Chapter 9 – Eggs and Balls

Harry awoke the day after his battle with the Longinus user feeling sore and tired. He found Rias and Akeno with him and holding him tightly. As Harry went to hold Akeno closer he noticed that he was missing a part of his arm and then remembered the fight he had with the True Longinus user. Rias and Akeno began to stir due to Harry's movements and both were looking at him lovingly.

"Hey girls," Harry said smiling

"That's what you say to us when you nearly died?" Akeno asked playfully

"You're such an idiot," Rias remarked smiling "But we love you anyway."

"I love you girls too and I'm sorry for making you worry," Harry said sincerely

"You did what you did to save Koneko so there's nothing to forgive," Akeno responded

The trio spent a calm moment just lying there together in blissful harmony.

"OK girls I'm starving," Harry said trying to get up. Rias and Akeno also got up and got changed as well. He should probably be staying in bed but everyone knew that was impossible. Harry always needed to be doing something and lying in bed would only make him stir crazy. He cast a quick Tempus charm and found that it nearly lunch time.

"So what did I miss?" Harry asked "Last thing I remember was blasting that guy to hell before passing out."

Harry was given a brief summary of what happened after he passed out and knew the first thing he had to do was to thank a lot of people. Kuroka for pulling their arses out the fire and Asia, Ravel, Dumbledore and Pomfrey for healing him. He was also told that Sirzechs had fully pardoned Kuroka of her crimes and was now a free devil. Kuroka also wanted to talk to Harry as well

Harry was about to leave when he looked at his two unused rook pieces and saw that one of them had mutated. Kings often kept there unused pieces with them so they could be used when needed or in case something like a mutation occurred though most devils would just keep looking at them in hopes for a mutation piece. Only 1 in 10 devils possessed a mutation piece so Harry considered himself lucky that his knight piece mutated as it meant that Fenrir could join him when he asked instead of waiting for Harry to become stronger. At the time when Fenrir asked Harry would have needed 4 Knight pieces and even now Harry presumed that he would need 2. For a second piece to mutate in the same peerage was unheard of. He quickly pocketed it to look at later and get a second opinion on it.

The three headed out of the tent and into the great hall were people were beginning to file in for lunch. Harry was looking around for Kuroka when he found her talking with Koneko. Harry was happy to see Koneko re-connecting with her sister. She was in her Nekomata form with her cat ears and two pronged tail out for all to see. She was also in a kimono that was loose allowing for her cleavage to be exposed and holy shit was it a sight. Harry noticed that he was being stared at or more specifically his missing arm was being stared at. So far his arm had healed all the way up to the elbow so he was missing his forearm.

"Shouldn't you be in bed Harry?" Fluer asked as Harry sat down in front of the Nekoshou's.

"I'm hungry," Harry replied simply as he piled his food up as he looked at Kuroka "Thank you for last night Kuroka."

"And I thank you for saving my little sister," Kuroka replied "Did they tell you what happened earlier this morning?"

"That you've been pardoned, yes," Harry responded as he tried to eat his meal with one arm.

"Oh good they left the fun part to me," Kuroka said as she leaned forward allowing Harry to see her boobs even more clearly.

Harry just stared at Rias and Akeno questioningly, whilst trying not to be distracted by the view in front of him. He noticed a lot of the girls seemed to be looking scathingly at Kuroka for her flirting.

"What's the fun part?" Harry asked confused and concerned. Harry had a feeling that this was going to be some crazy scheme Rias' brother had concocted.

"Well I've decided to be closer to my sister and they would prefer me to be a part of someone's peerage so guess who's the lucky guy who gets me?" She asked flirtatiously

Harry was used to being flirted with but usually from Rias and Akeno so it made him blush a bit but Harry always liked the game.

"I'm gonna guess me," Harry responded "But you do realize that I have only 2 rooks left right?"

"Yeah I got the memo," Kuroka said "I may have been a bishop before but I can handle being a rook so come on lets do this."

