AN: These words are being written right after I posted Chapter 2. Motivation is awesome isn't it.

Now I definitely know that I botched up a few scenes in chapter 2. These were the interactions between Matthew, Ruby and Yang, and also the fight scene with Kalawarner.

Honestly, I made Matthew sound like he was some sort of dodgeball champ when I wrote the fight, but I was tired and not thinking straight as I usually do.

I'm also not too sure on how [Explosion] and [Reset] work, so if you guys could tell me in a PM or in the comment section, that'd be good.

To make it clear, Kalawarner is dead. D.E.A.D. Dead. Not alive. Gone to Hell. You name it, she is gone. That leaves us with 3 Fallen Angels, 2 of which are enemies, and one batshit-insane exorcist along with several useless ones.

Oh, just to let you know, I'm going to be going off of Volume 4-5 looks and clothing for Ruby and Yang. Just in case you were wondering.

I looked back on both of my chapters so far and I can see that there are some grammar issues that I will try to fix. Also need to make the attacks and fights more descriptive.

Also remember that as Matthew becomes more powerful, it will take less boosts for him to power up attacks, so don't expect attacks such as Crimson Scattershot to take as many boosts in the future.

Reviews:

ivan meza- Yo no hablo español

Nivek Beldo- It's just another Issei replaced with OC fanfic. Don't like it don't read it.

37- I don't think anyone from any other shows are going to make an appearance. Elements yes, but directly being a crossover with the story? No.

Guest Q- No other RWBY characters are being added. Pyrrha will be paired with someone, but it's not from the ORC. I think. I'm still at a crossroads in what to do. No genderbent characters, maybe, and I might add some of the ORC, all of it, or none of it.

Moops- Thank god that someone actually wants to keep Akeno out of the harem. Seriously, I feel like there are more stories with Akeno in a harem rather than Rias. I get it, she has big boobs and a scarred past, but she's not really someone that I'm thinking for the harem. Still though, if the majority want her added, I might add her in. I'll be honest though, looks like Rias probably won't be in it, Akeno is something that you guys can choose, and Koneko might be in it. As for Asia, fuck yes she's in it. Sharing aside for Koneko, there's not much standing in the way.

GNI- Some of his powers will be inspiration from other franchises, but others will be his own created attacks. Crimson Scattershot is the example here.

TheJSmooth- Thank you my man for loving the story and being patient with update. I also couldn't help but notice that you pretty much said "Fuck it, include all of them," when it came to harem list. Who knows what will happen, but some ladies will certainly be getting the DRAGON DIIIIIIIIIIIICK!

ncread- No 40K characters in the harem. Rias will most likely not be in the harem.

Haro654- Sorry 'bout this, but from the looks of it, that's not gonna happen. Majority rules in some situations, and the majority says keep Rias out. Who knows, I might turn her into a lesbian or something later on.

Also remember that as Matthew becomes more powerful, it will take less boosts for him to power up attacks, so don't expect attacks such as Crimson Scattershot to take as many boosts in the future.

Now that we have all that out of the way, onward to chapter 3.

Chapter 3: School is a no-no

Sleeping for a long time on a school day would be strangely satisfying. Just knowing that Matthew wouldn't have had to listen through lectures while Motohama and Matsuda did thought lewd things would have been incredible.

Unfortunately, it would have been, not that it was.

So when Matthew felt himself being shaken roughly, his first instinct was to pull the covers over his head.

"Noooooooooooooo," he groaned out. He still felt pretty tired after expending all of his energy yesterday in his battle.

"Matthew, I swear, if you don't get out of bed, I'm pulling you out using force," he heard Pyrrha say in an annoyed tone.

'Shit. Ddraig, you there? I need to see if you can do this for me,' Matthew called out mentally.

[I'm here. What do you need partner]

'Are you able to boost up my body temperature so that I can pretend I'm sick, cause I'm kind of fuckin' tired but I feel like training and I want to go over to Guns N' Roses to see how my weapon is doing.'

[You're abusing your power, you know?] Ddraig asked.

'Yeah, but you said that it could boost up my power. That's not really too specific on what should be boosted. Right now, I want my body temperature boosted up.'

[All right, I should be able to heat you up by 2-3 degrees. It Should look like you have a fever]

It took a few seconds, but Matthew was able to feel his body heat up to where is skin started to sweat a bit.

'Perfect.'

"Pyrrha, I feel sick. Can I not go to school?" Matthew whined. If there was another thing he was good at, it was acting like a brat when he needed to.

"How do I know you're not just doing this to get out of school?" Pyrrha asked suspiciously.

'Dammit woman! Get the fuckin' thermometer and I'll show you my damn temperature!' Matthew thought angrily. He wasn't really angry at Pyrrha, but the cold sweats on his skin were somewhat uncomfortable.

"Please?" Matthew asked.

"Fine," she sighed, "But if you aren't sick and we're late, I'm not going to be happy at all."

