The Fallen Princess

Chapter 2 – First Encounters

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In front of Marina standing at the gate was a large Victorian styled building, Kuoh Academy. The main building having many students gathering since school would be starting soon. 'Well, at least it looks good. But I think the uniforms don't cover enough to be appropriate' Marina thought as she looked at the uniform she was wearing. The Kuoh Academy female uniform consisting of a long-sleeve white button-down shirt, black button-down corset, and a magenta skirt with white accents. Decided to wear black shoes with a slight heel instead of the normal brown shoes, also finding the shoulder cape and black ribbon looking ridiculous so she didn't bother wearing them. Her hair was tied up in a long braid which reached her curve of her back, held at the end by a blue ribbon. 'The skirt is way too short' Marina thought as the skirt reached her upper thigh showing a lot of her legs.

Taking a deep breath Marina stepped passed the open gates and made her way towards the entrance of the main school building. Many of the students were gathered outside waiting for the bell to ring or just hanging around with their friends. 'This place seems normal enough' Marina thought as she continued walking towards the doors. As she passed the students many looked towards her with their eyes widening.

"Who is that?"

"I don't know, I've never seen her before"

"She is so hot"

The whispers continued from both male and female students. Marina just smiled at them causing many blushes to occur throughout the small male population, and a few of the female students as well.

"AAAAAHHHHH"

A loud painful screaming made Marina stop in her tracks. Looking to the side she could see three male students running away from a group of female students dressed in similar uniforms carrying shinai. Looking closer she recognised one of the boys making her eyes widen slightly. With her enhanced sight, she could see he had short brown hair and light brown eyes. Dressed in the Male Kuoh Academy uniform consisting of a black blazer with white accents, a white long-sleeve button-down shirt which was open revealing a red shirt underneath, black pants, with blue and white sneakers.

'Issei… Hyoudou?' Marina thought as she watched as the male students fell over and the group of girls started hitting them repeatedly. As Marina concentrated a little more on Issei she sensed something coming from him 'It seems he's become a devil, but his demonic energy is so weak, is he suppressing it?' Marina thought then winced as one of the girls hit Issei below the belt along with the other two. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard some of the students around her talking.

"When are those perverts going to learn" one female student muttered as she and her friends looked at the scene, the boy's screams had attracted nearly everyone's attention.

'Perverts? They must never meet my father' Marina thought as she shivered a little. The result would be disastrous. Azazel was a pervert, and had often caused many problems because of it, she still didn't know what her mother saw in him to cause her to fall in love with him. Turning away from the scene of the perverts beating, Marina continued her way towards the school building, the whispers about her still going around. 'I can already sense some of the devils' she thought.

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When meeting with the headmaster of the school, who also happened to be a devil, she could tell that the device her father made was working to supress her fallen angel side and her Sacred Gear, since the devil didn't react to her at all. After the greeting with him and getting her class timetable from the receptionist she looked down at class name.

'Class 2C, I wonder where that is' looking down the hallway she could see that the classroom wasn't anywhere on the floor so it would have to be upstairs. It was almost 8 so the students were gathering inside the school, making their way towards their classrooms for the morning. 'Guess I should hurry up then'. as she headed towards the staircase as the bell rang signalling that classes would start 'I just don't understand why Issei Hyoudou would be a devil, in the report from a week ago said he was human… the same time the fallen stationed here stopped responding… I have a really bad feeling about this' so caught up in her thoughts she didn't notice the presence of a devil as she reached to top of the stairs and turned the corner bumping into someone.

Marina's shoulder bag fell off, landing on the floor letting her books fall out across the tiled surface. She was about to fall as well when a hand caught her pulling her upwards back on her feet. Looking to who she bumped into she blinked a few times. Standing in front of her was a young man, with short blonde hair and grey eyes, dressed in the correct school uniform. He was a few inches taller than her so she had to look up slightly to meet his eyes.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there" Marina said as leaned down to gather her books together. The young man also leaned down reaching for one of the books that had landed closest to him before handing it to Marina with a smile. "Thank you" she took the book and placed it in her bag before standing up again.

