Hello guys! Welcome to a brand new fanfic! In the midst of translating 'I've been waiting for this moment', I suddenly felt the urge to write this... sorry guys! I just can't take it anymore! I want to see a fic with both Sona and Serafall in it! As far as I've read fanfics in the DXD fandom, only one fic had an Issei x Sona x Serafall concept, and it was a chapter! Well, if I can't find anything, then I'll just have to come up with my own then! A few notes before reading this story though. This takes place after the Kyoto arc, when they get back to school. Some elements are taken from DX2. You know, the one wherein Issei joins the Student Council while Saji is suffering from flu. The pairing is, of course, Issei x Harem, with Sona and Serafall as the main ones. A lot of girls in Issei's harem are unusual, so bear with the story, kay? Some characters will be likely OOC, but bear with me, as I did my best to keep them in character. I am not interested in battle scenes, which is why I'm skipping those parts in this story, because the main focus is Romance, got it? With that being said, let us head to the first chapter of 'The Dragon's Charm'!

"Normal Talking"

'Thoughts'

Flashbacks

[Ddraig Talking]

Disclaimer: I don't own Highschool DXD or any of its characters...

It was the afternoon of a peaceful school day and things in the Occult Research Club were normal as always. Issei Hyoudou had a perverted smile on his face as he was fantasizing about his future harem with Koneko sitting on his lap, eating sweets; Kiba reading a perfectly good book; Irina, Xenovia, and Asia talking amongst each other, and Gasper hiding in his box as always. The second-year students had just gone back from a school trip at Kyoto, where the ORC, along with Saji Genshirou of the Student Council, had a brief confrontation with the Hero Faction. Apparently, Issei had resorted to poking Rias' breasts in order to get the power that he needed to face Cao Cao at fair ground, much to Ddraig's dismay.

Talk about a weird way of gaining power.

However, only one statement seemed to be enough to break the peaceful nature of the room, which was one that managed to get everyone's attention.

"Could you lend Hyoudou-kun to me for a while?"

Sona Sitri, the president of the student council, said with a neutral expression. Not too long earlier, she dropped by the room with the intention of speaking with Rias about a personal request she wanted to make. Issei and the others didn't think it involved them, so they just let the short-haired president converse with Akeno and Rias about whatever matter that was.

They had no idea it was about Issei, however.

"What? Why all of a sudden?" Rias asked in surprise.

Sona adjusted her position on the sofa opposite to Rias and Akeno's, and then began to explain in detail after taking a sip of the red tea that the half-fallen angel Queen made.

"Saji is sick with the flu. It seems like it's a cold that only Devils can get, and also a cold that only Dragons can experience, apparently.

"It's like before, it's the one that Issei-senpai had..." Koneko added. It was true; during the time that Issei got infected with it, he wasn't able to attend classes for a whole week and Rias stated that Asia's Twilight Healing cannot be of any use that time, and only Koneko's senjutsu abilities had the properties needed to cure his condition, although it still required him two hours straight of treatment from the white-haired nekomata.

"Ara ara, did it spread from the devil businessmen that Kaichou and Buchou frequently visit?"

Akeno asked with a worried expression as she supported her face with her hand. Since both Rias and Sona buy many things from the same devil businessmen, it wouldn't be surprising that Saji got infected like Issei did.

"The full reason is still being investigated. Basically, the present situation is that Saji is sick and he can't move."

The one blonde guy who never ran out of vitality and was always roaming around the school in the name of his leader was sick and can't move. It was kind of ironic. Sona then shifted her gaze towards Issei and continued on that particular topic that they were discussing earlier.

"So then, I thought that I could borrow Hyoudou-kun's strength, which is why I came over."

"I'm going to replace Saji?" he asked out of curiosity, while the Sitri continued to explain.

"Simply put, we lack manpower from the males who are responsible for having strength. Although we're devils, so we have much greater strength compared to ordinary human girls. But, we normally hide this; if we suddenly became very good at jobs which required strength while Saji was absent, it would appear highly unnatural from the perspective of other people."

Indeed, devils normally hid their true strength as they progressed through their daily activities. If the girls suddenly gained Herculean strength while Saji was absent, it would be too suspicious for everyone.

"So I thought that I could borrow Hyoudou-kun for a brief period of time to fill-in for Saji, which is why I came to ask you for permission. In addition, he's also quite clear about the internals of the Student Council; we're all Devils, so it also becomes easy to work together."

Since the student council needed to borrow strength from male students, it would be best to do so from the Occult Research Club, who were also devils. After hearing Sona's explanation, Rias looked at Issei, Kiba, and Gasper.

"In Gasper's case… it doesn't look like he has much strength, am I right?" she asked, causing her friend to nod.

"I'm really sorry for being weak and powerless!" It appeared that merciless comment by the redhead caused Gasper to apologize, cutting through the silence of the other members of the ORC from his box.

"But, why not Yuuto?"

Sona sighed and pushed her glsses back up. "Some of the girls in my peerage may not be able to work together with Yuuto-kun naturally. Speaking of the extreme case, there's even the possibility of disrupting our discipline to some extent. I don't doubt Yuuto-kun's abilities, but there may be problems when it comes to the girls under my command, especially my Queen. Although I have repeatedly taught them about this, they're high school girls after all, so they might do something unexpected on impulse."

It's not like it wasn't true. There were several Kiba fans in the Sitri peerage, which was topped by Tsubaki Shinra. Perhaps if Kiba was in front of them, those girls wouldn't be able to stay calm and do their work properly.

"That's quite a problem," Kiba commented with a wry smile.

"That's why Hyoudou-kun is perfect for this. He's stronger than Gasper, and he won't disrupt discipline unlike Yuuto-kun."

"But, Ise-senpai is very perverted..." said Koneko with a cold tone, not taking her eyes off the sweets she was eating.

"I'm also clear in that regard, but I don't think that's a problem."

"..."

A brief silence took over.

"Ara ara, you have a lot of faith in Ise-kun..."

Rias was also quite surprised with Sona's words.

"Well, he is someone that you chose to be your Pawn, so of course I'll trust him."

"W-W-W-Wh-Wha... What are you saying all of a sudden?!" Upon hearing Sona's words, Rias face suddenly reddened to the same color as her hair.

"I believe that Ise-kun will definitely be a great help to the Student Council. If you don't look at him that way, he's actually very serious towards people. He is a dependable person and he does any task fluidly and with ease," Kiba said, smiling.

Rias sighed before letting out a deep sigh. "I-I know... Ise, I want you lend Sona and her pieces a hand."

Issei grabbed Koneko by her waists and set her down beside him before he stood up and saluted in a cartoonish way. "No need to tell me any further, Buchou! Please take care of me, Kaichou!"

A slight smile emerged on Sona's face.

"Alright. We'll take care of you, Hyoudou Issei-kun. Thank you, Rias. I'll be taking him to our room then."

Although he was slightly nervous about having to help another club other than the ORC, they were always provided with aid from the student council, whether it was direct or indirect. What's more, both clubs were composed of devils anyway, and they should help each other out when there's trouble and thus, Issei found himself arriving at the Student Council office, before participating in a meeting between the members as he sat on Saji's chair. Issei could hardly suppress the growing nervousness inside him at being in the presence of new people, especially those whom we he weren't close with or at least familiar with.

"Well, I think our temporary meeting can begin."

Sona glanced at the Sekiryuutei, before continuing.

"As I just mentioned, in order to fill-in for Saji, who is sick, I borrowed Hyoudou Issei-kun from the Occult Research Club to temporarily act as our male manpower. Although there may be many things that you're not used to with him around, the school festival is approaching, so everyone needs to work hard together with Hyoudou-kun."

"Yes."

"Understood, Kaichou."

"I understand, Kaichou."

Yes, Kaichou."

"Understood."

After the calm responses from the girls of the student council, the atmosphere of the meeting room immediately became very quiet again; it could be said to be the complete opposite of the Occult Research Club. Over there, everyone would be laughing and being lively as always.

'So this is the place where Saji spends most of his time?' Issei thought.

"P-Please take care of me! I know that I am not like Saji in any way, but I do hope we can all get along well! I promise to do my best while I'm fulfilling my duties here!"

After his little announcement, he bowed, and then quickly returned to his seat, taking deep breaths. Boy, was he nervous! Looking around at the room, there wasn't a single useless item. There were simply the desks and chairs that belonged to each member, bookshelves filled with information, and a single whiteboard. Everyone's desk was extremely tidy, and there wasn't a trace of anything displaced in their appearance. There was also a flat-screen TV and several computers which seemed to have little use. Lastly, there was a tea set at the small table in the middle of the room, but there weren't any snacks. The vice president with glasses and long black hair, Shinra Tsubaki, stood up from her seat, along with one of Sona's bishops, the second year student, Reya Kusaka, who had her hair in two braids; they stood in front of the whiteboard together.