Coming back a few minutes later with a thermometer, he pulled down the covers as she sat on the edge of his bed.

She looked surprised at the sweat he had, but still motioned for him to open his mouth so she could put it under his tongue.

Pulling it out a few minutes later, she gained a shocked look and looked at him worriedly.

"I don't know what you did yesterday, but somehow your temperature went up to 102 degrees. You mister, are going to stay in bed unless it's for something like getting food. Am I clear," Pyrrha asked as she put her hands on her hips.

"Your orders will be followed ma'am," Matthew responded with a mock salute.

'Worked like a charm.'

Rolling her eyes, she said, "well I'm headed out the door. See you when I get home."

Getting off the bed, she exited Matthew's room and then the house a minute later.

[Start stretching. We start working out in five minutes] Ddraig abruptly told him.

Throwing on a black NIKE workout shirt and gray basketball shorts, he hoped that today would not feel as hellish as yesterday had. He knew Ddraig might boost up his energy a bit, so that was good, but that would only be so Matthew wouldn't drop out from the workout.

Sighing, Matthew hoped Pyrrha didn't run into any trouble from Rias and her gang.

(Pyrrha POV)

Pyrrha was distracted and worried at the moment, as any good sister should be.

Ever since Matthew came back the night she thought he had been murdered, he had been acting strangely.

She would have expected him to simply be at least a bit wary to go back outside, but he wasn't. And he was out for the entire day she might add. He did get back home fine, but still, she was worried.

She had decided on watching him to see if she could figure out what was going on with him. It was why she didn't comment when she saw the stain of blood that was on his hoodie.

Shaking her head out of her own thoughts, she saw that for some odd reason, Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima was standing next to the entrance to Kuoh Academy.

It was… odd, to say the least. She would have thought that they would have been in class by now. They do have a reputation to uphold after all. For her opinions on them, she didn't dislike them, but she didn't like them either. She just had no real reason to interact with them.

She tried making her way to class without stopping, but it appeared as if Rias wasn't letting that happen.

"Hello Pyrrha-san. How are you today?"

"Good, you?" Normally she would not be so curt with others, but class was about to start and she did not want to be late.

"I'm good, thank you. Where's your brother?" Rias asked.

"He's sick. Did you need anything?" Pyrrha answered cautiously. They were after something that involved Matthew. That much she could tell.

"Nothing, nothing," Rias said with a smile and a wave of her hand, "It's just that I see you two always walking in together, and I simply wondered why he wasn't here today."

Pyrrha didn't believe her but nonetheless replied, "Very well, have a good day."

Walking towards the front doors of the school, she thought back to the conversation that she just had.

'Is it just me, or did they seem disappointed?'

Shaking her head out of her thoughts, she hurried along to her class.

(Matthew's POV)

"So, I got a question for ya," Matthew started.

At the moment, he was inside the backroom of Guns N' Roses, watching as Ruby crafted his weapon along with Yang when she wasn't at the front of the shop. He had to admit, the sword was looking really good so far, and he was honestly thinking that Ruby might finish it sooner than she said she would.

Before he came here, he did another one workout like the one the day before. Again, Ddraig boosted his recovery rate. It took another 4 hours for him to do the exercise.

"What is it?" Ruby asked while working on mechanics.

"What do you guys do other than work here?" he asked.

"I bring justice with my Crescent Rose by ripping out the souls of evil creatures like Stray Devils. I try to keep it discreet though so that I'm not discovered by the Devils that live here. Other than that, I just watch movies, eat cookies and play videogames," Ruby replied.

'Sounds pretty normal other than the whole soul-stealing stuff.'

Yang shrugged and said, "I either train, ride my motorcycle, or just go out and drink whenever I feel like getting shit-faced. Hangovers are the worst though. And maybe if you're lucky, I may just take you drinking with me. You'll be paying though," Yang smirked.

"Yes, what better way to extort me of my money than by having me buy dozens of alcoholic drinks. Sounds simply wonderful," Matthew mocked.

"If we bought dozens of alcoholic drinks, we would be doing more than just drinking," Yang grinned.

"Yaaaaang! Don't say things like that," Ruby whined.

"Anyways," Matthew interjected, "Is there anyway you might know of a Devil named Rias Gremory? Ddraig told me that she was apparently my master and that she was the heiress to a devil clan, but that's pretty much it."

"Oh, I've heard about her," Yang stated with a slightly tilted head, "Ddraig got his information right in what he told you, but I also heard that she's apparently the little sister of one of the four Maou, Sirzechs Lucifer, who also happens to be Super-Devil. I've also heard that she apparently got put into a marriage contract with someone from the Phenex pillar."

"Well, I feel pretty bad for her fiance right now. All she's got going for her at the moment are her looks. Also, where'd you hear that she was getting married?" Matthew queried.

