Disclaimer: I don't own High school DxD or Nasuverse

Inspired by M.A.H.Q.R.M.G.I by KSLCross, The White Dragon of Justice by Sangai-Havoc and Gaming DxD by EyesOfChaos

PS: I've changed Haki to it's three separate types, so one type will level up instead of all at the same time.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

- day one -

After packing my things away, the ORC and I stood in a forest area that's not too far away from the castle. The group in question are lined up in typical military fashion and are dressed in the Kuoh PE uniform, with Tōjō wearing bloomers instead of pant.

"Alright, before we officially start training…" I started, standing in front the lined up ORC, before looking at the reason why we haven't started yet: Millicas Gremory, who is wearing his own PE uniform that looks oddly similar to the version that the girls… Actually, I don't want to know where he got them "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to protect Rias-nee-sama from you while doing my own training!" The youngest of the Gremory Siblings declared with a determined glared while throwing some jabs towards my direction, his distrust towards couldn't be more obvious that only children would think otherwise.

"…" I didn't say anything in response. Instead, I thought about the pros and cons of having the youngest person here:

Pros: Millicas might be of help by taking my place as someone's training partner, Gremory to be more specific when I'm focusing on someone… That's it. That's the only thing that I can think off, since I don't have a grasp on his combat capabilities, especially due to him not being Maō Lucifer's child like his canon counterpart.

Cons: He'll get in the way when I'm training Gremory in CQC since he made his intention of being the wall between his sister and I. While I don't care if the ORC loses because of their [King] being weaker, I don't like anyone getting in the way when I'm doing something, whether it's physically or verbally. He can also sway his sister to slack off with his (possible) puppy dog eyes, dragging her away to do who knows what in her home. But I have a feeling that he won't leave even if his sister asked him unless it's really important.

Well, I guess that I just have to deal with it "Alright then, you can join us."

"Wait, you're actually dragging Millicas in our training!?" The older Gremory asked with a surprised look on her face, while the younger one just gave a smile as he threw an arm up in victory.

"Having a second pair of hands isn't too bad of a deal since it'll literally even things out for us." I explained, walking closer to Gremory and looked at her straight in the eyes "But I'll have you force him away if he becomes a hindrance, considering that he doesn't like me." The redhead responded with a nod and so I took a deep breath, [Hamon Breathing] Style, before saying: "Anyways, we'll officially start… But let's add some goals to achieve within the two weeks."

I moved closer to Kiba, who tensed up as if she sensed something will happen… And just before she could bring up her defence or ask me what's wrong, I attacked her with a [Haki/Reinforcement] enhanced palm strike that sent the [Knight] flying (and crashing through a tree again) and followed it up by forcing Tōjō to face plant on the ground with a karate chop at the back of her head.

"You need to be able to get up after tanking a sneak attack like that without too much difficulty…" I said at the tree where Kiba is nearby before turning towards the cat that's rubbing her head in an attempt to ease the pain and the dizziness she's going through, ignoring Gremory and Himejima's shocked expressions "While you need to be able to dodge 100 attacks within a session without tiring." Looking at the two oldest members, I began to walk over towards them "Now for you two, you'll need to land a hit on me that would push me back even if I have my guard up." When I was in arms reach from them, I held up my hands with my palms open wide before saying "Now then, show me how you punch."

[-4HP]

Instead of punching one of my hands, Himejima took a shot at my face with a right hook that's clearly strengthened by her lightning "How's that!?" The [Queen] asked with anger clear in her voice as she readied another lightning powered strike.

Instead of answering right away and letting her hit me again, I gripped her wrist tightly when her punch was about to connect and easily pushed it away "…You've been waiting to do since yesterday, haven't you?" I stated, looking at the [Queen] who struggling to free herself from my grip… But to no avail "Also, that attack was pathetic… Let me show you how it's done."

I quickly struck the hybrid with a [Haki] enhanced uppercut, knocking her out cold and forcing her into the air due to the strength of the attack but my grip prevented the Yamato Nadeshiko from flying away. Instead, I pulled her back and twisted around before throwing Himejima towards her [King], who caught her [Queen] despite how unexpected the move.

