Okay, so I'd imagine a lot of you have a lot of questions. First off; yes, I deleted His Maiden. I didn't like the way it turned out. It was too far from Issei x Akeno, and too far into a superhero AU. This story has next to nothing to do with His Maiden, other than the same base concept of Issei x Akeno.

So, what is Perfect Storm? It's Issei x Akeno fluff, but much closer to canon. It's still not canon, but it's way closer. But, long story short, I couldn't come up with a good "His _" Title for this, so I came up with an actual title. In the theme of that, I will probably be changing the titles of the rest of my stories too. Maybe.

There's a lot in this story that has yet to be explained, but that's a given, being that it's one 2.5k word (give or take a few) chapter. The only reason it's so short is because I wanted to have it out today, but ran out of time. Expect another chapter pretty soon.

That's all I have to say here, there will be more at the bottom. Read and Review!

"Issei, come out. Don't be so shy." Issei's mother said, trying to usher him out from behind her legs.

The boy stood behind his mother, hiding from the gaze of the girl across from him. She offered a wave, trying to ease his worry. He returned his own half-hearted wave, but didn't move from his place.

"Ha! He's just like you, Gorou." A man with short dark hair and tanned skin said, laughing.

There were six people inside the room, with two men sitting on couches, and four women and children standing up nearby. The four people standing were Issei and his mother, as well as the girl and her mother. The two people sitting were Gorou, Issei's father, and the girl's father, across from him.

"That's probably not good." Gorou said, smiling.

"Issei, go say hi. You're being rude." Issei's mother said, pushing him towards the girl. His mom and the girl's mom took seats on the couch, leaving the two children standing awkwardly.

"But Mom~..." Issei whined, not wanting to have to talk with the girl. He was very shy; not much could motivate him to introduce himself.

"How about you take Akeno outside and play something with her? We'll be right here." Issei's mom said, smiling reassuringly.

"Fine…" Issei said. He turned to go, gesturing for the girl, Akeno, to follow him. She went with him, of course. She wasn't nearly as shy as Issei, and she just waiting for him to feel comfortable, more than anything.

"So, what do you want to play?" Akeno asked, after the two of them went into Issei's backyard.

"I...um…" Issei didn't know what to say. The girl was very cute, and he was already timid. He felt like running away and hiding, but his parents had doomed him to an afternoon of forced playtime.

"How about hide and seek?" Akeno suggested, smiling.

Issei nodded, happy to be out of the spotlight.

"Great! I'll count, you go hide. Ready?" Akeno asked, covering her eyes with her hands. Issei took off, elsewhere in the yard.

"5...4...3…"

Several years later

"...2...1! Get up, lazy!" A stunning girl said, exasperated, throwing the blankets off a snoozing boy.

"Whosthere?" Issei Hyoudou said, rapidly sitting up. His eyes were completely unfocused, and he blinked rapidly, trying to see.

"It's me, goofball. You need to get up and get dressed."

"Oh, Akeno. You scared me."

"Good. You didn't even listen when I started counting down, so I had to take drastic measures." Akeno Himejima said, smirking.

"You could just turn the lights on, I'd wake up…" Issei said, wiping his face.

"Oh, really?" Akeno said, pointing up. Issei followed her hand, only to recoil as the light stung his eyes.

"Oh, huh." Isse remarked, laying back down on the bed.

"Issei, you've gotta hurry~!" Akeno said, pushing his shoulder back and forth, trying to instill any kind of urgency in the boy.

"It's just school. I can be late~." Issei said sleepily, yawning.

"I'm gonna have to get you up one way or another, Issei." Akeno said, letting go of his shoulder. She leaned in close, just beside his ear. "We can do it the easy way...or the hard way~." She said sensually, puffing on his ear. Issei just groaned in response; he was already half asleep.

"Aright, guess I'll have to-" "Ugh, you talk too much." Issei said, suddenly interrupting her. He lashed out, grabbing her around the waist, and pulled her into the bed with him.

"Issei!?" Akeno yelped, surprised.

"Shh...don't get your feathers in a twist." Issei said, drifting off to sleep with the aggravated Akeno in his arms. She was the little spoon, in their current position.

"Ugh...how am I supposed to do anything like this?" Akeno said, frustrated. Issei had her tightly wrapped in his arms, both of them around her waist and stomach.

"Just...get some more sleep...you could use it."

"And what is that supposed to mean?"

"I know how late you've been staying up. You need to take better care of yourself. Now, shhh. Go to sleep. Stop struggling." Issei said, not giving the wriggling Akeno an inch. But, despite her situation, she was touched that he was worrying about her.