"Devils brag about a lot of things," Yang shrugged, "You're not the first Devil to come here, and from what I heard, the union of the two pillars would create a child that has the Power of Destruction from the Gremory pillar while having the regeneration and fire control of the Phenex pillar. If you ask me, that union has the potential to create a Super Devil. Stuff like that is definitely going to be public news. Thing is, apparently the princess doesn't want to get married and is looking for ways to annul the marriage," Yang revealed.

"That doesn't sound like something you would pick up just from gossip," Matthew stated suspiciously.

"My dad also knows a lot of people that have inside information," Yang replied, "But yeah, apparently she can't handle being married off even though its happened to countless other people. Probably thinks her brother being a maou can help out in getting her out of it," Yang mused.

The realization hit Matthew like a truck.

"She sacrificed my freedom, so that she has a chance at gaining her own," he growled. The next time that he and Rias would inevitably meet each other, he was going to have some very specific words that he would say to her. Most which would point her out as being a selfish cunt who only thinks about herself.

"And this is why I like fairy tale romance stories better," Ruby grumbled, "The knight slays the monster, saves the princess, they fall in love, and everyone becomes happy. End of story. There's none of this political stuff which makes it so boring and unwanted."

"She knows this because she still reads those types of stories," Yang told Matthew.

"How old are you again," Matthew asked Ruby jokingly.

Ruby pouted but didn't reply, instead choosing to return to her tinkering.

"Hey Yang," Matthew suddenly said, "can you train me in hand-to-hand combat? Ddraig teaches me in my mind, but I want to test out my skills against someone experienced at that type of fighting in reality."

"Oh, already planning to get your hands on me. I'm flattered really. Just imagining the sweaty mess we'll become makes your idea more fun," Yang grinned.

"And when we're done with each other, the sounds of our ragged panting will ring throughout the training area, and we'll both feel extremely sore from the rigorous training session," Matthew quipped.

"Just go," Ruby groaned, "I don't want to listen to my sister flirting with my friend, nor the other way around."

"Oh don't worry Ruby, I'll keep him in good enough shape so that you can have a go at him," Yang responded.

Ruby looked at Yang with a half-hearted glare and a blush in retaliation.

Yang smirked in victory and said, "Matthew, I soon as I change into some proper sparring clothes, we'll leave for a training ground."

"Got it," he replied as Yang went upstairs.

A few minutes later, Yang came back down in a orange tank top that showed a bit of her midriff, grey-brown cargo pants with ribbed knee panelling, white sneakers, and also had her hair tied back in a ponytail. He also noted the yellow bracelets that she was wearing.

"We ready to go?" Yang asked.

"Ready when you are," Matthew replied.

"Okay. Hey Rubes, can you put up the closed sign for us?"

At the thumbs up that Ruby gave them, they left out of the back of the store.

20 minutes of walking later, and they came into a clearing that looked like it had seen better days from all the scorch marks in it.

"Alright, this will work by me beating the shit out of you and then teaching you how you could have stopped me, all while implementing a bit of technique into the 'read and react' style fighting that you use," Yang told him, "We'll start by facing each other in the middle of the clearing and start from there."

After Matthew nodded his head in confirmation, they both headed to the center. Facing off from each other, Yang's bracelets transformed into what appeared to be gauntlets.

"Fair warning, this may hurt a bit," Yang smirked.

"I've most likely got another two hours to spare, so no need to rush this fight, but please, don't turn this into a BDSM session," Matthew said.

At Yang's grin, Matthew simply grumbled, "Nice going mouth, you just gave her a very unwanted idea."

After about an hour and a half of improving his hand-to-hand technique under Yang's guidance and getting his ass beat, Yang decided to call it a day.

"So Devil boy, how are you feeling after that? You still able to walk after we went at each other like that?" Yang grinned. She had a some dirt here and there on her pants and tank top along with a small bit of perspiration on her forehead but otherwise looked no worse for wear.

Matthew meanwhile, had bruises forming all over his body, had a bit of a bloody nose, was covered in sweat and grime and had several small tears on his shirt. In addition, he felt beat, but also felt like he learned a lot.

"It feels like I just got my ass beat by a fiery woman who was using shotgun gauntlets. This woman can also have her hair set on fire, and have her eyes turn red," Matthew deadpanned.

"What can I say Matthew," Yang grinned, "You saw the side of me when I go into rage mode."

"Rage mode?" Matthew questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"Yup, rage mode. Basically when my hair sets itself on fire and my eyes turn red, I get some sort of strength boost that allows me to hit harder. There's also another technique I used in the fight, but that's a secret for another day."

"And you used those on me in our training session. Gee Yang, you really now how to make me feel special, don't ya?" Matthew asked sarcastically.

"If you didn't like that way, there are other ways for me to make you feel special," Yang said in an faux-innocent tone.

'Remind yourself Matthew, Yang is a friend, not a thot. She is saying these words to get a reaction out of you. She is not serious about her words. I think.'