She got up to her feet and floated over the table to stand in front of Harry. Harry got up and pulled out his rook piece.

"Oh, had it on you do you?" Kuroka said teasingly "I like that in a man."

The great hall was rather full now and were watching everything

Harry groaned at the flirting and quickly said "Will you Kuroka, serve as the rook for the house of Phenex?"

"I will," she said smiling.

"Then I hear by make you my rook to serve me at all time," Harry said as the rook piece entered Kuroka and the process was complete.

Harry knew that he would need to use a mutation piece for her as she had the power of an Ultimate Class Devil and Harry was probably at that level too so a normal piece wouldn't be enough. The entire hall was silent and Harry had just realised that. They were surprised at being able to witness what it was like to join a devil's peerage and there had been many rumours surrounding what Hermione did when she became a devil.

Suddenly without warning Kuroka licked his face as if to taste it.

"Hmm, you certainly taste powerful," Kuroka said "But a virgin as well that's surprising,"

The hall chuckled at this but were shocked that Harry was a virgin even though he had two beautiful girlfriends.

"You don't have to advertise it you know?" Harry asked embarrassed.

Kuroka just ignored him and asked "So, hey you wanna go change that status?"

Harry was now blushing furiously whilst a lot Harry's peerage were looking at Kuroka with daggers in their eyes. His family were trying to stifle their laughs whilst Issei just looked jealous.

"Kuroka," Koneko said sternly "Weren't you gonna spend some time teaching me?"

"Ugh fine," Kuroka groaned

"See you later, my king," she whispered seductively in Harry's ear as she left with Koneko. Harry just stood there stunned.

"So Harry, how are you feeling?" Asia asked breaking the silence.

"Not to bad, the stump burns a little but that just means it's healing back," Harry said kindly

"That's good," Rias said as she held Harry's hand "I hate seeing you like this."

"Sorry," Harry said kissing her cheek. They went back to there idle chatter until lunch ended and while everyone went off to train or attend lessons Harry, under his Mum's orders, was taking it easy and once again wandering the castle when he ran into Neville.

"Hello Harry," Neville said "what are you doing?"

"Hello Neville, I'm just taking it easy, for obvious reasons," Harry explained.

"Fair enough, why don't you join me in the Griffindor common room, I doubt you've been in there,"

"Why not," Harry said after thinking about it.

"Excellent follow me," Neville said as he led Harry up to the Griffindor common room. They reached the portrait of the fat lady and Neville said the password under his breath, He may be friendly with Harry but he wasn't supposed to tell any others about the password. The two walked in and sat in some comfortable chairs in front of a fire. Some of the other Griffindor's stared at them but said nothing.

"So what do you think of the Griffindor common room?" Neville asked

"Reminds me of home actually," Harry responded "Same colour scheme and warm feeling"

"Really?" Neville asked

"Yeah," Harry replied sensing what Neville really wanted to ask "You know you can ask me about it?"

"What?"

"You want to ask me what happened to my arm I can tell" Harry said beginning to draw a crowd.

"Well yeah but I didn't want to be rude," Neville said.

"Ah it's fine," Harry said "It's already growing back so I'll be right as rain tomorrow."

"How?" Neville asked stunned

"I'm a Phenex so I had regenerative healing powers,"

"OK that answers that but how did you lose your arm?" Neville asked as many in the common room were listening in.

"I'll tell you but first," Harry said looking at the common room "I want to know what the rumours are surrounding my missing arm. Anyone up for gossiping?"

What followed were a lot of funny rumours such as he lost it in a demonic ritual or his sex life was rather violent all of which made Harry laugh.

