Chapter 10: I meet the Immortal Flame Yakitori! I won't let you take Buchou away without a fight!
After the Familiar forest incident was dealt with, Michael was able to rejoin with his friends and give the Sprite Dragon, Rael to Asia to make a pact with, as a way to fulfill his promise. As the preparations were done, Rias then informed them all that any further business here would prove wasteful due to the large amount of time they've been wandering around the forest. As Michael however didn't get a familiar in the end, but he did get Rael to be his friend, so he considered that a win (sort of...).
Now the ORC club is back in the club room getting ready to leave to their respective homes.
"I see, so Tiamat was attracted to the Boosted Gear, I suppose power such like that will lead to future encounters such as her." Rias crossed her arms and smiled, "I should say your quite lucky your still alive after getting attacked by the strongest Dragon King out of the other 5."
Michael was scratching his head, while looking away in annoyance.
"Hmph...she just got lucky is all. Next time, I'll show her whose boss!" Michael declared as he clenched his fist, "And reveal that I'm worthy of being a Maou!"
"...And next time, you should seriously think about getting a familiar before you start proclaiming such things." Koneko, who was already packed to leave said while walking past Michael.
"Why you little...?" Michael broke his determined expression and looked at the leaving Koneko in annoyance.
"Now now, let's all calm down." Akeno smiled.
"She is right though Michael a familiar is a crucial part of being a devil and now that your the only one with none it seems that things may be a little hard for you in the future." Rias explained with a smile which oozes "I feel sorry for you".
"Aw man..." Michael sighed in depression.
"Don't feel too bad about it Michael-sama you always have me to help you out instead." Raynare puts a hand on Michael's shoulder and gives him a cute smile.
"Yeah, I guess your right." Michael chuckled lightly still a little bitter about being a familiarless devil.
"You guess?" Raynare looked a little ticked off by those words and pulled Michael's ear.
"Ouch! Ow! I mean, I am, I'm so lucky to have you please let go of me!" Michael cried as Raynare eventually released his ear as he can now hear the laughs from the rest of the club members much to his disliking.
Until he turn to the side to catch Asia tugging onto his shirt while looking apologetic with those puppy dog teary eyes.
"I-I'm sorry that you weren't able to get a familiar because of me." Asia looked down sadly.
Michael looked at Asia and sighed, "Look Asia don't be sorry for something you didn't do, it was my choice to help you get your familiar before my own so don't apologize over something you didn't do." Michael smiled and adjusted his goggles as he said, "And besides now I'll get to prove that I can become a Maou without the aid of a familiar."
"But..." Asia sniffled but before she could continue Michael patted Asia's head which brought a blush to the girl's face.
"I'm happy when your happy so just smile and take Rael, all right?" Michael grinned.
"H-Hai, I will Michael-san thank you and I'm sor-" Asia finally smiled until.
"Boo!" Michael poked the girl's forehead to interrupt her, "I said no apologies got it?"
"But Michael-san..." Asia looked even more apologetic than before, but another poke to the forehead stopped her.
"Boo!" Michael repeated this time for emphasis.
Asia prepared to open her mouth but once Michael raised his finger once more she stopped herself and simply smiled upon realization, "I understand, Michael-san."
"Great now lets go home, Almost getting yourself killed by a Dragon builds up a huge appetite." Michael grinned.
"Then allow me to tend to your needs Michael-sama." Raynare smiled seductively and approached as she put her hand onto his cheek, "I'll try my best to sate your taste."
"Sate?" Michael questioned, but felt something push between you and Raynare to get in the middle and that was Asia looking at Raynare with teary eyes.
"Auuu...! I want to make food for Michael-san too." Asia retorted.
"But Asia-san you already received a familiar from Michael-sama, who helped you to get it, so I believe its fair I do this for him." Raynare crossed her arms under her chest.
"That's exactly why I have to do it to repay, Michael-san for being selfless for me." Asia pushed on bringing up a valid point.
"But I-...but I..." Raynare trembled and grew teary eyes also as she said, "I also want to get doted on like Asia-san and its not fair that Michael-sama just does it to you! It's not fair itsnotfairitsnotfair!" Raynare stomped her feet on the ground repeatedly in jealousy, the fallen angels seems to be acting like a child not getting what they want.
Suddenly before Asia could reply, Raynare started rushing out the club room much to Asia's surprise.
"I'll be the first one to cook for Michael-sama!" Raynare cried cutely.
"N-No, Raynare-san its not fair I want to cook for Michael-san too!" Asia cried and rushed out the room after Raynare.
The two girls seemed to be in a rush back to Michael's apartment to try and gain his affection as a dumbfounded Michael who was watching this simply sweatdropped and looked out the open doorway.
Laughing besides him was Kiba patted Michael's shoulder.
"Well it seems you'll have a lively dinner tonight, Michael-kun." Kiba chuckled.
"Shut up, Pretty Boy." Michael sighed then turned to Rias and Akeno and bowed to his master, "Buchou I'm sorry for not getting a Familiar even after all you guys did for us." Michael showed a complex expression at the feeling of using his friends efforts all to receive nothing in the end.
"No worries it seemed to have been way too fast to do a task like this either way, you and Asia are still new to being devils so don't rush things and try to get the swing of things okay, Michael." Rias gave Michael a true Onee-san smile deserving of her school title as one of the school's "Two Great Ladies".
"R-Right!" Michael suddenly felt uplifted by Rias' words and raised his head while smiling, "I'll do my best to live up to your expectations Buchou, and I promise to never get discouraged with something like this ever again!"
"Ara ara, such strong words, Michael-kun, you must really be hoping to really impress Buchou, aren't you?" Akeno giggled.
"Of course I do. She is the one who told me about the Four Great Maou and how they played an important role in the devil society and since I'm a devil now I can become one if I try my best so I can be someone important too, but first I have to live up to Buchou's expectations as a servant." Michael explained.
He wasn't able to notice, but Rias gave the faintest look of surprise before she returns to her usual mature expression and said, "I know you'll keep that promise." Rias then catches sight of Michael's bandaged hand and questioned, "Michael, what happened to your right arm?"
"Huh?" Michael just then realized what she meant, "Oh you mean this well while facing Tiamat I sacrificed my arm to Ddraig so I could get a little boost of power but now it looks to be back to normal somehow so it's fine."
Everyone's eyes widened at his words as Rias approached Michael and grabbed the boy's hand and inspected it.
"You really did something that drastic?" Rias questioned.
"Of course, I wanted to live so I tried to survive at all costs and I needed to keep my promise to Asia so I decided to give up an arm." Michael chuckled and scratched his head, "And besides I tried taking it off, but it won't unwrap."
"But still we should examine it, Akeno?" Rias turned back to the club's vice president who nodded and approached Michael to identify the bandages constricting his arm and looked rather closely as a magic circle above Michael's hand was made to analyze the bandages origin.
"First we have to know who placed this upon you before attempting to detach it." Akeno looked through the seal as it started identifying the seal placed upon it but before she could even get a seal or any name the bandages suddenly began to glow bright with a golden aura which grew in volume and instantly shattered the magic circle. Everyone in the room gasped in shock at this.
"It didn't work?" Michael questioned.
"It seems that way, but Akeno's demonic power is far too advanced to break so easily like this so it must mean someone beyond her power has taken its place upon these bandages." Rias crosses her arms under her chest.
