"NOOOOOO! THIS CAN'T BE!"

"OUR SHOTA HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY!"

"IMPOSSIBLE! INCONCEIVABLE!"

"HOW COULD THIS BE?!"

"DAMN YOU SHOTA!"

"DIE IN A DITCH YOU STUPID SHOTA!"

"NOW I CAN NEVER MAKE IZA-KYUN MINE! NOOOOO!"

As expected, shrieks of displeasure, despair and hatred rang out as I and my waifu-turned-girlfriend Sona walked into the school ground hand-in-hand linked by the arms. Sona released an irritated sigh at the scene while I merely smiled in amusement. The walk to the school while short, it was silent, one that both of us were comfortable in. That was until we walked into the school grounds and fell in sight of the student populace.

At this point watching the sheer immaturity that teenagers can exhibit has been switched from bother to amusement. Though sometimes they do things that remind me of when I was a teenager myself in my previous life, so I can't help but internally cringe at those sights.

Entering the school building we stopped at the staircase and faced each other ignoring everyone that were watching us.

"Wanna eat lunch together Prez?" After a short discussion we decided that I'd call her "Prez" as per the norm on school grounds, but outside of that I can call her by her name.

"Sure. Do you have somewhere in mind or do you want to eat in the council room?"

"Normally I eat under the tree beside the Old School Building but I can eat lunch wherever you are comfortable."

"The council room it is then."

We nodded and just as Sona was about to head off towards her class I got on my toes and kissed her on the lips in public drawing gasps from every- 'Wait, did that one just have a heart attack?'-one. Sona herself was surprised but didn't pull away. Instead she boldly grasped my cheek and tilted our heads to deepen the kiss as if she was letting everyone know that I'm hers.

Breaking off of our kiss she glared at everyone while wrapping an arm protectively around my waist pulling me flush against her body. On one hand I'm flattered that she's behaving like this, but on the other hand I'm concerned as she's being quite out of character compared to her canon counterpart. She kissed my forehead and ruffled my hair.

"See you at lunch Izayoi-kun."

"Hmm! See you at lunch Prez~!"

I grinned widely and turned around to come face-to-face with a gobsmacked Issei holding my bento box on one hand and his bag on the other. I smugly grinned at him and snatched the bento box before he could drop it and tapped his cheeks. "There's a fly in your mouth."

With an audible click he closed his mouth and stared at me. "Wh-Wha-? H-How…? When?!"

I winked at him. "Learn it from the pro kiddo~!" I ran away letting him swim in his sea of confusion. Entering my class I expanded my senses and got a read on Issei's aura. 'Yup! He's a devil alright...' In the previous chapter I let him get integrated into the Supernatural world by letting canon do its work, but at the same time I was worried. What if he didn't receive the pamphlet? What if the pamphlet was from some other House?

I breathed a sigh of relief when my familiars saw him receive a pamphlet from Rias' familiar. If he hadn't received the pamphlet then I would've had both my familiars fight Raynare before she could kill him and take him away from her as soon as they could. That way I could've either erased his memories of the last few days or ripped open his eyes to the Supernatural and train him myself to become an independent Red Dragon Emperor or one allied with the Devils through the Maou Leviathan's Queen.

But those are all "what-if" scenarios that I can fully dispose of now that I know Rias Gremory has successfully reincarnated him as her Servant. Now the question is, will this world's Rias Gremory live up to the reputation of the Gremory or not?

"…Shota…"

I paused my train of thoughts and turned to my left. My gold eyes met Koneko's own gold ones as we stared deep into each other's eyes increasing the tension she created in the classroom by calling out to me.

"Heeeeh? So you can talk Loli Kitty?" I sweetly asked with a 1000 watt smile taking great amusement at the twitching of her eyebrow.

"…Hmph…" she turned away seemingly irritated by my reply.

'At least that's an improvement compared to the intense staring she does on a regular basis.' I shrugged and ignored the pouting (not) kitten. Back to Rias Gremory… since I hadn't sensed her with Issei it means that she only turned him into a devil and didn't create a scene back home. So that means Issei will encounter Dohna-whatever-his-name-is, get stabbed to near death, get rescued by Rias and create a scene next morning. Knowing all these things I can't help but internally sigh.

'The burdens of a pseudo-all knowing…'

During one of the break periods between two subjects I left the classroom to stretch my legs a bit. Well, no, that's a lie. I made it seem like I wanted to stretch my legs but actually headed towards the staircase as I sensed a panicking Issei heading towards my classroom.

"Izayoi!" Issei yelped as he tripped at the last step of the stair and fell flat on his face right in front me. I just dully stared at him as he jumped off of the ground and faced me… with his face completely flat. "Izayoi!" I had to stifle a laugh as his words came out like his nose was clogged up. Now Tom & Jerry logic is showing up?

"Hai~ Hai~ Izayoi desu~" I nodded to make him stop repeating my name like some mantra. "Now what did you do this time?"

"Hey! I didn't do anything!" He yelled indignantly as his face regained its proper shape. "Do you remember Yuuma-chan?"

"…" I knew this conversation would pop up sooner or later, and sensing Koneko around the corner eavesdropping on us, with a twitch of my finger I erected a silencing barrier with a negligible amount of demonic power around the two of us about the size of two persons. And for good measure I added an illusion spell to make it seem like the two of us staring at each other. Now, how to answer this? Should I say I don't? Or should I say I do?

"Oi! Don't doze off on me Izayoi!"

I scowled and slapped his hand away that he used to snap his fingers before my eyes.

"Yeah, what about her?" I decided to be honest. This way I'll be able to plant the seeds of doubt in him about Rias and hopefully make him not aim for her. It's not like I dislike her or anything, it's just that… her immaturity and prideful nature from canon heavily pissed me off. She's impulsive in many cases like Issei and I have no doubts she'll be testing my patience, and I don't want that happening.

Moreover why didn't she approach Issei first and give him a position in her peerage instead of letting him die? I let him die because remembering it would hopefully straighten him up a bit and moreover, leaving him in the care of Gremory would be the best for him considering their reputation of treating their servants like family.

"Oh thank God-OW! My head…"

Suppressing the wince from the mention of "God" I ignored his pitiful display and looked at my empty wrist. "Whatever you want to talk about make it quick." I tapped my feet impatiently. "Classes will resume soon."

"R-Right… this morning everyone I've asked about Yuuma-chan said they don't remember her, nor have they ever heard of her. Not even my phone has her contact number!" I gave him a look of pity. "I don't get it. Was she my imagination or are they joking with me?"

"Why are you asking me?" I asked crossing my arms.

"Well…" he gave me a sheepish look. "…you're smart and I figured you could use your Shota Charms to get the truth out of everyone…"

Looking at the clock I dispelled the barriers and punched him in the gut harder than usual because of his devil physiology. "Heck no! Pervert!" I ran back to my class cackling in my head as girls surrounded him with angry looks in their faces.

"HOW DARE YOU TOUCH HIM!"

"WHY?!"

As soon as lunch started I rushed out of the classroom with my bento box in hands and headed to the council office on the third floor with a skip in my steps. The third year students and Student Council Office are on the third floor with the Staff Room and the second year students on the second floor. And on the first floor is where I and the rest of the first years attend classes in, and the cafeteria.

As I climbed up the stairs towards I ignored Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima who were coming down. Using [Eye of the Mind] I caught her staring at my back, no wait, my butt. Pfft! Is my butt really that good looking that everyone has to stare at it? I know my butt is irresistible as both Sona and Serafall has been unable to keep their hands off of it but do you really have to stare it like that? Be a bit more discreet!

