Two Weeks Later:
I sighed with a bright smile as I woke up after another night of not trying to keep Akeno away from my pants or waking up at midnight to soothe Koneko after having another nightmare.
Don't get me wrong. Sleeping with the girls is relaxing in its own way, but sometimes, a guy just wants to have his own private time away from life just to take in the scenery.
"And now that vacation ends." I muttered with a sigh as I jumped to my feet, taking a quick shower before getting dressed in black pants, a dark blue shirt with a light blue wolf motif on it and dark blue sneakers.
"Well, time to face the music." I muttered as I walked towards my door before opening. As soon as I opened the door, I let out a soft sigh as I saw the three musketeers already waiting in front of it.
"Goo-!" I was barely able to begin speaking before I was hugged tightly and I just rolled my eyes with a smile as I wrapped all three in a hug.
"You can train as much as you want. Just don't ban Isa time ever again." Akeno muttered, with Rias and Koneko nodding in agreement, and I just smirked.
"I'm not the one who banned training." I said with a smirk and Akeno and Koneko both glared slightly at Rias, making her giggle sheepishly.
"Hehehe." I just sighed as they pulled back from the hug before I began walking to the Dining Hall, all three following after me.
"So, what have you been doing in your room for the past two weeks?" Rias asked and I just smirked.
"Oh? I healed most of my serious injuries on the first day with a Phenex Tear, so after that, I went to Lord Sirzechs and got permission to move around. Then I got a request call from Kuoh again, where I then recruited my first piece." I said with a smirk, all three of them stopping in shock as I just kept walking.
"W-W-What do you mean you have a new piece?! Why didn't you tell us?!"
"I was banned to my room, remember?" I said with a smirk, making her growl as Akeno giggled and Koneko smirked, the three of them walking along with me once again.
"So, what have you guys been doing in the past two weeks?" I asked them as we walked through the hallways.
"I've been training in the Power of Destruction with Mother. She says I'm almost on the same level as Brother was at my age." Rias said with a proud smirk and I just smiled and nodded, though my inner thoughts were suppressed.
"Okay, that's good, but instead of being as strong as he is, surpass him. Become even stronger." She just nodded dismissively and I sighed as I shook my head before I turned to an amused Akeno.
"And what have you been doing?"
"I've been training under MacGregor, whose been helping me with my Lightning Magic."
"And what about…" I trailed off and surprisingly, she smiled.
"Yeah, he's been helping me with my Holy Lightning too. It still uses too much energy and I haven't build up resistance against it since I haven't used it for years, but I'm making progress slowly but surely." I smiled as I wrapped my arm around her shoulder, giving her a quick kiss on her cheek, making her giggle.
"That's my girl." She giggled at that while Rias just stared at her.
"Are you sure it's okay to use it? You don't have to if you don't want to." She said with a bit of concern and Akeno just giggled.
"It's okay. Isa's been helping me with my repressed hatred towards my father, so it doesn't bother me as much as before. We've also been discussing me training with my Holy Lightning lineage and I want to use every bit of power at my disposal as a thank you for saving me from my family." Rias teared up a bit before she wrapped Akeno in a tight hug, making her smile softly as she hugged her back while gesturing for Koneko and I to keep on walking. I smiled as I nodded before I took Koneko's hand and we kept on walking towards the Dining Hall, leaving the two girls alone.
"So, what have you been up to?" I asked with a smile and she shrugged.
"Sparring with Surtr. Training with Gasper. Dodging training with Okita." She said in a monotone, making me smile.
"Is he ready yet?" I asked, referring to Gasper and she shook her head.
"90% and still collapses after each one." I smiled and nodded. As we walked, I noticed the quick glances she gave me as soon as she thought I wasn't looking and I smiled as I stopped walking, kneeling next to her as she just stared at me.
"Wanna ask something?" I asked with a knowing smirk and she just stared for a few seconds before she nodded slightly. I smiled and gestured for her to speak, with her fighting a hard battle as she hesitated a few times before she finally spoke.
"…Can you help me with senjutsu?" My eyes widened slightly before I smiled and nodded, patting her on the head.
"Of course. Anything for my little sis." I said and for the first time, I saw the purest, happiest smile on her face as she hugged me. I chuckled as I hugged her back. We stayed in that hug for a few seconds before she pulled back, her face set back into a stoic mask, but I could see the happiness and excitement in her eyes.
