111 My SI Stash #11 - Magical Trickster DxD by SocialistBukharin (DxD)

-This is pretty much "Start By Becoming A Mangaka" but better, it has that universe with some characters from different animes. (Rosario,

Baki, Shinmai Maou etc...)

Sypnosis: I would have preferred to keep away from the main story but... fate is not having any of it. (OC-SI) (Mostly Canon Pairings) (Some Magic World-Building) (FLUFF here and there) (Also some X-Overing)

Rated: M

Words: 365K

Posted on: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13387737/1/Magical-Trickster-DxD (SocialistBukharin)

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Chapter 1+2 (exceptional)

As a renowned establishment for students seeking high-grade education, Kuoh Academy did make its good figure with its illustrious teacher staff and model rule-book.

Once an All-Girl school, the decision to switch to a co-ed system was agreed unanimously by the past school board after the large increase of funds received years ago, the money allowing the construction of a prominent complex of buildings styled after a mix of Japanese and European unique tones.

A prestigious place of culture that only had a simple but persistent issue that gave to the whole Academy a less than pleasant reputation: the Perverted Trio.

While perverts were a glaring problem back when the decision of opening to male students was approved, the stern rules that were applied at the time managed to destroy most of the pests studying at the high school.

The Trio was a special case as the female population did see them as a threat to deal with personally, feeling quite attacked by their lecherous ways.

At least that was the known part of the story.

There was another deterrent the Trio was supposed to deal with all those times they tried to lewd after innocent, but very violent, girls.

It was during an hour after the end of the school day when the first burst of girly shrieks reached my years and, having been doing this for months now, I knew that the owner of such shrieks wasn't female at all.

"Motohama! You better not be hiding in the Girl's storage room again!" I shouted as I slowly patrolled the area, sweating a little after the brief chase I was previously engaged in trying to find the last of the two present perverts today.

While his comrade has fallen to the 'kindness' the girls leaving from the volleyball practice wanted to return after some caught the two while they were peeping on them, the glass-wearing fiend managed to avoid being given a beating of the pervert-kind.

No honor among idiots, I thought tiredly as I continued for my little game of hide and seek with the young teen.

"Man, this isn't the first time we do this and you know that making things harder will not get you out of this situation."

There was some noises now erupting from the storage room, a familiar pervert slamming the doors open while trying to make a run for it, failing to remember I was far too close for him to avoid being tackled.

Slamming head first, the boy groaned under my weight and soon I had him pulled up.

"C-Can we talk about this, H-Hoitsu-kun?" He let out a quick, nervous chuckle which I replied with a sigh.

"We can chat about the nice weather and how is school, but sadly I cannot have you skip righteous punishment;" I stated quietly, ignoring the panic surging from my words.

He squirmed as we started to slowly walk towards the girl approaching us.

Long straight black hair that reached down to her knees split into several bangs and heterochromatic eyes, one a soft violet while the other with a pleasant chocolate shade, Tsubaki Shinra was a gorgeous young woman. The Vice-president of the Student Council and my 'Second' Boss, the bespectacled lady was someone with an admirable sense of duty for her work.

She nodded at once she was close enough to understand the predicament she was staring at.

"Motohama-san and Matsuda-san caused chaos once again?" Tsubaki asked in a rhetorical voice before sighing. "I would have thought you two would have learned from getting beaten so harshly last time."

Surprisingly enough the glass-wearing pervert huffed. "The girls were violent a-and the council shouldn't condone this kind of viole-Eeck!" The boy tried to pull away from my grasp, noticing almost instantly the glare the girl was giving to him.

"Violence that is caused by your unbecoming acts, pervert." She scolded sternly, earning another whimper from the teen as we escorted him to the teacher lounge.

As one of the senseis picked the boy out of our jurisdiction to deal with him, I started to walk back toward the student council's room with Tsubaki.

"Those three are incredibly resilient to the ministrations of the strongest females in this school. I do reckon that-"

"N-Now that I remember about it- Sorry, Hoitsu-san, I didn't want to interrupt you but..." The girl sighed and continued. "Sona-buchou said that today's session will not happen. Momo and Tomoe were busy with some important appointments and couldn't participate, thus it has been de-"

"-layed." I interrupted with a small smile, Tsubaki blushing a little. "There is no need to make this kind of news this much developed. Still, thank you for the warning, Tsubaki-san."

