How the Devils Do Business.

AN: Hello! This is Doc here with a new chapter of Son of the Huntress!

That's all I want to say, so hope ya like this chapter!

(Kuoh Academy)

In the middle of class, Issei was currently found starring off into space while ignoring his teachers lectures.

What happened yesterday really got the young pervert thinking about his new life now.

He went on a date with Yuuma, then got killed by her asshole of a brother, then suddenly gets resurrected into Devil.

Shirou had told him of what he was after they were saved last night by his friends. The very of thought of being resurrected into a Devil really got him off his edge a bit.

Now Issei had to wait for the end of the day so Shirou could bring him to his club to discuss somethings and what to do from there.

Speaking of Shirou, Issei turned and saw the former demigod who was currently found staring out the window with a expressionless look on his face.

Issei had to either guess that his ADHD was kicking in or Shirou was just bored. Well either one it's still technically the same.

But still, being resurrected isn't such a bad thing for him. Now that he joined the most wanted club in the academy. And the best part of it was that he can finally get some chance to see some boo-!

*Pak!*

"Ow!" Issei cried out in pain loudly as something shot him in the head. The pervert rubbed the side of his head and found the source of what hit him.

He picked up on eraser off the ground and examined it in confusion. It was then he came to realize the only person who would be capable of knowing when he was thinking something perverted...

And that was Shirou.

It was then the brunette for some reason suddenly felt a very cold chill down his spine.

"Hyoudou-kun, is something wrong?" Issei quickly snapped out of it and faced to the front of his teacher and noticed that everyone else was looking him.

Nervously, the boy rubbed the back of his head and said, "N-No, sensei. Just got a small headache is all, ehehe..."

The teacher seemed to by the act and said, "I see, well if you're not feeling well you are free to head to the nurses office at anytime." Issei nodded in response as the teacher and everyone else got back to what they were doing.

Issei gave a low sigh of relief as he turned to face Shirou again who was still looking out the window.

His best friend may have ADHD, but it was scary that he would immediately know what another person may be thinking of.

*Ding~ Ding~*

At the sound of the bell, everyone began to dismiss themselves or began chatting. Shirou got up from his desk and approached Issei, "Ise, let's moving. We're going to meet with the others today."

In response, the pervert quickly got up from his spot, "R-Right!"

As the duo were about to leave the classroom, Yumi suddenly made her appearance through the front door, "Sorry for the intrusion." She said politely.

Issei suddenly then jumped in surprise when the entire classroom bursted in excitement, "It's Yumi-san!"

"She's so beautiful!"

"Please go out with me!"

"Dammit, it's not fair that Amamiya is so close with her!"

"Yeah! Go die you stupid pretty boy!"

While ignoring everyone's cries and outbursts, Shirou calmly walked up to the blond and asked, "Yumi, what you doing here? I thought you were heading towards the clubroom?"

Yumi smiled beautifully at her white haired friend, which swooned every male and female alike, "I wanted to accompany you and Hyoudou-kun on the way to the ORC. Will that be a problem?"

Shirou shook his head and said, "I don't mind. And neither does our newbie here." Shirou spoke in a bored tone to which Issei twitched an eyebrow. Well he admits that he is indeed in fact a newbie, but he didn't have to say it in that tone dammit!

Yumi smiled at that response and said, "Great! Let's get moving, we can't keep Buchou and the others waiting long."

Shirou nodded as he and Issei followed Yumi out the door towards the clubroom.

Time for Issei's orientation on the supernatural!

(Later) (ORC Club Room)

Walking away from the academy, the three teens entered the old school building and headed straight for the clubroom.

Issei suddenly stopped from a moment as he noticed that one room was crossed with yellow tape and a red Gremory Magic Circle printed on the front doors, "Umm, what's in there?" The pervert curiously asked.

Both [Knights] stopped in tracks and looked to where Issei was pointing at. That's when Shirou spoke, "Oh, that room is private. It belongs to another friend of ours, but unfortunately it's sealed up."

"Sealed up? What for?"

Yumi then gave out her answer and said, "Unfortunately, Hyoudou-kun, we can't say much of what's behind those doors. The only ones who can enter through them are both Buchou and Shirou-kun."

"Now if we're finished, let's get going. Our room should be straight down from here." Shirou said as he continued walking towards his current location with Yumi and Ise behind him.

As the three approached the double doors, Shirou gave a light knock before entering, "Buchou, we're here." He called out.

Stepping inside the room, Issei was curiously looking at the weird signs and words in every single area of the room on the walls, the ceiling and the floors. That's when he noticed Koneko sitting on the sofa eating yokan quietly.

Koneko looked up from her spot for a moment and found two of her friends have arrived along with the pervert.

Shirou walked up to the nekomata and greeted her, "Hey, Neko. You remember meeting Ise, correct?"

The nekomata silently turned to the pervert as he scratched the back of his head nervously, "Ah! How are you...?"

Koneko responded back, "...How are you...? You don't need to hide it, I'm not going to take it..." Was all she said before she went back to eating.

Shirou meanwhile just rolled his eyes a little but smirked a little, Yumi smiled pleasantly and didn't say anything, and Issei was only left confused.

Shirou then sat down right next to Koneko as the little white head then got up and sat on his lap and continued to eat quietly. They later heard the sound of a shower running, Issei looked and noticed that there was someone behind the curtains taking a shower.

Yes, they have their own shower in their clubroom.

Standing next to the shower curtain was Akeno with a pair of folded clothes in her hands, "Buchou, take this."

"Thank you, Akeno."

Akeno handed Rias her clothes as she began changing her into them. Meanwhile with Issei, even if the curtains were blocking his view, the brunette still made an attempt to form a perverted look on his face.

Both white haired Devils noticed the look on the perverts. Shirou groaned to himself while Koneko had a look of disgust, "…What a lecherous face…Here Shi-kun."

"Oh, thank you, Neko." Koneko shared her yokan with Shirou who accepted it. Koneko wasn't usually one to share her sweets with anyone else. If someone other than Shirou were to take her sweets without her permission...

Well you can expect them to be in a body cast the next day.

Once Rias was finished changing, she removed the shower curtains and faced everyone around her with Akeno by her side. "I'm sorry. I couldn't take a shower last night because I stayed at your place, so I took a shower now."

"Ara ara. Hello, my name is Akeno Himejima. Please to make your acquaintance, Issei Hyoudou-san." Akeno introduced herself.

"O-Oh, N-Nice to meet you too, Himejima-senpai!" He greeted back, but more awkwardly.

Later, Akeno had just made tea for everyone and passed a cup to Issei. After taking his first sip of it he said, "It tastes good."

Akeno giggled a little and said, "Ara, thank you very much."

It was then Rias spoke up and said, "I will get to the point, and I'm sure Shirou has already told you this, but I will say it anyway. All of us in the room are Devils."

Issei rubbed the back of his neck and said, "Well, yeah. Shirou pretty much told me a few things of what happened last night..."

Rias nodded and continued, "Good, but I bet you are wondering who those three people were, correct? The man and the women are Fallen Angels. While the one in the priest uniform was a Rogue Exorcist. The Fallen Angels are former Angels who served God, but they fell down to the Underworld because they had evil intentions. While Rogue Exorcists are excommunicated priests of the church who join other Fallen Angels or heretics. They are also the enemy of us Devils."

Issei began to slowly understand the explanation as Rias then continued, "We, the Devils, have been in a war with the Fallen Angels since ancient times. We have been fighting over the possession of the Underworld, also known as Hell in the human world. The Underworld is split into two areas of the Devil and Fallen Angel. The Devil forms a pact with humans and receives their sacrifice and increases their strength. The Fallen Angel on the other hand controls humans to eliminate Devils. And here, the Angels come to destroy the two races on God's order. So the war is split into three groups: Devils, Fallen Angels and Angels. This has been going on since ancient times."