"Someone beyond?" Michael asked himself in worry as Rias took notice of this and sighed,
"But don't you worry about it, it seems to be doing more good than bad at the moment so just act like everything is normal as usual okay?" Rias assured her underclassmen.
"Alright if you say so..." Michael said while staring at his bandaged arm.
"And besides to make up for your lack of familiars you'll have to work extra hard when juggling your duties of getting your contracts signed and handing out fliers." Rias explained.
"Wait what?" Michael's eyes widened, "But I thought you said that job was for familiars and that me and Asia were off the hook?"
"I do remember promising that to the both of you, but since Asia is the only one advancing right now I can't let you be the one getting special treatment so you'll have to work extra hard to gain such a privilege, alright?" Rias said with an unmoving tone.
"B-But I take temporary part time jobs around town to live off of the money I barely have and I have school work and contracts to deal withas it is. How do you expect me to do all of that!?" Michael shouted.
"That's the challenge of being a devil, remember you did say you were not going to let me down." Rias used Michael's words against him.
'Dammit, Michael why did you have to open your big mouth! Stupid! Stupid!' Michael beat himself over and eventually nodded while looking depressed.
"So fight on Michael." Rias encouraged the teen.
"H-Hai." Michael was still depressed and nodded.
After saying goodbye to everyone, Michael and Kiba left the clubroom while Akeno and Rias watched the pair of them leave through school grounds and eventually split up upon leaving for their homes. But as soon as Michael turns to leave he jumps up in fright and runs away from a massive group of VVV members holding pitchforks and stakes which he didn't want to know or stay to know why they have them as they screamed.
"Get the pagan!"
"The infidel must die!"
"Burn in hell, Hanamura!"
"Don't you believe it's funny, how Michael-kun acts?" Akeno began as Rias looks at her best friend curiously.
"It's weird but the reviews our clients give about Michael-kun vary from him being absolutely clumsy or being sweet and generous." Akeno explained as she remembered one review, "There were pacts where he definitely failed in getting because of his gloating personality which some clients disliked and his inability to control his temper causes him to become clumsy, and do the opposite of what he's supposed to do. Out of 7 pacts he was only able to get about 3 so far. It's not bad, but he's doing about below average for a devil. But he's doing better I suppose." Akeno then walked to pick up a stack of papers from the coffee table which was Michael's current progress as a devil compared to Asia's whose stack seemed to exceed his by just 11 more pages.
"But you know some clients beg to differ and ask if they can have him again, but out of those clients he was able to get 1 pact signed." Akeno smiled.
"Interesting." Rias said.
"But as you already know he is trying his best so it's only natural he starts off stumbling a little." Akeno said trying to make Michael's slow progress positive.
"That may be true, but his reckless behavior is still an obstacle in his way as it always gets him in danger." Rias went through these facts as she remembered the dodge ball incident where Michael let his anger take over his actions and overexerted himself to where he couldn't even protect himself and now with him separating himself from the group and eventually faced the Dragon King, where he sacrificed his arm to the dragon residing in his boosted gear.
Rias then continued,
"And after losing his chance to get a familiar he may seem to falter little by little if more failures were to follow, which is why he needs me now to help with that before it becomes too difficult to fix."
"Ara ara, it seems your truly focused on helping him through his struggle Buchou." Akeno commented.
Rias looks to Akeno questioningly,
"Is there something you mean by that?"
"No, I'm just remarking that you would let personal issues be handled by the person themselves instead of being apart to solve it." Akeno arranged the stacks of reviews and stood giving Rias a worried smile, "It's just that I find your commitment to him interesting is all...but do you suppose there may be more to it-?"
"I appreciate that my close friend is worried for my well-being but I believe this is an issue I must handle myself." Rias reassured Akeno, "After all I am the Club President correct?"
"Yes, Buchou." Akeno bowed to Rias and asked, "Then please excuse me?"
"Of course, thank you for your work." Rias nodded as Akeno then made her way to leave the clubroom.
*Door closes.*
Turning back to look out the window, Rias was still observing the surroundings until a silver light caught her attention, gasping she turns back to see a magic circle teleporting someone into the clubroom. As the serious expression Rias gives shows that she may know who to expect...
Outside the clubroom, on the roof was Kai who was showing a face of fear and said, "It seems she's here and if my senses tell me anything its that I have to get the hell out of here." Kai was about to take a step back but as he stopped he felt a looming shadow draping over his body.
"And please explain to me where you are going." A calm female voice asked.
"C-Crap..." Kai's shoulders slumped down, "My fun is over now..."
Later at night, Michael was in his room laying on his bed while holding onto his aching stomach that was given to him by Asia and Raynare. The two girls made so much food that he literally had to eat 20 dishes. At first he was okay with about 3 to 4 but 16 more was too much for him, and that wasn't the biggest ordeal out of all of it the two wanted to feed also meaning he was force fed the whole time while they argued over it. Michael was confused on why they would worry about such a thing, but then he couldn't think of doing anything except swallow and breathe.
*Stomach Growling!*
"Quiet you, we're in this together if I'm going to be in pain then you are too." Michael grumbled to his stomach.
[You do realize that your talking to yourself?]
"Yeah, but it's not the first time and besides I've got you to listen to me so it counts as me saying my thoughts out to you." Michael yawned.
[Actually when your thoughts aren't relating to something of importance, I tune you out.]
"Whatever..." Michael sighed in disappointment.
[Please don't tell me your still upset about not getting a familiar, it's fine to make mistakes even your master said it's nothing to worry about since your still new. Just like your power as a dragon you must allow yourself to adapt before you strain yourself with what you can or can't do.]
Michael rolled over and looked at the bedside wall.
"It's not that, I just feel..." Michael trailed off, "That I'm just wasting everyone's time is all, since I've wasted everyone's effort with the dodge ball game and got absolutely nothing from it." Michael looked down sadly to himself then remembered his promise to Rias and his new goal, he stood up and shook his head, "Wait what the hell am I doing getting sad over one thing ain't my style I have to keep trying even if it kills me!"
[That's the spirit, Partner!]
"Yeah!" Michael roared, "I won't let something like this get me down. I'll do my best to prove I'll be a Maou!"
*Stomach GROWLING!*
"Gack!" Michael held his stomach in pain and went pale.
[What is it did you sustain internal damage from the fight before!?]
"N-No, that's not it." Michael fell to his knees and grabbed his gut, "Damn, I can't feel my legs..."
[Partner tell me what's wrong with you, I don't sense any abnormalities such as poison in your body what is it!?]
"I-I have to use the bathroom..." Michael smiled in pain.
[... ... ...Bye.]
"Wait, don't just leave I'm really serious!" Michael screamed as he felt the link between the two cut off then held his stomach in pain once more.
"Man this is killing me, must use bathroom!" Running out of his room Michael rushes to the bathroom and opens it to see a surprising sight, it was both Asia and Raynare naked with Asia getting her back washed by the latter. Both of their eyes were on him as Michael was trying to look at their faces other than their revealed bodies.
"Kyaa!" Both girls screamed as Michael yelped in turn and thrusts his palm and while saying,
"Whoa, my bad sorry for barging in!" Michael gulped and stepped back,
"I guess you guys decided to wash up together so I'mma head back now and try to think about my actions so no need to pinch me when you come out alright, cool well c'ya." Michael would have left, but then two hands grabbing his arms caught his attention.
