MERRY CHRISTMAS.

So this is a new story which is basically my tribute to my favourite free event servant on fgo. Chloe you have made defeating saber class enemies so much easier for me. Anyway I feel Chloe doesn't get as much attention as she deserves, so I have decided to make for her, her very own fic. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or either show. I do own an immortal dog. It's possibly a devil in disguise, but I don't think a devil would put up with the indignity that dog has to put up with.

Rias Gremory could not help but feel utterly despondent. It was all going so well. Issei had been invited out to a date by a fallen. The fallen had predictably killed him. Everything was going according to plan. Until now. Holding out a handful of pawns over the cooling corpse of Issei Hyoudo, only a single pawn piece was glowing.

THIS DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

Through careful observation (stalking) and the help of her cute little rook, Rias had come to the conclusion that Issei held a high-level dragon type sacred gear. Possibly even a Longinus. She'd had her hopes set on the boosted gear but apparently that wasn't the case. Because if it was, he would certainly be worth more than a single pawn. Hell, even if he only had a twice critical he would be worth more than one pawn. As it was it was looking more and more likely that Issei Hyoudo was or had been a completely ordinary Human. WHY then did he smell of Dragon to her cute rook. Why did he occasionally give of the faintest traces of magic. Why had he been able to see her through her bounded field? This didn't make any sense!

But the biggest problem by far was that now she was completely lost on what to do. She had allowed Issei to walk to his death, thinking it would be better this way for when she revived him. It would install a sense of worship in him, a level of loyalty and gratitude that was necessary if she wanted to risk having something as dangerous as the Red Dragon Emperor in her peerage. But now he no longer held such potential. He had nothing to truly offer her as a member of her peerage. He was simply put a bad investment.

But while not the direct cause of his death, she was a factor. She COULD have saved him and chose not to. So, didn't she owe it to him now to make sure that he lived? She could still save him after all.

"Buchou?"

Out of the corner of her eye she saw the concerned face of her Queen Akeno. No doubt she had already realised the problem and was as uncertain as she was. Turning back to the corpse of her possible peerage member Rias realised that her peerage was another factor to consider in her decision. She was aware that some members of her peerage weren't exactly comfortable with her plan. But they were her peerage and they supported her, and she loved them for it all the more. Even so not resurrecting Issei now would definitely sour their opinion of her. They would get over it for certain but it would always be there. That boy she allowed to die. Who she could have saved but didn't because he just wasn't worth it? Even Koneko who was dreading Issei's arrival into the peerage would look at her differently. Especially with her abandonment issues.

Giving a sigh of defeat Rias allowed her single pawn to drop down onto the body of Issei Hyoudo. She'd just have to train him up. With a bit of spit, shine and polish she was certain he could make an excellent devil. Maou knows he already had the desire aspect of it down.

A glow of light emitted from the body of Issei as Rias spoke a quick mantra to accompany Issei's resurrection. Standing up she turned to her queen who had taken on a smiling expression. Even so Rias could tell she was not entirely pleased by Rias's choice. But then Akeno would not have been pleased either way and Rias considered this the lesser of two evils.

"We'll take him back to the clubhouse with us and heal him up. Then we'll take him home."

"Of course," came Akeno's pleasant sounding reply. A snap of the finger's later and a glowing magic circle appeared around Issei's body. When the glow of the circle disappeared so had the body.

"We'll have to keep looking," sighed Rias glumly, raising one of her hands to massage her head. "Although it really bothers me why Koneko could smell dragon on him. Well we'll look into it later. Let's return Akeno."

A moment later, the park was empty.

In the confines of the Occult Research Club, located on the grounds of Kuoh academy, a head of full red hair hit a large oak desk with a thud. Papers and memorabilia were scattered everywhere with a few items even skidding of the desk. Her slumped form gave a groan but made absolutely no effort to retrieve them.

She was just so tired.

Three days. Three days since Issei's resurrection and Rias hadn't been able to sleep a wink. And not just her either. Every member of her peerage was operating on barely any sleep at all.

It had started the morning after she had resurrected Issei. She had gone to sit down in her Chair at her desk only to have it collapse out from underneath her. Blinking in surprise, she had taken Akeno's jabs about her weight in stride (Piss of Akeno, those udders of yours alone weigh more than I do) and rose to look at the remains of her chair with a questioning look. Not able to spot anything wrong with it, she had decided to just head to her first class of the day. She was soon laughing herself as Akeno's foot went through one of the stairs, sending her sprawling. She was forced to hold in her even more chuckles moments later when she encountered her Knight, Kiba Yuuto sans shirt. Kiba himself couldn't really describe what had happened. Only that he'd been knocked over by someone rushing past him, and when he recovered his upper wear was simply gone. As such he'd come to get a spare set from the club room. Deciding to accompany him back, Rias hit a spot of further bad luck, when her skirt seemed to catch on something as she went through the club room door, causing it to be ripped right off.

