Arc 1: The Hero Club

Episode 1: A New Spring

It was almost a month after the Shidou family moved out. Issei was still sad because his best friends, Shidou Irina and Haruka, had moved to England. He was inconsolable for the first few days, locking himself in his room while crying. But after a week, he started getting better much to his parents' relief.

Issei had always found it difficult to make friends and they knew he cherishes his friendship with the Shidou siblings a lot and that's why he was so devastated when they moved. But slowly he had started to get over it and accept reality, though that doesn't mean he stopped feeling sad. Irina is his best friend and Haruka was like a brother figure to him. He will never forget about them no matter what.

It was not long after they moved away that Issei's father got a promotion in his job. Due to his new position, the Hyoudou family had to move from Kuoh to Tokyo. His parents think that it's a good opportunity for Issei, a breath of fresh air and a chance to start anew and make new friends. And so, without much fuss, the Hyoudou family moved to Tokyo. Had they stayed at least a bit longer, Issei would've recovered from his sadness enough to take a walk to the park by himself and would meet an old man who would introduce him to the path of a pervert, but Issei had left before that meeting could take place and his fate changed.

It is not easy to adjust to a new environment, Issei thought. Then again, he was never very good with making friends for some reason.

The first three days was spent settling down and getting to know their new neighborhood and their way around the street. Issei was enrolled in a primary school not far from their new home and three days later, Issei's first day of school arrived.

To say that Issei was not nervous would be a lie. Being a transfer student in a new school is not easy for a boy his age. When he came into the class, he felt all eyes being directed at him, making him fidget and unable to speak. He try to work up the courage to speak but couldn't. Everyone kept staring at him with expectation. He was about to open his mouth to introduce himself when the classroom door slide open and a girl came in panting tiredly as if she had just run a marathon.

The girl has shoulder length red hair and when she finally stood up straight, Issei could see her equally red eyes looking at the teacher. She laughed nervously, which he finds cute, and like every student that came late to school, she made her excuse.

"Sorry I'm late. I had to save a cat from drowning and had to go home to change my clothes."

The girl said. The teacher sighs and told her to just get to her seat while everyone is laughing. But thanks to her, abrupt arrival taking the attention away from him, Issei no longer felt tense. The teacher once again told him to introduce himself and this time he manage to introduce himself flawlessly.

"My name is Hyoudou Issei! I came from Kuoh and I hope we can get along!"

He spoke loudly with confidence he used to have when he was together with Irina and Haruka. Thank god he did not stutter and embarrass himself.

"As for your seat, hmm…"

"Sensei, the seat beside me is empty!"

The red haired girl said with her hand raised. Indeed, the teacher saw that the seat beside her is empty and told Issei to seat there. Issei complied and took his seat. The girl who became his neighbor smiled and introduce himself.

"Nice to meet you Hyoudou-san. My name is Takashima Yuuna. Let's get along."

Issei took the hand she offered and reply to her offer of friendship with a bright smile.

"Yes, let's get along, Takashima-san."

That was the day Hyoudou Issei met Takashima Yuuna, a girl who would become his friend for years to come, but more than that, a girl who would shape his very life in the future.

-Present day-

"Ise-kun. Wake up, Ise-kun."

Hyoudou Issei, a second year middle school student in Sanshu Middle School felt his body being shaken by someone. He also heard a familiar voice calling his name. The brown haired boy slowly opened his eyes and look up to see the familiar face of his long time friend, a girl with shoulder length red hair dressed in their school uniform which consists of a navy blue and light blue blouse and skirt with a white shirt and violet ribbon underneath.

"Ugh, Yuna-chan, what time is it?"

Issei asked his friend as he yawned and stretched his body. He look around to see that the class is now mostly empty with only him and his friend since primary school, Takashima Yuuna, and a few others occupying the class. But even they seem to be preparing to leave.

"Lesson ended ten minutes ago. You look tired. Did you not sleep well last night?"

Takashima Yuna, asked with a hint of worry. He had been sleeping by since the middle of the last period. Issei shook his head.

"I was up all night studying for our test today. You know how Tanaka-sensei is."

"Then you should've studied properly from days ago. It's because you always put off everything until the last minutes that this happen. Come on, we have club acitivity, you can sleep in the clubroom if you're too tired but you have to make it up tomorrow."

"Okay~"

Issei then got up from his seat and the two of them walk together to their clubroom. Their clubroom is located on the fourth floor of the school building while their class is on the second floor. Once they reached the fourth floor, they turn left and stopped in front of the door that reads 'Hero Club'.

"I still don't understand why you make this a thing."

Issei said in a low voice to Yuuna as he slides the door open. There are already five people inside which made them the last to arrive. Yuuna and Issei took their seat and finally everyone in the Hero Club was assembled.

Other than Issei and Yuuna, there are five other people in the club, making it a club of seven people. Other than Issei, there is only one other boy in the club. He has spiky blonde hair that darkens as it goes down and is several inches taller than Issei himself. His name is Tsuchimikado Harutora and like Issei, he ended up in this club at the insistence of his childhood friend.

Said childhood friend is the girl with long dirty blonde hair tied in a ponytail who is sitting beside Harutora. Her name is Nogi Wakaba and beside her is their other childhood friend, a girl with long purple hair that reach down to her waist held back with a red headband. She is Uesato Hinata. The three of them have known each other since they were very little.

Other than the three childhood friends, two other girls are part of the Hero Club. One is sitting in a corner near the window. She is a quiet girl with long black hair semi tied up in a bun on her left side. Her brown eyes sometimes scared Issei with how empty it feels sometimes. The last and youngest member of the Hero Club is a first year girl with blonde hair tied in a ponytail though her hair is much shorter than Wakaba. She has a matching eye colour and is the little sister in the club. Her name is Kunou and she appears to come from an old family like the three childhood friends.

With all the members present, the club activity began… or at least it would've until they remember that there is someone missing, their club supervisor.

"By the way, where is Masaomi-sensei?"

Yuuna asked. Usually they would see their black haired club supervisor, Masaomi Yaegaki, occupying whichever corner of the room that is not occupied by Chikage.

"I think he's running an errand or have an emergency. I saw him running out of the school not too long ago."

Surprisingly it was Chikage who answered. She is usually silent unless she's being addressed so it took them by surprise. But since their question have been answered, club activity can start in full swing.

"I hope Masaomi-sensei is alright."

"Don't worry, whatever it is, Masaomi-sensei will be fine. He's a tough bastard."

Issei assured Yuuna who is always worrying about her friends when they seem to be in trouble. Everyone nodded in agreement, knowing their sensei.

"So let's get started. I checked our website earlier and we already got several requests. Here…"

And so club activity begins as Wakaba opened her notebook PC to show them their personal website. It's just another day in the Hero club.

I have been planning on writing a prequel story to my Ein Sof series and this is the prequel story for Issei. Remember, this is an AU and takes place in Tokyo as well as during Issei's middle school year so don't expect to see non-Japanese canon characters around. This story will detail the events before Issei's return to Kuoh and the beginning of canon storyline. Will feature characters and storyline from Tokyo Ravens, Yuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru, Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de aru (kinda like a prequel story to Yuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru), and Rosario + Vampire though I don't put this in the crossover section because the main setting is still DxD and follow DxD rules. An to confirm, yes, Kunou there is the daughter of Yasaka we know and Masaomi-sensei is that Masaomi Yaegaki who fell in love with Cleria Belial. How he is alive will be explained in a few more chapters.