Chapter 1: awkward occurrences

In Kuoh Academy, a school that was once a girl's only school before going co-ed, four beautiful third-year women can be seen walking together outside. The first has blue-green eyes and crimson red hair going down her back, and the second, who was next to her, has violet eyes, long black hair in a ponytail that reached her legs, and a bust that rivaled the redhead's.

The third girl also has violet eyes, but has her black hair in a bob cut and wore red glasses, while the fourth girl who was next to her, had long black hair that reached her legs, and has heterochromatic eyes. Her left eye is violet, and her right eye is brown.

These four were the most popular girls in the school, but for different reasons. For the redhead and the ponytail girl, Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima, they were known as the two great Onee-samas and were adored by a lot of the men here, and even some women. But for the other black haired girls, Sona Sitri, and Tsubaki Shinra, they were well-respected people of the Student Council, with Sona being the Kaichou, and Tsubaki being the FukuKaichou.

"So, Sona, I've heard from Akeno that you've recently got a new servant," Rias says to the bob cut woman.

"Yes, that's right," Sona confirms while adjusting her glasses. "He begins his work and training first thing tomorrow."

"Ara ara, your new servant is a boy?" The ponytail girl, Akeno asks with a smile creeping on her lips. "And here I thought you only liked girls~"

"Very funny," Sona replies dryly while rolling her eyes before setting them back on Rias. "And what about you? Have you found anyone you want to recruit to your peerage yet?"

Rias gives her friend a soft smile.

"As a matter of fact, I have. Not only does he possess a very strong Sacred Gear, but he is also shown to be quite strong for his physique and age."

Sona and Tsubaki share an interested look towards Rias, while Akeno giggled with her redheaded friend, knowing exactly who Rias was talking about.

"I see," Sona muses. "If you don't mind, would you tell me who that person is?"

Not seeing any problems telling her, Rias went ahead and did just that.

"Of course. His name is-"

"Issei Hyoudou!"

The four third-year women jump when they heard a tough male voice shout out that name. Turning their head to the source, their eyes broaden a bit when they see three delinquents and a downed one who looked to be unconscious. The girls notice that the four were glaring at someone, so they followed their stares to see who it was they were looking at. Upon contact, the girls' reactions were mixed when they saw a young second-year student with short spiky brown hair, matching eyes, and a glare that was shot right back at the delinquents.

Rias was surprised at the sight, while Akeno giggled into her hand while watching the brown haired boy, looking forward to what's going to happen next. Sona just sighs while pinching the bridge of her nose.

As for Tsubaki, she looked at the brown-haired second year with her stance remaining the same. Her face, however, told a different story on how she feels with the sight she's seeing, as her eyes were beginning to soften as she kept staring at him, and a tinge of pink has just started dusting her cheeks.

"You little brat, You have a lot of nerve to slam your fist into one of my comrades!" The leader of the delinquents shouted while pointing his finger at Issei, whose expression didn't change in the slightest. "Is there anything you have to say for yourself before me and the boys start clobbering you to death?"

Issei's eye squint at the delinquents before releasing a grunt, agitating the leader.

"Why you…" The delinquent began to charge at Issei with rage. "I'm gonna wipe that look right off your-"

BAM!

The four girls and the other two delinquents gasp when Issei slams his foot right into the delinquent leader's face while the rest of his body remained in a neutral position. The force of the kick caused the leader's body to flip backward and land on his back while releasing a sound of pain.

""Oh shit! Our leader's down!"" the delinquents exclaim in sync as they, and the four third years watching from afar, then see Issei start curb-stomping the leader's head on the ground dirt. With every stomp, Issei creates a small crater from where the delinquents' leader's head. The crater grew with every stomp of Issei's foot, making the Delinquents shudder, and the four girls look at the crater in astonishment.

"Jesus Christ!" the bald delinquent cries. "Somebody stop this mad man!"

"What are you looking at me for?!" The delinquent with some scars on his cheeks asks. "There's no way in hell I'm going toe to toe with that monster!"

One more loud stomp forced the two delinquents to jump and look back at an agitated Issei, who's eyes widen with rage as his glare is locked onto them, with the four third-year women noticing the glare, especially Akeno and Tsubaki.

"Alright you scumbags, look over here!" Issei growls as he points a finger towards three scattered books and some papers that were five feet from them near a thick tree. The four girls followed where he was pointing like the two delinquents did, and were curious why they were on the ground like they were.

"First Question, just what the hell am I looking at to my right?" the brown-haired second-year shifts his eyes left before pointing his finger at the delinquent in his direction. "You, Baldy! Answer!"

The bald Delinquent shivers at Issei's harsh tone before shyly lifting a finger up to answer.

"Um… Those are textbooks and some sheets of school paper scattered on the ground…"

POW!

"CORRECT!" Issei growls as he hits the bald delinquent with an uppercut, launching him four feet in the air with blood spurting from his nose, making the four girls and the other delinquent watch with shocked eyes at the monster strength it took to get him airborne.

The delinquent with scars lets out an "eep!" when his comrade landed face first next to him with his body in a scorpion position.

"Alright, second question, why exactly are these books and papers on the ground when I first saw them there?" Issei lifts his head up to give the last delinquent standing a menacing look. "Your turn to answer, Scarface."

"Oh! W-W-W-Well, some little schmuck g-g-got in the boss' way and he… well… got that other guy you hurt earlier to teach him a lesson about-"

Before he could finish, Issei spun around and landed a kick on the scarred delinquent's jaw, sending him crashing towards his comrade who just got up from the uppercut, making the two lie on their butts while rubbing their faces in pain.

"Hmph! You sunza bitches catch on quick," Issei says as he picks up their boss and the other out cold delinquent by their collars with both of his hands. His left hand was holding the boss, and his right hand, the delinquent who's out cold.

With another grunt, Issei throws them at the two quaking delinquents with no care and locks his glare on the boss who went into the same state as the other two delinquents.

As of this point, some of Kuoh's male and female students were now watching Issei. Some were smiling, with most of them belonging to the girls, while some were fearful of how strong the second-year student is.

"You fuckers call it teaching him a lesson," Issei says harshly with a look of disapproval. "But the way I see it, all of you bastards are doing is pushing around a kouhai just for to inflate your own ego!" he then starts to crack his knuckles while giving off a scary appearance. "If I catch any of you doing that again to anyone else simply because they accidentally got in your way, I'll tear out your fucking spines and SHOVE THEM UP YOUR ASSES!"

