Hey guys Animefanguy here back with a new story.
Now to my readers who are waiting for the next chapter of my other stories, I apologize for the delays do to work, college, and my head coming up with new story ideas. Know that none of them are in hiatus but it will take some time to complete the chapters of my already existing and the new ones so thanks for your patience.
Hope you enjoy this new story.
NOW LET THE
STORY START
Kuoh Academy, located in Kuoh town (A/N: I think that is the name of the town), Japan, is one of the greatest and most prestigious academies in the world, it is divided into multiple divisions, from elementary to college. The academy used to be an all-girls private school but a few years back, with the creation of the new school building, the board of the school decided to turn it co-ed. So now this prestigious academy is a place for both male and female teenagers to acquire the necessary knowledge in order to succeed in their life.
Now what most people don't know is the Kuoh Academy and the town it resides in as a hole isn't under the jurisdiction of humans but of devils. To be more precise, it is under the joint jurisdiction of the Houses of Gremory and Sitri, two of the original 72 Pillars of the Underworld. Currently the town is under the control of the two heiresses of the two houses Rias Gremory and Sona Sitri, who are currently in their third year of high school, in order to complete their devil duties successfully, such as granting human wishes for a price or hunting stray devils, the two heiresses have being using clubs as a cover-up. Sona Sitri is the student body president with her peerage comprising the student council and is in charge of Kuoh during the day, while Rias Gremory is the president of the Occult Research Club (O.R.C.), which is located at the old school building, with its members being part of her peerage and is in charge of Kuoh at night.
Currently three students were approaching the old school building, as school had ended for the day.
The first was a boy with blond hair, gray eyes and a mole under his left eye. He was wearing the Kuoh Academy boy's school uniform, which consisted of a black blazer with white accents over a white, long-sleeved dress shirt, with a black ribbon on the collar, matching black pants, and brown dress shoes. He is Kiba Yuuto, a second-year student and also Rias Gremory's knight.
Next to Kiba to his right was another boy; this one had short brown hair and light brown eyes. He was also wearing the academy's school uniform, but it differs in the fact that he wears a red T-shirt underneath his open dress shirt and blazer, and wears blue and white sneakers in place of dress shoes. He is Issei Hyoudou, also a second-year student and the only pawn of Rias Gremory; since his resurrection cost her all eight of her pawn pieces.
Right behind Issei was a girl with long blonde hair and green eyes. Her hair flowed all the way down to her back, with split bangs over her forehead and a single strand sticking out from the top, sloping backwards. She was wearing the Kuoh Academy girl's school uniform, which consisted of a white long-sleeved, button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, instead of a black shoulder cape and matching button-down corset, she had a black sweater vest over her dress shirt, and a magenta skirt with white accents. This is Asia Argento; she is a second-year student and Rias Gremory's Bishop.
"Buchou's problem? Maybe it has something to do with the House of Gremory."
Kiba told Issei while they were walking towards the clubroom located in the old school building.
Issei met with Kiba while he was on his way to the clubroom along with Asia. So he asked Kiba about Rias's strange behavior, but it seems like Kiba also didn't know why she was acting that way.
"Akeno-san would know, right?" Kiba nods at Issei's question.
"Akeno-san is Buchou's most trusted servant, so she obviously would know."
He knew that asking Rias about her problem was rude, but he was becoming concerned about her since he got involved in it last night.
But he didn't feel like talking about last night with anyone. It would cause an uproar if he did. He steeled his resolve and conviction to her any way he could. When they arrived to front of the door, Kiba notice something.
"…It took me this long to notice her presence? I'm ashamed…" Kiba said as he put on a serious face by narrowing his eyes.
Issei shrugged his shoulders and opened the door without any concerns.
"Hello" said Issei without a care in the world as he and the other two entered the room only to freeze in place.
Inside the room were four people, three female students of the Academy, one sitting in an armchair behind the main desk, one standing on the left of the desk and one sitting on a chair in the corner of the room. The final person was a woman dressed like a maid and was standing right in front of the desk with her back facing the door.
The girl sitting in the armchair behind the main desk had beautiful white skin, blue-green eyes and a buxom figure. Her most distinctive feature was her long beautiful crimson hair that reached down to her thighs, with a single hair strand sticking out from the top. Her hair also had loose bangs covering her forehead and side bangs framing her face. She was wearing the Kuoh Academy uniform for girls, black shoulder cape button-down corset and everything, with brown dress shoes over white crew-length socks. She was Rias Gremory, third-year student in the academy, heir to the Gremory house and more importantly the King of the peerage in the room.