Tsubaki began to read the contents of a folder she was holding since Issei came inside the room.

"Well, first of all, I'd like to confirm the group events which have been scheduled for the festival in the courtyard."

Hearing this, Reya began to write various things onto the whiteboard, causing everyone else to begin to write notes in their documents, which also got Issei to quickly open the contents on the folder on his hands that magically appeared out of nowhere.

"Starting from the groups of the sports clubs, first is the baseball team..."

Like that, the super serious meeting that was least compatible with Issei began.

Apparently, he had to do his best to understand what would be talked about throughout the whole meeting.

"Uh…I've never experienced such a serious meeting."

The Occult Research Club also held meetings, and it could have a rather serious atmosphere depending on the situation. But it had never made Issei so nervous like what happened today. Who can possibly stand this kind of 'writing a single thing down wrong is a big mistake' atmosphere? Did Saji always attend such meetings? If so, then that blonde pawn is amazing to do just that. Including Sona, the other members of the Student Council all left to do their own work, which left only him and a few other members behind in the Student Council meeting room. Before the second year bishop with long, white and wavy hair, Momo Hanakai, and the first year pawn with long, brown hair tied in two ponytails, Ruruko Nimura could leave, they first approached Issei with a neutral look.

"Since you're here to fill in for Gen-chan, you should work hard and seriously. If you do, then we'll get along."

"Because you're here to substitute for Saji-senpai, you don't ask people for help because it's the other way around, okay?"

'Wow, that guy has built a reputation for himself here...' he thought to himself. Judging from the tone on how the two spoke, they see the brown-haired boy as someone they have met for the first time. It looked like he would have to earn the trust of the female members before making any other lively gestures. In the ORC, he was free to act as wildly as he wanted, but this was a completely new atmosphere. It was completely alien to his sight and he was, as people say, the 'new guy'.

The tall second year student, Tsubasa Yura, then came over to pat his shoulder, causing him to jump slightly from surprise; before she spoke to the reddish-brown haired Tomoe Meguri behind him who was also a second year student.

"Alright, we should go, Hyoudou."

"Go? Where?"

Meguri lifted up a bag which contained bamboo swords, before she responded to Issei's question.

"Patrolling and miscellaneous chores. It's a part of the work that Genshirou is responsible for. It's also a job that's suitable for you."

With just those words, Issei could point out that it was a job which didn't require any kind of thinking at all, meaning that it was perfect for him. And thus, with renewed energy, he began to patrol the Academy after school together with Yura and Meguri. The two girls were walking in front of him and the boy couldn't but just stay silent as he didn't want to ruin anything on his first day on the job. However, just looking at their figures got him to drift into his thoughts, imagining them naked with Rias and the others as a perverse smile appeared on his face.

'Boobies! Can't get enough of them! They look very pretty!' he said to himself, looking directly at their ample bosoms.

[Pay attention, Partner...] Ddraig growled, not in the mood for any of his host's perverted fantasies.

"Hyoudou isn't good at doing work which required thinking, right? I'm not good at it either."

That single statement was enough to bring him back to his senses, shaking his head furiously so that he could pay more attention to the girl talking to him. Yura had a slightly boyish voice while having a bishoujo's body; it almost made her similar to Xenovia due to her blue hair and overall look with one of the many differences being the different evil piece that was placed in them.

"Well, I think that I'm the same as Yura-san, and I'm more suited to physical work..." he replied with an honest smile.

"That's a good answer, which is why we're going to do some moving work. I'm starting to like you helping around... also, it's fine to just call me Yura." Issei blushed lightly at her last statement, although he managed to hide it by turning his head to the side.

So that's what his job was: Moving things. It was certainly simple and easy to understand, and it only meant that Saji did the same things as the only male in Sona's peerage. As soon as they arrived at the staff room altogether to receive the teacher's instructions, they were told to move some goods to a certain location.

"Okay, that's done now."

After moving a load of goods, Yura exhaled before leaning against the wall. It was apparently strange for a rook that had monstrous strength. Issei did the same as they both received bottles of water from Meguri to refresh themselves a bit. Although moving things wasn't particularly tiring, helping the Student Council out with school-related matters was quite tiring.

'Although this is only temporary, I can't do anything strange as a member of the Student Council... I must stay civil!' he told himself in a serious tone before hearing the two girls flex their shoulders and wrists with Yura speaking up first.

"Okay, we should get down to business next."

"Business?"

After hearing Issei's surprised question, a suspicious smile emerged on Yura's face.

"Hyoudou, for people like us who do physical work, the next task is a critical one, got it? Now then, let's head over to the club rooms."

Meguri continued the topic for her friend.

"Going to confirm whether suspicious rumours about various clubs are true is also the work of the Student Council. Especially since this is the time before the School Festival, it's best to deal with the groups which plan to conduct improper activities prior to the event itself. It's kind of fun, if I must say!" Meguri's cheerful attitude took over, a big smile appearing on her face.

"A surprise attack like this is the most effective... hohohoho, we'll start with the cultural groups, then..."

Issei raised an eyebrow at hearing Yura's somewhat evil voice and daring glare.

"She likes doing these kinds of things the most," Meguri whispered into his ear, causing him to nod in understanding.

If that was the case, then they would be visiting the Occult Research Club too! A smile appeared on his face at seeing his friends while working for another group at the moment. And just like that, he followed closely behind Yura and Meguri as the trio made surprise attacks on the cultural clubs whilst they were making their preparations for the upcoming festival.

"Official inspection! We're the Student Council!"

That was how they started each inspection.

Yura, Meguri, and Issei made surprise visits to each of the various cultural clubs. The bad rumours of each club were exposed one after the other. Investigating further, it wasn't just the Chess Club at the beginning, the groups who secretly broke the school rules were literally everywhere.

Issei Hyoudou was in no position to talk about others, but all of the other people at the different clubs were really presumptuous. As for the Sports Clubs, after the surprise inspections, they tied them up on the ground, before using the bamboo swords that Meguri had brought to discipline them on the spot. Due to Akeno's influence in being a sadist, he was slightly satisfied at being able to 'punish' them right there, which led to Yura and her companion to become curious at his strange self. Most of the students understood that resisting the Student Council was useless, so there were a lot of people who instantly sank into despair and gave up as soon as they saw Yura and Meguri.

Well, there were occasionally a few people who tried to resist or escape. Of course, there were a lot of people who could only exclaim 'It's not Saji!' when they saw Issei, which actually annoyed him for a bit.

This kind of inspection didn't seem like it could be done on a fixed date, and it was most effective only when it was sudden, according to Yura's words. If the inspection was scheduled only to occur on the first day of the week or the first day of the month, those people would only act honestly on the day of the inspection, and would act as they liked to on other days. Giving these people the impression that they were the subjects to a sudden inspection by the Student Council was very important.

Issei was able to understand more or less, why Yura enjoyed this. 'Wow, so this is what it feels like to be in charge... it's kinda fun...' he thought to himself at one point, and it wasn't wrong. Indeed, true to his actions, it was quite fun and 'right' to punish those who went against the school rules and for a brief moment, he seemed to like the authority that the Student Council had. But didn't that include him? Way back then, he used to peek non-stop at the girls of the Kendo club as well as talking nonsense about eroge and porn with his two lackeys... it made Issei suddenly want to punish his own self for acting that way.

Nonetheless, when arrived at the Manga Research Club, the rumours were that the students there were reading H-manga. It seems like they also secretly held an exhibition at last year's festival, which was the time that he heard all the copies of the H-mangas were sold out in the blink of an eye. Naturally, this made the club a target for inspection. Due to his natural perverted self, he had intentions to read them, but he knew that he had to control himself if he had to earn the trust of the student council and get them to see him as someone they could rely on, not only as a pervert and a nuisance.

"The Manga Research Club often seems to secretly draw some questionable manga for ordinary students to read," said Yura.

'Wait, what?!' he thought to himself, unable to believe it. 'How could I possibly just know about that now?!'

Although he was arguably the number one informant in all things perverted along with Matsuda, and Motohama, how could he just know about that now?

This could only mean one thing.

The Student Council is too terrifying.

Apparently, the people who had the most authority in the school knew more about him than what he possibly knew. Arriving before the Manga Research Club on the third floor of the new school building, Issei, Yura, and Meguri all nodded as they exchanged a glance with each other, before they lightly knocked on the door. Soon after that, a voice replied 'Come in', and the door was opened.

"Oh no! The Student Council!"

The male student with glasses was surprised to see Yura, which caused everyone else within the room to panic.