"Come on. Let's go tell everyone that the other two are going to take a bit longer to arrive." She nodded and I chuckled as I stood back up and took her hand, both of us continuing our walk to the Dining Hall. Looks like I didn't have to convince her after all.
The Next Day:
"You're not going to catch me like that!" I shouted with a smirk, Saji just growling as numerous blue ropes/ vines were slithering in the air around him like snakes. A black and purple serpentine-like dragon was wrapped around his left arm with its head resting on the back of his hand as the vines/ ropes sprouted from its mouth. He swiped his hand towards me again, but I just grinned as I seamlessly weaved and dodged them all, a blindfold tied around my eyes.
This was a perfect way to train his capturing ability with Absorption Line as well as my evasion, reflex and sensory skills with Air Current Sense.
"Got you." He shouted as he pulled his left arm back, the ropes quickly coiling up around me, but a quick jump and I was in the air above him. I jumped off a vine that tried to capture me and I did feel the energy, but it was not enough to stop me as I reappeared besides him, my finger pressed against his temple.
"Damnit. I thought I had you that time." He muttered and I chuckled as I pulled off the blindfold, watching the vines being sucked back rapidly into the mouth of the serpent before it disappeared in a flash of purple.
"It was a good tactic to try and capture me by sending your vines underground, but next time, try not to shout before you capture me because that tends to give away your plan. It's a SNEAK attack for a reason." He just gave a sheepish grin and I sighed with a smile.
We were in the same forest clearing outside of Kuoh where I fought the assassins and since Sirzechs knows about Saji and me training him, I was given permission to stay in town for one hour whenever I have a request here. Thankfully, Hisoka and I had a contract for a three hour gaming session every Saturday afternoon, so after that, I always took Saji out to train here, free from the city noise and where no one can bother us.
"Well, that's about all the time we have today, so-!" I was cut off by the Azathoth crest appearing on the back of my right hand, with me grinning as Saji stared at it curiously. It's about time.
"Looks like the prospective candidate is finally going to join our little group." I muttered and Saji had a look of excitement before I smirked.
"You're going back home. Also, I want you to distribute these." I said as the Gremory crest appeared on the ground next to me, two boxes appearing in bright red flashes from it.
"Those are the pamphlets that you need to hand out to people in the city. Whenever someone uses them, a signal will be sent to me and I'll send you or the new member to fulfill their request in exchange for payment of equal value to the request. If the person is upper-class or higher, I'll personally go to fulfill it."
"Sure thing, boss." He said as he easily picked up the two large boxes, the Azathoth crest appearing under him before he teleported away as I smirked.
The dude was a monster with his Sacred Gear, teleportation magic and capturing runes, which was surprising since he was talented in the canon universe, but not to this extent.
"I wonder where the other Vritra gears are. I know the Grigori had them at the time of canon, but maybe I could find them and give them to him to make him even stronger." I muttered as I linked the still blinking crest on my own to the pamphlet right before the Azathoth crest appeared under me and I disappeared.
Time to recruit a Red Dragon.
Hyoudou Household:
A few minutes later:
"…So let me get this straight. In return for you becoming one of my peerage members/ servants, you want me to give you the power to one day create a harem and become the Harem King?"
"Yep!"
"…And you want nothing else? Not money? Not fame? Just the power and the girls?"
"Yep again!" I stared at Issei Hyoudou, who was staring at me from where he stood at the foot of his bed before I shook my head with a sigh.
This was a lot more anti-climactic that I imagined it to be. I knew he was perverted, but damn, I didn't think it was to this extent.
Where was the negotiations & the sparring to see how strong how I and to see if I'm worthy of being his leader? Where was the pact to make sure I fulfill his request and not double-cross him as soon as I reincarnate him?
"You're too gullible and naive. You do realize that I could just be saying this to recruit you. Once you're my servant, I'm not obligated to help you. In fact, I could just not help you at all." His smile disappeared as he stared at me for a few seconds before it returned, just as bright.
"Nah, I trust you." I groaned at that, making him giggle as I pinched the bridge of my nose.
This guy was definitely the male version of Asia Argento, no matter how much anyone else tries to convince me.