The delinquents screamed at Issei's threat and started scrambling to their feet while shouting "WE'RE SORRY!" The boss of the delinquents picked up the unconscious one, and while the boss ran with his comrades, the unconscious delinquent's arms were flailing around due to how fast he was going.

Once the Delinquents were out of their sight, Sona releases an irritated breath before locking her eyes on Issei.

"Honestly, I know Hyoudou-san means well for the other students, but would it hurt him if he toned down the violence and threats of mutilation?"

"Ufufufu~ Well, I thought it was entertaining," Akeno interjects as her cheeks turn red. "I especially loved the part about what he would do with their spines~"

Rias and Sona shivered at the sensual tone the ponytail girl used, knowing what she was into and all that.

Meanwhile, Tsubaki, followed by the other three third years, look to see Issei sighing a breath while dusting his hands before turning his head around towards the thick tree.

"Oi, kouhai, it's safe to come out now."

From the tree Issei was looking at, everyone who was still watching the brown-haired boy saw the head of a male first-year student with short black hair and blue eyes shyly peeking out from a tree and slowly looks towards Issei.

"Um… Are they gone, Hyoudou-senpai?"

"Yeah, I taught em a lesson," Issei replies to the first year after popping his neck while walking towards the scattered books and paper. "Next time they try anything with you, I'll make their lives a living hell."

"O-O-Okay," The first year boy says nervously while looking down at the ground, knowing how ruthless his brown-haired senpai can be. He was grateful that he chased his bullies off, but the black-haired boy was still careful on not saying anything to piss him off, judging from his attitude he showed with the delinquents.

When the boy looked back up, his eyes widen in surprise when he sees Issei approaching him while carrying the books in his arms with the papers stacked on top.

But what surprised the black-haired boy the most, was that Issei was looking at him with a kind and gentle face, a face so kind, that when Tsubaki got a clear view of it like some of the other students did, her cheeks slowly turned into a darker shade of red and she slowly held a hand up to her heart.

"Huh? You… You didn't have to pick them up for me," The first year says shyly.

"Hey, don't worry about it," Issei insists, handing his kouhai his belongings. "Look, I don't like it when people are picked on and kicked around just because they're shorter or whatnot. Besides, it's the least I can do to help."

While gripping onto his belongings, the male first year was moved by Issei's words, as was Tsubaki and some of the girls watching Issei and the first year boy.

After blinking twice, the black-haired boy smiles at him with closed eyes.

"Thank you very much, Hyoudou-senpai. I… I really appreciate it."

"No problem," Issei replies while smiling before turning around to walk away. "After all, it is a senpai's duty to look out for their kouhai. Be careful out there, dude."

As he gave his kouhai a peace sign while walking away, most of the girls, ranging from first and seconds years, started talking about what just happened while giggling and blushing.

"Aww~! isn't that just sweet of Hyoudou-kun?"

"Of course! It's only natural for the Prince of Justice to help out people in need~"

"Indeed! I'm so glad he's in my class~!"

"He is? Why can't he be in mine?!"

Issei blushed when he heard the girls start talking about him. While he is flattered that they see his actions as good ever since he got popular, he found it to be very annoying most of the time, especially when it came to random girls asking him out on a date, to which he politely declines for proper reasons.

He didn't even like being called Kuoh Academy's Prince of Justice. Sure, it made sense since most of the people he would beat up ever since he transferred here were bullies and perverts who were absolutely disrespectful to women, but… he just didn't like how it sounds when he repeated the name to himself. It sounded weird, and cliché at the same time.

And don't get him started on the jealous boys of the school. There are exceptions, including some who he's helped, but there are some boys who envy Issei over all of the attention he was getting from the girls of all three years of the school. Some would curse him behind his back, while some would just whine, wishing that they were in Issei's position, but the brown-haired boy would just ignore them and continue on his day. Though, he would be lying if he said that it doesn't get irritating if he keeps hearing them.

While Issei continued his stroll, Akeno giggled at the girls who were still talking about him.

"Ara ara, looks like Issei's still getting popular~"

"Well, it makes sense," Rias adds with a shrug and a smile. "Ever since he started doing what he's doing after school on the first day, he would get this kind of feedback." She then releases a soft laugh. "However, I didn't expect him to get this popular with a snap of a finger."

Sona nods her head at Rias.

"Well Rias, even women can fall victim to their hormones. Now, if you'll excuse us, we need to head back to the Student Council."

Sona then turns her head to face Tsubaki, only to see her right-hand woman's cheeks burning red as her eyes looked at the direction where Issei left.

"Tsubaki?" Her friend jumps with a gasp when she heard her call to her, making the bob cut woman raise a brow at her. "Are you feeling alright?"

Tsubaki blinks at Sona while doing her very best to force her blush down.

"Y-Y-Yes. Yes, of course, I am."

While Rias and Sona were wondering if she was sure, Akeno tittered to herself, understanding why she was really acting like she was.

After bowing, Sona went on her way, with Tsubaki in tow.

With a small smile, Rias chuckles to herself.

'I wonder if Sona knows that Issei is the one I'm interested in?' she wonders in her head, as she technically didn't tell her that it was him, as the leader of the delinquents finished her sentence back there.

Rias motions Akeno to follow her back to their base. While they were on their way, Rias continued to think about the brown-haired second year.

'Plus, not only does he have a potentially strong Sacred Gear, but I also felt a strong power within him as well. What it is, I don't know.' The redhead places a hand on her chin. 'Just what can you be capable of, Issei Hyoudou?'

As Issei continued to walk around, he suddenly heard the sound of boys giggling about something. Finding it suspicious, he decided to hide where the boys would not see him so he could get a listen to what they're up to. He was not happy with what he heard.

"Wow Murayama, your tits are looking so sexy today!" a bald boy said.

"Indeed!" the other boy with black hair and glasses agreed. "82-70-81."

Issei's brow twitches with his teeth grinding in anger as he began to recognize the boy's voices.

'Tch! Those bastards are at it again!'

"Katase has some great legs and beautiful feet!" 78.5-69-79."

"I'm so happy we found this spot, Motohama!" the bald boy says in glee.