Now sans skirt Rias accompanied Kiba to the cupboard where their spare clothes were kept, only to discover they weren't there.

That's when it really clicked that these random events weren't so random. Someone was trying to prank them.

Somewhat flabbergasted Rias decided to simply teleport home to get her clothes from there. Only to discover that she couldn't. To her absolute horror someone or something was blocking her. Before she could decide on what to do, Akeno's shirt and corset chose that moment to pope all their buttons, leaving her surprised queen with only her bra and shoulder cape to cover her upper half.

She had called Sona to ask about some spare uniforms only to discover that their assailant had been quite thorough. The schools supply of spare and new uniforms, and even it's lost and found had been emptied.

Rias had missed school that day. All attempts to get more clothes had ended in failure, and only under the cover of night did she brave making a run for it. Luckily, she was able to teleport when she was far enough away from school grounds. And as she later found out, Koneko had not gotten away Scot free either, having been reduced to her underwear entirely, and just heading straight home instead, somehow managing to remain entirely unseen while she did.

Things had not improved since then. The pranks were constant. Everywhere she usually went was booby trapped. Most were embarrassing but some of them were actually quite painful. Perhaps most terrifying of all were the pictures of her sleeping that had been posted around the school. Not only was it downright terrifying that someone had broken into her house at night, but for the first time ever she regretted her habit of sleeping in the nude. What's more she couldn't wipe anyone's memories of it either. The pictures had quickly found themselves online, flooding several social media sites.

The only thing Rias was truly grateful for was that the worst of the pranks were aimed at her and not at the members of her peerage. But even so she was too jumpy in the day to get much of anything done and too scared at night to sleep. She hadn't even informed Issei of his new status as a devil yet. Which was another thing she really had to get done.

Issei had apparently been attacked by another fallen angel. Not that the boy had noticed. The angel had been killed before he could reveal himself. A very efficient stab to the heart from behind. The angel had barely had any time to register his own death. It was Koneko who had found the body when she smelled the blood. She concluded that the angel was probably after Issei since the body was found just an alley away from Issei's route home from school.

'But this was a clue', thought the Red head as she heaved herself up. Someone had protected Issei. Someone who could sneak up on and kill a Fallen Angel without much trouble. And it just so happened that their problems only began after she reincarnated Issei. In other words, someone wasn't pleased with her. It really was past time she spoke with her new pawn.

And that was exactly who she was waiting for. Kiba was going to bring her newest pawn and hopefully with his help they would be able to narrow down their suspects about who could be the one behind her recent foray of bad luck. Surely there had to be someone in his life who would stick out as odd. She'd already investigated his family, and they were all ordinary humans but there was a chance he had met someone outside of his family who had taken an interest in him.

Rias was broken from her thoughts as her queen entered the room followed by her rook. Akeno looked fine other than the black bags under her eyes which she couldn't quite hide. Koneko however had clearly been on the wrong end of something. Of all of them Koneko had seemed to handle the pranks best, mostly because of her sharp senses and keen instincts. But all the same she couldn't avoid everything and from the sight of her soot covered skin and uniform she hadn't managed to avoid the latest trap laid out for her.

Akeno quickly approached the desk while Koneko completely ignored rias in favour of falling over face first into the couch. Rias would have said something about covering the couch in soot, but she knew were she in the little rook's situation she'd do the exact same thing.

"What happened," asked Rias wearily with a nod to Koneko. Akeno gave a grim smile. Sadist she might be but even she had a threshold and she'd gone past it after the second day.

"Contraption in the ceiling above her class seat," answered Akeno. "We don't really know what the black dust is, but it won't scrub off. Luckily Koneko was able to escape the worst of it but all the same she's been trying to get it of all day."

Rias gave a sigh of annoyance, peaking at her Rook form the corner of her eye. This was not how she wanted her first meeting with Issei to go. She was about to ask Akeno if something could be done but she was interrupted by a knock at the door. Without waiting another moment Kiba opened the door and stepped into the room, and Rias immediately noticed something wrong with him. Mostly the black eye, tear in his uniforms right sleeve, his missing shoes and that his left leg was drenched. He was covered in enough dirt that his hair seemed to have turned a muddy brown rather than his usual blond.

Nonetheless he had a triumphant smile on his. He moved to the left to reveal a very confused looking Issei Hyoudo.

"I brought him Bouchou," Said Kiba victoriously, and Rias had no doubt that he'd had to face more than one obstacle to get to the boy. Rias gave Kiba a nod of thanks and tried to put on an extra big smile for him to show her gratitude. In her current state though, she didn't think she quite managed.