He stopped to look up at both girls whose faces are blushing while they gave him an apologetic gaze as they lifted the wet forms and approached Michael.
"Michael-sama wait!"
"Michael-san don't leave!"
"Wait, why are you two getting so close-?" Michael could barely utter a word as he was pulled into a hug with their breasts pushed up against his chest, "W-wait you two what's this all about?" Looking down at the two girl's Michael could only see the tops of their heads as they nestled their faces into his chest.
"S-sorry, Michael-san its just that u-um the first time a man has ever seen me naked, and I got a little frightened." Asia said looking away from Michael.
"O-Oh really?" Michael looked up.
'Man now this makes me seem like a pervert.' Michael mentally face palmed himself.
"Michael-sama forgive me also, I too was frightened by your intrusion, I was expecting you'd see me naked one day but I was hoping you'd be too." Raynare said with a teasing tone.
"What?" Michael questioned with a panicked expression, 'Man I have no idea what to do here maybe I should just retreat.'
"But I should be the sorry one you two, I intruded in something private so..." Michael tried to back away from the pair but he felt their hold him get stronger.
"It's okay don't feel sad Michael-san b-because now that we're all in here we can all follow the Japanese bath culture rules that Raynare-san told me about." Asia said.
"Rules?" Michael looked to Raynare and asked, the fallen angel.
"Y-yes, I've researched that interacting in baths allow people to learn about one another on a deeper level." Raynare looked up at Michael, blushing, "Which is why..."
"Eh?" Michael then felt two hands slowly pulling up his shirt.
"Wait Ray-chan what are you doi-?" Michael stopped and felt that Raynare was currently still holding him, he looked to his left to see that it was Asia committing the action, "Asia?"
"I-I want to learn more about Michael-san..." Asia said as she continued to lift up Michael's shirt while pressing her naked chest onto him
'Asia, you may be thinking innocently, but what your doing isn't going to help with that." Michael tried to reach the girl's shoulder, but he was interrupted by Raynare grabbing his arm and placing it around her naked waist.
"I want to get closer to you, Michael-sama!" Raynare declared as she pressed her body closer to Michael.
"M-Me too!" Asia decided to stop raising his shirt and hug him tightly also.
Being pressed by two beautiful bodies made Michael even more uncomfortable as the teen was visibly panicking through the hug.
'This isn't kosher, c'mon Michael think! Think! THINK!' Michael cried in his head over and over until he gasped in success, "Wait that's it thanks brain!'
Grabbing the girls by the shoulders, Michael pushes them away and looks them directly in the eyes while giving a serious expression.
"Look..." Michael sighed, "I know you guys really want to know me and all but I don't think being naked together will do that and besides I don't think I want to get close to you guys by just getting naked whenever you don't know something simple about me."
The two girls looked down saddened.
"But it doesn't mean I don't want to get to know you two as time grows on." Michael smiles.
Those words perked the girls up as they saw Michael brightly smiling at them.
"I really want to know you two very well so lets take things slow and try our best alright!" Michael grinned while patting both girls on the head, "Since I know we'll always stay by each other, bet on it."
Both girls were blushing as they were getting their heads rubbed as they nodded.
"Do you truly mean it?" Asia asked as Michael inched his face closer to hers and grinned.
"Of course, we'll be together forever, Asia." Michael chuckled then looks to Raynare who was still looking down in embarrassment and grabbed her shoulder, "Right Ray-chan?"
Raynare slowly looks up to see Michael's grinning face and reciprocated it with a shy smile,
"H-Hai, of course Michael-sama."
"Great now you two enjoy your bath while I wait!" Michael laughed then backed away, 'Good job Michael you were able to make it through now all you have to do is wait until their done and-!'
*SLIP!*
While walking backwards Michael's heel came in contact with a bar of soap on the ground and slid right under him, causing the teen to fall back into the hard bathroom floor with a loud...
*BAM!*
"Ugh..." Michael grunts in pain then felt his whole head grow numb then fainted.
"Michael!" The two girls rushed to Michael's aid yet again to see a pool of blood forming around the back of his head.
"He's bleeding again!" Raynare cried.
"N-No, Michael-san hang in there." Asia summoned her twilight healing and began healing the downed teen.
[And that would make this K.O. # 6, I presume?] Ddraig chuckled jokingly then heard no reaction from Michael's consciousness at all and said,
[Oh no...]
Later the next day, Michael suddenly wakes up abruptly while panicking looking to his left and right to see that he's in his room and in his pajamas. He saw that no one was here but him as he realized the time of day it seems that it was close to noon already.
"Geez, what happened?" Michael looked around.
[You fell and smashed the back of your skull against the bathroom floor, At the rate you were bleeding I thought you were gonna end up in a coma.]
Michael groaned and said, "Man really and just when I finished saying something cool what a bust!" Michael then rubbed the top of his forehead to feel bandages wrapped around them, "So how long was I out?"
[Not that long about 15 hours.]
"W-Wha- 15 hours that's long, man!" Michael gasped.
[You shouldn't underestimate your head injuries it may not be much, but it could prove fatal so just relax and those girls seemed really torn up about leaving you to go to school so calm down.]
"Fine." Michael pouted and remembered something, "But you know since I'm all alone at home I guess I don't have to do anything school related for a while." Michael said with a happy smile, "That means my injury did do some good!"
*Beep!*
"My phone?" Michael picks up his cell phone to see that he got a text message from Saji, "Wait, Saji, isn't he busy doing Student Council work at school?"
Opening his messages, Michael read:
Dear, Mike I heard from Asia-chan and Raynare-chan that you were a little under the weather today, so as the best friend that I am, I made sure to send you all the homework I asked your teachers for so you don't slack off so here is the following list I mad-
*Beep!*
*Message Deleted*
"Nope not having none of that." Michael shook his head and dropped his phone, "Now what should I do?"
[Partner check the side of your bed.]
Michael looked confused by those words and did what he was asked then gasped, "Oh come on!" He looked to see a stack of papers, notes and text books near his bed, "How did he do that!?"
[He used magic to teleport it here.]
"...Okay I guess that made sense since we are devils." Michael sighed in defeat as he picked up his work and dropped it onto his desk and began working on it.
"Man, this is going to take forever..." Michael sighed.
[No worries I believe you can try your best if you work at it.]
7 hours later at 8:00
Michael was holding his head while scanning his math homework (The work he started with 7 hours ago) in confusion/frustration.
"I can't do it!" Michael cried.
[Michael, you are being ridiculous its just basic multiplication after you do this one step.]
"Oh right, huh, never expected you to be the mathematical type." Michael said while solving problem number 3.
[I've lived with many other possessors even one close to your age.]
"Really, what ever happened to him?" Michael asked curiously.
[...]
"D-Ddraig?" Michael said a little frightened by the silence.
[You should worry about the Sister and Fallen Angel they haven't returned ever since they left for school.]
"Well I guess your right, but maybe Asia is in the middle with being with a client?" Michael leaned back in his chair, "And maybe Ray-chan with her as well, but I don't mind being alone at home. I kind of grown used to it ya know." Michael then closed his eyes, remembering those old days of coming home alone, eating alone, or just doing anything alone when outside of contact with only the few people who he actually called friends.
'Growing used to being alone, eh?' Michael's hair covered his eyes.
[Partner?]
Snapping back, Michael shakes his head and gives a forced smile, "Right homework!" Michael grabbed his pencil then grinned, "Let's get this crap done shall we?"