As for [Eye of the Mind]? It's a surveillance spell I created that uses the Ki and Mana in the air to create a 360 degree visual for me to observe my surroundings. But the spell needs a lot of concentration to keep active, that's why I can't use it mid-battle- mind you my opponents were all on par with mid-class devils, weak high class devils and Sera. So unless I fight Yuuto and Koneko I won't know if I can use it against weaker opponents. But then again, I don't really need the spell in a battle as my senses and instincts are exemplary. Moreover I can predict my opponent's next move, so this spell might as well be unnecessary in a battle.

Leaving that aside I reached the Student Council Office and stood in front of the door contemplating about my entrance. Should I enter with a bang? Or politely?

"…"

Eh, might as well enter politely. Sera already gives Sona enough trouble as it is, she doesn't need more from me. Having come to a decision I knocked on the door twice.

As the doors opened I grinned up at Saji. "Heya Gen-"

SLAM!

"-rude!" I huffed as Saji slammed the door right on my face. Well, there goes the option of politeness. Sensing Saji's aura close to the door I reared by right leg back and spun on the heel of my left feet before kicking-

"Hey, sorry abo-OMPH!"

-just in time for Saji to open the door and get kicked in the gut sending him flying out of the window of the council room that Tsubaki opened as Sona calmly ducked not even batting an eyelash at the scene.

CRASH!

"AHHHHHHH!"

"Bahahahahaha!" Nimura laughed seeing our mutual senpai fly out of the window corkscrewing like a drill.

Momo just stared at the scene with wide eyes and open mou- 'Is she even breathing?'-th.

"Heya Prez!" I raised my bento box nodding at Tsubaki and the others. "Lunch?"

Sona stared at my foot tall bento box and gave me a questioning look as she brought out the bento box I packed for her.

"Hehehe~ I'm a growing boy! So I need to eat a lot you know~?"

"That you are…" Sona grumbled motioning me to sit on the chair opposite to her. Being the good boy that I am- 'lololol'- I sat on the chair and removed the wrapping of the bento box. "Sorry about Saji. You know how he is, once I told everyone about your arrival…"

"He started acting like a spoiled child?"

"Yes…"

"Well… I half-expected that to happen really…" I separated the three compartments and placed them side by side. "Mom prepared them. There's a lot for everyone." I turned to the rest eating their lunch. "Feel free to take a piece or two." The leftmost compartment had Thai Stir-Fried vegetables. The middle one had egg fried rice with some green chili and bell pepper for at least two persons. The rightmost had fried chicken and shrimps enough for three.

"Aren't you a growing boy?" Tsubasa asked pointing out what I said from earlier with chopsticks.

I shrugged. "Sharing is caring." I narrowed my eyes at her. "Or are you mistaking me for my brother?"

Tsubasa flinched. Students not obsessed with me or with common sense can tell that I don't like my brother- not true as I truly care for the kid- as apparent to the number of times I get him beat up by my fan girls (as a joke).

"Sorry, sorry. I didn't mean it like that." She apologized raising her hands.

I nodded. "As long as you don't compare me to…" I paused crunching up my face. "…that degenerate."

"Well, I hope you don't mind if I take a shrimp." I brightly smiled at Sona whose lips twitched seemingly being held back from forming a smile.

"Like I said last night Prez…" I suppressed a grin as I heard Saji choke on air having returned to the council room. I shyly twiddled my thumbs and demurely continued speaking, "…I belong to you and vice versa, so of course you can take a few."

I suppressed my laughter as Sona squeaked and turned bright red glaring at me while Tsubaki stared at Sona with approvingly.

"Kyaa~! That's so cute!" Tomoe squealed.

"Aww~ that's so sweet!"

"You what now?" Momo- my honorary older sister- stood up from her place on the couch staring at Sona with dead eyes.

"Err… nee-san?"

"Hush now otouto, let me speak."

Sigh… ever since Momo has laid her eyes on me she decided to adopt me as her younger brother and has been quite… protective of me since then…

"What. Did. You. Do. Last. Night?"

Sona squirmed under her gaze. I guess this is the first time she's had that kind of gaze aimed at her. It's usually Sera aiming that gaze at random boys and girls whenever it came to me or Sona, neither of us have been aimed at with that gaze. In my previous life I was the only child in my family, and the eldest among all of my cousins, so I don't know what it's like to have an older sibling and no Issei doesn't count in this one as I was the one who had to watch over him instead of the other way around.

"We… slept together last night?" Phrasing woman! Phrasing!

"You what?" Saji whimpered at Momo's furious face while Sona flailed her arms panicking.

"I mean we slept together on the same bed! We didn't do anything more than that!" Lady you groped my butt and ravaged my mouth.

"Oh." Momo abruptly calmed down surprising us. "I guess that's fine." She nodded then narrowed her eyes at Sona. "But do not violate him." She then glared at Saji. "Do not disrespect him." Saji jumped hearing her growl like that.

"I-I'm sorry Izayoi-sama! I'll never disrespect you again!" Saji prostrated himself in a dogeza fearing for his life.

"It's fine Genshirou-senpai! Don't repeat it again."

"Or he won't be the only one kicking your face." Momo nonchalantly added making Saji shudder.

"Aww~ thank you nee-san!"

Momo smiled in bliss. "Anything for my otouto!"

Sona and I shared a brief glance at this. Apparently being the only child has made her hunger for a younger sibling to dote on, which in this case, is me.

After all that commotion we ate our lunch while discussing how the date between me and Sona was.

Currently I'm walking Issei home. I skipped club today with the excuse of "making sure my sick brother doesn't get himself killed" literally and figuratively. The girls weren't happy but the former captain of the club told me to take a break and took over today's session.

"So? Explain what you were saying this morning." I told Issei who by now has healed up from the beating of the girls because of his devil physiology.

"Matsuda and Motohama said that I'm hallucinating, but now that you've confirmed that Yuuma-chan did exist I know that something's wrong!"

Hooooh? So he's got enough intelligence to know that something is wrong? Seeing him like this, panicking, confused, depressed, anxious and scared, it does hurt me a little but I can't just go and tell him that I have his so-called "girlfriend" in captivity with me can I? He'd only get angry at me.

"Then… then I started feeling weaker this morning! It's like the sun hates me!" Probably does. Amaterasu didn't think you'd turn out to be like this. "And now I feel so energized! It's like some kind of energy is rising within me!" Maybe Tsukuyomi took a liking to you for pissing Amaterasu off?

"Oh?"

"I know it! Something is wrong with my body! All my five senses have improved!" Isn't that a good thing?

"You know what the five senses are?" I asked in faux incredulity.

Issei growled. "I'm being serious here!"

"So am I."

"Grrr!"

"This is rare."

Issei suddenly froze mid-growl and shivered while I merely turned around as Dohna-whatever-his-name-is revealed himself.

"To meet someone like you with a human in a place like this." I dully stared at Mr Fedora. "Dohna-whatever-his-name-is" is too long. "Who is your master?" He kept on walking towards us apparently entertaining himself with Issei's fearful visage. "It must be a person with a very low rank or with a weird hobby-"

"Hold up!" I raised a hand to stop him mid-monologue surprising both himself and Issei with my boldness. "How many times have you practiced this line in front of the mirror?" I crossed my arms and glared at him. "I swear listening to you is like watching a clichéd two-bit villain monologuing about world domination or something!" Both of them were gaping at me. "So get to the point Mr Fedora, we don't have the time to deal with a pedophile wannabe."

