Chapter 4: The Importance of Loyalty

Disclaimer: I don't own High School DxD, however I do own my OC. Please enjoy and tell me what you think about this fanfiction in the reviews. I'm so very sorry for the delay. Both me and my pal were very busy with our lives. But, I'll tell you all that I'm never ever gonna give up on any of my stories. So don't worry.

"You, Orlando took eight pawns pieces. However... They are different than your ordinary pawn pieces. They are eight mutation pieces."

There was a moment of silence. "What!?" Everyone, except Rias and Akeno, were shocked when they heard this.

'Eight mutation pieces! That's insane! I know that I'm the Ultimate Hybrid, but that's unbelievable!' Orlando shouted in his mind.

[It seems that there's still some power that hasn't been awoken yet inside of you. Though, eight mutation pieces means that you are going to be stronger than any ordinary devil. And, in the near future, you may even surpass the Four Great Satans.] Albion explained.

(You don't say! He has both of us and with all three factions including dragon in his genes, I would accept nothing less from our partner.) Ddraig said with pride.

'Okay, I get it, but there has to be more to it than that. I may be the Ultimate Hybrid, but that doesn't make sense. I would think three maybe four, but eight. Is there more to my power that I haven't realized yet?' Orlando questioned himself as he took all the information in.

"Well, that's very surprising. I didn't expect that to happen. But, as the saying goes 'You get what you get and you don't get upset.'. Though, I guess we can say that tonight's mission was a success. And, I'm very impressed on what you all are capable of." Orlando said as they were about to call it a night.

"Yes, but before you go… Orlando, you have one more request. After that, you can call it a night." Rias said as they left the building.

"Sure, I'll make this quick." He said as he left.

He sensed something as soon as he appeared in the building. "Something is not right here. I smell blood and holy weapons." Orlando said as he saw a dead body which was the one who summoned him.

Then, out of nowhere, a man with a crazy madman look in his eyes came out holding a light sword and a gun. Orlando knows that the weapons in that mans hands are holy weapons and he could tell that this man killed the one that summoned Orlando.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here? A shitty devil has arrived." The man said as he licked the blade of his sword.

"Are you the one who killed this person?" Orlando didnt need to ask him as he glared at this man, but he didn't look down at him.

"Maybe, or maybe not. But, then again, he did summon a shitty devil so he had to die. And, I'm even more in the mood to kill again." The man said as he pointed his gun at Orlando, but Orlando didn't show fear or hesitation as he continued to stare at this man.

The man then fired his gun at Orlando. The bullet came really close to Orlando's head, but, to the mans shock, Orlando caught the bullet between his teeth and crushed the bullet to pieces.

"Was that your best shot?" With these words, the man charged at Orlando with his sword ready to cut him, but Orlando saw through his attacks and simply dodged every slash as he delivered a swift punch to the mans face making him stumble back.

But then Orlando heard once more the sweet voice from earlier today. "Father Freed." To Orlando's surprise, he saw Asia yet again today.

"Ah, Asia. Is the barrier up yet?" The man asked, but then Asia saw Orlando standing in the room.

"Or-Orlando? What are you doing here?" She asked him in confusion.

"So, you know this shitty devil? Sorry Asia, but he's a devil. And, he needs to die just like the man that summoned him." The man known as Freed said.

Asia then saw the dead body before her as she was still trying to calm herself after learning that the boy she met was a devil. "But, Father Freed why?"

"Because summoning a devil is a sin. That person had to die because of his actions." The man said, but Orlando can see the look in his eyes as he can tell that he didn't care if it was a sin or not.

"You didn't kill because it was a sin. You get kicks when you kill for your own enjoyment." Orlando bared his fangs as he was enraged by this mans actions.

"So, the shitty devil figured it out. But, who cares? I'm going to enjoy when I put holes and cuts on your body." Freed said as he was about to attack again. However, Asia ran past him and stood right in front of Orlando.

"Orlando, is it true? Are you really a devil?" She asked with a sad look on her face. The look on her face calms the anger in Orlando's glare as she continues to look at him.

"Yes, Asia. I'm a devil. I'm sorry that I lied to you." Orlando said with sorrow in his voice.

"Asia move aside! This devil needs to die!" Freed shouted at the nun.

"NO!" She said to the man as she clung to Orlando's shirt with tears in her eyes. "Orlando is a good person. I don't care if he's a devil."