[Hm?]
"What?" Michael questioned the dragon's suspicious tone.
[No, its nothing just continue.]
"Man, why are you acting weird all of a sudden?" Michael shrugged
Glancing over his question, Michael smiles happily and answer it while laughing, "Wait 2 times 2 is 4, Holy Shit after many hours I finally got it!"
[Michael you were meant to use that for the slope intercept form.]
"I don't care its staying like that!" Michael growled then widens his eyes as a sudden...
*Flash!*
Then glowing in the middle of his room was a red magic circle with the seal of Gremory on it.
"Is that?" Michael turns back to see the circle and readies himself for whomever may come out of it but soon relaxes when someone he does know does...
It was Rias, his master, it was easy to distinguish her because of her trademark crimson hair.
"Uh... 'sup Buchou what brings you here?" Michael asked but could tell on Rias' expression that she was rather concerned about something, He then realizes his absence at school and his devil jobs as he touches his head the grins boastfully in realization, "Oh, you came to check on me because of this? Don't worry I'm fine okay, since the Great Hanamura cannot be broken so easily!"
"No, that is not why I'm here, your current state isn't the most important matter at hand." Rias shook her head.
Michael then felt his ego shatter and said, "O-Oh, okay then its cool."
'Well there goes my boost for the day.' Michael gave a forced smile.
"So what brings you here?" Michael asked in a depressed tone.
"Hanamura, Michael." Rias said sternly as Michael sits up straight in full attention to his master's words.
"Yes." Michael nodded.
"As your master, I have a single command for you." Rias crossed her arms and approached Michael closely.
"Y-Yeah..." Michael felt sort of uncomfortable at the sudden tension picking up.
Michael may not have shown it but he's currently hiding a panicked expression behind his serious face.
'I wonder if she's mad that I wasn't able to report to her about my injury because I did my homework! Dammit Ddraig your worries for my public education screwed me over!' Michael gulped.
Awaiting for his masters words of punishment, Michael then let his guard down when he heard something unbelievable directed towards him.
"Michael Hanamura, my pawn, make love to me." Rias said absolutely serious.
... ... ... ...
'Eh?' Michael blinked.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAT!?" Michael shouted in surprise.
"I need you to take my virginity immediately." Rias then begins to unbutton her uniform as Michael quickly stood up in distress.
Rias then grabs Michael's hand and sits him on the bed as she continues to unbutton herself,
"Hurry and get yourself ready like me."
Michael shook his head and shouted, "But wait I'm still confused what's going on here!?"
Michael then blinked to notice that Rias was now in her pure white bra and panties.
"Ah!" Michael jumped to the side of the wall near his bed and pressed himself against it.
"Michael aren't I good enough?" Rias asked as she started to approach him.
"N-No, that's not it!" Michael shook his head hastily, "I just wanna know why your in my place demanding for sex!"
'I know a regular guy from my school would agree automatically, but I ain't going to do something without a reason and what's with this sudden seriousness with her about having her virginity lost?' Michael gulped.
"This was the only method I could think of at the moment and it seems to be the only way." Rias then got herself up on the mattress as crawled over to Michael slowly.
"What method and why are you getting so close?" Michael gulped and tried not to look at Rias' bra constricted breasts.
"If there is evidence, then they can't complain about it. The only person close to me who is able to do it with me is you." Rias looked up hopefully at Michael.
"Wait, who are they? Buchou please tell me what's going on." Michael said a little afraid at the situation, 'Ddraig I need your help I don't know what to do at a situation like this! Support! Support!'
[The way she's acting could mean a lot of things, but what I have to say for you to do is... wait what is that I have another call please hold!] Ddraig suddenly cut himself from the conversation and link on purpose.
'You son of a bit-!' Michael screamed in his head.
"If I were to have asked Yuuto he would've declined since he's a pure knight so I thought of you instead, Michael." Rias explained.
"Gugh!" Michael held his chest in pain and said, "So Pretty Boy was the first choice and I was the second?"
Rias looks at Michael blankly then looks away while saying, "Let us continue with you taking away my virginity."
'She avoided the question!' Michael's jaw dropped.
"…There are things you still lack in, but you seem to have the potential." Rias places her fingertip on Michael's cheek who shudders under the light touch.
"You are the only person who would climax as soon as I ask for it and might probably go at it until the end." Rias then reaches back to undo her bra which snaps open and falls on top of Michael's legs.
"B-Buchou!" Michael gasped as he was given a full view of Rias' large breasts.
Taking his shock into account, Rias was able to push Michael onto his back on the bed and straddle his hips as she looks down and veils Michael's head with her long crimson locks.
"W-Wait Buchou I don't know anything about sex and I'm not mentally prepared so please just stop and explain to me what's happening!" Michael shook his head and cried.
"It's your first time?" Rias asked as Michael nodded shamefully.
"Y-Yeah..."
Smiling with a little nervous blush Rias said, "Then it's fine its my first time too, so we'll learn together if we must."
Shaking his head rapidly Michael said, "No, that's not the poi-iiiiint!" Michael squeaked as Rias grabbed his wrist and pressed his hand against her left breast.
"Can you feel it?" Rias asked.
"Buchou please just hear me out real qui-" Michael stops himself to feel a loud thumping on his hand, 'Is this Buchou's heart?'
Looking up at Rias in surprise he said, "Are you really nervous?"
"Yes." Rias nods as her blush grew.
'But Buchou is always calm and collected so even if its sex she can get all jittery like this?' Michael thought.
"Michael please begin I am ready." Rias said while getting her face closer to Michael's.
'She's really serious about this isn't she, she actually wants me to take her virginity?' Michael gulps then sighs.
"A-Alright Buchou I'll try my best!" Michael gulped trying to bring all of his courage to figure out what to do.
Quickly sitting up Michel embraced Rias tightly while thinking of what next to do...
'So what should I do now?' Michael froze in thought.
"Um...Michael?" Rias wondered why the boy isn't taking the initiative.
'Oh my gosh what the hell do I do, please anything come get me out of this mess!' Michael panicked.
Much to his favor something did show and it was a silver magic circle of the Gremory Clan.
"...It looks like I was a little too late..." Rias sighed in defeat and sat on her own as she looked at the magic circle in disgust.
"Oh thank god-ow!" Michael gripped his head in pain.
Appearing from the magical circle was a beautiful woman appearing to be in her early twenties, with silver hair and matching eyes. Her hair, which flows all the way down to her back, features a long braid on each side with small blue bows at the ends, while the rest is let down, ending in twin braids as she wore a blue and white French maid outfit with long sleeves and a white maid headband over her head, with red lipstick as a cosmetic accessory.
She looks upon both Michael and the half-naked Rias and speaks softly, "Are you trying to break the agreement by doing something like this?"
"If I don't then both Otou-sama and Onii-sama won't listen to me correct?" Rias retorted as her eyebrow twitched.
'Dad and brother so Buchou's family is the problem?' Michael raised an eyebrow as he translated Rias' words.
"Both Sirzechs-sama and the master will become sad after they find out your purity to some lowly servant." The maid says that while staring at Michael who shakes in anger and shouts,
"Oi! What's your deal, you just met me and your starting to call me the, Great Hanamura lowly!?" Michael yelled in defense as Rias sighed and stood up defensively in front of Michael and said,
"My purity is mine only as it is mine and mine alone to give it to anyone I seek fit, also don't call my adorable servant lowly even if it's you, Grayfia, I will not forgive such an action."