"Akeno!" Instead of calling out of my cruel treatment to her precious family and getting angry at me, Gremory desperately tried (and fail) to wake up the unconscious [Queen] "Akeno, please wake up!"

"H-How could you be so cruel!?" Millicas asked with a loud and angry tone, pretty much voicing what Gremory would have said if she focused on the person responsible to her friend's condition, but I ignored the boy's question. Instead, I began to walk over to the tree that Kiba (and I) destroyed using her body "Hey, I'm talking to you!"

Once again ignoring Millicas, I looked over the remains of the tree's trunk to see Kiba in pretty bad shape, blood flowing down her head with some red spots all over her uniform, as she laid there like a helpless crippled man "C'mon Kiba, get up!" I barked at the [Knight] once I was right in front of her, who was struggling to get up as if my voice woke her up from a painful slumber "Is that you can do!? Are you a weakling that can't get up after a single hit!?" I then squatted, staring down at her with disappointed eyes as I mock her "If that love tap would be enough to bring you down, then you better give up on fighting in the [Rating Game] for your [King]. Because you'll be nothing more but a liability, dead weight that your group has to drag around!"

The [Knight] suddenly took hold of my left hand, gripping it tightly while trying (and failing) to get up "I…" Kiba growled before slowly looking up at my face, her face twisted between pain and anger that I can't tell which one is more dominant "I'm… Not… Dead weight!"

"Oh really now?" I asked while gripping her other hand tightly before standing up, pulling her back on her feet in the process. I then pointed at the rising of the white cat, who was also looking at me with a pissed off glare on her face "If you want to prove me wrong, then start attacking Tōjō and take hits from her!"

"I d-"

"Do you want to go through another tree?" I cut-off the [Knight] with a simple question and a raised palm, silencing her before she started to stagger towards her training partner while creating a blunt sword-

I hopped a few steps back in order to evade an incoming attack, the colour clearly identifying itself as the [Power of Destruction], before turning towards a clearly pissed off Gremory "Good… You're pissed enough that you want to kill me." I muttered out loud with an amused smirk before holding out my arms in typical Frieza fashion "Now then, come close so that you can try to beat the shit out of me!" I grin as I said that altered JoJo quote "Use that anger as motivation to actually damage this shitty trainer of yours!"

"You don't need to tell me twice!" Taking the bait, which further pushed by her anger, Gremory ran towards me with her right hand coated in a bit [Power of Destruction], looking very familiar to another character's typically MUDA! attack "I'll beat you up until you cry like a baby!"

Curious but cautious about the attack, I used [Kenbunshoku Haki] to see where the attack is going to land while activating [Busoshoku Haki] and [Reinforcement] to strengthen my left hand before blocking the attack. The punch landed on my open palm… And nothing happened. My hand didn't disintegrate from coming in with the [Power of Destruction]. No skin was destroyed/burned from blocking the attack. Not even any damage was received from blocking the punch. In fact, I saw that the [Power of Destruction] surrounding Gremory's hand disappear the instant it came in contact with my hand.

…Could [Busoshoku Haki] register/confuse magic as [Devil Fruit] powers? I mean, I never did use [Bokushoku Haki] to defend myself from magic attacks until now since I don't have enemies in the [ID] that uses magic. Also, the weird thing is that [Busoshoki Haki] is known for bypassing [Devil Fruit] defensive abilities that are mostly known within the [Logia] and [Paramecia] types, not negate said defences.

But ignoring [Busoshoku Haki]'s strange nature here, with the ability to negate magic, which would explain why Gremory's magic vanished, then [Busoshoku Haki] is far more versatile due to nearly everyone in this universe uses magic. I can essentially hit Maō Lucifer in her true form just how a [Busoshoku Haki] user can hit a [Logia/Paramecia Devil Fruit] user.

Now then, back to business "…Was that supposed to be a punch?" I asked with deadpanned eyes, unimpressed and disappointed at Gremory's underwhelming STR, before gripping her fist tightly that I can hear bones popping while her pained expression made me feel a good bit. I know that she doesn't train in CQC, but that punch was so weak that it didn't do any damage when I blocked it that it's not even funny! "I couldn't tell the difference between your 'punch' and a kitten's paw patting me!"