At the same time, she was ticked that he'd picked such an inopportune time to play cuddlebug. She'd normally be more than happy to sit in his arms, but right now? He needed to get up.

"Fine, don't say I didn't warn you." Akeno said, warning him one last time.

No response.

Akeno sighed, then bit his shoulder as hard as she could.

"Ow! What the hell!" Issei yelled, jumping out of bed. Akeno laughed, getting up after him. She ushered him out of the bedroom and into a hallway.

"Now, go get ready! We have ten minutes till school starts!" Akeno said, shooing him towards the bathroom.

"Okay, mom." Issei snarked, walking into the bathroom to start his routine.

Mom.

Akeno lost her smile on hearing his words. She knew he didn't really mean anything by it, but at the same time...it brought up bad memories.

"Akeno, run!" Shuri yelled, holding back two men while Akeno looked up at her, terrified. Issei stood beside the girl, gritting his teeth. "Issei, take her and go! Don't look back! Take care of my baby, Issei!"

Issei yelled, tears streaming from his eyes. He grabbed Akeno's hand, dragging her with him as they ran through the Himejima clan's territory.

"Issei, let go! We have to help her!"

"We can't! Just run!"

"Issei!"

"...hello, earth to Akeno? You in there?" Issei said, waving his hand in front of her face.

"Oh-oh, sorry. What's wrong?"

"I'm ready. Can't you tell?" Issei said, gesturing to himself. He was dressed in the Kuoh Academy uniform, with a red shirt on and the blazer opened.

"Aw, you're already done? I didn't even get to watch you getting dressed!" Akeno said, giggling. She tried to play off the flashback, but he saw through her.

Issei narrowed his eyes, and looked at her closely, tilting his head a bunch of different ways. She looked at him oddly, and he put his right hand to her forehead.

"Hmm...no fever." Issei said, taking his hand away.

"...Issei? What in the world are you doing?" Akeno said, laughing.

"You're acting weird. I thought you might be sick."

"Weird? How?"

"You zoned out hard enough that you missed peeking on me taking a shower. That's not the Akeno I know." Issei said, scrutinizing her.

"You're right. I've been replaced by a pod person." Akeno said, making a funny face.

"Really? Is that why you tried to eat me a minute ago?" Issei replied, poking her in the stomach. Akeno giggled.

"Yup. Caught me." She said, taking his hand. She pulled him out of the hallway and into the kitchen where she had breakfast waiting.

"You already made breakfast?" Issei said, looking over what she'd done.

"Mhmm. It might still be warm, if you'd gotten out of bed faster." She said, getting started on making him a plate.

"Oh man, why didn't you say something? You should've led with that!" Issei said, taking the plate from Akeno's extended hand.

"I didn't want to make it to easy on you."

"You just wanted to bite me"

"Maybe~."

The two of them ate together in comfortable silence, before grabbing their bags and heading out the door.

"We so had more than ten minutes." Issei said, looking at his watch. They still had fifteen to get to the school, much less ten till it started.

"I thought you might go faster under pressure." Akeno said innocently, shrugging.

"I really should be used to your tricks by now." Issei replied, shaking his head with a smile.

"Probably~! But, you'll never stop falling for them"

"You're probably right."

"I'm always right."

"Up for debate."

There was a pause, the two friends walking close to each other with smiles on their faces.

After a while, Issei groaned. "You know, couldn't you just fly to school? Why are we even walking..."

"That would be bad for a few reasons." Akeno said, shaking her head. "And, hey! You could fly too."

"Yeah, but that would be anything but subtle. Kinda hard to be quiet about it when a Dragon shouts everything you do."

[Bite me. You'd yell everything if you were trapped in a glove, too.] A voice said, coming from Issei's left hand. His hand glowed green when it spoke, and talked with a monstrously deep voice.

"I...don't think I would, no." Issei replied. Akeno laughed.

"Well, anyway, I don't think the Devils would appreciate a Fallen Angel and a Dragon flying into their school like it's no big deal." Akeno said.

"Psh. They'd get over it. I still can't believe the redhead tried to get us in her peerage." Issei said, scoffing.

"It was a fair offer…" Akeno started. "...but I don't think it would've been good for either of us." She said, after thinking it over.

"Yeah, no. Being a slave definitely wouldn't have worked for me, and I wouldn't have let her take you." Issei said, shaking his head.

Akeno looked at Issei. Ever since...what had happened, had happened, he'd been ridiculously overprotective of her, and he wasn't shy about it. When Rias had tried to offer them places in her peerage, the boy was quick to turn her down for the both of them. Akeno would've raised an argument, saying she had as much say in the decision as he did, but frankly, she found it touching. So, she stayed a Fallen, and he stayed a Dragon.