Taking a closer look at Michael mostly the way his hair was shaped and resembled something familiar, the maid's eyes widened a little then turned back to her usual stare.
"What is it?" Rias asked catching that secret moment of surprise.
"Nothing I was mistaken with someone else." The maid said then went to pick up articles of Rias' clothing, "Anyway as the next heiress of the House of Gremory, you must show dignity so carelessly revealing your skin to a man is something which must be avoided even in a situation like this."
Then the maid puts on Rias' bra for her then looks over to a still mad Michael and bowed,
"How do you do. I'm a maid that serves the House of Gremory. My name is Grayfia. Pleased to make your acquaintance."
"First you insult me by calling me lowly then you introduce yourself heh well since you did tell me your name I will tell you mine in return, I am Michael Hanamura a guy who'll break expectations and become the next Mao-Aaaaagh!" Michael suddenly got his cheek pinched by Rias who wanted to end her Pawn's ranting before it could continue.
"Grayfia, did you come here of your own accord? Or because the household sent you?...Or is it that Onii-sama asked this of you?" Rias said with an unpleasant face which actually shows her reacting like a normal girl her age.
'Buchou is so uncomfortable it's kind of relaxing to know she can act like the rest of us sometimes.' Michael thought while looking at Rias in awe.
"All of them." Grayfia answered.
Sighing in consent Rias stands and says, "Is that so? If it took Brother's Queen to come to the Human World personally then I can try to understand." Rias takes her clothes from Grayfia and slips on her uniform top.
Looking over at Michael apologetically she said, "Forgive me, Michael, but let's forget that this ever happened alright. I wasn't thinking straight so let's say this never happened."
'Trust me I will.' Michael thought.
"What never happened?" Michael tilted his head.
As Rias smiled at her servant agreeing.
"Michael, wait is this person?" Grayfia looks at Michael with a shocked expression.
"Yes, He is Hanamura, Michael. My [Pawn]. And also the user of the Boosted Gear.
"The Boosted Gear, a weapon possessed by the Emperor of Dragons." Grayfia remarked and looked at Michael like a phenomenon, "So that's why he is so interested in this location."
"He?" Rias questions.
"I will explain later." Grayfia said.
"Then we'll discuss this in my room then, I'll listen to what you have to say with my [Queen] Akeno attended as well." Rias explained.
"Of course a High-Class Devil must always have the Queen by their side." Grayfia nodded.
Walking closer to Michael Rias leans closer to his face.
"But Buchou what's going on I don't understa-" Before Michael could finish his question Rias places a kiss upon his cheek.
CHU.
"Please forgive me for today, it seems I troubled yo a lot so I'll meet you back at the clubroom tomorrow understood?" Rias smiled then turned back to Grayfia who prepared a magic circle.
"Wait Buchou I still don't understand what's going o-!" Suddenly Rias and Grayfia vanished from sight leaving Michael to himself in his room.
"What the hell just happened?" Michael said to himself.
Then the noises of footsteps entering the apartment were heard.
"Michael-sama we're back~!" Raynare called out.
"We brought you snacks to help you feel better!" Asia also called out.
"But… my rule of snacks always comes before thinking." Michael said to himself and rushed out his bedroom to greet the two girls.
The Next Morning, after going through school as usual Michael had to put up with the insistent whining of the Perverted Duo yet again, but was able to calm down the thoughts of what happened the other night while discussing with them facts about Dragon Ball Z and other anime, since they too were fans as well. After this he then decided to hang out with Saji who was watering the School's plants while under duty as a member of the Student Council to do so.
"You look like you could use some water you pansy." Michael said looking at the flowerbed of pansies.
"Michael, what do you mean I'm watering them alre-! Your talking about me aren't you?" Saji said with half lidded eyes.
"Yeah…" Michael sighed.
"Okay, what's up?" Saji asked.
"What do you mean?" Michael crossed his arms.
"You're not laughing at your own jokes of insults at me, and that means you went through something hard to cope with." Saji said.
"Am I that readable?" Michael asked.
"Yes, yes you are now spill it." Saji said putting down his watering pale.
"Alright so yesterday my Master tried having sex with me for something she wouldn't tell me so no big deal." Michael explained as Saji stared at him with his jaw dropped.
"Okay, I don't know what deal you have, but I would think that's a huge deal." Saji shook his head, "But seeing as you said tried it must have meant you failed to attempt anything because you know little there is about sex, right?"
"No!" Michael screamed as Saji just stared at him as he gave in and said, "Yeah…"
"Thought so." Saji said.
"Look that's not the point all I'm saying is that I'm pissed and don't know what do to, without knowing what's up with Buchou." Michael explained.
"Well Mike over the years that I've known you I know you can find a way by just going up to her looking her dead in the eye and saying 'Buchou tell me what is troubling you.' See simple as that."
"But what if it doesn't work." Michael asked.
"Well if it doesn't then you'll probably get punished for trying to dig into the affairs of your master without her consent." Saji said blankly.
…
"Meh! I've been through worse." Michael shrugged then walked away waving, "Thanks for the talk Saj, I have to see Buchou and the other club members in the Clubroom."
"Well good luck." Saji waved back and sighed while looking up into the sky calmly as he tried to remember what he was doing.
But this was interrupted as a stern Tsubaki looked upon the calm Secretary with strict eyes, "Enjoying your break?"
'Shit!' Saji gulped and grew pale.
Making his way to the Abandoned Schoolhouse Michael entered to see Kiba waiting outside of it smiling at Michael.
"Pretty Boy, why are you here?" Michael asked.
"Michael-kun, my duty her is to tell you what Buchou asked of me to do, she wants you to keep yourself calm and try not to cause any tension for our visitors today especially one who may seem out of the ordinary so please…"
*Door Opens Abruptly!*
"I'm sorry, you began to bore me after you said 'Michael-kun'." Michael sighed and entered the clubroom while leaving a bitter smiling Kiba to follow after.
"Hello everyone the Great Michael is here to-" Michael stopped himself from his usual proclaiming to feel a strong tension in the room as he was able to catch sight of everyone in the room, basically everyone who is a member of the ORC club was here including Raynare, who was sitting on one of the couches rather uncomfortably. As the silver haired maid stood by Rias as an unfamiliar face nearby sat on one of the nearby couches while humming.
'Hey it's that maid from earlier and some guy…' Michael looked down upon the man who turns his head towards Michael and simply gives the boy a smile while closing his eyes, 'For some reason he's giving off a strange pressure I can't explain, but you know he seems kind of unreliable once you look at him.'
Then all of a sudden the man opened his eyes to give Michael a rather ominous stare with that smile, at that moment Michael could have sworn that the man was able to read his thoughts and even for some reason the bandages around his right arm started to tingle anxiously like it was in the presence of something familiar.
Stepping forward to break the silence was Rias who says,
"Now since everyone is here let me explain something before we begin with our daily activities." Rias spoke after looking at everyone.
"Ojou-sama, do you want me to explain the situation?" Grayfia interjected but Rias' rejects the offer with a wave of her hand.
"Maybe I could expl-" The strange man suggested but stopped upon Grayfia staring down upon him strictly, the man sweatdropped and chuckled, "Or maybe I'll just be quiet."
