IT'S THE MAOOU!"
Issei cried in his mind as his eyes widened at the sight of the Crimson Satan, clad in a formal business suit of human world, with his queen still clad in her usual maid uniform, by his side. After eyeing the Satan for few seconds, he quickly followed the others to kneel as well. As he dropped his head, he sneaked a peek and caught Xenovia at the corner of his eye, the girl was still standing in confusion.
"O-O-O-Onii-sama!"
Rias stood up as she stuttered at her brother in surprise.
"Azazel maybe mischievous and a prankster, but he's nothing like Kokabiel. Although it seems that he has arrived earlier than the planned date."
The Crimson Satan, Sirzechs Lucifer continued to voice his opinion about the Fallen Angel Governor. The Devil King looked around at the kneeling figures, then he softly spoke.
"Please relax, I came for private business today."
Everyone reluctantly obeyed and stood up, then Sirzechs looked around the room, and he addressed his little sister again. "Say, little sister… This room seems like a murder scenery. I wonder how it is possible for this place to be full of magic circles even though young girls gather here", he said with bitter smile.
Issei looked around, inwardly nodded, but he also thought that given the name of the club, it was not unheard of to have something that emphasize the name of the club, then again, he also agreed at the same time that the magic circle drawings were a bit too much for high-school students.
Rias ignored her brother's remark, then she asked after hesitating for a second.
"Onii-sama, w-why are you here?" such question was natural, there was definitely something going on if a ruler of the underworld suddenly showed up in the human world.
Sirzechs on the other hand, simply handed over an unfilled printed form. "What are you saying? Classroom visits are coming soon, right? I am also thinking to participate. By all means I want to see my little sister working hard in studies from up close."
Issei's eyebrows raised up slightly as he remembered that the classroom visits would be held up soon. He recalled his mother's excited expression when she got a hold of it. Ever since Haruka got new 'daughters', the idea of visiting the school and observing her children in class excited her even more.
But then, Issei's eyes widened at one revelation. Classroom visits, parents and guardians are welcome to visit the school… Issei held down an urge to smack his forehead as he finally remembered that his father would come as well, in normal circumstances. But on the other hand, given his father's personality, there was a chance that his father might just wave it off and chose to laze around in the house. The boy could not and did not want to imagine what would happen if his father suddenly appeared in school after never showing up for many years. All he could do was pray to whatever god, deity or divine force for the best possible outcome.
Meanwhile, Rias looked troubled from the news, as if she did not expect such event to happen at all. Then she turned towards Grayfia, who remained silent during the entire conversation.
"I don't know how you found out, but I assume it was you who told onii-sama, Grayfia?"
Grayfia sent back the look with one that slightly sharper, then she replied as she glanced towards Issei, "As much as it displeased me that you kept such thing from me and Sirzechs-sama, but it was Saitama-sama who informed Sirzechs-sama about the school's visit."
When Saitama was mentioned, everyone turned towards Issei who blinked at his father's name.
"Eh?"
Sirzechs chuckled in amusement. "That's mean of you, Ria-tan… If it's not for Saitama-kun, I would've surely missed to watch your growth at school…"
"Indeed", Grayfia said with a sigh. "I even had to double-check with one of the school staffs to get another submission form for the class visit. It is unbecoming of you to keep something like this from your own family, ojou-sama."
For a moment, Issei blinked at the nickname of his master by Sirzechs, however…
"Wh-… How did he contact you from human world to the underworld? Rather, what's exactly your relations with Saitama-san?" Rias, ignoring the nickname, asked with somewhat incredulous face.
Sirzechs simply took out a cell-phone and showed a screen that said:
From: Hyoudou Saitama
To: Sirzechs Lucifer
By the way, Sirzehcs… Are you gonna come to the school's visit this year?
"We've been… What is it called in human society… E-mail buddies…?" Sirzechs tilted his head slightly. "…For quite some time now. This message just came out during our last chat few days ago. I honestly almost forgot about the event myself."
Every one from ORC could not help but sweat-drop at the idea of a human being an 'E-mail buddy' with the devil king. Even Issei inwardly sighed at the news, thinking that his father really knew many kinds of people and remembering that it was probably the devil king himself who gave out that embarrassing recording from the last rating game. At this rate, he believed that it would not surprise him if his father somewhat had wider connections in the supernatural than he had been originally aware of.
"A-anyway, isn't onii-sama the Maou? To leave your job and come here! The Maou can't treat a single devil in a special way!" Rias complained.
"It doesn't matter", Sirzechs replied. "Even if my Maou duties are hard, even if I have to take a day off from my work, I wanted to participate in my little sister's class visit. Don't worry, father will come over as well."
At this point, Rias only sighed in defeat. Issei on the other hand, raised an eyebrow as he realised that he never met Rias' family aside from Sirzechs. He also wondered when he noticed the troubled look on his master's face regarding the classroom visit.
"Besides", Sirzechs added again. "This is my work as well, Rias. Actually, I thought about conducting the conference between the three factions in this school. I came to inspect the meeting place."
Issei and the others were shocked at the information. Having three major powers of supernatural to gather at a place like a school of Kuoh Academy is no joking matter. Even Rias could not believe what she heard.
"…Here? Really?"
Sirzechs nodded in affirmation. "Yes. This school somehow seems to have fate tied to it. My little sister, you, the legendary Sekiryuutei, the holy-demonic sword user, the holy sword Durandal's wielder and Maou Serafall Leviathan's little sister are attached to this place, Kokabiel, Hakuryuukou and even Saitama-kun also involved in a battle in this place. This is a phenomenon you can't label as coincidence. Strong powers keep mixing in, like wave motion. I believe the person accelerating this wave motion is…" Sirzechs then glanced towards one particular boy. "Hyoudou Issei-kun-the Sekiryuutei."
Under the glance of the Crimson Satan, Issei could not help but feel nervous. In addition, the boy was somewhat doubtful of himself, was it really him who acted as the catalyst for everything that happened? Ddraig had told him before that the strong was the one to attract others, but if he was talking about strength and power, should not it be, strangely enough, his father who fit the criteria more? Wasn't it possible that it was actually Saitama himself who attracted everything towards the academy, ever since that night?
In the end, it was a voice of one girl who interrupted his musing as the said girl took a step forward and spoke up to the Satan, attracting everyone's attention.
"Are you the Maou? Nice to meet you, I am the one called Xenovia." The girl introduced herself with firm, yet polite tone.
Sirzechs smiled in return. "Good day to you, Xenovia. I am Sirzechs Lucifer. I got the report from Rias. The holy sword wielder of Durandal got reincarnated as a devil, and not to mention becoming my sister's family… Truth be told, I was doubting my ears when I heard it the first time."
"I also didn't think that I would become a devil. To be reincarnated into the side I kept on killing, even if I say so myself, I sometimes regret it and that it was quite a bold move. …Yeah, that's it. Why did I become a devil? Desperation? However, at that time, truthfully, anything was fine… But, was it really fine to be a devil?" Xenovia replied while smiling ironically.
Despite the boldness, the new female knight of Gremory tends to regret her decision later on, making her unpredictable sometimes.
Sirzechs simply laughed in amusement. "Hahaha, it's great that my little sister's family has a lot of interesting people. Xenovia, since you were just reincarnated you won't understand your own way but I want you to support the Gremory household as Rias' family. I'll be counting on you."
At the request, Xenovia placed her hand on her chest and bowed like a knight. "If I am asked by the Legendary Maou written in the Bible to do it, then I'll have no choice but to do so. I don't know how much I'll be able to do, but allow me to do whatever I can in my capability."