"But wait, what has that got to do with me being killed?" Issei asked confused.

Rias answered for him, "The reason why your life was aimed for by them is because that you were a human who possessed a Sacred Gear."

"Sacred Gear?" Issei asked.

It was Akeno's turn to speak, "Sacred Gears are a irregular power that reside in certain humans or half-humans, giving them abilities far above normal. Although most of them can only take effect within human society, some of them may possess enough power to harm us Devils and the Fallen Angels."

Rias then leaned forward a little then pointed at Issei, "Issei, you have that kind of power within your body."

'Within my body...Wait?!' It was then 'realization' hit him as he then covered his crotch and blushed furiously, "Eh?! I know I'm a super healthy virile guy, but my 'thing' is actually a super famous tool called a Sacred Gear?!" The nitwit exclaimed out loud.

Koneko gave the pervert a dull look and said, "...Such vulgarity..."

Shirou sighed in annoyance at his perverted friends answer and said, "No you doofus. A Sacred Gear is like almost any object, a sword or a ring that gives people special abilities to use. Let me show you..."

Shirou motioned Koneko to get off him as he wanted to show his Sacred Gear as an example. Koneko nodded in understanding and reluctantly got off his lap. Shirou got up to his feet and summoned out Midnight Maiden in front of Issei.

"Whoa! Isn't that the same bow you used to fight Rakeid and last night?"

Shirou nodded as an answer and said, "Yes, this is my Sacred Gear, Midnight Maiden."

"Presently, there are people who have a Sacred Gear within their body. You know those people who play an important role worldwide? Most of those people possess a Sacred Gear within their body." Yumi said.

"That's right. Now Issei, please raise your hand high." Rias spoke, as Issei complied and did what he was told, "Good, now close your eyes and imagine the thing that you think is the strongest."

"S-Strongest being…? Son Goku from Dragon Ball…?" He imagined the main character of his favourite manga.

"Then imagine it, and imagine that person in a particular pose where he looks the strongest." Issei later imagined the main character preparing to fire off his attack.

"Lower your arm slowly and stand up." Issei stood up and lowered his arms.

"Now mimic the pose of that person. You have to imagine it strongly, okay? And don't hold back."

"Kamehameha!" Though he was embarrassed when he shouted it, and he was pretty sure Shirou was laughing at him from the inside, once Issei opened his eyes his left arm started glowing. Issei's left arm was covered in a red gauntlet, with a gem-like object embedded in it.

"What the hell is this?!"

"You don't have to shout dummy, but that's your Sacred Gear. And once you've summoned it, you can use it anywhere at any time." Shirou said as he looked at Issei's newly required Sacred Gear.

However, Shirou narrowed his eyes a bit and thought, 'A Twice Critical...But that can't be the powerful feeling I've been getting around Issei. Somethings not adding up...'

Shirou knew that something wasn't right when Issei unlocked his Sacred Gear. A Twice Critical was considered a very weak dragon based Sacred Gear and it wasn't the powerful feeling he's been getting from Issei at all.

Plus, it took at least seven pawns to revive Issei into a Devil, so it's to say his perverted friend has a lot of untapped hidden potential somewhere in him. But Shirou had to assume it was because of weak his friend was in power overall.

Rias continued to speak and said, "You were killed by the Fallen Angel because of the big threat you're Sacred Gears poses and when you were on the verge of death. I revived you as a reborn of mine, Rias Gremory, household, as my underling Devil."

With a click of her fingers and, bat-like wings grew out of the backs of everyone besides Issei. The boy then jumped in mild surprise as he saw the wings pop out from everyone's back.

Issei was surprised again when Rias clicked her fingers the second time and from his back a pair appeared, looking back over his shoulder to look at them.

"Let's introduce everyone anew. Yumi." Yumi smiled at Issei as she spoke, "My name is Yumi Kiba. Like you already know, I'm a second-year like you, Issei Hyoudou-kun. I'm a Devil too, nice to meet you."

It was Koneko's turn to speak, "First-year... Koneko Toujou...Pleased to make your acquaintance...I'm a Devil..." Koneko spoke, bowing her head slightly.

"My name is Himejima Akeno, and I'm in third-year. I'm also the vice-president of this Research Club. Nice to meet you. Even though I'm like this, I'm also a Devil." Akeno also bowed her head very politely.

Finally, Rias was the last to speak, "And I'm their master, devil Rias Gremory of the house of Gremory. My house holds the rank of a duke. Let's get along from now on, Issei."

Shirou and Issei have known each other for at least a year, so there was no need to introduce himself.

Issei meanwhile continued to look at his new wings before he slumped to his shoulders and began to sob comically, "Does this mean...from now on I'll always be a servant?"

He remembered that Shirou told him that Rias was a very considerate master who treats her servants like family, but that would mean he had to deny his sole dream!

Seeing the look on his face, Rias placed a hand on his shoulder and said, "If you do well, Issei, it's possible you will one day have your own servants."

...Wait, what?

Issei snapped his head at his red haired master and spoke in a blank and serious tone, "Servants...as in people who must obey my orders...?"

"That's right." Rias answered.

"Anything? No matter what I ask of them?"

"If they're your servants, then yes of course." Rias gave a knowing smile as Shirou face palmed as he knew why.

She just had to play that card...

A year after Shirou had met Issei, the former human once told the hunter that it had been his life dream to form a harem of his own.

That of course would be impossible for a human to have a harem, but if it were a Devil, then it's a completely different story.

Right before and after the Great War, Devils were allowed to have polygamy relationships or harems of their very own. It was sort of a way to keep the Devil society to keep growing new Devils, and also the Evil Piece System was an assistance to help grow more numbers.

Rias' father, Zeoticus Gremory, has his own harem while his wife, Venelana Gremory, was the one managing the women in it.

Sirzechs however, despite being the ruler of the Underworld, he wasn't allowed to form any harems along with the other three Maous.

Issei stood up from his feet and gave a loud cheer, "YES! I want to be a Devil! Isn't being a Devil great?! Hahahahah!"

This was the perfect chance for the pervert to finally have a harem of his own, and he had finally given the opportunity of having one!

"...Simple-minded."

"It's farther from that, Neko." Both white heads commented in dull tones at Issei's stupidity.

Issei just ignored the two as he kept on cheering, "I could throw away all of my hidden porn mags-! No, I can't do that. They're my treasure...This and that are two different things. Mhm, two different things..."

"Ara, he is quite something, isn't he? I believe it's what Buchou said, 'Perhaps we'll have a foolish little brother soon.' Is this what you meant?" Akeno asked with a giggle.

Rias nodded at her [Queen], "That's right. So, Issei, are you willing to become my servant?"

"Yes, Rias-senpai! Issei immediately said, but Rias corrected him, "No, that's not it. You will have to call me 'Buchou' as its more fitting in school"

"Understood, Buchou!" Issei replied with a nod then continued, "Now please tell me more about Devils!"

Rias suddenly had a mischievous glint in her eyes as she placed a finger on his chin and whispered, "Very well, I'll let you become a man..." Issei blushed furiously at this as his heart began to rapidly beat fast and began to stammer his words.

Shirou meanwhile knew his master was only teasing his best friend and only sighed at this. He had been teased by Rias before, but that was a long time ago. Now he just found what she was doing to his friend was just plain silly.

"Would you quit messing around with him? He won't be able to keep it in his pants if you keep teasing him like that." Shirou said.

