This is a fan-fic between Highschool DxD/Fate/Stay-Night crossover.

Disclaimer : I don't own Highschool DxD or Fate/Stay-Night. This project is for fun only and if you had complain or suggestion, you can post it on review so that I can use it for reference and learning material.

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This story is following Hyoudou Issei who isn't that much pervert as in the canon. Enjoy!

-Chapter 6 : Prelude To Trouble-

Ddraig said this to me once:

[Dragon is the symbol of power, and it will inevitably draw more power to you, be it as an enemy or as an ally.]

Well, I can use that to my advantage as if I gathered ally whom I can rely to, my job as a hero would be easier and if I gathered enemy, let's just say I don't need to chase trouble around since the trouble will chase me.

Though, I should think like that again as I'm facing many trouble recently.

And today is not an exception.

In front of me, there are many people in the room which more than half of them I don't recognize.

The reason I'm here? My trouble sense is tingling.

Let's trace back to few minutes ago.

I was just finished fixing an air conditioner in the student council room and going to head home to cook something and bring it to Asia since she's still recovering from last night's event.

Grabbing my bag and changing my shoes, I tried to going back home.

Keyword : Tried.

Just right before I exited the school gate, I sense a huge burst of mana from the old school building.

Naturally, that must means a trouble.

Reinforcing my legs, I dashed toward the old school building to find a great concentration of mana gather around the Occult Research Club.

Okay, that's Gremory-senpai's club, no wonder it's like that.

At least until I noticed that the mana exuding from that place isn't hers and it's rather far more violent.

"Geh, if this goes on, whatever it is going to burn down this place." I muttered before aiming my left hand at the roof and fired my grappling hook.

Letting myself be pulled, I wait for the perfect timing and - I broke in to the room on the second floor, the Occult Research Club's room.

After I landed, I promptly projected Kanshou and Bakuya to retaliate to whatever exuding such threatening power.

Obviously, everyone looks at me in puzzlement.

Incidentally, the burning energy that this place emanates up until now dispersed when I broke in to the room.

Which brought me into this situation.

...

Okay Issei, let's assess this situation that I just walked into.

Gremory-senpai and her peerage. Check.

A blonde man dressed in a delinquent-esque clothing. Check.

Said blonde man was accompanied by around fifteen girls wearing something you might see in the cosplay or anime convention. Check.

A mature looking silver haired maid. Check.

Okay, I don't get this situation at all.

And we are still staring at each other as if this is something important.

Then, the maid broke the silence.

"Ahem, I beg your pardon. Who are yo-"

Only to be interrupted by a blonde twin drilled hair girl behind the delinquent man who pointed her hand at me.

"It's him! It's him, Onii-sama!" She excitedly said while keep pointing at me.

"Huh? Who do you mean, Ravel? Do you know this guy?" The man asked while keep shifting his gaze at me and the blonde girl named Ravel.

"He's Agent 69!"

I promptly facepalmed.

"Guh, who are you and how did you know about that name?" I asked when I noticed that the atmosphere was lightened up even if by a little bit.

"Don't you remember? Ravel?"

"Ravel... Ravel?... Ravel... Oh!"

"You do remember!?" Her expression brightened up upon seeing my reaction.

"Uh, sorry to disappoint you, but I don't know anyone by that name."

"Muu..." She pouts.

"Are you even sure he's the so called Agent 69? He definitely doesn't look like it. And even if he does, what he did just now is plain stupid." The man mused while rubbing his chin.

Hey, don't judge the book by the cover!

"Hey! You're the one who exuding the huge amount of magical energy that could level this whole school! Of course I would intervene since this is my school! You're the idiot ones!" I retorts.

"Ha!? How dare you call me stupid! Don't you know who I am!?" He yelled as a fire suddenly burst out from him.

"Raiser Phenex-sama." The maid said in a calm tone.

Hearing that, he dispersed the flame and clicked his tongue.

Meanwhile, my reaction to hearing his last name...