"Hell yeah, Matsuda! I'm with you all the way!"

With his hands balled into fists, Issei went to confront the two boys and put an end to their peeping, just like he has when he first met those two when he transferred to Kuoh Academy.

"Hey! You two!" Issei shouted to them while approaching them, scaring the 2 boys that were near a wall.

"Oh shit! It's him again!" the bald boy said.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" the one with the glasses asked in shock.

"I'll be the one asking the questions around here pal!" Issei snapped at them. He then proceeded to point at the wall they were near. "Why the fuck are you two back here again? I made it perfectly clear that you two can't peep on the Kendo team!"

"Oh, piss off, you bishonen punk!"

A tick mark appears on Issei's forehead when Matsuda shouted that.

"…Excuse me..?"

While Motohama shivered at the dark tone in Issei's voice to the point where his glasses were about to fall off, Matsuda continued on with a jealous rage.

"Not all of us can score some hotties like you, pal! Everywhere you go, girls would always go after you and that Prince Charming bastard because of both of your looks! Naturally, Motohama and I need to find some relief from all of this, and getting a look at the good stuff these girls are packing is the only way to help us get over your stupid popularity-"

BAM!

Issei shuts Matsuda up by slamming his fist into his mouth.

"You think I asked for all of this attention, punk?"

Motohama watched as Issei then grabs his friend by the head and lifts him off the ground before shooting his head towards the glasses-wearing pervert, making him shiver.

Then as soon as he blinked, Motohama was hit by Matsuda's body after Issei threw the bald pervert hard enough at him. The Perverted Duo then looks to see Issei slowly walking towards them while cracking his knuckles.

"There's a reason you two aren't able to get girlfriends. You two have no respect for a woman's privacy." The two bruised perverts were holding each other for their lives from this brown haired boy, afraid of what he's gonna do to them next. "I'll say it again, and you shitbags better listen carefully. Don't ever go near that wall again!" Issei continued, "If I catch you, or find out from someone that you peeped through there again, you can expect a certain thing down there to get DISLOCATED!"

The two perverts screamed and then ran for their lives from the brown-haired teen while covering their crotches after his threat. A few seconds later, Issei sighed to himself and thought, 'While I may have scared them from continuing their perverted actions, I have no doubt they'll peep here again.'

"Hyoudou-kun?" Issei heard someone call his name and turned around to see who called him. He saw the girls in Kendo gear. Two of them he recognized as his classmates: One was Katase, who had pink hair, and the other was Murayama, who had brown hair tied in two ponytails.

"Is there something I can help you girls with?" he asked politely.

"We'd like to thank you for chasing the perverted duo away. They're always peeping at us and it's driving us crazy." Murayama was the one who answered Issei.

Issei simply smiled. "Don't mention it, it's your privacy and you girls deserve to have it. If anything, you should worry about that peephole. I recommend getting it sealed up somehow because I have no doubt those bastards will be at it again." Issei bowed to the girls before taking his leave home.

"Thanks again Hyoudou-kun!" Katase said to Issei, only for him to turn his head and smile to her.

"Not a problem Katase-san, and please, call me Issei, I'm alright with that."

About three seconds after he left the Kendo girls began talking about the young Hyoudou with blushes on their cheeks. "Wow! what a sweet boy!"

"He's pretty cute and handsome too! Though not as handsome as Kiba-kun though."

While the girls continued talking about Issei, Katase and Murayama nodded to each other on something they agreed on ever since they first heard of Issei's deeds. They need to make sure Issei doesn't get "corrupted" by the perverted duo. He helped them, and they wish to return the favor.

Afternoon on the bridge

Issei was relaxing on a bridge, taking a good look at how pretty the sky was in the afternoon. He was then interrupted by the voice of a girl.

"Excuse me? Are you Issei Hyoudou from Kuoh Academy?"

Issei turned to his left to discover that there was a girl about his age with raven black hair, violet eyes, and was wearing a uniform different from Kuoh's. 'Hmm? What school is she from? And what does she want with me?' Deciding to be friendly, he replied with, "Yes, I am."

This time, the girl was blushing and responded with, "Hi, I'm Yuuma Amano. It's nice to meet you."

Issei found this situation he's in really odd, and decided to ask her a question, "So... Is there something I can help you with?"

"Yeah, sort of... Are you seeing someone right now?"

Issei raised an eyebrow at her question and replied with, "Not at the moment. Why?"

"I see! So.. In that case... Do you wanna go out with me?"

This time, Issei was really suspicious and replied with, "Come again?"

Yuuma continued speaking, with her blush still intact. "You see, you come here a lot and when I first looked at you, I became interested because of how cute you looked... And... Well..."

"Look, Amano-san, I know where this is going, and I'm afraid I'm gonna have to decline your offer."

Issei gave it to her straight while being as polite with her as possible. Yuuma, on the other hand, was surprised at his response.

Issei continued from there. "Don't get me wrong Amano-san, you're a beautiful girl, it's just that we don't know each other that well. You should know better not to walk up to someone and go 'will you go out with me' out of the blue. What if that person you ask out was a rapist or someone who has any bad intentions at all? If you want to start a special relationship with someone, it's best you get to know them well, with their interests, personality, etc. I'm not trying to make you sad about this rejection Amano-san, I just want to ensure your safety on how you develop your relationships, even if that person you first laid eyes on is cute and nice."

Issei didn't want to hurt Yuuma's feelings with his rejection, he wasn't wrong about the things he said either, it is a cruel world out there. Five seconds later, Issei Bowed to Yuuma and then said, "If you'll excuse me, I have to get home and have dinner. I hope you have a good Day, Amano-san." With day Issei walked on home, while Yuuma looked down to her feet in disappointment.

As Issei and Yuuma went there separate ways, they didn't notice a girl with white hair with a cat hair clip on it and hazel eyes observing the scene. 'Better report this to Buchou.' The girl thought to herself.

"I see, so he rejected her offer?" Rias asked, sitting at her desk in the old school building. The girl with white hair replied to her with a nod. Rias smiled at her and said, "You did well Koneko."

"What shall we do now Buchou?" The blonde boy asked Rias.

"For now Kiba, we'll keep a closer eye on him during the weekend. I'll have my familiar give him a flier when she comes in contact with him during any day of the weekend. Until then, you're all dismissed for the rest of the night."