Rias turned to face her first [Knight] and spoke with a teasing smile and winked, "Ara, are you perhaps jealous, Shirou-kun? Oh don't worry, you know you're the only male I will show everything to."

Shirou just rolled his eyes a little, "You already do that almost every morning and it's always the same. Plus, the only time I'd be jealous of Ise is if that head of his were any smarter than mine."

Issei snapped out of his thoughts and glared at his white haired friend, "Well screw you too, you jackass! And what did you mean by 'You do that almost every morning'?! Does that mean you've seen her naked before?! You bastard!"

"Shut it will ya. Yes, I've seen her naked before, but it wasn't anything worth being excited about." Shirou said as Rias pouted at him.

Rias had been purposely showing Shirou her naked body for the last three-years or so, and not once has he made any sort of reaction like he did when they were kids.

Rias knew she should've have convinced her brother to have someone else to train Shirou other than Grayfia. The most powerful maid basically drilled everything into Shirou's head to replace all of his timid and cute traits for who he is right now.

And Rias loved teasing Shirou! This was not fair at all dammit!

"Ara, ara, if Buchou can't get anything out from Shirou-kun, then maybe I can give it shot? I would absolutely love if Shirou-kun were to gaze upon my naked body, ufufu." Akeno giggled as she gazed at Shirou lustfully.

Shirou and Rias sent the [Queen] a small annoyed look, but their reasons are completely different. Issei grinded his teeth in jealousy, Yumi kept her usually smile, and Koneko glared at the Lightning Priestess as well.

Shirou still kept his glare on Akeno and said, "Please don't get involved or else I'll freeze your mouth shut, Akeno-san."

Akeno didn't seem fazed by Shirou's small threat, but she and everyone else knew that the former demigod wouldn't actually do anything that would injure his friends.

Smack them around the head, yes, but not anything that could potentially draw blood or leave a scar.

Akeno placed a hand on her cheek and said, "Ara, I wouldn't mind it if you were the one 'punishing' me, Shirou-kun. That would only make things hotter~."

In response, Shirou only smacked his face lightly, "Nevermind..." He just knew she was going to say that.

Rias coughed in her fist to grab everyone's attention back to her, "Now Issei, your first task is knowing how to form contracts with humans. A Devil requires a signed contract in order to utilize a humans power. They forge an agreement based on the fulfillment of a humans wish, taking power equivalent to the wish they grant. Take this for example, if Shirou hadn't come to rescue you, then you would have wished for one last desire if you had one of our pamphlets."

The boys flinched at the reminder of what happened two nights ago. Issei shivered slightly as he remembered the pain he felt through his stomach. Shirou just glared at his master for reminding him of his failure to keep his friend safe.

Rias continued while she ignored the glare from her first [Knight], "First off, you must begin accumulating achievements. The price paid for signing a contract with a human...This is the route Devils take to gain more power. If your achievement is acknowledged, you may also be rewarded a title of nobility, enabling you to receive servants."

"Title of nobility?" He asked.

"There are structured ranks among Devils. My family's title is Duke. Although the title is usually related to your family, there are some Devils who achieve the title on their. Humans, like Issei, who became Devils also have a chance." Rias lectured.

In Devil hierarchy, there were apparently four different classes of Devils; Lower, Middle, Upper and Elite Class, or otherwise known as the Ultimate Class.

The Lower Class Devils were the ones like Shirou, Issei, and the other members of Rias' peerage, humans and hybrids who were reincarnated as Devils. Essentially, all new Devils were of the lower class.

The Middle Class were Devils who finally gained recognition and were given the titles of either Baronet/Baroness or Knight/Dame.

The Upper Class were Devils who could be given titles such as Marquess, Margrave/Margravine, Count/Countess, Viscount/Viscountess, or Baron/Baroness and etc.

Then finally their were the Ultimate or Elite Class. This was the highest level one could ascend to among the Devil hierarchy, with the titles consisting of Demon Lord, Great King, Arch Duke, Duke and Prince/Princess.

Shirou never cared much for the titles or nobility. Growing up in the Underworld, he saw how most nobles can be total pricks and arrogant jerks those assholes can be.

Though, Rias can be a bit prideful and also a bit cocky at times, but at least Shirou knew his red haired childhood master was way smarter than some spoiled brat princess.

"So if I become a noble, having a harem will no longer be a mere dream?!" Issei's eyes shined in anticipation.

Rias nodded, "That's right. From now on, you will have to start working. But first..."

*Thump!*

Koneko had silently left the room and came back with boxes full of Gremory pamphlets and dropped them with a thud, "...Can I trouble you to pass these out? This is the first in signing a contract with humans. Do your best!" The [King] encouraged.

Issei however stared blankly at the boxes in front of him and said, "Hai..."

This was going to a lot harder than he originally thought...

Shirou walked up to his friend as he placed a hand on the perverts shoulder and said, "Well look on the bright side, once you gain your own peerage, you no longer have to jerk off to in your room anymore."

"Fuck you!"

"Flattered, but I don't swing that way."

"You know what I mean!"

(A few days later) (Occult Research Club)

It has been a few days since Issei joined the ORC. During those few days he'd been passing out pamphlets to people and he had just finished up the last of them.

It had really tough on him, but if it meant that he could finally gain his own harem then he was prepared for it!

Nothing was going to stop him from becoming Harem King!

"I'm back!" The brunette announced as he entered the club room.

Shirou was found sitting on the couch trying to read a book (Which is a bit difficult due to his dyslexia) with Koneko on his lap who was eating sweets. The demidevil was the first to greet him, "Welcome back. You sure finished fast?"

Issei smirked at his white haired best friend, "Fufufu! If its to build my harem, this is nothing!"

Shirou rolled his eyes at the boy and said, "Don't get too overconfident. Handing out the flyers are just the easy start, the next step is granting those wishes for humans."

"Well bring them on! Nothing's going to stop me from becoming Harem King!" The brunette exclaimed as he raised his fist in the air while the two white heads deadpanned him.

Opening the front doors, Rias, Akeno, and Yumi entered the room as they noticed Issei had finally came back, "Oh good, you've returned. Does this mean you finished handing out the pamphlets?"

The [Pawn] nodded his head in confirmation that he's finished, "Yup! Just completed handing out all the flyers today!"

Rias nodded in understanding, "Excellent. Now we can move onto the next step."

Issei grinned happily and said, "Awesome! I've finally graduated from miscellaneous jobs, right?!"

"Yes, that's right. Though, since it's your first time, it's going to be a contract with someone who wants to make a small wish. There are two reservation contracts with Koneko. Since it's hard to do both, I will leave one of the clients to you."

"…Please help me out." Koneko bowed her head a little from Shirou's lap.

Issei grinned at the loli, "No problem! I get this job done before you know!"

"Just don't do anything that would offend the client. By that, I mean mostly your perversion and stupidity." Shirou remarked at him.

"Shut it pretty boy!"

"Now then, Akeno would you please?" Rias gestured to her [Queen].

Akeno smiled and bowed to her [King], "Of course, Buchou." The black haired ponytail beauty stepped into a clear patch of the floor and closed her eyes. A few seconds later, a large glowing red magic circle appeared on the ground as it started to emit blue and white lights.

"Issei put your palm towards here." Rias ordered. Sticking his left hand towards her, Issei watched as the [King] started to write something on his palm with her fingers. From what he could feel she was drawing something like a circle on his hand before his palm started to glow, a blue and white magic circle on his hand.

"This magic seal is used for transportation, and it can transport you to the client's place instantly. And when the contract is finished, it let's you return to this room." Rias explained looking at him as Issei nodded understandingly as he looked at the circle for a few moments.