"Not good! Hide them quickly!"

Then, the members of the manga club seemed to be busy hiding something. Not wasting any time, Yura pushed spectacled boy aside and began to shout.

"We're from the Student Council! We've heard that you've been making suspicious manga and spreading it around to students, and thus we came here to inspect your club!"

Yura strode into the room, while Meguri and Issei followed behind, and after which, she pointed to a girl who appeared to be the president of the club.

"We need to inspect your manga. Hand over all of the mangas in this room."

"Okay."

The manga club's president replied calmly, and then gave instructions to all of the members inside. All of them shakily handed over each of their originals, before the three inspected carefully each of them.

"It's ordinary manga."

Those were Yura's words, which were the same as Issei's thoughts. Although the quality of the art didn't seem like the product of a high school student, there were also some ecchi parts, however there weren't any explicit H works. Although he was looking forward to seeing those H-mangas, another question occupied his mind. Was the rumour regarding those explicit mangas just a lie? At that time, Issei heard the conversation between Meguri and a female club member.

"W-Why is the beast Hyoudou here?"

"Our member, Saji Genshirou has the flu. So, he's acting as a substitute and has come from the Occult Research Club to work with us."

"Shouldn't Kiba-kun be the one to come instead?!"

"Well, that's just how things roll, sister... deal with it."

"If it was for a surprise inspection, it would be better if it was Kiba-kun," she pouted.

'Well, sorry to rain on your parade, girls!' Issei thought to himself, a bit annoyed with the girl's opinion. Upon hearing Meguri's announcement that Kiba wasn't available to fill in Saji's position, they began crying and whining about how the 'Prince of the Academy' wasn't there to visit them. 'This is getting really annoying...'

[Well, who was the one who became a pervert in the first place, Partner?]

'Shut up, Ddraig...' he told the dragon.

After inspecting all of the members' manga, none of them found anything in the end, which caused the manga club president to show a relieved expression.

"See, there's nothing, right? Okay, please head out. Have a good day!"

The manga club president began waving her hand to send them away, but just in the moment where it seemed as if the Student Council had believed that the rumours were wrong, Meguri's interest was suddenly piqued by a certain computer which sat on the floor as her eyes homed in on it. She walked over to it, and began to examine it carefully.

"Hmm, Tsubasa. This thing is suspicious, only this computer has traces of dust from being moved around..." she concluded, posing her hand under her chin.

She then invited Yura over to take a look, and then both her and Issei walked over to the red-haired knight and began to carefully inspect the computer, and the three of them confirmed that only the dust on that computer didn't match up with its overall look.

"I-Inside that is…"

One of the members accidentally let their mouth slip.

"Idiot!"

The manga club president immediately interrupted him, which could only mean one thing.

Something was indeed wrong here.

Yura was the first one to react. "So that's how it is... Hyoudou-kun! Block those guys!"

"U-Understood!"

Hearing Yura's instructions, Issei immediately complied, inserting himself between the two and the other manga club members, acting as a wall between the two parties. Some of them even tried to escape, but Issei managed to keep everyone in line while his two other companions began their investigations. After the computer's case was opened, several thin booklets were found inside. What a clever way to hide their shenanigans.

"No, please stooopp!" the president cried, which only prompted Yura to open the thin booklets, before examining them carefully.

"T-This is the thing that you guys were hiding... I see... t-this is —!"

After checking it, Yura opened the booklet and held it up in front of all of the manga club members.

"I found it! Manga Research Club! This is evidence of the rumours against you!"

Issei jawdropped.

On the booklet was a character that looked like him and another one that looked like Kiba, entangled with each other, doing private business together. Unable to believe it, Issei quickly ran over, grabbed the booklet from Yura's hands and checked it himself. A look of horror appeared on his face as he saw that it was mainly about him and his blonde friend doing erotic things to each other. If that wasn't enough, the title on the cover was 'Beast Hyoudou-kun X Prince Kiba-kun Vol. 15!'. From the title itself, it was obvious that this whole fiasco had been working underground for quite some time now.

"W-What the heck am I seeing..." Issei couldn't blurt out anything else due to the shock he just felt at the moment.

After leading the frozen Issei to a nearby corner to internally sulk about his luck, Yura faced the entire manga research club population. "This is clearly a homoerotic manga which, is in violation of the school rules."

Hearing those words, the manga club president began to make excuses.

"A-Are you trying to take away our freedom of expression!? T-This is a violation of the Freedom of Information!"

Yura kept her serious gesture up. "I don't have any opinions on your work, however, I hope that you don't hand these out to ordinary students."

"B-But, there a lot of girls in Kuoh Academy waiting for this... the love story of the beast and the prince!"

"I don't want to hear your excuses!" Issei roared from the corner where he was at. "You really have the guts to make something like this?!" he continued, holding the booklet up high before ripping it into two, causing everyone inside to complain about him ruining their 'work of art'. "Now, I don't care about what you all think of my relationship with Kiba, but to do this kind of thing is disgusting!" After tearing it into two, he then threw it on the floor and began to stomp repeatedly on it, while everyone just looked at him as if they were hypnotized. "For the last time, we are not in a homosexual relationship! We are just friends!" he told them all with all the hatred in the world. "This little series you're making has to end!"

Seeing the quiet atmosphere after Issei's little rant, Yura coughed a few times to regain everyone's "In any case, these need to be confiscated, and you'll need to report to supervising your teacher-in-charge afterwards."

Issei had an evil grin on his face, happy that the horrible books will finally be stopped after a long time of staying underground.

"Ugh!" the president groaned out. "It can't be helped! This series became popular since this spring, and now it's finally succumbed to the authorities!"

She knelt on the floor in tears, with the other members also having regretful looks and moist eyes. Then, the president turned towards Issei.

"Please! There's only one thing that you definitely have tell me! In that case, I won't have any regrets! Hyoudou-kun! I'm begging you, please answer my question!"

He narrowed his eyes and took a deep breath. "This better be good..." he warned.

"In reality, between you and Kiba-kun, who's the attacker and who's the receiver!? I want to know the truth!"

CRACK

The response she got was Issei crashing his left fist towards the wall, causing it to crack a little, sending chills to everyone's spines inside of the room, while Yura and Meguri looked at each other. They didn't expect the brown-haired boy to act like that, especially in front of a girl given that he's considered a pervert by the entire school. And a pervert's weakness was girls, right? Issei's head was low, his hair covering his eyes, showing that he was certainly not in a good mood, before he looked up with an innocent smile on his face.

"Sorry, what was that? I didn't quite hear it," he said nicely, while his two other companions started to chuckle.

After what seemed like a long day, Issei was walking towards home with a satisfied smile on his face. He went home a little late than his usual time since the members of the student council were always the last ones to leave the school. In his opinion, the first day on the job wasn't as bad as he thought it would be, and he managed to succeed in his little goal, which was to earn the trust of the girls he would be working with temporarily. Although it was unclear whether that trust was sincere and fully, he knew that he was off to a great start.

Indeed, after patrolling the whole academy with Yura and Meguri, they walked back into the Student Council room with Sona first asking how did Issei fare on his role. Summarizing everything up, both her knight and rook simply told her that the brunette had a good first day, showing potential that he could be a good disciplinary officer when the time comes, as what he portrayed at the Manga Research club. He also complied well with orders like how Saji does, doing tasks with hard work and with ease, like what he showed when they inspected the other clubs. The two girls were impressed with his seemingly quick change from a pervert to a student council member, which only caused Issei to look down on the floor, embarrassed.

For her part, Sona was a bit surprised. Knowing the Sekiryuutei's characteristics and personality, she was expecting some kind of trouble to brew in his first day on the job; but when Meguri and Yura told her otherwise, she couldn't help but feel a bit proud of herself. Perhaps with the student council's influence, they could change his overall personality and erase his perverted self. Not only will it be for the benefit of the entire school population, but it will also be beneficial for Issei himself. Tsubaki and Reya, who were beside her the whole time, were also surprised at hearing how well Issei Hyoudou had performed on his first day. After hearing their two friends' tales about his deeds, both the Queen and the Bishop couldn't help but feel excited for what's to come.

He smiled to himself after hearing their words to him before leaving the school.

"I'm impressed, Hyoudou Issei-kun... I look forward to the day after this..."

"Well played, Hyoudou-kun. I'm surprised with your performance."

"Good job, Hyoudou! See you tomorrow!"

"You're not bad, Hyoudou-kun... just be careful not to overstep your limits..."

"Nice work, Hyoudou! I look forward to working with you again tomorrow!"

"Tsubasa's right! You're not as bad as they say, Hyoudou..."

"You're doing good like Saji-senpai... just don't be like a pervert again!"