She nodded happily as we parted ways, I didn't have now a reason to go to the council's room and thus decided to walk back home.

Homework wasn't going to be done without my input and today Math-sensei did leave quite the heavy work to see completed for tomorrow.

Yawning quietly, I paced through the halls of the school to reach the main entrance, a large corridor that led right to the glass doors that divided the school building from the outside courtyard.

I was about to reach out for one of the doors' handles when I heard footsteps approaching me. Blinking, I turned around and I was found myself greeted by a smiling brunet which I was familiar to, much to my dismay.

"Issei-kun?" I muttered curiously as this was the first time he didn't waste time around the other two perverts and… didn't he disappear for most of the school time?

"Hoitsu-senpai, can I walk with you back home? I need to tell you about some epic news and-"

I sighed tiredly at the cheerful tone, dreading at what 'epic' things the younger teen had done today. There were so many terrible things I could be hearing once we were out of the building and…

I think I was seeing that part of the story, the beginning of DxD and… how did I miss Raynare?!

"Rias-buchou is awesome, senpai." The brunet continued to tell about accepting the invitation to the Occult Club led by the redhead beauty, Rias Gremory.

My name is Hoitsu Sakakibara… or is it Sakakibara Hoitsu? Japanese styling of names and all... Anyway! I'm what many would call a Self-Insert, someone from the 'original world' that is either moved to a different universe or replaces a determined character, important (and known) or secondary (and particularly unknown).

"...a-and then there was this shower built inside and…"

My situation is a replacement of a character I'm fairly sure is a… OC, a person that within the 'Canon' version of this universe shouldn't be existing.

"...Oppai!…"

I woke up a few months ago, way earlier than the beginning of the plot. I was already enlisted to Kuoh Academy by the time I found myself in this world of Devils, Fallen Angels, and True Angels, but the preparation I have planned to avoid some of the more 'unpleasant notes' of this series have yet to be completed.

"...Koneko-chan is adorable!…"

I wormed myself in the Student Council, obtaining the rule as a serious treasurer under Sona's leadership. The role came as a surprise as I expected that, even with the elections that saw me appointed to the position, Sona would have meddled with the results.

"...Akeno-senpai is so nice and-…"

Still, I didn't show any wrong reaction in accepting the charge, showing merely happiness at the 'results of my hard work'. I knew I did more than enough to conquer the place, but the doubt of losing that seat of power because of favoritism regarding her peerage? That was a legitimate fear of mine.

"...Kiba looks like a jerk…"

And while I consolidated myself at school, I actually managed to find some magic books a few weeks ago. The pace of learning and training the Arcane Arts only delayed by the duties at school and the nagging of my new parents regarding my grades at school.

I was doing pretty well with exams but I ended up with a man and a woman that wished for their son to strive and reach the highest point in society. A big objective that I hardly considered to achieve, since there were more important situation to deal with first-

"Ne, senpai. Are you ignoring me… again?"

I blinked back to reality as I caught Issei's words, glancing quickly at him and shrugging sheepishly. "Sorry, Ise. Dealing with stuff with the council and-"

"Oh? Is it Sona-senpai or Tsubaki-senpai the 'stuff' that you are dealing with?"

The lewd tone, I didn't like. Thus I proceeded to land a quick karate chop on his head and, while this might have caused a reaction with little strength, I decided to add a little more as I knew that the boy wasn't human anymore.

The hit did work miracle as the teen recoiled at the quick punishment, huffing at the 'treacherous tone' I had around the Perverted Trio. "S-Senpai, this is unfair! You have many gorgeous women around and you refuse the accept the idea of having a harem-"

"Because it is a flawed idea of making everyone happy, Ise." I replied quickly, this bickering not the first regarding this very topic. "A man can't give equal love to more than a woman. The relationship would be unhealthy and get very unstable after some time."

He pouted but, like always, decided to not continue the losing battle.

"Still, to be invited to the Occult Club by Rias-san herself?" I chose to bring some little relief in that defeat of his. "You have to have caught her eye with whatever you did… that wasn't perverted."

He blinked, his cheek reddening in embarrassment. "J-Just being normal but trustworthy-" Issei's eyes blinked as he found himself staring at the ground. "I… Senpai?"

"Mhh?" Now that was a quick change of personality.

