Good day/evening DXD archive. While I was thinking of a new story idea, this one came to me like Raynare's light spear through my heart... eh, bad example. We've all seen Issei be OP, less perverted and even a female in fanfiction; but here's an idea that I know NO-ONE has ever done. What if the main protagonist remained human? What if something went wrong during the reincarnation/Evil Piece process? Now before we continue; let me point out a few things so if you don't like where this story will go... then go.

1) I have nothing against Issei, in fact I think we can ALL agree he's every mans' (perverted or not) hero. He gets all the power, all the girls, the silliest gags, the attention... the girls. Bottom line; while I love him to death (no homo), he will be replaced by an OC of mine.

2) This is NOT Harem stealing, as Issei's personality with be implemented into another character, so its not like he'll be gone... honestly, ya can't have DXD without perversion. This OC will be a high schooler; and ALL boys are slightly perverted anyway, some just control it better than others.

3) I have not read the manga (though I plan to at some point), but I do have limited knowledge of it. So this will be based of the anime. That shouldn't be a big deal anyway, as the anime is praised for being just as good as the manga itself.

4) After reading many reviews on many DXD fics, they mostly say the same thing: Why did he become a devil?, for once can we get one fic without the main male being a devil/angel? Think of this as an answer to your prayers.

5) I honestly don't care for the hentai scenes or what-cha-ma-call-them in the DXD franchise (doesn't mean I don't like them though), just the fact that the writer had the BALLS to create a universe surrounding Christianity! Seriously, I can't believe he managed to get away with something like that, but god bless his soul!

If you don't like ANY of this, then leave. Don't waste my time or yours. This is also only an intro, so don't judge it until you've at LEAST read the next chapter, which should be ready in another week.

Prologue:

The sound of his alarm clock rang through his room, slapping the top of it to shut it up. Yawning and stretching his muscles was a young man who looked very out-of-place in a country like this. He stood 5'8 with brown hair and eyes, had an average figure with an average build. His facial features looked American with a hint of Italian, he also looked slightly older than his actual age of 16, which was due to him being a preemie... and the doctors said he wouldn't make it, whose laughing now? His name was Anthony Messuri. How did he end up here you ask? After his parents passed away 8 years ago back in the United States; he never learned how or why, just one day a fire started in his American home and he ran out of there; he was sent to a Church home, where he met a young blond girl who was training to be a nun. He got to know this girl real well, he even won her a stuffed doll from a crane game after several minutes of frustration.

Sadly, the Church decided Anthony was making the blond girl 'impure' due to her wanting to be a nun, so they sent him away. Both children cried of course, but there was nothing they could do...

A few years later, Anthony ran away from his foster home due to constant bulling. None of the teachers there did much other than scold the kids that preyed on him, that just lead to Anthony being called a tattletale and picked on even more. He had enough and escaped, opting to live life on his own... his own way. Of course, he was only 13 at the time, so getting a job in America was easier dreamed of than doable. Hearing that the legal age in another part of the world was 13, Anthony made a plan to go there. He'd sneak into a plane (which was EXTREMELY hard due to all the shit that happened after 9/11) and make his way there. He didn't care where he went, anything to get off this rock.

He ended up in Japan, but it wasn't exactly what he hoped for. Many there weren't exactly kind to foreigners. People tried to take advantage of him, thinking they didn't know the laws. Luckily for Anthony, his farther worked for the U.S. government so he knew about eastern customs, as well as some of the language, but only basic. He struggled to survive, to eat, to make ends meet; but he did work for a restaurant that was run by a kind, old man. With his help, Anthony was able to learn more about Japan and its culture, as well as make enough money to get his own place. It took 3 years of hard work, but he overcame all the odds the world threw at him... except one...

High School.

After getting his daily routine started and eating his breakfast (which he didn't mean to brag, but he made a DAMN good breakfast); he got dressed in his Kuoh Academy uniform, ready to start another day of school. Little did he know, this particular day... would change his life... forever...

-TIME BREAK-

As Anthony approached the gates of Kuoh, he reflected on to the sheer grand design of the building. It was a large building, bigger-than-your-average-bear school, and that it was privately owned. Who'd spend so much money on one school, the Italian-American didn't know.

One thing he DID know, was this school used to be a girls-only school... which was the reason he's had yet to find a boys bathroom WITHOUT tampon garbage cans, and the reason why the girl-to-boy ratio was insanely low. Not that the kid was complaining, he knew a catch when he saw one. In fact unlike when he first arrived to this country, girls swarmed him like bees. He's heard that while foreign people weren't treated as equal, that didn't mean that they weren't... "admired", so to speak.

The other problem, was the only girl Anthony had ever talked to aside from his mother was that in-training nun he grew close too. He wondered how she was doing nowadays, she probably forgot all about him after all these years... just thinking that made his heart ache, but life wasn't fair, was it?

As he passed through the gates he could overhear the other students gossiping about him when they think he couldn't hear them.

Male Student #1: (has 2 other boys with him, looking in Anthony's direction) Hey look... it's that foreign student, again.

Male Student #3: Just what I need.. my girl won't stop talking about him. (mimics girlfriends voice, with hands on his cheeks) Oh, he's so kind and gentle...

Female Student #2: (is gossiping with 5 other girls, but notices Anthony out of her eyes corner) Isn't that Anthony Messuri?

Female Student #3: (whispers) He's kinda cute!

Female Student #5: (is impressed, but dismissive) Eh, Kiba's more my type...

Female Student #1: At least he's not a Pervert like almost every other guy here... speaking of which, did you hear what the Perverted Duo did this morning...?