Just before I could punch Gremory, I saw an attack at my 5'o clock from Millicas thanks to [Kenbunshoku Haki] still active. So I headbutt the redhead to attack her and dodge the incoming attack by bending my head forward, before letting go of Gremory's hand to look at the glaring boy… And saw a pissed off Himejima behind him, her right hand clutched in a tight fist with sparks of electricity surrounding said hand.

…Well, looks like this is going to be fun. I wonder, how long they will last against me?

- a few hours later -

"…Can I ask why most of you are heavily injured and filthy from training?" Lucifuge asked as ORC, Millicas and I stood before the maid within the corridor of the castle. The members of the ORC are covered in dirt and hurting all over, with Tōjō being the only one that's less injured due to her type of training and being able to take more punishment, while Millicas and I are still dirty but are far from being in pain "Especially you, Yumi-san."

Kiba just gave a pained smile, not having the energy to verbally reply since even laughing is painful for the [Knight].

"He was horrible, Grayfia-nee-sama!" Millicas started as pointed at my face with an accusing finger "All he did was bark orders and hit everyone but me!" Obviously, since I wasn't paid by Himejima to train a kid like you for the [Rating Game] "I can't possibly see that as any form of training!"

Lucifuge turned towards me with a cold look in her eyes, while I just looked back at her with a blank expression "Kōjiro-san… I hope that you're not here as their 'teacher' just to torment them through your so-called training." I didn't react as she moved close that she's within arms reach, the distance where she can instantly kill me with an attack "Because I will force you to leave if you have been nothing but a nuisance to Ojou-sama and her family." The silver-haired woman paused for a few seconds before letting out a sigh "No matter, just clean up before Lord Zeoticus and Lady Venelana arrive." The [Strongest Queen] then turned towards her [King]'s little sister "You wouldn't want them to see you filthy, as it's unfitting for the House of Gremory's heiress to be dirty as a wild minotaur."

"Did someone called for us?" A masculine voice called out from our back, bring our attention to the source to see two people, male and female walking through the front door.

The man looks like a middle-aged but good-looking version of Millicas, possessing that long crimson red hair, which is tied in a loose ponytail with a black hairband, and blue eyes that the siblings no doubt inherited. His attire consists of multiple layers of cloths: He wears a white shirt with mostly black and gold trims and a black X print on it with one line is far thicker by having a red inside. Above the shirt is a black high collar poncho like cloth that's decorated with golden patterns. And underneath the shirt is a purple robe with golden trims, reaching down to his ankles. On the bottom part consist of black pants and white boots that reach up just below his knees.

The woman looks just like Gremory that they could easily be passed as sisters due to possessing that same face and body, but with short brown hair and violet eyes instead of crimson and blue respectively. Her attire is a white dress that shows off her figure (especially her breasts) a lot, with frills and black trims that reaches below her knees, with the skirt part showing that it has three layers: two white parts with the bottom one being longer and a black transparent part in between. The dress is held up by black straps with white frills, attached by golden stars and possess a black ribbon at the middle of the dress that's barely hidden by her breasts. Her arms are covered by opera gloves that match the dress, with a wedding ring visible on her left ring finger.

Zeoticus and Venelana have appeared.

"Okaa-sama. Otou-sama. I've returned" Gremory greeted her parents with an awkward smile on her face while Himejima, Tōjō and Kiba tried their best to bow without showing their fatigue, which is quite the challenge for [Knight].

"Ara Rias, why are you and your servants injured and covered in so much dirt?" Venelana asked while Millicas rushed to his father and gave the man a hug, who returned the favour with a smile on his face. Her gaze swept over the group before resting on me, confusion clear in her eyes as her next line is: "And who might you be?"

"And who might you be?"

"My name is Raiga Kōjiro, your daughter and her team's trainer to prepare them for the [Rating Game]." I introduced myself with a slight nod, before looking at the glaring boy "Though, I'm pretty sure that your son would call me a very bad one-"

*Growl!*

A loud growl (hungry stomach variant) interrupted my speech and causing a few seconds of awkward silence between all of us. Looking at the source, I saw Tōjō with an embarrassed blush on her face as she was looking at the wall at her right in order to play innocent.