"It's alright" he said. It was then that Marina noticed that everything was silent. Looking around she noticed all eyes were on her and the young man in front of her.

"Anyway… do you know were class 2C is?" Marina asked getting a nod from boy as he pointed down one of the corridors.

"Down that way to the left" he said and Marina smiled.

"Thanks again" she said as she stepped away to continue making her way towards the classroom before she looked back towards the male. "I'm Marina by the way, hope I see you around" she said before turning away leaving a shocked group of students who were on their way to their classrooms. 'Damn, I should have sensed him, I wonder whose peerage he belongs to' Marina thought as she reached the classroom, many of the students were already inside but the teacher wasn't so she waited at the door. Not even a minute later a middle-aged man came around the corner when his eyes spotted her.

"You must be the new student I was informed of" the man said getting a nod from Marina. "Well, I'm Mr Teshima, wait here so I can introduce you to the others" the teacher instructed as he walked into the classroom. As the class settled down Mr Teshima cleared his throat getting their attention. "Alright, we have a new student joining us today" the whispers already began on wonder who it was, some of them already guessing "So please make her feel welcome. You can come in now" Mr Teshima called out. Marina walked through the door making the entire class silent.

'It seems that dad is taking the observation of Issei Hyoudou very seriously' Marina thought as she noticed said student in the classroom, along with his two friends, with all three of them having some bruises. Her thoughts were interrupted when Mr Teshima spoke again.

"Well, introduce yourself then take a seat at the open desk at the back" Mr Teshima said as he looked at her expecting her to hurry.

Marina just nodded then turned back to the class giving them a beautiful smile which cased blushes from the few male students in the class. "Alright. I'm Marina Shiba, and I'll be joining you from now on so please take care of me" she said not really wanting to say anything more about herself so she gave a small bow, something she knew was respectful in Japan, and she didn't want to insult anyone on her first day.

"Take a seat" Mr Teshima said and Marina walked towards the seat at the back. As she passed Issei their eyes met for a second causing him to blush as she turned away and continued before sitting down at the desk.

'He definitely isn't suppressing his devil power, it is just very weak by itself. Vali is going to be annoyed that his 'eternal rival' is like this' Marina thought, she had checked to see if her assumptions about his power was accurate when she looked into his eyes, as she released a little bit of her magic to check it, but because of the bracelet from her father the other devils in the school wouldn't notice it. There were no barriers that were normally used to suppress ones aura that nearly all supernatural beings were able to create, with practice that is.

-O-

The class went by surprisingly fast, since she had already gotten her books a few days before she wouldn't fall behind in her studies, not that she needed them since she had already covered most of it during her lessons with Azazel which she shared with Vali. When the bell finally rang for break Marina was instantly surrounded by some of the girls in the class asking her questions. It was a little overwhelming so she quickly excused herself much to the other girl's disappointment. As she passed through the corridors she could feel a stronger demonic presence coming from one of the rooms, reaching the doors she could see the words 'Student Council' on the name plate above it.

'So, devils have one of the high seats in the school. Perfect for seeing different students and not looking suspicious if they were looking into one of them to join a peerage' Marina thought a little impressed with how they were operating at the school. When she made it to the cafeteria she could already see that many of the tables were already full, students gathered with their friends so she decided to slip out through one of the doors leading outside so she could get some fresh air before anyone noticed her, but some already had. 'This place sure is big' Marina thought as she rested against one of the trees before reaching into her bag and taking out a small box along with one of her books as she ate her lunch in silence.

During the break she listened to some of the conversations around from the other students. Apparently Issei Hyoudou, along with his two friends that she didn't bother to learn the names of, were part of a group called 'The Perverted Trio', they were known for the constant peaking on girls while they changed, often leading to them being beaten senseless, but also that they wanted a Harem. She also heard the talks about some of the school idols. Rias Gremory, Akeno Himejima, Souna Shitori, and Tsubaki Shinra. Apparently they were considered the most popular girls in the school, because of their beauty and intelligence. She also sensed a few other Sacred Gear users, none as strong as the dormant [Boosted Gear] inside Issei, but strong in their own way.