Anthony's heard comments like this 1000's of times before, but he didn't really care. All he wanted was to stay out of trouble, as talking is what got him bullied in the first place.

The last comment caught his attention though, he quickly discovered that the school had two male students by the names of Motohama and Matsuda, AKA the 'perverted duo'. They seemed to make it their mission sneak a peek at every single girl in the academy; in the hopes of catching a glimpse at their panties, a nip slip, or even full frontal nudity.

Anthony had a few classes with them, they actually weren't too bad... though he had to keep them in line. When he first got here, he caught them peeping at girls from the locker room window and being the good samaritan he was... let the ladders 'close in'. They tried beating him up in front of the entire school near the fountain after they got beaten up by 100 girls, but thanks to the years of being bullied, Anthony knew how to defend himself despite his average look.

Needless to say, the duo nor any other boy dared tried to take him... they're were a few larger groups that did, but they met the same fate. Not without Anthony getting injured of course, and girls beg- *ahem* requested to help him... he politely declined, as flattered as he was.

After school let out, Anthony headed to the back of the school to explore the wooded area. It was refreshing as no one took this path, and he preferred to be alone most of the time. People were weird, and he'd rather stay away from that shit.

It wasn't much longer before he came across a clearing on his path that he's never seen before... he must've taken a wrong turn somewhere, but he pressed on, curious on where this path will take him. He stumbled upon an old-looking building, it appeared to be 100 years old, maybe more. He's heard about this place thounsands of times from the student body, it was the club room of the Occult Research Club... how anyone could make a club with that name and not be investigated, Anthony didn't know.

The only thing he DID know was the ORC had only four members; said members were hailed as the most popular, well-known and adored students in the entire campus. Kabia Yuuto, the pretty boy and only male member; a first-year named Koneko Toujou, considered to be Kuoh's mascot; and last but not least, Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima, who where looked up to as the "Great Ladies". He's seen all members of this club throughout the school, and had to admit "Great Ladies" was a fitting title. Both girls were beautiful beyond reason, it's like they were goddesses or something.

Then... it happened.

A window had opened with an oddly loud creek. Looking up, Anthony saw a sight that he'd remember for the rest of his life. Standing in the open window, was one of the "Great Ladies" herself! Crimson-Red hair, deep blue eyes, a figure that would drive both men and women insane... not doubt, this was the famous Rias Gremory.

She looked down at him, he looked up at her... time seemed to just screech to a hault. After what seemed like minutes though only seconds, Anthony smiled warmly at her. Clearly, the girl wasn't expecting that as her facial expression gave that away, but she returned the smile with one of her own as a breeze suddenly blew through; sending the woman's hair swirling around her body. Anthony didn't know how much longer they stood like this, talking in each other's appearances, but turned and walked away when he realized it was already past 4:00. He needed to get home.

P.O.V Swap: Rias

Rias Gremory continued to look out of the window at the strange boy, there was something about him that she sensed, but couldn't figure out what it was. Then he smiled at her, causing her heart to skip a beat... she didn't expect it, but recovered and returned it. She continued to watch the boy until he disappeared into the wood completely.

With a last glance at where he was just standing, Rias turned away from the window, returning her attention to the chess game she was playing with her vice-president and close friend, Akeno Himejima. The young woman herself was leaning back into her chair drinking her tea. Rias sat opposite of Akeno and looked back at the chess board, though she couldn't fully concentrate as that boy was still on her mind.

"Anthony Messuri" Akeno said, completely out of the blue as she put her cup down on the table and moved her black rook to take one of Rias' white pawns, taking its place on the board and putting the discarded pawn on the side of the board to join the rest of Rias' fallen pieces. "Beg your pardon?" Rias said in confusion as she moved her knight to take Akeno's last remaining bishop.

"That boy you were checking out before he ran away, his names Anthony Messuri. A foreigner from the west" Akeno replied sweetly, smiling as she took her own turn, taking Rias' knight with a rook. "I... I was not checking him out" Rias denied as she moved one of pawns towards Akeno's king, declaring check. "Hmhm, right. Tell that to your past self as you stared out that window for the last 3 minutes" Akeno teased, moving her King and taking the pawn. "Well, he came across our property. I just wanted to make sure he wasn't... lost" Rias excised, moving her bishop and declaring checkmate, slamming her piece on the board as she did so.

Akeno looked across the board for a possible way out. With none available, she sighed and acted extremely disappointed at the game's outcome; but she was fully aware of her president's capabilities when it came to playing chess and knew she was a long way from beating her.

"So he's a foreigner?" Rias muttered as she leaned back in her seat, glancing out of the window where she was talking to Anthony. "Why the sudden interest? Could the Great Rias Gremory, be crushing on the American human?" Akeno asked innocently as she glanced across the table at her friend.

"No, just... I don't know. There's just... something about him I find... different" Rias said deep in thought. Ever since she arrived in the human world, she acknowledged the fact that she would be ogled by men on account of her body. She knew she was an extremely attractive woman by anyone's standards and whenever she was out in public, she could always feel the eyes of men around her staring all over her body, particularly on her front and back ends. Being a Devil, she knew something like this would happen, as it became the unofficial status quo with her and the rest of Kuoh.

However, that boy just now... Anthony, was it? Rias couldn't fail to notice that, during the short one-on-one, he didn't ogle or drool over her body... not even once. Instead, he stared right into her eyes and didn't take his gaze away from them. She couldn't remember the last time anyone wasn't completely transfixed by her.

It wasn't just that though. She could also sense, or rather feel, something else about him. She wasn't completely sure what it was, but it needed further investigation...