Rias turned back to her [Queen] and asked, "Akeno, are you ready?"

Akeno finished setting up the circle and turned to Rias, "Hai, Buchou." She stepped out of the magic circle.

Rias turned her attention back to the pervert, "Now stand in the middle of it, Issei."

"H-Hai!" Doing as asked, Issei entered the glowing circle as he looked down at it. He started feeling the power coming from it inside his body.

"The magic circle is responding with the client. Now you are going to be transported to that location. Do you still remember what you have to do after getting transported right?" Rias asked as Issei nodded.

"Make a pact with the summoner and fulfill their wish! And then, in exchange collect payment!" He recited what he supposed to do.

Rias nodded and said, "Good. Have a safe trip, Issei!"

"Don't do anything stupid!"

"...What he said."

"Ara ara, good luck out there."

"Best of luck to you, Hyoudou-kun."

As the light grew brighter around him, Issei pumped up his fist and gave a hard look of determination and confidence, "I'm off!"

The light enveloped his entire body as his view from everyone else disappeared. As he was being summoned, Issei thought he could show himself with style. It was then the light slowly began to fade as the pervert saw a silhouette form of a person.

That must be them. Which means it's show time!

As the light finally faded, Issei closed his eyes, made a pose, and spoke in a cool tone, "Are you the one who summoned me? Well then...tell me your wish."

"Yeah, I wish I could unseen that lame introduction you just did now."

Wait, what?

Reopening his eyes, Issei found that he was still inside the ORC club room with everyone else looking at him awkwardly.

"Eh...?" The brunette said confused.

Rias came up to boy, "Issei..."

"Hai?"

The crimson haired master sighed in disappointment and said, "It's unfortunate, but it seems like you can't use the magic circle to get to the client's location."

Issei puts on a puzzled expression as Rias then explains it to him, "Using a magic-circle requires a certain amount of demonic-power. It doesn't require that much demonic-power. No, it's a feat that could be done by any Devil. Even children can use teleport through the magic-circle. It is the first and the easiest step of being a Devil."

"W-Wait, what does that mean…?"

Rias explains it to him again, "In other words Issei, your demonic-powers are below that of child's. No, it's so low that the magic circle can't respond to you. Issei, your demonic power is incredibly low."

"Wha-!"

Shirou chipped in on the conversation, "In other words Ise, you're not as skilled as a three-year old Devil." The white haired Devil said calmly, but the pervert could tell he has holding back his laughter.

"W-What the heeeeeelllll!" The [Pawn] made an outburst.

"…Unsightly." Koneko says emotionlessly as it struck the brunette's chest.

"Well, if you go by bike you can get there in twenty minutes." Yumi said trying to be helpful.

The boy snapped his head towards the other [Knight] and exclaimed, "What the hell kind of Devils shows up on a bicycle after being summoned?!"

Koneko then pointed a finger directly at the [Pawn] as the boy made a stunned faced.

Well this is just really sad for him...

Meanwhile, Shirou was trying his hardest not to laugh out loud of what's happening.

"What?!" Issei shouted in disbelief. He had to take a frickin bike to his client!

Rias made a sigh of disappointment and turned to the boy, "It can't be helped now. Issei, hurry and getting going! It's a Devil's job to make contracts! You can't make the client wait!" She urged him with a serious face.

"U-Uwaaaaaah! I will do my best~!" He cried comically as he ran out the door.

Once Issei had left, Shirou continued to hold back his laughter as he banged his fist against the coach's armrest while covering his eyes. Though, he let out a few snickers as he kept remembering the brunette's reaction.

It was to funny, seeing a Devil using a bicycle to go around, the first time he's encountered a Devil like that. Shirou was definitely not going to let this go for a long time.

"*Sigh* I would have never anticipated that Issei would be this lacking in demonic power. Usually once you reincarnate into a Devil, you would receive a major boost in everything." Rias said.

"Ara, but yet he took seven pawn pieces. That kind of number means he has some hidden potential inside him."

Rias nodded at her [Queen], "That is true, if he used up all seven of my pawns, then that means Issei must have a lot of untapped power inside of him."

Finally managing to calm down, Shirou then spoke, "You do have a point there, Buchou. For one thing, I recalled that he also took four Mutation Pieces. If Ise has that much potential, then I doubt his Sacred Gear is something more than just a Twice Critical."

Yumi rose an eyebrow at her fellow [Knight] and asked, "What do you mean by that, Shirou-kun?"

"I'm suspecting that Ise's Sacred Gear isn't his real one." He said as he crossed his arms to his chest.

The females of the group rose their eyebrows in confusion. That's when Rias asked, "What do you, 'isn't his real one'?"

Shirou shrugged his shoulders before answering, "Don't know yet, but I know something's different with Ise's Sacred Gear and I'll eventually know at some point."

"Are you perhaps going to train him?" Akeno asked.

The white haired hunter nodded his head for an answer, "Yup. If I'm going figure this out, I'll do it by training Issei on how to defend himself first. And believe me, I can't wait to see him wither once I'm through with him." Shirou said with a sadistic smirk on his face.

"That's rather harsh, Shirou-kun." Yumi said with a sweatdrop on her head.

"...I'd say Shi-kun should go for it." The nekomata wanted the pleasure of seeing Shirou 'torturing' the pervert once they begin training. Shirou is rather strict once it comes to training his training sessions.

She should know, she, Yumi, Akeno, and even Rias know what it feels to go up against someone who was taught by the Ultimate Queen and his other teachers with experienced hunting and assassinations.

Well...Akeno was more into Shirou's 'torments' because of her 'M' side.

"Ara ara, it makes me so hot when Shirou-kun acts like this. Ufufu, it makes me feel all tingly right between my legs ~."

See what I mean...

Rias then spoke up to her peerage and said, "Alright then, while Issei is out doing his contract, everyone else will be doing the same. And for the next few days we'll see what will happen later on." Everyone nodded at their master in understanding.

For the next few days it was only going to be the usual Devil business.

(Another few days later)

In the middle of the morning, both Shirou and Issei were found sitting on a bench in the park as they were talking about the perverts recent contracts. And so far, the boy was not to pleased with his progression.

"Oh come on it wasn't that bad."

"Yeah, but you weren't there! That man was the bane of every male in the world! He was acting like a Magical Girl but in reality, he's a super buff weirdo!" Issei exclaimed as he paled in remembering his last summoned client.

The new [Pawn] had just explained his last visit with a certain client. Basically it involved having to meet with an extremely buff and muscular man with an obsession of becoming a Magical Girl. Needless to say, Issei was now traumatized after meeting Mil-tan for the first time.

"I know what you mean, but Mil-tan isn't such a bad person." Shirou said.

Issei went wide eyed when his best friend mentioned his last client, "Wait, you actually know that guy?!"

Shirou nodded, "Yeah, it was around a year ago before I met you. Basically he asked me the same thing he requested from you. But unfortunately, I turned him down saying to was literally beyond what I could do."

"Now that you mention it, he did say that he summoned a Devil a year ago. That was you?"

"Yup, but he really isn't such a bad guy. Just a creepy, muscled, Magical Girl obsessed fanboy who wants to become part of his favourite anime. Plus, he makes really good baking."

Though, Shirou had to admit that Tia's baking and cooking outclasses any other person he knew of, even Grayfia.

"Hawaau!"

The boys stopped their conversation as they heard a yelp from a young girl. They noticed a blonde hair girl who fell on the ground as her luggage opened which spilled all of her belongings out.

Another thing about the girl was...

"White!" Issei exclaimed as his nose shot out blood while Shirou face palmed himself.