"Well thank you everyone that was funny," Harry said addressing the crowd "Now then the real reason I lost my arm is because …" (AN I'm not retelling it)

Harry then began to tell the story of last night and their search for Kuroka and how he jumped in front of the spear of destiny to save Koneko. The crowd that had gathered were enthralled

"So that Kuroka is now your servant?" Neville asked

"Yep, now I just need to find another rook and I have a complete peerage," Harry replied

"But you only have 3 pawns don't you?" someone in the crowd asked

"Yes but my sisters took up 3 pieces each and Hermione required the other 2 so technically I have 8 pawns," Harry replied

"Wait Hermione took up 2 pieces?" Another random person asked

"Yeah she is surprisingly strong," Harry replied aware that Hermione hated the people in Griffindor.

"You know you'd make a good Griffindor," Neville said

"Maybe but I'd say that I'd end up in Slytherin if I was sorted," Harry said shocking the group

"But you're were so brave to lose your arm for your friend," a random Griffindor said

"I'm not saying that Griffindor would be bad for me but I am very ambitious and cunning out of battle as I hate going in blind." Harry answered

"Figured you'd be snake," A familiar snarky voice said.

"Really Ron, your gonna start shit now," Another voice said.

"OK Weasley what is your problem with me?" Harry asked walking up to him.

"You are evil," Ron said simply "all demons are."

"Yeah you said that already," Harry said "why am I evil?"

Ron struggled to find an answer "Cause that's the way it is,"

"Not anymore, I'll admit that we used to be but we are no longer soul eating monsters, we are actually rather peaceful."

"That's a lie," Ron snorted

"Why am I even bothering?" Harry asked "until you stop blindly judging people at face value stay away from me and my friends."

Harry just walked out and back to the tents leaving the common room staring at the door.

"We were having a nice chat Ron and you had to be your usual self and fuck it up," Neville said

"Yeah he seems like a really nice guy, what's your problem with him?" Colin asked.

"Not to mention how delicious he looks, Hermione's a lucky girl," Pavarti said

"SHUT UP," Ron yelled

"Ah ha there it is," Neville said "You have a thing for Hermione."

"NO I DO NOT," Ron said blushing "THAT TRAITOR CAN GO AND DIE FOR ALL I CARE."

"Yeah that just proved it," Neville said "You really need to learn to think before you speak."

Neville left but not before leaving a final message "You have insulted her since day 1 Ron. She will never like you back and you have to get through Harry to even talk to her which I don't see happening."

Harry headed back to the tent's only to see the two Nekomata sisters meditating on the grass. He saw that Koneko was in her Nekomata form and seeming to embrace who she was which warmed Harry's heart. He walked into the tent and decided to try and figure out the golden egg seeing as he couldn't do any training thanks to his injury. He quickly went to his bedroom and locked the door for some privacy. This was the very first time Harry had a proper look at the egg as he never really gave it much thought. Between unsealing Fenrir and the whole situation with Kuroka the Tri-Wizard Tournament had been a mere afterthought for Harry. Hopefully this egg would be a challenge for him. He cast a few diagnostic spells and found a simple runic lock on the egg's surface which Harry easily undid and opened it up. He was met with the egg dissolving and he thought he had accidentally burnt it. The ash seemingly reformed into 4 eggs with the different colours of the four houses of Hogwarts. Harry groaned at this, now he had quadruple the work he expected but he quickly summarised that each different egg had a problem that could only be solved using the traits associated with their respective houses.

He grabbed the blue and bronze egg and scanned it again only to find that there was a very complex runic sequence preventing it from being opened. Looking at it closer Harry realised that should he make a mistake undoing the runes that he could very easily damage both himself and the egg and he wasn't really in the mood to get hurt two days in a row. After an hour of patient and delicate spell work the the runes were undone and Harry opened the egg. The voice of Professor Flitwick could be heard as it gave out the riddle.

'First think of the person who lives in disguise,
Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.
Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of the end?
And finally give me the sound often heard
During the search for a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together, and answer me this,
Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?'