"Thanks." Sirzechs replied with a smile, satisfied with Xenovia's answer. His smile was as charming as his little sister, making Xenovia blushed.
"Now then, shall we talk somewhere else?" Sirzechs wrapped up the conversation. "Even though I came to the human world, it's already night time. Would there be any lodging institution still open right now?"
Issei mulled over about what the Satan said. There were definitely several hotels or inns that would still open to receive guests, but he felt bad to make someone like Sirzechs to look for a place to sleep at this hour. He pondered if one of his friends to take the initiative, but he tossed aside the idea, because he also felt kind of bad to let his friends to take the fall. Finally, as much as his instinct was rather against the idea, there was only one thing for him to do.
"Um… If that's the case, Lucifer-sama…" Issei raised up his hand. "If you don't mind…"
X
"Hoo… So this is where Saitama-kun lives…" Sirzechs said commenting at the Hyoudou residence.
At the moment, Issei, Rias, Asia, Sirzechs and Grayfia were standing in front of Issei's house. It was Issei's suggestion to have the devil king and his queen to spend the night in his house. While Rias was also against the idea, her brother on the other hand was rather glad, saying that he would like to catch up with his E-mail buddy during his stay in the human world.
"Yes, I'm sorry if it's doesn't suit your taste…" Issei said sheepishly as he led the guests pass the front gate.
"No, no, it's fine." Sirzechs waved his hand with a smile on his face. "I like this place. We're the ones intruding after all", Sirzechs said applying the phrase 'beggars can't be choosers'.
Everyone went through the door into the house, and Issei shouted as he put off his shoes. "We're home!"
A voice came out in reply, followed by a figure of a woman with brown hair.
"Welcome home…" then the woman noticed Sirzechs and Grayfia in the group. "Oh my, we have guests."
"Haruka, who is it?" another voice came out, followed by a man with bald head. The man raised his eyebrows at the sight of the guests. "Sirzechs? Grayfia?"
"How are you, Saitama-kun?"
(Scene break)
"Thank you very much for taking care of my husband…"
Haruka bowed her head as she sat with her husband, and her son and Asia sat between them. On the living room couch across them, Sirzechs was sitting with his little sister beside him, while Grayfia was standing behind him on standby. Rias apparently was a bit miffed as she pouted at Issei and Asia sitting next to each other with jealous look. She also sent Saitama a slightly angry look for a second, presumably for him telling her brother about the school visit.
As a matter of fact, Rias had done quite a length to make sure that her brother would not come for her school visit. Her past experience reminded her how much her brother had embarrassed her in front of her peers by calling her with such childish name, distorting an image she had built up as a 'mature lady'. The girl had bothered to ask the student council not to let any of her family to find out, hid her forms from her brother, Grayfia, as well as the rest of her family, but she missed that the father of her beloved person had some sort of connection to her brother. By the time she had realised it, her brother had already made a contact with Saitama.
She was angry with Saitama for ruining her effort, but she found her anger to be unjustified in the end. She finally just surrendered to fate and hoped that things would not go as bad as the previous year.
"No, no, the pleasure is mine. Your husband is a good man and a good friend", Sirzechs replied with a light wave of his hand. "On the other hand, I am relieved that my sister wasn't causing you any trouble."
"No way, Sirzechs-san! Rias-chan is a wonderful girl. In fact, I think that she's way too good for my son here!" Haruka replied back with jovial smile as she ruffled Issei's hair, much to the boy's chagrin. "By the way, the maid over there…" Haruka turned to glance at Grayfia.
"Oh, yes. She's Grayfia, my wife." Sirzechs introduced the woman behind him.
Issei and Asia were surprised at the new information, save for Rias and Saitama. Haruka only covered her surprise smile with her hand. Grayfia, however, did not take the introduction too kindly as she pinched Sirzech's cheek while maintaining her expressionless face.
"How do you do. I'm the maid, Grayfia. I apologize for my master speaking such boring jokes."
"It huwts, it huwts, Grayfia…"
Sirzechs was teary-eyed, albeit his smile still present, as he begged for Grayfia to let go of his cheek. The maid simply remained her iron-grip on her master's cheek while Rias covered her blushing face from embarrassment.
Issei and Asia only smiled awkwardly at the exchange, while Saitama only smiled plainly and his wife only giggled at the spectacle.
"Of course, if you say so, Grayfia-san…" Haruka said after giggling with a gleam in her eyes that said 'I know more than you let out'.
Grayfia noticed the anomaly from the Hyoudou matriarch, but Grayfia decided to leave it alone. Saitama on the other hand, only jerked ever so slightly on his seat.
"It's no use to hide it, Grayfia… Haruka here is just too damn good on reading people…"
At Saitama's remarks, Grayfia's eyes widened ever so slightly as she gazed towards Haruka, who simply smiled back. In response, Grayfia only closed her eyes, let out a small breath through her nose as her lips twitched upward and she finally stopped her pinching on Sirzechs' cheek. Sirzechs who heard the earlier exchange rubbed his red cheek as he turned towards Haruka.
"Hahaha, Saitama-kun had told me before that you have a set of keen eyes, but I never thought that you can read through Grayfia as well…" the Satan said in amusement.
"Surely you jest, Sirzechs-san… I simply recognised something similar from Grayfia-san here…" Haruka denied.
Rias and the other kids looked somewhat awed at Haruka's insightfulness and Sirzechs and Grayfia seemed intrigued.
"Oh? Which is…?"
Haruka's eyes gleamed as she glanced again at Grayfia. "She has eyes of a loving wife, that's all." She finished as her smile grew a tad wider.
Grayfia had to supress her face from blushing as she closed her eyes to focus. Sirzechs only giggled in amusement, Saitama remained indifferent while Issei and the two girls had their mouths let out a silent 'oh' in amazement.
"Fufufu… You really have keen eyes for a human… I assume you are aware of who… No, what we are?" Sirzechs ask again with unchanging tone.
At the question, the kids could not help but looked around as they suddenly became nervous, while the adults seemed unfazed.
"Perhaps… But I don't intend to pry", was all Haruka said in return.
At the answer, Sirzechs almost laughed out loud from amusement. "Hahahaha, Saitama-kun really found himself a fine woman."
The kids had their respect and admiration for the Hyoudou matriarch increased by folds, even Grayfia could not help but smile.
"Ise-san… Your mother is amazing…" Asia whispered to the boy next to her.
"Yeah… I get what you mean, Asia…"
Then Sirzechs spoke up again. "I almost forgot, Saitama-kun. Millicas wanted to send his regards to you."
"Is that so? Then tell him I said hello too." Saitama replied after blinking. "Speaking of, how's the kid doing?"
"He's been doing well. Millicas will be delighted when he sees you again", Sirzechs said as he chuckled. Grayfia only smiled at the conversation.
"Millicas… By any chance, could he be…" Haruka asked in curiosity, before Sirzechs answered.
"Yes, he's our son. Here's the picture." Sirzechs said as he showed a picture of a cute young boy with short crimson hair and a pair of blue-green eyes. "See? Isn't he cute?" Sirzechs said with pride.
Haruka, Issei and Asia stared at the picture and the girls' faces lit up in red colour as they thought how cute the boy was. Issei also learned that the demon lord already had a child. Of course, he also took a note that Grayfia is the mother.
"Indeed, he's so adorable, Sirzechs-san!" Haruka giggled before she proceeded again. "By the way, are you going to attend the class visit as well?"
"Why, yes. I have taken a break from work, so I thought I could use this chance to see my little sister's school and also how she looks in class. On the day of the visit, my father should be coming as well."
"Oh, so your father is coming too, huh?" Saitama asked.