The girls white panties were exposed when she fell over from her fall, "Ou...Why did I trip?" Said the girl.

Shirou slapped the back of Issei's head to get him out of his daze. He then gestured at the brunette that they should help.

Nodding in understanding, the boys got up from their spot as they approached they girl, "A...Are you okay?" Issei asked as let out his hand to help her up.

The girl accepted the hand up, "Ah...Thank you very much."

She was a pretty young girl with long blonde hair and green eyes. The girl wore a dark teal nun outfit with light blue accents, a white veil over her head with light blue accents, a brown satchel slung on her right hip, and brown boots with black straps in an X-shaped pattern. She also wore a silver cross necklace around her neck.

'A nun...' Shirou mentally thought.

Nuns were also considered to be enemies of the Devils as they are affiliated with the Catholic Church and the Angels. Most nuns were harmless, but there were a very few who can be deadly with a blade.

However, Shirou could tell that this girl doesn't looking like the type who can harm anyone.

Issei picked up the girls headdress off the ground and gave it to her, "Are you okay? Here's your headdress."

"Oh!" The girl took back her headdress and placed it on her head. She gave Issei a bright cute which the boy blushed to, "Thank you very much!"

Issei didn't respond back as he kept on staring at the girl with the blush growing on his face. The blonde nun meanwhile looked at Issei in confusion and asked, "Ah...Er...Is something wrong?"

Now snapping out of his thoughts, Issei finally responded back, "Ah! Sorry, your suitcase...Let me help you with that." He said as he started gathering her belongings.

Shirou rolled his a bit of what happened to his friend seconds before he started helping as well, "I'll help with that." He said before helping his perverted friend out.

The blonde girl looked at the two in surprise and said, "Ah, it's fine, I can get it myself!" She insisted as she didn't want to trouble them by helping her.

As they gathered the nuns belongings, Issei picked up a piece of white fabric off the ground and noticed that he picked up the girls other spar white panties, "Eh?" Was all he said as he blankly stared at it.

The girl noticed that Issei was holding onto her underwear and let out an embarrassed squeak as she then moved faster than eye could follow, grabbing all her clothes and shoving them into her suitcase, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

She then slammed her suitcase shut as her face was glowing red in embarrassment, "Ahh, you saw the bad side of me." Said the girl in a low shy tone.

'On the contrary, it's so good, it's burned into my eyes.' The pervert mentally thought as he held his bleeding nose from when he saw the girls panties the second time when she was picking up the rest of her stuff.

*Smack!"

"Ow!" The brunette was smacked to the back of his head by Shirou who gave the pervert an annoyed glare for looking at the nuns panties again.

"Are you okay?" The nun asked in concern for Issei.

"Ah! No! I, ummm...! Are you travelling?" He asked.

"Oh no, I've been appointed to the church in this city...But I got lost on the way..." The girl said before looking down sadly, "I'm not used to the language, so it's a little hard."

Well from the boys perspective they could understand the girl clearly no problem thanks to their 'Language' ability. However, Shirou kind of wished it would also work on his reading as well. Every time he stared at a book, his head started to swim around as the letters looked like a bunch of scribbles.

"Well if you're looking for the church, my friend and I probably know where it is. Would you like us to take you?" Shirou asked.

Even if they were enemies, Shirou was still a kind enough person to help someone out. He could tell that Issei felt the same way.

The nuns eyes shined bright with stars in them as she clasped her hands together to hold her cross necklace, "For real?! The Lord really points the way!" She prayed.

It was then that Issei received a massive headache as Shirou twitched an eyebrow in annoyance.

Praying was also considered to be another weakness for Devils. They only receive a fair minimum of damage like headaches, but it would still be really painful to them.

Noticing the two were acting strangely, the girl asked them in worry, "What's wrong?"

Issei spoke up despite the small pain, "N-Nothing! There's wrong with us!" He waved her off.

"Yeah, we just have some really bad morning headache's is all. Nothing to worry about." Shirou followed but still twitched.

The nun was about to say something else but stopped as she and boys heard crying not to far from them. A young boy was crying on the ground as he had a cut wound on his knee.

The nun quickly approached the crying boy as she dropped down to her knees, "Are you okay? A boy shouldn't be crying over little things like this." She said.

Hovering her hands above the child's injury, the two rings on her ring fingers began to glow a green light which caused the boys wound to heal fast.

Both Shirou and Issei looked at the girl in surprise and shock of what she was doing right now, 'A Sacred Gear...' Shirou thought.

After she has finished, the girl lifted the boy up back to his feet, "Right! Your wounds are healed, so you should be fine now." She said. However, the boy didn't understand what the nun was saying at all.

"Yoshi-kun, where did you go?!" The mother ran up to her child in worry.

"Ah! That Onee-chan over there! She healed my injury!"

The nun smiled brightly, "It looked like he fell, so I helped him!"

However, the mother frowned and gave the blonde girl a look before she took her child's hand, "You shouldn't be talking to strange people, let's go." She said before walking away with her child.

Issei obviously didn't like how the lady acted towards the girl who helped her son, "Oi-!" Issei was stopped when he felt Shirou grab onto his shoulder.

"Don't. She not worth yelling over, so let it go."

"But-!" Issei wanted to argue but the nun stopped him, "It's fine! I don't mind it one bit really."

The brunette calmed down a bit but that didn't stop him from still being annoyed with that woman, "Do you understand what she said?"

The nun gave a tiny smile and said, "I don't understand the language. But I know..." She started to look down sadly.

Shirou noticed the sad look on the girls face as he knew exactly why. The way the mother looked at the nun was very similar to the looks he once got when he was still part of the orphanage...

"Thank you, Onee-chan!" The nun looked up and saw the young boy waving at her with a happy smile.

Issei smiled at this and translated for the girl, "He said thank you."

The blonde nun waved back to the child as she gave her own smile. The girl then turned her attention back to older males as she playfully bonked her and cutely stuck out her tongue, "Sorry, I get meddlesome sometimes. Being disliked by others is normal, I'm used to it..."

Shirou frowned a bit of what she said then spoke, "Well that's where you're wrong. Being disliked by others constantly is never a normal thing. Having to be treated like some outcast is...lonely..." Shirou mentally sighed at himself for bring up a bit of his past.

He really shouldn't think of something like this right now...

Wanting to break the atmosphere around them, Issei then spoke, "So, um...That light just now? What was it?"

"Oh! It's my power of healing! It's an amazing power granted to me by God." The girl brightened up as she looked at her rings.

"Well, He definitely made a real great choice in giving it to you. It goes very well with a kind person you are." The pervert complemented as the nun blushed in embarrassment.

Shirou just rolled his a bit before getting the two teens attention, "If we're done here, we still have to show you the way to the church right?"

"Oh yes! I very much appreciate your help!" The nun bowed in thanks.

"By the way, we never introduced ourselves have we? My name Shirou Amamiya, but you can just call me Shirou if you want. Nice to meet you."

It was Issei's turn to introduce himself, "My name is Issei Hyoudou, but you can me by my first name as well."

The nun smiled brightly as she introduced herself to the two Devils, "It's very nice to meet you, Shirou-san, Issei-san. My name is Asia Argento. Once again, thank you for helping me out as I am in your care for now." She bowed politely as the three of them got moving towards the church.

Though, Rias was not going to be happy with them once they come back to the ORC...

(Later) (Occult Research Club Room)

"What were you two thinking?! Issei, I forbid you from ever going near the Church again! And Shirou, you should already know that we cannot be anywhere near from the sight of a church at all!"

And I was right on the money!

After escorting Asia to the church, the boys were currently being scolded by their red haired master and it was to say she wasn't to happy of what she heard.