"What?" Harry asked himself. The egg kept repeating itself every 10 seconds so he quickly grabbed some paper and a pen and wrote the riddle down before closing the egg. After a quick but thorough read through of the riddle he deduced that the answer was spider, based off the fact that the first two lines described a spy and was able to get the DER due to the fact that a spider was the most obvious creature beginning with spy. So spider's were involved with the next task which didn't bother him much but then he remembered looking up Acromantulas for the first task and had read that they were huge, vicious and deadly creatures.

"Harry you in there?" he heard Fluer call him.

"Yeah give me a second," Harry said as he moved the eggs onto the desk and opened the door "What's up?"

"Nothing, it's just that it's time for dinner and there's supposed to be an announcement concerning the Tournament," Fluer answered "everyone else has already gone up."

"Well then let's go," Harry said as he and Fluer headed out only to run into the Nekomata sisters.

"Hey there Harry, I haven't seen much of you all day, won't you have dinner with me today so that we can …," Kuroka paused seductively "get to know each other better."

"I know your flirting with me but it's not a terrible idea for us to get to know each other," Harry answered simply "after all you are a member of my peerage."

Kuroka just wrapped her arm around Harry's and sighed in contentedness.

"Shall we my king," Kuroka purred as the group walked towards the castle

"You know Rias and Akeno are gonna be pissed at you clinging to me," Harry said

"So?" she asked as the group walked to the castle

"So I'm not really up for spending dinner watching you get stared at like an enemy," Harry said

"Don't you like me this close?" She asked as innocently as she could, which wasn't much.

"Enough Kuroka I don't fancy seeing an angry Rias," Koneko said and Kuroka growled and let go of Harry as they walked into the great hall. Rias and Akeno had saved a space for him so he sat down in between them all the while Kuroka had a predatory look on her face. After eating there meal Dumbledore stood up to address the hall

"Now that we have all eaten I have an announcement for you all," Dumbledore began as the entire hall stared at him "On Christmas day we will be hosting a Yule Ball for those 4th year or above and the champions will perform the opening dance with their dates."

The girls in the hall squealed in delight and quite a few boys groaned but Harry paled at this news. He hated formal gatherings and would much rather just sit around and casually drink beers but the worst thing was the look in the eyes of the girls around him. There was a mixture of hope and lust in there eyes and it scared him a little as well as drill into his mind to ask one of them to it immediately but who? Rias was technically his fiancée and Akeno was his girlfriend so both could easily say that it should be them. He barely knew Kuroka and the ball would give them a chance to know one another. Hermione had quickly become a good friend to Harry and he couldn't lie that he was attracted to the untameable bookworm so he wouldn't object to her being his date for the evening.

'So your finally gonna accept that you want a harem yet or not?' Albion asked Harry in his mind

'What?!' Harry thought back

'Oh come on partner, Rias and Akeno are fine sharing you so why not the others?'

'That's different Albion we are dating and I don't want to be like Riser …' Harry responded. He would've gone further but Albion interrupted him.

'Don't let Riser cloud your judgement, you are surrounded by women who you care for and who care for you plus Rias' farther has a harem yet you consider him an Uncle' Albion stated 'Just talk about it with your parents and your current girlfriends before you piss off the other girls by ignoring there feelings.'

'Since when are you a expert on romance?' Harry asked

'I have been around for many more years than you so I know about a lot of things that you don't and this is one of those things.'

'Fine I'll consider it'

"What are you thinking about Harry?" Daphne asked. This made him realise he had been staring off into space for a while

"Oh err just the egg. I have been working on it today while you were in class," Harry responded

"How's it going?" Astoria asked him as everyone started to look at him

"Well the egg split into 4 small eggs so I have 4 clues to figure out but I have one already," Harry explained.

"What is it?" Hermione said fascinated

"A riddle which the answer was spider's," Harry explained

"There is an Acromantula nest in the forest," Hermione said "you think that the task is in the forbidden forest?"

"Probably but I expect the other 3 eggs will explain the rest of the task." Harry said "I still don't know what the task is."

"We'll figure it out don't worry," Daphne said

"Yeah I know," Harry said before coming up with a plan "Do you think you lot can work on the other eggs after dinner for a bit? I have to talk to mum about something."