"The truth is-" At the moment when Rias was about to speak a magic circle appears on the floor.
'Someone's coming but who?' Michael thought as he saw a strange seal which differed from the Gremory Family.
"Hey, Pretty Boy whose coming?" Michael asked.
"It's the mark of the House of Phoenix." Kiba said seriously as he continued to watch the teleportation take place.
"Phoenix?" Michael repeated then turns his attention back to the magic circle which shines brightly revealing the person who used it, but then suddenly!
*Fwoosh!*
Flames burst out of the circle and overwhelms the room with heat.
"Whoa, what's going on!" Michael looked around the high temperature room in shock but stopped once he saw a single man inside of it as he was a handsome young man in his early 20's with short blonde hair and dark blue eyes as he wore a red suit which didn't consist of a tie and white dress shirt that was unbuttoned by one.
The man looks around the room as soon as his magic circle dies down, "I haven't been to the Human Realm in a while."
As soon as he turns around he looks over to Rias and smirks, "I've come for you my lovely, Rias."
Michael looked between the two in confusion as Asia and Raynare walked over to stand behind him. Catching sight of Rias' displeasured look Michael could tell she didn't like the man in front of her.
"So who's this guy?" Michael asked anyone in the room who would answer.
"This is Riser Phoenix-sama, A pure-blooded devil and the third son of the Phoenix family." Grayfia explained.
"Another Pure-Blooded Devil whoa and wait did she say Phoenix?" Michael gasped.
"Correct." The man answered gaining Michael's attention.
The man spun his staff in his hand while staring at it lazily with a smile, "The Phoenix family is a Devil Household which hold remarkable abilities of flames and wind that they can bend to their will and are immortal due to their ability to regenerate."
"I-Immortal?" Michael began to sweat a little.
"Exciting right makes you wanna try your chances with him in a fight right?" The man excitedly looked at Michael with a little sparkle in his eyes as he chuckled.
"I thought you were to remain silent, Son Kai." Grayfia looked down at Kai with Cold eyes.
Suddenly Kai froze in his spot and nodded, "Yes ma'am I'll behave."
"Anyways this man you see in front of us is the Fiancé to the next heiress of Gremory." Grayfia continued.
"Wait, next heiress, so that must mean?" Michael gasped.
"That is correct, he is currently engaged to Lady Rias." Grayfia answered.
"Wait, this guy's going to be married to Buchou?" Michael asked.
"Of course, silly, who else would be the heiress of the House of Gremory?" Akeno giggled at Michael's question.
"Well, I thought, you know, maybe Buchou might have had a twin sister so maybe he was engaged to her instead, but now this makes sense." Michael crossed his arms.
"…Moron." Koneko shook her head.
"W-Why you!" Michael growled then realized an intense glare from Rias but when he looked at Rias he could tell she was pointing her dislike towards Riser instead.
"B-Buchou?" Asia tilts her head.
'Seriously, I am so lost.' Michael looked between the two high class devils while sweating.
Walking over to Rias while ignoring her show of dislike the man grabs Rias' arm rather rudely and says, "Now then let's go take a look at the ceremony hall, my dear the date for the ceremony is decided so we need to check it before then."
'That bastard, Show respect to Buchou!" Michael clenched his fist.
"Let go of me, Riser." Rias said with a serious, opposing voice and shakes the man off.
"Heh." Riser simply let it happened and didn't care.
"Hey man lay off of Buchou already she's a girl so be nice!" Michael growled and spoke out of turn as Riser turns to look down upon Michael with a stare he knew too well it was the stare of superiority over him and telling by his displeased voice he could tell the man wouldn't like him at the slightest,
"Ah? Who are you?"
"Michael Hanamura the Great, I am the Pawn of Rias Gremory and who the hell do you think you are hotshot!" Michael took a step forward and raised his fist as Raynare began to hold him back before he decides to do anything drastic.
"Michael-sama, relax." Raynare whispered.
"Hmph! A measly little Pawn?" Riser said uninterested.
"Hey, what did you mean by that tone!? I don't like it at all!" Michael growled and raised his fist.
"Please calm down." Raynare whispered to Michael silently.
"Michael-san it's not good to get mad please relax." Asia whispered while holding onto the furious trident haired teen.
…
"The tea made by Rias' Queen is superb." Riser complimented Akeno while sipping his cup.
"Thank you very much." Akeno bowed and smiled which held some extra iron in the tone which frightened Michael a little.
After settling down Riser and Rias sat together on the couches rather closely as the servants had to stand away from the High-Class Devils and only watch them. The only one showing any emotion of rage was Michael who continued to watch Riser touch Rias' body constantly as she was clearly discomforted by his actions.
'You bastard if you weren't a High-Class Devil I'd punch you in the face with my Boosted Gear non-stop!' Michael growled.
"Michael-san, are you alright?" Asia noticed Michael's contorted face.
"Ah, I'm fine nothing to worry about." Michael shook his head.
"… …Thinking violent thoughts won't help you calm down, idiot-senpai." Koneko said harshly.
"Grrr!" Michael glared at Koneko in annoyance but that annoyance soon ended as soon as Rias screamed-
"Stop this already!" Rias' voice echoed through the room.
Michael returns his attention towards Rias who was standing and staring down at Riser in anger as Riser is smirking so smug as usual.
'That bastard is really pushing Buchou's buttons and mine too!' Michael trembled in anger.
"Relax, Michael-sama you are a stream a gentle stream cascading down a passive aggressive river." Raynare sang to Michael hurriedly to soothe his temper.
"Riser as I told you before! I will not marry you!"
"Yeah, you've said it way too many times my dear, but I hardly say you have a matter in the fact due to your Family's issue outweighing your own selfish wants." Riser said slyly.
"That's none of your concern! If I'm the next heiress for the House of Gremory, then I will choose who will become my husband! My father, brother, and everyone in the clan are rushing things as usual! Also it was a promise that I would be free to do as I saw fit until I graduate from college in the human world!"
"That's right. You will basically be free. You can go to college and you can do whatever you like with your servants. But your father and Sirzechs-sama are worried. They are afraid that your household will become extinct. We lost a great number of pure-blood Devils in the last war. Even if the war has ended, our rivalry with the Fallen Angels and God hasn't ended yet. It's not rare for the successors of pure-blood Devil to get killed in the worthless battle against them, which leads to the household becoming extinct. So for a pure-blood Devil that are also happens to be a High-class Devil, getting together would be the obvious solution for the forces of Devils. A pure-blood High-class Devil. Even you know that these children will be important from now on, right?"
Riser explained while still looking comfortable as ever knowing his facts and the wishes of the Households would outweigh Rias' own feelings in the matter.
'That bastard, he's taking advantage of their problem for his own use!' Michael grinded his teeth.
"A soothing river, Michael-san, a soothing river~." Asia rubbed Michael's back as the boy looked ready to initiate something he'll regret.
Riser then continued, "The newly produced Devils—. The ones like your servants, the reincarnated Devils, are expanding in terms of strength but that would make us, the High-class Devils with old history background, lose our place. There are old nobles who gets close to the reincarnated Devils because they are very powerful. Well, that might be alright. The newly produced Devils are also important for our future. But we can't allow the pure-blood Devils to go extinct right? You and I were chosen in order to prevent the pure-bloods from going extinct. My house is safe because I have my older brothers. But there are only two siblings in your house. And your brother is someone who left the house. Then there would only be you, Rias, who can inherit the House of Gremory. If you don't take a husband, the House of Gremory will go extinct in your generation. Are you trying to crush the household that has been continuing for a very long time? Because of the past war, there is not even half the number of Devils who were referred as "72 pillars". This marriage has the future of the Devils on the line."