Crickets chirped in the silence of the empty park at evening as both Issei and Mr Fedora stared dumbly at me. The latter shook his head and summoned a light spear in his hands.

"Firstly, it's Dohnaseek!" He corrected pointing the spear at me. Then he shifted the spear towards Issei. "And seeing as you're still alive, it means that stupid whore Raynare failed to kill you and is now missing, so I'll have to kill you myself!" Then he grinned at me. "And for good measure I'll kill you too since you got on my nerve!"

"Iz-Izayoi!" Issei grabbed my arm and tried pulling me but only stumbled as I didn't even so as much move an inch from my position. "We have to run! He's gonna kill us! He's like Yuuma-chan!"

"So?" I asked with a raised eyebrow almost laughing at his shocked face.

"Wh-What do you mean "So?"?!"

"Hahahaha! It looks like the lowly human has realized that you can't escape me!" Mr Fedora spread his wings and took flight Issei gasping as he pulled me.

'Rude.' I sighed. "Honestly…" I dully stared at him. "Me? A lowly human? You need to get your eyes checked Mr Fedora." Dropping my bag on the ground I shrugged Issei's arm off and slowly floated off the ground reaching Mr Fedora's height paying no mind to Issei's gasp. "I'm no lowly human. I've killed many four winged and six winged Fallen Angels as game. And you're just a two winged Fallen." I scoffed. "It's you who's lowly."

Mr Fedora shook off his shock and glared at me. "You're a Magician?!" Good idea bwo!

I dipped my head. "The one who's killed several of your brethren as game." It's true. Sera has taken me across the world to hunt down rogue Fallen Angels as favors to Azazel and some other factions. Compared to Sera- who is often my sparring partner- Mr Fedora is nothing. I glanced down at Issei who was staring slack jawed at me. "Watch closely Baka-nii, for…" I raised my hand and a sphere of fire formed in my palm. "...Magic exists."

"YOU!" Mr Fedora roared and charged at me like classic fodders. I rolled my eyes and dodged his swipe before blasting him with fire. "ARRRGH!"

"Hmm… how should I kill you?" I wondered as several fireballs and ice spears formed behind me drawing another gasp from Issei. "Burn you to cinders? Turn you into a Popsicle?" I grinned widely as lightning sparked between my fingers. "Or fry you inside out?"

"Grrr…" Mr Fedora growled and panted as he hovered in the air, his face and chest covered in first and second degree burns. Honestly, it's not even funny how weak he is. I wasn't even serious about harming him. He created another spear and lunged at me clearly lacking brains to retreat. "How dare you?! How dare you burn me?! I'LL KILL YOU!"

"Sure you will." I nodded dismissing the fireballs and ice spears and twirled around him dodging his strike. I coated my hands in lighting as I kept on dodging his lunges, and after dodging the tenth one I ducked under his arm and placed my lightning coated hands on his burnt chest. I grinned up at him like an innocent child as his eyes widened in fear. "Wanna know how it's like to get fried inside out?" Just as he tried to move away I released all the pent up lighting in my hands closing my eyes as Mr Fedora lit up like a Christmas Tree.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" He screamed as I continued to fry him inside out smoke wafting off of him. "ARRRRRGGH!" Noticing Rias Gremory and co show up with [Eye of the Mind] I stopped shocking him and let him fall to ground. Seeing their stunned faces I waved a hand toward the dead Fallen Angel and with an innocent smile flash froze him.

"Hello~! Good evening!" I chirped smiling widely at the group of stunned devils.

CRACK!

Everyone's eyes drew to the frozen Mr Fedora and-

CRUMBLE!

-dropped their jaws as the ice sculpture of Mr Fedora crumbled to icy mist spreading across the park.

"…"

Getting annoyed at the silence I crossed my arms and pouted. "How rude!" That snapped them out of their daze as they now opted to stare at me. "Don't you know it's bad manners to ignore someone's greeting?"

"Izayoi…" I raised an eyebrow as Issei was the first one to speak up instead of Rias. I was half-expecting him to look at me in fear and half-expected him to look at me with sparkles in his eyes. Guess how he looked at me? "…that… was… awesome!"

Everyone stared at him like he was mad. He was sparkling like a kid that came to the Amusement Park for the first time ignoring the fact that I killed someone in cold blood. Where did all his fear go?

I smiled back at him. "I know right?! Flying! Fireballs! Ice spears! Lightning! There's soooooo many things you can do with Magic!" I grinned at the assembled devils before us. "Right?! Magic is something even you devils are capable of doing right?!"

They took a step back and Issei gasped. "Devils…?" he stared at Rias and co like they were demons and hid behind me. "They won't take my soul would they?"

"Nope. They won't." I waved his concerns off. "They don't do that anymore." He sighed in relief. "I think." He whined like a puppy as I hid my laughter imagining how he would react in finding out that he was a devil too.

"Ahem." Took you that long enough to recover from your shock Rias Gremory. "Hyoudou-kun…"

"Yes?" Both of us responded giving her a pause.

She smiled that stupid smile of hers that charmed everyone but me. Feeling Issei squirming behind me I could say that he was blushing. Stupid hormonal teenagers.

"Please come with us. We need to talk about…" she looked at where Mr Fedora's dead body was supposed to be. "…things."

"Eh?"

I grinned at her. "Sure!"

The silence in the clubroom was awkward as I calmly drank the tea that Akeno served me in a manner befitting the nobles just like Sera taught me. "The tea is great Himejima-senpai!" I smiled at Akeno who was standing beside Rias.

"Ufufufufu~ why thank you Izayoi-kun."

"You're welcome! Can you teach me sometime how to brew tea as good as yours Himejima-senpai?"

"Sure. And please call me Akeno ufufufu~"

I smiled. "If you say so!"

"So Izayoi-kun…" Rias started awkwardly. What's with her? I don't remember her canon counterpart being so nervous around anyone. Overconfident? Arrogant? Sure. But nervous? No. This is concerning. First Sona and now Rias?

"Yes?"

"Is it true that you're dating Sona?" So you're starting with that, huh?

"Yup!" I proudly declared. "I even slept over at her house last night!" I fist pumped ignoring how Issei gasped in shock. Poor kid's gonna die gasping in shock tonight. "And she's awesome in bed!" That certainly got a reaction out of everyone, especially Rias whose eyes were wide and Issei who choked on air.

"Oh my, I certainly did not expect that from her."

"Hehehe~" I grinned goofily. "She's a book full of surprises for sure!"

"…pervert…" Ahh Koneko~ where were you?

"Hmph!" I crossed my arms and glared at her. "Expressing your love for someone physically in bed does not make someone a pervert!"

Koneko only scowled at me.

"As adorable as it is to see the two of you quarrel…" Rias clapped her hand pulling our attention towards her. "…it's time we talk about business shall we?"

"Sure!" I smiled at her. "What do you want to talk about first? Me being a magician? Or…" I narrowed my eyes and gave her a menacing smile taking great pleasure in the way Rias shuddered under my gaze. "…you reincarnating my brother into a devil under your service after he got killed by his date?"

Issei squeaked. "I'm a devil?"

Rias and everyone's eyes widened in shock. "How did you…?"