"Father helped in the establishment of Kuou Academy, like me, it seems this was a good chance for him to come visit as well. Although frankly speaking I think he just wanted to see Rias's face."
"Wait, hang on", Saitama interrupted as he held up a hand. "Doesn't that mean that your father owns the school or something? Seriously?"
"Yeah, did I ever tell you?" Sirzechs raised an eyebrow.
"No! You didn't tell me anything about it." Saitama replied in somewhat playful yet incredulous tone.
Sirzechs only shrugged in return. "Well, let's make it even between us, shall we? Since you never told me that you have your own family…"
"Hey, it's not like you ever asked… Well, the same goes for me, though." Saitama replied as he corrected himself, resulting another laugh.
Issei, Rias and Asia could not help but dumbfounded to see a demon lord and a human talking so casually with each other like old friends. It was also quite interesting for Issei and Asia to see the ruler of the underworld to be friendlier than they imagined.
X
After the fun conversation, it was the time for everyone to retire for the night. Saitama and Haruka had gone first to their own bedroom after sending their goodnights, of course with a slight hitch when Saitama tried to make another progress with his son.
"No funny business at night, Ise. At least keep it down when you're at it." Saitama tried to use 'teasing method'.
"Shut up, dad!" Which ended up in failure as his son shot back with slightly harsh tone.
Saitama, who sighed, and Haruka proceeded towards their room on the first floor. Haruka herself smiled at Saitama's initiative to make more progress with her son. The two parents shout their goodnights once again to their son on the second floor.
"Goodnight, Ise!" Haruka said from downstairs.
"Goodnight" Saitama also chided in.
"Goodnight, mom!" was the only reply came from upstairs. Only the reply towards the mother, no reply for the father in particular.
"Next time, dear… Next time." Haruka said in encouragement as she started to walk to her room with her husband.
"Yeah, I guess…" Saitama followed beside her. Then, Saitama turned around as he approached the stairs again. "I think he didn't hear me just now… Goodnight, Ise!" Saitama tried once again.
"…Goodnight, mom!"
Only to be replied in the same way, as if his existence was completely dismissed.
Haruka could not help feel amused yet slightly disappointed. The others upstairs were most likely feeling the same thing as well about the exchange. Saitama himself only clicked his tongue at the treatment as he left.
After making sure that his parents had gone inside their bedrooms, Issei left the stairs and proceed towards Rias, Asia, Sirzechs and Grayfia, who appeared to be talking about the sleeping arrangements.
"No-No way… I can't sleep together with Ise?"
Rias asked with disbelief tone as she, Asia, Issei, Sirzechs and Grayfia were standing in front of Issei's room.
"I want to talk with him a bit while being on the bed. Sorry, Rias, but just for tonight lend me Hyoudou Issei-kun."
While being terribly nervous, Issei did not particularly mind to share his room with the Crimson Satan, since a spare futon had been prepared. Rias on the other hand, since she used to sleep on the same bed with her pawn every night, was saddened that she would not be able to sleep with him that night.
Seeing his master's expression, Issei could not help but to compare her expression with the one of the girl who just got her stuffed doll or hugging doll got taken away. He honestly thought it was cute. According to Akeno, as far as he recalled from the other day, Rias had grown significantly dependent towards Issei, saying that he was really cute to her. The boy appreciated the thought, but cute? Issei did not think that the term 'cute' suits him.
However, having the two girls sleeping with him had also become a routine to him, to the point that he felt something was miss if he did not feel the girls' presences when he was asleep. Even Rias claimed that she would die if she were not to sleep on the same bed with Issei, and Asia also claimed that she would get upset if she did not have Issei by her side. These claims made the boy wondered, were those girls really serious? Sure it was nothing that bad, right? …Right?
Then again, having to sleep without the two girls might be a good change of pace. It's not that Issei mind having the two girls on his bed, but recently, Matsuda complained about Issei had Asia's scent on his body, and for the rest of the day, Issei was forced to deal and avoid interrogations from his friends, with the latter believing that Issei had graduated from virginity with Rias or Asia, or both, much to his chagrin.
[Don't be like that, partner. You should show some more guts when there's a girl throwing herself to you. At this rate, you'll end up as the Red Virgin Emperor instead of Red Dragon Emperor]
Ddraig commented in slightly teasing manner, making Issei twitched in irritation.
"Shut the fuck up, Ddraig."
Suddenly, Issei was pulled into a hug by his master.
"Ise…" Rias muttered as she embraced her pawn lovingly.
Issei's face was flushing at the warmth of his master's body. His arms instinctively raised up slowly to return the hug.
"Can you sleep alone? Are you alright with me not being beside you? I am not alright, though. Just by you not being beside me…"
At Rias' voice, Issei's face softened as he tried to consider his master's feelings. However, Rias was immediately pulled away by Grayfia.
"Ojou-sama, we should go back to our room. I will be sharing the same with yours, after all." Then she turned to her master. "Well then, Sirzechs-sama, good night."
Rias reluctantly obeyed and Asia also followed after she sent her own goodnight.
"Ah, Um, Ise-san, good night. I also think it's unfortunate but tonight I'll sleep in my room. I hope you sleep well", the girl said with her smile remained on her face.
Issei felt bad when he stared the girls started to walk away just like that. Consequences be damned, he decided to take an action.
"Ah, wait a sec." Issei said as the girls paused on their tracks and turned to him.
He pulled both Rias and Asia and put his arms around them and pressed his head on theirs. As their foreheads were interlining with each other, with their heads leaning against each other, the girls' faces were flushed at the proximity. Even Rias was tempted to close the distance between her lips and Issei's.
"I… don't know what to do when it comes to this stuff…" Issei looked straight into the girls' eyes. "But let's hold it for tonight, okay?" Issei smiled.
The girls finally smiled in return as they felt and memorized the warmth they shared through their heads. It was not perverted in the slightest, yet it was also intimate in a way. Somewhat this contact made the girls felt better.
"Thank you, Ise… I feel better now…" Rias said as the three broke off.
"Yes, I feel better as well! Goodnight, Ise-san!" Asia said with brighter smile than earlier.
"Yeah. Goodnight, you two", Issei sent his own piece as the girls finally left to their rooms, leaving Sirzechs and Issei alone.
"Well, shall we go inside?" Sirzechs said after a moment of silence.
"Oh, r-right", Issei said as he and the Satan went inside the room.
Later that night, a nervous Issei was lying on his bed while Sirzechs took the spare futon on the floor. This sleeping position was somewhat wrong in Issei's mind.
"U-um… Lucifer-sama…" Issei asked, only to be interjected by Sirzechs before he could say more.
"Ah, please don't be too formal around me. You're a part of my sister's family, aren't you? So in a way you're also a part of my family as well."
"Then… Sirzechs-sama…" Issei changed the way he addressed the Maou. After a silence that signed that he could continue on, Issei said again.
"Are you sure you don't want to take my bed instead? You're a Maou, after all. I don't mind sleeping on the floor."
Hearing Issei's concern, Sirzechs only chuckled in amusement while he appreciated the thought.
"Haha, I actually prefer this much more than any other royal treatment I receive in the underworld."
"Really?" Issei asked as he turned his head slightly on his pillow.
"Yes. Nobody ever treated me as a normal guest over there. They usually treated me with extravagant gifts and feasts for me. I like this style better. It makes me feel much more peaceful."
"I see…" Issei said after hearing Sirzechs' explanation. The boy could somewhat relate Sirzechs to Rias, since the girl also prefer to be treated as a normal girl rather than a heiress.
"Hyoudou Issei-kun... I'll leave my little sister, Rias to you. Please take care of her." Sirzechs suddenly said out of the blue.