"D-Do you believe me about… Yuuma-chan?"

I blinked in surprise at that question. I did kind of forget that this little thing was a reason for Issei to doubt himself and…

I sighed. "I don't believe that." At hearing my words he deflated immensely. "No, I know that there was a girl that asked you out."

… "Eh?!"

"Ise, you were shouting about this yesterday, bragging how a 'connoisseur of the fine female body' can get a girlfriend."

He had the decency to blush again. "I-It wasn't that bad and-"

The new Devil stopped, eyes widening as he looked up in the sky and I frowned as I realized where we were right now.

I could recognize the fountain and the benches, I could recognize the trees near the free paths of this… park. The sky looked as if it had been painted by someone suffering from some heavy LSDs influence and I tensed as I felt someone walking right behind us.

"To think I would end up encountering a human and a Devil this late in the day." We turned to see a man wearing a trenchcoat and a hat, both apparels hiding his appearance from us but… I knew who we were looking at.

Dohnaseek, one of the few Fallen Angels that joined Raynare and Kokabiel in their little rebellion against Azazel.

Issei looked scared, possibly comparing this very situation to the one that saw him dying against the backstabbing lady that had him on a date. He looked ready to run away but he stood quiet as he noticed that I wasn't particularly fearful of the predicament.

"S-Senpai-"

"I know, Ise." I said quickly, understanding his concerns but… feeling quite ready to face someone of his caliber. "But I have a plan."

The middle-aged man chuckled. "'A plan'? Do you seriously think anything you could come up with would work on me?"

I smiled widely. "I can assure you that my plan is the best plan possible and… you should have expected guests." My finger pointed right behind him and he turned to look, trying to find any intruders he had not detected and…

…

There was no one.

He turned around, mouth open and ready to call out my bluff but he stopped at what I was trying to pull.

Pumping energy the moment he had turned around, I grabbed Issei close and turned around myself, leg moving quickly and swiftly as I muttered a grand hero's true strategy out-loud.

"Nigerundayo, Ise!"

… "WHAT?" The brunet yelled under my arm, squirming a little as I rushed deeper into the foliage.

"You little shits!" Dohnaseek looked absolutely pissed and tried to pull his flight to try and intercept us-

BAM

-Ending up slamming on some tree branches in the process. Face bleeding and his mind completely gone because of the humiliation and the injury, the Fallen Angel didn't stop in his pursuit and continued to give chase.

I sighed as I decided that the distance we got over him was enough to start laying down a new plan. Turning some of the corners, I jumped on a bush, Issei yelping as he took most of the fall damage in the process.

"S-Senpai, what are you-"

"Be quiet, Ise." I stated with a stern tone, hands glowing as I started to place some magical signs all over the trees... "This is my real plan."

The lights coming from the seals dimmed and soon disappeared as nothing had happened.

"Now you stay here as I deal with this annoyance, ok?"

"S-Senpai, don't-" But despite his best attempt to keep me from leaving the hideout, I yawned as I walked on the clearing and waited to be spotted by the Fallen Angel.

"There you are!" Launching in a burst of speed, the middle-aged man gave off an animalistic glare, akin to a predator finally catching its prey and then- WHIP

Eyes widening, Dohnaseek dropped the Light Spear he had created while rushing towards me, several silver-colored strings keeping him stuck still.

"For being someone that pride himself as one of the 'strongest', you sure suck in keeping yourself out of an ambush, Dohnaseek-san."

He tensed at his real name being mentioned. "Y-You bastard-UGH!" The strings started to squeeze at him and I sighed.

"To think that a simple spell like the 'Silver Lining' one can give you this much trouble and…" I crouched to pick the still-present Spear, humming at its magical composition. "What an interesting conjuration…"

"You pitiful human! Once your Magical Coils go empty, your life is forfei- STAB - !"

The previously clean spear was now stained with blood, the man looking down as I continued to push it deeper inside his torso. Trembling in pain and fear, the Fallen Angel seemed to have understood that this wasn't going to be a warning for his group.

There wouldn't be any warning for traitors. I sighed again this time showing a curt smile. "Your little rebellion is going to end very soon. Kokabiel isn't the sharpest planner, isn't he?"

His eyes widened even more at the mentioning of his boss but his attention was mostly diverted in trying to live through the painful experience but-

STAB

The spear was pulled out almost instantly and pushed once more in his body, the damaged part being… his heart.