When the bell rang again signalling the end of lunch, Marina packed up quickly and made her way towards the school building. When she walked into the building she could see many of the students looking at her as she walked passed them 'This is going to get old really fast' she thought with some annoyance. When she finally arrived back into class she silently took her seat waiting for the others to join. 'I guess I'll inform dad about everything when I get back' Marina thought as the rest of the classes went by smoothly.

-O-

When Marina arrived back at the small apartment that Azazel had gotten for her she placed her bags on the table before heading into the lounge area. After getting changed into some more casual clothes while letting her hair hang loose, she went to her laptop to Skype her father so she could give her report on the events from earlier. The screen showed what should have been her father working… but instead doing something else making her sigh. Azazel was sitting on his desk chair with his feet resting on the table, but the reason for Marina's reaction was because of the specific magazine he was reading.

"Dad" Marina said startling Azazel, he hadn't noticed she was watching. He quickly put his legs off the table knocking some papers along with him and put the book back into his desk drawer.

"Marina" Azazel said as she gathered himself together, he didn't really want his daughter to catch him in such a moment, not that she hadn't before, but it was still a little embarrassing. For both of them. "I take it you have something to report" he said getting a nod from her.

"Yeah, I saw Issei Hyoudou. The thing is he's become a devil" Marina said getting a sight eye widen from Azazel. "But the problem is that his demonic energy was so weak, at first, I thought that he might have been suppressing it or someone else was, but there was nothing to show that" Marina continued as she got comfortable on the couch which watching Azazel's reaction.

"What about the other fallen angels I sent there?" Azazel asked when he noticed Marina leaned forward slightly.

"I found them staying in the old abandoned church just at the boarder of the town. They aren't in devil territory entirely but very close to it. I don't know why they would be there, didn't you give them a place to stay" when Marina didn't get a reply and Azazel had a slight guilty look on his face "Don't tell me you forgot" she added getting a nod from him making her groan slightly. "Nevermind. Anyway, did you know that Baraqiel's daughter is at the school" Marina asked.

"I had my suspicions when I heard that a Gremory was in Kuoh. I'll let him know that she's there" Azazel said getting a nod from Marina.

Baraqiel, just like Azazel, had also fallen in love with a human woman, but instead a shrine priestess, and had a daughter, Akeno. But Baraqiel's wife Shuri was killed when he was away on a mission a few years back by some of his old enemies, and because of this Akeno blamed him for her mother's death, even though Baraqiel had been hurt as well. But even so Baraqiel wanted to know that his daughter was always safe.

"I haven't actually seen her, but according to some of the students she is quite popular at the school" Marina explained as she looked down at the paperwork about her assignment that was on the table. When she looked back at the screen she noticed something at the door behind Azazel, Vali was leaning against it.

"Hey Vali" Marina said with a smile. Vali just nodded as his reply while Azazel stood up.

"Why don't you tell him about Issei for a bit, I have some things in need to do" Azazel said as she picked up some of the papers he had knocked over earlier then left the room while Vali took the seat in front of the computer.

"You met him" Vali said getting a nod from Marina.

"Yeah… you won't like it" Marina said getting Vali's interest. "He's become a devil, but his power is incredibly low, and his Sacred Gear isn't even awakening yet" she said seeing the displeased look in Vali's eyes. "And what's worse is he's a pervert, even more than dad I think" Marina continued, shocking Vali a little.

"What a let-down" Vali muttered as he looked down a little before going back to Marina. For as long as he can remember since he discovered he possessed [Divine Dividing] he had been anxious to find his rival that would give him the fight of his life. He had trained hard to become as strong as he had and according to Albion he was the strongest host. But hearing that so much of his hard work had been to fight against someone that was weak caused a lot of annoyance.