Issei blinked at the sudden request, but he smiled nonetheless.
"Of course… I'm Rias Gremory-sama's pawn, after all."
At Issei's answer, Sirzechs nodded and smiled in content.
"So…" Sirzechs then started another topic. "I heard you met up with Azazel."
"…Yes." Issei replied as he recalled his meeting with Azazel earlier.
"Did he do or say anything to you?" Sirzechs asked again.
"…Well, he just wanted to meet up again on another time."
At Issei's reply, Sirzechs only huffed in understanding.
"Hm, figures. Azazel is not crazy enough to anger your father by doing something funny to you."
Issei blinked again at Sirzechs' statement regarding Saitama. Did he really heard that his father… cared?
However, Sirzechs interrupted his musings.
"And speaking of, how are things going between you and Saitama-kun?"
Issei went silent for a moment.
"…It's good. Nothing's wrong." Issei replied.
Sirzehcs however, noticed something behind Issei's tone. "Is that so? You didn't seem fond of him from your last exchange earlier."
At that statement, Issei went silent once again. Feeling the disturbance, Sirzechs decided to take the next step.
"Hyoudou Issei-kun… Actually, is it all right for me to call you Ise-kun like my little sister does?"
Issei immediately replied, "Y-yes, of course! It's an honour!"
"Then, Ise-kun. What do you think of Saitama-kun, after never meeting him for so long?"
Issei pondered for a while, then he spoke up. "Um, before I said more… Can I ask for permission to speak freely?"
"I told you no need to be too formal with me, Ise-kun. So… Yes, by all means."
Then Issei took a deep breath before he spoke more.
"Honestly, I don't know." Issei said as he stared to the ceiling. "During my childhood, life was a bit hard at first without dad around. But since he sent us money every month, we managed to get by. However…" Issei's eyes narrowed as he looked through a memory. "It's not that I hate him, I was too young back there to know anything about hating someone, including him. But I couldn't help but to feel angry."
At this point, Sirzechs raised an eyebrow as Issei asked again. "Sorry, Sirzechs-sama… But can I rant a bit?" Issei looked at Sirzechs, who only nodded back in understanding as the boy carried on.
"Sometimes, at night… I saw my mom crying alone, as if she was missing someone so bad that it hurts." Issei clenched his fist. "But every time I approached her, she immediately straightened up and put a smile on her face. Seeing her putting up a front despite what she felt back made me worry so much, that time I didn't know what's hitting her." Issei ended with a chuckle in irony.
Sirzechs also looked up at the ceiling, taking in Issei's story. "Your mother… She is a strong woman. Saitama-kun and you are fortunate to have her around." The Crimson Satan commented.
Issei nodded in agreement. "Indeed, she is." The opinion about his mother actually managed to lighten up his mood. "Perhaps the reason I can't hate my dad whole-heartedly is because my mom has convinced me that he still cares about us… But I was still quite angry at him, though." Issei then remembered the day when he asked his mother about his father's disappearance.
"Anyway, I think everything started when I was 10 years old. I asked my mom about my dad, and after I found out that my dad just simply disappeared back then, I decided to get stronger and find him, so I can bring him home… Well, my dad also left a note actually."
"Hm? A note? What does it say?" Sirzechs asked in curiosity.
Issei only shrugged lightly. "Well, it's basically a training regimen for me if I really want to get stronger. As I followed the instruction, after around one and a half year…" Issei then glanced at his left arm. "I met Ddraig."
"Hoo… So you have awakened your Sacred Gear at such young age? Impressive…" Sirzechs commented in understanding.
"Thank you." Issei appreciated first before continuing. "Well, the rest seven years after were spent by living normally while I kept training myself to get stronger, as well as formulating a plan for what to do when I set out to search for my dad. Then I met your sister, as well as my master, and what happened after that… I guess you already know." Issei said and he finally arrived at the part where everything… kind of changed.
"I thought everything would go just fine. Until suddenly that guy just fell from the sky during our fight with Kokabiel…" Issei said as he grimaced at the memory.
"Ah… I actually have heard of that one. If I'm not mistaken, your father just stopped a legion of fallen angel army from invading the human world, correct? I'm somehow not surprised at that." Sirzechs commented.
"Yeah, he did. But…" Issei's face turned sour when he recalled his father's expression that day. "The look on his face… When he finally met his son whom he left for last fifteen years… It was as if he didn't feel guilty about it." Issei started to feel agitated again at this point. "I mean, he'd been leaving without any notice for years, and when we reunited he still had a time to fool around! As if he didn't care! How could I not angry at that!?" Issei shouted before he realised that he just lashed out before a devil king.
"Err… Forgive me for my rudeness." Issei said sheepishly and nervously.
"Fufufu... It's alright, I understand you were upset. Luckily I've casted a sound-proof spell on the walls earlier in case something like this happened, so your voice won't leak out." Sirzechs said in understanding while he thought.
"Saitama-kun… Reconciling with your son might be tougher than you thought…"
"So? How did the reunion turn out?" Sirzechs asked again.
Issei felt reluctant to answer at first, as he scratched his slightly flushed cheek and his eyes darting around nervously before he finally replied.
"Well… I err… I punched him."
Sirzechs had to snort at that answer. "Really?"
"Yeah, right in the face."
"Then? What happened after that?" Sirzechs asked again after he stifled a laugh.
"He punched me back."
At the reply, Sirzechs who had also tasted Saitama's fist during their first meeting could not help but cringe.
"Ouch, were you okay there?"
"Well…" Issei rolled his eyes. "His punch put me to sleep for three days straight. After that, every day became so exhausting for me ever since he came home all of sudden."
"Okay…." Sirzechs tried to sympathize and very amused at the same time. "Does Azazel know about this?"
"Now that you mentioned it… During our meeting earlier, I remembered he was trying to hold down his laugh for good three minutes when he found out."
Issei said, as he could not help but sweat-drop (again) at the sight of fallen angel governor doubling over to contain his almost-bursting laugh.
"Well, that's enough about me. Sorry for taking your time away, Sirzechs-sama…" Issei apologized as he put an end of his story.
"No, no. In fact, I'm happy that you talked to me like a normal person." Sirzechs said in content. "Well, back to my question. Ise-kun, are you happy now that your father has returned home?"
After telling his story, or rather ranting, Issei felt somewhat his heart became lighter at the question. His lips twitched upwards as he replied.
"Yeah… I am…" But he immediately blushed again. "W-well, I mean… my mom was so happy when he came home, so… of course I'll be happy as well when she finally smiles for real and our family became whole again! I-I-It's not that I care if he came home by himself or anything! I-I would have dragged him home sooner or later, anyway…"
Sirzechs only blinked before he snorted in amusement at the sudden change of attitude. "Saitama-kun… You really have an interesting family… And making up with your son will be very tough, indeed…"
"Thanks for sharing, Ise-kun…" Sirzechs said whole-heartedly. "You know what, I think it would be only fair if I share my own story about Saitama-kun as well." Sirzechs added his piece.
"Wha- No! Please, you're probably tired from your trip here. You should get some rest." Issei said, trying to refuse politely.
"Nonsense!" the devil king chastised. "I'm used to not sleeping for work, and I'm pretty sure that I can stay up late for a chit-chat during a sleepover with a fellow man."
Sirzechs said with excited tone. "I've been wanting to do something like this, you know? So, Ise-kun… Do you want to know how I met your father?"
At this question, Issei's curiosity started to perk up. But he chose to hold it in for the sake of common courtesy (or so he claimed).
"Uh… No, I appreciate the offer, but-"
"Come on, no need to be shy now…" Sirzechs interrupted with somewhat playful tone.