*Growl!*

*Growl!*

*Growl!*

*Growl!*

But it looks like the cat isn't the only one, as the stomachs of the other ORC members and Millicus also let out the same hungry noises that their first comrade did.

"…Well, let's continue this talk over dinner after everyone takes a bath." Zeoticus said with an amused smile while every youngster but me let out embarrassed chuckles.

"Akeno-chan hired you to train them for the [Rating Game]?"

I nodded Venelana's words as the family, the ORC and I sat in large room for a dining hall, with a long table that looks like it belongs to royalty that's filled with exotic looking dishes on expensive looking plates (but I don't feel hungry at all for some reason.) and the chairs covered in expensive looking ornaments while an extravagant chandelier hangs on the ceiling above it… Well, I guess that might as well use all of the free space by making everything look big and fancy

"It was honestly unexpected, her asking to speak with me outside of the clubroom on the day before your second child's fiancé arrives. But I was kinda glad that Himejima did that since she pretty much gave me a warning that your daughter would something drastic." I glanced at Lucifuge before turning towards the heiress, who was looking everywhere but me "And I was able to avoid a misunderstanding between me and her."

"Hahaha!" Zeoticus laughed with a slightly amused tone in it, smirking at his daughter who was obviously not as amused as her father "Well, I should have expected that Rias would do something so reckless and stubborn since she is in her rebellious stage."

"None of that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't engaged to Riser, Otou-sama." Gremory replied, letting him know that she's not amused at all about the engagement "Also, whoever I give my virginity to is my business alone."

"So, Raiga-kun." Venelana started, bringing my attention towards her "What do you think of Rias and her family?"

"Kiba and Tōjō are ok. There's nothing about that really draws my attention to them other than the occasional glances at our kōhai and whatever she eats." I said before glancing at the [Queen] while an incredibly stupid idea came to mind… In order to make myself seem to look repulsive and stupid in front of the House of Gremory "As for Himejima… I'm a bit worried about her."

"Oh?" The person in question asked, a curious look on her eyes as she stared at me with a raised eyebrow from her side of the table "In what way?"

"I'm worried that you might become the type of woman that preys on young boys."

*Pfff!*

Due to out of nowhere and the ridiculous reply I gave, Gremory and Tōjō, who were munching on their meals did a spit take at my words while every other person (with a single exception) look completely baffled.

"Kōjiro-kun…" Himejima called out my name with a surprisingly calm voice, but that smile on her face that's doing it's best not to show any anger pretty much told me that she's very pissed "I would kindly ask that you would refrain from making such silly comments about me."

Venelana coughed on her right hand, bringing order back on the table while all of our attention towards her "What about Rias?"

"I hate her."

"…Eh!?" Millicas was the first one break free from the shocked trance they have when they heard me, with only the members of ORC not surprised by my reveal. In fact, Gremory looked really hurt when I those words so seriously "Why don't you like Rias-nee-sama!? There's nothing-"

"You might think that she's an all loving and great one-sama that you love and admire to heaven and beyond, but she's nothing like that at all." I cut-off the boy in much louder than usual voice, annoyed at his obvious biased words due to family and his siscon love towards his sister "And don't try to shove your biased view down my throat like some zealot (AKA a retard within a fandom), since not everyone will think the same way as you do."

A tense silence covered the room, with the parents glaring at me for raising my voice to their little… While I generally don't care if what they think of me, I'm in their territory and it would be pretty difficult to fight them off since I'll be on my own "*Cough*… I'm sorry for the sudden outburst." I bowed my head slightly to the Heads of the House of Gremory "I'm a lot more emotional when talking about things that I hate."

"…Can you at least tell us why you dislike her?" Venelana asked, once again being the voice of reason within the table.

"I already told your daughter, her peerage along and Riser with his peerage on why I hate her yesterday…" I thought out loud, "Well, I guess that I wouldn't mind remind your daughter of my disdain towards her. But can I request for Millicas to not interrupt me when I start explaining?" These got me confused looks from everyone, especially from the person that I'm calling out "Getting interrupted while explaining things is kind of a pet peeve of mine, and I got the feeling that he's likely the first person to interrupt me."

