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"You allowed yourself to be careless."

"What going on? Did I die?" I look around to find myself standing in a black void.

"Fortunately no. While you battle short-lived did give you enough time for reinforcements to arrive." And in front of me was the same man from my dreams.

"Where am I?"

"I would assume you would know. You brought us here for a reason."

"Okay, this has gone on long enough for this to not be considered a dream. Who in the hell are you?" I Demanded.

"Who I am should be the least of your concern child. Do you even remembered what happened?" I tried to think back on what has happened so far and like a shock, I was forced to reminisce about my attack with Yigrid. The blood that was spilled, the rage and angered I had. But through it all, I still remember seeing one particular face."

"Akeno. Why was she there?" I questioned.

"You will have to question her when you wake up."

"Wait, wake up?" Like a sandstorm, the man in front of me began to blow away like dust, and my turned heavy. As my eyes closed I can still hear the man say something to me.

"You must be strong child, your trail awaits you soon."

I awoke without a start. To me, it felt like any other morning, but I still remembered what that night. I looked at my body and found two things, One; all the wounds and bruises I got from that fight were all gone, and two; I was more naked than a newborn babe.

"How the hell...?" As I try to figure out my predicament my hand landed on something soft. I thought it was my pillow at first but there was one little thing about pillows; they don't make a sound when you squeeze it.

"Aah~." Immediately I pull the covers over and what I saw shocked me.

"Akeno?" She was there sleeping on my bed. The raven-haired beauty opened her eyes and sat up where I just found out that she too was naked like me. Which allowed me to have the most appropriate reaction. "A-A-Akeno?! W-w-wh-why are you n-na-n-naked?!" I stuttered my questioned as I crawled backward off my bed and to a nearby wall.

"Mmm, Jay-kun?" She asked sleepily, her breast a clear in my view, I quickly shook head for the matter at hand

"Yeah, of it's me! Now, why are on my bed naked?!" I asked. I waited for Akeno to clear away any dust or debris in her eye. As she finally got to look at me, I wait for an answer but instead, she gasped and her eye was then filled with tears. "Akeno?" I called out her name but all it did was made cry. Without even thinking I quickly hugged her in hopes to console her.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." I hear her apologize me. She repeats her apology even while she was a sobbing mess.

"Hey, hey it okay. You nothing to apologize for." I said. But Akeno shook her head in denial.

"No, I should've told you the truth. We should've told you the truth. But I...I was so scared of have you react. I didn't want to lose any more friends." She sobbed but I placed my hands on her cheeks so she can look at right me.

"Nothing you can ever say...will make me want to forget you. I have lived alone for most of my life, I never really knew what it was to have real friends. Or a family. But then I met you and Rias, Koneko and Kiba. All of you became a part of my life where I knew that if I lost it any of I might never recover. Whatever reason you had to hide it, I don't care I will still be glad to be apart of it. With you." I replied. And that was the truest word I ever came up with. Akeno's tears welled up once more before she held on to me tighter than before and I held her in return allowing her to let all her tears lose.

It took 5 minutes at least for Akeno's crying to stop and we were comfortable in silence. "Feeling better?" I asked. Akeno simply nodded her head yes on my chest. Slowly I separated from her and went to put on some clothes. "Soo, how long was I out for?" I asked.

"Don't worry it has only a been a few hours after the attack. It's still the next morning." Akeno replied.

"Huh, it felt longer. Can I ask why were we naked?" I questioned.

"For you to be healed we needed a deep skin contact in order for wounds to close." She explained but I can tell she was avoiding something. "How do feel?"

"...I'm not exactly sure how to answer that, I thought I died but I didn't, fought some weird ass monster, and now I'm consoling my best friend while she's naked." I said I blinked slowly at my explanation. "If that not something out of an anime I don't know what is."

"Heh, you're taking the better than I hoped."

"Well if it was Rias that was here probably not. But with you...it really did put my mind at ease."

It was long after a good breakfast with Akeno that we made our way to school. There was a bit of an awkward silence between us but it was nothing that needed to be concerned about. The funny part is walking with her drew up some interesting gossip.

"Is the Raven Prince walking with the great lady Akeno?!"

"Noooo we missed our chance!"

"They have been friends for a while it's not really surprising."

"You think if I asked her to share would it be alright?"

"Damn pretty boy already reaching for something top tier!"

"Noooo Akeno bountiful body is lost to us forever!"

"Well, he can share."

"Dude do you want to die?!"

I had to keep a sigh in while heard the gossip. I looked to Akeno and showed her a sheepish smile. "So what now?"

"I'll have Koneko visit yo afterschool. After that, any question you'll have will be answered there." She replied. I nodded as I watch her walk away. It was then out of instinct I drew both my arms out and waited.

"Gwah!" Not a second later I felt two people ram into my arm and fell on the floor. I look behind me and found two of the perverted trio on the floor grasping the bumps on their heads.

"Now what do you two idiots want?" I asked. One quickly stood up and pointed a finger at me.

"We want answers you bastard!" The glasses guy demanded. "How in the hell did you score a woman like her." I see him hold on to my collar.

