We were heading to the club room, but I decided to strike up a conversation as we were walking to the ORC. The silence was becoming too uncomfortable for me.
" So issei I saw you with rias earlier today? " I ask him curiously as I want to know what rias said to him.
A blush comes across his face as he gets a wide grin. ' From that look, I'm pretty sure I can guess what happened. ' Devils are known for being manipulators, and seduction is one of their favorite tactics to use. it's also very effective on simple minded people much like issei.
Issei looks at me with a determined look on his face. " Oh yeah, she talked to me earlier this morning. She told me that if I do a good job, I can rise up and become a high-class devil and get my own peerage. " He says excitedly at the prospect of becoming a high-class devil and getting his own peerage.
" Well, that's a good goal to have. " I say to him with a small smile.
He stretches his arm wide and speaks in a loud voice. " I'm going to make my own harem and become the harem king, hahaha. " He says aloud with a perverse smile as he makes weird hand gestures. his outburst caused some of the girl students to look at him with disgust as we walked by.
' On second thought, I take it back. ' I put a strained smile as I look at issei. " That's nice, issei. "
I turn to Kiba. " What about you? Do you have any goals like issei Kiba. " He looks back at me with a kind smile.
" I only wish to serve rias as her knight. " Is all he says as he keeps walking.
' She really does have some loyal servants, huh? ' It is surprising to me rias have gathered such loyal people to her, especially a fallen angel and a nekoshou.
We make it to the old building and head to the second story. Kiba opens the door, allowing me and issei to enter first. The first thing I see is koneko sitting on the couch eating sweets with a blank face. She is a loli with white hair and gold eyes. So that is the nekoshou from the incident in the underworld. From what was said in the report while her sister Kuroka was practicing senjutsu, she went mad from power and killed her master. that entire claim that kuroka lost control of senjutsu is false it is well known within the youkai that nekoshou are masters of controlling senjutsu. I swear those devils with their politics and lies are nothing but trouble.
I met Kuroka when I was training senjutsu with the nekotama. She came there to hide from the devils when she escaped from the underworld, and I had the chance to speak to her. The youkai openly harbored Kuroka but had to stop as the devils threatened to attack the youkai. That is why the shinto faction, including the youkai, has bad relations with the devils. There was a good chance a fight would have started if Kuroka hadn't fled from there.
Issei looks at koneko with a perverted smile on his face. Koneko looks up from eating her sweets to issei who is staring at her. "Perv" is all she says with a plain and blunt voice before going back to eat here sweets. Issei seems dejected and hurt by her harsh words.
I go up behind him and pat him on his shoulders." You know, issei it wouldn't hurt to learn some manners it might help you get an actual girlfriend instead of someone that wants to kill you. " At my words, issei's head drops down depressed for a bit but goes back up as he hears a shower running.
' Wait they have a shower in here...Why? ' I look at the shower as akeno steps out from behind the curtains and hangs the neatly folded clothes in her hands over the shower curtain.
"Rias, your clothes are hanging up," says akeno as the shower stops and rias pulls down the clothes one by one and gets dressed from behind the curtains eventually, she appears from the curtains and takes a seat at her chair.
She looks around the room, her eyes lingering on me for a second with a wary look before she smiles. " Well, thank you all for coming, especially you, Hikari. "
I just nod at her, not bothering to respond.
" I feel like we should properly introduce ourselves. I'll start. I am rias gremory heir to clan gremory of the 72 pillars. " The gremory clan holds the title of duke in the underworld and rias demonic trait is the power of destruction which was inherited from her mother's side.
Akeno steps up to speak next. " I am akeno himejima, the queen of rias's peerage it is a pleasure to meet the both of you ufufu. " She says in a mature seductive voice as she looks at issei, causing him to blush. Akeno the half human and half fallen angel before being turned into a devil by rias. her father is one of the cadre-class fallen that rule over the Grigori and her mother was a priestess of one of the five principal clans Himejima
Kiba places his arm across his chest and does a light bow and introduces himself.
" I am Kiba, the knight of ria's peerage. " He says politely. Kiba the sole survivor of some church experiment and was turned into a devil by when he was close to dying.