Finally, Issei gave in. "W-well… If you don't mind then, please do."
"Hmm, let's see…" Sirzechs started to think where he should begin. "It happened several years ago, I was taking a break from work by visiting Shanghai…"
X
It was a day after Sirzechs and Grayfia's visit. Due to the talk with Sirzechs and lack of sleep, Issei ended up skipping his morning training, much to everyone' disappointment. However, despite the lack of rest, Sirzechs looked satisfied in the morning while Issei did not show too much fatigue with occasional yawns.
Currently, Issei, Rias, Asia, Saitama, Sirzechs and Grayfia were about to depart at the front of Hyoudou Residence. Saitama took the liberty to show Sirzechs and Grayfia around the town, saying that it was an investigation on the area of the peace conference, but it was more likely to be a simple sightseeing. Despite the day-off, Issei and the rest of Occult Research Club had to go to school to clean up the swimming pool, as been decided by both Rias and Sona from student council.
When the adults and the kids were about to part ways, Issei was staring at his father, who was wearing the same outfit during his visit to Azazel's house, with less hostility than usual, as he recalled Sirzechs' story from that night.
(Flashback)
"Wow…" Issei said in astonishment and disbelief after hearing the story. "Is that for real?"
"Yes, I almost couldn't believe it myself", Sirzechs nodded. "Even with my full power, I didn't stand a chance against him."
Issei let out a dry laugh. "Hahaha… Catching up to him will be much, much more to do than I thought…" Issei muttered as he ran his hand on his face, lamenting the huge gap between him and his father.
[Kukuku… A human outclassed a devil, the strongest devil king, to add? Interesting…]
Ddraig commented from inside the Boosted Gear. The dragon actually felt nervous, but at the same time he also felt excited.
"No need to be so down, Ise-kun…" Sirzechs said. "Do you know, during our entire conversation, your dad once told me that you'll surpass him one day?"
At this information, Issei had to jerk up from his bed with his eyes wide.
"Really?"
"Yes, you bet. And Saitama-kun still believes in you even now."
(End of Flashback)
From the story Sirzechs shared with him, Issei somewhat could see his father in SLIGHTLY better light, by his opinion.
Saitama who noticed his son was staring at him, looked back before he walked towards Sirzechs and Grayfia.
"What?"
Issei huffed as he looked away. "Nothing. Just make sure to behave yourself around Sirzechs-sama."
Saitama remained impassive at first, then he faintly smiled as he reached out his hand towards his son's head… Only to see Issei's head leaning backwards, as if trying to avoid Saitama's out stretched hand.
"What are you doing?" Issei asked with incredulous expression.
Saitama only blinked before he pulled his hand back and turned around to take his leave. "I'll see you later, Ise."
"That kid is like Haruka sometimes…"
Saitama thought as he walked away towards Sirzechs and Grayfia. Issei on the other hand simply stood on his position without saying anything in return.
As Sirzechs, Grayfia and Saitama began their trip around the town, Sirzechs put his hand on Saitama's shoulder and gave a friendly squeeze.
"It's okay, Saitama-kun. Your son is just entering his rebellious phase. I'm sure he'll open up to you soon enough." Sirzechs said with reassuring smile.
"Err… Thanks."
Saitama replied uncertainly while Grayfia only smiled ever so slightly. Saitama really had a lot of work to do with his son.
Meanwhile, Issei was ruffling through his hair as he walked towards the school with Rias, Asia and Xenovia, who they met along the way. While Asia and Xenovia were talking about mundane school stuffs, as well as about how Xenovia had been faring in her new living place, Issei's mind went back towards the earlier exchange with his father.
"Did he just about to…?" Issei thought as he recalled Saitama stretching out his hand.
"You should have just let him pat your head, Ise."
Suddenly a voice interrupted his thoughts and Issei turned his head to find that the words were coming from his master, who was walking right beside him.
"O-ojou-sama…!? What are you talking about?" Issei said in surprise and embarrassment.
[I second that] Ddraig commented about Rias' words.
"Shut up, Ddraig!"
"Saitama may not be the best father around, but since he's trying to make it up to you, shouldn't you open up to him a bit?" Rias advised.
"Well…" Issei darted around in contemplation. "I… I'll see what I can do." Issei finished with faint red tint on his cheeks.
Rias giggled at the reply. At least her pawn's daddy issue was not as severe as he queen's, and Issei's reaction about the said issue was somewhat adorable to her taste.
"Fufufu, you're so cute, you know that, Ise?" Rias said as she hugged her pawn from behind. "My sweet, cute Ise…" Rias muttered lovingly as she brushed her face against Issei's hair.
Issei's cheeks got even hotter at the contact with his master. "O-ojou-sama… Please stop it, it's hard to walk like this…" Issei tried to pry his master off.
Meanwhile, Asia and Xenovia, who took a glance at Rias and Issei's antics, showed different reactions. Asia got teary eyes from jealousy, as she approached the two and pulled Issei's cheek, much to the boy's chagrin, while Xenovia only gave a calculative look, muttering something about conquering and difficulty.
X
At school, everyone from Occult Research Club, save for Xenovia were gathering at the school's swimming pool. Cleaning the murky water from the pool was not difficult. It took some time, but the steps were simple enough to do. By middle of the day, the pool was as good as new and everyone was allowed to be the first to enjoy the water as much as they wanted.
Issei, clad with only in his swimming trunks, was looking at the now clean water as he did simple warm-ups. Until a feminine voice called out to him…
"Ise~"
The boy turned around towards the source of the voice, only to have his eyes bulging out at the sight of his master. In a nutshell, Rias was wearing a very sexy and provocative two-piece swimsuit with white and red motive. Her swimsuit left her skin, curves, and part of her breasts for the world, or in this case, Issei, to see.
"How do I look?" Rias asked as she took a pose.
In that short moment, Issei swallowed a lump. His face suddenly got hot as blood started to rush to his brain. He did not understand, he already got used to see Rias naked on daily basis, so why did his mind go haywire when his master was wearing a swimsuit? Besides, it was not like the first time for Issei to see a woman in a swimsuit. So why did such a sight caused him to get aroused?
[Partner, I heard that the art of girl's body in a swimsuit is similar to the art of panties under a girl's skirt. Just like it was more exciting if you can't see the panties entirely, it's also more exciting when you can't see the nudity under that swimsuit!] Ddraig explained in his mindscape.
How the heavenly dragon learned something like that, Issei did not want to know.
He was doing his best not to kept staring at Rias' visible assets, but he found himself could not look away. At that same moment, he had three options: 1. Praise her swimsuits, 2. Praise her body, her looks as a whole, or 3. No idea. He wished he could have had more options, but nothing came to mind.
"Screw this, just go with it." Issei shook his head. "Y-you look stunning, buchou!" Issei blurted out.
Rias only giggled as she satisfied with Issei's reaction. Then, another voice came out, followed by a figure of a girl with black hair.
"My, my, buchou… You sure are fired up wanting to show your looks to Ise-kun…." Akeno showed up with her own swimsuit then she turned towards Issei. "By the way, Ise-kun… How do I look?" the queen asked as she stroke a pose as well.
At this point, Issei had to cover his nose to prevent any blood escaping. Never thought in his life that women in swimsuits had such power over his mind. If Rias' swimsuit fit her body perfectly, Akeno's swimsuit was more like a crime, scandalous. Akeno's red-blue swimsuit was even more revealing than Rias, in given the queen's humongous breasts and hourglass curves, the swimsuit was pressing against her flesh, making her look even more sexier and erotic in her own right.