After getting too lost in his thoughts, he didn't even realize that he was back home. Knocking gently on the door, he then waited for someone to open it, revealing Asia who seemed to be anxious in seeing him.

"Ise-san!" she cried happily, hugging him tightly. "Come in, dinner's about to start!" He then followed her inside the house and saw that the dining table was indeed ready for dinner, but with only Rias, Akeno, and the other girls surrounding it; his parents were nowhere to be found.

Upon seeing the main male resident of the house, all of them greeted him as he sat down on one of the chairs, ready to begin to eat. Rias was the first one to speak to him as Asia sat down on the chair beside Issei's. "Issei, how was your day with the student council?" she asked with a sweet smile on her face. "Sona hasn't sent any complaints to me ever since you started working, does this mean you're doing well under them?"

"Well, it was fun being with them, Buchou..." he replied, starting to eat dinner. "Although I must say that I still prefer being with you all, it's a fun experience to work with the other devils in the school as well. Besides, in times of crisis, we have to help each other in dealing with whatever problems we have to face, and me being able to work with them is a good start to building my relationship with them."

"Ara ara, does this mean you're attracted to the girls of the student council as well?" Akeno said with her usual teasing tone, causing Issei to immediately blush and deny it.

"No, it's not like that, Akeno-san!" he said, turning his gaze to the side. 'Geez, why would she think of that right now?' he thought to himself.

"Well, in any way, that's good to hear then, Issei..." Rias continued. "I've heard that Saji's flu will take about two weeks for him to recover, so you'll be spending days at the Student Council room while he is absent. However, I've asked Sona to let you have a free period of two hours so that you could join as at the club room as well and she accepted. Starting tomorrow, you can visit us during your free time, Issei."

"Oh, that's nice! Thanks, Buchou!" he said happily, flashing a wide grin, which only caused Rias to giggle. "By the way, where are my parents? I haven't seen them."

"They went on a little vacation earlier, Issei... they said that they may be gone for more than a week." The brunette gave a slight nod as a sign of understanding.

Before they knew it, he was already done in eating his food and was now leaving the table. Before he did however, he looked at all of them while holding his plate. "Okay everyone, I'm gonna go take a bath and then go do the homework for tomorrow, and then, I think I'm going to go to sleep after that... it's been a long day, especially for me."

"Issei! Wait for me, I'm going to take a bath with you!" Rias announced, chomping away on her food with such speed that would make a knight proud.

"Ara ara, I want to take a bath with Ise-kun too..." said Akeno, eating away through her food.

It didn't take long for Asia to react as well. "I-I want to take a bath with Ise-san too! I can't be left out!"

"Taking a bath together with Issei is one way for me to have his children! Don't count me out!" said Xenovia, using her advantage in speed to eat through her food.

"No, I won't lose! It's been a long time since we've took a bath together!" said Irina, joining in the chaos.

"I won't let you all hog Issei-senpai to yourselves," Koneko declared.

In response, Issei could only sweat-drop before shaking his head furiously to snap him out of his stupor. "Um, there's no need to fight over me because I'm just going to shower alone..." That one statement of his seemed to be enough to stop the girls all of a sudden in their competition, which prompted him to explain his situation further. "Oh, you see, I need to take a quick shower because I need to finish all the homework that was given by my teachers tonight... Kaichou would kill me when she finds out I didn't do them..." he turned around on his heel and headed for the sink, placing his plate there before heading to the bathroom.

Everyone was left frozen at the table. Did Issei just reject the idea of getting to be with them all in the bath? Normally, he would be overjoyed at the idea of seeing them naked, but this time, apparently he showed that he wasn't interested in it at the moment just because of homework? How strange is that? This caused Rias to become curious about her pawn, wondering why he would just walk away from them without acknowledging their presence. By now, it wasn't a question if they had feelings for him, as it was justifiable from their actions yet it made them curious about Issei's rejection.

"Ara ara, it seems that Ise-kun doesn't kun doesn't want to take a bath with us..."

"That's strange, he would normally jump at the idea at seeing all of you naked..." Rossweisse commented, apparently surprised at how Issei just walked away without a care in the world.

Rias was in deep thought. 'He wanted to take a bath quickly because he had homework? Since when did he ever begin to take homework seriously?' she asked herself, before she shrugged. 'Oh well, I guess I can just sneak into his bed later on... besides, it would be less stressful anyway if he really did his homework...' she finished in her thoughts, now eating through her food peacefully, calming down after her hypothesis.

Issei woke up to the vibration of his phone under his pillow and he immediately noticed that he wasn't sleeping alone. In fact, when he turned to his sides, he saw Rias and Asia each clinging on to both of his arms while Akeno and Xenovia had his legs. The best part was... they were all naked! A perverted smile took over his face for a brief second before he shook his head to snap himself out of his fantasies. He then felt his phone continuing to vibrate and he knew that he had to turn his alarm off if he didn't want to wake the girls up. Sneaking his right arm out of Rias' grasp, he reached under his own pillow to get his phone and then turn off his alarm. But other than that, he also saw a text message that was sent to him. A bit curious, he decided to figure out what it was and whom did it come from.

Kaichou wants you to go to school two hours before classes start. You need to help us in moving some heavy furniture from the storage room to different classrooms. Don't be late.

-Tsubasa Yura

Upon seeing whom the message come from, he suddenly remembered that Yura gave him her phone number yesterday so that he could keep in touch with the SC even at home. Apparently, she was the only one who volunteered to give her number to the brown-haired boy, even though Sona encouraged the others that they should. So, with the sneakiness and quickness of a cat, he carefully removed his legs from Akeno and Xenovia's grasps before taking his arm off Asia. It was a hard task to do, but he managed to sneak out of bed without waking the girls up. Letting out a sigh of relief, he headed downstairs to prepare himself a quick breakfast.

Upon reaching the kitchen, his eyes slightly widened at the person he saw there. "R-Rossweisse-sensei!" he blurted out, seeing his white-haired teacher standing by the coffee-maker machine. She was wearing a plain red shirt with pink pajamas, which actually made her cute in a way.

"Issei-kun, what brings you here so early?" she asked, turning around to face him.

"I-I could ask you the same thing, sensei..." he replied, taking a seat at the dining table.

"Well obviously, I have to wake up early because I'm a teacher at the Academy... what about you?"

"I received a text from Yura of the student council saying that I'm expected to arrive at school two hours before all the classes start..." he explained, before taking notice at the coffee maker that was on. Great timing, apparently. "Oh, are you making some coffee, sensei?" he asked, and the former valkyrie nodded. "Can you brew me a cup as well? I'll make it up to you somehow after."

Rossweisse raised an eyebrow at his last statement before she shrugged, getting another cup from the dish rack alongside the one she'll use. A long silence followed afterwards, with only the sound of the coffee maker occupying the whole place. After it was done, she poured it evenly onto the two cups and headed towards the dining table carrying them. She then sat beside Issei and placed his cup of coffee in front of him. "So, care to tell me what exactly did you and the student council do yesterday?" she asked, taking little sips from her cup.

"Well to be honest, it's hard to describe..." Issei answered. "But long story short, we basically went to the different clubs to expose any dark rumors that Kaichou and the others are suspicious of about them." He then remembered the manga research club that gave him a bad mood yesterday, and decided to just ignore that little story. "And it turned out that they were right about some clubs, which included many of the Sports ones."

"Sounds fun."

"I guess... it's actually quite satisfying to have some authority once in a while... I think I now understand how Saji does his job everyday..." he said, drinking some of his coffee.

"I'm sorry if this makes you uncomfortable, but are you nervous about our upcoming Rating game against Sairaorg? After seeing him fight, even I can admit that I'm a bit nervous, especially since our numbers are way behind his."

Issei scratched his head. "If I have to be honest, maybe a little..." he said, leaning more over the table. "But it doesn't really affect me either way... I'm going to fight with every bit of strength I have even if it means sacrificing another part of my body to win."

Rossweisse smiled slightly. "You really know how to brighten up every situation Issei-kun..." After a slight pause, she continued speaking once more. "How would you describe the student council? How are they different from Rias and the others?"

"Hmm, well the most obvious difference is that in the ORC, I'm more of an eager-beaver as you noticed... but once I'm in the Student Council room, it feels like I'm an ant surrounded by giants. I'm not saying it in a negative way, I'm just saying that it feels like I'm the new guy, because I'm just a replacement for Saji. Still, almost everyone there is strict, especially Kaichou and Fuku-Kaichou... the others, we're pretty much on speaking terms... I think, only Yura is the only one who pretty much treats me like a friend among them..."

"Okay, not that I'm butting in with your personal business, but what do you prefer? The ORC or the student council?" she asked with a smirk.