Her words were trying to bait him, but he would not rise to take it. He could tell the obviously sexual meaning behind her words. He was also trying to remove the images that were going on in his mind. He did not need to get a boner at this moment.

"So do you want to head back up to the shop? I kind of need to leave soon, and I want to see Ruby's progress on my weapon," Matthew said.

"Fine," Yang pouted, "That was pretty fun training with you though. Maybe do it again tomorrow or something."

"Sounds good," Matthew said, "Though I'm gonna have to go back to school on Wednesday, schoolwork and all that shit. Gonna try to avoid the ORC while I'm at it. I don't need to be distracted by whatever Rias is planning to have me do. Surviving is my number one priority."

"Well I'll say this, kudos to you if that's something you manage to do. High-class Devils always try to get what they want, and what Rias probably wants at the moment is to have you under her thumb."

"I'd like to see her fucking try to do that," Matthew snarled. Free will was not something he was planning on giving up anytime soon, if at all.

"Yeah, you might be sarcastic and all, but I have a feeling that you are incredibly stubborn when you want to be," Yang noted.

"Aren't we all?" Matthew shot back.

"Touché. Anyway, let's head back. I need to make sure that Ruby doesn't blow anything up while she's making your weapon. She's smart, but she can be a little too focused on what she's doing at the moment to pay attention to the things going on around her."

"So let me get this straight. While me and Yang were out training, you managed to convince your aunt Raven to train me with my chainsword once it gets finished," Matthew asked. If he had to be honest with himself, he was really happy. From the bits and pieces that he had picked up from his conversations with them, this 'Raven' person was one of the best swordswoman in the supernatural world. And now she would be training him.

"Yeah," Ruby said, "In her words, auntie Raven said that 'she doesn't need a close friend of me and Yang dying because he was not strong enough to defend himself.' Not that you can't defend yourself," Ruby frantically amended," but that you need to be able to use the sword properly."

"She sounds like she's a brutally honest kind of person. I can appreciate that. Anyway, thanks for that. I'm going to need help in learning how to wield the sword. By the way, it looks like it's coming along nicely," Matthew admired.

"Yup," Ruby enthusiastically said, "It might actually be finished by this Saturday, or Friday if I encounter no errors while making it."

"Good to know," Matthew nodded, "I'm probably going to come back tomorrow as well, training and all that. Maybe challenge you to a video game or something if you're up for it."

"YAY!" Ruby cheered, "I might have something like Mortal Kombat X that we can play. That game is always fun to play with its karate moves and sick finishers!"

"Sounds fun. I'm kind of a noob at those kind of games though. You have been warned. Anyway, see ya later Ruby."

"Bye Matthew," Ruby smiled. Watching him walk out the door leading to the front of the store to leave, she went back to tinkering while humming happily before she immediately stilled upon hearing someone clearing their throat.

Turning around slowly, she saw Yang wearing a cheshire cat-like grin on her face.

"Yang," Ruby started slowly, "How much did you listen to?"

"Oh Rubes," Yang beamed, "I know that you pretty much invited a close friend of ours to your room, alone I might add, to play video games with you."

"Yang, you're reading too much into the situation," Ruby scowled. In reality, it looked like a puppy making a funny expression.

"Don't worry Rubes," Yang said while patting Ruby's head, "I won't tell dad about this as long as I get to have a few rounds against him."

Ruby's scowl turned into a pout at having her head rubbed before paling at the mention of their dad.

"Yang," Ruby weakly said, "Not telling dad would be better for Matthew's safety rather than mine."

"Fine," Yang sighed, "But I'll be cheering you when you decide to lay your claim on him. I already have, so you have some catching up to do," Yang stated proudly while puffing her chest out, emphasizing two large, specific mounds.

Ruby looked down at her own chest size with a frown before looking up and asking, "Is there no if I'm going to lay claim to him?"

"There is no if Ruby. There is a when though. I think that our moms might have passed down a trait where we have a thing for people with any type of blonde hair and blue eyes. But yea Ruby, I laid my claim to him since I can tell that he would be a good person to be with. I know that I might be rushing it a bit, but you know me. I always rush in head first. Nothing much you can do to deter me from that. Question is if you want to have him as well."

"I don't know Yang," Ruby replied, biting her lip, "Maybe when what I feel becomes more sorted out in the future, I'll make my decision then."

"I can understand that," Yang nodded, "It's your choice if you want to or not."

A moment of peaceful silence passed between them as they enjoyed each others presence.

"Anyway," Yang stretched, "I'm gonna head out and train a bit more. See ya later Ruby."

"Bye Yang," she said in an uncertain voice. Turning back to the weapon, her thoughts remained uncertain as she worked. She decided that she would sleep on it a bit more later.

At the moment, Matthew was in his room in meditation, trying to increase his demonic energy reserves. Inside his mind however, Matthew was coming up with new attacks that would be useful and compliment the attacks he already had.