"It-it's awesome, Akeno-san!" Issei blurted out again. The queen also giggled in satisfaction.
"I-Ise-san!"
Issei then turned around after hearing his name being called again. When his eyes caught the sight of Asia, he found himself frozen.
"W-while I heard that boys prefer swimsuit that shows more skin, I just can't do it! I ended up wearing this one! I'm sorry if you don't like it!" the girl said timidly in her swimsuit.
Asia was wearing a school swimsuit. If Issei was amazed by the sight of Rias and Akeno, Asia's appearance made him more like captivated as the boy's heart skipped a beat.
"W-what is this?" Issei thought in his mind. He clutched his chest where his heart was placed as he stared at Asia in school swimsuit. "I've seen a lot of girls in school swimsuit during P.E last year, but what is this feeling? Why the hell am I feeling like this in the first place!? It's-! It's just too much!"
While it was true that school swimsuits did not show much skin, Issei found himself could not imagine that Asia would be better with other swimsuits, her timid behaviour only added to the depth.
[Hmm… I guess the saying 'beauty is simplicity' holds some truth, after all…]
Ignoring the dragon's comment, Issei moved his mouth incoherently as he tried to find an appropriate comment. But the sight of Asia in her swimsuit only made him nervous for some reasons.
"I-it's fine…" Issei managed to let out few words. "You look great…" Issei said with his face fuming.
Asia only replied with a sheepish giggle and a happy smile on her blushing face. Finally, it was Koneko's turn.
"Ise-senpai…" the rook said in stoic tone.
Koneko was wearing a school swimsuit like Asia. But the sight of a loli in a swimsuit almost made Issei wanted to jump and hugged the little girl like a doll. The good thing was that Issei finally managed to control himself.
"Yeah. You looked cute, Koneko-chan." Issei said with his thumb out.
Koneko only smiled as she looked away in embarrassment. Yuuto also showed up with a pair of black swimming briefs, and strangely, the knight asked Issei's opinion of his swimwear. Issei only stared and he simply said that the knight looked fine in it. And what was more disturbing was, that Yuuto smiled sheepishly in return at the comment.
"By the way, where's Xenovia?" Issei asked as he looked around, only to not seeing any sign of the blue haired girl.
"Um, Xenovia seemed to have trouble to put her first swimsuit, so she said that she will catch up later", Asia replied, followed by understanding nod from Issei.
"Ise", Issei then turned towards Rias who just called him again. "Sorry, but can I ask you a favour?"
(Scene break)
"Okay, that's right. 1, 2, 1, 2."
Inside the pool, Issei was holding at Koneko's hand as the girl was pedalling her feet in the water. Apparently the girl did not know how to swim, so Rias asked Issei to teach her.
As Koneko took small breaths in between as her face went in and out from the water, and she pedalled her feet in the water, Issei thought it was cute to see his junior to be working so hard.
Asia could not swim either, so she was waiting for her turn to have the swimming lesson as she cheered for the white haired girl from the side. The other three, however, were swimming leisurely at the other side of the pool.
"Fuwa-" Koneko took another breath. "I'm sorry for making you help me out, senpai…" the girl said apologetically.
Issei only smiled kindly in return. "It's fine, Koneko-chan. Helping you out to learn how to swim is fun. I'm glad that I can teach you."
Issei then felt that his back touched the edge of the pool, marking that they had reached the end. Naturally, Koneko's body collided with him, making Issei had to caught Koneko in his arms.
The rook's reaction was to slightly blush as she smiled faintly at the contact. She felt the boy's hands on her body were soft, yet firm.
"Ise-senpai… You really are gentle with girls", said the girl.
Issei only blinked at the comment, and he patted Koneko's head. "Hehe… Thanks, I simply imitated what my mom did to me before." Issei said, resulting a curious look from Koneko.
"Ise-senpai, your mom taught you how to swim, before?"
"Yeah, when I was still in grade-school. Actually, I dare say that the way she taught me was like the way I'm teaching you right now." Issei smiled at the memory.
Little Issei was kicking his legs in the water as his mother held his tiny hands gently and led him practice swimming across the pool.
"Anyway, if you ever need another swimming lesson, just find me and I'll teach you whenever. How does it sound?"
Koneko only smiled back as she nodded. Then Issei lifted Koneko up outside the pool, and he turned to Asia, who had already approached them.
"Alright. Asia, it's your turn now. Are you ready?"
Asia nodded in affirmation. "Yes, I'll be under your care."
(Scene break)
After the swimming lesson, Issei, Asia and Koneko were resting on the vinyl sheet by the poolside. Asia who was not that good at exercise had been exhausted after learning how to swim, and the bishop was now sleeping under the parasol that shielded her body from the sun.
Koneko took her sweet time by reading a book, while Issei only relaxed himself as he gazed at the scene in front of him. It seemed Rias and Akeno was about to go out from the pool, while Yuuto chose to remain floating leisurely on the water. Looking back at the two great ladies in their swimsuits, Issei finally managed to control his mind to a tolerable level. Then, as Issei took a glance at the cute look of Asia's sleeping face, a red bat flew towards him and landed on his shoulder.
Issei recognised the animal. It was Rias' familiar, and the girl seemed to send her own familiar to convey a message. As the Issei tilted his head slightly towards the bat so it could go closer to his ears, Issei's eyes widened slightly and he took a look at Rias who was resting on the other side, her body was lying on her front on her vinyl sheet with a parasol set up as well. Her top was undone, leaving her bare back for the world to see.
Swallowing a small lump, Issei walked over to his master and took a deep breath, preparing his heart for whatever Rias was about to order.
"Ah, Ise…" Rias said once Issei was by her side. "Can you apply this oil on my back? Devils won't get sunburned, but sunlight still our natural enemy, after all…"
Issei blinked at the fact as he took a quick look at the bottle of oil Rias handed him. While the oil seemed like any other oil he had seen before, Rias said that it was special beauty oil from the underworld. Shrugging the oil issue itself, Issei looked down at the smooth skin on Rias' back, and he swallowed another lump. At such white, beautiful skin, Issei almost stretched his hand to ran his fingers across the skin, only for the boy to shake his head and took another breath to calm himself.
"Focus, Ise… Focus on your task…" Issei reminded himself.
The boy poured the oil on his hands, rubbed his hands together and he carefully ran his oil-applied hands across Rias' back. Issei was surprisingly skilful in applying the oil, as he put enough pressure on his hands to make it as comfortable as possible for his master. Rias herself let out a small moan of pleasure at the contact.
"Mmmh… I didn't expect you to be this good…" Rias said as she enjoyed the feeling on her back. "Have you done this before?"
"Yes, I have." Issei replied, resulting a look from his master. "With my mom, though." Somehow Rias found herself sighed in relief. "There's one time where she took me to the beach just the two of us and she made me applying oil on her back. What I'm doing now is only what she commented to be good, that's all", Issei explained.
Rias suddenly became jealous for a second, she then started to think that she should bring Issei alone to the beach sometime. Then, after she felt that her back had received enough oil, she smiled naughtily as she thought of an idea. Time to step up her game.
"Say, Ise…" Rias asked in sultry tone. "There's one place you haven't reached yet, you know? Please go down a bit further..."
Issei blinked at the request, his eyes then trailed along her back, following Rias' direction and finally landed on her rear. Issei immediately blushed.
"A-a-are you sure about this, buchou?" Issei asked in bewilderment. Even he never went that far with his mother before.
"Yes", Rias confirmed without hesitation. "And after that, will you do the front as well?" This time, she got up and showed her breasts as well.
Issei swallowed yet another lump that day. His rationality kept urging him to stay focus, while his instinct urged him to give in to his desire.