"Sure Harry what is it you wanna ask her about?" Fluer asked

"Oh nothing important, just some family stuff that I'm worried about," Harry said

"Sure Harry," Ravel said not convinced in the least.

Harry gave Rias and Akeno a quick kiss and headed off to speak to his mum in private. While making his exit he made sure to read the faces of the girls after he kissed Rias and Akeno and cursed himself for his blindness. Hermione, Daphne, Astoria and Fluer all had a look of longing on their faces whilst Kuroka just looked at him like he was her prey. It was safe to say that Kuroka both terrified and aroused Harry. His natural instincts were in fluctuation right now as his Devil side was screaming at him to just go ahead, build himself a harem and fuck all of them but his human side was telling him to slow down and build a relationship with Rias and Akeno slowly. He knew that one of the conditions for the Gremory-Phenex marriage contract was for Rias to remain a virgin and both he and Rias wouldn't dishonour theirs family's by breaking it but he wanted Rias to be his first and he was a really horny teenage devil that wanted so desperately to fuck his beautiful girlfriend and please her in any and every way he could. He would ask Rias if they could explore each other more tonight and the very thought made him blush.

He reached his Mum and asked "Hey Mum can I talk to you in private later?"

"Sure Harry let's go now I've finished my dinner so we talk," Lily said as she got up and left with Harry to the Phenex tent.

"Hey where's Dad and Sirius been all day I haven't seen them?" Harry asked as they walked

"I'll tell you in private later son," Lily answered

The two entered the tent and went to Lily's room to talk.

"What's going on sweetheart?" Lily asked.

Harry just sat down and simply said what he wanted to

"I think that I'm beginning to fall for the other girls," Harry said

"Yeah I saw this happening," Lily stated

"How?"

"Your my son Harry, sometimes I know you better than you yourself," Lily answered

"So what do I do?" Harry asked "I don't want Rias and Akeno to feel like they aren't important to me anymore but at the same time I care for the others."

"Talk to Rias and Akeno and simply tell them what you feel, I'm sure they'll understand and they probably see it already as well," Lily replied

"But both of them look angry when one the other girls gets close to me,"

"That's cause they don't know how you feel and think the other girls are trying to steal you from them," Lily said seeing Harry look more worried "Look they won't be thrilled at the thought of sharing you but they will accept it."

"But I don't want to upset them Mum," Harry replied as his paranoia surfaced

"But you can't lie to yourself Harry," Lily said "If you truly want to make the other girls happy then you should but if this is just lust then stay with Rias and Akeno."

This made Harry think. Did he feel something more than just lust for them or was it just his base urges.

"My advice would be to tell Rias and Akeno what you are feeling and take your time getting to know the other girls better." Lily said.

Harry pondered it for a moment and replied "That's a good idea Mum, thanks."

"Always sweetheart," Lily said as she hugged her son "I will always be here for you."

Harry returned the hug and broke it off after a while to ask another question

"So where's Dad?"

"He and Sirius are with Dumbledore working on what to do about the ministry," Lily answered.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked

"Well after you made the first task look easy and then insulted most of the Purebloods and the ministry they were pretty pissed off at you and Dumbledore apparently has had enough of entertaining them so there going to shake up the ministry from the inside and put there pranking skills to use there as well," Lily explained

Harry just started laughing "There screwed then."

Lily just smiled at him "Yes they are but they deserve everything that's coming to them."

"I thought you disliked there pranks?" Harry said causing his mum to go on the defence

"Hey I only did cause they were distracting me from my work," Lily replied

"Sure Mum," Harry said unconvinced "I think you were just angry that you weren't invited."

"No they were a constant distraction though I will admit they learned to make them good distractions," Lily replied

"Fair point," Harry said when he found another question to ask "So what's up with Dumbledore Mum he's nothing like you told me he was?"

