward."

"Ah, that's right. You may be smart Hanwei-tan, but you must absolutely not challenge my So-tan in a game of chess." She wagged her finger in admonishment, "Remember, that is an absolute no-no. If you win, then I'll have to evaluate you myself personally."

"Wait what? What does chess have anything to-"

"Onee-sama! Please do not say anything unnecessary!" Sona was actually flustered with pink tinting her cheeks.

"But So-tan, you're so ripe for any boy to pick you. I heard you are the third most popular girl here but don't worry, you'll always be onee-chan's number one!"

Shaking, the president's cool facade finally broke as she ran out of here, "Geez, I can't take this anymore!"

"A-ah, Sona-chan! Where are you going!?"

"Please do not follow me!"

"Kaichou! Ah, see ya Daisuke. Gotta make sure Kaichou's okay."

Full of shame and embarrassment, Sona ran out in a way that's almost not fit to be the student council president. Serafall and Saji went after her, leaving the Gremory group befuddled by the older Sitri's antics.

"So that's what she's like in real life." I commented before noticing Rias and Akeno giving me hard stares. "What?"

"You must never challenge Sona in a game of chess. I cannot allow to risk it."

"Okay, now I'm positive that I'm missing something. Let's see, what do I remember about Sona-kaichou aga-"

"NO!" My train of thought was interrupted by the two of them squeezing my body in a bear hug, "There are some things you are better off not knowing!"

Confused, I looked at the others who shrugged their shoulders, "Alright, alright. If it's not anything important, I won't pry into it."

They still wouldn't let go for a few more seconds until we walked back to the main building. Yuuto smiled wryly, "But still Hanwei-kun, aren't you a little too casual with the Maous. I don't believe anyone would dare to address Leviathan-sama in that manner."

"Meh, formality is a pain. Besides, you think Levia-tan wearing that magical girl outfit in public and acting like one isn't more surprising than my casualness."

"She really does look the part though. I almost thought she came out of Mil-tan's TV into our world."

"I highly doubt there's more than one person who can cross dimensions like that. If it's that easy, I want to try going into the pokemon world."

"Pokemon?" Xenovia asked.

"My world's version of mokepon."

"Really?" Asia cheered, "There is a world filled with so many Racchu-kuns?"

"Definitely possible. There're some theories that the number of dimensions are infinite."

"If there is a world where onii-sama is not so frivolous, I would call it a miracle."

"Ufufu, a world where Daisuke-kun controls me~"

"Wonder if there's a world of oppai?"

"... How about a world where perverts are extinct?"

"Pftt. Yeah, the possibilities are endless aren't there... Wait, what were we talking about again?"

"About how nonchalant you are with the Maous, Hanwei-kun."

"Oh right. But seriously though, my very first impression of Sirzechs-san in his private life was 'now isn't he a doting brother' and for Levia-tan, it was 'is this girl serious?'. Definitely brought me giggles. Ignoring their status as Maous, they're just like any other people enjoying their lives. I can relate a bit since I hate formal stuff."

"Do you have to participate in their foolery too? Onii-sama does not know the limits I swear."

"Doesn't change the fact you were really adorable as a kid."

Rias blushed, "Th- thank you. I wonder what you would look like during your childhood."

Why am I getting warning signals?

"Ah, Rias." Soon after blending into the crowd of students and parents, we saw two more red heads calling us. A lot of the surrounding humans stared out in disbelief at the two devilishly young and handsome... well, devils. Zeoticus spoke with a warm smile, "Rias perfect timing, you even have your peerage with you. Good day everyone, I hope you all had an enjoyable School Observation Day."

"Yes."

"Of course, Zeoticus-sama."

"I got to meet Levia-tan, she was interesting."

"Ha ha." Sirzechs chuckled, "I see, so you met Serafall. She was tied up with work so I feared for her absence. The Sitri Household sure is a lively bunch, right Ria-tan?"

"Onii-sama, please do not call me that in public."

"How about we all go eat in a restaurant." The father suggested, "It's not everyday we can come to Kuoh, the local cuisine here is tantalizing. Perhaps I may be able do find a new recipe for myself."

The youngest red head hesitated, her eyes shifting between me and her family back and forth. After giving her a comforting smile, she nodded, "That would be nice I suppose. Thank you otou-sama, onii-sama. Although I do not think Gasper can come."

"We can get takeout for him. Is it okay if I bring Miho?"

"Of course, the more the merrier. Besides, I have yet to see a fire spirit up close."

The King saw everyone smiling faintly, finding the prospect of eating together in a fancy restaurant to be enjoyable. In turn, Rias also smiled from the sudden festive mood, "Yes, it would be enjoyable."

"Oh." Sirzechs piped up, "We can rent a room with a screen to watch our newest video recording. There would be no better way to enjoy a meal than eating and watching Ria-tan."

"... Perhaps I spoke too soon."

Kal: Thanks. Lemons? Not sure, will think about it.

L: Thanks, I just write what I thought on the spot.

AN Guest: Okay... I'm sure there are other ways for peace.

petru95: I sense that you just don't want Rias more than Daisuke only wanting one girl.

AN: Hey guys, sorry for the late update but real life stuff keeps pilling up. I'm still busy so next update will also be slow. Hope you all like it. Please leave a review and tell me what you think.

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