"Err, does that means that Ravel girl is Ravel Phenex?" I asked nervously.

"Ha!? Isn't that obvious, moron? She's my little sister, of course she held the name Phenex!" Raiser replied.

"Whoa, chill out. Now I think I remember that girl."

"You're not joking this time, right?" Ravel said while narrowing her eyes on me.

"Err, underground facility, short dress, two guards, and Michael Ba- I mean explosion. Am I correct?"

Two Years Ago...

Third Person POV

Sitting down on the room with arms and legs being chained by a special magical chain designed to bound powerful spiritual beings is a small blonde haired girl.

Her usual drill hair was gone as long blonde hair flowing down till her waist, her usual gothic-lolita dresses replaced by a simple white short dress, and her usual haughty expression was replaced by dread as three man wearing human's military uniform with a gas mask entered the room.

It's been hell of a week for her(funny that hell is better than being here as she's a devil).

She was just loitering around while his older brother visits an acquaintance in the human world, only for her to get kidnapped by a mysterious organization.

And that organization locked her here for almost a week now, demanding her to give the secret of creating Phoenix's Tears or get tortured by various method due to her regenerative capability as a devil from Phenex family.

After four days of resisting and keeping her defiant attitude as she believed her family will find her, she lost it when they escalate the torture to the point of dismemberment and nobody searches for her(despite her brother is searching her but couldn't find her and in a roaring rage while keep swearing to torture anyone who did that till they broke). The fifth day, her fingers and toes was cut off repeatedly, the sixth was worse, this time, her limbs. This caused her to simply wished to die as the pain was unbearable, she saw her regenerative nature as a curse now rather than a blessing as that means she'll get tortured permanently and won't die of it. Even if she told them the secret, they would just use and torture her even more, making her how she is right now, giving up to anything they would do.

But she's not ready for what the three man going to do to her.

"Hey, since most of our physical torture didn't work, how about we do a psychologically?" One of the man said while walking closer to her.

"Dude, we can't use any mind tampering magic nor do we have a Sacred Gear to do that." The other one shrugged his shoulder.

"Who said we need magic or Sacred Gear?" The first guy said while pointing down at his pants.

"Oh, I see what are you talking about. Hehehe... What a great idea, even if she's broke, we can just kidnap the other member of Phenex family. Even if she's rather small, she'll have to do since we've not been 'in touch' with any woman from these past months." The second man said as he walks closer to her as well.

Hearing that, she screamed and struggled in her bindings as the two man starting to lower their pant's zipper.

Being physically harmed was endurable, but this? She'll be soiled for her entire life!

Realizing the bindings won't budge, she screamed for help.

"Ha, it's useless! Nobody would help you here!" The first guy said after his zipper was fully down and slowly taking his 'tool' out.

"It's been a while since the last time I feel the touch of woman, a little girl is fine too!" The second guy joined.

But before they could do the horrifying act.

"Wait." The third guy said.

"What? You want to join, rookie? You have to wait, unless you want to use her mouth?" The first man asked in irritation.

"No, I have a better plan to torture her than raping her."

"Haa? Are you trying to cockblock us?" The second guy complained.

"You said that since physical torture won't work, right? Then, what's the use of raping her aside from breaking her which would render her useless? Why don't we use both physical and psychological torture?"

"Keep talking." The first guy said.

"I'm going to shove my gun up to her love hole and fired my bullets inside, that ought to struck fear deep in her to the point of relenting and giving up the information. After that, we can do whatever we want to her."

"Whoa, whoa, that's a good idea! Boss would be happy and we'll get the fun as well! Then, go and do as you please, rookie!" The first man said as he stepped back to allow the third man walked up to her.

She couldn't believe her ears.

While being raped was bad, having a gun shoved up to 'that' place and shooting her... Her face turned pale and she screamed even louder, but that didn't faze the guy who walks closer to her.

He took his pistol out of it's holster and cocked it before kneeling right in front of her.