"I can't compare the two, sensei! It's impossible for me to just pick something from the two!" he retorted, leaning back on his chair, finishing the last of his coffee before placing the empty cup back at the table. "Both are quite fun to be in, in their own right... so I can't just flat-out pick something because it would be like betrayal on how I see it..."

Her smirk widened and decided to tease him more, realizing that it was fun to do so. She then leaned towards his ear, showing more of her ample cleavage as she started to speak in a seductive voice. "Are you saying you don't like being showered with Rias' breasts along with the others?"

The sudden change in her tone caused Issei to jump slightly, causing his chair to be out of balance, falling to the floor afterwards. Quickly getting back up on his feet, he narrowed his eyes at the white-haired girl and spoke in a serious voice. "Stop acting like Akeno-san and Buchou, sensei... it doesn't suit you..." he told her, which caused her eyes to slightly widen. "It's not about girls' boobs why I can't pick one out of the two choices you gave me... it's something more..." he continued, accommodating the fallen chair back in its place before he leaned over closer to her face that their noses were nearly touching. "It's because I enjoy being with both organizations, sensei... got it?" After his words, he then realized how close he was to the former valkyrie, causing them both to blush in their place.

Before one of them could even react, a voice not too far from them froze them both in place.

"Ara ara, Ise-kun is going after Rossweisse-sensei too? A student and a teacher together..."

"Issei, what is the meaning of this? Don't tell me you were going to kiss Rossweisse-sensei!"

The brunette immediately drove himself apart from the white-haired woman, standing straight, facing the two girls that caught him. "B-Buchou! A-Akeno-san! I-It's not what you think! I was just explaining some things to sensei, that's all! Please don't misunderstand!" he said, waving his hands in front of him frantically. Meanwhile, Rossweisse was left in her seat, staring at the floor, taking in what both Rias and Akeno said that her and Issei were about to kiss. As soon as she fantasized about it, she instantly shook her head in denial while blushing furiously.

'N-No, why would I even kiss him?!' she said to herself. 'I'm his teacher, and he's a student! It won't be right! A-And besides, he already has Rias, Akeno, and the others!' she finished, thinking that she had calmed herself down. However, that wasn't what her heart really told her.

Rias sighed and then made her way over to the table, with Akeno following closely behind. "Never mind, it doesn't seem like you were doing anything indecent with her... remember, Issei, I'm here as well as Akeno. If you need somebody to be there for you, we'll be gladly to fill that... you don't need Rossweisse-sensei to fill out that gap. You're mine and no one else's... got it?" she asked him and Issei just nodded, although he didn't get much of what she said. "Anyway, back to what I was supposed to say, why did you sneak out of bed without even waking me up nor the others?"

The boy began rubbing the back of his neck, trying to forget the earlier scene. "Ah, well, I got a message from Yura, Kaichou's rook, and she told me that I had to go to the Academy two hours before the real classes start... I was just about to take a bath and get ready to leave, Buchou..."

"Oh, I see..." she then looked at Akeno for a second before turning back to Issei. "Have you had breakfast yet?" Seeing him shake his head, she continued on her words. "Well, do you want Akeno to cook you up a quick meal? You can't just go to school without having something to eat, Issei."

"No, thanks... I just had a cup of coffee..." he waved her off, starting to head towards the bathroom, still trying to forget what had just happened between him and Rossweisse. "I'll see you later when I get out of the bath, Buchou! Akeno-san! Sensei!" he added, making both Rias and her queen smile at his tone; Issei knew how to brighten up a person's day, just like what the former valkyrie had stated earlier. Speaking of Rossweisse, Akeno then noticed that she was still frozen in her seat, her cheeks burning because of the almost-lip contact that she had earlier.

"Ara, has Rossweisse-sensei finally found a boyfriend?"

It didn't take Issei long to reach Kuoh Academy; according to Yura, they were already at the storage room, just waiting for him to arrive. Luckily, he still had five minutes to spare as soon as he stepped foot into the school grounds. He got caught up in another 'war' over him before leaving home. Apparently, Irina had gotten even bolder than before and sneaked up on him while he was changing into his school uniform., pinning him to the bed and pushing her bare breasts against Issei's face. Before it could get too far however, Asia managed to walk in on them to give Issei some snacks because he was going to leave earlier than them. Like Irina, she couldn't take being 'left out' and started doing the same thing to Issei with her own jugs. It didn't take long for them to be followed by Xenovia, Koneko, Akeno, and finally, Rias.

Using his own wits, while Rias was busy scolding all of them, he took the opportunity to run as fast as he could out the house, quickly grabbing his backpack before leaving his room. He didn't stop running for more than ten minutes to ensure that there was no one following him. That was when he had received another message from Yura, that the student council was already at the storage room, waiting for him.

Making his way towards the storage room which was located behind the school, he saw that they were indeed, already there, and everyone was staring at him. He decided not to waste any more time, and he began running over towards them. Upon reaching the place, he noticed that all of them were dressed in their normal school uniforms before the serious expression and crossed arms of the president caught his full attention.

"Although you didn't show up late, Hyoudou-kun... I would still prefer it if you arrive earlier than me..." she said, pushing her glasses back up. "Is there any reason why you were almost late today?"

"Girls fought over me... had to run while I had to..." he replied, panting in exhaustion. "So can we get on with what I have to do? The faster we do it, the more time will be saved."

Sona smiled slightly. At least he knew how to do tasks properly and with quickness. "Well, now that Hyoudou-kun's here, we can proceed to what we are going to do." She then pointed to the storage building behind her, which was nothing more than a simple house that had one door, two windows on each side, and a rooftop made of bricks. "We are going to remove everything there that the school needs to put up the decorations on the exterior, which includes the banners, the cans of paint, among others. The metal posts are to be the last equipment that will be carried outside. Me and Tsubaki will stay out here, organizing everything that all of you bring outside. This is where your strength comes into play, Hyoudou-kun." She turned her gaze towards Issei.

"For what, exactly?"

"Certain equipment that we need are secured well in large drawers inside. In fact, everything there is organized that there isn't a single garbage to be seen on the floor. Everything is organized on the drawers, even if it was pinned between two other things. However there is a stepladder there that can enable anyone to get anything from what drawer they desire. I want you to keep the drawers intact without falling over while the girls get the equipment that are pinned there. You see, inserting something there is easy, but pulling it out is hard without causing anything to happen at the things around it. If even one of those perfectly arranged drawers fall over, you will fix it just like how you've seen it in the first place. Do you get my point?"

"I understand, Kaichou," he replied, nodding. So he just had to make sure the drawers fall over? That shouldn't be too hard at all.

"Unfortunately, only one stepladder is available inside that small building and we don't have enough time to get another from inside the school. So this is how it will be." She turned her attention back to everyone. "One of the girls will be accompanied by Hyoudou-kun in getting the pinned equipment from the drawers. Who would be willing to do it?" she asked them, waiting for someone to comply.

"I'll do it, Kaichou."

The violet-eyed girl smiled slightly. "Very well, Reya... you'll be getting the equipment from the drawers. Remember to call one of the others if you are about to give them something and just drop it on their arms so that they would be able to catch it. I assume you're already aware of what equipment you will need to get, correct?" The brown-haired bishop nodded. "All right then. You and Hyoudou-kun can head inside and start." Upon hearing those words, both Issei and Reya looked at each other before nodding, heading inside the small house. As soon as she saw them go inside, Sona faced her other servants. "The task for the rest of you is quite easy. Opposite to the drawers, there are various boxes situated on the other side of the storage shed. I want you all to open up those boxes and look for the equipment that will be needed for the festival. The metal posts to be used to set up the official banners is also behind those boxes, and it's highly needed that you bring all four posts out of the storage shed. This shouldn't you be a problem for you, am I right, Yura?"

The blue-haired rook nodded.

"Excellent. Now, let's get a move on. We have less than two hours to get everything that we need from inside the small shed. Let's get started."

"Listen up. I want you to support the stepladder while I go up, and then only move to the drawers once I'm about to pull something out. That's easy to understand, right?"

Issei could only nod at Reya's explanation before he placed the ladder in front of the drawer, holding it in place for the bishop. "Okay, you can start to go up now, Kusaka-san..." he said with a smile before she threw him a suspicious look, causing him to sweat nervously.

"I know of your reputation as a pervert, so I got my eye on you, Hyoudou... don't think that you can get a peek just because I am going up." In response, Issei turned his head to the side, nodding slightly, not wanting to get on her bad side. After eyeing him for a few more seconds, she then moved up the ladder and once she reached the peak, he then moved to support the large wooden drawer to prevent it from falling over as she pulled out the equipment required for the school festival.