"Yes Ma'am." Koneko, Kiba, and Akeno say in unison.

Sunday

"Alright, I'm off folks," Issei said to his parents. He was currently wearing brown shorts with a Deadpool T-shirt and an opened blue flannel over top.

"Okay sweetie, have a safe time." His mother replied.

"And good luck finding a girlfriend son." his father said with a toothy grin, earning himself a bonk on the head from a blushing Issei.

"Will you knock it off already?!" His father only replied by laughing. After exchanging goodbyes, and double-checking to see if he had his wallet with him, Issei set out to take a stroll around the town. As he got to the streets of Kuoh town, he saw a woman approach her with a basket containing some papers.

She took one out and handed it to him, saying "Please take this."

Wanting to be nice to her, he took it from her and said, "Thank you, Miss. I guess..."

The woman responded by smiling at him and took her leave.

Issei took a quick look at the paper. It had some kind of symbol that had words to go with the symbol. Issei read the following words:

"Your wish will be granted."

Issei raised an eyebrow at this and stored the paper in his back pocket. 'She must be some cultist nut job or something.' he thought to himself as he began his weekend stroll.

Issei did what he usually does when he's taking weekend strolls: He took a look at the manga shop to see what new manga is available and did the same procedure at a video game shop and a film shop. He then went to the arcade to play some of his favorite games like Donkey Kong, Berzerk, I, robot, and Marble Madness. After having all of that fun, he went to a nearby Chick-Fil-A and ordered himself a twelve count nugget meal. Can you blame him? It's the peanut oil that makes the nuggets so good.

After finishing his meal, he continued to walk around town admiring the atmosphere when suddenly...

"Didn't you hear me? I said no you creep!"

Issei stopped in his tracks to hear a voice expressing her annoyance towards someone. He looked towards where the source of the voice and discovered that there was a girl with brown hair tied in two pigtails and hazel eyes wearing pink glasses. She was wearing a red T-shirt and a teal skirt as her attire.

"Come on babe, you don't know what you're missing out on." said a man that looked about a year or two older than Issei and looked like a thug, who began to place his hand on her shoulder, only for her to swat it away. However, this enraged the man as he grabbed her wrist and held on to it tightly. The girl tried to escape but was unable to due to how hard the thug was holding onto her wrist.

"If I were you, I'd let go of that girl and walk away. Right. Now." The girl and thug looked to the source of what sounded like a young man and discovered that it was Issei Hyoudou, fed up with the display he's looking at here.

The girl immediately recognized this boy. 'Hey, that's the new kid that goes to my class. What was his name? Oh, right, Issei Hyoudou. But what's he doing here? He's gonna get himself hurt.'

"You mind your own business punk! Or I'll kick your teeth in!" The thug was not pleased with Issei trying to be a hero.

"No." The young man immediately replied. "You're disrespecting this girl's free will and trying to force her to do what you want. And I won't tolerate such disrespect!"

"Ooooh, we got ourselves a little sheriff!" The thug let go of the girl's arm and started to approach Issei with an angry expression. "You're gonna regret picking a fight with me ya little punk!" The girl was obviously worried about Issei because he is her classmate and she doesn't want him to be all bloody since he's still too young to die. The thug began to charge at him and then suddenly...

BAM!

"OOOFFF!"

The girl's eyes widened in shock to see that Issei Has kneed the thug right in the stomach. What surprised her the most? Issei actually managed to hurt him. In fact, it was so painful, the thug actually coughed up blood from how hard the impact was. A few seconds later, he dropped to the ground face first, which gave Issei a chance to stomp on his head, creating a small crater near bigger than the thug's head.

Issei then waited for the thug to get up, and he did just that, with a bloody nose and some blood near his lips. "Y-you bastard!" The thug shouted. He attempted to punch Issei, but Issei dodged at the right moment, grabbed the thug by the collar of his shirt and...

POW!

Issei punched the thug straight in the face and sent him flying far away from him and the girl. Six seconds has passed when Issei finally spoke up. "Don't push my buttons pal."

The girl was left astonished by Issei's ability to fight, and how strong he was too, to be able to send the thug flying far away from him. "T-t-thanks for saving me Hyoudou-kun." was all she could say to him. She was still amazed at what she just witnessed before her eyes.

"No problem, Miss. I was just... Wait, How do you know who I am?" Issei was surprised to find out this girl actually knew him.

"Oh that's right," the girl replied, "You never noticed me since you were too busy being engrossed with WWI. My name's Aika Kiryuu, and I'm your classmate in room 2-B. It's a pleasure to finally meet you since it's the weekend." The now named Aika was sticking her hand in front of him for him to shake, which caused him to have some pink in his cheeks, but decided to shake her hand anyway.

"O-of course, Kiryuu-san."

"Oh no please, Call me Aika-san. or Aika-chan. Whichever works for you." Aika responded with a wink, causing Issei to blush a mid-dark shade of red.

"Oh, um.. ok. then please, call me Issei. It's only fair since you're allowing me to call you by your first name."

"Done and done, Issei-kun" Aika said and then giggled at how Issei can have a shy side through all the badass stuff he does. "Anyway, I better get going. My friends Katase-san and Murayama san invited me to practice Kendo with them so I don't have to put up with anymore creeps like that punk whose ass you've kicked."

"Okay, take care, Aika-san." Issei shared a goodbye and Aika waved to him in response.

Five seconds later, Issei sighed and thought to himself, 'So she's my classmate huh? Can't believe I didn't notice her in my classes. Oh well, guess that's what I get for staying focused on my school work, especially History.' With that, Issei went ahead and continued his stroll around the town. However, he didn't notice a girl with black hair tied in a ponytail with violet eyes, peeping from the telephone booth and witnessed everything she saw, including the entire fight between him and the thug.

"Ara ara, such aggression and brutality. ufufufufu." Akeno laughed to herself with a blush on her cheeks.

8:30 PM

Issei was sitting on a bench at a park looking at the stars at night for a quick few minutes before returning home. He was mostly surprised with the moon. "Whoa, I had no idea the moon could be this red. What is it, A nighttime Eclipse or something?" Either way, he decided to take out his phone and take a picture of the moon so he can remember this moment. After taking the picture, he got up from the bench and started making his way home. He was about five miles from the park when...