There was an instance of inner realization that his life was dimming and slowly he slouched over the strings of platinum. I waited a few more moments before pulling the spear out, letting the weapon collapse and release its energy, letting it seep in my reserves for further study.

"S-Senpai?!"

I blinked and turned around to see a shell-shocked Issei, glancing back and forth between me and the dying Dohnaseek.

"I will explain what is going on tomorrow, Ise." I stated without leaving much room for protests and patted his shoulders as I went towards him. He looked confused, frightened at the scene I left behind as the strings finally faded away, letting the man's corpse hit the ground.

"Right now… you should back to the fountain. I think Rias-san should be there and… Do keep quiet about me." I squeezed his shoulders again. "I am serious, do try and keep quiet about what has happened here, say that you managed to out-run the Fallen Angel and… I will be thankful."

He relaxed a little, his shoulders sagging as he nodded at my request. "B-But why are-"

"I know that secrecy sucks but… I need to avoid being noticed by some people. You do me this favor, buddy, and I will tell you about the answers you have and that your boss didn't even mention to tell you about. Capisce?"

He nodded and I sighed. "Good, then go and… have a good day."

I started to quickly pace towards the exit of the park, avoiding the normally-used paths that could be easily monitored and managed to get out of the area without being noticed.

This night? I consider it a failure as now I will have to act more directly towards the plot from now on…

Chapter 2

This wasn't going to be an easy morning.

Yawning tiredly, I managed to pick myself off the bed, surprisingly avoiding once more getting ensnared by the alluring craving for more sleep.

Dohnaseek's words about my coils echoed in my brain, pointing out how I was still fairly new with the whole Magic sthick. My entire body was still recovering from the straining encounter of the previous night and I would be lying in saying I didn't have a certain inner whining about more sleep.

If it hadn't been that I did have something important today, I would have considered the notion, weighting if skipping a day would or not spark the suspicions of Rias.

Sure, I knew that Sona was too much busy with her own problems regarding the school and her situation in Hell, but the Gremory was the one that keeps an eye open for any possible threat in their fiefs.

While I was still a noob, I was a Magician in the making in everyone's book. The Silver Lining was a good proof that I knew few things about the basics, being able to turn a 'Containment Spell' from the Japanese Spellcraft in something useful for the predicament I had to deal the day before.

The death of the Fallen Angel was going to have the dual effect of bringing more attention to the presence of curious individuals near the school and making Raynare a little nervous over the current pace of their operations.

If I played my cards well, I could easily catch Asia before she can even consider approaching the rebelling Fallen Angels and gaining an ally in the process, which I would more than happily assign to live at the Hyoudou residence.

Why that place and not my home? The first reason was that my new parents were no-nonsense kind of people and would turn down politely any offer of housing the nun; the second reason was that I would then gain some respect from Issei, the boy understanding that I was putting some trust about his capacity to not cause any perverted act around the naive girl.

While I was perfectly sure that he would eventually end up doing some unconscious lecherous acts, those were partly-acceptable as… they weren't planned.

Plus if the situation evolved accordingly to Canon, Asia would manage to mitigate the perverted nature of Issei… which was a good thing for him and my plan.

Standing up from the bed, I glanced at my PC and smiled as I remembered the little idea I had about keeping 'suspicious' books in my room.

Two weeks of afternoons spent writing down the content of the books in some documents within the computer, taking photos of all the signs that couldn't be reproduced with the keyboard, I had two whole books regarding Japanese Spellcraft and basic healing techniques saved in a safe folder hidden by two passwords.

A very complex scheme that became a necessity with the possibility of being eventually tailed around by people or getting my room violated by unwanted intruders.

Speaking of 'people', before going to catch some rest I did spend some time browsing around in search of a very important contact's details.

With the plans of Kokabiel entering in motion in mere months, it became a must to inform Azazel of what was going to happen Kuoh Town. The man might have some limited interest in Issei, but I was fairly unsure if said interest did span to a level of keeping the brunet under constant surveillance, excluding Raynare's missed duty.

It was a long guess, but if I managed to pass on him the memo that someone was planning to start another Great War while also trying to cause problems within Grigori and gave him some proof of these possibilities, I could easily get some indirect help from him.