"Ravel Phenex isn't it? You're going to enjoy what I'm about to do." The man said while slowly lifting the skirt of her dress.

She closed her eyes and wait for the inevitable to come.

BANG! BANG!

She heard two shots, but strangely, she doesn't feel any pain. Slowly opening her eyes, she saw something unbelievable, two man who's about to rape her before, lying on the ground with their brain's content spilling out of their head while the crouching man still had his pistol aimed their way.

"W-What are you doing?" She asked nervously as she saw the man stood up and put away his gun back at the holster.

ATTENTION ALERT!

THERE'S AN INTRUDER IN THE BASE

ATTENTION ALERT!

THERE'S AN INTRUDER IN THE BASE

"Shit, they found the body, huh? I guess there's no use to this disguise anymore." The man muttered before taking off his gas mask, revealing a brown haired youth while a jagged iridescent dagger appeared out of thin air in his hand.

"W-What do you want?" She asked while watching cautiously as he walks toward her back.

"Freeing you." He said as her struck the dagger at the binding.

A bright light erupted for a second before the bindings suddenly broke.

"Come on, we have to go." He said while offering his hand.

That time, she didn't know if she should trust the youth or not, but preferring to be anywhere but here to be tortured again and again, she took the hand.

But, when she tried to stand...

Bugh!

"Ouch! I-I can't move my legs." She muttered.

She doesn't know how that's possible, as a Phenex, she should never get any illness or permanent wounds, but here she is having a muscle atrophy. Later she would know that her regenerative power was weakened due to her mental state at the time.

Seeing that, the man crouched down and said:

"Get on my back, I'll carry you out of this shit hole." He muttered.

Riding up his back, she caught a glimpse at the base of his neck, a red star shaped tattoo with a barcode on top of it with the number 905046133769 with the number 69 being in bold.

"Who are you and why do you help me?" She weakly asked as he carried her out.

"They called me Agent 69 and I help you for no reason than to piss the owner of this shit hole by preventing him to create his own Phoenix's Tears." He said while smiling at the end.

The rest of the trip included : a shootout, littering the base with corpses, and escaping the place from the hacked self destruct mechanism courtesy to what the youth did before saving the girl, and the girl being taken to her older brother's place in human's world afterwards.

Flashback End

"And you forgot the fact that you knocked me out before delivering me back to Onii-sama's place." Ravel added while frowning.

"Let's pretend that last one didn't happen." I said while scratching my left cheek.

"But still, I haven't reward you with anything for helping me, so you may ask anything as long as it's within my capability." Ravel said proudly.

"Err, okay? But I don't think I'll ask anything for now since there's nothing I want." I said while raising both hands.

"I see..." She muttered.

"Oh yeah, by the way, what's up with your older brother for making that ruckus earlier?" I asked.

Then, the atmosphere turned tense again.

Only Raiser who didn't tense up.

"Oh, it's nothing, Agent 69. I'm just coming here to visit my fiance, Rias Gremory, but apparently she is rather defiant and selfish enough to refuse it despite we devils need to increase our low population." Raiser said while shrugging his shoulder.

"I don't mind helping to increase our race population and marriage, but I am the one who should decide it myself, not being hooked up so suddenly like this." Rias retorts.

"See?" Raiser said.

"Rias-sama, if you really insist about refusing this engagement, you must settle this with a rating game between you two." The maid suddenly said.

"I'll accept it!" Rias said resolutely.

"Rating game? What kind of game is that? Give a rating to something or someone?" I jokingly said.

"Agent 69-sama, rating game is a competition between two Devils with a peerage. The Rating Game shares many similarities with the board game Chess. The Rating Game was created after the introduction of the Evil Pieces by Ajuka Beelzebub. The Rating Game is used to measure a Devil's strength which will reflect their social standing in the Underworld. In fact, the Rating Game is so famous that the Top 10 ranked are considered as heroes to the Devils." Ravel explained seriously.