Issei looked like a sad little puppy who just got kicked while Shirou had more of an impassive look on his face, not even bothered at all by her scolding.

Rias continued to scold the two boys in front of her, "To Devils like us, the Church is considered enemy territory. If someone like you or I were to step into the Church, it would create a major incident that could cause the small moment of relative peace between Angels and Devils to become strained. It's also a good way to get a light spear to the heart."

"And don't go near anyone who has any relationship with the Church. Especially the exorcists. They are some of the worst enemies our kind has. They have been blessed by God, so they have enough power to destroy a Devil, especially a lower class one like you are right now. If a Devil were to be hit by their divine powers, they would be completely annihilated, with no hope of ever being reincarnated. This is very important! Do you understand?"

Issei didn't say anything as kept on shrinking upon his masters stern gaze, "Hai..." He muttered lowly.

Shirou however just sighed, "First off, I'm sorry for worrying you, but you should already know how I sometimes like to act. Secondly, there was no need for that lecture earlier, Ise was already well aware that he shouldn't go near one. Plus, it hurt my ADHD the first time of how many times I had to listen to it from Grayfia."

Rias calmed down a bit as she let out a tired sighed, "I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking due to the heat wave. Anyway, please be more careful from now on." The boys nodded at her as an answer.

"Ara, are you already finished?"

Issei jumped a little as Akeno suddenly appeared behind him and Shirou, "Wah! Akeno-senpai?!"

"What is it, Akeno?" Rias asked her best friend.

The [Queens] expression turned serious as she responded to her [King], "The Arch-Duke has passed down an order of suppression."

(Later) (Nighttime)

In the middle of the night, the Gremory group were found standing outside of a large abandoned mansion. The reason of being in such a deserted place was that the group were requested in hunting down another Stray Devil.

"A Stray Devil is a Devil who has abandoned there master in pursuit of their own desires. They also often kill their masters to escape. it always ends badly for all those involved. Rumour has it that a Stray has been luring people into this house at night and eating them," Akeno explained for Issei.

The [Pawn] made a disgusted look and paled at the knowledge of Strays eating people, "Gross!" He exclaimed.

"Stray Devils are pure evil. They don't care about anything but their own selfish desires and that always ends in ugliness." Yumi said.

Shirou looked over his shoulder to Issei and spoke, "Don't let it get into your head so much, Ise. Some Stray's also thrive on the fear on people who they're targeting, so I might suggest taking it easy before we go in and find it." The brunette nodded.

The group soon made their way into the mansion. The stench of blood clung heavily to the air as both Shirou and Koneko nearly gagged on the scent due to having a enhanced scenes of smell.

One of the things to loathe...

Thankfully, Shirou brought out two handkerchiefs from his pocket and gave one to Koneko. The nekomata smiled in thanks and accepted the handkerchief and covered her nose.

The group soon entered the building and began searching around the empty quarters. As they continued searching, Rias then attracted Issei attention, "Issei, this is a good chance for you to watch us Devils in battle. Also, I should explain to you about the traits of underlings."

"Traits?" He asked.

Rias nodded and continued, "Devils who become a master give traits to those who will become their servants. Yes, it's probably about time I explain about it and the history of Devils as well."

The [King] began to explain the current situation of Devils as Issei payed close attention, "There was a three sided war between the Devils, the Fallen Angels, and God with its Angels followers. All three sides had a large army and they fought for almost eternity. As a result, all three sides lost most of their troops and the war finished several hundred years ago with no side winning."

Yumi then continued, "The Devils were no exception. Big Devils with Peerage who commanded about twenty or thirty troops lost most of their underlings because of the war. They lost so many that they couldn't even form new armies."

Akeno continued on from there. "I heard that most of the pure Devils passed away in that war. But even after the war, there are still problems between the Devils, the Fallen Angels and God. Even when the Fallen Angels' and God's side also lost most of their troops, we are still in a position where we can't let our guard down, or else we will be in trouble."

Rias spoke again. "Then, the Devils decided to use a system to form a small group of soldiers. And that is the Evil Piece."

"Evil Piece?" Issei asked confused, expecting things to get complicated from here on as he focused on taking it all in.

"Devils with Peerage decide to use the traits of the human's game 'Chess' to their servant Devils. It was sarcasm, because most of the servants are Devils that were reincarnated from humans. Since then, Chess became a popular game in the world of the Devils. We'll leave that aside. Devils who are masters are a [King]. In our case, that is me. From there, they created five special traits that consist of [Queen], [Rook], [Bishop], [Knight] and [Pawn]. Since they couldn't make an army, they decided to have a small number of Devils and give them enormous powers. This system was made in the past few hundred years, and this unexpectedly became popular amongst Devils with peerage."

"Popular? You mean the Chess rule?" He asked.

Rias nodding as she continued, "They started to compete against each other. For example like, 'My [Knight] is stronger!', or 'No, my [Rook] is stronger!' As a result, High-Class Devils started to play a game like that of Chess against each other using their Servant Devils. We call it the 'Rating Game'. Anyway, this game became very popular amongst the Devils. Now, there are even tournaments for it. The strength of their 'Pieces' and also how strong they are at the game affects the Devils' social position, and their Peerage. There is a thing called 'Piece Collect' where they gather humans with talents and make them into their Pieces. It is very popular recently. Talented Servants become their status."

Shirou then spoke up, "In other words, being a strong servant in a Rating Game will mean you can be a splendid Devil in a way or so. Plus, it will also represent you, me, the others, and Buchou's pride with how we fight."

"That's correct. Although, I'm not a matured Devil yet, so I can't participate in a formal tournament. Even if I could, there are things that I need to go through, or else I can't play. In short, you and my Servants here won't be participating in a game for a while." Rias said.

"So does that mean that Shirou and the others haven't played in that game yet?" Issei asked curiously.

"Yup." Was the former demigods answer.

Issei starting to wonder what piece he was as he then asked, "Buchou, what Piece am I? And what are my role and traits?"

"Issei, you are..." Rias started before a chill running down the perverts spine as he felt the killing intent grow stronger.

Shirou narrowed his eyes before getting ready, "Buchou, it's here..."

"I can smell something disgusting. But I can also smell something delicious. Is it sweet? Or is it sour?" A low voice that sounds like it's coming from below the ground as Issei began feeling weird at hearing the scary voice.

"Stray Devil Viser! We are here to eliminate you!" Rias declared before the voice came out again, echoing around the room.

"Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwa..."

From the shadows, a figure showed up being revealed as a topless woman but with heavy footsteps as her lower body came into view, showing a body of a gigantic beast. In each hand she had a large spear and her lower body had four fat legs with sharp claws as well as a snake tail which moved on its own.

"Leaving your master's side and rampaging as you please definitely deserves death. In the name of Duke Gremory, I will gladly eliminate you!" Rias declared seriously.

[Play "Kettou" - High School DxD OST]

The Stray however barked back mockingly, "You are cunning for a little girl! I will rip your body and colour it in red just like your hair!"

"Grunts sure do speak in a stylish manner. Yumi! Shirou!" Rias called out to her [Knights].

"Yes!"

"On it." They replied before sprinting ahead as soon as Rias ordered them to. Issei looked surprised at how fast his best friend and Yumi were moving as he couldn't keep up with their movements.

"Issei, I will continue from the lecture before. Both Yumi and Shirou's position is [Knight]. Its trait is speed. Those who become a [Knight] have their speed increased." Issei watched on as both [Knights] easily disappeared with the speed they were was travelling to Viser who was trying to hit them with her spears but continuously missing.