"My familiars kept an eye on him when he went out on his date." I crossed my legs and dropped all pretenses of the innocent Shota act. "After your familiar handed him the pamphlet to summon you…" I gazed deep into her eyes. "…I realized that you were aware of the Fallen's intensions. Moreover you've had your little cat stalk him since the start of the school year." Koneko flinched and stared at me with wide eyes. "Oh don't look at me like that. I'm a Senjutsu practitioner!" Koneko looked at me with fear and anger at the mention of Senjutsu. "Moving on…" I gazed back at Rias ignoring Koneko's killing intent. "You, just like me, knew that my brother has something in him that can be put into good use as your servant."

"Servant…?"

"Not only that, instead of approaching him earlier about giving him a position in your peerage…" I flooded the room with killing intent cancelling Koneko's one and choking everyone but Issei. "…you let him die." I stood up from the couch and went to the center of the room standing between Rias and Yuuto letting the stupid avenger believe that he can get the drop on me- that is- if he can stand up. "You wanted to cement his loyalty to you, so you let him die and reincarnated him, bringing him back to life thus being his Hero and indebting him to you." I increased the killing intent further choking them cutting their air flow. "Then instead of letting him know of his new status you let him wander around wondering what the hell was wrong with him." I let up on the killing intent letting them breathe again. "You didn't even mark him as your servant and let him be, effectively making him appear as a Stray that is free game for everyone."

"Mark me?" Issei whispered with a blush and I twitched.

I glared at Rias. "You knew there was a possibility of the Fallen attacking him due to his status as a Stray, so you didn't bother marking him." I pointed at Koneko. "You had the cat follow him so that if the Fallen attack him, she would let you know, you'd arrive at his verge of death and save him again further securing his loyalty for you." I nodded in approval. "I'll admit it's a plan well thought out. But it was also one that could be easily broken down." I clapped my hands. "Now, I could've saved him myself when he was going to get killed but I didn't." I raised a finger. "Firstly, I was in the middle of a dinner date with Sona." I raised another finger and pointed at Rias. "Secondly, you're a Gremory, whose house is well known to treat their servants as family."

"Overall…" I dropped the serious demeanor and put back the mask of the innocent Shota and smiled brightly nearly laughing at the whiplash they got. "…I don't have any qualms with you reincarnating him as your servant. No." I shook my head. "If you can't be trusted with him, then your family can be. However, what I have qualms about is the way you recruited him into your peerage." I gave Issei a sad look. "You killed him by letting him die in the hands of that Fallen and saved him to play the role of the Hero by bringing him back to life as your servant."

I glanced at Issei who looked like his ideal world has been destroyed. Good, hopefully this will let him mature. "If you were from any other house then I would've had my familiars kill the Fallen before she could kill him and bring him to safety. Seeing as you're a Gremory…" I shrugged. "…I can rest assured that he'll be in good hands." I sat back down and looked at everyone taking in their expressions. Shock was mostly seen as I could decipher their plan so easily. Frustration for being played by me. And contemplation from learning the truth. "So? What say you?"

"I... have nothing to say… but I'm truly apologetic for letting things happen the way they have." I hid a frown. This Rias Gremory is different from her canon counterpart. The canon counterpart would've started debating with me trying to prove me wrong, but this one didn't. She sincerely apologized to Issei and has an aura of meekness when facing higher power- which in this case me- compared to the confident one that her canon counterpart is.

"With that settled down…" I stated looking Rias in the eye. "…you're desperate for something. Why? And what are you desperate about?"

"Can we talk about that another day and move on to properly integrating Issei into my peerage?" Rias uncomfortably asked.

"Tomorrow after club time I'll come here." I told her in a "you-do-not-have-a-choice" manner and she nodded reluctantly getting a concerned look from her peerage. "I'll also tell you about myself tomorrow. Now, let's focus on Baka-nii shall we?" We looked at Issei who shrunk into himself seemingly nervous under so many eyes.

"Yes."

"Well then…" I say as I stand up dusting my pants. "…we'll take our leave for now. Baka-nii will start handing out pamphlets and the like tomorrow night."

Rias nodded in agreement showing some kind of resemblance to her canon counterpart. "Yes. It's best to let Ise digest all this stuff." We looked at Issei who seemed quite out of it. The revelation of Raynare's intentions and deception has been quite a shock to him.

I sighed and created a teleportation circle beneath the two of us, the one I used before becoming a devil. Remembering something from this morning I slyly grinned at Rias. "Oh and Rias-senpai?"

"Yes?" Rias warily looked at me.

"Try to learn discretion cause I could feel you ogling my butt!" I laughed and activated the teleportation circle as Rias turned as red as her hair and started stuttering.

FLASH!

"Hurr…blergh!" Issei doubled over and puked in the alleyway we teleported to close to our home. Looks like everything finally caught up to him. That or the sudden teleportation hit him hard. He dry heaved and I rubbed his back to soothe him. I may be a cruel person, but I'm definitely not heartless.

"You alright?" I softly asked washing his face with a ball of water.

"Y-Yeah… just give me a minute…" he sat down leaning against the wall of the alleyway. "So that happened huh?"

"Yep."

"Cool."

"I'm surprised you didn't say anything about me killing that Fallen Angel." I couldn't care less if Issei saw me in some bad light or anything but I want to see what kind of mindset he has.

"Well… it was cool how easily you fought him…" he said after a moment of contemplation. "…oddly enough I don't find it repulsive…"

What?

"I mean sure you killed him and you could've let him go but you didn't." My confusion must have been visible as he started explaining. "I know everything that you do, you have your reasons." He stood up dusting his pants.

I snorted. "So you do have a few brain cells to keep that in mind."

"If I didn't have any brain cells then I wouldn't have come this far."

"And who's the one to thank for that?" Issei here is so dumb that I had to tutor him to prepare him for Kuoh Academy's entrance exam.

"Yeah yeah thank you very much…" Issei replied rolling his eyes.

"You're right. I killed him because letting him go would mean that he would bring reinforcements." I explained as we left the alleyway. "While I won't have any problem taking on a dozen or two of his kind, your presence would've been a liability to me." He nodded in understanding as we reached the door to our home. "That's why I couldn't take any chances and let him go. Moreover I knew that Rias-senpai and her group would be arriving since Loli Kitty had been stalking us from the shadows."

"We're home!" Issei called out opening the door. "Loli Kitty huh?" he grinned down at me. "You aiming for her?"

I deadpanned at him. "No. I have Prez. Why should I aim for her?"

"A harem of course!"

"Issei! Stop trying to corrupt Izayoi!" Mom called out as we arrived in the living room. "And what took you so long?" Hmm? It's 7 PM? Must've taken longer than I thought it did.

We glanced at each other.

"A bunch of drunk delinquents tried fighting us." Issei looked at me like I was mad and mom gasped immediately rushing towards us.

"Are you okay?! You're not hurt are you?!"

"Mom…" I groaned. "…it will take more than a bunch of delinquents to hurt me. And Baka-nii in my presence as well." I rolled my eyes moving past her to place the bento box on the kitchen counter. "The police came in right after I beat them up. The questions took longer to answer than we expected."

"Oh."

"Yes, "Oh"."

"By the way how was your date with Souna-chan?" I grinned. Now that is something I can proudly talk about!

"It was great!" then I proceeded to animatedly explain the entire date with childish glee while eating dinner.

Drying my hair with a towel after the bath I sat down on my bed and picked up my phone from the table contemplating whether I should call Sona or not. Mom and dad both were ecstatic about my date, while Issei sat half-listening to me. I could tell that his mind was in a whirlwind of thoughts revolving around the latest development of his life. I get it though. Even I would be surprised in his position if I wasn't aware of… well… everything.

RING!

