The Next Day:
ORC Clubroom, Kuoh Academy:
3rd Person POV:
"Hm~ Hm~ Hm~ Hm~" "What's got her in such a good mood?" Gasper whispered to Koneko and Asia, both girls just as confused as he was as they shrugged before straightening up as Akeno smiled happily while placing their cups of teas down in front of them.
"Thank you, Akeno-san." Asia thanked with a smile, Akeno smiling back as she nodded before she turned and went back to preparing Rias' cup.
"Good morning everyone." Rias greeted as she entered the ORC clubroom, raising an eyebrow as Gasper, Asia and Koneko just gave her distracted greetings.
Turning her head to where they were staring, her second eyebrow joining the first as she watched Akeno hum with a happy smile as she brewed the tea, crossing her arms in amusement as her Queen turned around and gave her a happy smile.
"Buchou~! I made you a cup of tea."
"I can see that." Rias said with an amused smile as she walked over and sat down behind her desk, taking the cup of tea with a thankful smile before placing it down and staring at Akeno.
"Was the date that well?" She asked her and Akeno smiled as she nodded.
"Indeed it was. We went for a movie, then we went to an amusement park & went on a few rides. Then we went on a night stroll through a quiet park before finally ending the night in my shrine."
"And what did you two do in your shrine?" Rias asked with a deadpan, to which Akeno giggled.
"Well, we just met my father there and while we weren't able to fix all the bad stuff between us, we at least managed to make a start.."
"…I'm sorry, but I think I misheard you. Did you just say you went and met with Baraqiel? As in the Cadre Baraqiel, the Lightning of God? Your father?" Rias asked and Akeno smiled brightly as she nodded.
"Yep, Isa did a contract for Azazel and he asked Azazel to let him come and meet me. Then we just sorted things out."
"Ah. Uh-huh, I see. Hold on a second." Rias said with a smile as she tapped the Gremory communications crest on her desk, watching it pulse red a few times before it glowed a bright blue.
"Hey, Boss Lady. What's up?"
"Isa, code blue." Rias said and in the blink of an eye, the windows shattered as Isaiah landed in the room, Akeno, Koneko & Gasper giving him a deadpan stare while Rias shook her head and Asia could only blink in slight shock and surprise.
"Where's the bastard I need to kill?" Isaiah growled as he looked for a foe, a Nephalem blade in his grasp before Rias cleared her throat.
"There is no threat. I just needed you here for something."
"We talked about this, Rias. I can't go and kill the Royal Family of Japan just because they won't make Gundam suits for you." Isaiah said as he rolled his eyes, the peerage glancing at the blushing Rias as she glared at him.
"That is confidential information and no! I called you because of a certain Cadre that you two met yesterday."
"Oh, you mean Baraqiel? What about him?" He asked with a nonchalant smile as his blade disappeared before he finally noticed the glare on her face.
"Uh, I mean, what Cadre?"
"You have five seconds to explain every single thing you've done for the past month that I don't know about before I call mother and tell her that you've been acting beyond your rank."
"…Snitch." Isaiah grumbled under his breath as he sat down in front of her, taking the cup of tea from Akeno with a smile and a sip before beginning to explain.
An hour later:
"…and so, I got the two of them together and helped them made up. Oh, wait! There was also the goblins trying to invade Kuoh earlier today, but I just killed them and sent a survivor back as a warning. And yeah, that's about everything I've done the past month that you don't know about." Isaiah finished with a smile, watching as the rest of the peerage just blinked in shock in the background while Rias rubbed her temples
"…How?"
"Uh, how what?" Isaiah asked confused before reeling back as Rias looked up with a glare.
"How the hell did all of this happen without us even hearing a single spell going off?!" She exclaimed and Isaiah shrugged.
"Firstly, you guys have school during the day so you're stuck in classes. Secondly, most of the battles were finished within five minutes or less, so by the time you guys noticed foreign energies inside of Kuoh, it's already been taken care of and finally, you never asked to come with. You all would rather be in school than actually have to do this." Isaiah said bluntly, Rias glaring at him before she huffed and sighed.
"Fine, but the next time, something happens…"
"I'll inform you about it. It's up to you to get there in time to stop it." Isaiah finished her sentence with a roll of his eyes, Rias nodding in satisfaction before Isaiah sighed and stood up while finishing his now-cold tea in one gulp.
"You're supposed to have it while it's still warm." Akeno grumbled and Isaiah chuckled as he wrapped an arm around her.
"You can make me a better cup at home." He said and she smiled as she nodded, Isaiah giving her quick kiss before ruffling the heads of the couch potato trio that were still listening to their conversation.