The girl standing next to the desk had a buxom figure much like Rias, with her breasts being a little bigger; with very long black hair and violet eyes. Her hair was tied in a long ponytail, reaching all the way down to her legs with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backwards, with an orange ribbon keeping it in place. She, like Rias, was wearing the girl's school uniform with black knee-high socks. She was Akeno Himejima, a third-year student at Kuoh Academy, but also the Queen of Rias's peerage.
The girl that was sitting in the corner was a rather petite girl, with white hair and hazel eyes. Her front hair had two long bangs going past her shoulders and several loose bangs hanging over her forehead, while the back had a short bob cut. She was also wearing a black cat-shaped hair clip on both sides of her hair. She was wearing the academy's girl's school uniform, without the shoulder cape. Her mane was Koneko Toujou; she is a first-year student of Kuoh Academy and Rias Gremory's Rook.
The last person in the room, standing in front of Rias's desk was a beautiful woman appearing to be in her early twenties, with silver hair and matching eyes. Her hair, which flowed all the way down to her back, featured a long braid on each side with small blue bows at the ends, while the rest was let down, ending in twin braids. She was wearing a blue and white French maid outfit with long sleeves and a white maid headband over her head, with red lipstick as a cosmetic accessory. She was Grayfia Lucifuge, the wife and Queen of Sirzechs Lucifer and Rias's sister-in-law.
Rias had a very unpleasant face. Akeno was smiling like usual, but there was a cold vibe surrounding her.
Koneko was sitting on the chair quietly. It seemed like she didn't want to get involved with what was going on as much as possible.
The room had a heavy atmosphere and no one was talking.
"Oh my" Kiba quietly said from behind Issei. The three of them went inside the room but none of the members greeted them like they normally do.
That's how tense the atmosphere of the room was.
Asia was also feeling uneasy so she held onto Issei's sleeve with an uneasy face. Issei patted her on head to comfort her and to make her feel safe.
Rias decided to speak after looking at each of them.
"Looks like everyone is here" she sighed and continued. "Before we start the club, there's something I need to tell all of you."
"Ojou-sama, do you want me to explain the situation?" said Grayfia while looking at Rias.
Rias rejected Grayfia's offer by waving her hand.
"The truth is—", just as Rias was about to speak the magic-circle on the floor started glowing.
'Eh…? Teleportation? But all of the people from Gremory group are here. Is it a Devil that serves the House of Gremory like Grayfia-san coming?' thought Issei as everyone's attention was on the magic-circle. Unfortunately Issei's guess is way off, but this experience will help him realize how much knowledge about Devils he lacks.
The symbol of the Gremory that was drawn on the center of the magic-circle changed into an unfamiliar pattern for the two new members of the club.
'What is this!? Isn't this the Gremory's magic-circle?' thought Issei with a bit of panic as he looked at it.
"Phenex" said Kiba in a low voice, but was heard by Issei who was standing close to him.
'Phenex? T-Then it isn't a Gremory!' he thought and wondered how someone not from the Gremory House could use the magic circle.
Light shined through the room, then suddenly flames came out from the magic-circle, and the room was flowed with heat. The silhouette of a man appeared inside the flames. He swung his arm across to the side and the flames disappeared.
"Fuu, it's been a while since I came to the human's world" the person that came from the magic-circle said. He was a tall and handsome young man in his early 20's, with short blond hair and dark blue eyes. His outfit consisted of a burgundy blazer with gold embroidery on the right with matching pants and black dress shoes. Underneath his open blazer was a white dress shirt that was not fully buttoned, giving a slight view to his chest. To Issei he looked like those bad boy type's that some girls went for.
The man looked around the room, and then smirked after spotting Rias.
"My lovely Rias, I came to see you." The man said with arrogance clear in his voice.
'M-My lovely Rias? This guy, what kind of relation does he have with Buchou?' thought Issei with shock after he hearing what the blond man said. Rias looked at him with her eyes half closed. It didn't seem like she was welcoming him. But he didn't seem to care and approached her.
"Now then Rias, let's go and take a look at the ceremony hall. The date of the ceremony is decided so we need to check it before then." He said as he grabbed Rias's arm.
"Let go of me, Raiser." Rias said with a deep and serious voice while shaking his hand off her. By the tone of her voice and her expression Issei concluded that she was really pissed off.
The guy, now identified as Raiser, didn't seem to care about having his hand shook off and just smirked. His cocky attitude started to tick Issei off to the point where he stepped forward and faced him.
"Hey you, you are being rude to Buchou. Actually, what's with that rude attitude towards a girl?" he said with a clear voice. Riser looked at him, and then started looking at Issei as if he was looking at some trash, pissing the boy off even more.
"Ah? Who are you?" hee asked with a displeased tone in his voice. It was totally different from the sweet voice he had towards Rias.
'Nggh, he's clearly looking down on me. I can feel his hatred towards me. But I will say what I have to!' Issei thought while getting more and more frustrated.