Catching something terrifying not only Michael but everyone but Riser noticed the strange man known as Kai lower his head to cover his eyes with his hair as slowly growing gold aura leaking killing intent left from his body.
Riser stood up and smirked, "And besides we wouldn't want your household holding any Incomplete Pure-Blooded Devils in your family just like the Sitri fam-!"
"Extend."
*DON!*
Riser stops himself as the brunt side of a staff extends towards his face and narrowly misses it to crash into the club room wall. Looking over in shock he catches the sight of Kai who picks himself up from the couch and looks at Riser with a pissed off smile with his eyes closed.
"Riser-san you may be a Pure-Blooded Devil but remember your place when discussing the matters of other families. Or I wouldn't mind eradicating you from the history of your Devil Household understood." Kai said with a hint of poison in his voice.
"Tch!" Riser simply looked away in defeat/fear and said, "Fine I wouldn't want to incur the wrath of the [Strongest Male Queen] and lose my life even I would have to obey his warnings." Riser spat.
'Strongest Male Queen?' Michael questioned.
"Good." Kai sat down then looks over to Rias, "Forgive me, Rias-sama you may continue."
Grayfia looked at Kai with a look of neutrality and decided to let his outburst go for now.
Rias nodded slightly as even she was scared by the man's sudden action then said, "But don't get me wrong Riser I am willing to take a Husband."
Riser smiled widely and said, "Finally you decide to see what's for the best as expected from you Ri-"
"Now don't think I meant I wanted to marry you, I will choose someone I acknowledge to marry even the old noble house has it's right to choose and so do I." Rias said sternly living up to her name as a Great Onee-san once again.
But however Riser was rather unpleasant as his eyes became shaper along with his tongue as he said, "…You know, Rias. I'm also a Devil who carries the name of House of Phoenix behind me. I can't let that name get tarnished. I didn't even want to come to a small old building like this in the human world. Rather, I don't like the human world that much. The fire and wind of this world is filthy. For a Devil like me who rules fire and wind, I can't stand it!"
*FWOOSH!*
Creating flames around his body Riser stares at Rias' servant with a strong killing intent, "You leave me no choice, I will take you back to the underworld by force if I have to even burn each single one of your servants to do so."
Kiba and Koneko grew ready to fight as for Michael well…
"Michael-sama, remember, calm down. You are a gentle river flowing and-!" Raynare cried as Michael was visibly shaking in anger until he roared,
"Fuck. The. River!" Michael charged at Riser and slams his fist into the man's face as he ran through the ring of fire.
*BAM!*
Everyone was visibly surprised by Michael's actions especially Riser who stepped back and gripped his stinging cheek in pain as Michael started to breathe easily.
"Phew...that felt good, you know you'd make a good punching bag." Michael chuckled as Riser picks himself up and glares at Michael with burning fury.
"How dare you a pitiful Low-Class Servant such as you raise a hand against me!" Riser growled.
"Well, you were asking for it so I punched you for being a douche or should I say a chicken." Michael smirked, "Bawk Bawk!"
"Are you insulting me?" Riser growled.
"Wait, could you repeat that all I heard was Bawk! Bawk! Bawk! Or was it please punch me in the face I need it because I'm such a jerk! Blah! Blah! Blah!" Michael pulled his eyelid down and taunted.
"That's it you little brat I'll turn you into ash!" Riser began to create a large ball of flames from his hand.
"Bring it!" Michael summoned his Boosted Gear and grinned, "I won't lose to a Chicken like you, pal and besides you won't kill me because I'm going to be the next Maou!" Michael declared.
Riser and Grayfia were shocked at his words as Grayfia simply closed her eyes as Riser just laughed right in Michael's face.
"Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Riser laughed, "Do you seriously think a Low-Class Devil such as yourself can reach a goal such as a Maou hah don't make me laugh you shitty brat!"
"I can do whatever I want if I try hard and besides-!" Michael grinned.
"Alright you two that's enough." Rias said but then gasped as Michael said,
"If I'm doing this for anyone it's for Buchou she's the one who gave me this dream and I ain't gonna doubt it yet bitch!"
"Michael!" Rias' eyes widened.
"So let's go at it me and you right now, for you it'll just take a single K.O.!" Michael clenched the fist of his red gauntlet and grew ready in his poor-fighting stance.
"Why you!" Riser growled but then before they continued Grayfia appeared between the two while giving both males a serious stare.
"Michael-sama, Riser-sama please calm down. If you two were to continue then I won't be quiet about it. For Sirzech-sama's honor I won't hold back." Grayfia warned.
Suddenly Riser calmed down his flames and sighed while shaking his head, "To also be warned by the [Strongest Female Queen] how dangerous I'll stop now before I incur her and Sirzech-sama's group of monsters."
'So does this Sirzech's guy have some major power I don't know about because he sounds to be related to the Buchou so I guess I can understand.' Michael thought.
Seeing the intention of a fight was dissolved Grayfia turns to Rias who was standing near Akeno and said, "Master, Sirzechs-sama and the House of Phoenix have already seen an outcome such as this so meetings of a last resort was held."
"Last resort what do you mean, Grayfia?" Rias questioned.
"Ojou-sama, if you wish to push your opinion forward, then how about you settle it by having a [Rating Game] against Riser-sama?" Grayfia informed.
"!?" Rias became speechless.
"A Rating Game?" Michael repeated remembering Saji's explanation of it to him then wondered, "But isn't Buchou still not mature enough to play Miss Grayfia-san."
"Just as you know, Ojou-sama, only mature aged Devils can participate in official [Rating Game]. But if it's an unofficial match between pure-blood Devils, even immature Devils can participate but for this situation-"
"It has to involve a family household and its disagreements correct?" Rias said in anger, "But still Father is still making us do this as a last resort even when he's been controlling my life so far, the nerve!"
"Then shall I take this as a decline for the Game?" Grayfia questioned.
"No, this is a chance I won't allow to slip by. Let's settle this with a Rating Game Riaser." Rias declared as Riser smirks at Rias' challenging words,
"Heh, what foolishness your actually accepting the last resort? But fine I don't mind since I'm already a mature Devil who has participated in the official game and kept quite an impressive winning streak but for you my dear, Rias sure I'd be willing to play with you."
"Then it's decided I'll blow you away, Riser!" Rias declared.
"Fine. If you win then the engagement is canceled to your pleasing, but if I win then you'll marry me immediately." Riser said his terms for the Game's victor.
*GLARE!*
"This will be interesting." Kai stood by Grayfia and rubbed his chin.
"Understood. I, Grayfia have confirmed both sides approval. I will be in charge of referring the game between the Gremory Household and the Phoenix Household. Is that fine?"
"Yes."
"Yeah."
"Then I shall inform the households of this then." Grayfia bows.
"Alright then you, Yakitori Chicken prepared to get your ass kicked by the Great Hanamura." Michael clenched his fist.
Riser then looks around at Rias' number of servants and smirked, "So these are you servant's Rias?"
"Of course, what of it?" Rias asked until Riser laughed once more in front of her face.