[Just keep calm and enjoy it, partner]
And Ddraig's snickering did not help his case at all. However, before Issei could come up with any answer in his mind, another voice came out behind him.
"Ise-kun~… would you apply oil on me as well?"
At the same time, something soft and elastic was pressed on Issei's back. Issei turned and caught black locks in his sight. It was Akeno's face that appeared over the boy's shoulder.
Startled, Issei felt the softness on his back was caused by direct skin contact, not that he had ever felt it in particular before. Which means Akeno was topless, and her tips were pressing hard against him. Issei's mind almost snapped at the contact, he was well aware that Akeno's assets were bigger than Rias, which only made the case even worse for his favour.
"It's unfair if it's just buchou, you know?" Akeno said as she played Issei's ear with her mouth.
Displeased by the interruption, Rias pointed her finger at her queen as her expression became that of irritation.
"Hold it, Akeno! Do you know that my oiling isn't over yet? A-and also, what did I tell you about tempting my Ise like that!?"
However, Akeno only replied by moving her face and rubbed her cheek against Issei's, who was still trying to get a hold of the situation. "Hey, Ise-kun… Buchou is being scary. I normally run around and get tired out, so I just want to release the built up thing in my cute junior..."
Akeno then returned to bite Issei's ear playfully, making Issei became more confused and Rias' glare became even fiercer. Issei wanted to stop and just run away, but the strange feeling he had during the entire fiasco making him somewhat wanted to stay longer. Issei wondered what was happening to him.
Meanwhile, Rias' quarrel with Akeno got even more heated as Issei was contemplating about himself.
"Ise-kun really is cute. Buchou, won't you give him to me? In the future, when I am standing under Buchou's orders alone, I want to take this boy along with me, after all."
"No! That boy is mine! I definitely won't give him to you!"
"There's no other boy as wonderfully cute as him… Then, it's alright for me to be affectionate to him with erotic ways occasionally, right?"
"That's prohibited! I don't want the Ise of right now to know any girls other than me. W-Well, if it's Asia then it can't be helped but….. But, if the partner is you, Ise will really become a beast!"
"Ara ara, that's an extreme way of saying it. Don't you think that boys are best when they're beasts? While Buchou is hesitating….Ise's chastity, I'll—"
"I won't give him! That isn't a joke!"
Issei could only remain frozen as he watched the girls' quarrelling over him.
"Seriously, do I have any say in this!?"
[That's the quirk of being powerful, partner. I remember some of my previous hosts had been caught in this kind of situation as well. What I can suggest to you now is just sit back, relax, and enjoy the catfight]
"You're not helping at all, you stupid dragon!"
There had been numerous times when Issei was caught in a situation where Issei would loose himself to his carnal desire towards Rias and Asia. However, Asia's timid and shy behaviour making it easier for him to regain control, and there was also an understanding side of Rias to be more moderate in her advances.
However, in this situation… Two great ladies, almost buck naked, one of them was hugging him while teasing him physically… Issei felt that if he did not do something he would arrive at the point of no return, and he was not prepared for it. Hence, his mind finally could not take it anymore when Akeno decided to ask one question to him.
"Say, Ise-kun… Have you done it with buchou? Have you done anything to her breasts, yet? Or will you rather do me here…?"
Just as Issei's face was steaming with red, Rias' patient eventually had reached its limits.
"That's it! Now you've done it. Have you forgotten that you're my servant, as well?!" Rias burst out some of her magic power over her body.
"My, my, it's troublesome when you become like this… I say bring it on…" Akeno replied with her signature smile, while her body was letting out her own demonic power in a form of sparks and thunder.
"Now, now, you two-!"
BOOM!
Just when Issei was about to placate the two ladies, both of them had already launched their signature attacks as explosions from power of destruction and demonic thunder filled the air and the area nearby the pool. Issei barely had enough time to avoid the line of fire.
"Whoa, shit!" Issei quickly took a dive inside the pool and swam away to safety.
Issei soon resurfaced his head only from the water to see Rias and Akeno were already flying around with their respective magic attacks being fired at each other. Yuuto soon joined by his side as well, since the knight was in the water as well. As both of them stared at the unfolding confrontation, they occasionally had to dive under the water to avoid stray bullets from respective girls.
"Um, Ise-kun… What's going on?" Yuuto asked as he gazed at the catfight.
Meanwhile, Rias and Akeno were still throwing their magic at each other.
"I won't give you Ise… You vulgar priestess of thunder!"
"Isn't it fine to be affectionate…? O, crimson virgin princess"
"Aren't you a virgin yourself!?"
"Oh my, if you're going to say that, I'll have Ise-kun take my virginity right now."
"No! Ise said he would take my virginity!"
At the girls' squabbles, Yuuto turned his gaze to Issei, who was covering his face in embarrassment. The pawn started to regret even more about what he spouted during the rating game against Phenex.
"How could those girls say something about their virginity so easily…?" Issei muttered.
"Well? What do we do now?" Yuuto asked beside him.
Snapping out from his own muttering, Issei looked at Koneko, who was covering the still-sleeping Asia's ears. Then he turned to the knight again.
"For now, let's get out of here."
Yuuto nodded, and the boys started to proceed towards Koneko and still-sleeping Asia. When Koneko was approached by the boys, she nodded in acknowledgement.
"I feel bad if Asia-senpai were to wake up from the noises", Koneko said.
Issei only nodded in appreciation. "Yeah. Sorry about that, Koneko-chan. Let's get out of here first, okay?"
Without another word, the three devils quietly carried the still-sleeping bishop and swiftly left the pool towards the changing room while Rias and Akeno still busy quarrelling each other.
Upon arrival at the changing room, the three met Xenovia, who just finished wearing her swimsuit.
"Sorry, it's the first time for me wearing swimsuit so it took a while-" Then Xenovia noticed the disturbance. "Um… What's going on, Koneko, Kiba, Hyoudou Issei? Why's Asia sleeping? And the outside sounds a bit noisy?" the girl asked as she tilted her head to look at the scene at the pool.
Issei only scratched his cheek awkwardly. "Well… Sorry, Xenovia. I guess it's not a good idea to go out there right now."
"Buchou and Akeno-senpai are fighting over Ise-senpai's virginity", Koneko answered bluntly, resulting a blush from the pawn.
"Hmm… I see. So it gets even harder for me now…" Xenovia muttered to herself.
Ignoring Xenovia's mumbling, Issei and the others suddenly heard a smashing and cracking sound. Upon taking a look at the pool again, they saw that Rias and Akeno's fight started to cause more collateral damage on the pool.
"In the first place Akeno, you hated men! Why of all people did you only take interest in Ise?!"
"If you say it like that, even you Rias have no interest in men, you said they all looked the same to you!"
"Ise is special! He's cute!"
"Even for me Ise-kun is cute! I finally met a boy of whom I felt like this, so it should be fine to pass Ise-kun to me for just a bit and let me understand men!"
Seeing that the battle got more heated, Issei decided that he had to do something.
"At this rate the pool's gonna get ruined. Sorry, Xenovia… Can you look after Asia for a minute?" Issei asked to Xenovia as he handed Asia over to the female knight, whom nodded in affirmation as she held Asia's body gently.
Then Issei turned to Yuuto and Koneko. "Um… Sorry guys, but can you lend me a hand here?"
Koneko and Yuuto glanced at each other for a moment before replying.
"Well… Though it's basically you who are responsible…" Koneko began, then Yuuto continued.
"But I guess it's true that the pool is going to get destroyed again if we let this go on."