"Uh, Ravel-san isn't it? Please don't address me with Agent 69, just call me Hyoudou Issei. Agent 69 is just my codename for important events or stuff."

"Yes, Hyoudou Issei-sama."

"Please don't add -sama, Ravel-san."

"No, Hyoudou Issei-sama, that's the least I can do to express my thanks to you for saving me back then."

"You know what, whatever suits you."

"Hahaha! What an interesting man you are, Hyoudou Issei! How about this, since Ravel will receive her Evil Pieces when she reached adulthood, why don't you become the member of her peerage? You are a powerful man, if you were to be recruited into our family, it would benefit both of us and with you, Ravel won't get kidnapped again." Raiser said.

"Muu..." Ravel pouts at the end of Raiser's statement.

"Err, I'm going to pass on that. Sorry, no offense." I said while putting my hand together.

Yeah, I'm not exactly thrilled to have my body and constitution modified again. 'That' incident is more than enough messing up with me as a human being.

"Well, it doesn't hurt to try. I'm going to leave for now. And Rias! I will give you a week from now to train that peerage of yours, not like it will change anything." Raiser said as he disappeared in a magic circle with all the other girls except Ravel.

"See you later, Hyoudou Issei-sama."

"Yes." I said with a sigh.

And she joined to leave.

"Rias-sama, I will inform you about the location where the rating game will be held two days before the rating game." The maid said before disappeared as well.

And now, there's only me and Gremory-senpai along with her peerage left in the room.

...

"That was unexpected to say the least." I muttered.

"Haa... This is the reason why I want you to join my peerage." Rias sighed while rubbing her temple.

"What? He doesn't seem to be a bad guy."

"Yeah right, do you even know why those girls wearing various outfit like that?"

"Uhh, cosplay?"

"They are his harem and each of them fulfill his fetishes."

"...Oh." I plainly muttered.

"What's with that 'Oh'?" She asked in annoyance.

"Isn't that normal? For a devil to build that harem or whatever that is? At least he wasn't killing innocent people or other stupid shit I've seen in my life." I replied.

"You know what? I think I'm going to ask your help with this."

"If it's about me joining your peerage, I assure you it's a futil-"

"No, it's something else. I want you to meet me after school tomorrow here."

"Well, as long as it's not something weird and by weird, it's in my standard of weird, I don't mind helping. Just don't try to ask me to assassinate Raiser or Ravel." I jokingly added the last part.

Only to get a stern glare from Rias.

Whoops, apparently she's honorable enough not to ask me something like that.

"If that's all, I'm going back. I got a meal to make and Asia to treat." I said before jumping down the window where I came from, making everyone giving me a strange look on their faces, not like I can see those since I'm running quickly to home.

-o-

After having a dinner and bath, I cooked some porridge for Asia and leave to visit her. After I called her of course.

Her house was guarded by two operatives sent by Amakusa.

After thanking them for guarding the house, I entered.

"Pardon my intrusion." I said while looking around the interior.

The place was no longer messy like before.

"Ah, it's Issei-san, you can enter." Came the voice of Asia from the back.

Taking off my shoes, I walk in the hall toward the back.

When I reached the so called back, it's actually a kitchen and I saw Asia is cooking something.

And the smell is damn good!

"Excuse me, Asia-san, what are you cooking? It smells good." I said while putting down the bowl containing my porridge on the table.

"Ah, I'm just making reheating the soup I made yesterday, you can sit on the dining table. By the way, do you want some, Issei-san?" She said while stirring the ladle in the pan.

I already ate my dinner, but it would hurt to try a little bit.

"Okay, but not too much because I already have my dinner."

Few seconds later, she served the soup in two bowls.

Looking at the content, I see a bubbling yellowish liquid filled with beans, pasta, and vegetable.

"Ah, Asia-san, I made you a healthy porridge as well." I said while opening the bowl's lid, revealing a porridge with some vegetables and meat inside.

