I'm Hyoudou Issei!

Hyoudou Issei is my name. My parents and friends call me Ise.

I'm currently living the beginning of my youth.

Students I'm not familiar with would say, "Isn't that Issei?" Which is pretty annoying.

Am I popular, you say?

You could say that. Although frankly, being popular is an annoyance.

"Ohhhh... Murayama really has big breasts!"

"Ahhh... Katase has good legs."

Sigh... The two perverts on duty are already here.

"You're going to get beaten up if you keep this up, you know? Is it really worth it?"

"Of course! It's worth every damn second!"

"You wouldn't understand, school king! You have all the girls at your feet just walking in front of her!"

These two are hopeless, I think it's better not to bother with them anymore.

Since school was over and I had nothing else to do, I decided to go home.

On the way, I was pleasantly surprised.

"Please go out with me."

It was a confession from a girl.

Actually, I'm used to getting confessions like that, but this girl caught my eye. So I decided to accept the confession.

My girlfriend's name is Amano Yuuma. She has silky black hair and a slim body. She was so pretty that any average guy would fall in love at first sight.

Any boy my age would have said yes, if some beauty came up to you and said, "I love you, Hyoudou-chan! Please go out with me!"

That would be like something out of a dream for guys like the two perverts from before, who have never had a girlfriend since the moment they were born.

It wouldn't be weird if someone said, "What game Bishoujo did you get that from?"

But it really happened to me.

Have I ever had a girlfriend? No, I never have. At least on this life.

Until now, I thought I was a guy who was destined never to feel a girl's true love. All the girls who had confessed to me before conveyed a false love, which sincerely disgusted me.

This girl... she didn't convey true love either, but something about her caught my attention.

...........

Today was the day of our first date, and I was ready to use the plan I had made some time ago.

I checked that I had brushed my teeth well and cleaned up properly before I arrived at the site.

I got there about 35 minutes earlier than we agreed since they say that girls always arrive 30 minutes early for their first date.

By the way, the rumours are false.

She arrived at the exact time. During that time, I received a strange article from a suspicious-looking person. It was a sombre-looking thing with a strange magic symbol and a phrase written on it: "Your wish will be granted."

I didn't give it much thought and threw it away.

When Yuuma-chan arrived, I said, "Don't worry, I just got here too."

I've always wanted to say that.

We started walking hand in hand. On the outside, I'm all smiles, but on the inside, I feel disgusted.

This was all too fake.

We went to different kinds of shops, enjoying our date. For lunch, we ate at a family restaurant, where Yuuma-chan was eating a chocolate Parfait, and I just looked at her satisfied, as she seemed to really enjoy it. I think for a moment I felt like I understood the other teenagers when they go on a date, if only for a moment.

We were in the park far away from the city. The sky was getting dark, and we were saved from the fact that the place was empty. So, I thought it was too suspicious. Yuuma-chan was already far from me, standing in front of the fountain.

"Today was fun."

That's what she said as she smiled.

I can't deny it, she's cute. The atmosphere around her gives off a good vibe.

It's not true, though.

"Hey, Issei-kun."

"What is it, Yuuma-chan?"

"There's something I want to do to celebrate our first date."

Yeah, I think this is the moment I've been waiting for.

"Um, what do you want?"

Aaaah. The tone of my voice is deep. I won't sound too fake, will I?

But Yuuma-chan was still smiling at me, and she told me clearly...

"Would you die for me?"

…. Ummmmm. Huh?

I'm surprised, I didn't expect this.

"Ummm"? That... Huh? I'm sorry, can you repeat that again? I think there's something wrong with my ears."

I must have heard wrong. It can't be, right?

"Would you die for me?"

She repeated it, and this time while laughing. I can't stop a smile from appearing in my mouth either.

I was about to say: That's so funny, Yuuma chan.

BASS

Black wings appeared from her back. Her black wings were making a noise, and then, a few moments later, they touched the ground.

So this is what made her different from the others.

She is a fallen angel, and what caught my attention was that intention to kill that was no longer hidden. Although she hadn't hidden it perfectly when we first met, either.

"It was fun the short time I spent with you. It was like playing with a little boy."

Yuuma-chan's voice was very cold. Her tone was that of an adult. His mouth was a cold smile.

But, you know, Yuuma-chan, I felt the same way.

BUZZ.

There was a noise that was much heavier than the games. That thing was making a lot of noise, and it appeared in her hand. That thing looks like a spear. Is it glowing? Actually, that's a spear.

That must be the spears of light that Ddraig was talking about. Interesting stuff.

Then, there was the sound of the wind, followed by a nasty Slash. Sounds like she wanted to stab my stomach. I tried to remove the spear, but it disappeared. Can't I get the Spears of Light?

"I'm sorry. You were a threat to us, so we decided to get rid of you. If you want to hold a grudge, then hate God who put Sacred Gear in you."

Yes, I should hate the gods, but on a completely separate issue. Putting a Sacred Gear inside me is not something I have to hate them for. I wonder how they would react if they knew I had another weapon with which to kill them?

"So long, Ise... I really had fun today."

"Really? That makes me a little happy."

Yuuma-chan, who was already marching, stops and turns around to face me. She can't believe her eyes since I'm still in one piece.