"You bitch! Get out of my way!" He ran and shoved Asia away from Orlando and was about to slash her with his blade, but he was held back by a red gauntlet which belongs to Orlando. Orlando tightens his grip and shattered the sword, but then Freed pointed his gun at him only for Orlando to snatch it from him. He then crushed the gun as if it was just regular play dough. After that, Orlando sent another punch to Freed's face breaking his nose as blood leaked out.

"Leave her out of this." Orlando said as he stood in front of Asia protecting her.

"You Bastard." As Freed said that, the floor started to glow as Rias appeared with Kiba who was holding out a sword and Koneko in a fighting stance.

"Are you alright?" Rias asked in concern.

"I'm fine. But, I can't say the same for him." Orlando said as he was glaring at Freed who was holding his injured nose.

"Damn, more shitty devils and all my toys are destroyed." Freed hissed, but then started to chuckle with a grin on his face. "We'll meet again you shitty devils, but when we do I'm going to kill you all. Hahahahahaha!" He cackled and ran out of the room.

"Miss president, fallen angels are coming soon we should leave now." Kiba said as they already sensed that.

"You're right. Orlando, get in the circle we're leaving." Rias said as they got ready to leave using the magic circle.

Orlando knew he had to follow orders, but he couldn't just leave Asia like that as he looks at Rias then at Asia. He then tightens his fists and ran to Rias. "Asia! Be safe! I made a promise and I tend to keep!" He said as he and the others left.

Back at the clubroom:

"As you know, you shouldn't be close to her. This should be obvious since she is a nun and in fallen angel hands." Rias said with a stern face.

"She is being used. Even if she's a nun or in fallen angel hands. Who knows what they'll do to her." Orlando said in concern.

"You are not going to be close to her and that's it." After saying that, she saw the anger in Orlando's eyes as the atmosphere got cold.

"Have a good night." Orlando said with venom in his voice as everything went back to normal as he left the club room.

Back at Orlando's house:

Orlando sat at his dining room table staring at his dinner as he felt concerned for his friend. He thought to himself and had to come up with something until he heard his stomach growl. He wants to eat his dinner, but first he will need to set the mood. He took a scented candle and placed it in the middle of the table and blew a few embers from his mouth to light up the candle. As he is a part dragon, so of course he can breathe fire. With the mood set, he began to eat his dinner.

Before sleeping, Orlando made a phone call.

"Hey, it has been a while. How've you been?" Asked Orlando.

"It has been going well. Are you keeping up with your training?" Asked the one on the other end.

"Of course. What do you take me for? But, I finally was able to make contact with the Devils." Orlando explained.

"So, you are finally whole? I'm proud of you, brat. So, who's the lucky one?"

"Rias Gremory." Orlando simply said.

"You lucky son of a gun!"

"Shut-up! Anyways, I was attacked a few times. By fallen angels no less." Orlando continued.

"Is that so?"

"Yeah, and they have this nun with a very unique sacred gear. Something tells me that they are planning on doing something to her and it doesn't seem that they'll let her live after they're done with her." Orlando said.

"Damn, that's some serious stuff. I wish I could do something for you, but I can't."

"Maybe you can. I'll call you when something comes up. Right now, it's getting late. Talk to you later. Love you, Uncle."

"Good Night, brat. Love you too."

Orlando ended the call with his Uncle and turned in for the night.

In the morning:

It was a day off from school as Orlando took it as another day to train, even though he trains every day. He wore a black tank top, dark blue sweat pants, jacket, and white running shoes. Around his ankles and wrist were black weights and under his tank top was another weight wrapped around his body. These weren't normal weights as they had to be ten times heavier than what Koneko would lift.

As Orlando was doing a full sprint around without stopping for at least an hour, he stopped and took out a water bottle and began to drink. Gulping down the thing he would call liquid gold as Orlando pushes himself to his limits when he trains.

"Orlando?" Orlando then turned to the voice. It was Asia who said that.

"Asia? You are alright!" After the night before, it seems that she was alright.

A little later from that:

Orlando took a break from training and spent some time with Asia as he promised her. They were having lunch, though Asia had it hard as she didn't have the courage to order her food, but Orlando did it for her and they sat together.