Time passed fairly quickly and Reya was almost done with the checklist of items after passing the banner of the Tennis club towards Meguri down below. Issei complied with her command well, doing just what she told him to do earlier regarding the ladder and the drawers themselves. Luckily, there were also some items that were located at the lower sections, which required less effort in retrieving. She had also gotten the other banners for the other clubs, and now, the only thing that remained to be retrieved from the drawers was the official banner of the Occult Research Club, which was hidden somewhere at the last drawer in the shed. After searching for it on the bottom and middle sections, they found out that it was located at the top part, which caused Issei to sigh. He had to support the drawer with all his strength once more to ensure that it won't fall over.

Like earlier, he first held the ladder in its place firmly, ensuring that Reya would have a safe path and that she won't fall. As soon as he saw her about to check on the items at the top section, he moved towards the drawer, supporting it with both arms.

"I found it, it's pinned quite tightly between thick books..." she said, examining the place where the banner was located.

"Can you pull it out?" Issei asked.

"I think so, but make sure that you'll keep a good hold on this large drawer... this is gonna be hard to do..." she stated, and Issei immediately followed, applying more of his strength to make sure that the wooden furniture won't fall over. "I'm gonna pull it out, are you ready?" she took a quick glance down below at the brown-haired boy, who simply nodded. "Now."

And thus, she began to pull it out. However, unlike the other banners that she pulled out earlier, this one was pinned quite bad that she had to stop after she heard the sound of cloth being ripped apart. "Oh no, this is bad..." she mumbled, stopping in her tracks. 'If I continue to pull, it will tear apart...' she thought to herself before looking at her friends who were busy transferring the equipment from the boxes on the other side outside of the storage shed. 'No, I can do this on my own...' She then grabbed one of the books that pinned the red banner in between it and the other. 'I just need to pull this to the side,' she continued, pulling the said book to the right using one hand, allowing room for her to pull the red flag out.

'Yes, enough room...' she finished in her thoughts, pulling the rest of the banner out. However, she noticed it too late that she used too much strength in pulling such a short piece of cloth out, causing her to be out of balance on the ladder, making her fall.

She screamed for a short time.

"Kusaka-san!"

CATCH

Reya had her eyes closed as she fell, but she didn't feel any hard surface upon landing. Perhaps something cushioned her fall then? Opening her eyes slightly, she then saw Issei looking at her with different expressions on his face, which immediately caused her to spring up to her feet, throwing him a suspicious look. "What were you doing?" she asked, her eyes narrowing. She may be fine with working with him, but she still had doubts over his personality. "Were you having perverted thoughts about me?"

"No, I was just... making sure that Kusaka-san didn't have any injuries or something..." he replied, rubbing the back of his neck, looking to the side.

The girl didn't believe him at first, but after hearing Momo and Yura giggling from behind her, she turned around with a confused look.

"Chill out, Reya... Hyoudou-kun's being a good boy," Momo told her, smiling at Issei.

"What's gotten your panties in a bunch?" Yura asked, crossing her arms. "Hyoudou didn't do anything, believe us... if he did, he would've had that stupid perverted grin on his face by now..." he continued, pointing towards the brown-haired boy, who was still looking to the side embarrassingly.

The suspicious look then disappeared from her face and was now replaced by a small blush before she smiled slightly. "Oh then, Hyoudou, I thank you for... saving me..." She wasn't able to produce any more words because of the embarrassment and intrigue that she felt at the moment. "I apologize... for... being suspicious..."

A bright smile then appeared in Issei's face, replacing the look of shame that he bore earlier. "No problem! Whenever Kusaka-san needs a hand, I'm there to help!"

His response brought smiles to both Momo and Yura's faces, much because he looked quite cute and innocent with that face. Perhaps if he wasn't such a pervert, he could attract other girls with his 'innocent' face. And afterwards, Reya did something she had never thought she would do in front of him.

She smiled at his words.

Genuinely smiled.

And that was just the beginning.

A few days had passed since he helped the student council at the storage shed, and he has been showing tremendous signs of change within just only 4 days. Whenever he was with the SC, he'd act like Saji, an industrious and a hardworking man. Just after he helped them move out the required equipment out of the storage building for the festival, the day went on with their regular classes. Issei did his best not to fall asleep during class, as he was waiting for Momo and Reya, who were in the classroom just next to them, to summon him towards the Student Council room for yet another task. It had been like that for the next days that followed after, until it felt like a normal habit. During his two-hour free period, he visited the Occult Research Club but as soon as he got there, he nearly got 'killed' by hugs before he felt the girls' breasts against his face.

After that little fiasco, he asked Ravel, who had started on her first day in class as a first-year student, if her day went by fine. It turned out that she had a bit of a hard time in adjusting with ordinary people since she was from a pure-blooded devil family. It didn't help the fact that Koneko enjoyed making fun of her the whole time, before the two little girls began fighting for the ownership of Issei's lap. He then spent the remaining hour of his free time with him being the subject of a war inside the room, which only seemed to annoy him a bit. However, when the time came that he had to go back to the Student Council room, the girls had stopped in their fight with Rias asking him if he could get home early just not to overexert himself.

He responded through a carefree voice, leaving his fate whether to get home early or not up to Sona's decision, since she was the one who dictates when do they go home.

The following day, he woke up even earlier than the day before because of another early task that he Sona asked him to do, and he made sure to leave his home without causing another ruckus between the residents inside. He didn't know it, but Rias was feeling that Issei was leaving them alone for the Sona and the other student council members; she just hoped that it's not true, and that he was just fulfilling his responsibility as Saji's replacement. She knew that Issei has a somewhat 'special' ability to make others like him and see him past his perverted personality, like what had happened with Koneko. Back then, she used to dislike him for his personality, but now she had no problem fighting for his affection like the other girls.

She'd be sad for this, but apparently, what she had feared the most was already happening, but it was completely unknown even to Issei himself.

In just the course of four days, the news about him becoming Saji Genshirou's replacement spread like wildfire throughout the whole school. The student council didn't pay attention to it as everyone was entitled to their own opinions and they knew to themselves that it was only temporary; but looking at it from a closer point of view, much of the school's population had come up with their own reasons on how such an event could happen. Some girls say that it was because Issei Hyoudou had quit the Occult Research Club and joined the student council instead. However, most of the girl population had something of their own, and it was Issei bullying Saji Genshirou in a way wherein the blonde would give up his position to the perverted beast. Meanwhile, the guys of the school had a somewhat preposterous reason, saying that like what Issei had 'done' to Rias and Akeno, he had blackmailed the student council as well into letting him join.

Either way, it would all just lead to one fact. Issei being a member of the SC was only temporary until Saji recovers from his flu.

interestingly though, there have been no complaints about Issei over three days and that was saying something. Normally, he would be up and around, creating trouble wherever he went with his two lackeys, Matsuda and Motohama. However, this fact was greatly ignored by the school itself, still thinking of him as a perverted beast despite being a part of the group that organizes the whole population of the academy. This was only noticed by the other members of the SC themselves as well as the ORC. For Sona's part, she was glad that Issei was at least showing some change; if this keeps up, they would no longer worry about him about offenses to the school anymore. For Rias, she was happy that her pawn wasn't getting into any trouble that much anymore, meaning she won't have to punish him all the time. And decreasing his perverted personality will be also beneficial when it comes to formal meetings and dinners, it will make Issei less of a pain in the neck.

Yes, there were no complaints about him.

In fact, he'll be the one complaining.

At the moment, like he always did for the past days, Issei was sitting peacefully in his seat, half-listening to his teacher and half-bored. Due to Sona and the others' influence, although it was only for a short period of time, he was learning little by little to make some effort in his studies not only for his sake, but also for the sake of his friends. Perhaps if he spent more time with Yura, Meguri, Reya, and the others, they could fully turn him into a new guy; not in a complete way, but it would at least erase his perverted self and make him a better man. Anyway, since the Sekiryuutei was bored, he kept his eyes fixed to the door, waiting for someone from the SC to pick him up for another task. Anything would be better than to sit in the room and just wait until falling asleep, right? That was until he heard what his teacher was saying in front.

"That is all... review your lessons, and see you tomorrow."

Seeing his teacher finally walk out of the door, Issei slumped his head on top of his desk; he could now get a few minutes of rest, at least until he gets called to the office for another task. But just before he could fall asleep, he heard two voices that of which he's very familiar with in front of him. Upon hearing the first words that came out of their mouths, he had to groan inwardly to hide his annoyance. Apparently, two perverts wanted to ruin this good day for him...

"Yo, Issei! We have a brand-new edition of the weekly H-mag we've been collecting!"

"Hey Issei, mind going on a little trip to the Kendo club before we leave the school later on, if you know what we mean? We can also go check on the student council since you're a part of them now!"