'Hmm?' I looked at my phone's screen and smiled. "Heya Sona!" I chirped happily answering the call.

"Izayoi-kun…what's this about you being a Magician?"

So Rias has already spoken about me has she? "Hehe~ you know how I'm not ready to reveal myself yet right? So I decided to partially reveal myself as a Magician."

"What did you tell them?"

"I haven't told them anything about my background yet. I'll tell them an altered version of it tomorrow."

"Oh? And what will you tell them?"

Grinning I told her the altered background. She only spoke up after several seconds.

"What if she connected the dots and realized that your "teacher" is Serafall Leviathan, a Maou?"

"She won't." I confidently stated. "And even if she did I'd deny it."

"…what?"

"Sera was dressed as a Magical Girl when we first met, so I'd just tell them that my teacher is a Magical Girl wannabe." I shrugged.

"I… certainly didn't think of that."

"Most wouldn't."

"Are you alright? I heard you and your brother were attacked by a Fallen."

"Unless it's a Cadre that I'm facing, then I won't have any problem." I lied down on the bed and looked at the Full Moon through the window. "You should know that right? I mean my sparring partner is Sera, even if I last about three minutes against her that's more than the duration a High Class Devil, Angel or a Fallen can last you know?"

Sona sighed. "I know… I know… still I can't help but worry. You tend to be reckless after all…"

I gasped loudly. "Me? Reckless? How could you accuse me of something like that So-tan?"

"Ugh… please not you too…"

"Say that I'm not reckless then."

"…"

"Soooooo-taaaaaan~"

"Alright! Alright! You're not reckless! Just stop calling me that…"

"Hehe~" Dropping my innocent act I became serious. "Jokes aside…" I could feel her tense from the other side of the phone. "…aren't you going to do anything about the Fallen?"

Sona stayed silent for a few moments then sighed. "It's up to Rias really. I want to march up there and interrogate them but…"

"I get it." I replied sitting up. "Sirzechs is too biased for letting an immature spoiled brat like Rias Gremory be a territory owner."

"Aren't you being biased yourself?"

"Sona…" I've already complained to Sera and Sona about making Rias the territory owner before, but there is nothing that can be done to change that. Despite Kuoh being the shared territory of Gremory and Sitri, it's known as the former's territory much to our annoyance. "…even if you're childhood friends stop supporting that Japanophile. You are a more capable leader than her, you're smarter and more tactical. It's you who should be known as the territory owner, not Rias."

"And I thank you for all that but as Onee-sama has already said, there's not much that can be done to rescind the ownership now."

"…" Looks like I'll have to wait until Freed gets started on his murder spree to make a move against Rias' ownership. "Anyway… how did your day go after lunch?"

A smile settled on my face as I heard Sona complain about her day all the while admiring the Moon.

After an hour of talking with Sona, I teleported to a dungeon underneath Sera's castle where Raynare was currently being held captive. I do after all have to interrogate her. Sera has given me the go ahead to do it once I explained the entire Issei-Yuuma situation to her. She has even given me Azazel's number in case things don't go as I expect to.

My familiar Shina, the Shadow Panther is leading me to her. Since we are in no hurry we calmly walked to her cell. It took us five minutes to reach her and once I landed my eyes on her I couldn't help but pet Shina earning a purr from her. "Well done Shina. As expected of you."

"Thanks!" She rubbed her head against my palm. "Does this mean I get a reward?"

"After I'm done."

"Kay~!'

With a wave of my hand the doors to Raynare's cell opened and I stepped in grinning at her as she stared at me fearfully. "Looks like my familiars put fear of God into you eh Raynare?"

"W-Who…?" She rasped from her position against the wall. She was shackled at the neck, wrists and ankles with magic suppression cuffs and choker. Her face was bloody with one eye closed and black. One of her wings was missing while the remaining one was full of rips and tears. Her body had several claw marks, a few deeper than the rest, and a bite mark around the left waist.

Seeing her like this I applied a minor healing spell on her to close her wounds and leave scars for remembrance. "I'm here to ask you several questions. Answer them with absolute honesty and I'll let you go."

Raynare, now in better health than before properly looked at me with her one eye and gasped. "Y-You're…!"

"I am?"

"Y-You're Issei's brother!"

I nodded. "That I am." I created a chair of ice and sat on it crossing my legs. "Now then Yuuma Amano…" She flinched at the name. "…tell me everything about why you killed my brother."

She gulped. "Azazel-sama at first ordered me and my team to scout the town for potential Sacred Gear holders…"

So here's what happened. She and her team were told to scout the town for potential Sacred Gear holders and recruit them if they radiate even a bit of potential, and if they appear mentally unstable kill them. Report to Azazel and get a new mission assigned to them. But then Dohnaseek- or Mr Fedora as I call him- appeared to them with a letter from Azazel telling them to kill my brother as he seemed to hold something dangerous for them. Since the letter had Azazel's signature on it Raynare accepted the change without a second thought.

"…the date turned out more enjoyable than I expected it to and had half a mind to not follow orders and recruit Issei into our faction but… I didn't have it in me to disobey Azazel-sama for someone I haven't known for more than three days." Neither do I expect her to but I'm not saying that. "For what it's worth, I'm sorry for killing your brother." She bowed her head. "I truly am."

"…" Well this is surprising. Didn't expect her to actually be a better person than her canon counterpart. I've been taught by Grayfia to read people like a book and their body language and so far, everything about Raynare seemed to be sincere and truthful. I internally sighed. 'Now I can't even verbally beat the shit out of her… what a pain…' Should I tell her how stupid she is? What her actions could've caused? No, I'll leave it to Azazel.

I clapped my hands. "Since you've been truthful so far, this is what will happen." She looked up at me with a relieved expression. "I'll drop you off at your base. You will pack your bags up, gather your team and return to Azazel to report everything that has happened. After that if he wants to see me then return to your hideout with him at night and I'll be there. Got it?" She nodded and I dismissed the chair standing up and walking closer to her. "Before I release you, know that Dohnaseek had attacked me and my brother after school."

"He what?!" She exclaimed genuinely surprised.

I nodded. "That's right. He tried to kill the two of us. I killed him. Now what I want you to know is that only a 10 winged Fallen can defeat a Magician of my caliber, so…" I placed a hand on one of her cuffs and brought my face close to hers gazing deep into her admittedly beautiful eyes. "…don't have any funny ideas. Got it?"

"Y-Yes…" She fearfully nodded and I removed the cuffs healing her at the same time as well, but didn't bother fixing her wings. It took her a few moments to properly stand and once she did I used my former teleportation circle to teleport the two of us to the abandoned church.

FLASH!

"Remember Raynare. I'm giving you two hours to leave, if I sense any of you here after that I'll come kill you all myself just like I killed Dohnaseek. Am I clear?"

"Crystal."

"Good.

FLASH!

I left the place just as the doors opened and Kalawarner flew out with Mittelt shouting Raynare's name in relief. Here's to hoping I don't have to kill her as I think Issei still has a chance with her- that is- if he's willing to try. I did sometimes ship him with her.

'Hold on…' I paused for a moment as a thought suddenly struck me. '…I didn't prevent Asia from coming to this town did I?'

Last night it took me a bit of an effort to fall asleep as I was worried about Asia not coming to Kuoh. Having Asia in our house would help a lot in controlling Issei's libido as he wouldn't have it in him to ruin her innocence. Besides, mom and dad would love to have a daughter in her. But seeing as Raynare isn't like her canon counterpart, it could be that Asia wouldn't have had her Sacred Gear extracted, so that would mean Asia wouldn't be brought to Kuoh. And since Raynare has left the town with her team, it means there won't be any Freed insanity.