"Yumi's ultimate weapon is swords." Yumi stopped her movements and suddenly she was holding a European sword. She took it out of the scabbard and the naked sword was reflecting the light of the moon before she suddenly disappeared again. The next moment Issei heard the scream from Viser.

*Slash!*

"Gyaaaaaaaaaah!" He looked surprised at seeing both of the Stray's arms had been cut off, blood gushing out of the wounds.

Rias continued, "This is Yumi's power, speed that you can't follow with your eyes, and sword skills of that of a professional. Shirou however..."

Issei soon found Shirou up in the air with his Sacred Gear out right above Viser. The white haired demidevil pulled on the bow string as light began to charge up, "Shattering Ray!" Shirou then released his grip as dozens of energy arrows rained down upon Viser as she let out her cries of pain.

The red haired [King] then explained, "Shirou is a rare case. Instead of swords, he specializes in marksmanship and even assassination. By combining these styles together, both Yumi and Shirou became the fastest [Knights]."

Issei slightly paled when Rias mentioned that Shirou was also good at assassination. The very thought that Shirou can kill him in his sleep or at anytime made Issei even more afraid of his friend than before.

Meanwhile, Shirou couldn't help but give a small smirk of satisfaction of somehow feeling a certain perverts fear.

Issei's eyes then fell as he picked up a shadow by the Stray's legs. He widened them as he realised that it was Koneko, "Next is Koneko. She is a [Rook]. The trait of a [Rook] is its -" The enormous monster tried to stamp on Koneko but it didn't hit the ground.

"The trait of a [Rook] is simple, absolute strength and also very high defence. It's impossible for a Devil with that calibre to stamp on Koneko. It can't crush her." Rias spoke as Issei watched Koneko easily lift up the Viser.

"Fly…" She uttered before jumping high and punched into the monster's stomach very sharply throwing its body backwards. Issei gulped as he made another mental note to himself to not get on her bad side even if she is cute.

"Lastly Akeno." Akeno let out a giggle as she was walking towards the Stray, "Akeno is a [Queen]. It's the person who is the strongest after me. She is the unbeatable [Queen] who has all the traits of [Pawn], [Knight], [Bishop], and [Rook]."

"Guguuuuuuu...!" Viser moaned as she stared at the [Queen]. Akeno let out another giggle after seeing the monsters current state.

"Ara, seems like you still have some energy left in you. Then how about this?" She put her hands up towards the sky, sparks in the air before a lightning bolt struck down onto the monster who shouted.

*Zap!*

"Gagagaggaaaaaa!" Viser's body was burnt and smoking after being zapped by Akeno's lightning.

"Oh my, seems like you are still energetic. Looks like you can take more." She launched another lightning bolt.

*Zap!*

"Gwaaaaaaah!" While continuing to striking down lightning bolts, the [Queen] formed a scary and cold expression even though she was smiling. Issei shuddering as she continued to laugh.

"Akeno excels at using attacks made from magical powers. She could use natural elements like lightning, ice, and fire and such. And most of all, she is the Ultimate Sadist." Rias confessed like it was nothing.

Issei paled again as he then made one more mental note not to piss her off as well.

His master certainly recruited some frightening people...

"Usually, she's very kind. But once the battle starts, she won't stop until she calms down."

"I'm scared of Akeno-san..." Issei spoke both nervously and worried for himself.

Rias then reassured him, "You don't have to be afraid, Issei. Akeno is very kind to comrades, so it's not a problem. She even said that you were cute. Next time, get spoiled by her. She will definitely hug you kindly." Issei looked surprised by this as he then formed a perverted smile.

Despite Akeno being a sadist and all, If he could get her to spoil him then maybe-!

"That is if Shirou doesn't skin you alive first." He was interrupted when Rias said that. The boy immediately paled and sweated nervously as he then hesitantly turned to his best friend in question.

Shirou gave his friend a dark look which caused the brunette to recoil back in fear at the stare.

Rias giggled at her new [Pawns] reaction. She knew that her white haired childhood friend and first servant has been always very protective to the people close to him.

The last time a guy tried to flirt with her, Akeno, Yumi, or Koneko, the perverts would always find themselves in a hospital wrapped in a body cast courtesy of a certain former demigod.

"Fufufufufufu. How much of my lightning can you take, Monster-san? You still can't die yet. The one who finishes you off will be my master. Ohohohoh!" Akeno's lightning attacks continued until she finally calmed down.

Confirming it and nodding her head, the [King] approached the Stray that had already lost its will to fight. Putting her hand towards the monster, Rias asked, "Any last words?"

"Kill me..." The monster moaned in defeat.

"Is that so? Then...disappear." Rias formed a gigantic black and red ball shot out from her palm.

*Boom!*

The magic attack was big enough to cover all of the monster's body which it soon did before disappearing to reveal nothing, not even a trace of the Stray Devil's body remained.

[End OST]

Issei gulping nervously at the power of his master, who sighed once she'd confirmed that the Stray had disappeared. She turned back to the others and said, "It's over. Good work everyone."

Everyone relaxing to how they usually acted at that moment, aside from Issei who was still surprised at what he'd witnessed before remembering Rias hadn't mentioned about his piece yet, "Umm, Buchou, there is still a thing that you didn't tell me."

"What is it?"

"What is my piece as a servant?" He asked curiously.

The crimson-haired beauty smiled at him and gave him her answer, "Issei, you are a [Pawn]." The boys slumped slightly at hearing that he was the weakest piece.

Noticing the depressed look on his face, Shirou decided to help lighten his friends mood, "Ise, in the game of chess the Pawn can promote itself into one of the other pieces aside from a King. So it's considered as important as other pieces and potentially a game change."

Rias nodded at the explanation and said, "That's right. If a Pawn advances far enough into enemy territory, as defined by the King, they can temporarily become any other piece beside the King itself."

"That's cool I guess." The brunette shrugged.

"Just give it some time and you'll get used to it. Trust me, it will." Shirou said before walking off to head home.

(The Next Night)

Following after last night's hunt, Shirou was currently found sitting on top the roof of his home watching the moon.

Both Rias and Akeno were back in the ORC doing some work while Yumi, Koneko, and Issei were out making contracts.

Shirou had just finished his contracts early than he expected them to be due to some...technicality involving some certain clients.

Let's just say that Shirou was almost and nearly molested to death by a bunch of woman that mistook his summon for a goddamn Incubus!

I mean come on, half of the woman there were already married for crying out loud!

And it was not something Shirou wanted remember ever again!

"Nya~"

Shirou was taken out from his thoughts as he turned his head and found a black cat on top of his roof with him, "Why hello there." He greeted.

The cat strode towards the Devil and leaped up to his lap and purred as it snuggled against his stomach, "Nya~"

Shirou smiled at the cat being affectionate with him. He may love his wolf familiars, Tala and Kana, but that didn't mean he couldn't also like cats as well.

"Well aren't you affectionate huh?" Shirou said as he scratched the cats ear, making it purr in delight.

Shirou kept scratching the cats ear before he stopped and asked, "But I would like to know something. Why is it you're here on Gremory territory...Kuroka?"

Shirou's tone of voice turned serious as his silver eyes narrowed at the cat in front of him. The black cat had a coy smile on it's face before a puff of smoke formed its entire frame.

As the smoke began to clear, the cat changed into a beautiful and attractive young woman with a voluptuous figure, long black hair with split bangs, and hazel gold eyes with cat-like pupils.

Her attire consists of a black kimono, a yellow obi, a set of golden beads, and an ornately detailed headband. The kimono features a red interior and it is open at her shoulders, giving view to her enormously large breasts which rivals Rias and Akeno in terms of size. Another thing was that she had a pair of black cat ears and two black tails.