"Hey! It took me an hour to get my hair this straight!" Gasper whined as he slapped his hand away, Asia and Koneko just pouting as Isaiah chuckled and nodded.
"Right, right. Well, I'll see you guys later in the week for our monthly meeting."
"Bye." They all waved and Isaiah smiled before the Azathoth crest appeared under him and he disappeared.
"Ah, crap. I forgot to tell him that Father wanted to meet him during the Parent-Teacher Conference." Rias cursed before pouting as Akeno giggled.
"We both know Isa already knows about it. He'll be there." Rias just rolled her eyes, but knew that her Queen was right.
A Week Later:
Kuoh Academy Main Gate:
Isaiah's POV:
"Wait, isn't that Akeno-senpai's boyfriend?"
"Really?! Where?!"
"Damn lucky bastard! It should have been me!"
"We both know Akeno-senpai wouldn't give you the time of day. Instead, it should have been me."
"Forget that! Do you see the hottie with him? Does he have two girlfriends?"
"No way! Who would leave Akeno-senpai for her, but she is hot."
'I thought this shit only happened in an anime, but I guess this is an anime world so I should have expected it.' I thought with a sigh as I continued walking, glaring sullenly at Kuroka as she giggled at my expense.
"Come on. You didn't think a handsome boy like you would go unnoticed by dozens of girls and boys all around you, did you?"
"I thought you would be more upset at other boys ogling you?" I asked with a smirk, to which she just rolled her eyes.
"They can look but the moment they touch, I'll rip their throats out." Apparently, she seemed to have cast a spell that only allowed the boys to hear our conversation as they all quickly backed away with pale faces, drawing confused glances from their parents and the girls around us as I raised an eyebrow at the giggling Kuroka.
"Really?" I asked and she shrugged before skipping to the old school building, making me sigh as I shook my head and followed after her.
"Get back here, ya bastard!"
"No way!" Gasper shouted with a grin as we watched him run towards the back of the old school building, a bright red Issei hot on his trail as I just sighed.
"He's always causing trouble." I grumbled and Kuroka giggled before I noticed Rias, Sona, Tsubaki, Akeno, Asia and Koneko walking towards us, though Asia was bright red in the face.
"Let me guess, Gasper teased you on the crush Issei has on you, didn't he?" I said with an amused smile at Asia as Kuroka stifled her laughter while walking towards the smirking girls.
"I-I-I-I do not have a crush on Issei-san!" Asia exclaimed frantically and a teasing smile grew on my face as I continued.
"I never said you had a crush on Issei." I countered, Asia shocked silent before she quickly ran off.
"Hey Asia. If you're quick, you could become the head wife and anyone else will have to be the concubine."
"Really?!" She asked as she came to a stop & turned to give me an embarrassed/ hopeful look, making me smile as I nodded before she frowned in determination as she nodded and quickly walked away.
"You are such a devil." Akeno said with a giggle and I grinned as I bowed.
"Ah, thank you for the compliment, my dear." I said, making her giggle before Rias spoke up.
"I'll go and calm her down. Sona, I'll see you at the meeting later today."
"Of course. Good day, everyone."
"Bye, love." I said with a smile as I gave Tsubaki a quick kiss, the Queen smiling happily as she nodded before following her King as Rias walked in the direction Rias ran in.
"I got to go tell my grandpa and Issei's parents that he's going to be busy, so I'll see you all at the mansion."
"Sure thing, Saji." I said with a nod and the Pawn nodded before he walked away as I turned to Koneko.
"So, how did that actually happen?" I asked her and she smirked.
"Asia and Gasper managed to get close to activating their Balance Breakers, so Issei decided to praise them. That's when Buchou and Kaichou with those two came along and praised Asia and Gasper on their progress as well as Issei and Saji on how effective their training was. After that, Gasper started to tease them and well, that happened." She said as she pointed at the approaching duo, making me sigh as I tapped the ground and a series of runic patterns shot out, latching onto the legs of both of them before sealing them in place.
"Gasper, stop teasing Issei for his crush or else I'm going to have to get Valerie to come discipline you. Issei, stop acting like an idiot when we all know you guys really like each other." Issei just glared at me and I rolled my eyes as I released their seals, Gasper quickly hiding behind me as the Pawn walked away away while grumbling to themselves.
"No more teasing them…unless I'm with you." I whispered to Gasper, making him grin as he nodded and fist bumped me before he quickly walked away with Koneko following him as I smiled.