'Sweet Irkalla![1] I didn't sink the "RS Issei x Asia" ship did I?!'

I wanted to curl up and cry as no Asia means no Asia Goodness! Uwahh! Damn you Butterfly Effect! Damn you!

It doesn't help that Sona is busy with her work today and can't even have lunch with me! Waaaaaah! I could've at least soothed myself in her presence but no! She had to be busy! All kind of paperwork should just burn and vanish!

I suppressed a groan as my senses registered Issei's energy signature heading towards me. "What did you do now?" I reflexively asked as he sat down next to me.

"Hey! What makes you think I do something every time I come to you?"

"When do you not?"

"Tch." Issei clicked his tongue as he opened his bento box and started digging in. "Think you can teach me magic?"

"No."

"That's fast!"

I gave Issei a dry look. "Cause I had a feeling you'd ask that." To prevent anyone from hearing our discussion I set up a silencing barrier around us.

"Why not?" He rudely pointed his chopsticks at me. "You can do Magic, so why can't you teach me a spell or two so that I can at least protect myself? I don't wanna be a liability! Also, how do I even find out what my Sacred Gear is?"

I sighed in irritation. "You don't have even an ounce of Demonic Power in you. Without Demonic Power, you can't do a single spell."

"Demonic Power?"

"The Devil's equivalent of Mana!"

"Oh!" Explaining things to him will be a headache and a half. He's even worse than his canon counterpart in the intelligence department. "And what about Senjutsu? What's that? Can I learn it?"

I gave him a tired look. "Senjutsu is the fancy name of the powers Son Goku and the others from Dragon Ball have. You know that Kamehameha and other Ki blasts?"

"Yeah?"

I created a ball of Ki in my hand and showed it to him. "The manipulation of Ki or Life Force is the basics of Senjutsu. See this patch of grass here?" He nodded as I pointed at the grass beside me. "Watch." I then slowly pushed the ball of Ki into the ground and watched in amusement as Issei stared slack jawed at the patch of grass that suddenly grew larger and a brighter shade of green. "Senjutsu is fun, even you can learn it. But at the same time it is very dangerous." Issei gulped as I started speaking in a serious tone. "Senjutsu also uses the Ki of our surroundings or more specifically the world itself. The world at the current era is full of malice and evil intentions. So taking in the Ki of the world can be very dangerous for you if you don't know how to filter out the malice and negativity in it."

"What will happen?"

"You'll lose your mind to power. Kill everyone in sight friends or foe. Even family. If you take in the malice of the world then you'll lose your sanity in exchange for unlimited power. Doing so will also damage your own Ki and you'll die an early death."

The bell rung just as I finished explaining Senjutsu. Standing up I dusted my pants and picked up my bento box. "I'll explain the rest in details later. Now let's head back to class."

Issei numbly nodded. "Yeah…"

I shook my head as I parted with him since I know he won't be able to focus in class because of what he learnt just now. 'I need to buy Aspirin as soon as I can and carry the tablets in my pockets. Sera causes enough headaches as it is. I don't need more.'

When I entered the ORC I took note of the absence of Issei and Yuuto and glanced at Rias.

"Hi Izayoi-kun. Take a seat. Ise has gone off to hand over the pamphlets and Yuuto is doing a contract."

"I see."

Sitting down I placed my bag on the couch and accepted the tea Akeno served thanking her in the process. Taking a sip of the wonderful tea I looked at Rias.

"As promised I'd tell you about myself today and in exchange you'll tell me about your problem that you're so desperate to solve with whatever my brother has. Let's start shall we?"

Rias nodded now behaving in a more similar manner to her canon counterpart. "Please do."

"I am a Magician. I've been one since I was 12, not long after I was attacked by a Stray Devil. Just as I was prepared to fight the Stray with Senjutsu, a female magician in an obnoxious pink robe jumped in and killed the Stray." I paused taking another sip of tea. "Turns out she was a wandering Magician and happened to pass by when I was about to be attacked by the Stray. Quickly dealing with it, she told me that I had Mana reserves on par with a newborn High Class Devil- that I was unaware of- and wanted to know if I would like to learn Magic. As you can see I accepted."

Using a magic circle I dumped several books on the coffee table named "Magic for dummies", "Magic 101", "Guide to Elemental Magic" etc. With a tone so dry that the Sahara Desert would be proud of I deadpanned, "She then dumped these books on me and vanished telling me to stay alive until she drops by to check up on me. Several months later she pops up out of thin air in the middle of my magic practice, messing up the spell I was focused on creating and BOOM!" I flailed my arms in an imitation of an explosion. "The spell blew up in my face while she laughed rolling on the ground."

They cringed and I huffed taking another sip of tea to calm myself. "She then continued to do this on several occasions sometimes even kidnapping me to fight Orcs, Trolls and many other monsters! Heck I wouldn't be surprised if she popped up right now!" Hearing that Koneko went to high alert while Rias and Akeno tensed.

"What's her name?"

I shrugged returning the books to my pocket dimension. "She never gave me her real name, only told me to call her "Levi-sensei"." I rolled my eyes. "I didn't bother asking her name anymore since all I wanted to do was learn Magic and she wanted to pass off her knowledge to someone else." I looked outside through the window and saw Issei entering the school grounds on his bike. "As for Senjutsu… I've been practicing it since I was one year old."

Rias, Akeno and Koneko stared at me in disbelief.

"What? It's true! I've been aware of the Supernatural since I was born! Do you know how scary it is to know that the monsters our parents tell stories of to make us sleep actually exists?" They shook their heads. "Figures."

"Buchou! I'm done handing the pamph-oh you're here Izayoi!" Issei said opening the door after knocking.

"Welcome back Ise, I take it there were no troubles handing over the pamphlets?"

Issei blushed and rubbed the back of his head though I have no doubt the actual meaning of that question flew over his head. "Nope! No problem! People did give me weird looks though…"

"You're not weird?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"No I'm not!"

"Uh-uh. Sure~"

"Grrr!"

Rias chuckled seeing the two of u go back and forth at each other. "As amusing as it is to see to the two of you go back and forth at each other, Ise, we have yet to find out about your Sacred Gear."

"Oh right! How do I find out about it?"

I hid my smile under the brim of my tea cup knowing the next several minutes would be hilarious.

"Ise, raise your hand."

'And it begins…' I pulled out my phone and started recording the entire spectacle.

Like an obedient puppy Issei raised his left arm.

"Close your eyes and imagine the strongest thing that comes to mind."

"S-Strongest being…? Son Goku from Dragon Ball…?"

Rias' eyes gleamed in recognition as her lips twitched trying to widen the already amused smile on her face. "Then imagine it, and imagine that person in a particular pose where he looks the strongest." Issei's body twitched as if he was going to do that pose but held back. "Now lower your arm and mimic the pose of that person. You have to imagine it strongly okay? You cannot hold back." I panned the camera towards Rias and took note of her shoulders shaking. I panned the camera back at Issei and saw that his cheeks were tinted red in embarrassment.

Seeing that he was hesitating I barked, "Just do it you dunderhead!" I snorted as he flinched and hastily took the pose.

"KAMEHAMEHA!" We all held back our laughter as Issei actually carried out the entire thing.

"Now… open your eyes. In this place which is filled with Demonic Power, the Sacred Gear… will appear more easily." Rias said pausing a few times to push back her laughter down.