"I think you caused it," Lily said "He was willing to sacrifice us for the war but when you appeared and showed him what he was willing to kill off it made him repentant."

"I can sense he is probably one the most powerful humans on the planet," Harry explained "but he also seems insanely smart."

"That's because he is, I never doubted his intelligence and power but he was a shit leader and is ill suited for wartime leadership," Lily stated

"So your finally letting go of that underlying anger then," Harry said as his mum looked at him puzzled "Oh come on Mum when we first arrived you were ready to rip the head off of anyone who looked at you funny."

Lily just sighed "You're too smart sometimes you know that?"

"I know," Harry said

After a brief moment of silent contentedness Lily asked what was bothering her.

"How's your arm Harry?"

"It's fine mum. It'll be back to normal tomorrow and I'll ask Kuroka to help me get uses to it again,"

"Good I hate seeing you like this," Lily said

"I know but if I didn't do it then Koneko would be dead so I don't regret it," Harry answered truthfully

"I know but it doesn't make it any easier to see," Lily replied

"I know, everyone's been looking at me worried and it's nice to see but starting to get annoying plus I've figured out how to improve," Harry responded trying to steer the subject to a lighter tone.

"How?" Lily asked curious.

"Well all of my abilities are separate apart from my pyrokinesis so I'm going to try and mix them together," He explained

"Can that be done?" Lily asked

"Well I presume so yeah," Harry said before admitting something secret "I can use my magic power to power Albion."

"Yeah I already know that," Lily said before seeing a look of trepidation on Harry's face "What is it?"

"When I use my magic to power Albion I can use Juggernaut Drive for a short while," Harry explained preparing for the outburst from his mum.

"ARE YOU INSANE HARRY THAT CAN SHORTEN YOU LIFE AND KILL YOU," Lily yelled

"I know mum but if I use my magic then it drains that first before relying on my life," Harry explained "There's no cost of life force but I can only hold for about 10 seconds."

Lily just looked at him and thought about his statement. Her son wouldn't lie about something this important "Alright Harry I trust you but you have to promise me that you won't use it unless absolutely necessary," Lily said

"I promise, I plan to live a very long life." Harry said "So what do you think about the idea of merging my abilities together?"

"It has merit but the best that I can come up with is using your magic to enhance the others," Lily said

"Yeah I know but it's something at least,"

"That it is," Lily remarked.

"I should probably thank Dumbledore for helping to heal me last night," Harry said as he got up "I'll see you soon Mum."

"See you Harry and remember to act on your issues immediately instead of reacting to them," Lily said wisely.

"I know thanks Mum," Harry said as he left his Mum smiling.

Harry was walking up to the headmasters office when he felt a cutting curse hit him in the back. Thankfully it was healing quickly and barely hurt him at all

"Really? In the back," Harry said as he turned around to see the Malfoy spawn with a couple of his goons.

"You need to learn to mind your place Half-breed," Malfoy sneered out.

Harry was really bored with all these jumped up wizards pestering him "I'm not in the mood to entertain you and your bigotry so back off and I'll act as if nothing has happened."

"Scared Potter?" Malfoy asked as his cohorts snickered at his remark.

Harry just sighed and threw a fireball at them with his hand. They all scattered and jumped out of the way as the fireball stopped in mid-air before splitting and chased after them as they all scrambled to run away in fear. Harry just sighed at the pathetic sight and carried on up to the headmasters office. When he finally reached it he saw Snape leaving the office. They both stared at each other hard.

"Professor," Harry said politely

"Mr Potter-Phenex," Snape replied "What are you doing here?"

"I'm just here to give my thanks to Dumbledore for helping me last night," Harry responded.

Snape studied him for a moment. He looked just like his farther but he carried himself in a different manner. Whilst James always appeared over confident Harry appeared very approachable but his eyes where just like his mothers.

"The password is Sherbet Lemon," Snape said as he walked off, his prosthetic limbs clunking with his steps.

Harry merely gave the password and knocked on the door to Dumbledore's office.