Matsuda and Motohama waited for a few seconds to get something as an answer from their friend, but nothing came out. It seemed that he was really asleep, while the silence caught the attention of the other people in the room, including the Church Trio, Aika, and the two captains of the Kendo club. Finally, after a whole minute of waiting for a response, Issei rose up from his desk, looking up at both of their faces with a neutral expression on his face. Most of the girls inside the room narrowed their eyes, they had to be careful around the perverted beast.

"Are you done?" he responded, raising an eyebrow at the both of them. "Cause I wasn't paying attention to whatever you were trying to tell me earlier... if you don't mind, I'm just gonna go to sleep..." he continued, laying his head back on the desk, making himself comfortable. "By the way, for disrespecting the Student Council, you get one major warning from me... another offense will result in you two heading to the office for a disciplinary session."

Everyone, except the Church trio, who were simply surprised, was left hanging with Issei's words. Did they just see what they thought they saw?

Almost immediately, the brown-haired boy felt his hair being clutched by human hands as his head was lifted off the desk. Matsuda looked into his eyes before starting to shake him violently, clinging onto Issei's uniform.

"WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU, ISSEI?! DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO YOUR BRAIN?!"

Motohama pushed his glasses back up, examining his friend carefully. "Issei, did you just let the student council get to your head? Don't worry, as your friends, we'll save you from their strictness!" He then pulled out a random H-manga out of nowhere and handed it over to the brunette, who just looked at the cover page without even reading what was inside. This caused both Murayama and Katase to prepare their shinais in case something bad happens.

"You're really going to make me do this?" he asked, turning back towards his two perverted friends.

"Do what?" asked Matsuda.

Much to everyone's shock, Issei then threw the manga across the room, landing perfectly inside the trash can which was situated by the door. Gasps and murmurs erupted everywhere in the room, specifically about Issei himself. Did he just do what they thought they did? This particular event caused the Kendo club captains to raise their eyebrows suspiciously, Aika rubbing her chin out of curiosity, and M&M feeling heartbroken little by little at a loss of a valuable item.

"Bringing any type of explicit material to the school is strictly prohibited... be grateful that I'm not checking your bags for further inspection..." he explained, leaning back on his chair, his two arms behind his head as if he was just relaxing. That was until he felt himself being shook again, and this time, Matsuda was quite serious, with a dark expression on his face.

"Okay, that's it! Something's definitely wrong with you! What did those stupid girls do with your brain?! Come on, answer us! We'll save you!"

"Yeah, we won't let our friend be —" before Motohama could say anything else, Issei had already stood up from his seat, grabbed both the perverts' heads and smashed them with one another, causing both boys to fall on the floor, dazed and nearly unconscious. Issei sighed before grabbing both of them by their collars as he started dragging them outside the room and into the neighboring one, with everyone left jaw-dropping at what they just witnessed between the perverted beast and his friends.

"What the heck just happened?" Murayama asked, breaking the intense silence between them.

Katase stood up from her seat and walked over to the trash can. "Did Hyoudou just threw away one of his friend's damn magazines?"

In a different case, Aika turned towards Asia with a confused look. "Ne, Asia, is something wrong with Hyoudou-kun? He's acting a little out of character."

"I-I don't know, Aika-san... Ise-san is acting differently these days..."

"Oh? How so?"

"Well, he wakes up earlier than usual... and he goes home late... he now does his homework better... I think that's it..." said the blonde girl, recounting the different changes in Issei's attitude that she noticed for the past days.

"Hmm, I guess that is strange... though I wonder what triggered it... it's almost as if he's not himself right now."

"I think it has something to do with the fact that he's a member of the student council," Xenovia commented, causing Irina to slam her fist down towards her palm.

"Of course!" she exclaimed. "The student council! Kaichou and the others may be influencing him to be a better student! Now that I think about it, his reason for waking up so early since then is because of Kaichou wants him to do something for the school before classes start... maybe she's also teaching Ise-kun how to be a better example to the other students of the academy?"

Upon hearing those words, Katase was the first to react.

"As if that stupid pervert could change!" she blurted out, an angry expression on her face. "He's just a pervert, nothing more! All he does is peek, peek, peek! He's never done anything good in his life here!" She then went back towards her seat, crossing her arms. "He doesn't have any respect for the opposite gender at all... role model... a nice joke, but it's not true..."

After her last statement, Issei walked inside the room, looking perfectly calm as he went back towards his seat. In fact, he looked so calm that he had a satisfied smile on his face; which prompted Asia to ask him about whatever it was that was making him smile.

"Ise-san, where did you go?" she asked, loud enough for the boy to hear.

"I just fed those two to some hungry sharks," he simply replied, pointing towards outside the room, by the door. Everyone's gaze inside the room followed the direction on where he was pointing, and that's when they heard two cries of help from outside.

"Issei, you'll pay for this!" screamed Motohama as he was being dragged by Tomoe Meguri to the direction of the Student Council room.

"I thought we it was bros before hoes, Issei?! How could you do this?!" Matsuda yelled, getting pulled by Tsubasa Yura to the same direction.

"Serves them right... rules are rules, however they see it..." the Sekiryuutei breathed out and closing his eyes, about to return to his slumber when he heard another scream, which certainly didn't belong to neither Matsuda nor Motohama.

"Hey, Hyoudou! What's the meaning of this?!" He opened one eye and saw that Katase, who was sitting at the chair two rows in front, was throwing him a suspicious glare. "You can fool everyone else with this fake act, but not me! You're still the same pervert I know, and that won't change!" While the pink-haired girl was ranting, Murayama had a concerned look on her face. She didn't look like she was supporting her friend at all in her claims.

"I'm sorry, Katase-san... but I prefer to be in peace right now," he replied, closing both of his eyes once again. "I don't plan on peeking on you nor the other members of the Kendo club, so you can calm down."

"Oh?" she then smirked and started to lower her uniform a bit, showing some of her cleavage. "Are you saying that me nor the others aren't good enough to peek on?" she teased in an attempt to bring out his hidden perverted personality.

"Doing indecent acts in the school, which even includes a bit of stripping, is against the rules, Katase-san..." he responded, not even opening his eyes to look at her. It was as if he knew what she was going to do. The other people inside the class widened their eyes at his words, unable to believe what had just came out from his mouth. "I should give you a verbal warning right now, but since I know you are an honest girl, I'm gonna let you slide for now. And to answer your question, you, Murayama-san, and the other Kendo club members are all pretty, but I'd rather not disobey Kaichou's orders and go degrade myself even further."

"W-WHAT?!" Katase's scream could be heard throughout the whole room as her cheeks started to blush lightly at his compliment.

Murayama was also blushing a bit at his sudden compliment, as well as the other Kendo club members in the room. The Church Trio simply simply had their eyes widened in surprise, the other guys inside the class looked at him confusedly, all while Aika threw Issei a look of curiosity. She was intrigued with this new personality; but it was strange, because just a few days ago, he was the same pervert that everyone hated. Was the student council really the reason for his change? It was basically in everyone's minds by now that he is a member of the SC, although temporarily, but could that be enough reason for him to change his perverted ways?

Unfortunately, that question won't be answered. For now, at least.

Reya Kusaka stood just at the door, knocking a few times to get everyone's attention. It was even enough to snap Issei out of his relaxed nature, opening his eyes. Once she was sure that the brown-haired pawn was staring directly at her, Reya began to speak in a firm tone. "Hyoudou, Kaichou seeks your presence at the Student Council room. You'll be excused from your next classes until you get back," she announced, walking over to the teacher's desk, leaving an excuse letter which compensated for Issei's disappearance later on.

Smiling inwardly at being given something to do, he rose up from his seat and slung his briefcase over his shoulder, starting to follow Reya outside the room. However, before he could truly step out of the room, he turned to the Church Trio and smiled at them.

"I'll see you later Asia, Irina, and Xenovia!" he said, waving his arm in farewell, to which the three responded by waving their arms as well.

Meanwhile, everyone else that was still inside the place had dumbfounded looks, especially Murayama and Katase. Out of all the people inside the room, only Aika did not have a surprised expression, only a look of curiosity in her face. Even Xenovia, Irina, and Asia were a bit taken aback with Issei's strange attitude. First, he rejected the offer of getting to peek at the Kendo club again. Next, he threw an erotic manga across the room all the way towards the trash can, before reporting his two perverted friends to two student council members. He was acting like a true disciplinary officer just earlier, like an official student council member.

It was like Issei Hyoudou had gave them the fright of their lives.

"Ah, that's done!"