"Millicas." The boy turned towards Zeoticus when his name was called out "Can you promise me that you won't interrupt Raiga Kōjiro's speech?"

Millicas look like he wanted to protest, wanting to protect his sister's honour and image… But the stoic stare from his father pretty much silenced his protest "…Hai, Otou-sama."

Nodded towards Zeoticus in thanks before letting out my reasons for his second daughter. The parents didn't seem all surprised with reason one, with the exception of 'staging my death' part. No reaction from two, probably expecting her seeing loopholes and seeing no problem with. But they did look at their daughter with disappointed eyes after I explained reason three… Seems even the parents don't approve of the daughter's reckless plan. Reason four and five are more personal, and they understood my reasons despite not being able to relate to them due to obvious reasons.

"I see…" Zeoticus said, despite not really understanding my reasons due to living the luxuries life "Thank you for explaining why you hate her Raiga Kōjiro."

"There's no need to fully understand my words." I retorted before he could say anything else "I'm just another-face-in-the-crowd type of guy that hates getting into things that don't matter to me. Honestly, I would in school right now if Himejima didn't pay me to train them." I looked at my untouched food, before standing up and bowing slightly towards Gremory's parents "Thank you for the meal. Now, if you would excuse me."

With that excuse, I left the dining hall back to the five-star class apartment room I'm staying right now. After I laid on the queen-sized bed, I let go of my consciousness and fell into the realm of dreams.

- day two -

My first partner for today is the [Knight] in order to improve her pain tolerance. Without beating around the bush, we went straight to sparing but I turned it into a game with two ground rules:

1) Kiba can't dodge or parry my attacks, as it would defeat the point of tanking damage to (hopefully) improve her pain tolerance.

2) The spar ends with Kiba as the winner if she was able to last for an hour or hits me hard enough to send me through a tree. If she can't go on anymore, then she loses.

Her reward, she can boss me around for three days and two nights and I wouldn't question her demands. In my opinion, it's fair since I'm basically beating the shit out of her in hopes that she would develop a better tolerance to the pain than before.

My reward for winning is that I can order her around tomorrow for the entire day.

Right now, the [Knight] is in bad shape from another person's point of view: Her clothes are covered in dirt and blood, with the latter mostly located in her shirt, mouth and head. While her eyes gave off the look of someone refusing to give up, her body has an entirely different opinion as she's shaking from fatigue and pain…

It's pretty clear that she hasn't fully recovered from yesterday's attack, with today's damage only making things difficult for her. Out of respect for her dedication, I never tried to sucker punch her or use any of my usual enhancements for the entirety of this game as she clearly can't handle another experience like that within to days… But I didn't go easy on her either, as it would spit on her determination and honour as a knight.

…Lancelot, you're really are the one that's messing with me the most. Never have I cared so much about another person's honour before, until now.

I'm pretty fine for the most part, where I'm equipped with a sakabatō (reversed-edge sword) that I asked for Kiba to create for this game and to improve the [Shigure Soen Ryu] even for a bit.

"15… minutes…" Kiba muttered so softly to herself that even I had a hard time hearing her, even when the distance between us isn't that far… And her self-encouragement actually worked as her body is no longer shaking as much a few seconds ago. I'm not sure if this is just adrenaline kicking in or pure determination, but I can't help but worry about her…

Wait, I'm worried about someone else? When the hell did I start to actually care about somebody other than myself when I cam here!? Is it the [Class Cards] fault again? Emiya, despite his cynicism, has more humanity than me since he still has that impossible but noble ideal he still hopes to achieve, despite how many times he has broken it due to his contract with ZA WARUDO! that he completely regretted.

Or maybe… Just maybe, it's the tiniest bit of humanity left in this messed-up head of mine-

[-5HP]

I was violently snapped back into reality by a smack on my face, with the first that I saw is the [Knight]'s grinning face… Why the hell are you grinning as if you've just won against me?

