Morning walk to school.
I’m walking towards school, but I’m having a hard time because lots of the students are staring at me with a fierce eyes. That can’t be helped. Next to me is our school’s idol, Gremory-senpai. And I am acting like her servant because I was carrying her bag.
“Why is someone like him.....”
“Why is someone vulgar like him is next to Rias Onee-sama...”
I could hear screams of both boys and girls from every direction. There were some students who fainted because of the shock. Is it that bad for me to walk besides Senpai! We walked through the school gate and split at the entrance.
“I will send someone to you afterwards. I’ll see you after school.”
She says that while smiling. Send someone? What does she mean? I’m not quite sure, but I walked towards the classroom. When I opened the door, everyone was staring at me. Well that would be normal, since I was with Rias-senpai.
Knock!
Someone hit my head from behind. When I turned around, it was Matsuda. Motohama was beside him is well.
“Give me an explanation!”
Matsuda shouted, and he was also crying. From his expression, I could guess what he wanted to say.
“Until yesterday we were the ‘Unpopular Alliance’ comrade!”
“Ise, first of all tell us what happened after we went home yesterday.”
Unlike Matsuda who was furious, Motohama was acting all calm while fixing his galsses, though his eyes were really sharp. Both of you are scary. But I laughed, and told them with strong voice.
“Guys, have you ever seen real tits before?”
With that one sentence, both of them trembled with fear.
After school.
“Hi, how are you doing.”
I was looking at male student who came to see me with my eyes half closed.
The guy front of me is our school’s number 1 best looking prince, Kiba Yuuto.
He captured the school girl’s heart with the smiles of his. He is in the same grade is me, though from different class. You could hear girls screaming with joy from classes and the corridor. Shut up. It’s so damn noisy in here.
“So what business do you have here?”
I replied to him with a negative voice, but he didn’t stop smiling.
“I came here by the order of Rias Gremory senpai.”
I understood immediately why he was here with that one sentence. So he is the person who senpai told me that she would send.
“Okay, okay. So what do you want me to do?”
“I want you to follow me.”
NO!!! Then there were screams from the girls.
“No, No!! Hydou and Kiba-kun walking next to each other!”
“You will get infected, Kiba-kun!”
“I won’t agree with the Kiba-kun X Hydou couple!”
“Maybe its Kiba-kunXHydou couple!?”
The bitches are talking in some weird language. Man, seriously shut up!
“Sigh...Alright.”
I told him that I would follow him. To tell the truth, I hate good looking guys. I followed Kiba who was already walking ahead of me.
“He, Hey Ise!”
Matsuda shouts my name.
“Don’t worry friend. I’m not going to have a fight.”
So you don’t have to worry about me, friend.
“What are you going to do with this DVD ‘Me, the molester, and the udon’!”.
Matsuda says it out loud while holding the DVD up high. I fled the scene quickly.
I followed Kiba, and the place we went up to was the back of the school building. There was a building which is called the old school building which is surrounded by trees. Apparently it was used a long time ago, and it looks so creepy that it is listed in one of “the seven wonders of school”. The appearance of the building looks very old and the building is made by woods. There are no broken glasses, though it is hard to tell by the appearance. It’s old but it’s not that bad.
“Buchou(President) is here.”
That’s what Kiba says. Buchou? Is he talking about senpai? But Buchou? Was she in a particular club? Does it mean he is part of that club is well? It’s getting even more mysterious. But as long as I follow him, I would be meeting with senpai again. We walked up to the 2nd floor of the building, and we went deep into the corridor. Even the corridor looks clean. Even the rooms which aren’t used looks clean. If you think about old buildings, it would be full with insects and spider webs. But there aren’t any, so they must be cleaning this building quite often. While I was thinking about those kind of things, it looks like we ended up in our destination. Kiba stopped his feet, front of a particular classroom. I was shocked by the sign on the door which read is “Occult research club”. Occult research club!? Just by reading that name made me wonder. I’m not saying that the club sounds weird, but that it’s weird for Rias-senpai to be in this club....
“Buchou, I have brought him.”
Kiba says to the wooden door. Then there was a reply by senpai.
“Come in.”