"So you're saying that this attack will be more of quantity over quality kind of attack?" Ddraig asked.

"Yep," Matthew replied, "It can be either a very good distraction, or an attack that causes 'Death by a Thousand Cuts' or whatever that saying was."

"That can be used as a saying, but what you're thinking of was the book title of the book that examined Chinese torture tactics late in the Imperial-China age."

"If you were any other person, I'd be impressed, but then I remembered that you were a dragon that has lived for more than thousands of years, and then I wasn't so impressed by you remembering that."

"Stop acting like a brat," Ddraig growled as he bonked Matthew on the head.

"That's what I do the best," Matthew quipped as he rubbed the spot on his head where Ddraig hit him.

"Anyway, I'm also going to make this attack hit the enemy from all sides. That would also be good for trapping the enemy. Unless they tank all the hits and charge through the storm of bullets."

"What are you using to hit them?" Ddraig questioned.

"I'm going basing the bullets off of the bullets from the Mass Effect franchise. They're as small as a grain of sand, but they're launched at extremely high speeds to make that tiny projectile extremely deadly."

"The projectiles are that small?" Ddraig asked incredulously.

"Indeed they are. Still, since it's a small projectile, it's not using up as much energy as it normally would if I were to instead use a projectile that's the size of a bullet. I think I'll call this attack Draconic Barrage."

"Got it," Ddraig grunted, "Anyway, I think it's time for you to exit your mindscape. I want you to get in some more arm and core workouts before your sister gets home. Push-ups, sit-ups, crunches, planks, stuff like that. Meanwhile, I'm going to study the Evil Pieces inside your body. I want to see if I can unseal the pawn pieces power when you're ready to receive the power."

Giving a mock salute, Matthew exited the mindscape and started doing some pushups. This was made harder by the fact that Ddraig decided to increase the amount of gravity that was pressing down on him, making it feel like Matthew had a thirty pound weight on his back. Sighing to himself, Matthew got to work on the physical conditioning which would most likely make his arms feel like they died.

An hour and a half later, Matthew was downstairs in a black tank top and dark grey sweatpants eating some cereal and eggs. His arms and abs were aching, and he just felt like eating a breakfast meal. He was also just listening to some relaxing Yoga music on his phone. It helped ease the tension in his muscles a bit.

Hearing the door to the front of the house open, he turned his head to see Pyrrha walking through the door. She briefly cast him an annoyed look before taking off her shoes.

"Did I do something wrong?" Matthew asked while raising an eyebrow.

"If you wanted to eat something, could you not pick something that has the possibility of burning the house down?" Pyrrha retorted, casting a pointed look at the eggs that were on his plate.

"One, how the hell was the house going to burn down? I've cooked eggs before. Two, What's got you pissy today? Three, I know that I might sound like a pregnant women, but I've got a craving for eggs right now."

"For your first question, you have a fever. Fevers can cause dizziness, and dizziness and fire when making eggs is not a good combination. For your second question, I'm pissy because Rias and Akeno wouldn't shut up about you when they approached me," she grumbled.

"Oh, do tell me more. I think my ego is about to receive a serious boost in confidence," Matthew grinned outwardly. On the inside however, he was extremely worried. Rias might be able to tell that something was up and become suspicious. And that was the last thing that he needed right now.

Pyrrha gave him a glare which did not affect him in any way.

"Fine," she sighed, "They said that they needed you to meet them after school once you get better. They also bugged me endlessly about when you going to get back and how severe your illness was. I asked what they needed you for and they didn't tell me, so don't ask me what they need you for."

"They didn't tell you," Matthew said while rubbing his chin, "This just makes me more curious about what they need me for, and not all my conclusions are child-friendly."

"Have I ever told you how dirty and perverted you can be sometimes?"

"Hey, we're all perverts. Men are just more vocal about it. And before you say you're not a pervert," Matthew said while pointing the spoon he had at her, "I've seen your search history before from a few months back. That was a day where I wondered if I should've gouged my eyes out or not."

"Matthew!" Pyrrha cried out with a scarlet blush, clearly scandalised at having this told to her, "Why the actual hell would you go through my search history?!"

"Remember when I asked you to login to your phone at the time?" At Pyrrha's nod, Matthew continued, "Well, Dad asked me to get your phone so that he could do one of his random inspections where he searched what we look up on the Internet. You better be glad that I decided to delete all your history, or you would have had a very awkward talk about the stuff you're interested in,"

"You deleted my history?" Pyrrha asked in a shocked tone.

"Yup. Word of advice, there's this thing called delete history. Pretty self-explanatory. Use it when you search up something like porn."

"That was the only time I searched that up!" Pyrrha whisper-yelled.

Matthew simply raised his eyebrow and gave a disbelieving look.

"Fine," Pyrrha sighed, "A few times."

"That's better," Matthew smirked. It was so easy to embarrass Pyrrha when it came to this kind of stuff.