"Well well well, if it isn't the boy who rejected her offer on being her boyfriend."

Issei jumped when he heard the voice of a woman and turned around to see who it was. To his surprise, it was a woman who looked about two years older than him with orange hair that reached down her neck, had cobalt eyes, and appeared to be wearing some kind of military clothing with combat boots. She had an evil looking smile on her face as she looked at Issei, which made him more suspicious than ever.

"I must admit Issei, it was quite smart of you. However, your time has come."

Issei widened his eyes at the last sentence she said and wanted some answers. "Who are you and how do you know who I am?!" he confronted to the mysterious woman.

Her evil smirk grew bigger. "My name is Rika. Remember this name because that's the last one you'll ever know."

Issei widened his eyes in shock as the now named Rika suddenly sprouted out black feathered wings from her back. She then began to form something out of some kind of light. Eventually, it became... 'a spear?!'

"I almost feel bad for doing this since you are a cute looking boy, but you're a danger to us and therefore have to be taken care of." She threw the spear at Issei, intending to hit him.

However, Issei knew what she was trying to do and dodged the light spear before it could pierce him. But it did hit his right cheek, making a small cut on it. Rika was left surprised at his action but then scowled as she formed another spear. She planned to try again to hit him, but...

BAM!

her face collided with Issei's fist as he punched her there, and she flew back a few feet from the collision.

"If you think you can murder me you got another thing coming, you freak!"

After Issei shouted those words to Rika, he made a run for it.

Rika, who now has a bloody nose, got up from the punch and began to fly after the young man. As Issei continued to run, he heard a voice from behind him.

"You can run, but you can't hide boy!" It was that Rika chick. who was after the boy she plans on killing. She formed two light spears in both her hands and threw them at him. But Issei dodged them effortlessly. Well, almost. He dodged the first one with no problem at all, but as he dodged the other spear, it managed to hit him in his left shoulder making a bigger cut than his right cheek's cut. Issei continued to pick up the pace until she finally lost the black-feathered winged woman. Rika was in disbelief that the boy, who was human, by the way, was able to dodge her spears so perfectly and outrun her as well. The chase continued until Issei found himself at the gates of his school, Kuoh Academy. Out of options, and because he was desperate, he climbed over the gates and hid in the baseball court.

Issei was in disbelief at what was happening while he was holding his left shoulder in pain. A woman who had black feathered wings for some reason wants him dead. But why? He did remember this Rika woman saying that he was some kind of danger. That part he didn't understand. Sure, He'll beat the crap out of anyone wanting to cause harm, but he would never want to kill. Could that be the danger Rika was talking about?

Before he could think of any more paranoid thoughts, he was interrupted by the sound of that same voice calling to him.

"Issei. Come out, come out wherever you are! As I said, you can't hide because I can sense your presence. So I'll give you a chance to come out yourself before I hunt you down!"

Issei was conflicted. He knew that if he did come out, he'll die, but if he didn't he'll die anyway since she said something about detecting someone's presence. He read plenty of manga to know what she meant by that, and she wasn't a normal human being. But as he was having a hard time figuring out what to do, he saw something out the corner of his eye. He found a silver baseball bat near his right foot in his hiding spot. 'Someone must've left it there after baseball practice.' After a few seconds of looking at the bat, he came to a conclusion for himself: if he wanted to live, he was gonna have to fight for it. Without hesitation, he picked up the bat and then proceeded to exit his hiding spot, only to meet Rika herself standing in the middle of the baseball field.

"I see you decided to come out. Oooooohhhhh, you decided to arm yourself too. Well sorry to break it to you dear, but this is as far as you will go."

Issei had a look of determination and decided to ask the winged woman a question.

"Why do you even want me dead anyway? It's not like I could have the guts to take a life or anything that would make me a danger to you!"

Rika giggled to his question and then replied, "Since you made it this far, it's only fair that I give you an answer. You see, we detected something very powerful within you, and we were afraid you could go amok with said power, so if you wanna blame someone for your upcoming death, then blame God for giving you a Sacred Gear."

'Sacred... Gear?' Issei didn't understand what she meant by such gear but dismissed it because he wanted to live for another day. With his hair hiding his eyes, he took a fighting stance with the bat, only for Rika to laugh at this scene.

"You're gonna take me on with such a tool? You're such a fool! You're nothing more than a mere human and therefore I have you outcl-"

POW!

Issei shut her up by swinging the bat right in her stomach, ignoring the pain in his left shoulder, causing her to cough up blood and collide to a nearby wall. Rika then fell to the ground clutching her stomach in pain and utter disbelief. "What the hell?! He actually managed to hurt me! But How?! He's nothing more than a human and yet he was able to put me in such pain, with a simple baseball bat too!"

Rika got up from the attack and conjured up a light spear. But instead of throwing it, she charged at him aiming for his heart while screaming, "DON'T FUCK WITH ME HUMAN!"

Issei, however, dodged to the right and hit her in the stomach again, making her cough up some more blood, and then hit the back of her head with the bat, sending her colliding with the ground and making a small crater from her head.

'Christ, why do craters keep forming from people's heads as they fall really fast and hard to the ground?' Issei asked in his head.

He thought it was finally over, unfortunately for him, she got up from the attack on her knees, all bruised up due to how much damage he caused her. "D-D-Damn you!" She cursed to Issei, who was now near her with the bat clenched in his hand.

But something in Issei told him not to do it. While it is true that she was considered by most people including himself, not normal, it would still count as murder. Even if it was self-defense, how will he live with himself after taking her life? He lowered the bat, with his hair covering his eyes once again. "Go back to wherever the hell you came from."

"What?" Rika was surprised at his sudden words.

"You heard me, even if you aren't a normal human, I can't find myself killing you. I could never kill anyone. Even if this 'Sacred Gear' was dangerous, then I would do whatever I can to get control of it and use it for a good cause. So please, just go back and leave me alone."

Rika slowly got up from her spot, her hair hiding her eyes. Issei proceeded to walk away and head towards the exit of the school. As he was near the exit of the baseball field, he suddenly felt pain in his stomach from behind.

"You expect me to just let you walk away you damn human?" It was Rika, she didn't head his words and decided to go for the attack while his back was turned. She proceeded to grab his neck and slam him on the ground on his back. She got on top of him, conjured up another light spear, and said to him with an evil looking grin "I want to enjoy the look on your face when I turn you into a corpse!"