Looks like she’s inside. Kiba went inside the classroom and I followed him in. I was shocked when I entered the room. There were weird signs and words in every area of the classroom. Floor, wall, and the ceiling were covered in weird signs. And the weirdest looking one was circle written by signs located in the middle of the room. It looks like a magic circle which takes up most of the space in the room. The room was full with weirdness and creepy atmosphere. There are also couple of sofa and desks in the room. Huh? There is someone sitting in one of the sofa. It’s a girl with small build. I know her.... I know that girl! That’s the girl from a lower grade Tojou Koneko-chan! She’s from the 10th grade but she looks like an elementary student because of her childish face and small body. She’s popular amongst certain group of guys. She’s popular amongst the girl is well and is treated as a “mascot”. She is eating youkan(Japanese treat) quietly. She looks sleepy like always. She never shows any kind of emotion at all. She realized we came in, and our eyes met.
“This is Hyodou Isei-kun.”
Kiba introduces her to me. Koneko-chan bows her head.
“Ah, nice to meet you.”
I also bowed my head. After that she continues eating. Just like the rumour, she doesn’t talk much.
Then I heard the sound of water flowing from the back of the room. Is it a sound of a shower? Then I realized there is a shower curtain at the back of the room. There was also a shadow on the curtain. Its a shadow of a girl. There is a girl taking a shower. Huh!? A shower!? This classroom comes with a shower!? Then there was a sound of the shower stopping.
“Here take this Buchou.”
Huh? There is someone else besides her? I heard a voice of girl different from senpai’s.
“Thank you Akeno.”
Looks like senpai is changing behind the curtain. It then remembered what happened this morning, and I started to blush. It was an impressive body senpai. Looks like I won’t be needing porn for a while.
“.........What a perverted face.”
A low-pitched voice said it. When I looked at the direction of the voice, it was Tojou Koneko-chan. I looked at her, but she was just eating youkan. Is that so...... Did I actually have a perverted face? I’m sorry then.
Then the curtain opened. There was senpai in her uniform standing. She looked really hot with her wet hair. She looks at me then smiles.
“I’m sorry. I couldn’t take a shower last night because I stayed the night at your place. So I took a shower now.”
Oh yeah. But what’s bugging me is that there is a shower in a classroom. Then I looked behind senpai. There was someone behind her........Are you serious! I was so shocked that I lost my words. A black-hair in a ponytail! The ponytail which we is said to be near extinct! The person who is said to the last person with a ponytail at our school! The pretty face which is always smiling! The person who is a Yamato Nadeshiko even though she is a student! One of our school idol, Himejima Akeno-senpai! The person who is said to be one of the “Top Two Oneesama” along Rias-senpai! The person who is idolized by both male and female students!
“Oh my, how do you do? My name is Himejima Akeno, pleased to make your acquaintance.”
She introduced herself politely with a smiling face. Her voice tone sounds fascinating.
“Oh….. My name is Hydou Isei. Nice to meet you too!”
I introduced myself even though I was nervous. After Rias-senpai confirmed that we finished introducing each other she started talking.
“Looks like everyone is here. Hyodou Isei-kun. No, let me call you Ise. “
“Ah, yes.”
“We, the occult research club welcome you.”
“Um, okay.”
“Is a devil.”
……. Dad and mum. Looks like I’m in for something big.
“Here’s your tea.”
“Oh, thank you.”
I was sitting in a sofa, and Himejima-senpai made a tea for me. I drank it quickly.
“It tastes good.”
“Oh my. Thank you very much.”
Himejima-senpai started laughing very happily. Me, Kiba, koneko-chan, and Rias-senpai sat in the sofa surrounding a table.
“Akeno, you sit over here is well.”
“Yes Buchou.”
Himejima-senpai sat next to Rias-senpai. Then everyone looked at me. Ummm, what is it.... I’m getting nervous because everyone is looking at me in a place like this... Then Rias-senpai moved her lips.
“I will tell you directly. We are all devils.”
Yeah.... You definitely said it directly.
“Your expression says that you don’t believe what I am saying. Well that can’t be helped. You saw the guy with black wings last night?”
She’s right. If that wasn’t a dream, then I did really see that.
“That’s a fallen angel. They were former angels who served God, but they fell down to hell because they had evil intentions. They are also the enemy of us devils.”
So now we are talking about fallen-angel. Looks like we are getting in a fantasy genre.