"Alright, to get back on track, I'm curious. How come the two biggest celebrities at our school want to meet you. It makes me curious at what you did to get their attention."

"Like I said before, I'm a bit curious myself. However, they're going to have to wait a bit. Still don't feel too good, so I'm probably missing school tomorrow as well."

"Fine, get better soon though. Don't cook anything tomorrow, alright?"

"Aye aye, ma'am," Matthew said in a bored tone.

'Well, looks like things are about to get complicated in when I have to go back,' Matthew thought.

(Next Day)

After waking up, finishing Ddraig's workout for the day and training with Yang a bit in hand-to-hand combat, Matthew decided to play against Ruby a bit like he said he would. At the moment, he was playing against her in Mortal Kombat X.

Turns out that Ruby was not only an expert on the game, but she was also a Mileena main, who just so happened to be one of the fastest characters in the game. This meant that Matthew was getting wrecked every round.

"Ruby, I would like to find out why my character was being used as a shish kebab right now," Matthew calmly said.

On the screen, he could see that his character had their face eaten and then thrown down on the ground. The front of the skull was visible as well.

"Because that's the fatality that happened. I will admit though, it is disturbing to watch," Ruby replied.

"I want another rematch. I plan on getting good at this game before I have to go to Kuoh tomorrow."

"Do you have to," Ruby whined, "Not seeing you for a whole day is going to be booooring."

"Yes I have to," Matthew replied as they started up a new round, "Missing another day of school is simply going to cause my average grades to commit suicide."

"You have average grades," Ruby asked incredulously, "With how you act I thought that they might be a little lower."

"Oh no, my self-esteem. It's plummeting by the seconds. I'm about to reach an all-time low in self-respect," Matthew deadpanned.

"Sorry," Ruby said. At Matthew's silence she turned to face him and said, "Please forgive me."

"..."

"Matthew, I said I'm sorry."

"..."

"Please don't be mad,"

"That distraction worked perfectly," Matthew smirked.

"Distraction?" Ruby trailed off.

Turning to face the screen, she saw that her character was about to be defeated.

"NOOOO!" Ruby yelled, but it was already too late. Matthew's character, Ermac, was already performing a fatality on Mileena, twisting her body multiple times before the hands glowed a green color and had the spine and multiple organs of Mileena pulled out of her mouth.

"Ah, now that is a satisfying sight to see," Matthew smiled.

He had done it.

He had beaten Ruby at Mortal Kombat X!

"Hey, that's not fair! I was distracted," Ruby pouted.

"You never said anything about distractions," Matthew smirked, "As far as I can tell, I was playing by the rules."

Ruby turned her head away from him with a 'hmph'. Definitely one of the most childish displays he had ever seen.

"Stop acting like a five year old and let me savor my win. Actually, that will be our last match of the day. I want to go out with a bang in my favor."

"Fine," Ruby grumbled, "I'll let you feel satisfied. But mark my words, we will have another match, and then I'll destroy you and bathe in your tears. MWAHAHAHAHA," she cackled.

"I think next time we play, I'm going to have Yang as someone who can comfort me when that happens," Matthew muttered, "Anyway, Is there anything that I can help you guys with?"

"There is," Ruby replied, "Usually to make sure that this town is safe, me and Yang go out and clear out supernatural entities who are a threat to human civilians. We're both kind of busy at the moment though, with Yang running the store and me making your weapon. So I was wondering, could you do that for us right now?"

"I can do that."

"Thanks. Anyway, the Devil's name is Grecios, who was a former low-class Devil before he murdered his master. No known abilities, but what we do know is that he now has fish-like features such as fins, webbed hands and feet, gills, and needle-like teeth."

"Cool. Am I to understand that he would be found in a place with water?" He queried.

"Yeah, about that," Ruby winced, "Turns out that the place he's located in is the sewers underneath Kouh."

"Ah, now I realize the problem. When I end up fighting this guy, I will most likely be rolling around in shit. I might also have a roach or two crawl on me, or I could be eaten by a mutated fish," Matthew said.

"Err, I don't think that will happen," Ruby nervously chuckled.

"Well I'm technically going to be chasing a mutated fish. It wouldn't be that much of a stretch to say that I would find two," Matthew countered.

"If it makes you feel any easier, this guy isn't supposed to be that much of a challenge to beat. Also, it might be a good way for you to get some combat experience."

"Fine," Matthew conceded, "I would have liked something less shitty, but this will do."

"Did you just make a pun?" Ruby asked after a moment of silence.

"Huh, I guess I unintentionally did," Matthew said, "Another question, are you sending me on this mission because I won against you in the final Mortal Kombat round?"

"..."

Ruby looked like someone who had just been found with their hand in a cookie jar.

"Ruby, you're not that petty, right?" Matthew asked desperately.

"If you have any trouble with the target, then you can simply call my number on your phone," Ruby said while changing the subject.