This was the end of the line for Issei, he was bleeding and had no strength left to fight back. 'Mom, Dad, I'm sorry, but this is it for me.'

"Step away from the boy, Fallen Angel Rika."

Rika heard an unknown voice from behind her. She turned around and widened her eyes to see a red-haired woman who appeared to be the third year in school. "Rias Gremory?! W-W-What are you doing here?!"

The now named Rias smiled to Rika, who was now known as a Fallen Angel. "This kouhai of mine is under my protection, and I will not allow you to kill him." Rias began emitting a crimson colored aura which caused Rika to back away from the near-death-state Issei.

After five seconds of Rias and Rika staring at each other, Rika began to take flight and stare down to the redhead. "I'm guessing you're going to reincarnate him as your servant huh?" The bruised Fallen Angel asked Rias, only for the redhead herself to stare at her. "Very well. Do what you want. But keep in mind Rias Gremory, if I ever see him in my sights again, I will go for the kill."

Rias simply smirked and responded, "I'll make sure that doesn't happen then."

Rika went "Hmph." and flew away from the school, leaving Rias with Issei, who was bleeding out from the spear.

"You've fought well, Issei Hyoudou. I was even more surprised to find out how much damage you were able to cause on the Fallen Angel." Issei could only stare at her, unable to talk due to the profuse bleeding. Rias proceeded to reach into her pocketbook, and out came 8 chess pieces that looked the same as each other in her hand. She proceeded to place each piece on Issei's body and proceeded to perform some kind of ritual. "From this moment forward, you will live for me, Issei Hyoudou."

Monday; 6:00 AM

*Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Click* "Uuggh." Issei was not feeling like himself today. He felt heavy due to what he thinks is a lack of sleep. But he was able to at least gain his senses of where he was, and he was in shock. He woke up in his room. but how? Didn't that woman that Rias-senpai for some odd reason call a fallen angel stab him in the back and attempted to finish him off? He quickly ran to his wardrobe to find the clothes he wore yesterday, and sure enough, they were in there. But what made him surprised was they looked just like new, like they weren't torn up at all. He also went ahead and took off his jacket and shirt of his uniform to notice that there was no scar on his left shoulder, nor was there on his right cheek. "Was it all a dream?" Issei asked himself.

"Issei, breakfast is ready!"

Hearing his mother's voice, he replied with, "Coming mother."

Kuoh Academy entrance

"Look! It's the Prince of Justice!" The girls who attend the academy noticed that Issei, who they call Kuoh Academy's Prince of Justice because of his battles with bullies and beating up the Perverted Duo, making his way towards the school.

Issei, on the other hand, was feeling like a zombie today. He didn't know why, but the sun felt like some kind of kryptonite to him. But that wasn't gonna stop him from attending school today.

Meanwhile, the girls continued talking about him with blushes on their cheeks.

"Oh my. He's looking quite handsome today."

"I think he's more of a cutie than a handsome boy."

"I heard he saved a student that goes here from some creep."

Issei, however, was too tired to notice the usual kind words the girls would say about him, and the jealous stares from the boys and just kept moving forward.

After school

Issei was on his way home from his classroom and was near the doors that lead out of the school, still tired due to the sun, for some odd reason. As he was about to head to the doors, he bumped into someone, on accident of course. It took a couple of seconds for him to realize he bumped into Tsubaki Shinra, the girl who he remembered helping him find his way to the office to sign up as a new student on his first day at Kuoh Academy. He immediately bowed to her with a light blush.

"I'm sorry, Shinra-senpai. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."

Tsubaki blushed a light shade of pink at his apology, but brushed it off saying, "No, it's quite alright." Issei bowed to her again before taking his leave. "Hey, Hyoudou-kun?"

Issei turned back to her.

"Yes?"

"You look as if you didn't get any sleep. Are you feeling alright?"

"Sorry Senpai", responded Issei. "I might sound crazy for telling you this, but every time I'm near the sun, or it's light, I feel really tired, my parents asked me if I was okay, but I assured them that I was fine. To be honest with you, I don't know what's happening to me."

Issei doesn't know how she'll respond, but he had to give her the truth.

Tsubaki, on the other hand, understood what he was talking about. She thought about it for a moment and then decided to tell him something that would hopefully help him. "I had that kind of feeling too once."

Issei was surprised to hear her say that. "Really? You have?"

"Indeed." Replied Tsubaki. "Although, I didn't know what it was, I too had that same condition you have right now. It was three years ago that it occurred."

Issei was interested and wanted to know how to, cure himself, he guessed.

"Do you know how to feel better from this condition?"

"All I know is that for me it took about two days to feel better from it."

Issei smiled and bowed to her after her answer, causing her to question why he's doing said action.

"Thank you very much for the information Shinra-senpai."

"Huh?" Tsubaki wondered why he was thanking her.

Issei got up from his bow and smiled to her with his eyes closed saying, "I'm so glad I'm not the only one who had such a mysterious condition."

Tsubaki blushed at his kind nature, the very same nature he displayed when he helped the first-year student that was picked on by the delinquents. Tsubaki forced her blush down before Issei opened his eyes.

"I'll be sure to tell my parents about how this condition I have works. that way they won't have to worry too much about me." Issei bowed to her again and took his leave. As he opened the door, he turned back to Tsubaki with a kind smile and pink cheeks. "I'm really grateful to you, Shinra-senpai. Not only did you help me find my way to the office so I can sign up as a new student, but you also gave me details on the mysterious condition. I'm gonna have to repay you somehow."

Right after he said that and turned his head away to leave, Tsubaki blushed an even brighter red. Before she could say anything to him, he already left. She forced her blush down again and headed to her next destination, but not without whispering to herself two words. "Sweet boy."

Tuesday, Kuoh Academy, After school

Issei told his parents about the mysterious condition yesterday and how another student told him how she had the same condition. Of course, because of the 'she' part, his father teased him about her being her girlfriend, making Issei bonk him on the head for saying that. Meanwhile, Issei was leaning on a wall in the school relaxing for a while before heading home. 'Only 1 day left.' he thought to himself, talking about the mysterious condition of course.