"Thank you Kiba. Why don't you take a seat," she said as pleasantly as she could. Kiba looked like he really needed it. Then she turned to Issei and tried to give her most cheerful smile. "Welcome to the Occult Research club Issei Hyoudo. No doubt you're wandering what you were called here for."

Under normal circumstances, Rias had no doubt she would hold his entire attention. But right now, the sorry state of her peerage seemed to have caught his attention as he looked around the room. But what really caught Rias's attention is that the more he looked around the less confused he looked until eventually his face shifted into a look of exasperated acceptance. Finally, he turned back to Rias and gave her a pitying look.

"You've annoyed my sister, haven't you?"

In reply to his question, Rias couldn't help but blink.

"I wasn't aware you have a sister," admitted Rias. And she wasn't. At the very least there was no record of Mrs Hyoudo giving birth to a daughter.

"She's adopted," answered Issei, unknowingly answering Rias's unasked question. "We don't really look like each other. Well Chloe doesn't even really look Japanese. Or have a Japanese name. She's usually just a little mischievous, but when people really annoy her, she can get a bit out of hand with her pranks."

Rias felt her eye twitch. A bit out of hand? If this really was his sister (and she was having a bit of trouble believing that, since it would mean a human girl younger than her was running rings around her and her peerage) then this was more than a bit out of hand. It was downright crazy!

"I don't think I've ever met your sister, but just in case could you call your sister here? If I've done something to offend her, I'll apologise."

More like ring the little brats' neck.

"I don't think that would work," said Issei with a shrug. "She'll probably just carry on until she's satisfied."

Rias frowned.

"And how long does that usually take?"

The pranks had already been going on three days after all.

"Erm, well last time it was until our neighbours ran away. Ah but she's grown up a bit now. I'm sure she'll stop soon."

Rias could feel her mouth hanging open a bit. Quickly she shook her head, trying to put on a friendly expression.

"Well all the same, maybe you could call her here. It really would be best to clear the air between us."

Rias made great care to lean forward and cross her arms under her breasts, emphasising them to her junior who, as expected of an infamous pervert immediately snapped his gaze to them.

"Umm, sure. Just give us a sec," Issei murmured, slowly pulling his phone from his pocket. His eyes never once turned away from her chest. Rias couldn't help but giggle a bit. She found his earnest gaze quite cute.

Giving his phone only the briefest glance, Issei quickly dialled a number and raised the phone to his ear. Rias smiled pleasantly as she waited.

RING RING… RING RING

"Crap, I thought I turned it off," muttered a voice from directly above Rias.

Eyes widening in realisation Rias looked straight up. Only to get a water bomb to the face. Rias immediately closed her eyes and sputtered as the noticeably foul-smelling liquid erupted all over her.

"Ha take that bitch. Now you smell like what you think like. Piss poor."

Wiping what she was really hoping wasn't urine from her eyes and face, Rias blinked her eyes a bit and looked towards where the voice was now coming from, next to Issei.

"Chloe, what are you doing!" came Issei's panicked voice, confirming that the new girl in front of her was his little sister.

When Issei suggested his younger sibling may be responsible for her recent misery, Rias expected the girl to be Koneko's age at the youngest. But the girl in front of her was even younger than that. Tan skin, and peachy white hair that fell to her chest and golden eyes like Koneko's, the girl could pass for what was popularly known as a gyaru. She wore a simple white school shirt and skirt with a jumper tied around her waist. She was also about ten years old. Eleven at most.

Rias couldn't help but stare. This was who was giving her peerage so much trouble?

"I'm protecting you Onii-chan," came Chloe's immediate reply to Issei's earlier question. "Don't let her giant hooters fool you. Those things are only so big because they're so full of evil."

"LIES," roared Issei, turning an angry gaze on his sister. "Take that back Chloe. Rias's glories oppai are full of nothing less than the dreams and hopes of men. Breasts are never evil Chloe. Tell me who has told you these slanderous claims and I'll beat the crap out of them right this moment."

From the sagging of her shoulder's Chloe was only too used to her brother.'s perversity She shook her head at his cluelessness. She quickly took a lecturing pose.

"Stupid Onii-chan. Ignore the bit about her Gazongas-."

"NEVER!"

"And focus on the important bit," Chloe continued as if Issei hadn't just interrupted her. "That bitch may look pretty but that's just a lure. She's evil Onii-chan. She let that mean lady you took on a date hurt you so she could do horrible things to you while you slept!"

Rias instantly clocked on to what Chloe had said. She knew. Perhaps not everything, but she got the gist of things. And she was not happy about it.

"And before you start daydreaming about hanky-panky I don't mean the good kind of horrible things. She did not play with your pecker or anything like that. She did something bad to you but it's okay Onii-chan. Because from now on I'm going to make sure she leaves you the hell alone."