"Oh, I'm so pathetic. I couldn't even order something by myself." Asia said sadden as they were at a table with burgers and fries.

"Don't say that, Asia. You just have to work on your confidence and I'm sure you'll get better at things." His words cheered up the nun a little bit as she then started to figure out how to eat her food.

"Oh, you eat the burger like this." Orlando unwrapped his burger and took a bite to show Asia. She also did the same and it seems that she enjoyed it.

"This is very good. I never had this before." She stated.

"You mean that you never ate something like this before?" He asked as he continues to eat. He still had three more burgers to go.

"No… I've only eaten pastas and broth most of my life." Her words came to Orlando as he spat out his soda he was drinking with surprise.

"What!?" He shouted only for them to hear. "Asia, my dear, you are missing out on some great things that the world has to offer. There are a lot of great food out there." He proclaimed as Orlando is a cook and takes this to heart as he loves to eat as if it were his life.

"You have a lot to learn Asia and today Orlando's Super Fun Tour of Excitement is about to begin!" He said but his stomach growled. Even after finishing one burger that didn't fill him. "Right after we eat." He said as he sat back down and began to eat his second one.

The blonde girl giggled at the boy in front of her as he continues to eat. He also showed her how to eat fries and dipping them in ketchup. After that, Orlando took Asia around town showing her many different places. Like the clothes shops, the bakery, the bookstore (Where he showed her a recipe book of different foods beforehand.), and then they stopped at the arcade.

They played many fun games. A racing car game, a bowling ball game, a DDR game, and many other games. Though, Orlando would love to play shooting games, but he didn't want to scare Asia for life if he made her play House of the Dead.

As they walked around the arcade, Asia was staring at a claw machine with Pokémon inside of it. Orlando smiled as he put in a quarter and took the controls. He saw what Asia was looking at and it so happens to be a Pikachu. Though, it was in a hard spot, so Orlando focused really hard as he sent the claw to grab it. As it was coming up, it could have fell as it was hanging on its foot, but Orlando managed to get it as he gave it to Asia.

Soon after they left the arcade, they sat on a bench near a big water fountain. Asia hugged the yellow mouse in her arms while sitting next to Orlando as she told him the story of her past.

"When I was a baby I was abandoned by my real parents. They left in front of a church in a small town in Europe." Orlando could understand the pain of being abandoned as he continues to listen. "I was told when I was found that I wouldn't stop crying. The nuns there took me and raised me. Then, when I was 8, a sad little puppy that was hurt found its way to the church where I lived. I prayed to God to spare him and when I did a miracle happened."

"So, that was the day you found out that you have this power?" Orlando questioned.

"Yes. Because of my power, I was sent to a larger church. Men and women from all over the world came to visit me when they were sick or injured. With this power to help others, I felt happy that I finally had a purpose." She continued. "Then one day I came across a man who was in a bad shape. I was able to heal him, but… He wasn't a man. He was a devil and I was hated for my actions, so they exiled me from the church."

"Hmmm… I'm sorry for what happened to you. Then after that I guess you joined the fallen ones?" Orlando asked.

"Yes, but I never forget who I am. I say my prayers and try my best to live a good life. They do so many cruel things in the name of God. This suffering has to be the test of my faith. But, if I overcome these trials, I know someday all my hopes and dreams will come true. That's what I believe in anyway." She said.

"What are your hopes and dreams, Asia?" Orlando asked still saddened by her story as he felt that she was similar to him for being abandoned, hated, and surviving against the cruelties of this world.

"To make some lifelong friends. To get to know them well and do many new things. To have fun and laugh together." She giggled at her words. " It's kind of silly, I know. To be honest, I'd be happy with any friends." She said with that sweet smile of hers.

This brought Orlando's saddened face to a warming smile as he wrapped an arm around Asia and brought her into a hug.

"I guess you finally achieved your dream then." He said.

"What?" She blushed from his actions.

"We spent time together as promised and we're friends, aren't we?" He said with his smile. "I understand you, Asia. I too was abandoned and hated by others. But, I choose to accept it as I moved on. The world can be cruel one way or another, but I too dream of living happily with my friends one day. And that's what we are and will always be. Through thick and thin, Asia."

This brought Asia to tears of joy as she accepted the embrace of her very first friend.

"Thank you, Orlando." Asia said.

It was a great and touching moment. But, it didn't last long.