"I am the servant Devil of Rias Gremory-sama! I'm the [Pawn], Hyoudou Issei." he said to him with pride in his voice.
"Hmm. Ah, okay." Said Riser without really caring.
SLIP.
Issei slipped after Riser's dull reaction. He felt kind of hurt for some reason by that uncaring reaction. Like he wasn't even worth his notice.
"I mean, who the heck are you?" Issei asked frustrated by the way Riser dismissed him; the guy seemed a bit surprised by Issei's question.
"Oh? Rias, you haven't mentioned me to your servants? I mean, do these guys don't know who I am? Even if they are reincarnated Devils they should know."
"I didn't tell them because there was no need" said Rias harshly.
"Oh my, harsh like always aren't you my dear. Hahaha" he said and starts laughing. Then Grayfia stepped forward and looked at Issei.
"Hyoudou Issei-sama" she said with an emotionless voice surprising Issei
"Y-Yes?" he asks with a stutter.
"This person is Raiser Phenex-sama. He's a pure-blood High-class Devil, and the third son of the House of Phenex." Grayfia explains to him about Riser.
'Yeah, so he's a High-class Devil from the House of Phoenix. So he holds a peerage then. Isn't Phenex a legendary creature that appears in books and is said to be a fire bird or immortal bird…? So there are things similar to it among the Devils' thought Issei as he looked from Grayfia back to Riser.
'So how does a guy like that related to Buchou? A friend? Or is he some childhood friend?' he continued musing trying to piece everything together. As if guessing what Issei was thinking Riser looked back at him with a cocky smile on his face and decided to reveal his true relation with Rias.
"And I'm also the future husband of the next heiress of the House of Gremory" Riser finished Grayfia's introduction of him with his cocky smile getting even bigger with anticipation of their reaction.
'Hm? H-H-Husband...? The next heiress…he isn't talking about Buchou right…?'Thought Issei as his face started losing color.
"I am engaged to Rias Gremory" he finished with a triumphant tone on his voice as he starred at Issei with his cocky smile.
…
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!" Issei screamed because of the shocking revelation. This cocky bastard is his Buchou's fiancé? This left Issei quite speechless and Riser reveled in Issei's shock and denial.
At that moment the sound of someone clearing her throat was heard and everyone in the room looked at Grayfia who had her eyes closed and her left fist in front of her mouth. When she opened her eyes and saw that they were all giving her their attention she spoke.
"Actually Riser-sama your engagement with Rias-ojousama may not be valid anymore do to certain circumstances, which is why this meeting was called" she said and froze everyone in the room; disbelief appeared on Riser's face while hope appeared on Rias's.
"What are you talking about Grayfia?" asked Rias in the hope that whatever circumstances they may be, it will help her end her engagement with Riser.
"A few days ago another, older marriage contract came into effect" she answered shocking everyone in the room, Riser looked at her in with a face that showed that he thought that this was some kind of joke. Rias was perplexed as she wasn't sure if this was a good thing since she didn't know the other who might marry her, for all she knew he was worse that Riser.
"What were the circumstances that occurred?" she asked calmly with the hope that she might escape both contracts.
"You can't be serious Rias, you are marring me. We are ending this discussion right now. I do not know what that other contract might say, but no other family is greater than the Phenex" said Riser with anger evident in his voice.
"Quiet Riser, I told you I will never marry you now matter how much you act as a spoiled child, please answer Grayfia" said Rias and Riser was started seething in anger, he went to argue but Grayfia released a small amount of her Killing Intent making him recoil and sit on the couch next to him.
"A few days ago the heir of a thought to be lost House appeared in the Underworld, the father of said heir had made a marriage contract with the Gremory House years before the contract with the Phenex House, and his appearance made the contract come into effect" she said and everyone in the room focused all their attention on her.
"What is his name, from which House is he from, and why was I not informed about this contract sooner?" asked Rias a little upset that this was kept from her.
"His name is Naruto Uzumaki, Uzumaki being his mother's maiden name, the reason I do not reveal his last name and his House is due to a request from Naruto-sama himself, since he wants to reveal his heritage to the Underworld at an appropriate time of his choosing. As for the reason you were never informed, it was because at the bay of his birth more than eighteen years ago a certain incident occurred clamming both of his parents lives, we assumed he also died thus making the contract invalid" she finished and Rias nodded, accepting the answers Grayfia gave her.
"Hn, that sorry excuse of a devil probably died like the weakling that he most likely was" Riser began saying with his cocky attitude coming back, "I bet he was so week and pathetic that—" Riser would have continued but a massive amount of killing intent slammed on him making him freeze in place, the others around the room also felt it, though not as strongly as Riser, making them sweat and they all looked at Grayfia as she was releasing it, her usual stoic and emotionless face now had a look of anger and disapproval on it.