"Compared to the kid that was scared of his own shadow, he really has grown up a lot thanks to you." Akeno said and I smiled as I wrapped an arm around both her and Kuroka.
"I'm such a great teacher, aren't I?"
"Yeah, yeah. We don't need your ego much more bigger than it already is." Kuroka said as she rolled her eyes, making me chuckle.
"Oh? Are we interrupting something?" I heard Sirzechs' voice behind me and I turned to see him and Zeoticus walking towards us with Grayfia trailing behind Sirzechs.
"Not at all. It's not everyday I get to have a 'My Girlfriend is better' meeting." I said with a grin, grunting a little as both girls elbowed me in the sides and Sirzechs chuckled before wincing as Grayfia smacked him on the head with a small paper fan she pulled out of nowhere.
"Hahaha! Apologies for interrupting your fun, ladies, but may I please speak with my son and Isaiah alone please?"
"Of course, Lord Gremory." Kuroka and Akeno said with bows as they walked away, Grayfia sighing as Sirzechs smiled and nodded before she followed after them.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" I asked and Zeoticus' smile disappeared as Sirzechs sighed.
"Well, I thought you wanted to know that the Great King Faction have finally started becoming active and want your head for killing dozens of members of the Pillar Clans."
"When did I kill anyone other than Diamante and Bedeze?" I asked with a frown and Sirzechs snorted.
"Since you were the one who outed Zekram and his members, you are apparently also responsible for causing Bedeze's betrayal and for him massacring most of House Bael."
"What kind of idiotic logic is that?" I asked with a look of bewilderment, Sirzechs chuckling as Zeoticus smirked.
"Don't worry. Most of their idiocy was quelled before it started thanks to Serafall's quick thinking and Ajuka's long term planning."
"Ah, so I only have to worry about them trying to kill me with assassins?" I asked and they both nodded, to which I shrugged.
"Meh, I've been dealing with those since I was eleven, so it's just another day." I said with a shrug and they rolled their eyes.
"Arrogance can lead to one's downfall." Sirzechs said and I sighed as I nodded.
"Fine, I guess I'll be extra careful."
"That's all we ask. Also, we would like for you, your peerage, Rias and Sona as well as their respective Queens to attend the meeting we have with Azazel and Michael tomorrow."
"Ah, so you guys are finally going to try and make a peace treaty, huh?"
"…I'm not even going to ask how you know about that when only a select few are supposed to." Zeoticus sighed as Sirzechs just snorted.
"I've learned that one mustn't question him so much. It just scrambles your mind more than it needs to." Sirzechs said with a smirk and I chuckled as Zeoticus shook his head.
"It would just make sense since I know you're too much of a peace loving guy. Azazel is a nerdy scientist who would rather be busy with his experiments and games than worry about fighting us in a war and from the stories you told me, Heaven has far too little angels to continue this war with just the exorcist, so a peace treaty would be the only logical option."
"I suppose that makes sense." Sirzechs said with a hum and I gave a relieved sigh in my mind as Zeoticus cleared his throat.
"Well, now that the business is out of the way, let's go and find out in which class my daughter's in. I want to embarrass her." Zeoticus said with a sly smirk, one which both Sirzechs and I mirrored as I nodded.
"Follow me. Akeno wasn't supposed to tell me, but I got it out of her with some incentives." I said with a grin and both men chuckled as we started our walk to Class 3-A.
Let's just say Rias was glad this was her final year in high school.
The Next Day:
Kuoh Academy;
"Hey, Isa!" I turned as I heard Rias' voice, smiling at her and Akeno along with Sona and Tsubaki walking towards us.
"Hey. You ladies ready for the meeting?" I asked and they all nodded before I turned to my peerage.
"Samson, Bardou, Meredith and Valerie, do you four want to go with me to the meeting?"
"Not really, no. Meetings are too boring for me." Samson said with a shrug and I smiled as I nodded.
"What he said/ Yeah, I'd rather hang out with Gaspy/ Same." Bardou, Valerie and Meredith answered respectively and I chuckled as I nodded.
"Okay then. You four can head on over to the ORC Clubroom." The four nodded before they walked away and I quickly reached out and pulled the crouching Saji and Issei back.
"You two are coming with me. I assume the leaders want to speak with you." Both boys whined at that, but I just rolled my eyes as I started my trek towards the Student Council clubroom where the meeting was taking place, the girls giggling at the boys struggling to escape as they followed after me.
A/N: And another short chapter for next chapter is the start of the Peace Treaty Invasion Arc!
As always, read, enjoy, review and until the next one…
Ba-Bye~!