[(Watch your six!)] The dragons said as they sensed someone coming, but Orlando knew someone was there without the dragons' help.

"I'm sorry, Asia, but you have to come back to the church." To Orlando's surprise it was Raynare. "Come quietly please, Asia. I'm not in the mood... Orlando?" The fallen angel said as she stared at the kind boy she technically murdered.

"Hey Ray." Orlando said with a smile.

"But, how? I thought I killed you!?" This brought back memories from the day she backstabbed the first person that cared for her.

"Yes, you kind of did, but I was resurrected as a devil." He explained.

This brought the fallen angel to tears. "Why!? This is so unfair!"

She started to cry. "Why you of all people? Y-you actually cared about me." She said as she looked at the bracelet Orlando got her that day.

"So, you still have it?" He asked with a frown at her sadness.

"Yes, I never wanted to take it off. You showed me fun and treated me with kindness. No one has ever done that for me." She continued to cry till she was brought into a hug as she looked into Orlando's eyes. "Orlando?"

"It's okay." He said as he tightened his embrace letting the fallen angel girl cry. When she finally calmed down, the three of them sat together on the bench.

"I'm sorry, Orlando, but I have to take Asia back with me." Raynare said sadly.

"But why? What do the other fallen angels plan to do with her?" He asked wanting to know.

"We planned to extract her sacred gear from her body. Though, that would end up killing her in the end." She explained shocking Asia.

"But, why?" The blond asked.

"I can't say. We were given orders to take your sacred gear by our leader." Ray said.

"Who exactly gave you the order? From what I know, your leader doesn't stoop that low." Orlando said.

"We were given orders by a cadre fallen angel to do this or we will never be of use to our leader." She explained.

Orlando thought for a moment and put the pieces together. "You've been tricked."

"What?"

"I said you've been played. Whoever it was that gave the order, it was for their selfish gains." Orlando said as he got his phone out and dialed.

"Hey, have you caught anything today?" Orlando asked.

"Nah, it's hard to make them bite nowadays. So, what's up? Do you have any leads?"

"Yeah and there's someone I like you to talk to as she needs a true explanation." Orlando said as he was handing his phone to Raynare.

"Orlando?" She questioned as she took his phone.

"Trust me. I have a plan." He then turned to Asia. "And it won't cost anyone's life."

Back at the club room as Orlando has to report to her:

(Rias, that's not a good idea. Don't slap him!) Ddraig tried to warn and stop Rias from doing the deed, but…

'Slap!' Rias slapped her hand right in Orlando's face.

"What did I just say. You're not allowed to see her again. It's bad enough that the fallen angels are in my territory, but it's not our problem and we can't get involved." Rias explained with a serious face.

Though, when she stopped speaking the room got cold and the atmosphere was heavy. Orlando glared daggers at Rias as he growled with his eyes glowing their red and blue colors. She was a bit scared by this action, but then Orlando took a deep breath calming himself as the atmosphere returned to normal.

He turned away from Rias as he spoke. "Not our problem? To you yes, but it is my problem. I am your servant indeed, but right now my friend is in danger. Who knows what they plan to do to her if they do what they are planning."

"But, I'm not going to stand by and see them hurt my friend. To me, my friends are my family. And when you mess with my friends, they have to be ready to deal with me." He continued. "Rias, I hold loyalty above everything else. And I made a promise to be there for Asia. As her friend, I have to do my part and be there for her when she needs me the most. I'm sure you and the others would do the same if it were me I'm hoping."

"I'm going. Whether you like it or not. Nothing comes between me and the ones I care about." With those words, Orlando took his leave.

On the way leading to the Church:

Orlando was heading towards the Church. He hoped that everything goes as planned.

[You kept your cool for a bit when she slapped you. Though, you let your emotions get to you there, but you managed. But, you'll have to follow her rules, Orlando. It's true that you are stronger than her, but she is your master and you have to obey her rules if you want to keep your secret.] Explained Albion.

(He's right, partner. I know it hurts, but we have to keep the profile low.) Said Ddraig.

'I know guys, but saving Asia comes first than anything else right now. After this, I'll follow Rias and her ways. Though, it's hard to forget old wounds.' Orlando remembered the time when he was still under his mother's rule. He was strictly raised. And when he messed up or disobeyed his mother, he got slapped and whipped with a belt. He even was soaked with ice cold water. It is hard to forget the pain he had to endure.