"Thanks. But don't worry. I'll do the work, so you guys just have to stand behind me as back up just in case", Issei said as he prepared to go forward, followed by Koneko and Yuuto from behind.
Just when the three had gone to placate their fighting king and queen, Asia finally woke up.
"Munya…" Asia yawned as she rubbed her sleepy eyes. "Mm… Eh? Xenovia-san? What happened? Where are Ise-san and the others?" Asia said as she looked around her surroundings.
X
"Stupid Akeno… Stupid Ise…" Rias huffed as she walked home together with her pawn and bishop in the late afternoon.
"Yes, yes… I'm sorry, ojou-sama…" Issei apologised beside her, while Asia only laughed sheepishly, not sure of what to do.
"You should have refused her from the start." Rias kept complaining.
"Okay… Though it will be difficult, I'll do something about it." Issei said in admittance as he tried to placate his master as much as possible.
It took good fifteen minutes for Issei (mostly), Yuuto and Koneko to be able to stop Rias and Akeno from destroying the entire pool. As the result, while the damage that had been done could be fixed by magic, the feud between Rias and Akeno ended unsettled as the queen somewhat had a satisfied smirk on her face, while Rias ended up with cranky mood.
Issei let out a deep sighed as his mind recapped the whole day. He felt that his inner desire towards women started to awaken when he recalled the stunt Rias and Akeno had pulled on him, and stopping the fight between the two was actually the most exhausting part. At this point Issei hoped that he would not have to face more trouble again at home, given that Sirzechs and Grayfia were staying in his house as well.
When Issei thought about it again, since the return of his father, recent days had been so tiring for him. He wondered if his exhaustion had been his father's fault all along? He began to conclude that it would make sense if his father was to blame.
"Meh, I'll think about it later…" Issei dismissed the thought as he just wanted to get home, sit back, relax and replenish his stamina for the next day to come.
Speaking of next day, Issei's eyes twitched again as the boy remembered that the class visit was actually the next day.
"We're home…"
Upon arriving at home, the three entered the house and Issei let out a quite tired greeting. As he stepped towards the living room as usual, the boy paused again as his instinct from the other day kicked in. Fortunately, it seemed that whatever weighed his mind had gradually faded as the boy finally dismissed his paranoia. He took another step as he finally got inside the living room, only to found himself frozen again.
Before him, Saitama was sitting on the couch with his back turned on him, it seemed that the man was simply sitting on the couch while watching the television shows. However, what froze Issei was the sight where Haruka's head was positioned.
"Hey, Haruka… Just let me take them off first!"
"Shh… Just a bit more…"
It would have been fine if Saitama and Haruka were only sitting side by side, but Issei's eyes saw that Haruka's head was positioned and moving around Saitama's crotch.
"What the hell are they doing? How could this happen? After that overwhelming notions of girls wanting me to pop their cherries, and now this? Did I do something terribly wrong? Does the world or universe despise me, or something? What did I do to deserve this?"
All of these thoughts were swirling around Issei's mind right before the boy's eyes went white and his body unceremoniously collapsed to the floor once again.
[Sheesh…. What a gutless host I have here]
Ddraig groaned as Issei passed out again.
BRUGH!
"Ise/Ise-san!"
The parents immediately stood up from their spot when they heard the noise. They turned and saw Rias and Asia were tending Issei who was unconscious on the floor. The red hair then turned to look at the parents with slightly wary eyes.
"Um… Father, mother… What were you possibly doing earlier?"
Saitama was about to say something about being called 'father', but with his wife by his side, it would be wise if he kept his mouth shut for the moment.
"Well, Haruka was just trying to fix a hole in my pants, see?" Saitama showed a slightly damaged fabric on his pants around his thigh. It had been knitted, but there were still some traces of being torn off.
"I told her that knitting while my pants still on was dangerous, but Haruka insisted to be real quick…" Saitama pointed at his wife.
"O hush, dear…" Haruka chastised. "I've seen much bigger blades and other sharp objects had failed to even hurt you. Sure this tiny needle won't even tickle, will it?"
Rias and Asia sighed in both relief and exasperation, then Rias asked again as she looked around, as if she was looking for someone.
"By the way, where's my brother?"
"About that, Sirzechs and Grayfia chose to stay in a hotel this time, so they won't stay here tonight. They said they will meet you again at school." Saitama replied.
"Shame, they're always welcome to stay here, you know…" Haruka said in slightly regretful tone. "By the way, how's Ise?"
Asia replied after went through a quick check on Issei. "He's fine. It seems that he's just unconscious like last time…"
"Well, we should take him upstairs for now. Dear, if you would?" Haruka turned to Saitama, who wordlessly bent down and picked his knocked-out son up on to his shoulder.
X
Everything went normal as usual at the beginning when the day of class visit finally arrived. Issei woke up in the morning as usual, his morning training with everyone else save for Saitama went without a hitch nor trouble, and breakfast went pass without any major events.
And since Rias wanted to make a quick visit to Sirzechs and Grayfia, and Asia wanted to go to check on Xenovia, Issei was walking alone on his way to school. As per school schedule had stated, his father and mother would come for the class visit at the later time of the day.
The boy could not recall much of what happened yesterday. According to Rias and the others in the house, Issei tripped his feet when he got home and he hit his head pretty hard. The boy however, was not entirely convinced at the testimony.
"Was that really what happened?" Issei pondered. However, whenever he tried to dig further inside his memory, his body suddenly shuddered and the boy ceased his thinking immediately.
[You know, partner… Keep fainting like yesterday is starting to be kind of stupid, after all…] Ddraig spoke in Issei's mind.
"U-uh… Yeah, I guess so… But why did I collapse again?"
[Beats me] Ddraig still chose not to disclose of what really happened. [This is my only advice. Just get over the fact that your old man and your mom are friggin' married already]
"Uh… Okay….?" Issei replied uncertainly. Ddraig in return only shook his head and sighed again.
Suddenly, the dragon sensed a strong presence and Issei noticed the change as well. As he realised that he had arrived at the school's gate, he saw someone was standing in front of him as if that someone had been expecting him to come.
It was a young man around Issei's age. His face was handsome with dark silver hair and ice blue eyes that as if to be rimmed with a light ultramarine. The man was wearing a dark green V-neck shirt with a high-collared black leather jacket over it. He was also wearing burgundy jeans with a silver chain drooping down over them and black leather chaps with three bands encircling his right calf, and wears black shoes with black buckles.
Judging from the man's appearance, his instinct, and Ddraig's reaction. Issei had an idea of who the person was, but decided not to jump to conclusions. Both strangers and Issei were staring at each other without a word. As people around strangely ignoring their presences and kept walking normally.
"…It's a good school." The stranger finally spoke up, just when finally there were no more people around.
"Yeah, more or less." Issei replied with calm tone and impassive face.
The two fell into another silence once again, as if they wanted to read each other more.
"Vanishing Dragon?" Issei decided to bite. Somehow his word was more like a statement rather than a question.
The silver haired man raised an eyebrow in amusement. "Ho…? So you can tell?" The man said as he was slightly impressed.
Issei shrugged. "Well, it's like… Your appearance is like giving all white dude vibe kind of thing, you know…"
[Holy shit, is it just me or you sounded racist just now?]
"Hush, Ddraig."
The man only closed his eyes and snorted in return. "Hmph, your answer was kind of expected since you're his son…"
"But you are right", the man opened his eyes and saw right into Issei's. "Let me introduce myself. I'm Vali, the current Hakuryuukou (White Dragon Emperor), Vanishing Dragon. This is the second time we meet, Welsh Dragon, the Sekiryuutei (Red Dragon Emperor), Hyoudou Issei…"
To be continued….