"Yo! Issei-kun!" Issei turned to his right to see Aika waving to him while approaching him.

Issei waved back to her and said, "Hey Aika-san, what's up?"

Aika proceeded to lean on the same wall next to him and smiled at him. "I just wanted some time to talk to my hero from two days ago." Aika then giggled after saying that and pushed her glasses up.

Issei blushed at that and said, "Please, don't worry about it, I was glad to help out. Heh heh heh."

Afterward, they started chatting with each other, they talked about their interests, their favorite manga and TV series, favorite video games, etc. They had a lot in common with most things so far, and they were enjoying the conversation.

"So, Issei-kun, I was wondering something," Aika asked him with a smile on her face, "If you're able to, would you like to practice some Kendo with me?"

Issei raised an eyebrow at that, but Aika noticed and continued, "Don't worry, I asked my friends, Katase-san and Murayama-san, and they said they would love to have you practice with us. Those were their words, not mine."

Issei thought about it for a moment and then replied, "As much as I'd like to Aika-san, I can't. At least not today anyway. I feel really tired so I won't be able to be at my top game when it comes to Kendo." He thought it was a kind offer Aika gave him, but due to his 'condition', he had to refuse.

"That's alright," Aika said, "It can be anytime any day. There's no time limit here."

Issei smiled and chuckled in response.

"Look, everyone, It's the two Great Onee-samas!"

Issei and Aika turned to where a random boy was pointing for them to see both Rias and Akeno walking down the stairs. Immediately, comments from the boys and the girls about how beautiful they were were already being said. Issei, on the other hand, had a puzzled face, specifically for Rias. He knew who she, along with Akeno were from last week since people, mostly the boys were talking about them. However, he could've sworn she saw her in his 'dream' about being attacked by a 'Fallen Angel'. He widened his eyes a little bit because he also thought the redhead looked right at him with only her eyes since her head was still looking forward as the two third years walked past him.

"Such beauties, huh, Issei-kun?" Issei was snapped out of his thoughts as Aika asked him that question in a teasing tone.

"Y-Y-Yeah. I will admit, they are quite charming."

"'Quite charming'? Some description there." Aika responded, and then laughed while patting him on the shoulder three times, causing his cheeks to turn a little red.

"A-Anyway, I better head home, my parents are probably wondering where I am." Issei then took his leave while waving goodbye to her, as she did the same.

"Alright. Later Issei-kun!" As Issei left her sight, she began to think to herself, 'No wonder some of the girls are after him, even with him being brave and tough and beating up the pervy duo and saving me from a thug, he's also got a shy personality. And besides,' Aika pushed up her glasses while having a blush on her cheeks, 'He's pretty big down there' She then proceeded to giggle as she thought that last part.

8:30 PM

Issei went out for a quick nighttime stroll. He told his parents he was doing so before leaving of course. And yes, his father teased him about this whole girl thing, earning himself another bonk on the head. As he was walking, he noticed that he felt amazing. He felt more energetic than he was in the daytime, and he had really sensitive hearing. He found out when he heard the voices of a mother and her child.

"Hey Mama, the Carnival was fun, can we go back there someday?"

"Well, we'll have to see dear. If we go there too much, it will get boring."

"Okay, I guess that makes sense Mama."

'What the hell? How am I able to hear them from such a distance?' Issei shrugged it off and continued walking. His next destination: home. Five minutes have passed, when suddenly he heard a voice of what he assumed a middle-aged man.

"So, you're still alive."

Issei turned around quickly to see that it was indeed, a middle-aged man with short black hair and dark blue eyes. His attire consists of a gray trench coat, almost like the one in the game Issei played: Bloodborne, over a white dress with matching paints, a Black Fedora, and black dress shoes.

"What do you mean by 'still alive'?" Issei questioned the man, Only for him to chuckle.

"I see you haven't figured it out yet, so I might as well give it to you straight." The man began to speak, "You are no longer what humans consider 'normal'."

As he said that, a pair of black feathered wings appeared on his back, making Issei gasp. 'those are the same wings that Rika girl had in my dream.' He thought to himself. 'But I'm awake now, and I'm seeing the same kind of wings on that man's back. What the hell's going on?!'

His thoughts were cut short when he heard the man continue to talk. "And you are in possession of a special artifact that we Fallen Angels are currently fearing."

Hearing this, he decided to use his dream to find out what he meant by 'special artifact' and asked the man, "You mean my Sacred Gear that Rika girl was talking about in one little nightmare I had two days ago?" The Man laughed at Issei's question, making Issei raise an eyebrow at that. "What's so funny?" he asked the man, now feeling rather annoyed at the situation.

The man answered his question with an evil looking smirk. "Sorry to break it to you kid, but your encounter with Rika was reality, we Fallen angels, as well as Devils and regular angels, exist."

Issei widened his eyes in shock hearing this. 'Devils, angels, and fallen angels? Those mythical creatures are a reality?' This is insane!'

"That goes for whatever sacred gear you got, kid. I also can't help but notice there's more to you than just the gear."

Issei didn't know what to think about all of this. Two days ago that night, it was all a reality. Devils, Angels, and Fallen Angels exist, and he has this 'Sacred Gear' within him.

"Tell you what kid." Issei's train of thought stopped as he looked up at the man, who was conjuring up a light spear. "If you can't handle your current situation, I can go ahead and end you here. Might as well be doing Rika a favor."

Issei widened his eyes at what he said and stood there for ten seconds. Suddenly, Issei's hair covered his eyes, and coldly replied, "If you think I no longer want to live because of some shit you're spewing out of your mouth…" Issei paused for a few seconds and then continues, "Then I'm afraid you're mistaken. I don't know entirely what's going on, but whatever it is, I'll push forward no matter what happens."

In all honesty, Issei didn't really want to die. Sure, Issei was surprised at all of this, and seeing the man's black feathered wings was enough proof to believe in what he's saying, but he'll follow through.