As he was walking, he heard two others behind him. He turned to see that they were Kiba and Koneko.

"If you're trying to bring me back, I'm not going to let you." Orlando said.

"On the contrary, we're not. We're here to help." Kiba explained. "I'm not really a fan of the fallen angels so I guess I will have to help you stop their havoc."

"I didn't want to let Kiba handle this alone, and I didn't want you to do this on your own too." Koneko said with a light blush.

Orlando lightened up a bit and smiled at both of them. "Well… Let's get moving then." He said to both of them as he continued walking.

When they made it to the church, they were met by Freed. "So, we meet again, you shitty devils. Though, this time, you guys will die for sure." Freed said as he licked his new blade.

"Hmph! It seems that I haven't hit you hard enough." Orlando said as he looked at the madman with disgust.

"Allow me to handle this." Kiba said as he stepped in with his sword ready.

"Oh, so you want to die before your friends? I'm going to enjoy cutting you up." Freed charged at Kiba as they crossed blades.

"I can handle him on my own. Go on without me." Kiba said as he continued to fight Freed.

"Alright, don't die on us." Orlando said as he and Koneko went deeper into the church.

As they made it to a secret underground room, they saw Asia chained up to a wall and many cloaked figures that are doing a ritual. And, standing around Asia were Raynare, Dohnaseek, Kalawarner, and Mittelt.

"You are too late! The ritual has already begun!" Raynare shouted and winked for Orlando to see as his plan was in motion.

"We'll see about that! Koneko, could you handle a few cloaked weirdos?" Orlando asked as he summoned his Boosted Gear.

(Boost!)

"Yes." She simply said as she took a fighting stance.

"Good." Orlando smirked.

(Boost!)

Before the enemies could attack, Orlando stomped his foot which caused the entire room to shake. So, everyone, aside from Orlando and Koneko, fell flat. Then, he made a jump for Asia while Koneko dealt with the ones on the ground.

(Boost!)

"You won't stop us!" Dohnaseek said as he and the others get their light spears ready and threw them at Orlando. But, to their shock, he used his Sacred Gear to slap the spears aside.

(Boost!)

"Is that all you got?" Orlando smirked, "Try this!" as he aimed his right arm at them.

"Dragon Shot!" Orlando shot a red beam from his gauntlet as the beam blasted the front of the fallen angels making a cloud of smoke and light damage to them.

With that, Orlando quickly got Asia free from the chains. He saw that she was not hurt as they didn't complete the ceremony and made another jump for it.

"Koneko, I freed Asia! I'll take her to safety and come back for you!" Orlando said as he carried Asia.

"That won't be necessary!" as Kiba made his entrance with his sword in hand, "I was able to scare Freed off so I came to help out. You get her out of here. We will hold them back."

"You sure?" Orlando asked.

"Don't worry about us. We'll be fine." Kiba smiled.

"Yes, go." Koneko said as she and Kiba held the enemies back.

"Thanks guys." Orlando smiled as he made his exit with Asia.

Making his way up, he put Asia down on a bench causing Asia to wake up.

"Orlando!" Asia automatically hugged him and he hugged her back, "I knew you would come."

"It's ok, Asia. I'm here." Orlando said.

"Not for long." Orlando turned to see the four fallen angels.

"Oh, really?" Orlando said without a care in the world.

"Yes, we are going to end you here and get that girl's Sacred Gear." Dohnaseek said.

"Right." Orlando simply said as his phone started to ring, "Oh, sorry, allow me to get that." Orlando took his phone and answered the call as everyone sweat drop, except Raynare and Asia.

"Right, it seems my Uncle would like a few words with you." Orlando said as he put his phone on speaker and showed his phone to the fallen angels, this made their eyes widen.

A few minutes later:

"Are you guys alright?" Orlando asked as Koneko and Kiba came back.

"Yeah, everything went well." Kiba said.

"Is she okay?" asked Koneko.

"I'm fine thank you." Asia said.

Rias and Akeno made their entrance just then.

"Did everything go well?" Rias asked.

"Yes." Orlando simply said knowing that his defiance won't be tolerated.

"You know. From disobeying your master and almost going into fallen angel territory without my permission, I should punish you." She said seeing the sad look on Orlando's face. "But, I'll let it slide. You are all alive and that's what counts." She smiled.