Setting up an untraceable post within my PC was something that drained even more of my free time but also part of my available funds, either from pocket money or small rewards from odd jobs around the city.

It was enough to get me to send a lengthy message to the Governor-General, a message that contained pictures with dates and the place where these were taken, and peculiar bank transactions visible that were gained by browsing within some Grigori-owned branches without being spotted by the efficient security system enforced by the former Fifth-Heaven-led organization.

As I finished putting on my school uniform, I noticed that my right hand, the one that had absorbed the 'Heavenly Energy' from Dohnaseek's final Light Spear, was still suffering some irritation from the minor adjustment to the coils contained within it.

Creating a separate section of my Magical Core meant to be used to accumulate holy energy was a blunder I conceptualized from some theories alluded within the Healing Book I had yet to finish to study about.

A Magical Core was something unique that was present within all living beings, the main reactor for everyone's life but only a minor percentage of people could really tap into it and do spells.

Its general purpose was to sustain only a single type of energy, rarely two if the being was something close or a hybrid, most of the cases being Fallen Angels that were born by pure Fallen Angels and humans.

Since my body couldn't hope to survive a sudden injection of holy energy with my 'Mundane' type, I decided to try and test if the Mithridates' method could be used in this specific situation.

Mithridatism was usually applied about building some immunity to poison by ingesting a small and gradual quantity of non-lethal poison. In this predicament of mine, by slowly filtering the Holy energy within my core without causing any major issues with my current biology.

Some sickness was expected, some minor aching and a partial sensation that was akin to drugs' withdrawal were partly possible, but the worst, which was a complete rejection of the new energy, was nigh-impossible to happen as I wasn't a Devil.

A Devil was incredibly weak against Holy energy which made 'energy transfusion' of said type of energy within a Devil's body a known failure and death of the subject.

Putting on some bandages over the hand, I decided to also wear a glove with some minor runes that hid the energy pattern contained within it, keeping an extra layer of disguise from any Devil specialized in energy-detection.

It wasn't much, but I was going to have an easier time at school today.

Walking downstairs, I was greeted by a steamy plate of bacon and scrambled eggs and a small paper sitting right beside the food on the table.

I blinked, curiosity deciding to peek out as I started to read quietly the content of the small thing.

We will be working overtime and will be home later than usual.

Simple, curt and very positive. This message did offer some more opportunity to further study and expand from the books available and see if I could get some more texts I could learn from.

With general happiness plastered in my face, I walked out of my house with a satisfied belly and an intriguing possibility to deal after a normal day at school.

I yawned, my attention keeping fixed on the teacher as I continued to half-listen to today's lesson about Japanese literature.

I admit I didn't expect the subject to hold this level of difficulty, with its deep poetry and narration of the various periods, detailing the Shoguns and the Daimyos. Still, it wasn't worse by any mean to European literature, managing to get close but also… not close enough to make my head hurts every single lesson.

Part of my focus was also split between looking at Akeno and Rias, both girls being in the same class as I was, the two girls were the favorites of the school by both teachers and students.

Beautiful, smart and morally graceful. Those two were quite the grand rewards for many young men, respectfully holding a similar kind of appeal that made them popular while also lovable.

A position that many women would envy but was actually praised and quickly accepted by all girls, which showed that their reputation was way above than the kind that air-headed divas would have in a normal school-centered scenario.

I continued to keep a good composure for the rest of the hour, quickly walking out of the classroom the moment the teacher confirmed the end of the class and allowed the students to leave the room.

A minor pause of ten minutes would ensue, brief but good enough to approach Issei and give him some more details about our future little chat.

Finding the brunet turned out to be quite simple as the boy was usually wandering around the entrance of his classroom during the pauses and, a few moments later, I was patting his shoulder with a small smile much to his panic and surprise.

A little yelp left his mouth but he stopped himself from letting out anything remotely girly the moment his eyes noticed my figure and recognized me. "O-Oh, Hoitsu-senpai."

"Good morning, Ise-kohai. Might I remind you about our discussion about Drag So-Ball?"

He blinked in confusion, then a flash of recognition washed on his face. "R-Right, almost forgot about it… it should be in-"

"The thirty-minutes pause after our third lesson. We shall catch up on the roof to discuss the latest episode."