"Don't worry, I'm sure that you'll get to fight him some day. I'll inform you when he awakens his Sacred Gear completely before you decide to confront him. just be patient" Marina said with a smile.

Vali released a breath he didn't know he was holding. "Alright" he muttered getting another smile from Marina.

"So, how's it going at the Grigori?" Marina asked.

"Boring, the only one here to spar against right now is Tobio but you know how he is" Vali said looking away when he heard Marina laughing softly.

"Alright, the next time I'm there we'll have ourselves a fight. I've been waiting to try out one of my new armours against yours" Marina said.

"Deal" Vali replied with anticipation. Whenever the two of them fought it was also fun, because he never knew what to expect when it came to her. Always changing between different armours and weapons would get on anyone else's nerves, but he saw it as a challenge. He knew he was physically stronger than her, but she was tricky so the fights were always interesting.

"I'll speak to you soon, give dad my love" the screen went back to what it was before since Marina had closed off the chat. Vali let out an almost inaudible sigh as he stood up to make his way back to his room, not bothering to give Azazel the message from her.

-O-

Marina lay down on the couch once she finished her call and she looked up at the ceiling. 'I can already tell that Vali is going to give me a headache about this' she thought as she closed her eyes for a light nap. A few hours later she was awoken when she felt the presence of a barrier being lifted, she recognised it as one that low level fallen angels used, very simple ones. 'I wonder what's going on' she thought as she quickly put of some shoes and grabbed a jacket, it was already evening so it would be getting colder soon.

When she finally made it to where she knew that barrier was, they were at the park near the middle of town. She easily slipped passed the barrier without being detected as she looked at the scene in front of her. Laying on the ground with a light spear imbedded in his chest was Issei Hyoudou, above him flying in the air was one of the fallen angels Azazel had sent to watch over the place.

'What the hell is going on here?' Marina thought when she felt a demonic presence appear, a devil had entered. She immediately recognised that the devil was a Gremory, because of her long red hair and blue eyes, the fallen angel that attacked Issei also seemed to recognise her as well. it was then she also noticed there were some others along with her, including the same blonde-haired boy she had met earlier. 'Well that explains which peerage they belong to' Marina thought as she watched the reaction from the fallen angel. She knew he was one of the 4 chosen to watch the place, named Dohnaseek, only a single pair winged fallen angel.

The confrontation didn't go any further besides the intended threat from Dohnaseek which Rias returned, to which the parted ways the barrier surrounding them disappearing, but Marina could sense the annoyance from both sides. Rias looked down at Issei looking at the large wound that was in his chest.

"I'll take him back to his house to heal him" Rias said as a red magic circle appeared below both her and Issei, when she looked to the other three "Could you clean up around here" she asked looking at the destroyed fountain that was damaged along with some burnt marks on the floor.

"Sure, we can handle it" said he one with long black hair tied in a high pony tail, violet eyes which showed some amusement in them, while wearing her school uniform.

"Thank you Akeno" Rias responded.

'So that's Baraqiel's daughter' Marina thought looking at her. 'I guess I'll see what happens tomorrow at school' with that she turned away to head back home. 'So I guess that explains why the ones stationed here didn't report back, this is going to be a pain' she thought as she continued walking.

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~ Until the Next Chapter ~

Alright so here's a new chapter. After looking at the review and some of the PMs I've decided the Issei will be part of the Harem, I thought that it would be interesting for the two heavenly dragons to fight over one female, but Issei won't be one of the main since he would have his own harem with his normal girls. That means there are two open spots for her harem.

MARINA'S HAREM: Vali Lucifer, Yuuto Kiba, Issei Hyoudou [Will Expand]

I wanted there to be an interaction between Marian and Yuuto, she doesn't know his name yet but she soon. Their accidental meeting will cause some commotion between the students, so there should be some confrontations later on.

Hope you liked the chapter, so review and tell me who you think should be in Marina's harem.

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