"Fine. It would leave a bad taste in my mouth to trick you, so yeah. In return for you becoming my servant, I promise to make you as powerful as I can." He grinned and nodded right before I put my hand in my pocket dimension and pulled it out, a crimson case grasped in my hand. I pulled out a crimson Pawn, making him give it a curious stare.
There is no other piece that suits him more than the Pawn.
The Queen, I'm saving for somebody else. The Rook would make him strong but slow. The Knight would make him fast, but he wouldn't have much striking strength. I know he's a Brawler-type, so the Bishop and its enhanced magic capabilities will not fit him whatsoever.
Therefore, the only one left is the Pawn.
'Now, I just need to see how many Pawns are needed.' I thought as I put one Pawn on his chest, a slight blue glow coming from under it. I just pulled out three more before placing them on his chest, the blue glow increasing rapidly, but the Pieces were still not sinking in.
'I knew it.' Pulling out the final two Pawns, the blue glow grew to a bright blue light as the Azathoth crest appeared under us both. I took in a deep breath before I began to speak, Issei looking at everything in awe.
"From the ashes of hell, I ask you to be reborn in my name. Hyoudou Issei, take your place as my second and final pawn. Serve in my name and defend my honour throughout all the realms. I, Isaiah Azathoth, welcome you under the banner of House Azathoth." The chant wasn't necessary in any way, but I felt like a badass magician every time I said it so I'm going to keep saying it. The six pieces sunk into his chest as the bright blue glow covered him in an aura before it sunk into his skin, the Azathoth crest below us disappearing as I smirked.
"And with that, you're a Devil." I said and as if on cue, bat-like wings sprouted from his lower back, with Issei jumping slightly as he got startled them. His fear then disappeared as he stared and touched them in awe, nearly jumping again as he instinctively made them flap.
"I'm going to give you a week to get used to your new body. After that, I'm going to introduce you to my first member and then, we're going to start with your training."
"Okay, Boss." I just sighed as I shook my head. I'm definitely starting with etiquette training for both him and Saji, otherwise, Venelana is going to put all three of us through an intensive crash course to make sure I do my job right.
"Okay, then. I'll see you in a week and make sure no one finds out you're a Devil." He just nodded and waved before he went back to examining his wings and I just shook my head with a smirk as the Gremory crest appeared under me before I disappeared.
Later That Day, Night:
Gremory Castle, Underworld:
"Why did you ask me to dress up? And where are you taking me? This blindfold is really messing with me." Akeno muttered and I chuckled as I kept slowly leading her towards our destination. She really did dress up nice.
She was dressed in black 3-inch heels, a black dress with a diamond cleavage window in the middle of the chest area, ruby red lipstick, black diamond-studded earrings and her hair done up in a high bun with two ornate black and red hair needles holding it up as well as two bangs framing her face. The blindfold tied around her eyes didn't take away from the pure, raw sex appeal she radiated at the moment and my eyes did slip down a few times to stare at her cleavage, which I knew she noticed as she was smirking and she took deep breaths on purpose to make her chest more enticing.
I was dressed in black dress pants, black dress shoes and a dark red dress shirt with a black tie. I also had a black necklace on, a crimson rose with black wings sprouting from its sides, which was a gift from the girls for my High-Class promotion. "
Thankfully, we're here, otherwise I know you'd shock me slightly on purpose." The slight blush on her face and her smirk told me all I need to know as I chuckled before we came to a stop at our destination.
"Here you go." I said as I untied the blindfold before taking it off her, with her blinking her eyes to get used to the light before she let off a soft gasp as her eyes widened.
We were in the Dining Hall, though it was enchanted with runes to be much smaller. A black oak table covered with a red tablecloth with black roses embroidered on it stood in the centre of the room with two black oak Bordeaux chairs with red cushions placed on opposite ends of it. A lit chandelier with crimson rubies hung in the middle of the roof above the table and a black vase was placed on the table, a bouquet of crimson roses inside it. The windows were also much smaller, with crimson curtains covering them, and I smirked as I saw the array of runes at the corners of the room, soft music playing from them.
I'll have to thank Evelina and MacGregor for this.
"…How?" She asked softly and I chuckled.
"You can thank Evelina and MacGregor for all of this. They told me they'll take care of the venue, decorations and food. All I had to do was make sure you and I were here." She just smiled as we walked towards the table, with me pulling out her chair and helping her sit before I sat down on the opposite side.