His eyes glowed a little as I knew he was a fan of the Dragon Ball's rip-off. "You mean the Super Dragon 3 transformation and Satoru going against Mango Belus? That was-"

"Incredible, I know!" I smiled widely as I did catch some glimpses of the episode as…

I missed watching Dragon Ball and what was available in this dimension did make a good figure compared to the legendary anime.

"Still I wonder, what do you think of the let-down of Sora? He managed to beat Terminator X and seemed to be ready to become the new protagonist-"

"But they make him go out so easily..." The new Devil replied with a gloomy face, showing annoyance about the producers' decision. "It's kind of sad but I guess Satoru is kind of more popular, it wouldn't have done him justice if he lost his importance."

"I guess you are right." I nodded in agreement, finding the parallelism between Gohan and Sora quite... identical in certain points. "Then I suppose we can continue later- and remember to not do anything 'weird' in the meantime. I would hate to have to pick you up and personally have you sent to deal with a teacher's lecture."

Issei bowed his head in embarrassment, yet his eyes hardly kept still while he spoke. "I-I will make sure to not cause trouble, senpai."

I patted his shoulder once, sporting a small smile... "Good! Then we will see each other later, kohai."

Turning around, I started to walk away from the boy, ignoring the mutterings of some students at the fact I did speak with a junior student. I was part of the Student Council and it had to be quite confusing to see me talk so calmly with a member of the Perverted Trio, no shades being thrown and all.

I guess I could have approached him in another way, but the rumors were hardly going to escalate without any further situation that might spark some unpleasant theories.

With a small sigh, I returned back to class and continued with today's lessons, ready to deal with two sessions of Math and one of Biology.

Three hours later and I found myself limping on my way to reach the roof.

The expected symptoms were starting to show in the form of severe pain going through my left leg and some minor itching by the chest's area.

I also felt feverish but still capable of formulating some logical thoughts and, after informing Sona herself that I wouldn't be able to participate the council session because of health problems, I decided to make my chat with Issei the last thing to do at school today, taking an early leave to return back home.

I completely miscalculated the time it would take for me to recover and only the Gods know how much I would have to rest before being able to experiment around with my magic.

At least I wasn't going to die, I mused darkly as I finally reached for the handle that led outside to the roof.

As the sudden light from the sun started to dim a little and my eyes slowly adjusted to it, I found myself staring at two individuals rather than the one I was expecting. Issei looked partly guilty as he shifted nervously from a seat quite distant from the smiling blond that was Kiba Yuuto standing near the only entrance to this place.

"Sakakibara-senpai, I'm sorry if I'm intruding but-" He turned to the nervous-looking brunet with a small smile. "Issei-kun told me that you were going to discuss Drag So-Ball and I am kind of… a fan of it." He winked my way and I restrained myself from sighing at the pretty boy's fake attempt to infiltrate the discussion.

I should have considered the fact both King and Queen of the Gremory's peerage would have avoided giving up some hints to any actions directed at me, maybe they knew that I was spotted leaving with Issei for the park when they 'rescued' him yesterday.

But still, the lack of a direct and more invasive confrontation from the redhead confirmed that Issei did keep his mouth shut about my role in killing Dohnaseek. That also meant I could give some respect to the usually pervy boy for not letting that secret go by a possible boob attack.

"Sure." I smiled widely, deciding to hide my minor annoyance as I knew what was happening anytime soon now. "Then I guess we should begin."

The two boys nodded, Kiba smiled happily while the other teen seemed to have taken a bite out of some lemon from how annoyed he looked. Such was the terrible thing known as 'aggressive intrusion'.

But I guess I have to explain why I had to go along with this ploy and not call out the pretty boy out of his silly act.

If I did urge him to leave, either diplomatically or violently, this action would be taken as evidence for further investigation and, frankly speaking, I did want to deal with Rias anytime soon. Especially without some power to protect me from an eventual 'unkind' reaction from hers.

So the discussion did happen, but it was only about the anime which only Issei and I knew about. Kiba didn't try to hide his lack of familiarity with the show, but he still tried to downplay it as some mere forgetfulness, a lie that was easily caught by both the brunet and me.

It was an odd situation that continued for about two more hours. My health deteriorated a little more but nothing alarming yet and, seeing that it was starting to get dark, I decided to conclude this chat with a few words for the poor Devil.

"Ise-kohai, I almost forgot. Can I ask you a favor?" I quietly asked.