“We, the devils, have been in a war with the fallen-angels since ancient times. We have been fighting over the possession of the underworld, also known as hell in the human world. The underworld is split into two areas of the devil and fallen-angel. The devil forms a pact with humans and receives their sacrifice and increases their strength. The fallen-angel on other hand controls human to eliminate devils. And here the angels come to destroy the two races in the order of God. So the war is split in three groups of devils, fallen angels and angels. This has been repeated since the ancient times.”
“Umm senpai. That kind of story is hard to take in by a normal male student like myself. Huh? Is this what members of occult research club do?”
So this conversation has been the club activity then.
“Occult research club is just a camouflage. It’s my hobby. We are all devils.”
Umm...No,no. You are still talking about the club activity then.
“Amano Yuma...”
When I heard that name I realized that this wasn’t any joke. Where did she hear that from?
“That day, you were on a date with Amano Yuma, right?”
“If you joking, then can you please stop now...... I don’t want to talk about it in this atmosphere.”
There was anger in my tone. That’s because that topic is like a taboo to me now. When I talked about it before no one believed me, and no one remembered about her. Everyone said it was my dream. That it was my hallucination. Nobody believed me and no one remembered about her existence. I don’t know where she heard the story from, but I won’t take it if she says that it is all occult. Instead I would be mad.
“She existed. For certain.”
Rias-senpai says that clearly.
“Though it looks like she tried to delete all of the evidence around you.”
Rias-senpai swirled her finger, and Himejima-senpai took out a photo from her pocket.
“This is her, right? Amano Yuma-chan.”
She’s right. The person in the photo was my girlfriend who I couldn’t find anywhere. I took a picture of her before with my mobile phone but it was somehow gone. The photo had a clear picture of her, and there were black wings growing from her back.
“This girl is....no, this is a fallen-angel. It’s the same kind is the one which attacked you last night.”
A fallen angel? Yuma-chan is a fallen angel? Rias-senpai continued talking.
“This fallen-angel came in contact with you to accomplish her motive. After she accomplished her it she got rid of any record and evidence regarding herself.”
“Motive?”
“Yes. To kill you.”
Wha, What the hell!!
“Why did she have to kill me for!?”
“Calm down Ise. It couldn’t be helped......No you were just unlucky. There are possessors who aren’t killed.”
“What do you mean unlucky!”
Is she saying that I was just unlucky to be killed by Yuma-chan that day!? Huh....? Killed....? But I’m still alive? I’m still here like before.
“That day you were on a date with her and then went to the park, where you were killed by the Spear of Light.”
“But I’m still alive! Why did I have to get hunted for?
Yeah, that’s right. There aren’t any reasons for me to get hunted by her. Why do I have to get hunted by fallen-angels!?
“The reason why your life was aimed from her is so she could check if there is a dangerous stuff inside you. Since the response was weak, she had to take her time checking you. Then she confirmed it. That you were a human who possessed the Sacred Gear.”
Sacred Gear.... I was familiar with that term.
- Sorry. You were a threat to us so we decided to get rid of you early. If you want to hold a grudge, then hate the God who put the Sacred Gear inside you.-
That’s what Yuma-chan said that time. There’s a sacred gear inside my body? Kiba opened his mouth.
“Sacred Gear is an irregular power which is bestowed to certain humans. For example most of the people whose name is recorded in the history are said to be the possessors of the Sacred Gear. They used the power of Sacred Gear to record their name in the history.”
“Presently there are people who have Sacred Gear within their body. You know those people who play an important role worldwide? Most of those people posses Sacred Gear within their body.”
Himejima-senpai continues from where Kiba stopped at. Rias-senpai then continues the discussion.
“Most of the Sacred Gear has functions that are only usable in the human society. But there are exceptional Sacred Gear which is a threat to the devil and fallen angels. Ise, raise your hand high.”
Huh? I have to raise my hand? Why?
“Do it quickly.”
Rias-senpai is urging me to do it. So I held my left arm upwards.
“Close your eyes and imagine the thing which you think is the strongest.”
“Strongest being? Ummm, Son Goku from Dragon Ball?”
“Then imagine that person. Now imagine him in a particular pose where he looks the strongest.”
“.....”
I imagined Goku where he is shooting his kamehameha. Is this alright?
“Lower your arm slowly, and stand up.”
I got up from the sofa.
“Now mimic the pose of that person. You have to copy it properly, and you cannot held back.”