"Oh, thank you very much, Issei-san, I'll definitely eat this." She said while smiling happily.

After that, we are eating the meals(soup only for me).

Looking at the soup, I wonder if this is a cream soup before taking a mouthful of it.

Shit!

This is good!

"Asia-san, this is good, what kind of food is this!?" I exclaimed.

Even Archer will be surprised after eating this soup.

"Ah, that's an italian soup. Gyro-fra taught me how to made it. He used to made it for me when I'm sick." She explained while trying out my porridge.

I wonder if the taste is to her likin-

"Delicious!" Her eyes widened up when tasting my porridge.

"Hahaha, that one was taught to me by Archer. Same as how Gyro-san made it when you are sick, Archer used to make it for me when I'm sick and on the same mission with him."

"Let's trade the recipe sometimes, Issei-san!"

"Well, sure."

After enjoying the dinner(second for me), we chatted a little bit and I helped her doing the homework given to our class during her absence.

The rest is a chit chat until I fulfill my promise to tell her about the origin of me being called Agent 69(luckily she didn't know the other meaning of that number).

Five Years Ago...

Hospital

"You're okay, kid?" Archer asked the twelve years old me a question.

"Haha, very funny Archer, what do you think the feeling after being impaled by multiple stakes like a friggin kebab?" I sarcastically replied.

Yep, here I am, strapped on the hospital bed with bandage around my body thanks to me being careless in my last mission. Though, I never thought I have to fought someone like him. Despite his youth, that appearance of his ain't gonna fool anyone once he used his power and almost turning me into a shish kebab.

"If you're that energetic, that means you are fine. Well, I'm off to go, there's a mission I must do." He said before leaving me.

Wanna know why we didn't seem to mind about this?

Well, this is my summer vacation, you see. My parents thought that Archer brought me with him to travel to many tourist spot across the world.

Yeah, that's half correct. The other half is to assist him in his mission or giving me a mission for myself.

And that one of the mission for myself yesterday almost get myself killed if not for Archer who coincidentally having a mission nearby mine and interfering to save me.

Here I am, lying on the hospital bed, waiting for recovery that will probably takes two weeks if I'm lucky(cause I'm that tough).

Knock Knock

"Come in." I said, thinking it'd probably be Archer taking some stuff he might forgot.

Then, two people wearing some sort of white and black ornate robe came inside.

"Well, well, so this is the owner of Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet, huh?" One of the man said.

"Hey, who are you and what do you want?" I asked them.

"We saw your latest fight and to be honest, we're disappointed." The other man said in a mocking tone.

"Hey, just what are you talking about?"

I'm starting to get annoyed at them.

"Yeah, how weak is this Sekiryuutei. Despite being able of using weapon creation magic aside of using his Sacred Gear, there's nothing worth noting about you, the possessor being too weak." The other man joined in mocking me.

"The heck? Just get to the point, you retards."

"Very well, we heard that you want to be a hero, right?" The black man asked.

"So?"

"That's very sad, seeing that you are probably too weak to become one." The white man added while shaking his head.

"If that's all you want to say, then I suggest to leave cause you two bastards are starting to piss me off."

"No, we came here to offer you something." The white man said.

"What, you're a salesman?" I mocked them.

"No, we offer you the chance to be a superhero, not just a mere hero."

And this is the part where any normal people would say :

'Are you crazy?'

'Get out of here!'

'Scammer!'

But, promise of being a hero combined with the fact that I'm not powerful despite being the wielder of longinus AND being a snot nosed brat, I accepted.

Then next thing I know, they injected me with something before I lost my consciousness.

By the time I woke up, I was strapped on my bed tightly.

"Ugh, where am I?" I muttered while my head still fuzzy.

"You're in our facility, kid. We're going to make a superhero out of you." The man in black robe said.

"Uh-huh..."

Then, they dragged my bed into a white operating room.

"This is going to get hurt a little bit, kid." One of the doctor said.

Hurt from what?