"Then this match will be a laugh. The only formidable one amongst your group is your [Queen] the "Priestess of Thunder" as the rest of them could barely stand a chance against my servants."
Saying that Riser snaps his fingers and summons a large magic circle on the ground as it reveals the emblem of phoenix as many shadows behind the flames of the circle appeared.
"Uh…" Michael blinked at the sight as he saw 15 people who seem to be his servant appear and they appear to be…cute girls in distinguishing clothing.
"W-Whoa, that's way too many!?" Michael gasped as he identified the different girls as they were The knight and the magician I mentioned earlier are also girls! A girl wearing a Chinese dress! Two girls with beast ears! Two girls with identical face that seems to be twins! A loli girl! Two older girls with nice bodies! A Yamato Nadeshiko like girl wearing a kimono! There's also a girl wearing a dress who looks like a European princess! A wild looking older woman who is carrying a sword on her back! There's also a girl wearing a dancer's outfit! There's also a mysterious woman wearing a mask that hides half of her face!
Riser watched Michael's stare towards his servants and smirked beautifully, "Hmph! pathetic brat you'll never achieve such beauty like this in your life no matter how hard you want to work."
"Huh?" Michael looks at Riser then points at the Girl's in confusion, "Why would I want some overdressed cosplayers for servants?"
"!" Everyone in the room except for Grayfia and a laughing Kai looked at Michael in surprise.
"What an undignified brute." The blonde girl wearing a European Dress said in anger.
"Riser-sama, why is this guy not interested in us at all?"
Riser turned back to his servants and comforted his girls while saying, "Now don't worry you all it's just that this Low-Class Bumpkin might be inbred so he must reproduce asexually."
"No, it's just that your servants are all girls dressed weirdly man, I mean you're rich get them better clothes for Christ's-ow sake!" Michael groaned.
"What was that you-!?" Riser growled.
"Heh, I guess I've already decided you jackass, Yakitori Chicken." Michael points at Riser , "I won't allow someone like you to be Bushou's fiancé because I'll be honest anyone having you for a husband will literally regret being a devil and living an eternity with you." Michael declared as he heard slight laughter from everyone even a small held back one from Koneko.
Riser began off with a growl then smirked after gaining an idea,
"Grrr! Rias it seems you failed to educate your servant so I'll do you the favor and teach how to know his place," Riser turns to his peerage and said, "Isabella handle this."
"Yes, Lord Riser." Walking forward was the woman with a half mask on.
"So you think you can handle me well then just to warn you, I, the Great Michael Hanamura won't hesitate to beat a girl!" Michael thrusts his fist forward and roared, "Let's do this!"
[Boost!]
Taking a stance Isabella then charged at Michael with impressive speed and escaped from sight.
"Huh, where did she-?" Michael looked around frantically.
"Your too undisciplined." Isabella then appears behind Michael and grabbed his shoulder and twisted him around while cocking her fist back,
"Fly!" Isabella shot her fist into Michael's face with a loud…
*BAM!*
"Augh!" Michael gasped as he got the wind knocked out of him then gritted his teeth.
"Yield!"
*BAM!*
"N-Never!" Michael grunts in pain after the first fist to the face.
*BAM!*
*BAM!*
*BAM!*
"Guagh!" Michael bit his lower lip in pain and endured the hits as signs of him drawing blood was shown.
"Riser, stop this at once!" Rias shouted.
"Why should I that bratty pawn should have stayed quiet while he had the chance." Riser said ruthlessly.
"Hm?" Kai looks at Michael closely as he endured each hit Isabella sent at him.
"What is it?" Grayfia asked.
"Oh, nothing I was just seeing something important is all." Kai shook his head and continued to observe.
[Boost!]
'Come on need more power!'
[Boost!]
"That should be enough!" Michael growled, "Now take this!" Michael grabbed Isabella's head and headbutted the woman causing her to stagger back a little in pain as Michael wearily panted after taking so much damage from her hard hitting attacks basically having the air knocked out of him.
"*Pant!* *Pant!* So how *Pant!* do you like that?" Michael panted as the Boosted Gear alerted,
[Reset!]
"Ngh!" Michael fell to his knees after having all his power zapped from him.
"Michael-san/sama!" Both Asia and Raynare cried.
"Pitiful you can't even stay standing after giving your first hit." Isabella stood over Michael with disappointment evident in her eyes, "Well I guess this is it." Isabella picked up Michael by his collar then tightened her fist to land one last hit or preferrably an uppercut.
"The strength of a rook is crippling if their opponent can no longer fight!" Akeno said worriedly.
"Riser stop this NOW!" Rias shouted as Riser simply watched with a smirk.
"This is what happens to those who oppose Lord Riser." Riser chuckled.
"Have a nice flight." But before Isabella could land her hit a single finger from underneath tapped her neck and knocked her out.
"That's enough." Kai sighed as Isabella fell limply on the ground as the falling Michael was caught one handed by Kai, who tosses him onto the nearby couch, "I believe he belongs to you."
"Michael!" Rias rushes over to Michael's side and picks up the teen's head to check on his condition.
"He took too much damage before he could boost anymore and was too cocky, he's a work in progress indeed but oh well." Kai looked over at the Phoenix Household's third heir, who was frozen in fear and said, "Riser-san, if it weren't my choice to stop your servant from potentially killing this child then you would have wasted something fun for me and you and the whole underworld know how I get when I've been deprived of something entertaining."
Kai points his finger at Riser as he created a small golden orb of demonic power, no, it was something more complex than that as it showed more stronger properties of power.
"I'll destroy something boring, and I'm sure the Phoenix Household will be honored to know what it took to kill their third son was by me."
"Kai-sama." Grayfia stood behind the man and gave him a serious stare.
"Right, sorry I got a little too carried away." Kai folded his arms behind his back and smiled, "So how about this I'll set up a handicap for the Gremory Team for 10 days."
"What?" Riser questioned.
"Correct it would seem unfair if the Gremory Side had to face you as it is, so 10 days would suffice to prepare, unless you object to my rules." Kai opened his eyes and showed a gleam of killing intent in them.
"Gugh!" Riser growled, "Fine I'll do just that."
"And you Rias-sama?" Kai smiled.
"Of course I'll take it." Rias nodded while comforting the groaning Michael as Asia tends to his bruises with Twilight Healing.
"In 10 days, I expect to see you put up at least a decent fight since I believe you can accomplish a simple task such as improving that pawn of yours." Riser walks back to his servants and stopped.
"Remember this Rias' [Pawn] each blow you take is a blow for Rias don't forget that."
With that Riser disappeared, with his peerage as a magic circle teleported him away.
"D-Dammit…" Michael whimpered as his eyes were covered by his hair.
"Michael?" Rias looks down to see the boy's trembling face as a single tear fell down his cheek.
"I wasn't even able to last for a while, I-I failed B-Buchou." Michael sucked in his lips as he began crying.
"Michael-sama…" Raynare and Asia looked sad upon the usual cheery boy's sadness as Kiba, Koneko and Akeno closed their eyes at this.
'I wasn't able to last against that servant of Riser's even for a second and I humiliated Buchou because I'm…too weak.' Michael thought then hoarsely whimpered, 'Maybe I'm not so…great after all.'
Looking down at Michael, Kai simply smiles and stares at the boy in excitement, "If this is how his spirit will break then I wonder what will happen to him if I were to get involved, shishishishishi!" Kai laughed as his stare turned more mischievously.
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