This was Kuroka. An SS-Class Stray Devil and the older sister of Koneko.

Kuroka smiled teasingly at Shirou, "Nya~ Now how do you know it was little ol' me, Shi-kun?" She asked as she made herself comfortable on his lap.

Shirou's silver eyes continued to glare at the older nekomata in front of him, "I recognized your scent from when we first met a long time ago. Now, you better to start answering my question or else I'm going to have to sick my wolves onto you."

*Growl!*

Right on cue, both of Shirou's wolf familiars, Tala and Kana, appeared on their masters roof as they let out a threatening growl at Kuroka.

However, the stray cat wasn't fazed in the slightest as instead she pouted at him, "How mean of you, Nya~. All I wanted was to visit one of my two favourite people, is that so to come by, Nya?"

"Last time I checked, most wanted criminals like yourself don't just casually visit someone out in the open. And also, this someone just so happens to be the servant of the Gremory Heiress who is also the younger sister of the current Maou Lucifer. It entirely defeats the purpose of staying hidden of who can report you and turn you in." Shirou said as he shoved Kuroka off his lap causing her to yelp.

Shirou got up to his feet as he then brought out Midnight Maiden and aimed it at a pouting Kuroka, "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't haul your ass back to the Underworld?" He demanded as his familiars stood by their masters side and growled at the stray cat.

Kuroka then stood up to her feet as dusted off her clothes. She smiled at him before saying, "I can give you two reasons if you like? First is the fact that you would lose to me pretty badly if we were to fight each other here and now. The second reason is that you would never turn me in, or even hurt me, and it's not because of the difference of power that you and I have."

Shirou continued to glare at the Stray in front of him as he suddenly then eased his grip and summoned his bow away, "*Sigh*, you know I'm still upset of what you did to Koneko five years ago."

Kuroka smiled sadly at the reminder of what she had done to her younger sister, "I know, and I don't blame you or Shirone for hating me for it, Nya..."

"I don't hate you, and neither does your sister..."

Okay Koneko may hate Kuroka a little bit, but not a lot.

"...What you did was unavoidable and none of us expected it to come." Shirou said.

"That still doesn't change to what I did, and I don't regret killing that bastard. What's done is done, and I'm going to pay for it eventually, Nya..." The older nekomata said sadly.

Wanting to change the subject in hand, Shirou sighed again and said, "So what are you actually doing here in Kuoh?I doubt you're here for just a simple visit right?"

Kuroka gave the boy a teasingly smile as she crossed her arms and pushed her breasts up, "Oh? And who said that I wasn't? I could be here for Shi-kun so he can finally give me those kittens he promised me five years ago, Nya~!"

Shirou twitched an eyebrow in annoyance as he responded, "I made no such promise to you. So you better tell me why you're here or else."

"Nya~, I wouldn't mind it if Shi-kun was the one to punish me. It would things much more steamy once we get started, Nya~"

Shirou had to resist the urge to not skin this woman alive or even sick his familiars at her. Trying to regain his composure, Shirou gave another sigh and said, "Just tell me why the hell you're, Kuroka."

The Stray Nekomata pouted at him, "Boo~. You're so stingy, Shi-kun. But fine, I'll at least tell you, Nya. You're right, I'm not here just to visit, I'm here to give you a warning."

The white haired [Knight] rose any eyebrow and asked, "Warning? What sort of warning?"

Kuroka answered, "That nun you and your friend met yesterday, those crows are planning something for her, and it isn't going to be pretty, Nya."

"Nun? You mean Asia? What could those Fallen Angels want with her?" He asked as he then realized something, "Wait a minute, you were watching us yesterday?"

Kuroka giggled at her old friend and responded, "You forgot, I'm able to cloud my presence and even my scent, so of course you wouldn't be able to know where I was, Nya."

"But why do those Fallen Angels want anything to do with Asia?" He asked.

Kuroka shrugged her shoulders playful and said, "Who knows? Anyway, I need to head back now. If I stay any longer I'll be founded eventually, Nya."

As Kuroka began to take her leave, Shirou wanted to stop her and ask some more questions, "Oi, I'm not finish-!"

*Chu~!*

Before Shirou could even blink, Kuroka suddenly appeared right in front of him as the white haired [Knight] widened his eyes when the older sister pressed her lips against his cheek.

Kuroka pulled back as she faced Shirou with a sultry smile and a pair of reddened cheeks, "Nya~, Until we meet again, Shi-kun~." She purred playfully as a Magic Circle appeared below her as she then vanished into thin air, leaving a stunned Shirou alone on top of his roof.

The dumbfounded [Knight] continued to stand there on the spot as he then let a low grunt in annoyance, "Damn you, Kuroka." He grumbled as Shirou wiped his cheek with his arm.

That woman was another equal annoyance with Rias, Akeno, and mostly Serafall combined together.

*Bark!*

Shirou looked towards Tala who barked at him for his attention. Shirou then rose an eyebrow at the demonic wolf and said, "What? I'm not planning on replace you or Kana. Whatever gave you that idea?"

*Whine~*

"Just because she kissed me on the cheek does not mean I'm going to replacing either of you. You two should both know I would never get rid of you for a cat."

*Growl~!*

"Oh not you too, Kana. Besides, aren't you two okay with Koneko? She's part cat as well and you're both fine with her."

*Bark!*

"Oh nevermind..." He said as he rubbed the bridge of his nose.

But that sort of got Shirou thinking of what Kuroka said earlier. What could those crows possibly want with Asia that could be worth gaining?

That is unless...

Shirou immediately widened his eyes in shock as he figured out what the Fallen Angels want to do with Asia, "They couldn't...Those fucking bastards! And on one innocent girl...Damn them!" Shirou balled his hands to a fist as they slowly turned white.

*Shine~!*

Shirou was forced to calm himself as a red magic circle appeared in front of him. The boy then heard his masters voice come out of it, "Shirou! Where are you right now?!"

From the tone that Rias was using, he could tell something was wrong, "I'm here at my place, Buchou. What's going on?"

"It's Issei! Something happened when we lost the connection to his client, and we believe that Issei maybe be in danger because of it!"

Shirou's eyes widened in shock when he heard that his friend was in danger, "What?! Where are you and others right now?!"

"Akeno and I already have Koneko and Yumi with us, and we're going to teleport to Issei's location right now!"

"Alright, I already know what his scent is so I'll join you and the others to the location soon." He said.

"Okay, just make sure you arrive quickly, is that understood?"

Shirou nodded and said, "Hai!"

The call ended as the circle began to fade. Wasting no time, Shirou leaped up in the air and jumped from roof to roof as he followed where his friends scent was.

AN: And that's the end of this chapter!

Honestly I wanted to continue from that last scene but I decided to do that for the next chapter.

So what do you think of Shirou and Kuroka's interaction and relationship? And how they first met each other will be revealed in one of the future chapters.

Also, I am following the canons storyline for both the Manga and Light Novel.

And if you people are wondering when Shirou will be meeting Artemis, all I'm going that will happen after the Peace Treaty arc and the start of The Titans Curse story.

Now for the fun facts!

~ Despite being the rulers of the Underworld, The Four Maou's actually CAN'T form their own harems like other Devils can.

~ In the Manga/Light Novel/Anime they never did specify of how the Gremory group knew Issei was in danger when he first met Freed. So I just when ahead and made up my own reason.

~ If Shirou and Kuroka were to actually fight, then Shirou would obviously lose against her. Shirou may have enhanced speed, reflexes, and abilities, but Kuroka however has a lot more raw power than he does and she is also skilled in using her Senjutsu.

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