"…You sure are perky for a gal that looks and sounds like she's about to cash it." I shut my mouth when I realised that I've just used western slang. So, I pushed the sword away from my face and I took hold of Kiba's head before head-butting her hard enough to knock her back, which I followed up with a strike on the chest with the sakabatō's hilt and then hit her on the left side of her head with the blunt blade.

The attack on the head seemed to be the trigger as she falls down helplessly… But instead of letting her fall down to the ground, I caught the [Knight] with my free hand, pulled her closer to me and placed her over my shoulder like a sack of potatoes before moving back to the castle. She needs to rest properly after getting beaten up so much… It's the least I can do since she agreed to play along with me and she needs some rest because she'll continue training later with the [Rook] in the afternoon.

Now, it's Tōjō turn to be my pun-training partner.

Anyways, our spar became a game just like with Kiba but with two altered rules:

1) Tōjō can't block or parry my attacks, as it would defeat the point of purely dodging my attacks.

2) The spar ends with Tōjō as the winner if she was able to dodge 25 of my attacks or hits me hard enough to send me through a tree. If she can't go on anymore, then she loses. If she gets hit once, then we start over.

3) If her attack is blocked, her dodge count won't go back to zero my block doesn't count as getting hit.

The winner can order the loser around the day after tomorrow for the entire day, simple as that.

"You're slowing down!" I stated/yelled while attacking the [Rook] for the fifteenth time with the sakabatō from earlier "How can you dodge attacks if you're as slow as a slug!?"

"I'm trying…!" Tōjō said with gritted teeth as she barely dodged my horizontal slash (which is her sixteenth dodge for this fourth run) but before she could retaliate, I quickly kicked her left foot. While it's damaged Tōjō that much, it caused her to stumble from the sudden force on the foot she's balancing on for that second before she fell on the ground disgracefully.

"Then Dodge faster!" I retorted before thrusting the sakabatō towards the [Rook], who rolled away from my attack before standing up, glaring at me out of confusion and annoyance at my 'foul' play in our game.

"Why did you-"

"Did I said that I would only use this sword in order to attack you like Kiba did yesterday?" I asked sarcastically, cutting off the rising Tōjō before looking at her seriously "Always be attentive on your surrounds because you might be the receiving end of a sneak attack. Never think that a person has a single way of attack since that's just stupid…" When the cat tried to attack me while I was talking, I simply countered her punch with a [Busoshoku Haki/Reinforced] palm strike before smacking her on the head with the sakabatō that's also coated with [Busoshoku Haki] "So, in conclusion, don't be an idiot."

So after three more tries, I ended up as victory due to exhausting the [Rook] by forcing her to use all of her remaining stamina with a single attack at my chest. It's only thanks to combining [Busoshoku Haki], Hamon and [Reinforcement] to enhance my body that the punch was weakened greatly, resulting in me getting pushed back until a tree stopped my momentum… But I was honestly impressed by Tōjō's performance since she lasted much longer than I expected, and she also quickly adapted to my attack pattern that I had to enhance my arms' just to make it more challenging. I'm pretty sure that if she wasn't tried, she would have been the victor purely on dodging my attacks 25 times.

Well, I just have to step up my game even further when the time comes. After all, I can't let myself be left behind if I plan on surviving here.

Next on the list is Himejima…

*ZAP!*

"This close combat training, so stop firing lightning bolts at me!" I ordered the [Queen] with a look of annoyance on my face after dodging her fifth lightning attack, which she began to do the moment I approached her within the training area-

*ZAP!*

-But the Yamato Nadeshiko didn't listen and responded by sending ANOTHER lightning bolt instead, which I barely evaded because of how close she fired it-

*ZAP!*

"Ara Ara, Kōjiro-kun." Himejima actually stopped attacking me as she called out my name, her usual smile plastered her face… But her bloodlust is so open that I don't even need [Kendonshoku Haki] to see where her attacks are going to land. Hell, the tone of disgust she used when she said my name was much more open than her bloodlust "If I remember correctly, you boldly claimed that you would take my challenge two days ago. I'm simply fulfilling my end of the agreement." Her smile turned so sadistic yet so beautifully that I couldn't help but be amazed by its twisted beauty… But that doesn't mean I didn't notice the sparks of electricity around her hand "…So stop running away and take your punishment like a man~"

*ZAP!*

"Sounds like a really tempting offer, Himejima." I replied sarcastically with deadpanned eyes as I dodged her attack once again, my sarcasm just as open as her bloodlust and disgust towards me "I'm practically shaking out of excitement… But I refuse!"