"Ruby, you did not answer my previous question."

Ruby simply left the room to avoid answering the question, leaving Matthew all by himself

'Wow, this just ruined my day a bit. Ddraig, I'm gonna start boosting as soon as we get into the sewers. I do not want to go in unprepared.'

[Got it partner. Anything else that I should be aware of?]

'Yeah, no magical attacks. Boosts are going to be used to increase my physical capabilities. I don't want to have the ground collapse on us simply because we missed with a magical attack.'

[Noted]

"Alright, let's go catch a big-ass fish."

Matthew had to admit, wandering through the sewers wasn't as bad as he expected it to be. Sure, he stepped into some soggy shit a few times, and smell made him want to pass out, but he could actually see inside the sewers thanks to his night-vision.

'Ddraig, if you can detect this guy, tell me. I don't want to drown in a fucking sewer.'

[I've been doing that ever since we went into the sewers. Take a left up here and we will be in the same area as him. Partner, when we engage this person, make sure to keep your punches short. You don't want to end up punching the wall.]

'Got it.'

Taking the left that Ddraig had mentioned, Matthew saw nothing except for the water that was in the middle of the sewer tunnel.

[Partner, be cautious. I'll tell you when you are within five meters of him]

Nodding in confirmation and staying on the narrow, wet walkway, Matthew slowly made his way into the sewer tunnel. He knew that Grecios might be aware of his presence, so Matthew prepared himself for an ambush.

After going walking about 30 feet, he saw a small ripple in the water and stopped immediately.

'Ddraig, did you see that," Matthew mentally asked.

[I did partner. Grecios is also now about five meters from you and seems to be slowly approaching your position]

As Ddraig said this, a very small ripple appeared in the water and slowly approached Matthew's position.

[Four meters]

The ripple didn't deviate from its course.

[Three meters]

Matthew immediately got into a fighting stance, ready defend himself.

[Two meters]

Tensing up his body, Matthew was able to see the subtle outline of a body underneath the water.

[One meter]

And then, with no warning, the ripple and the body outline disappeared.

'Ddraig, where the hell is that Devil piranha?'

[He's within one meter of you. If you stuck your hand into the water, you would be able to touch him.]

'Got it. Also, is it just me, or the water becoming a little more choppy than before?'

True to Matthew's suspicions, the once calm water in the sewer was starting to move like ocean water on a beach, with the small waves lapping up against Matthew's feet.

Suddenly, a webbed hand shot out of the water, grabbed Matthew's ankle, and pulled him in.

'Oh fuck!' he thought before he landed with a splash. He immediately felt hands gripping his shoulders and also saw the face of his attacker.

'Well damn, that things uglier than I thought it would be. It looks like the monster in Creature from the Black Lagoon.'

The face had two frills on each side of its face, wrinkled, greenish skin, fish-like eyes, no nose, a bald head, and a mouth full of needle-like teeth that were currently trying to bite into his face.

Getting his head above water to suck in some oxygen, Matthew strained himself in keeping the Stray away. Quickly punching the Stray in the face, he disoriented Grecios long enough to scramble out of the water.

Turning around, he saw Grecios launch himself at Matthew with a primal scream of hunger. Dodging to the left, he got out of the way before Grecios could pull him back in. This caused Grecios to land on the walkway as well.

Turning to face Matthew, Grecios let a bloodthirsty grin appear on his fish-like face.

"So you are the one who enters in my territory. I've gotta say, you've got some fight to be able to survive this long. But in the end, the only thing you'll be is a delicious snack for me," he cackled.

While he was saying this, Matthew was transferring his boosts to increase his strength and improve his reaction speed.

"Sorry to say this bud, but I don't plan on becoming fish food," Matthew retorted.

"You won't be talking to me like that when I rip out your stomach," Grecios growled out.

Suddenly, Grecios rushed Matthew with his arms outstretched and mouth wide. Matthew countered by by slamming his right fist into Grecios stomach, causing the stray to bend over. Using this to his advantage, Matthew gripped Grecios head with Boosted Gear, spun around and slammed the strays head into the concrete wall and started to repeatedly bash his head on the wall.

Eventually, Grecios flailed his right arm out in a desperate attempt to dislodge Matthew. It worked as Matthew was forced to back up, and Grecios was able to rip his head from Matthew's weakened grip. He then attempted to dive into the water to escape.

"Oh no you don't," Matthew snarled. He knew that if Grecios escaped, it would only cause more trouble to the citizens of Kuoh. It did not matter that Matthew would be at a disadvantage while in the water. What did matter was that the Stray died.

"Gaah," Grecios coughed out as he was tackled hard by Matthew into the water. The water was three feet deep and kind of slimy, but Matthew did not let that influence the grip he had on the Stray. Rearing Boosted Gear back again, he delivered another heavy punch into the face of Grecios.

"You little shit! I'll fucking kill you!" Grecios roared out.