This last bit was directed towards Rias, who also received a full-on glare from the girl. Normally Rias would probably find it cute to see such a look on a young girl, but there was real hatred there shining in the young girls eyes. Meanwhile the rest of the peerage was rather dumbstruck. Even Koneko had gotten up to watch what was going on, and the usually unflappable girl had her mouth hanging open.

"Chloe what are you talking about?" asked Issei. He had crossed his arms and was giving Chloe an annoyed glare.

"It doesn't matter Onii-chan. Because this rotten bitch is going to leave you alone and never come near you again. Aren't you?"

Chloe once again set her glare firmly on Rias.

"I'm afraid that's impossible," answered Rias as calmly as she could with her finders steeled together and trying to forget about the liquid that was soaking into her hair. "You see you-."

"NO," interrupted Chloe, crossing her arms to form an x. "I don't want to hear it. You're a rotten horrible woman and you're going to stay away from my brother."

By now Rias had just about had it with this girl. She pranks her peerage, covers her in piss and now she's insulting her? Hell no. Rias felt her patience finally snap. She flew to her feet, fixing the young girl with the most authoritative glare she could manage.

"Now listen here your little shit. I am not going to leave your brother alone because he's mine now. He's a part of my peergae. And you are going to apologise for everything you've done and said. Right. Now."

If Rias thought, her tirade was going to have any effect on Chloe she thought wrong. Rather than cowering in fear of her wrath like she rightly should have, Chloe's only reaction was to raise a single eyebrow. She really didn't look at all impressed.

"How about you take your apology and shove it so far up your ass you choke on it you rotten bitch."

And to punctuate her statement, Chloe raised her right hand and made a rather crude gesture with her middle finger. For a grade schooler she has quite the filthy mouth on her, thought Rias.

"Chloe, stop talking like that," Issei interjected, finally getting back into the conversation. "Stop talking to Rias like that. Apologise."

"Eh," exclaimed Chloe, throwing Issei a genuinely surprised expression. "Why should I apologise to her? She's the bad guy. She's the one who should be apologising. Didn't you hear me when I said she did something horrible to you?"

"You're exaggerating," responded Issei. "Whatever it is you think she's done I'm fine. So stop acting like this and please just apologise already."

But Chloe didn't apologise. Instead she just gave her a brother a curious look. Finally, she seemed to decide on a response.

"How do you feel in the mornings Onii-chan?"

That question caught Rias's attention. The girl knew about devils. Of course, there was always a good chance of that, if the girl was the one who was blocking her teleportation, then she obviously knew about magic. Devils were just a step up from that.

"In the mornings?" queried Issei. "Fine I gue-… well I mean I guess I've been feeling a little sluggish lately.

"There you see," Chloe said with a triumphant grin. Then she proceeded to point at Rias. "That evil witch did something bad to you, and now sunlight makes you sick."

Chloe took on a really sad look as she looked up at her brother with pity.

"There's no cure. You're going to be like that for the rest of your life. But it's okay Onii-chan. I'll take care of you."

The girl put on a determined expression as she gazed up at her brother, doing her best to convey her feelings to him.

"Perhaps this might make more sense to him if I explain," offered Rias, having retaken her seat and taking a few breaths to regain her calm. After all there was no need for her to keep her devil hood a secret in front of the young girl as she clearly already knows.

"NO! not one more word from you," declared the girl, instantly rejecting Rias's offer. "Your words are as empty as your soul. You who sits upon your throne of lies. How's that treating you by the way?"

"Eh?" asked Rias, instantly getting a bad feeling. Only to be proven right when with a click of the girls' fingers, her seat cushion com-busted beneath her. "AHHH!"

Rias leapt to her feat, batting at her burning skirt with her hands. Instantly Akeno was at her side with a blanket which she used to smother Rias's flaming behind. All while trying to muffle her snigger. 'Sadistic bitch'.

"CHLOE," yelled Issei with a mixture of anger and incredulity.

"Ha. Take that bitch," Chloe cried with a massive grin, utterly ignoring her brother's cry. At least until he picked her up by the back of her shirt. "Hey, Onii-chan what are you doing!"

But Issei was through with this. He was so confused right now he could feel his brain leaking out through his ears. And he hadn't gotten to tell Chloe of for nearly enough of the things she did. He'd been too busy trying to keep up with the conversation. "Rias sempai, urrgh when your ready, you can start explaining. Please."

"NO! Don't listen to-."

Chloe didn't get to finish her sentence as Issei clamped a hand over her mouth. Only for Chloe to reach up and wrench his hand down with surprising strength.