We all look towards koneko who the last person was to introduce themselves who didn't seem to be listening. She swallows the piece of candy she was eating before looking our way. "I'm koneko." She says in a blunt voice before going back to eating.
koneko the little sister to kuroka. when her sister fled koneko was captured and was going to be executed but was stopped by sirzechs as he rescued her and put koneko into Rias's care.
'A whole lot of personality that one has.' I think to myself as I look at her.
" Now that is out of the way. issei, the main reason you are here today is to activate your sacred gear. " She gets out of her chair and walks over to the front of her desk and sits on it.
" r-right my sacred gear, so uh, how do I use it? " Issei says, not sure what to do next to summon his sacred gear. Rias just smiles at him.
" If you want to bring forth your sacred gear, imagine the most powerful thing you can think of issei. "
"Right, got it." he nodded his head and held his and forward.
Issei closes his eyes and concentrates. ' The most powerful thing I can think of. Then I guess goku is doing the Kamehameha, but do I have to do the pose to. that's kind of embarrassing. '
He focused hard on the image in his head trying to bring forth his sacred gear but failed as he kept taking glances at rias underwear which is visible as rias has her legs open wide enough for issei to see. " I-I can't do it, I can't focus. " He says as he falls to his knees dejectedly at his failure to summon the sacred gear.
' Is she doing that on purpose? ' I think to myself.
" You know he would be able to do it if you weren't flashing your underwear at him, rias. " I look right at her as I speak to her in a stern voice. She stands up with a frown as she looks at me.
" Issei try again imagine all your strength gathering at a single point and then pull on that strength to bring it out. "
He just looks at me, taking in my words as he stands up to try again. ' Alright, gather my strength at a single point and then pull on that. '
" Sounds simple enough. " He tries again, and I can sense the energy forming and gathering to his hand and is close, but he loses that energy as it retreats back into his body.
" Issei you also need to visualize it you almost had it. " I say to him, to which he responds with a nod as he starts breathing heavily as it is draining on him since he never had any prior experience with something like this.
He closes his eyes and focuses on the energy in his body and tries it again and does it successfully after a few seconds as a bright green light envelope the room. A red and orange gauntlet with a emerald, green Jewl emerged on his hand. He has a look of shock and excitement on his face as he checks the gauntlet out. " So, this is a sacred gear so cool. " He looks at his sacred gear with stars in his eyes as he does a few poses showing it off to everyone.
" Well done issei. " Says Kiba with a polite smile on his face to issei.
The rest of the peerage congrats him on activating his sacred gear. " Good job, issei. I had faith in you. " Says rias in a caring yet seductive voice as she gets close purposefully swaying her hips to issei as she approaches him.
" Thank you, boucho," says issei as he blushes from being close to her
' Wait, why are you taking the credit? I'm the one that helped him. '
After he awakened his sacred gear, he got his first job as a devil, and that was to hand out contracts. Since there wasn't a need for me to be there, I left and headed home.
I walk through the door and take off my shoes. " Mushu, I'm back. " I say as I walk to the living room where Mushu is.
" Ah, welcome back. How was your day, Hikari? "
" Eh same as usual. " I set my school bag down and take a seat on the floor at the table. I notice a sealed envelope with the symbol of Izanami on it. Izanami, what could she need from me now?
Mushu looks at the envelope and then back at me. " Izanami sent a messenger here to drop it off not too long ago." says Mushu.
I pick it up off the table. " I take it this is another request. "
" Most likely. " The dragon says with a bit of excitement in his voice.
I opened it and read the letter.
[ Hikari, A powerful demon has escaped from my realm and has fled to the human world it has already started causing bloodshed and carnage in Japan. I would like to request that you hunt down and kill this demon.]
the letter went on to give us more information about the demon such as his appearance, history and where he is currently located at the moment.
" So is it. " Asks the dragon in a curious voice. I place down the letter as a wide smile spreads across my face it has been a long while since I had a good fight, and this will be a nice change of pace to.
" It is. " Is all I say as I set down the letter and head to my room and grab one of the three katana's that was mounted on my wall and head for the backyard where Mushu is waiting for me.
He is no longer small sized dragon, but not to his original size he is now 25 meters long large enough for me to ride on. I hope onto his back as he flies into the night sky disappearing above the clouds of Japan.