As if on cue, five mechanical hands with syringe in their hand lowered from the ceiling that opened.

OH. MY. GOD.

That's a big ass needle.

"Err, can I ask you to delay this for a bit? That thing isn't going to hurt me a little bit, but that thing could kill me!" I yelled while struggling against my bindings to no avail.

"Calm down, it's just for a bit. It looks scary, but it won't hurt too much." The doctor said, trying to calm me down.

That would work if those syringes aren't that huge!

Then, it came.

The first wave of needles entered each of my sides and injecting some sort of yellow liquid.

"ACK!"

Damn it, it hurts!

Then, they pulled off and the hand returned to where it came from.

The next one came to my neck.

"No, no, no, argh!" I screamed as the third needle pierced my neck before injecting the same liquid.

It hurts like hell.

"Endure it, there's only two shot left."

As the needle pulled back, two last needle came.

"Be still, if you move your head, you'll die." The doctor said.

"What!?" I exclaimed.

Just what the heck are they doing to me?

"GAAARRRGGGHHHHH!" I screamed out loud as two thin, but long needles penetrate both sides of my head.

This time, the liquid they inject is blue in color.

When the needle was pulled back, I gasped for air.

Then, I tried to feel my body.

...

"Doctor." I called him.

"What is it?" He asked while dragging the bed out of the operation room.

"I don't feel exactly super after all the friggin pain you made me endure."

"Well, that's normal. You need to train your body to its limit to awaken the special ability of yours and helping to master your Sacred Gear. That serum you took earlier was to enable you accessing all that if you train hard enough. Now, I think you need to rest for a bit." He said as he injected me with something.

"You've gotta be kiddi-"

Then, I lost my consciousness again.

The next thing is, I got this tattoo, collared by a steel collar for I don't know whatever the purpose is, and I was trained so hard so that my 'hidden' power and Sacred Gear mastery can be awakened. They said that the fastest awakening in the record was in mere two days of training and the longest is a week.

The training is simple.

Surviving every life and death situation we're forced to be in.

Fast forward with the training montage(mostly running away from death), turns out even after a week, I didn't awaken my power despite my physical prowess increased drastically than before.

During the training, I made a very close friend in a Sacred Gear user blonde girl named Stephanie. Apparently, she was offered this program when she lost her parents in an accident and her uncle took all the inheritance that should be given to her. Talk about a complete bastard. She's very bitter and cold at first, but soon, our friendship turned into a platonic ones after going through many shit that is the training.

Things goes south immediately when I discover a horrifying facts about this place by complete accident of accidentally wandering around to accidentally heard the conversation held by the workers of this place.

It's a friggin training place for those who were born as heroic descendant or Sacred Gear user trained to be a superhero, the horrifying fact about that? Yeah, we'll be seen as a superhero by them and their definition of superhero is a brainwashed super soldier used as their slave to commit terrorism act. And oh, the collar forced into me? That's for frying the brain of anyone who tries to escape or rebel.

Just GREAT.

Then, by some work of miracle or whatsoever, Archer discovered the place and somehow managed to contacted me and we devised the plan to wreck this place up.

Like Helmuth von Moltke the Elder says, no battle plan survives contact with the enemy, and he's damn right.

Our plan got leaked and those bastard were preparing to evacuate the place.

Wanna know what they do next?

They put me and some of the friends I made during my stay into some sort of a capsule and tried to brainwash us.

And again, the keyword : Tried.

Apparently, Archer also gained the information and strike the place with all the help he can get.

During the chaos, the room where we were held caught by an explosion which caused the machine to malfunction and released us.

After that, I managed to get in contact with Archer and he told me where to go and navigate me through the base.

But when we in the midway of getting out, we were ambushed by several armed soldier who managed to intercepted our contact.

They told us to surrender or be killed.

Obviously, I rebelled while completely forgetting the collar on my neck.

So, they decided to make an example out of me and activating my collar's function.