"Onii-chan just listen-"
"CHLOE," Issei cut her off, and this time the girl fell silent. "Let me hear Rias talk. Then you get your say."

And he was so firm in his tone that Chloe actually gave up. Her shoulders slumped and she gave a reluctant nod of her head.

"Thank you, Issei-kun," Rias said, now standing with a blanket around her waist. "I'll try to keep this simple for now. With the exception of your sister, everyone in this room is a devil."

And much to Issei's astonishment, a set of bat like wings emerged from the back of her waist, along with the rest of the club members. But as astonishing as this was, he couldn't help but notice something.

"Wait, you said that my sister was the only exception. Does that mean…"

"Yes," replied Rias, a pleased smile on her face. Clearly, she was happy he was quick on the uptake. "Like us, you Issei Hyoudo are a devil."

Issei was so shocked by her words he dropped Chloe, who landed lightly on her feet and resumed glaring at Rias. The red head in question ignored the young girl before returning to her desk and retrieving a photo which she then handed over to Issei.

"Do you recognise the girl in this photo Issei."

Taking the photo Issei was surprised to see a photo of someone he was starting to believe never existed. His girlfriend Yuuma Amano.

"Yuuma-chan," he muttered softly.

"That Girl is a fallen angel. Three days ago she killed you," Rias told him simply. Issei looked up sharply, even as Chloe let out a 'What!' from beside him.

"However, you had one of my flyers on you," continued Rias, showing him one of the flyers in question which she also plucked from her desk. "With it you summoned me in your dying moments. You wished to live, and so I turned you into a devil to save your life."

"Liar!" shouted Chloe interrupting Rias speech and drawing the attention of everyone in the club.

"I assure you little girl, I haven't lied once," snarled Rias. She really didn't like this girl.

"But you are leaving bits out. This photo is the proof," Chloe bit back a grin. "If you have a photo of her, then you obviously knew about her and what she was doing. But you never once tried to step in. You never tried to help Onii-chan at all."

Rias suddenly found herself on the back foot as Issei wiped his head round to look at her.

"No, I never thought she'd kill Issei," Rias replied. There was no point denying she knew about the Fallen. The photo really was damning evidence towards that. She could only bluff her way out now.

"Liar," accused Chloe, and she was full on grinning now, obviously relishing having Rias on the back foot. "You knew about her and what she was doing. You let her kill Onii-chan. You let her kill my Onii-chan because for some reason you wanted to steal him away and you couldn't risk him saying no. You let her kill my Onii-chan so you could come in afterwards and be all like, it's okay because I saved you. And then my Onii-chan would love you. That's what you wanted."

Rias felt her protests dye on her tongue. She had to respond quickly. She had to convince Issei that his little sister had the wrong idea. But she just didn't know how.

"Chloe, that doesn't make any sense," Issei cut in. "Why would Rias want to turn me into a devil. She doesn't get anything out of that."

Rias blinked at Issei's remark, suddenly realising that Issei still didn't know what being reincarnated meant. But before she could inform him in a way that would ease his worries, Chloe beat her to it.

"Yes she does. She gets your soul," Chloe informed him. "By devil law you are now her slave. Her toy to do whatever she wants with. You can't say no, or they hurt you. They do horrible things to you if you don't do what they want. And if you try to run away, they kill you. And because you're a devil you don't even go to the afterlife or anything. You're gone for good."

"That's not-," Rias tried to interject, only to have the small girl continue over her.

"I don't know why she targeted you Onii-chan. You don't have any special power or anything they would be interested in. I checked. I don't why this fallen angel girl attacked you either."

Then the young girl turned her gaze on Rias, determination filling her eyes as she stared up at the red head with hate and rage in her eyes.

"But there's no way I'm letting them take you. Especially not someone like her. You're my Onii-chan and that means no matter what I'll always be on your side. So that's why I'll definitely protect you. So don't worry Onii-chan. Even if they declare you a stray and try to kill you, I won't let them get anywhere near you. I'll fight hell head on if I have too."

And Rias didn't doubt that she would. She'd die in the attempt of course, but Rias was certain this girl would stand in front of her enraged kin valiantly, right until they ran roughshod over her corpse.

"It's not as bad as she's making it sound," Rias told Issei calmly, gaining his attention. "As the heir of the Gremory family I swear to you, you will be well treated under my care. If you have any dreams, I'll help you achieve them. I won't treat you like a slave, but like family. I promise I'll show you a lot of affection. And there are a lot of perks to being a devil too. You have an infinitely long-life span now. Your body has been strengthened considerably and as a devil you can learn magic and lots of other cool things."

Rias took a deep breath. She had researched her new pawn and knew all about his perversions and his aspirations. This was the clincher.

"Also polygamy isn't illegal in devil society."

Issei's eyes widened considerably at her words and even Chloe gasped as she realised what Rias had done.