The girl grinned, thinking about how much she cared for Issei, and suddenly wrapped herself around his left arm.

"Wha? Akeno?" Issei said, surprised.

"I got dizzy. I need to lean on you." Akeno said, with her best hurt-puppy expression. Issei sighed, with a faint blush, and kept walking.

Akeno was, to put it simply, absolutely head-over-heels for Issei. But, at the same time, she wasn't sure of his feelings, and so she didn't try to take their relationship any further than it was. If she did, she'd risk ruining their friendship, and...she couldn't handle that.

"You know, this is kinda hard for me, as a guy." Issei said, slowly.

Akeno knew exactly what he meant, but feigned ignorance. Her breasts were always hard for him to talk about, even though she didn't mind in the slightest. His arm was currently sandwiched between them, and it was driving him crazy.

"Oh? Whatever could you mean?" Akeno asked, sweetly.

"Your...you...I...you can't...hmm." Issei said, clamping down on the sentence he'd butchered, trying to collect his thoughts. Akeno pressed his arm further into her bosom, making it even harder for him to think straight.

"Yes?" Akeno asked, looking up at his eyes.

"...This isn't fair." Issei said, looking away.

"All's fair in love and war." Akeno said, smiling until she realized exactly what had come out of her mouth.

"If you say so…" Issei mumbled. She inwardly sighed in relief, the boy not realizing she'd just admitted her feelings for him.

Akeno laughed, reminding herself that Issei was totally dense.

"So, are you ready to be a third year?" Issei asked, trying to ignore everything about his left arm.

"Of course. But, are you ready to be a second year?" Akeno asked, looking up at him.

"Are you kidding? I was born ready." Issei said, acting like he didn't almost fail his first year. If it weren't for Akeno tutoring him, he probably would've failed.

"I'm glad."

They neared the gates of the school, and Issei attempted to pull away from the girl, to no avail.

"Hey, we can't walk in there like this…" Issei said, looking worried.

"Hm? Why not?" Akeno asked. She knew the answer, she just really didn't care.

"Are you kidding? The guys are gonna rip me to pieces if they see us like this!"

"And why is that?"

"Because if some random guy walks in with the prettiest girl here, there's gonna be problems." Issei said, not excited at all for what was going to happen.

Akeno blushed, and pretended to look at something in the other direction. In reality, she was labeled the second prettiest girl at Kuoh, behind Rias Gremory, but that never convinced Issei. Never for a moment did he believe she was anything but perfect, and he wasn't shy about telling her.

He made her heart flutter, but she didn't show it. Instead, she kept teasing him.

"Issei~, are you embarrassed of me?" Akeno asked, pulling away from him.

Almost immediately, he missed the warmth of her touch.

See, Issei was absolutely smitten with Akeno, but he didn't have the guts to tell her, in fear that it would ruin their friendship. If he lost Akeno...he didn't know what he'd do. So, he just settled with being her best friend.

"Absolutely not." Issei said, aghast at the thought.

"Well, if you don't want to be seen with me…" Akeno said, trailing off and slowly drifting away from the boy.

Issei grit his teeth, before walking up to the girl and grabbing her right hand in his left. He didn't say anything, and almost immediately looked away, but Akeno could practically hear his blush.

"This is your fault. Deal with it." Issei said, trying to play it off like he wasn't totally enjoying holding her hand. And, of course, Akeno was loving every second of it too.

They'd definitely be giving people the wrong impression, walking in the school gates holding hands, but neither of them really cared. Well, Issei cared a little, because he could already feel guys shooting him nasty glares, but he didn't care enough to let go of her hand.

The two of them passed the school gates, hand in hand.

"Belial, why is this chapter so short?" Like I said up top, I ran out of time for more, so I just cut it off in the best place. I'm just gonna skip right into explaining stuff, cus I'm tired.

Q1: Are Issei/Akeno's parents alive? A: Wait and see.

Q2: Will Issei and Akeno get together? A: Are you joking? Of course they will, it's a fluff story.

Q3: What happened in their past? A: Wait and see.

Q4: Did anyone beta this chapter? A: YES, actually. Several people looked over it several times, before I finally posted it. Too many names to count, though, so if you want to talk to them just PM me about joining our discord.

Q5: Is the original "His Maiden" canceled? A: Oh yes, absolutely. I didn't like that story at all.

Q6: What's next for Belial? A: Probably His Angel. Maybe Valkyrie. Maybe Horns, maybe this. Maybe a new Tiamat or Kuroka story. You'll have to wait and see.

That's about all I've got to say. If you have questions, as always, PM me or review. Review anyway, just cus you love me. That's all for now, till next time!