"Yeah! Tell us your secret you damn pretty boy." The bald man added. I took a second to look at both at them before I grabbed both of their collars and easily lifted them up to their off the floor. Of course, they struggle to get back down but I quickly banged them to each to stop so they can understand my complication.

"Gentlemen, I had a very stressful morning, and the last thing I need is two perverted idiots screaming and ranting about how to get a woman when sadly they represent to the bane of all women. Now...I going to let you down and I'm going to walk away if I feel that you two are following me again I will not be held responsible for whatever happens next." After that, I dropped them both, picked up my bag and walked toward my class.

"Boy, you like you've seen better days." I heard Aika say. "Bad morning?" She asked.

"More like a bad night, that leads to a weird and stressful morning." I responded. "But it's nothing I can't handle." I kept walking in hopes that whatever happened that Akeno can really answer all the questions I have.

*Ding Dong Ding*

"*Sigh* Thank god that's over with." It was the final bell for school and I was doing my best to not just barge in the Occult Research Club demanding answers. But I had to hold it in, for their sake and my own.

"Yo Jay-kun you in here." I look out to the door to find Kiba calling me. "Ah, there you are Buchou said that it's time to meet up."

"Right." I got up and did my best ignoring the stares the girl were giving us. I can tell that the rumors about that are gonna be shocking I can tell. I follow Kiba into the clubhouse where I even I know he was actively trying to not make things awkward.

"Right through here. Buchou's waiting for us." Kiba said. As we walk inside I took notice of how quiet the room was. Rias was and Akeno was doing their best to not make awareness of the tension in the room. Koneko, on the other hand, was doing her best on not meeting my eyes as quiet as she is her expression of guilt was much louder on her face. "Jay-kun thank you for meeting us here."

"Well, it was the only place where I think I could finally get some answers." I replied. There a noticeable wince in Rias's face when I answered back. "So I think it's best I get to the main question. Who or what are you Rias?"

"...*Sigh*I've tried coming up with the best way to say to you since last night. But I shouldn't sugar coat it with you. I'm a devil. Everyone in this room is a devil and as of last night so are you." ...Wow. She really knew who I was if she just ripped a bandage like that. I stayed standing there for a good few minutes before a quietly made my way to the couch where Koneko was sitting.

"...Devils?" Was the first question I asked. "All of you?"

"Yes."

"...Should've known." I said earning a few surprised looks from the group. "You guy are an occult research but not a single cross in case for protection. Not to mention most of your work happens afterschool coincidently nearing night time. Not mention there was always this weird air you guys had whenever we hanged out. But devil that something to shock the nation."

"You're taking this surprisingly well." Kiba replied.

"I made a promise to Akeno. You guys are like my family, whatever secrets you had reason to keep me from, we'll do it together." I said earning smiles all around. Koneko got closer and allowed me to scratch her head like she always did. "So let's not stop here, you said I'm a devil too right?"

"Yes, after Akeno found you she called to me and asked for me to bring you back."

"How did you bring me back? When I was fighting whatever the hell that thing was, that last wound I got nearly bled me dry." Rias got up and showed me a chess piece the weird thing was that the piece was glowing red. "A chess piece?" Rias began to explain to me on about the history of a peerage and the role but really it just came to one conclusion. "So the fact of the matter is, I'm no longer human."

"No, as of yesterday you became a reincarnated devil for my peerage." Rias answered.

"...Well, that not something you in any lifetime. Eh, I was tired of being human anyways, so what are the perks?" I asked shocking both Rias and Akeno while Kiba let out a small chuckle.

"Being a devil already gives you access to devil magic, will live much longer than any human. The downside is any holy weapon is considered poison to our kind and be it cross's or holy water can be dangerous to us. We also can say a blessed diety's name."

"What like god-? Ack!" Not even a second I said the big guy's name I was hit with a killer headache. "What the hell was that?!"

"That is one of the downsides of saying "his" name. Since we're devils we can no longer say "his" name." Rias explained.

"Yeah, well that's an annoying reminder. So rule one of being a devil don't say the name of the big guy upstairs simple." I asked. "Anything else?"

"Well any reincarnated devil all start as a low-class devil. But they can increase their status to reach mid to high-class. Which after that allows you to form you own peerage.' Rias informed me. "But we can get in that after we ask a question of our own."

"That's fair."

"How did you kill the stray devil last night?" Rias asked. I decided to keep the question about Stray devils for later before answering.

"I'm not exactly sure. I was only able to get a few good hits before it swung me around the forest like a ragdoll, I actually thought it was the end there. And then...I heard a voice, the same one I had in a dream a few times. I don't remember what it said to me or what I said vice versa but I remember a feeling."

"What was it?" Koneko asked.

"...Rage. It hit me like a huge wave. And then I was holding something, but after that, it was all just a blur for me. Blood loss and adrenaline kinda made difficult to remember." I explained, Akeno came to my side in order to console I felt better but the consolement was never needed. "Next thing I know I'm waking up with Akeno with more questions than answers."

"...I think this might be the work of you sacred gear." Rias answered.