The next thing I know is a feeling of burning, melting, stabbing, crushing, and splitting on my head before I fell down on the ground without being able to move, not even twitching nor speaking.

I could only look at my friends being dragged with my slowly fading consciousness.

And at that moment, the serum kicks in.

A sharp electrical jolt runs through every part of my body and miraculously healing all the injury I've suffered, my body felt far better than ever, and I felt a surge of power rising from myself.

Seeing me, the guards were surprised and aimed their guns at me.

Then, it happened.

My vision turned monochromatic and everything went into a slow motion while I'm the one who can move normally.

I didn't think much about it and consider it an adrenaline rush before using their guns against them.

After that and releasing the other's collars with the keys from the deceased soldier, we ran again toward the exit.

But as if Fate mocking us, Murphy's Law kicked in.

Even if I killed them all, later would I know that the boss saw what I did and prevents us to leave the facility alive.

He activated the turret system, killing most of the escaping kids.

Out of around twenty kids that goes with me, only five left including me.

Apparently, they were just a kids who got kidnapped and have zero combat ability or incapable of using their Sacred Gear even with the life or death training given to them, they couldn't use it in the real combat situation.

The people left alive were: Aiden(Cu Chulainn's Heroic Descendant), Yuko(Tamamo no Mae's Heroic Descendant), Mana(Medea's Heroic Descendant), Stephanie(Sacred Gear User : Blade Blacksmith), and me.

But we were separated from the former three, as those bastard somehow set a trap to let them go while they keep chasing me around. Stephanie who is also persistent want to help me escape.

But that went backfire...

Fucking badly.

"Shit! I don't have any ammo left!" I shouted after checking out the mags of a stolen Steyr AUG while being chased by armed soldier.

"Firebrand!" She yelled as a wall of flame made out of Holy Sword blocked the hall behind us and burned those poor bastard who got caught in it.

We ran forward, to the alternate exit.

Then, as we reached outside, it suddenly turned south.

"Issei, watch out!" Stephanie yelled as she pushed me aside.

BANG!

Dropped on the ground with a thud, I saw it.

Someone was aiming for my back with a laser sight and Stephanie took the bullet for me.

"Steph! ! !" I screamed as I held her in my arms.

"Issei, just leave me here, you need to get out of this place." She said while coughing up blood.

My sleeveless white shirt now colored red from her blood.

"What are you talking about!? We're getting out of here together!"

"No, you have to leave me here. I don't have any family or relative while you have a family waiting for you in your home and that Archer guy who came to your rescue. Nobody would miss me even if I died." She said while wryly smiled.

"No! If you don't have a family, I'll be one for you, so don't you die on me or I'll be friggin sad!" I yelled at her.

"Issei...*cough* Can you listen to my wish?"

"What is it?"

"Issei, live for me." She said while raising her body.

"What are you talking about!? We're getting out of here ali-"

BANG!

The sound of gunfire interrupts me along with showing a visible hole on Stephanie's head.

She took the shot meant for my heart.

"Ah... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ! !" I screamed while cradling her dead body on my arms.

I didn't even pay any attention to the sniper who took an aim again at me nor several streaks of blue comet went past me toward the entrance, killing the sniper along with collapsing the tunnel.

Even I don't know that Archer rescued me until the next day as my mind gone completely shut at that moment to cope with the situation.

About those three who got separated from us, well, they are for another story.

Flashback End

"That's..." Asia said while using both of her hands to cover her mouth.

"Pretty messed up, huh? But that doesn't compare to you." I said while wryly smiled.

"That's not true, Issei-san!" She yelled.

"Really? From all I know, that was all my fault. While you were suffered under the pressure that the Church gave you from your younger years, it wasn't your fault, they're manipulating their kindness and when they found out something bad, they just readily abandon you as easy as they used you once if not for Gyro-san and Gregorio-san's interference while my problem was caused by me foolishly believed all that superhero bullcrap."