Knowing what will happen next I used the Knight Piece trait of my Queen Piece to increase my speed as Issei's eyes opened-

FLASH!

-and white wings with blue glass panels popped out of his back. I quickly panned the camera towards Rias who choked on her laughter and fell off of her chair.

"Hahahahahaha!" I laughed stopping the recording as Rias gasped for air staring at Issei with wide eyes while said person blushed and glared at me.

"Stop laughing dammit! This isn't funny!"

Looks like he hasn't realized it yet. "Look behind you idiot."

"Huh?" Issei looked behind him and screamed in shock. "WINGS?!"

Oh right I messed up one tiny detail last chapter and the beginning of this one. Issei isn't this generation's Red Dragon Emperor, Vali is. And Issei is the White Dragon Emperor, if those wings are anything to go by.

"They… *cough*… aren't any wings!" Rias exclaimed zooming around Issei and observing the wings. "They are called the [White Dragon Emperor's Light Wings] or commonly known as [Divine Dividing]. It houses the soul of the Vanishing Dragon, Albion sealed inside it." Rias sighed returning to her desk and sat down on her chair. "A Longinus… A freaking Longinus…" Having a guess of what will happen I started recording this for Sona. "Hahahahahaha! A Longinus! Hah! Take that Sona!" Rias laughed throwing her head back and cackling at high heavens while Akeno chuckled beside her.

"Eh?" Issei unsurprisingly enough looked lost and confused.

"Hello~! You do know that I'm dating Sona?" Rias paused laughing to stare at me as I put away the phone away for a few seconds before returning back to laughing.

"Oi Izayoi…" Issei whispered to me warily glancing at Rias. "…why is Buchou laughing like that? What's so special about my wings? Are they my Sacred Gear? What's that Longipuss she was talking about?"

"…" I dryly stared at him. Longipuss seriously? "Firstly, it's Longinus not Longipuss."

"Yeah yeah…"

"Secondly, your Buchou has lost her mind as what you have is something that can kill Gods themselves." He stared at me in shock mouth open wide. "Mind you, no one has actually killed a God yet. The Sacred Gear, if properly utilized can kill Gods, but knowing you…" I gave him a dismissive look. "…you won't even be able to slap one."

"Oi, that hurts you know?"

"I do."

"Then stop hurting me!"

"Nope."

"Uwahh!"

"Ahem Ise-kun, attention please."

"Huh?" Issei dumbly looked back at Rias in the middle of his crying then straightened with an "Oh."

"Now that we know what your Sacred Gear is, we can come up with a training plan for you to start once you're done handing out the pamphlets!" Rias smiled clapping her hands. "Now you can go home. We're done with club activities for the day."

"Hold on." I said narrowing my eyes at Rias. "Aren't you forgetting something Rias-senpai?"

"Ah, right." Rias sighed. "I'm desperate because my family has put me in an arranged marriage." She clasped her hands. "The… man that I'm marrying is a despicable person, a womanizer who sees me as a trophy wife and Rias of the Gremory House. He already has a Harem already and regularly indulges in sexual activities whenever he's not busy with Rating Games." Well at least Riser is same here.

"And?"

"Getting out of this marriage would mean to challenge him to a Rating Game- I take it you know what it is?" I nodded. "To defeat him and his peerage I myself will need a strong peerage of mine. As you can already see, I have 1 Pawn, Rook, Knight, Bishop and Queen. He on the other hand has a full set."

"So? Who is he?"

"Riser Phenex of the Phenex House."

"That explains a bit."

"Upon the start of the school year I had once passed by Ise and when I did, I barely noticed something in him. That's why I had Koneko follow-"

"Stalk." I corrected.

"-him around to see if I was right or not." She shrugged ignoring my correction. "Koneko reported that she smelt something draconic in nature from him."

"And you had to take the chance before Sona could."

"Yes. And seeing that he has [Divine Dividing] I'm sure our chances of victory in the Rating Game has increased by leaps and bounds." So he's just a tool. I glanced at Issei who looked lost not understanding anything. I'll have to explain everything later.

"When is the marriage due?"

"Until I graduate from University, but Riser is pushing for it to be early."

"That means you're short in time and need to start training soon if you want to have any chances of victory. And Issei will be playing a major role."

Rias closed her eyes and nodded in shame (?). "Yes. But I can assure you, he won't be mistreated by anyone. Mistreating my peerage is the same as mistreating my family, and that's an unforgivable act!" Good.

"I see…" Standing up I picked my bag and stood at the doors waiting for Issei. "Let's go Baka-nii."

"Oh…right! See you then Buchou. Good night." He waved at everyone before joining me. "Let's go Izayoi."

"Hmm." I nodded. "See you Rias-senpai, Akeno-senpai and Loli Kitty!"

"Good night!'

I snorted as Koneko hissed at me and left the clubroom with Issei.

"What a day…." Issei commented stretching his arms.

"Yeah…" I replied pulling out my phone and then looking in the direction of the abandoned Church. "…Issei." He paused looking at me in surprise as I held out my bag to him. "Go on without me. I have someone to meet up with."

"What? Wait!"

Throwing my bag at his face I jumped and using [Phantom Step]- a rip-off of BLEACH franchise's [Flash Step]- I covered the distance between the school and the church with a single step. Touching down in front of the church I flared my Ki. The doors opened and Raynare walked out in a maid outfit… wearing a tag that said "I'm an idiot" on her chest.

"Yo." I raised a hand in greeting. "I take it your boss is here?"

"…yes…" She gritted out with a twitching eyebrow. "…he's right inside waiting for you."

"Alright. Lead the way." I followed her inside the church preparing several spells to fire just in case this turns out to be a trap.

"No need to be so tense Magician Boy. I'm only here to talk." Azazel's lazy voice drifted through the air as I entered the church. I found the man sitting on a pew grinning at me. "Gotta say, you're shorter than I expected."

"At least I'm adorable and women want to spoil me." I reply with an amused smile as I sat down on the pew on the next column facing him. "You must have a lot of free time if you can personally come and see the Magician that captured and harmed one of your sub-ordinates." I commented crossing my legs. "That, or you're too lazy to actually do your job." Raynare nodded at that.

"Hey! I take offence to that! I'm not lazy!"

"Then why does Shemhazai-sama always scream at you?" Raynare grumbled under her breath.

"I heard that!"

"Jokes aside, what are you really here for Governor General?"

"Eh? Just wanted to see the Magician that proclaimed to be on par with a Cadre."

I nodded expecting that answer.

"Also to recruit you into our faction." Predictable.

"No, thanks. I'll pass." I waved off his invitation. "I'm dating Sona Sitri, and am familiar with Serafall Leviathan and her… glittering. So no, I'll have to pass."

"Oh?" Judging by the smile on his face, Azazel probably expected that answer, if not he knows what I truly am. "Well that's too bad."

I raised an eyebrow at his tone but decided against inquiring any further. "If that is all, then I'll take my leave."

"So soon?"

"Do you have anything else to talk about? It's already late enough as it is. Mom's probably worried sick."

"Yeah… just wanted to apologize for what happened to your brother."

"Apologize to my brother not me." I pulled out my phone. "For the record, Raynare was partially right about my brother being a threat." I played the video recording and showed it to Azazel.

"Hahahahaha! He actually did it!" He laughed seeing the part where Issei does the Kamehameha with closed eyes. "Oh." Azazel stopped laughing as [Divine Diving] appeared on Issei's back. "[Divine Dividing] huh?" he looked at me. "What do you think about your brother possessing it?"