"Sacred what-now?"

"Sacred gears are powerful artifacts that the original god bestowed to human and human hybrid alike. These gears each have a unique ability where even time itself can be manipulated. Devil and Angles cannot possess a sacred gear that is why we devil created the peerage system." Rias explained.

"Huh, so how do we figure out what my gear is?"

"It's simple really. But you'll need to stand up first." I had to get Koneko and Akeno off first before I complied. "Now close your eyes, hold out your left hand and imagine the strongest thing or being you could think of. Once you have the idea you copy it's performance" I closed my eye and thought of the first thing that came to mind, the blades in my dreams. I see the man performing some kind of move and decided to copy it. I slammed both my fist to the ground and shine of light my hand was holding the same weapons.

"Impressive." Kiba commented.

"...Cool." I heard Konekjima o added.

"Ara ara what an interesting gear." Akeno said. I looked at the blades an and began inspecting it. The grip was nice and had a good feel, the edge was sharp and clean like if it was brand new, the pommel was interesting it was connected to a long chain that was wrapped around my forearm. When I tried unwrapping it I find out the chains stay wrapped and it came with another feature. The chain grow longer, I let Kiba hold on to one of my blades and as he pulls the chain continues to grow. It continues on to a point where Kiba had to leave the room.

"Now that's interesting." Rias said. "Kiba you can stop now!" She called out.

"Right!" He comes back with the blade and the chain comes back into my arm. "That's convenient."

"I've never seen a gear like before." Rias said with a book in her hand. "Most sacred gears are already inscribed due to their nature and history, usually these gears have a name or the name of the previous owner. But there's no text of either of them." She explained. But then I started to remember one of my dreams, it all kept screaming one name.

"Have you tried looking up at a guy named Kratos?" I asked earning shocked looks from the group.

"That's not a name we've heard of before. Where did you hear that?" Kiba asked.

"Not exactly sure, all I know was that it came to me from a dream." I shrugged.

"Hmm, I'll have to look it over later in the meantime, I believe a true introduction is at hand. Everyone." Ras called out.

"The names Kiba Yuuto a second year and a devil like you. Glad to have you with us."

"...Koneko Toujou, first year, a devil. Glad your still alive Jay-Nii.

"Akeno Himejima a third year and devil. Not mention vice president of the Occult Research Club, I hope we can all get along Jay-kun ufufuf~"

"And I am Rias Gremory head of the Occult research club and your master." To add effect they each reveal bat-like wings on their backs. "We welcome you to our peerage." I did golf course clap watching them, what can I say it had a nice flair for a dramatic moment.

"Glad to be apart of it. So what first on the agenda?" I asked.

"You can start by handing out fliers." Rias said.

"...What?"

A small stack of fliers appeared in the red glowing crest. "You see we devil gain our powers by forming a pact with humans. Of course, it used to be when they summon us but that was too complicated back then. Nowadays we make house calls and deliveries." She showed me one of the fliers on the stack. "These fliers use our family crest in order to summon us."

"Huh seem simple enough. And I can just drop them off on mailboxes or doors?" I asked.

"As long as each human gets one." I sighed picked up the stack and went to work. "Be careful."

"I will." I left the room to carry on my first task of being a devil.

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"...Did I do the right thing?" Once Jason was gone Rias had a look of concern and desperation.

"Of course you did Buchou, there was no way we were going to leave our friend to die." Kiba said. "And he seems to be taking it very well."

"Jason said that before meeting with us he never had a true family or true friends. While he is shocked on what happened I know for a fact that he's glad it's with us." Akeno said with a smile.

"Mm, Jay-Nii felt happy after left. His power felt calm." Koneko added.

"Which brings us to another point. His sacred gear did you all feel it?" Rias asked.

"It was hard not to. Those blades, not only did they have their own history but there was hidden emotion laid on it." Kiba said. "As if it had leftover rage without any use."

"And that name Jason gave us. We've never heard of someone like him before." Akeno said. "Should we be concerned?"

"Unless it really becomes a problem, we'll investigate it together. I'm sure Jason would want to know about this too." Rias answered. The came into agreement and went out for their contracts leaving the heiress alone. She then remembered the name Jason gave her. "Kratos..." Rias stood up and began reading a book labeled "Ancient Greek mythology".

So I'm sure your wondering but this is really a prologue to the next chapter. I am going to make a quick time skip through the story that way it could go right to the first main arc. I also have an idea of implementing the new god of war game to the story but that would be much later in the story. But for now, allow me to make a few author note I need to announce.

1. I'm closing the poll consider how much of a landslide it was. I mean 15: Father Kratos and for the original only three. That being said I'm actually glad you guy went with him.

2. The new poll will be up after this chapter. The question might help me out throughout the story.

3. The Harem list goes as such. Akeno(Main girl), Kalawaner, Ravel, Isabel, Xenovia, Yasaka, Kuroka, and Rossweiss. Any other girl you believe should be at least thought of in said harem needs to be explained.

Any other comment or question can be left in the review or my PM and like always this is OCmaniac signing off.