"Look at this way, Issei-san. If you're not there, you wouldn't met Stephanie-san and made her life better. From that story, even if she died, she died happy knowing you, someone she considers close to, safe." Asia said while clasping her hands and closing her eyes as if praying.

"I see... Thank you for telling me that." I wryly smiled.

"It's not a problem, Issei-kun. If you have any problem, you can talk to me, it's the least I can do to repay you for saving my life."

"No, no, no, you don't need to owe me about saving your life, it is my duty to do so as your escort back then. And oh, look at the time, I must leave, bye!" I said before dashing off her house.

Before she could talk, I was already gone.

Damn, that's awkward, telling her about my past like that.

Anyway, I gotta go and get some sleep since I'm going to have something to do with Gremory-senpai.

-o-

Afterschool, Occult Research Club.

Standing in front of the door, I knocked it.

"Come in." Came the answer from inside, specifically, Gremory-senpai.

"Pardon my intrusion." I muttered while entering the room.

In the clubroom, I can see Kiba sitting down on the sofa, reading something with Koneko beside him munching a rice cracker and Himejima-senpai bringing a tray of tea to Gremory-senpai. And the window I broke yesterday was already fixed.

"Let's cut the chase, what do you want me to help you with, Gremory-senpai?" I asked.

"You're very blunt, aren't you? Okay, let's go to the first floor."

With that, we leave the room and walk down to the first floor. There, they lead me through a hall ended with a door.

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[MENACING]

Somehow, I get an uneasy feeling just by being nearby this door, the menacing aura that exudes from inside doesn't help at all.

"Uh, what do you want me to do?" I asked her.

"Inside the room, I have... Let's just say quite problematic peerage. He possessed incredible power and abilities that might gave me an edge in the upcoming battle against Raiser, but he wouldn't listen to me. That's why I want you to talk to him about it." She explained.

"Hey, if he wouldn't listen to you, why would he listen to me?" I retorts.

I caught a glimpse on my side that Koneko is shuddering.

Is she scared by something behind that door?

"Please try it, even if he refuse, he won't hurt you or anything. There's no harm in trying."

"Then, can you open the door for me?" I asked, just to be sure it's safe.

Hearing that, Gremory-senpai nodded before opening the door.

The menacing aura intensifies as the room was revealed.

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[MENACING]

'WRYYYYYYYY~'

Just now, what was that!?

Did I hear things?

Walking inside, I saw the interior of the room.

It's like this room was made based on the Victorian era even more than the Occult Research Club's room with the exception of a flat screen television on the wall and a laptop on a table beside a sofa.

And there's a person currently sitting on that sofa.

"*sniff* Ha... I smelled a spoiled princess, half breed, cat, vengeful spirit, and what's this last one? It's so familiar with the smell I could never forgot from the past five years." The person muttered.

That voice!?

"Hmm? Tell me, the man right behind me, who are you and how did you smell so similar to the person I've met five years ago?" The person said while slowly standing up and turning around to face me.

A long platinum blonde hair reaching up until his waist, his cold gaze felt as if it was trying to stealthily pierce my heart, a snow colored skin, and a strange sensuality that made it impossible for him to be a man.

That appearance!

When he fully stood, his height is a little bit shorter than my 5'9", probably around 5'7" and he wore our school uniform with the blazer, but the blazer looks more like a custom made coat as there's a tailcoat down till his shoes.

Then, he puts his right hand in front of his face while pointing his left hand at me.

That pose!

"And why does my old wound keeps on throbbing when I see you?" He said as his red eyes, brimmed with unnatural charisma saw me through the gap of his right hand's fingers.

Then, he narrows his eyes at me, I replied in kind.

When we finally saw and recognized each other's face, we yelled in unison:

"So, it is you, you bastard!" x2

"I'm going to turn you into a kebab again, HYOUDOU!"

"I will gouge that eyes of yours again, VLADI!"

"What!?" Rias exclaimed.

With that, we unleashed our respective power.

To Be Continued...

A/N : Actually, no A/N for now.