Rias was shocked at what she was seeing; Grayfia almost never showed any sort of emotion when she was on duty for her to release this strong of a killing intent meant that Riser had insulted someone she respected greatly.
"I would advise you not to insult someone like Minato-sama, Riser-sama" she said with a low and cold voice that sent shivers down their spine, her silver eyes looking straight into Riser's blue ones and he felt like she was looking at his very soul.
"Especially him, as you owe you very existence to him" she finished surprising everyone there with what she said.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Rias as Grayfia calmed down returning to her ever stoic self.
"During the Civil War the Lords and Ladies of the Houses that were against the Old-Maou faction, which included the Lords and Ladies of the Gremory and Phenex, had a secret meeting involving persuading some of the other Houses to join against them, the Old-Maou faction somehow discovered it and send an army of one thousand High-class devils to eliminate them, they would have succeeded had it not been for Minato-sama informing the Lords and intercepting the army completely obliterating it" she answered Rias's question shocking every individual in the room.
'Wow, that guy was really strong' thought Issei with awe and a bit of fear.
'Incredible' thought Kiba, astounded by the tale.
"So you see Riser-sama, if Minato-sama wasn't there your parents would have died and you would never have existed" she finished looking directly at Riser's eyes with her own cold silver ones. Riser said nothing and just gulped.
"Wait a minute" said Rias standing from her chair as she suddenly realized something, "are you talking about the Black Hood?" she asked the maid while looking at her with a shocked expression. Everyone in the room was shocked, except for Issei and Asia who had confused looked on their faces, as Grayfia nodded affirmatively.
"Who?" Issei asked Kiba how was closest to him. Kiba looked at Issei and answered while Asia paid attention to him.
"The Black Hood is one of the greatest figures in Underworld history, named as such due to him always wearing a hood and a black mask; he was one of the greatest heroes of the Civil War, earning for the New-Maou faction a number of victories. It is also stated that he was the greatest spy the New-Maou faction had, supplying them with valuable information that won us many victories, though no one knows his real identity, apart from the higher-ups, still he is a celebrated hero in the Underworld. Heck there is even a very popular cartoon based on him, though the main character's face is always covered in darkness" he answered getting an awed look from Issei and Asia who did not know about it.
Grayfia nodded at Kiba's explanation.
"That is correct; he was also a close friend of the current four Maou" she said and narrowed her eyes at Riser who gulped again. Even if he was a high-class devil hailing from the noble family of Phenex he wasn't powerful enough to take on the Strongest Queen.
"I apologize for my previous words" he said, though it was clear that he did not mean them. Wanting to move the conversation along Rias looked at Grayfia.
"So he, the Black Hood, made a marriage contract with my family?" she asked and the maid nodded.
"Yes, Minato-sama made a marriage contract for his first born child with the House of Gremory over thirty-eight years ago, the first agreement which made the contract go into effect is that the age difference of the heir and the child of Gremory of the opposite gender, to be at most ten years, and since he is eighteen that agreement has past, thus he activation of the contract" she explained to Rias.
"That doesn't matter, the contract of the Phenex and Gremory is still in effect as a result Rias belongs rightfully to me I do not care who he is or what his father has done" said Riser with a demanding voice as he stood up from the couch. Rias looked at him with a deep frown, hating that he had referred to her as if she were an object.
"That is why we have gathered here, once Naruto-sama arrives I will explain the agreements of the contract and what will be done about the situation" said Grayfia and Riser sat back down.
"When will he arrive then?" asked Rias and just as Grayfia was about to answer there was a knock on the door. Rias narrowed her eyes at the door as she hadn't felt anyone enter the barrier which surrounds the old school building nor could she sense anyone behind the door.
"Come in" she said and the door opened.
Entering the room was a young man that made all the girls in the room, except for Grayfia, blush. He was 6 feet tall, he had spiky dark-silver hair and ice blue eyes that captivated them, the most notable, and cute in the girls' opinion, characteristic were the three whisker-like markings he had on each of his cheeks. He was wearing a dark silver V-neck shirt with a high-collared black leather jacket over it. For pants he was wearing black burgundy jeans, and black shinobi sandals. Finally he had a black bandana tied to his left bicep with a metal plate with a strange leaf like symbol engraved on it. His face and body was devoid of fat and his well toned muscles could be seen through his shirt, now he didn't have the body of a bodybuilder, but rather that of an extreme swimmer.
The young man looked around the room, and when he spotted Grayfia, closed the door behind him, walked closer to the center of the room and with a smile filled with warms spoke.
"Greetings, my name is Naruto Uzumaki."
THAT'S A RAP
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