As Issei walked out of his last classroom, he felt a tap on his shoulder. Turning around, he discovered the one who tapped him was Yuuma.
"Y-Yuuma-san?"
Smiling cheerfully, Yuuma put her hands behind her back.
"Hey, Iss-"
"Hey, Ise-san!"
Issei and Yuuma turned to see Yuuto Kiba walking towards them. It took Yuuma all of her willpower to prevent herself from snarling in irritation.
'Why does he keep interrupting me whenever I need to talk to Issei?!'
Cheerfully ignoring the annoyed look on Yuuma's face, Yuuto smiled as he spoke to Issei.
"So did you think about what I said earlier? About visiting the Occult Research Club? The President really wants to see you."
Issei blinked and rubbed his head in confusion. Yuuma widened her eyes and before she knew it, she was grabbing Issei's arm. Ignoring the surprised look on Issei's face, Yuuma flashed Yuuto a mocking smile.
"Sorry 'Prince Charming', but Issei-kun and I have plans for today."
Both Issei and Yuuto widened their eyes, the former in shock, and the latter in disbelief.
"W-we do?" Issei stuttered.
Yuuma smiled as she looked over to Issei.
"Well, of course silly! We talked about it in class!"
"But we-"
"Come on! We should get going!"
Pulling a confused Issei along with her, Yuuma snickered as she noticed the look on Yuuto's face.
'Serves him right!'
Watching Yuuma drag Issei out of the school, Yuuto rose an eyebrow and crossed his arms in thought.
"What would a Fallen Angel want with Ise-san?"
In the Occult Research Club
"...So the Fallen Angel said she had plans with Issei?"
"Yeah, Buchou." Yuuto answered.
The crimson-haired girl narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms.
'What does a Fallen Angel want with him? Not only that, but what does Azazel want with him?'
She sighed and put her hands on her desk.
"And here I was hoping he would feel a bit more comfortable in coming to the Occult Research Club today."
Yuuto smiled and tried to reassure the girl.
"Rias-sama, I'm sure he'll come around. We just have to make sure Yuuma Amano doesn't do anything too drastic."
Rias Gremory, the President of the Occult Research Club, the school's number-one beauty, and as well as one of Kuoh Academy's Two Great Ladies, adopted a serious look. Getting up from her desk, she walked over to the couch tables, and picked up a chess piece.
"The Pawn."
As she looked at it closely, her blue-green eyes seemed to be glowing with great concentration.
'I only have access to 8 Pawn pieces. But I'm starting to dread that even those might not be enough. I don't think Mutation Pieces will work, even if I borrowed a few Pawn pieces from Sona.'
Placing the chess piece down onto the board, Rias walked over to the club window, and peered out of it to see Issei walking along with Yuuma.
'I can't rush it though. Besides there's a chance that he doesn't even want to become a Devil. But perhaps I can convince him.'
Smiling deviously, Rias narrowed her eyes as she kept Issei in her sights.
'I won't let an interesting kouhai pass by so easily.'
Outside of Kuoh Academy
"Yuuma-san? Why did you...?"
Yuuma smiled at the confused look on Issei's face, and giggled.
"Sorry about that, Issei-kun. I guess I just wanted you all to myself for a few minutes."
"But why?"
Yuuma giggled again and put her hand in front of her mouth to suppress her laughter.
'He's so innocent about all this!'
Calming herself, Yuuma smiled and turned to look at Issei.
"Issei-kun. Are you free tonight? I was thinking we could hang out."
Issei blinked and rubbed his head in confusion.
"Well I-"
RING RING
Issei and Yuuma widened their eyes at the sudden beeping noise, and the former reached into his pocket, taking out his cell phone. Flipping it open, he widened his eyes as he read the message.
Looking up at Yuuma, Issei gave her a shy look.
"Sorry, Yuuma-san. I have to go home again."
"W-wha...again?!"
Yuuma widened her eyes as she watched Issei run across the bridge for the second time. Huffing softly, Yuuma crossed her arms and pouted.
"Every time I suggest something we could do together, he always has something he has to do. Geez, it's not like I'm plotting to kill him or anything. That'd just be stupid!"
Feeling a little annoyed and disappointed, Yuuma stormed off the opposite direction, trying to calm herself.
Issei's House
Issei opened his house door and looked inside to see Leiko already standing in front of him with a satisfied smirk on her face. Blinking in confusion, Issei shut the door behind him and rubbed the back of his head.
"Leiko-san?"
Smiling at her cousin, Leiko brushed her dark-silver hair back and placed a hand on her hip.
"Fufu. So you got my message. Good. Let's go."
"Huh? Go where?"
"Fufufu. It's a surprise, my Ise-itoko. It wouldn't be fun if I just told you, now would it?"
"Well I..." Issei started before he inwardly sighed, "Is the place where we're going to that important?"
Leiko flashed Issei a small smile, prompting the latter to widen his eyes at the sight.
"Does my baby cousin not want to spend time with me? Harsh."
Issei noticeably tensed at Leiko's words.
"N-no, that's not it at all, Leiko-san!"
Leiko's small smile widened as she grabbed Issei by the arm and dragged him with her.
"Great!" She responded cheerfully.
In the Underworld (Base of the Fallen Angels)
"Hmm? Something troubling you, Raynare?"
Yuuma Amano, now dressed in an immodest variation of an S&M attire, pouted as she crossed her arms. Azazel rose an eyebrow in wonder, and then he shrugged and looked back to researching more about Sacred Gears.
"Nothing Azazel-sama."
"Humph. She's just pissed off because she didn't get to 'hang out' with her precious Issei-kun."
Raynare turned to glare at a buxom Fallen Angel, who had blue hair and golden-brown eyes.
"Mind your own business, Kalawarner."
"My, aren't we snippy today?"
"Shut up."
"Now, now, girls. Let's not fight now. You can do it tomorrow."