As if my refusal triggered something within the [Queen], the lightning around her arm has spread all over her body and increased in output that I instinctively backed away from Himejima, even when I was two meters away from her. The yellow light gave her figure a divine aura that fits her perfectly, and yet somehow cast a shadow over her eyes "Ufufufu~ Then I'll force you to take your punishment, Kōjiro-kun~!"

*ZAP!*

Well, looks like I have to kick her ass.

Taking a deep breath, [Hamon Breathing] Style, I dodged her attack by titling-

*Ding!*

[Eye of Mind] has ranked up to C-!

WILL THE SURPRISES JUST STOP ALREADY!?

- a few minutes later -

After beating the shit out of Himejima and wearing her down to the point of near exhaustion, I asserted my dominance over the [Queen] (and to prevent her from getting up and doing anything rash) by sitting on her back as she laid on the ground "…So, have you finally calmed down?" I asked Himejima like nothing is out of the ordinary right now.

"Shut up…!"

*ZAP!*

For possible the 20th time she tried to electrocute me, Himejima once again let her lightning go wild around her, and it actually succeeded in connecting with my body. Too bad for her, I coated myself with [Busoshoku Haki] that her magic attack was negated before it could deal any damage… But even when she realised that it's not working, she just kept the lightning burst going.

"I'll take that as a no." I let out a sigh before resting my chin on my left open palm while looking at Himejima's head from the corner of my eye "If you really want me to actually hurt me instead of giving me an electric massage, you can try using your [Holy Lightning]."

"SHUT UP!" With a roar of anger unlike any I heard from her, Himejima's lightning output began to go out of control that I-

[-1HP]

[-1HP]

[-1HP]

[-1HP]

-!?

I jumped away from the [Queen] the moment that I started to actually take some damage from her, a bit surprised that her magic was able to overcome my [Busoshoku Haki] after I pissed her off.

She was quick to get up on her feet due to her anger and adrenaline, a murderous look on her eyes as the aura around become stronger than before, especially around her hands "I'll never use his [Holy Lightning]!"

*Sigh* Here we go again…

*ZAP!*

Dodge

"He was the reason why my mother died!"

*ZAP!*

Dodge

"The reason why I suffered for so long until Rias took me in as her [Queen]!"

*ZAP!*

Dodge

"He was never there for us, for me, when we need him the most!"

*ZAP!*

Dodge

"I hate him! I wished I never knew him!" She stopped for a second, as if she's rethinking about her words all while charging so much lightning in her hands that I'm actually worried about how she intends to use it, so I activated [Kenbunshoku Haki] just to see how fast it'll go when she fires it "No, I wished that he was never my father in the first place!"

"At least you knew your father…"

…Wait, why did I said that out loud?

Himejima stopping her electric rampage on me pretty much answered my question, with her confused and shocked expression only reinforcing that fact "Wait, what did you mean by-"

"Well, looks like you've finally cleared your head." I cut off the hybrid before turning around up and began to walk away from her, changing the subject and preventing her from asking unnecessary questions. After all, what good will it be to know about my past when it has nothing to do with the [Rating Game]? Absolutely nothing "Go train with the [Knight] or the [Rook] or maybe both if you still feel like unleashing your frustration on to someone. I'll deal with your [King] in your place."

Now, for the Devil that needs the most work…

"C'mon, you still have twelve more to go."

"Easier… Said…" Gremory grunted as she did the last of her warm-up before training: Perform 20 push-up with me sitting on her back as extra weight "Why…"

"Because you have the weakest physical strength and stamina within the ORC." I replied without a hint of hesitation "Tōjō and Himejima are the [Rook] and [Queen] respectively, which makes them the two most physical fighters with former having better stamina. Even Kiba has better physical stats than you, despite being having the same fragility as you." I suddenly tapped the back of her knee with the sakabatō "If you run out of demonic energy to use magic then you can at least defeat your with fists and feet-"

-!?