Another punch to the face silenced him very quickly.

"Oh I know you wanna kill me, but I'll say this you fucktard," Matthew growled out, "I have no intention of being killed by an Aquaman wannabe who was deludes himself into thinking that you're going to kill me!"

Lashing out again with Boosted Gear, Matthew delivered a blow to the temple of Grecios's head. Matthew then used the claws on Boosted Gear to rip open his opponent's cheek.

Letting out a scream of pain, Grecios struggled more in Matthew's grip when it slowly became obvious that he would not be making it out of this fight alive.

"Your struggling is not going to save you, you overgrown piranha," Matthew grunted, placing an arm tightly around Grecios's neck which caused him to start gasping for air. Slowly, his struggles weakened more and more until Grecios lay limp in Matthew's grasp.

Slowly separating himself from the Stray, Matthew grabbed the body and lifted it onto the walkway before hauling himself out of the water. Turning his gaze towards the Stray's body, Matthew walked up to the head and slit the throat of Grecios to make sure that he would be dead before walking away.

[Partner, you did well. You did get caught off guard in the beginning, and that will be something that we will have to fix, but you did well in getting out of the water in the beginning. That fight would have been a lot closer if you allowed yourself to stay in the water.]

'Thanks Ddraig,' Matthew replied, 'I'm going to go tell Ruby that I got the job done, go home, take an hour long shower, and vomit the piss that I probably swallowed.'

Feeling a bit triumphant at the outcome of the fight and disgusted at the filth he was covered in, Matthew made his way back to Guns N' Roses.

"Well damn," Yang whistled, "What happened to you?"

At the moment, he and Yang were alone in the backroom of the store, with Matthew coming to tell Ruby about the result of the task she assigned him.

"Ruby told me about a Stray Devil that she wasn't able to deal with at the moment," Matthew replied, "With you running the store and Ruby making my weapon, she asked me to deal with it for her. Turns out that the Stray got fish-like features and lived in a sewer. So yeah, the reason why I look like I rolled around in shit is because I was literally rolling around in shit."

"Sounds tough," Yang said in a sympathetic tone.

"It was. On top of that, the fucker decided to to try to eat my face. Seriously, if I wasn't quick enough in reacting, I'd look like fuckin' Voldemort. What next? Will I die from drowning in the fat of a Stray who mutated as a goddamn blobfish?"

Yang shrugged, "Never heard of that one before, but it could happen. Stray Devils are weird like that. Did my training help you."

"Yeah, your training worked out well, and I killed the Stray, so I guess you could say the task was a success," Matthew said.

"Good to know. Anyway, are you gonna be available tomorrow to hang out and stuff. Your presence is going to be missed here," Yang pointed out.

"I plan on being here, but be prepared in case I'm not. My brain and heart are telling me not to deal with the Devils for the rest of the week, and that's what I intend to do. Just gotta plan on how to do that."

"So your trying to stay as independent as possible? I like it," Yang smirked.

"When you fuck with my freedom, I'll fuck with your patience. Anyway, see you later Yang," Matthew waved as he walked out.

"Bye," he heard Yang say. Walking out the door, he headed back home.

Matthew managed to get home a few minutes before Pyrrha came back, mainly because the Kendo Club had an extra amount of things for that day. They had both eaten dinner and were now doing there own things. Matthew also informed Pyrrha that he would be able to go to Kuoh tomorrow. At the moment, he and Ddraig were discussing when he should finally approach Rias while he showered.

[I think that you should just approach Rias immediately. If you don't, she's going to get curious and start intruding into your home. If she does this, she might trace you to Yang and Ruby.]

"I know Ddraig, but it means that we'll just have to be more careful when we go out to their place. If I go to Rias now, she might keep us for who knows how long every day when I could be going to Yang and Ruby's place. I need to get stronger and train Ddraig, and I can't do that if I meet Rias tomorrow. Next week? Sure. Now? No. Despite the training I've done the past few days, I would feel better if I could at least have a week of training before I meet her."

Getting into bed, he and Ddraig discussed their plans a bit more, deciding to meet Rias the following Monday.

If he had to be honest though, he could tell that Wednesday after school was probably either going to be a good training session with Yang, or a massive clusterfuck with the Devils.

Closing his eyes, he could only hope that it would be the former.

AN: Can someone please tell me how a Devil can increase their demonic energy? I've looked across the websites and couldn't find anything related to that. It's why I'm going with meditation as a way for a person to increase their magical reserves.

I'm also adding in Dress Break as a magical technique. It would be created for a strategical reason instead of a perverted reason. Definitely going to be used in the future as well.

Also, what are some attacks that some of you guys can come up with? I might add it to Matthew's list of magical attacks if it sounds reasonable enough.

This chapter might have felt a bit rushed, but I didn't write for five full days, so I just felt like I needed to get this chapter done soon.

Anyway, see you guys next chapter.