"Enter Harry," Dumbledore's voice could be heard and Harry walked in to see Dumbledore behind his desk.

"I'm gonna guess an identification rune on the inside of the door tells you who is at the other side," Harry said.

"Indeed, very impressive Harry," Dumbledore said truthfully "I can see why you have such impressive NEWTS."

"Thank you Professor," Harry replied "I'm just here to officially thank you for helping me out last night."

"It was no problem Harry, how is your arm feeling?" Dumbledore replied

"Not to bad, it stings a bit but that means it's growing," Harry replied as made his exit "Well thank you again for all your help."

"No problem Harry, have a good night." Dumbledore said as he watched Harry leave.

Not 5 minutes later Snape came in arguing about Malfoy and his group being chased by fire.

Harry was now walking back to the tents bracing himself for a serious conversation with Rias and Akeno. He knew that if he didn't at least talk about his feelings towards the other girls to them then things would escalate in a bad way but it was still an uncomfortable conversation. His current plan was to tell them both how he was feeling and take things slow with the other girls but he really didn't want to hurt them by making them feel like they weren't enough for him. As he reached the tent he saw Rias and Akeno curled up together talking with the rest of the group.

"Rias, Akeno can I talk to you in private?" Harry asked his face showing that he was serious.

"Of course Harry," Rias said as she and Akeno stood up and the three of them headed upstairs to talk in Harry's bedroom. Both girls could tell that he was serious.

"What is it Harry you look nervous?" Akeno asked

Harry took a deep breath and began talking.

"Look girls I'm not blind. I can see how the others look at me I know how they feel."

Rias and Akeno looked worried now.

"I love both of you equally, but I know that I'm falling for the other girls as well,"

"Why are you telling us this Harry you know this isn't easy for us to hear?" Rias asked looking very concerned now

"I'm telling you this because I want to be honest with you," Harry replied "I'm not saying that I want every girl to suddenly join us in bed together but I can't deny what I feel but at the same time I'm scared that it will make you two think that I no longer love you as much as I do."

Akeno just got up and held Harry's hand.

"That's really sweet of you Harry but it's also typical of you. Putting others ahead of yourself to the point where you scramble your own brain," Akeno replied.

"Look Albion told me to stop beating around the bush about it and Mum told me to confide in you," Harry explained.

"I think that me and Akeno should go to the Yule Ball together and you take Hermione as your date," Rias said with a smile.

This surprised Harry. He knew Rias wasn't the jealous type, she prided herself on it, but she was the possessive type and cared deeply for those she loved.

"Oh don't look at me like that Harry, remember my own farther has a harem yet I can see the love between him and my mother but I will say this, any and every girl you like must be approved by the rest of us OK?" Rias stated

"Err OK," Harry managed to get out "Well this went better than expected."

"And how did you expect this conversation to go?" Rias said hands on her hips

'Damn she looks hot when she gets like this' Harry and Akeno thought.

"Well I guessed that at best I would be called a greedy horn dog and you two would leave me and at worst I would castrated in an inventive and cruel way," Harry said with a smile.

"How optimistic of you," Rias said sarcastically making Harry laugh.

"Look if were doing this I want to establish some ground rules," Harry said "number 1, no sex until after me and Rias are married,"

"Your denying yourself sex Harry?" Rias asked stunned.

"Well your not allowed to have sex as you must be a virgin for the marriage contract and it wouldn't be fair to you," Harry said. This was the right thing to say as Rias snogged him senseless whilst Akeno nipped at Harry neck for a long time.

"We can go over the ground rules later I presume?" Harry asked his mind turning to mush.

"Yes now I believe you have a servant to ask as your date," Akeno said.

"And your completely okay with this?" Harry asked.

"Yes we approve of Hermione joining us," Rias said

"Yep she's nice and feisty, and she's hot," Akeno said causing the other two to stare at her "What, if Harry's having a harem then it should be a good one at least."