"Does that mean…"

"Yes," Rias confirmed Issei's unasked question. "As a devil you can legally have a harem. Devils are attracted to power, and we are generally attractive looking to boot. It's not uncommon for powerful devils to attract multiple mates. My own father has a harem that's managed by my mother actually. If you work hard and become a powerful and famous devil, you can definitely have a harem."

"My own Harem," Issei replied dreamily. "YES. ALRIGHT. HOORAY FOR DEVI-OW, CHLOE WHAT THE HELL!"
Issei looked down to where Chloe had kicked his shin. He blinked his eyes a few times to clear his head when he noticed the tears that were pooling in his sisters' eyes.

"Stupid Onii-chan. She's distracting you. Don't forgot that this filthy slut let you die," yelled Chloe, earning her an angry glare from Rias. "Don't just forget about that. Stop being a pervert for a moment and think about it. Do you really want to live under someone like that? And think, how many more people is she going to do this too. Hell how many has she done it too already?"

Kiba chose that moment to speak up. He'd been quiet until now as he understood this girls anger. He'd be angry too, and he hadn't approved of Rias's plan to recruit Issei either. But he understood Rias's need for powerful allies, and there weren't many more powerful than the red dragon emperor. Of course, that hadn't really panned out.

"Don't insinuate things like that. Your brother was an exception, and his situation only came about due to certain circumstances and political reasons."

Kiba spoke calmly but firmly. He believed in Rias. Issei was a once in a life time screw up. And there were so many factors involved in Rias's recruitment policy, that he doubted anything like this would ever be attempted by her again even if it had worked.

"Oh. Then she properly asked you to join her and become a devil then," asked Chloe with a raised eyebrow. "Everyone here chose to serve under her, and they were utterly free to say no without any negative consequences what so ever. Anyone?"

Kiba had to bite back his impulse to lie there. He wanted to say yes, but that wasn't the truth. And he had a feeling if he lied to this girl, she'd know. Looking around he noticed Akeno biting her cheek and Koneko looking away. And he wasn't the only one. Issei was also looking around, waiting for someone to speak. After a few moments it became obvious no one was going to speak up and Issei turned back to Rias.

Rias hesitated for a moment. It had always bothered her if she was being honest with herself that she'd never actually managed to convince anyone to join her peerage without a life-threatening situation hanging over their heads.

"They were all in bad spots. By reincarnating them as devils I could offer them the protection of my house," Rias explained briefly. She made sure to maintain eye contact as she said it. She had to convince him that she was not what Chloe was making her out to be. This really wasn't how she imagined this meeting would go.

"…Alright. I believe you," said Issei after a moment.

"Onii-chan…" muttered Chloe in disbelief.

"But answer a question for me. Why me. Why did that fallen want me dead. Why did you want me to be a devil?"

Rias released a breath she didn't know she was holding. Looks like she made it through that.

"We thought you had a sacred gear. A special item that some humans are born with. So did the fallen angel if I had to guess. There were signs that you possessed the boosted gear, one of the strongest sacred gears." She wouldn't get into Longinus class right now. There would be time to explain everything properly later. "The boosted gear is dangerous… to everyone. Normally there would be a lot of red tape in trying to recruit anyone who possessed it. I really would have liked to just ask you if you would join my peerage, but without something to insure your loyalty I would have got in trouble. There's a lot more to it than that, but I just couldn't walk up and ask you to join my peerage, not while we suspected you had the boosted gear. But as it turns out you were a red herring. Like your sister said you don't have a sacred gear."

"But you still resurrected me. You still turned me into a devil even though I don't have a sacred thingy," asked Issei, and Rias was briefly amazed he focused on something positive about the whole thing.

"She was probably just worried about how bad it would look on her if she let you die twice," huffed Chloe, clearly not happy about her brother's acceptance of Rias's explanation. "Are you really listening to this bullshit Onii-chan?"

"Think of the Harem Chloe," Issei returned, dropping to his knee's and grabbing her by her shoulder's. "Think of the Harem!"

"THAT'S WHY YOU'RE BEING SO CHILL ABOUT IT! ONII-CHAN YOU IDIOT!"

Tears in her eyes, Chloe darted forward and delivered a powerful kick right to Issei's groin. The kick was so strong Issei actually lifted off his knees and into the air. His mouth flew open in a silent scream and his eyes seemed to pop out of his head. He began to throth at the mouth before his eyes rolled up into the back of his head and he collaped backwards in a dead faint.

The crowd's reaction to this was mixed. Koneko didn't seem to care much, but Akeno seemed amused by it. Rias was annoyed her conversation had been cut short. Kiba had the most sympathetic reaction, hissing threw his teeth and clenching his thighs together.