"He's the safest person in whom that Sacred Gear could be put in. He doesn't even have an ounce of Demonic Power in him. Moreover…" I put on a tired expression and said, "…he'd use that for perverted things, like dividing the clothes of the females…" Raynare widened her eyes in horror and covered herself with her hands.

"HAHAHAHA! Wouldn't that make him the enemy of women?"

"He already is." I deadpanned. "Now that he knows Harem is a thing… he's gonna actively pursue women to get into his peerage and Harem once he becomes a High Class Devil." I grumbled. "Once he shows that he's the host of Albion, a Heavenly Dragon, women will likely line up to be part of his Harem."

"Hahaha! If that is the case then you should've recruited him into our faction Raynare! I could've passed down my teachings to him! And soon he'd have a Harem thanks to me!" Raynare and I scowled at him. "Too bad he's a devil now huh?"

"I don't know what's good. The fact that he's a devil under Gremory's service, or that he's not your disciple."

"Both." Raynare commented. "Both."

"Hey! You're supposed to be on my side!" Azazel childishly whined getting the stink eye from her. "Anyway Raynare, be sure to apologize to the kid tomorrow when you can. Got it?"

Raynare nodded. "Yes. I was planning on doing so."

We nodded. "I'll take my leave then."

"Wait!"

"What now?" I scowled at Azazel for stopping me again. I wanna go home and cry for sinking the "RS Issei x Asia" ship.

"Tomorrow a nun by the name of Asia Argento would be coming to the town. Do you think you can take her in for me?"

"And what will I get in return?"

He grinned. "A pretty girl of course!"

"Like hell I'm cheating on Sona!" I shook my fist in his face. "I don't need a pretty girl beside Sona! I ain't a womanizer!" Ignoring the voice in the back of my head that said "You're cheating on Sera with Sona." I crossed my arms. "If anything, you should have my brother take her in."

"A nun in the care of a devil?" Raynare asked in disbelief. "And one as innocent and pure as Asia? Hell no!"

"Hey! My brother may be a pervert but he has a good heart." I crossed my arms and glared at her. "You should know that better than anyone since you went out on a date with him."

Raynare flinched and rubbed her arms. "Yeah…sorry about that…"

"Ah! You mean Romeo and Juliet! Forbidden Romance?" Azazel nodded with a grin. "Sounds great!"

"Of course it would. That's how you fell didn't you?" I deadpanned.

"No regrets." Azazel shrugged. "Besides, the awesome sex was worth it!"

"Pervert." I and Raynare commented with an expression of disgust.

"Hey! I'm not a pervert! I'm just a man of culture!"

"Yeah yeah whatever. I'm going home."

"Yeah sure. See you sometime in the future kid!"

'I'm sure we will see each other sooner or later.' I rolled my eyes and exited the church. "Oh and Raynare?" I looked at the woman in question. "I'd apologize to him before school if I were you." With that I returned home using [Phantom Step].

"That kid is dangerous." Azazel commented as he watched Izayoi Hyoudou vanish without the use of teleportation circle. Seeing Raynare's confused look he explained. "I could barely sense him when he arrived. And from what I sensed…" he grinned. "…he could crush Kokabiel."

"He can't be that strong right?" Kokabiel is someone who has fought in several wars and has battle experience that Raynare doubted Izayoi had.

"He is." Azazel rubbed his chin. "Hell, if the intelligence behind his eyes are anything to go by and the way he carries himself, I'm sure he would find a way to defeat me in an one-on-one fight." Azazel wryly smiled. 'His footsteps didn't even make a sound. I thought he was an assassin for a second.'

"He could've killed me…" Raynare whispered eyes wide in fear.

"Well he did kill Dohnaseek didn't he?"

"Yeah…" Raynare murmured. "…and what about Asia?"

Azazel blinked. "Ah, shit."

"What were you doing?" Mom said as soon as I entered the house. "Issei said you suddenly threw your bag at him and ran away somewhere."

Taking off my shoes I answered, "I was off to meet a club mate. She was in trouble and called me for help. So I rushed off to meet her."

"Well that matches…" Mom mumbled nodding at me. "Okay. Take a bath first. Then eat dinner."

I saluted mom. "Aye!"

Mom rolled her eyes and walked off to the kitchen while I went to my room.

"Where the hell did you rush off to Izayoi?"

Issei asked standing before my door. Pushing him out of the way I answered, "I went to meet with the Raynare's boss."

"Yuuma-chan…?"

Pulling out a yukata and grabbing my towel I answered him. "Yeah. I sensed someone powerful arrive at the abandoned church and rushed off to meet him."

"That was reckless of you."

"So was going out with a complete stranger." I retorted leaving Issei to mope. Raynare is still a sore topic for him as I could hear the hurt in his voice. 'It'll take some time for him to get over it.' I sighed stepping in the bath tub. I could've agreed to take Asia in with me but that would mean Asia would be more dependent on me, and that is not something I want.

'If only they could miraculously get together…'

[1]- "Irkalla" is another name of Ereshkigal who is a Sumerian/Mesopotamian Goddess and the Mistress of the Sumerian/Mesopotamian Underworld "Kur".

Author's Note: In the reviews of the last chapter, someone commented that Izayoi is an asshole and a hypocrite. I want you to know one thing, Izayoi is not an asshole. He is a TSUNdere with "TSUN" in capital. As for him being a hypocrite? He doesn't care about being called a hypocrite as long as he has what he wants. Also, do check the fanon wiki page I made for Izayoi- mind you that page will be subject to change as the story progresses as it is only a rough outline of my character. You can find the link in my profile.

And no it won't be Issei x Rias story, neither will it be a Izayoi x Rias story. Asia will show up next chapter and Rias will stay single.

If any of you want to co-operate with me in this story then please contact me on Discord. You can find me there with "Hikori Takeo#3025".

I also plan on writing a Fate/Stay Night or Fate/Zero story or Fate/Grand Order or Fate/Apocrypha story with Izayoi as a Servant, but I need your opinion on which Grail War to put him in. So I posted a poll and created a Servant Profile for Izayoi. Check them out.

On another side note, how many of you play Fate/Grand Order? Post your list of SSRs and SRs in the review if you wouldn't mind. My ones are: Zhuge Liang (SSR Lvl 80), Mordred (SSR Lvl 70), Napoleon (SSR Lvl 50), Chacha (SR Lvl 1- not interested in using her), Nursery Rhyme (SR Lvl 1- not interested in using her), Sieg (SR Lvl 16- don't have the necessary materials to ascend him), Passionlip (SR Lvl 40), Gorgon (SR Lvl 40), Ibaraki Douji aka Banana Oni (SR Lvl 50), Assassin of Paraiso (SR Lvl 50), Marie Antoinette (SR Lvl 50), Nitocris (SR Lvl 60), Assassin Shiki (SR Lvl 60- don't have materials to further ascend her), Caster Gilgamesh (SR Lvl 60), Medusa Lily (SR Lvl 63), EMIYA (SR Lvl 70), Artoria Pendragon Alter (Saber SSR Lvl 70) and Siegfried (Starter SR Lvl 70). They are in my NA Server Account. In my JP Server Account: Marie Antoinette (SR Lvl 1), Berserker of El Dorado- Penthesilea (SR Lvl 14), Martha (Starter SR Lvl 60), Lancer Melt (SR lvl 70), Okita Assassin (SR Lvl 85- Grailed), Saber Hokusai (SR Lvl 85- Grailed) and Enkidu/Kingu (SSR Lvl 60).