I rolled off the redhead just in time to dodge an attack from my left, causing her to collapse from the sudden movement while I landed on a knee to face my attacker…

Millicas Gremory.

…Why am I not surprised?

"So, here to play again?" I replied casually while standing up like his attack didn't happen at all "If you want to play with someone, it would be better if it's your sister."

"I'm here to protect her from you, not fight her!" Millicas declared while stretching out his right hand towards me, which caused a magic circle to form "Prepare yourself, you fiend!"

"Isn't she the one that needs training?" I stated while dodging the energy bullets of Millicas' [Power of Destruction] shotgun-like blast as beat as I can "If you understand, then attack her instead of me!"

"I refuse!" Millicas shouted before firing another shotgun blast, but much faster than before that I couldn't dodge all of them even with [Kenbunshoku Haki].

[-1HP]

[-1HP]

[-1HP]

Damn… This kid is really something else, being able to break through my [Busoshoku Haki] when his older sister failed. Granted, I've been using [Busoshoku Haki] a lot today (especially when I was playing with Tōjō) that I might be reaching my limit, with my [Haki] breaking easily as a sigh for the limit drawing closer. But none the less, Millicas' potential from canon still exists here and him showing great control over the [Power of Destruction] that I wonder how strong will he be in future if properly trained.

"I'll never attack one of my sisters even if my life depends on it!" Millicas declared while charging up another attack.

"Yeah, because you want to attack them in a different way." I replied sarcastically while healing myself with Hamon, smirking a bit when I saw that the boy blushed slightly at the suggestion instead of trying to deny it "Ho, you're not going to deny it? You really are a diehard siscon… But I can't really blame you, considering you have such lovely sisters." I looked at one of the sisters, who just looked back with a sad smile… At least she realised that my compliments are nothing but facts without any feelings behind them "It actually makes me curious if one of them is a shotacon or not."

"I'm not into little boys! Especially towards my little brother!" Gremory shouted with a disgusted expression on her face, which made me think of the few FanFics that I read where the MC is a shota and he serves her as the only [Pawn]… Well, I guess that I can't really group her with those versions when this Gremory in front of me seems to be more interested in capturing hard-to-get types "I love him very dearly, but my love for him doesn't past that line!"

"You sure know how to carefully break…" I started off sarcastically before trailed off when I saw Millicas' face… Rather than looking downcast from getting rejected by his sister, he looked even more determined than ever. Honestly, it really reminds me of Gremory's obsession towards turning me into her servant "…I take back what I said, that hardly did any damage to your brother's confidence." I looked at the crimson-haired woman with a knowing look "I guess that extreme stubbornness runs in the family."

"I won't deny that part…" Gremory reluctantly admitted with a shake of her head. She then looked at me with a determined look on her eyes as a crimson and black aura enveloped her body before charging at me.

Well, at least she knows what to prioritise first rather than letting her emotions get the best of her like her brother and [Queen]. She might not be hopeless than I thought… But I can be proven wrong.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

NeroAlmia: Your English is pretty good, so no worries about that part. Also, I liked how you described of Raiga as it pretty much described his personality. As for your question, you'll have to wait and see.

Echonic and Demonic Urd: There is one reason why he didn't say "With her… You're kidding right?"; He was instinctively scared of Erica. Meaning, he won't say anything that'll piss her off because he's sure that she'll kill him and the line above will definitely do just that. It's not farfetched as she can just replace him with far more experienced trainers for the ORC if she did kill him.

Drake: Relax. Despite him being a bit more 'friendly' towards Rias, he still doesn't feel anything but apathy and annoyance to her.

logron: True, but the gap is much bigger here than in canon. Riser would be in his late 50ths despite looking like someone in his 20ths, while Ravel is a teenager.

superpierce, TheLordOrange and Zerak: Nope. I was too busy in school that I hardly had the time to write.

lovefanfiction72, Perran Onh, Spartan3909, PasiveNux, lio4567892012 and RetcehM: Thanks!