"Thank you." Orlando said with a small smile.

"Um, excuse me?" Asia asked shyly.

"Yes?" Rias turned her attention to Asia.

"Um, are you all devils along with Orlando?" The nun asked.

"Yes, I'm Rias Gremory, Orlando's master." Rias explained.

"Could you... please... turn me into a devil?!" She asked out of nowhere shocking them.

"Asia, are you sure? I mean you don't have to do this. If you become a devil, you'll never be able to pray to God again." Orlando said.

"He's right. As a devil, you'll feel pain for praying to God. And, why may I ask would you want to become a devil?" Rias asked.

"Orlando, even though he lied to me by not saying that he was a devil, he protected me and kept his promise. I may not be able to pray to God, but it's worth it if I'm able to be with Orlando." Asia said with a serious look on her face.

"Asia." Orlando said touched by her words.

This put a smile on Rias's face. "I see, then I will do it." She said as she prepared Asia and so Asia was now Rias's Bishop.

The very next day in class with Orlando:

"Good morning, class. Today, we have two new students in our class." The teacher announced, "Please go ahead and introduce yourselves."

"Hi, I'm Asia Argento! Please take good care of me!" The blonde-haired girl said embarrassed.

"And I'm Yuuma Amano! Nice to meet you all!" Raynare disguised as her Yuuma form had a big wide smile on her face.

Orlando smiled at the two. Both had their reasons for being there, Asia wanting to be with Orlando and make new friends, and Raynare also wants to be with Orlando. Orlando then saw that the perverted boys in his class drooling over the two new students which made his smile turn into a frown.

"And I would like to say I'm living with my boyfriend, Orlando!" Raynare blushed with a smile as she sent a bombshell off. Orlando then started to panic and all the boys started to growl and asked Orlando why he has a girl like her living with him.

(HA! Good head on her shoulders, and nice set of knockers too.) Ddraig chuckled as he stared from Orlando's right eye to look at Raynare's chest.

[You are unpleasant.] Albion said.

(Hey! You like ass! Why can't I stare at tits if it's okay for you to stare at ass!?) Ddraig protested.

'Would you two shut-up! She planned this!' Orlando said with a mad blush on his face. He looked straight at Raynare to see her wink at him. It was true though… Under strict orders, Raynare, Kalawarner, Dohnaseek, and Mittelt are to protect and keep an eye out for Orlando. And so, they are living with Orlando at his house.

After class, Orlando and Raynare were called to the nurse's office:

"Really?" Orlando asked as he saw Kalawarner in a nurse's outfit as she sat in a chair and it seems that she is the new nurse at the school.

"Really, really." She giggled, "This is my new job. And Mittelt is a first year here too." She mentioned.

"Alright, well I have to go to the gym and Ray has another class. See you later, Kala." Orlando said as he left the nurse's office.

"So, that's the guy you truly like?" Kalawarner asked Raynare.

"Yeah." She simply said with a blush.

"I can say that you have a good catch. I might just take him for myself." Kalawarner said with a smirk while looking at the rose she was given from Orlando.

"What?"

"Oh, nothing."

During Orlando's gym class:

"Hello class. I'm your new gym teacher. Call me Mr. Don or Don. Both are fine." Dohnaseek said as he was somewhat hesitant about his new orders, but he had no choice as orders were orders. And now, he is wearing a black sweat jacket and pants.

"I'm guessing you are still adjusting to all of this?" Orlando whispered.

"You have no idea, kid. I was assigned to many things. And teaching a class wasn't one of them." Dohnaseek simply said as he blew his whistle to begin the exercises.

In the club room after school:

"What are you four doing here?" Rias was not happy as Orlando brought all four fallen angels to the club room as they had business with her.

"We didn't actually have a choice. We were given new orders to look after Orlando and protect him. But, we also have to be here as you are his master. And, we are supposed to give you this as well." Kalawarner said as she handed Rias a letter.

After reading it, the red head sighed. "I understand. You are welcome here at the club room, but if you try anything, you'll regret it." She said with anger in her eyes.

"Don't worry about us. We're just here to do our job. We won't mess with your affairs." Mittelt said.

After that Kalawarner and Dohnaseek had to go cause of a few last-minute things as Orlando took a seat on one of the couches across from Rias.