They all laughed at this and headed downstairs to join the others.

"So how are my eggs coming along?" Harry asked.

"They were very easy to crack, each needed to be opened by using a different school of magic," Daphne explained "The Griffindor egg had to be transfigured open, the Hufflepuff one needed charms and the Slytherin one need a simple draught of peace poured on it."

"Wait you cracked them already?" Harry asked stunned.

"Yep," Astoria answered "Inside each egg was a riddle which Hermione solved instantly."

Hermione blushed at the praise and Harry was happy to see his peerage working as a team even when he wasn't there leading them.

"So what am I facing for the second task then?"

"The task is to go into the forbidden forest to collect a treasure which will explain the final task and back in an hour." Ravel explained.

"Fantastic," Harry said "thank you so much girls it means a lot to me."

They all blushed at the praise and quickly downplayed it.

"Hermione can I talk to you outside in private?" Harry asked.

"Sure Harry," Hermione said confused as she and Harry walked out the tent

"So what's up Harry?"

Harry looked at her and said "Look Hermione from day one you have been amazing help and a great friend so I want to ask you if you'll be my date to Yule Ball?"

Hermione was shocked "Me … I … What about Rias and Akeno?"

"It was Rias' idea actually," Harry said

"Really? But why me?" Hermione asked really confused.

"You deserve to be the star of the ball, look I'm not blind I see the way you look at me." Harry said

Hermione blushed "Wait … no … er …"

Harry just chuckled "your cute when your flustered you know that?"

Hermione was now bright red at this.

"Look you know how devils view relationships," Harry said and Hermione nodded "This date is either me doing a nice thing for a friend or it is me on a first date with a wonderful girl that I want to know better."

"Yes," Hermione whispered

"Really?" Harry asked

"Isn't that my line?" Hermione said sarcastically making Harry laugh.

"Funny Hermione, I look forward to our date then," Harry said "So your realise what I'm asking if things go further."

"Harry I haven't told anyone this but I'm bi," Hermione confessed.

"Okay so I'm gonna guess that Daphne caught your eye whist in school?" Harry said

"How did you know?"

"The way you look at her suggests you think more of her than as a friend," Harry explained "But what does this have to do with me wanting to get to know you better ?"

"I'll admit, I think Daphne is hot but I've been jealous of you, Rias and Akeno as well as all three of you are hot," Hermione explained

"Not gonna lie that's hot," Harry said "How about we talk about this stuff at the Yule ball?"

"That sounds good, thank you for asking me." Hermione said as she and Harry re-entered the tent

"So she said yes then?" Rias asked as she once again was curled up with Akeno.

"Yep I have my date to the ball," Harry said.

"Aww and I was just going to ask you," Kuroka said.

"Sorry Kuroka maybe next time," Harry replied.

"I'm holding you to that," Kuroka said as she leaned over displaying her assets.

Harry just sat down on next to Hermione as Fenrir is his small form jumped onto his lap and lied down. He spent the rest of the night getting to know Kuroka better and was pleased to see her open up to the others. She had led a tough life and was taking the opportunity to get herself a better life for her and her sister. After spending the night relaxing they all headed off to bed and harry was pleased to find that he had a left forearm again. He settled into bed with Rias and Akeno and let sleep take him.

Author's Notes

Sorry this took a while to get out I had writers block and struggled writing this chapter.

I caved in and decided on giving Harry a Harem as this is Highschool DxD so it had to be done but I still wanted Harry's relationships with the girls to be genuine. As for making Hermione Bisexual, It was just a random thing I added to add to her and Daphne's relationship.

Harry's peerage

Queen – Daphne Greengrass

Bishops – Astoria Greengrass and Ravel Phenex

Knights – Fluer Delacor and Fenrir

Rooks – Kuroka

Pawns – Juliet Potter(3 pieces) Rose Potter(3 pieces) Hermione Granger(2pieces)

I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Preview for next chapter - Harry rehabs his arm and the Yule Ball.