The man sighed as he said, "Then I guess I'll have to forcefully take your life kid." Issei took this as a sign he'll have no choice but to fight and put his fists up, ready for combat. "Hmph. You're pretty damn brave for choosing to fight back, but Rika did warn me of your strength and capabilities. So don't get any funny ideas kid." The man proceeded to throw a light spear in Issei's direction. Issei dodged it fine and aimed his fist for the Fallen Angel. The man, however, caught his fist, and then conjured up a light sword this time and stabbed it into his left rib. Issei screamed in pain from this. "It hurts doesn't it, you Devils do have weaknesses after all, and one of them is light, like my light sword for example." Issei felt more pain as the man removed the sword from him, this time aiming for his heart. Issei, however, ignored the pain and caught the man's hand before the sword can pierce him again and delivered a kick to his stomach, forcing the man to let him go. Issei then proceeded to give him an uppercut to his chin, making the man go back two feet.

Issei then held on to his wound. Thankfully it wasn't a deep wound and this was something he can walk off with proper bandaging, but he could still feel the burning pain. Issei stayed alert as he watched the male Fallen Angel get up from his attacks. He looks to Issei and chuckles with a grin on his face.

"That was pretty good kid!" The man went back to his feet and then announced, "But remember, this fight ain't over until one of us drops!"

"Then let's get to it!" Issei replied as he charged towards the Fallen Angel. Said Fallen Angel attempted to swing his light sword downwards to Issei, but he dodged the attack and punched the man in the face. The man covered his face with one hand from the pain. While he was doing so, Issei delivered a roundhouse kick to his abdomen, sending him three more feet backwards and fell to the ground on his back. Issei then ran towards him planning to curb stomp his head. As he was about to go for it, the Fallen Angel got up in time to dodge his foot, get behind him and slash him in the back with his light sword. Issei screamed in pain and fell to the ground with his back facing the sky. The man was about to stab him, but Issei rolled to the right, got up and sweep-kicked him and went to punch the top of his head, but not before the man threw his light sword to his left hand and slash at his chest. But Issei was successful in punching his head downwards right at the same time he got slashed. The man's head slammed into the ground, creating a small crater near bigger than his head, and Issei was blown back five feet from the slash.

Both Issei and the man were on the ground. Issei on his back, and the man having his back face the sky. The male Fallen Angel was the first one to get up. He brushed himself and his hat off, then proceeded to tell the downed Issei, "You fought well kid, but I'm afraid your time of death has come."

The man began to take his leave. However, he heard the sounds of grunting and turned around to see Issei on his hands and knees trying to get up.

"*Sigh*. Look kid, you got a cut on your back, chest, and that stab wound in your left rib. It's best you just stay lying down there and bleed out."

Issei, however, just kept trying to get up. It took him long, but he finally managed to lift himself back up on his feet. He lost balance for a while but got it back, and proceeded to put his fists up once more.

"I can do this all night, bastard!"

After Issei said that, he began to cough up blood from his mouth and fell back down to his hands and knees.

"See what I mean?" The man asked the bloodied young man, "You don't have any strength left to keep fighting. We all have our limits kid." Issei could only stare at him with a scowl and then fall to the ground completely, becoming unconscious due to the blood loss. Then the man started to conjure up a light spear in his right arm and aim it towards him. "Might as well finish you off."

Before he could throw the spear at him, it was destroyed by a crimson aura. He looked to his right to see Rias slowing approaching the Fallen Angel.

"Sorry, but I won't allow you to kill him off just like that." The man scowled, then made another light spear, intending to attack the redhead with it, only for it to be destroyed, this time by yellow lightning.

"Ara ara, it's not polite to attack my master." It was Akeno, who had her hands surrounded by lightning, prepared for anything else that will happen. He was then met with the blonde-haired man, Kiba, who suddenly appeared to him and was aiming his sword right at his neck. Then Koneko showed up with a silver baseball bat.

"Wait, that red hair..." The man started to recognize the redhead.

"My name is Rias Gremory, and I will not allow you to butcher up my new servant."

"Heh! I see. The entire town really is your territory then. And he must be one of your servants. I do apologize, but please, do make sure you keep your servants on a leash, otherwise, I would've delivered the final blow."

Rias then smirked and replied, "Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. But remember, as long as I'm still alive, This boy is under my protection. And if you cause any harm to him or any of my servants, I won't show any mercy."

The man let out a chuckle and said, "Noted." He then took flight in the sky and then said, "My name is Dohnaseek, and I pray we will never meet again."

Rias and her group then turned around to face Issei. He was currently laying face down on the ground unconscious in a pool of blood, with the cut mark on his back still visible.

"Ara ara" Akeno was the first to speak up. "That was a close call. And I must say, Issei-kun's really strong to put up a fight survive that long."

"We better do something quickly or he's gonna die," Kiba said to the group, with Koneko nodding in agreement.

"Don't worry," Rias said as she kneeled down on one knee to the unconscious Hyoudou, moved her hair out of her eyes and smiled to him. "I'll personally make sure he lives."

Wednesday, 5:30 AM

Issei slowly opened his eyes, and then widened them quickly and shot up from his bed, breathing heavily. He checked his surroundings to see that somehow, he was back in his room again.

'Damn, what the hell happened last night?' he asked himself in his head. He then looked at his body and noticed he was not wearing any clothes at all, and that all of his injuries healed as if he never got hurt. he checked the time to see that it was too early to wake up for school but decided to get dressed for it anyway. He went to the wardrobe to get a pair of boxers, put them on, and noticed that his uniform was in there. And like his weekend stroll clothes, they were all fine, looks just like new.

Issei proceeded to put on his uniform and wait a while for the time he's supposed to wake up for. But then, Issei noticed something from the corner of his eye and was in shock of seeing it. On his desk where his computer was, he found a female Kuoh Academy uniform and a matching black bra and panties with crimson outlining. This made him snap his head to his bed, being suspicious about the whole situation and immediately pulled the blanket off his bed.

What he saw next made him widen his eyes, blush a deep shade of red, and turn away so he wouldn't look there. What he saw was Rias Gremory, known by most of the boys at the academy as one of the 'Great Onee-samas', completely naked in his bed.

Issei heard her get up from his bed, yawned, and then hear her say something he wasn't expecting her to say.

"Oh. Good Morning Ise. Did you sleep well?"

When the blushing Issei heard those exact same words, He turned around, made eye contact with her, and pointed his finger at her.

"WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"

To be continued…

Issei's current Harem: Tsubaki (Main girl), Akeno, Yoruichi, Rias, Asia, Koneko, Ravel, Xenovia, Irina, Raynare, Kalawarner, Mittelt, Aika, Murayama, Kiyome