Oh crap. There are people around me, and I have to copy Goku doing kamehameha at this age!? Crap, I’m too embarrassed to do it! Just because I’m closing my eyes, it doesn’t mean that no one will laugh at me.
“Hurry and do it quickly.”
Rias-senpai urges me again. Heyyyy! Are you serious! Do I seriously have to do it!? Shit! Then look! It’s Hyodou Isei’s first and last time doing kamehameha!
I put both my opened hands together and pushed it to front of my chest. Then I finished the pose by yelling out kamehameha.
“Kamehameha!”
“Now open your eyes. Since this place is filled with magic powers, the Sacred Gear will appear more easily.”
I opened my eyes just like Rias-senpai said. Flash. My left arm starts to glow! Whaaaat!! What is this!? What the hell is this!? Can I pull of kamehameha now!? The light starts to form a shape, and it covered my left arm. When the light stops glowing, my left arm is covered in a red gauntlet. It is equipped with a flashy looking. If you looked at it, it looks like a very fine and realistic cosplay item. The part which covers the back of my hand, there is a gem engraved in it. Actually it looks like a jewel instead of gem.
“WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I was so shocked that I shouted out loud. Obviously! I thought I did a kamehameha, and instead I have a item that super heroes uses on my arm! Man, what is this!?
“That’s a Sacred Gear, and that is yours. Once it appears, you could use it anywhere and anytime as you will.”
Huh..... This is a Sacred Gear....? Ummmm...... I still can’t believe it. I shot a kamehameha and I......I......
“You were killed because your Sacred Gear was a big threat to the fallen angel, Amato Yuuma.”
So the thing about Yuuma-chan and the Sacred Gear are all real.......? So the thing about me getting killed by her is real too.......? So how am I alive?
“You called me when you were verge of death. I was summoned by this poster.”
Rias-senpai pulled out a single leaflet. I was familiar with that leaflet. When I was waiting for Yuuma-chan at the meeting spot, one of the person giving out a leaflet gave one to me.
It was a leaflet with a weird magic circle and a catchphrase which read, “We will grant your wish!”
If I look carefully, the magic circle on the leaflet is the same as the big magic circle on the floor.
“This leaflet is the one we gave out. This magic circle is used to summon us, devils. Lately, not much people draw this circle to summon us. So we give this leaflet to people who look like they would summon devils. This magic circle is safe and easy to use. That day, one of our familiar which was disguised as a human were handing this out at the business district. You got it at that time, Ise. After you were attacked by the fallen angel, you called me while you were on verge of death. You wished so hard that it summoned me. Usually Akeno and others are the ones who are summoned.”
That time I was impaled by the spear of light, and I wished hard..... When my hand was covered in blood, the thing which came into my head was “crimson”. I graved for the girl with crimson hair, Rias Gremory. So then that dream......No.......that incident where the person with crimson hair appeared at the end was senpai.
“When I was summoned and saw you, I knew right away that you were attacked by a fallen angel and that you were the posser of the Sacred Gear. But there was a problem, and that was that you were just a moment from death. Not just devils, but also humans would be killed instantly if impaled by the spear of light. You were also in a state like that, so I decided to save your life.”
Save my life? So senpai was the one who saved me? So that’s why I am alive.
“I saved you life as a devil. Ise, you were reborn as devil of mine, Rias Gremory, is my servant and devil.”
Pan! That moment wings grew out of everyone besides me. It looked different from the wings of the fallen angel. It looked like a wing of a bat. Are you serious..... I’m a devil now, and I’m not a human anymore?
“I will introduce us again. Yuuto.”
Kiba smiled at me after senpai called his name.
“My name is Kiba Yuuto. I’m also in the 11th grade like you know, Hyodou Isei-kun. I’m also a devil, nice to meet you.”
“10th grade...... Toujou Koneko........Nice to meet you......and I’m a devil........”
Toujou Koneko-chan bows her head.
“My name is Himejima Akeno, and I’m in 12th grade. I’m also the vice-president of this research club. Nice to meet you. Even though I’m like this, I’m also a devil. Oh my.”
Himejima-senpai bows her head very politely. Lastly, it was Rias-senpai’s turn. She waves her crimson hair and says it very directly.
“And I’m their master, and my name is Rias Gremory of the house of Gremory. My house holds the rank of a duke. Let’s get along from now on.”
Looks like I’m in a unthinkable situation.