"You!" yelled out Chloe, turning on Rias and pointing to her. "You utter bitch. How dare you try to justify yourself."

"You're overreacting," growled back Rias. "Yes the situation could have been handled better, but there's nothing you need to complain about. Issei is not dead and he will be well cared for. He even got to become a devil. There's no need to be so angry."

"No need to be- you arrogant bitch!"

Rias's words only served to make Chloe angrier. "You stole my brother's freedom from him. You stole his humanity from him! How would you like it if you were forced to become someone's thing without any say so!"

That actually hit Rias pretty close to home. Chloe had just drawn parallels of her recruitment of Issei to her engagement to Riser.

"And what's more, you have the nerve to imply that you've done my brother a favour," continued Chloe, all the while working her way up into a greater rage. "He got to become a devil? What kind of bullshit logic is that? Your saying it like being a devil is better than being human!"

"Well it is?" Rias interrupted. "As a devil Issei is stronger and gains a much longer life span. There's not really a down side."

"Oh so now your racist too."

"What? NO!"

"You just said it. Devils are better than humans. Well newsflash Lady, time and time again Humanity has produced people capable of taking on Maou class devils and coming out on top. While you devils only get a few people with that level of power every few thousand years, we get a few every other generation! It's just that they get old and die. The only advantage you devils have is you can wait us out! And some Humans become immortal on our own and you don't even get that. Like Scathach. I don't see any devils lining up to fight her. Plus, you're like super weak to light energy and all I have to do is say God-."

Here everyone in the club room, even the unconscious Issei flinched.

"To hurt you. You may have some fancy smancy powers, but it comes with a butt load of weaknesses. So don't give me any crap about how being a devil is better. Especially when it comes with a built-in slave contract."

Rias was rendered quite speechless by the little girl's rant. She'd never really thought like that before. She didn't really agree with everything that the girl said, but she did raise some valid points. Still Rias felt the need to defend herself as well as her kind.

"There aren't that many humans that can stand up to a devil. I don't know any who became as strong as a maou-."

"Scathach, Sigurd, King Arthur, Gilgamesh, Ozymandias, Karna, Ajuna, Atilla the Hun, Miyamoto Musashi, Heracles and… I can't think of any others of the top of my head but still, that's a lot without even having to think about it."

"Half of those are demi-gods and none of them could beat my brother," Rias returned.

"I said Maou class not whatever ridiculous level your brother is at," spit back Chloe, confirming to Rias she was aware of her brother's position in the underworld. "And Gilgamesh would destroy your brother. Scathach has a chance of beating him too and when he still had Avalon, King Arthur was pretty much unbeatable. And those demi gods still died human deaths. They were still mortal, so they count."

"Look the point is being a devil isn't a bad thing. Your brother will have much more options as a devil than he will a human."

"You didn't even want my brother, you just wanted a sacred gear you thought he had. Don't pretend to care about him because I know you don't."

"How dare you! I love each member of my peerage, I will not allow you to doubt that."

"You don't even know my brother," Chloe sputtered incredulously. "you only just met him today."

"But even so, he is a member of my Peerage. My precious pawn and-."

"My brother is not a collectable!"

Chloe was panting harshly as she argued with Rias. As she got her breathing under control, she levelled the red-haired devil king with a cold look. Suddenly the emotion seemed to drain out of her face until she looked like an emotionless doll.

"If your brother wasn't who he was I would have killed you."

The way she said it left no room for argument. It was a statement of fact. Something that Rias silently marvelled at, even as her peerage tensed around her. This young girl really did want to kill her. Even now, looking into this young elementary students' eyes, Rias could see a very real desire to kill her. And for a moment she felt truly afraid. But then she calmed down. This girl was a child. Even if she had some talent with magic, and she would have to find out how this girl knew all these things when her brother clearly did not, the girl was simply not powerful enough to be a threat to her."

"You couldn't even if you tried," drawled Rias, confident in her words.

"I could," replied Chloe. "That first day I was so angry I rigged your chair to kill you, not just fall apart. You're lucky you didn't come back until the next morning. I only swapped it round an hour before you got in, and only after I calmed down a bit. But even then I still wanted to kill you. Every trap. Every prank, I was thinking about how I could kill you. How I should kill you. But I didn't. I let you live. Time and time again. Not because I think you deserve too, because you don't. But because I didn't want your brother to come after my family. Because in the end the only value you have outside of being a sack of boob meat, is that you're the younger sister of Sirzechs Lucifer."

And with that Chloe stopped speaking, leaving the room utterly silent. Throughout her speech Rias had grown more and more pale as she realised just how close to death she'd been. And then the girl finished with the ultimate humiliation. 'The only worth that you have, is that you're the younger sister of Sirzechs Lucifer.'