"So, how has your two weeks been?" I asked with a smirk, enjoying her cute pout.
"Miserable. I suppose yours was just as bad as mine."
"Not really." I said with a shrug, making her grumble as I chuckled.
"I'm kidding. The bed was a bit lonely at night without you next to him." She just huffed as she crossed her arms under her bountiful chest and I just gave an amused smile as I raised an eyebrow.
"That usually worked on you."
"Not anymore." I added with a smirk, making her smirk amusedly.
"So, what's on the menu?" She asked and I shrugged.
"Not sure. I wasn't told what we were eating. Just that I had to do this." She looked confused as I snapped my fingers right before a Gremory crest appeared on the table in front of both of us and a plate of food appeared in front of both of us. I don't know what it was, but it looked extravagant, fancy and the only thing I could figure out was the steak, so I didn't bother. Akeno looked just as confused about what it was, but as we took our first bites, we didn't care as it was too delicious to waste anymore time thinking about it.
"That was delicious~" She actually moaned as she licked her fork and I just smirked as she gave me a knowing stare.
"At this point, you're really just torturing me." I muttered with a frown, making her giggle before she yelped cutely as the fork in her hand as well as the plates and my fork disappeared in a flash of blue. I just chuckled as she glared at me, kicking me under the table.
"Do you want dessert or not, because I know what's for dessert. It's your favourite."
"You didn't?" She asked with an excited smile on her face and I smiled and nodded as I snapped my fingers, the Gremory crests reappearing again before a white bowl appeared in front of each of us.
"It was a bit hard learning how to make them, but you said they became your favourite dessert after you met Rias, so I wanted to try and make it for our first date." I knew she wasn't listening to me as she stared at the chocolate soufflé in front of her in pure hunger. I waited with a smile as she took her first bite and there was a few seconds of silence as I stared at her before she moaned as she closed her eyes.
"I guess it's good then?" I asked with a smirk and she just nodded happily as she slowly began to eat, with me taking my first bite.
Huh, not bad for a first time.
I think it was not enough as she looked a bit sullen after she finished hers only to smile as I held the final spoonful of mine for her.
"Unless you don't wa-!" I didn't even get to finish speaking as she quickly put the spoon in her mouth, not even giving me a moment to pull it away. I smirked as I put my spoon back into the bowl before both our bowls disappeared.
"So, now that we've eaten…" I trailed off as I snapped my fingers once again, the soft music changing to classical waltz music as I held out my hand.
"May I have this dance?" "You may indeed." She giggled as she took my hand daintily and stood up, the table and everything on it disappearing in a crimson flash, leaving the floor completely empty for us.
"They've thought of everything, didn't they?" I said with a smirk, making her giggle. She wrapped her arms around my neck as I placed my hands on her waist and we began to slowly dance to the tune of the music, both of us just staring deeply into each other's eyes as we ignored everything else around us. It felt as if we were just swaying to the rhythm of each other and the music for hours.
"I really wish we could stay like this forever. Just me and you dancing in peace for eternity." She giggled at my words as we danced. The air was content and for the first time, neither training nor runes were on my mind as I was completely focused on just her. As we danced, I noticed that she was deep in thought, but I didn't ask as I knew she would tell me what was on her mind when she was ready.
"I…I think I'm ready." I raised an eyebrow as I spun her.
"Ready for what?" I asked, a bit confused.
"I think I'm ready to give it to you." My eyes widened as my mind connected the dots, with her giving me a knowing stare and a smile as she began to slowly pull me out of the room.
"A-Are you sure? We don't have to rush." You have to forgive me for stuttering, but that came out of nowhere. There wasn't even a warning.
"Oh, I've been ready for awhile. I just didn't have enough courage to ask you, but now I do." And with that said, I couldn't get a further word in as we arrived in my room.
Clothes went flying everywhere and before I knew it, the night truly began
. A/N: Yeah, I ain't good with lemons and/ or mature writing scenes. If you want to write it out, feel free to do so. Just send me a link and if there's multiple, I'll just put a link to all of them under the chapter after this.
Yeah, that was a…well, to me, it was a good first date. I've been on a few, but they always end in either failure or one night stands, so I'm not sure what's good for couples.
Anyway, no fighting scene this chapter, so as always, leave your reviews and I'll see you in the next chapter.
Until then…Ba-Bye~!