"You know, despite everything Rias, you really took a gamble with me. Using all your pawn pieces to bring me back. You could've just given me a few and save the rest for others you know." Orlando said to the red head.

"Yes, I did. But, I think it was worth it. Even though, that was the only way to bring you back though." She said as she got up from her seat and walked over to behind of Orlando and hugged him making him blush.

"Do you really mean that?" He asked still blushing.

"I had a feeling your power alone would be enough to replace the others. Those without potential are hard to find. So, I consider this sacrifice well worth the risk." She continued, "You are worth it. The Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess and the Red Dragon Emperor. I think this is a perfect match." She said smiling at him.

'I guess it was a good idea to pick you, Ddraig. No offense to you. Albion.' Orlando said as his eyes turned to red and blue.

[None taken.] Albion simply said.

(It was wise to pick me. Not only did it make her happy, but it's the perfect match to boot.) Ddraig smirked.

"Strive to become the Ultimate Pawn. I have complete faith that you can do this. Consider it an order my dear servant." She said as she looked deeply into his eyes.

"As you wish, my lady." Orlando said smiling softly looking into her eyes till she kissed his forehead making him blush even more as the dragons within him whistled.

"Just a little spell to increase your stamina." She said.

"Right." Orlando said, 'Like I don't have enough of it.'

"You know, I think I should stop. Or the others might become jealous." Rias said as Orlando looked to see an unpleasant Raynare, Asia with a bit of tears, and Mittlet with a pouty face with her cheeks puffed.

"What's going on!?" Asia asked feeling a little off.

"It's-it's nothing Asia! Nothing at all." Orlando said waving his arms in defense.

"It's ok, I'll just have to try harder. Dear lord, please forgive... ow." Asia felt her head hurt as she was trying to pray.

"Yeah, sorry, Asia. But, when you're a devil, you can't pray to God." Rias explained. "But, how do you feel about all of this?"

"I have no regrets. As long as I can be forever together with Orlando is enough." Asia said with a smile.

"Perfect! Everyone's here. I brought a cake to welcome our new members." Akeno came in with a cart carrying a cake.

"We should just dig into this cake now though… I don't know about you guys, but the biggest slice is for me!" Orlando said as he went quickly, even before Koneko could, to get his slice of cake.

But, as this was going on, Orlando sensed that they were being watched. He turned to the window and saw what seems to be a red bird. Though, Orlando can tell it's a phoenix as he glared at the bird making it panic as it left in flames.

The very next day at Orlando's house:

Orlando was making breakfast for everyone as Dohnaseek was reading the newspaper and drinking a mug of coffee as was Kalawarner sitting next to him as Raynare and Mittlet came in to sit at the table.

"Ok, I got to go. Rias wants to start training early today, so I'll see you guys later." Orlando said as he left and got into his workout clothes to meet Rias at his front door.

"Ready?" She asked.

"I'm always ready, Rias." Orlando said with a smirk.

Orlando began to jog with Rias as she was riding a bike, but Orlando thought of an idea and started to run in front of Rias with a challenging grin. This led to Rias speeding up, but only for Orlando to do the gesture of the Road Runner and run even further away.

They made it to the park as Orlando was doing pushups with his fist with Rias sitting on his back. Her weight was no problem to Orlando, but her sitting on him was making him blush.

"Ok, another 200 and you're done." The redhead said with a smile.

"1... 2... 3... 4... 5, 6, 7, 8, 9!" Orlando began to push faster than before. Rias then suddenly slapped Orlando on his rear making him panic and face first into the ground. "Could you not do that!? This is off limits!" He said as she giggled only to point out that Asia was coming by.

"Hey you guys I'm here! So sorry I'm late!" She said as she ran only to fall.

Then, the three took a break as Asia gave Orlando some tea.

"Thanks, Asia." Orlando said as he started to drink. Then, Orlando looked towards Rias only to see her having a serious look. "Rias, is something wrong?"

"Huh, oh no, I'm alright. Now that Asia is here, we should go." She said.

"Go where exactly?" Orlando asked.

"To your house. As of today, Asia is staying with you." She announced.

Hoped that you enjoyed! And, once more, sorry for the lateness. I had a lot on my mind. A lot of real life things and thinking of ideas. Anyways, wait till next time! SparkFlame's out!

Edited by Master Genius.