The boy blinked and nodded, the blonde looking curious. "Sure, what do you need, senpai?"

"Tomorrow I might have to skip school," I said with a pained smile, my face has to be quite pale by now. "You see, yesterday I got a deep cut while preparing dinner and the medicines I had to use aren't particularly sitting well with my body. If it's not asking too much, could you make an effort to get a copy of the homework of tomorrow from Tsubaki-san-"

He tensed at hearing the stern woman but I was quick to assure his safety. "I- I will call her to tell about the situation. I-If you avoid any issues tomorrow she will be less prone to lecture you and get you some detention."

The teen nodded slowly and accepted the request. "I will do what I can, senpai."

"G-Good." I nodded too, my lips twitching in a brief situation of shivers. "Then I-I can give you my address so you can pass around tomorrow."

I took a small piece of paper and wrote down the address to my house, the boy nodding while storing it in one of his pockets. "Understood."

"T-Then I go as I think I will need some p-power nap after this little situation."

As I went towards the door, I saw Kiba walking by. "Do you need some help, senpai? You do seem quite…"

"I-I can hold until back home, Kiba-san." I nodded thankful at him, while I tried to dodge the little bullet there. "A-Also I don't want to get some r-rumors going about our current situation here."

He blinked innocently. "What rumors, senpai?"

I looked back at Issei and the brunet didn't deign to look back much to my disappointment. "S-Something about your romantic inclinations. Don't wish for the rumor mill to hit us about that."

"That sounds completely silly, senpai. No one would-"

"Did y-you know that girls are shipping you with Issei?" His confusion turned in dread. "I hope you will make sure to clarify the s-situation or the rumors will only end up getting w-worse."

He nodded and I was granted the chance of leaving that place of dread behind as I ventured out of the school and towards home.

Reaching the modest-looking house, I sighed as I let my body hit the couch, the coziness almost taking my consciousness out as I tried to deal with the growing aches of the process, my stomach starting to softly groan at the terrible suffering it was subjected.

For the interest of everyone, I decided to avoid eating anything at lunch, knowing that it was now a matter of time before I would have to go to the bathroom and throw up what was left of my breakfast.

A pity that I couldn't do anything with the extra hours of being alone but dealing with the regret coming from the results of my poorly-made choices.

I was about to close my eyes and let my sore brain drift away from that reality of pain when I heard a familiar and unholy sound reach out for me.

Ding Dong~

God-frigging-dangit!

I groaned on my pillow before slowly pulling myself out of that delightful place of comfort and back to the ever-aching situation of walking around. It was my sheer determination that got me towards the door and as I slowly opened it to see who was daring to disturb me in my moment of sorrow, my eyes were greeted back by a pair of golden ones. Then I stared up and I saw silver-hair and…

Why was Koneko here?

She had some books in her hands, grasping them softly as she looked a little bit nervous through her 'blank' mask. "I'm sorry if I'm here without notice… but I need your help, senpai."

… "W-What?"

"I… I have a Math exam tomorrow and Issei-san said that you were good at it. C-Can you help me with that?"

I knew that her tone was as fake as her current attempt of pulling a nervous expression, her act another attempt to investigate my presence at the park the night before and, as much as I wanted to kick her out for the sake I was in a world of pain already as I was now, I… decided to let her in.

"S-Sure."

She nodded and walked inside, eyes scanning inquisitively before settling to the living room table and placing the books there. The girl looked back, a patient glance while I slowly made my way towards the chair the opposite she was currently sitting on and I prepared myself to deal with possibly the last issue of today.

Gods, I hope I am not going to need to throw up to the bathroom now with a cute but dangerous character in my house.

AN

First chibi is in and… Koneko is going to be kind of fun to 'write' next time.

The sweet-toothed Nekomata will have her main mission to find any evidence of our MC being implicated with the debacle of the day before… but will end up with something else. No, I don't plan to make something 'that' disgusting regarding the last bit of the chapter. I am not that cruel towards lil' chibis.

Also another thing, I might add 'one' big-boobed character to go after our MC, but it will happen much, much after, when there will be 'a reason' for the two to meet.

EDIT: Another chapter fully-corrected!

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Reader0007: The character I planned for is partly 'Harem-stolen' but she has little connection with Ise if not for a minor but important reason so… yeah.