"I'm taking my brother home."

She didn't wait for a reply. Chloe picked her brother up and somehow managed to manoeuvre her much bigger brother into a position on her back. "He'll probably come back tomorrow, because he's an idiot. If you know what's good for you, you'll tell him that he's free to go. He doesn't even have any special gear or anything anyway so he's no use to you. And if you or your kind ever try to hurt my brother…"

Chloe had moved towards the door as she spoke and was through it into the hallway when she stopped and looked back at Rias.

"I'll hold you responsible. And I'll kill you."

It was a promise, Rias felt. Far more than it was a threat that girls' words were a promise.

And then she turned her back on Rias and her peerage and disappeared around the corner.

The members of the ORC were quiet for a few moments after Chloe had left. Then with slow movements Rias walked over to the couch before collapsing next to Koneko. Kiba's shoulders lost their tenseness that had been present ever since the girl had confessed her desire to kill Rias. Even Akeno seemed to relax slightly.

"Well that could have gone better," joked the buxom queen.

"That was one scary little girl," Kiba agreed with a nod. He seemed to hesitate for a second. "Buchou, that girl is dangerous. We can't just ignore her now that she's threatened to kill you."

It was something they were all thinking about. Although it galled any of them to think about it, they couldn't allow threats to run around in their master's territory. Even if that threat took the appearance of a little girl.

Rias let out a short breath. She could feel her hands shaking. That small girl had actually scared her. A large part of her wanted to neutralise the threat anyway she could, even if it meant killing the girl. But she couldn't do that. Her newest Peerage member would never forgive her. And now that he was a member of her peerage, and she was not giving him up no matter what that little brat said, she couldn't bring herself to go behind his back and kill his sister.

"No," said Rias shaking her head. "Just give her some space for now. She'll have to get used to us eventually, and with any luck we can ingratiate ourselves to her." Rias gave a weak grin. "Who knows, I still need a bishop. Maybe she'll agree to become a member of my peerage in the future."

Kiba and Akeno gave a small chuckle, and even Koneko gave an amused smile.

"Somehow I don't think that's going to happen," Kiba laughed. He was relieved Rias hadn't ordered him to hurt the younger Hyoudo sibling. The girl could plan and weave her traps quite well, but he highly doubted she could fight him head on.

"Well who knows what the future will bring," muttered Rias. She was suddenly very tired. "If you don't have any urgent contracts you can take the rest of the day off. I don't think we have to worry about any more of Chloe's traps today at least."

Her peerage members quickly assented before two of them left leaving Rias with her Queen.

"Akeno, be honest with me," whispered Rias. Her eyelids were heavy and she was struggling to stay awake.

"Yes, my King," came Akeno's whimsical tone.

"Did you agree with my idea to recruit Issei."

It wasn't something she really wanted to know. To be honest she was rather scared of Akeno's answer.

"Hmmmm, I wonder," mused Akeno. "I know why you did it. And you know I will always support you Rias. But that plan was just desperate. There were so many things that could go wrong."

Rias blinked her eyes a few times trying to keep herself awake as she mulled over what Akeno said.

"I see," she eventually replied. "But from a moral standpoint."

"Oh, you were a complete evil bitch," Akeno answered easily, and Rias almost did a spit take. "You were in proper over lady mode, deciding the fate the peasantry from your throne. You were totally like 'dance for me mortals."

Akeno had to hold in a chuckle at the look Rias was giving her.

"But that's fine. You are a devil Rias. You don't have try so hard to behave and think like a human. That kind of thing is a part of you. Just don't go so far you lose sight of yourself."

Akeno leaned down and gave Rias a few condescending pats on her head. Rias huffed in response.

"Patronising bitch."

"Overly dramatic slut," Akeno easily returned.

Rias huffed in amusement before laying down on the couch to sleep.

"I'll do better tomorrow," she told someone. Herself or Akeno, she wasn't entirely sure which.

"I'm sure you will," Akeno agreed, before lifted her Kings head and sitting down in the space it occupied. Now laying down in her Queens lap, Rias felt herself drifting off and this time she didn't try to fight it.

"Sweet dreams Rias," Akeno muttered, smiling down at her king. Before suddenly taking a sniff. Rias still smelled of piss.

And that is my first chapter. I think it was near 8000 words, which I don't think is too bad for a first chapter. I do apologise if there are many spelling mistakes. I did look it over, but chances are good I missed stuff. Next chapter will feature Chloe in a fight, so you get to see how strong she is. So anyway if you think this fic was awesome, tell me and I will preen and be happy. If you didn't tell me and I will either ignore you or argue the toss. Or get sad and indulge in comfort food.

After a few reviews I feel the need to point out this isn't a Rias bashing fic. Chloe just doesn't like her.