"I wondered how long I had to fake this relationship, but I never would have thought that you would show your true intentions on the first date. You're an impatient girl, aren't you?"

Yuuma-chan takes a step back, looks like she's scared.

"What-what are you?"

Her voice trembles as she asks.

"Me? I'm only human, I think. I'm nothing special."

I shrugged.

"You wanted to kill me by burning a hole in my stomach, so I'm going to return the favour. It's the law of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. But don't worry, I won't do you any more than that. You might even manage to survive, who knows? I've never seen a fallen angel before, so I don't know how much vitality do you have."

Yuuma-chan steps back a bit more, her legs are shaking. She's starting to give me some grief. I mean, she is a descendant of someone created by the same entity who created me. I think that makes her my niece.

This family tree is a little weird.

The same force that carried that spear, same ability to penetrate. That's what I'm going to use in Yuuma-chan.

Thinking that, I raised my head to see that Yuuma-chan is running in the distance. It seems that the scare I gave her is enough to make her forget that she still has wings to fly.

I was in front of her at the next moment. My spear-shaped hand was inside her stomach.

As I pulled it out, I saw that my hand was stained with a crimson colour. That colour reminds me of that senpai who has the same colour hair. According to Ddraig, she must be a devil.

Devils are another race, like fallen angels. They usually live in the underworld, sharing half the territory with the fallen angels. Although that's a subject for another day.

Having finished my work here, I say goodbye to Yuuma-chan, who seems to be suffering on the ground, and I walk away whistling with my hands behind my head.

............…

What Issei didn't see when she left was a Raynare taking a brochure out of her back pocket. She looked at it with suspicion and clenched her teeth.

"Rias Gremory, I, Raynare, summon thee to this place."

She had seen Issei throwing away the brochure as she watched him before she arrived at the meeting place on time. Raynare knew what it was, the magic circle Gremory family brochure. Rias Gremory's familiar had been delivering it around the mall during the morning, so Issei had gotten one, too.

As much as she didn't want to do it, she summoned a devil. She didn't want to die, she really didn't!

Even if it meant selling her soul to the devil, she would gladly do it. She was already tired of serving the orders of stupid superiors, working hard to never get to speak directly to Azazel or Semhazai.

Why couldn't she? Was it because she was a hybrid of fallen angel and human?

No, there was another hybrid who had been born a year before her and had received more attention from Azazel, if only from the shadows. But that hybrid had never done anything to attract Azazel's attention. Just because she was the daughter of Baraqiel, was she worthy of Azazel's attention?

She, Raynare, was the bearer of a Longinus. Didn't that deserve Azazel's attention?

It seemed not, since she had always been under Kokabiel's orders. He always used her, as if she was just a doll who had to follow his orders.

Besides, she shouldn't have died at Issei's hands. She could have killed him with her Longinus.

Only if he wasn't human...

No, could she kill him even if he wasn't human?

That speed... he hadn't teleported at all. That was a speed a human should never reach. What's even scarier was that he had hit back with exactly the same power and penetration, even in the same place.

"Damn, I've had a shitty life. If I were to be reborn..."

"You're the one who called me, right? Huh? A fallen angel is calling a devil? I never would have expected this."

Suddenly, someone appeared in front of Raynare. She couldn't tell who it was since her eyes were blurry. But she could recognize that crimson hair.

"Gremory... save me..."

Rias Gremory had arrived at the site after being summoned by the fallen angel. She would never have expected that a fallen angel would have invoked her in her own city, as she had never noticed the presence of the fallen angels in it. Sona Sitri had not warned her about them either, so something strange must be going on.

"We are enemies, why should I save you?"

"I... promise to serve you..."

Rias didn't say anything. A fallen angel on the brink of death asking an enemy for salvation, this was something that had piqued his curiosity.

Raynare began to despair when she saw that Rias didn't seem to want to save her.

"I... Longinus..."

Raynare couldn't say more before she lost consciousness.

"Mm... looks like she's already lost consciousness, what did she want to tell me about the Longinus? Well, I'm short on members in my peerage, so getting one more wouldn't be bad either. Although she may die from mixing sacred and demonic energies, I think it's worth the risk."

Above Rias' hand appeared a magic circle similar to the previous one, but of lesser size, and a box appeared in his hand. She opened it and took out her evil pieces.

"Should I use a Knight or a Rook? No, neither one seems right on her. I think I'll use a better pawn."

Rias pulled out a pawn piece and held it close to Raynare's chest, but Raynare was repelled. Rias raised his eyebrows, pleasantly surprised. This fallen angel was more than she expected, for she had the courage of more than one pawn.

2 pawns, 3 pawns, 4 pawns.

No matter how many, they were all rejected.

The surprise on Rias' face gradually grew until the sixth pawn, where she began to worry. Was this fallen angel so valuable that she could not reincarnate her?

Rias breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that, with the eight pawn pieces, the fallen angel was capable of reincarnation.

Now, who had been able to kill a fallen angel with a possible Longinus? Was this fallen angel the only one of her people in the city? Why were they in this city? How had they entered without being detected?

Rias had many questions to ask Raynare, but first, something had to be done about her injuries.

A magical circle enveloped them both, and they both disappeared.