Issei let out a deep sigh of relief upon finishing his task. He was told by Sona to organize the test papers of every year between which students passed the previous quarterly test, and those who didn't. Not only that, after he sorted out the those that passed the test, he had to arrange them by year level, whether First-year, Second-year, or Third-year. It was a truly tiring task, but he managed to complete it nonetheless. Checking the clock on the wall, he noticed that only two hours had passed since he was excused from class to help out at the SC room. Wiping the sweat off his forehead, he set aside the last of the test papers, and headed out to the main room, where Sona was sitting behind her desk.

"Kaichou, I'm all done."

"I must say, good job, Hyoudou-kun... you managed to finish it faster than a regular student would. Here, take a seat in front of me... you must be exhausted..."

Issei waved her off with an embarrassed grin. "Nah, it's okay... as long as I do my part to help out the student council, I'm fine..."

Sona flashed a slight smile. "Rias was right about you... you do every task with hard work and vigor." A slight blush could be seen on his face at the compliment. "And I'm surprised. We haven't received any complaints about you ever since you started your work as a temporary member."

He began rubbing the back of his head. "Well, I figured Kaichou would be mad at me if I did something that went against her... and it would greatly damage the overall image of the student council as well..."

"Good instincts. But it won't be for our sake only, Hyoudou-kun. If you keep up this new personality without being perverted at all, you won't be treated like how you were treated back then. Now, wouldn't that be better than getting beaten down by the Kendo club all the time?" He then nodded slightly, turning is gaze to the side. "If I have to be honest with myself, after seeing how well you do tasks and perform according to orders during the past days, I wish I could add you as a member of the student council, since I know reincarnating you as my pawn is impossible."

"Woah, I'm... I'm honored, Kaichou... and if I have to admit, it's actually fun being with you, Tsubaki-san, Kusaka-san, and the others. I guess you could say that I'm starting to like it here... I'm quite happy that you chose me as Saji's replacement," he said, smiling warmly at her, which she returned with a small smile of her own. "Oh, by the way, speaking of perverted, how did the disciplinary session with Motohama and Matsuda go?"

"Your two friends?" She then moved the pawn piece on the chessboard on top of her desk two spaces, showing slight discomfort that she had no one to play with at the moment. After all, playing chess was likely the only way for her to have fun and relax. Being a calculating-type of combatant in the battlefield, Sona can easily cook up a foolproof strategy that will help her and her team to achieve victory. And that is the lone fact on how she is undefeated in chess up until this point. Even so, a game wouldn't hurt her, and she is willing to play against any type of opponent.

"Well, I can only say that I watched over them while they are being scolded by Momo and Ruruko," she continued, before she chuckled lightly. "It's quite satisfying to see them crying out for help, although I do not mean it in a bad way."

"No, it's okay, I perfectly understand! Besides, those two deserve it... they were talking bad about all of you earlier..." Sona raised her eyebrow slightly, a bit curious. "They were inviting me to help them peek on all of you just because I'm a part of the student council... was disgusting to hear, in my opinion..." He then scratched his cheek afterwards.

"I never expected you to be quite chivalrous, Hyoudou-kun..." she commented, moving another white pawn forward. "But, I guess I should thank you, on behalf of the student council, that you did the right thing by reporting their offenses and turning them over."

"No problem, Kaichou!" he exclaimed happily, and that was when he noticed the strange movements of Sona's hands on her table; looking down, he saw that there was actually a chessboard on top of her desk! 'Wait, how did I not see this?' he thought to himself, scratching his head before he turned to the black-haired president. "You can play chess, Kaichou?" he asked, interested in seeing arguably the most intelligent student in Kuoh Academy playing a board game. "If you can, then you might be a whiz at this game because you're so smart!"

"Yes, I do..." she replied, leaning back on her chair. "It's the only way I know how to pass time, and it's my very own form of personal entertainment," she explained, before remembering that she was looking for someone to play against. Tsubaki was supposed to be her intended opponent, but she won't be back until her classes were over, which was due in an hour. She then raised an eyebrow at Issei, before she started to speak in a curious tone. "Can you play chess, Hyoudou-kun?"

"Um, Akeno-san taught me the basics after I saw her play against Buchou..." he answered honestly. "But I don't think I'm good at it... why?"

"Perfect," she said, arranging the pieces of the chessboard in their respective positions. "Let's play a game, you and I... Tsubaki won't be back for an hour or more, and the only way I can pass the time is through a simple but meaningful match of chess."

"Eh?" he asked, confused. "But I'm not good at it... I doubt I can even last a minute against you..." he mumbled, looking away. "It'll be boring if you just play against me, let's just wait for Tsubaki-san or one of the others to drop by..."

"It's fine. As long as you know what piece to move and how they move, we play." After a few seconds of thinking it over, he finally sighed and nodded, adjusting his seat so that he'll be able to get a clear view of the board. He didn't seem to react when he saw that the black pieces were his, so Sona just let it be and made the first move, moving one of her pawns one space forward.

"I apologize for having to ask you to play with me," she spoke out, looking at the board intently, unable to look at him in the eye. "It's just that I am at my most comfortable when I'm in front of a chessboard... and having a match, even though it will be quick, it helps me calm my nerves and takes away my stress."

"Oh, its's fine!" His energetic voice got Sona to look up at him as he flashed a wide smile, going through with his turn by moving one of his pawns two spaces in front. " If it helps Kaichou in any way, I'm glad to play against her."

Seeing his smile must have hypnotized her or something, because something totally unexpected happened afterwards.

She smiled.

Genuinely smiled.

Apparently, Rias' pawn had more to him than meets the eye. True, he admired Issei for being a hardworking servant, being able to help the Gremory heiress overcome most of her problems, but she never knew that he had the ability to make the people around him smile. Perhaps that particular ability was overshadowed by his perverseness, but Sona was glad that she knew about this. In fact, she was too lost in her senses that she had forgotten that it was now turn once more. Shaking her head for a bit, she went on with her turn, but not before saying something that came from her heart, straight from her own feelings, not from her mind.

"Thank you."

And the game went on.

She was undefeated in chess; that's how Sona's reputation was built in the devil society, particularly the Sitri clan. She has never lost a chess match in her lifetime, and not only did she play to have fun in her own way.

She also had to play as if every game she had was her last day on Earth.

Why?

Who knows?

However, it seems that records were made to be broken.

She was undefeated in chess, maybe until today.

"I-I-Impossible..."

Her voice was trembling as her head lay low; she was unable to look at Issei straight in the eyes, showing emotion for likely, the first time in front of the Sekiryuutei.

And it was disbelief.

'H-How could I let this h-happen?' she thought to herself. 'How could I be so careless?'

Sona's king piece was now fully trapped by Issei's last rook and last knight pieces. If she moved her most important piece forward, it would be captured by his rook from the far side, and that would also be the case if she moved her king diagonally forward. If she moved it to either side, it would also get captured; this time, by the knight piece.

On the other side of the board, she still had a rook, a bishop and her queen, while Issei's king piece was cornered to h8. Her bishop was securely in its place, ready to capture Issei's king. She only needed to move her queen backwards, which would force Issei to move his king forward that would be eventually captured by the rook that was waiting there. Her other pawn had reached Issei's side, and she chose to promote it to a knight to make sure of her victory. But the problem was, she wouldn't have a next turn!

"Aren't you gonna make your move?" he asked her after taking a glance at the clock. A whole hour had passed since they started playing. The match had a fast-pace, with Issei not thinking much about his every move and Sona responding quite quickly to his foolish decisions. All in all, he still had 3 pieces left, while Sona had 5. "Kaichou, only my King is left at my side, my other two are on your side... just go on and make your move so that we can end this... Tsubaki-san might be back any moment so that you can enjoy a proper game with her..."

Her head was still low, but nonetheless, she began to speak.

"How could I make my move, when I can't do anything at all?" she responded, without even looking at him. What Issei didn't know was that a massive blush began to take over her face, as she still couldn't get over what had just transpired.

Issei threw her a confused look. "What? What do you mean you can't do anything?"

Her blush became uncontrollable and it could be easily pointed out, if she didn't had her head low. "I-It's checkmate..."

"Checkmate?" he asked, looking at Sona's pieces that were all scattered around his king. "Hang on, you haven't gotten my king yet, how is it over?"

She had to suppress her desire to whack him on the head.

"Idiot... it's you who won."

Order of girls: (for now; first five won't change in order)

Sona

Serafall

Momo

Xenovia

Irina

Tsubaki

Meguri

Akeno

Asia

Reya

Rossweisse

Koneko

Ravel

Rias

Kuroka

Le Fay

Ophis

Potential candidates: Murayama, Katase, Aika, Kiyome Abe, Bennia, Elmenhilde Karnstein, Kunou, Valerie Tepes

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-Lance