Chapter 7 : The Riddle That Will Be Revealed!

Chapter 7

The Riddle That Will Be Revealed!

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Third person POV.

Araki POV.

Morning came again, ending the silence and darkness of the night into the warmth of the morning which also acts as a prelude for all living things in this world before returning to resume their respective activities.

"Ugh.. That dream again." Araki sighed softly while rubbing his eyes, these few nights, he always had a dream that felt so very strange to him, that dream, felt very real to him, even to the point of making him confused in distinguishing whether the dream was really real or the dream was just a sleeping flower.

Always he woke up from his sleep in a state of anxiety and daze, everything happened when he first had the strange dream, every time he had the strange dream, the dream was always different. Starting from a dream where he was killed by a strange creature he had never seen and also a dream where he saw a bloody battle that he was not sure if the battle really took place in this world. What is clear, every time he has a strange dream, he feels, something has happened to him, indeed he still does not know something what it is, but obviously, his life from now on will not be the same as his previous life.

Leaving aside the strange dream, Araki decides to get out of bed to clean himself up, the Academy clock is also about to begin, which means he must quickly prepare himself to leave, before he is too late which will only lead to consequences that he will never want to happen. He could not risk arriving late, if that happened, he would be forced to face a terrible punishment, which, the punishment was a call to come to the Student Council Building. Thinking about it, he was reminded of Issei who had been punished by the student council president for coming to the Academy late, he didn't know exactly what punishment the brown-haired young man received, but obviously, after seeing Issei's miserable condition after he returned from the Student Council Building, he came to know that the student council president was not a figure to offend.

(Short Timeskip)

After cleaning his body, Araki took the time to look at his reflection in the mirror, which showed a white-haired young man with a handsome face, his eyes seemed to be different colors from each other, which maybe, there are only a few people in this world who have this kind of specialty.

For a few moments, Araki just stared at the reflection of himself through a mirror in front of him, thinking about the purpose of every strange dream that had recently come to his sleep. He had no idea how the dream could have arisen and continued to follow it, obviously, it dawned on him that perhaps, something was going on. Whatever it was, if it hadn't bothered him, he wouldn't have cared too much about it, but what he didn't know, was that the dream was a prelude to a drastic change in his destiny, which would also lead him to a figure he could never have imagined.

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(Timeskip.)

Third person POV.

No POV.

•Kuoh Academy•

"Araki, have you seen Issei?" Matsuda asked softly, questioning Issei to Araki who indeed, the white-haired young man had recently been seen together with Issei.

"I haven't seen him." Araki replied, shaking his head softly.

"All right." Matsuda replied before walking away from Araki.

However, all of a sudden, there was a loud scream from the girls from behind the three of them, which immediately made the three of them very surprised and confused about what was going on. When the three of them turned around, they could see that there were a lot of female and male students huddled together cheering, indicating that something was going on.

Out of curiosity, Araki, Motohama and Matsuda decided to see what really happened, the three of them thought, that there might be a problem that was going on to make most of the Academy's residents gather, but when the three of them got there, they were instead presented with a scene that had never once crossed their minds.

"N-no way!" Matsuda exclaimed in disbelief.

"That traitor!" Motohama shouted with tears that began to flow from both eyes.

It didn't matter what they thought, it turned out that something that was able to attract the attention of the entire Kuoh Academy was the sight of a pair of young men and women who were seen walking hand in hand while holding each other's hands intimately. Actually, the scene is not a strange sight, but that's not the problem, the problem is that the figure of the young man is a brown-haired young man who is famous for his perverted nature, along with a beautiful woman with long blood-red hair.

"Rias-senpai!!" One of the girls shouted in disbelief, after seeing that the most beautiful woman in the entire Kuoh Academy, was walking along with the most perverted young man in the entire Academy, of course she would not be able to accept this harsh reality.

"Impossible! Rias-senpai walks with the pervert Hyoudou-kun?!" The other girl shouted angrily and annoyedly, she felt unacceptable when she saw the most beautiful woman in Kuoh Academy walking along with an Academy trash, supposedly, Rias who incidentally was the most beautiful woman in the entire Academy, got a handsome and classy young man, instead of a perverted young man who was not even considered to exist in this Academy.

However, of course Rias and the perverted young man didn't care at all about the various insults that the surrounding students were saying to the two of them, they had absolutely nothing to do with this, no matter what they said, nothing more than meaningless words, which would have no effect on the relationship between the two if they both didn't care about their every word.

"Issei, I will send someone to pick you and Araki up later." Rias said while showing a beautiful smile on her very beautiful face, looking at Issei with her two beautiful eyes, before finally, she passed leaving Issei alone among the crowd of female and male students who were besieging him from all directions.

"O-okay, Rias-Senpai." Issei replied haltingly, to be honest, he felt very nervous when he walked together with the most beautiful woman in Kuoh Academy, Rias Gremory, the incident on this day really felt so meaningful to him, he never expected at all, that he would finally be able to walk together with his favorite woman.

After a long time of waiting and hope, in the end his wish was granted, even if only for a short time, he felt very grateful, maybe after this, there will be a lot of luck that he will get, because actually, he has been given a fortune that will make his whole life change completely. But unfortunately, just when Issei was fantasizing about his fantasy with Rias, a blow was taken on his right cheek.

"Ow! It must be hurt!" Araki said with a grimace when he saw Issei who was falling after being hit by Matsuda.

"Damn you, Issei. How dare you betray the perverted trio alliance we have made!" Matsuda exclaimed with tears flowing out of his eyes, after seeing Issei walking along with Rias, of course he felt unacceptable, somehow, he would not be able to let his friend get this kind of luck again.

"Never mind, Matsuda. Calm down!" Motohama replied while holding Matsuda's shoulders, even though he felt very envious and jealous of Issei's luck, but he still endured it, perhaps this was a small fortune that accidentally landed on Issei's miserable fate.

"Issei! You owe both of us an explanation!" Motohama exclaimed with annoyance, he felt that there was something strange that Issei had done, whatever it was, it had succeeded in making Rias want to walk with him, could it also be that it was a strong threat that even brought Rias to her knees? He really didn't know.

Araki ignored Matsuda and Motohama who were screaming with their own thoughts, the incident that happened to Issei, he really never imagined, although he was not sure if Rias really had the intention to walk with him, obviously, he was happy for Issei's luck.

"Are you okay, Issei?" Araki asked, reaching out his hand to Issei.

Issei turned to look at Araki with a look full of shock, for a few moments, it seemed that he was looking at Araki's face with his teary eyes, as if he was about to shed tears from both of them. And sure enough, unexpectedly, Issei suddenly burst into tears while hugging Araki's body so tightly, of course, the action he had just done triggered the people around him to be shocked to the point of not being able to say a word from their mouths.

"Issei! What are you doing?!" Araki tried to release the hug from Issei, I don't know what possessed the brown-haired young man, obviously, he felt very uncomfortable when Issei hugged his body.

"Araki!! Thank you!!" Issei said continuously for a few moments, without letting go of his embrace on Araki.

"What are you talking about, Issei?" Araki asked irritably.

Issei slowly let go of his embrace on Araki and looked at Araki's face in confusion.

"You don't remember, Araki?" Issei asked confirmingly.

"I don't remember anything." Araki retorted with an annoyed snort.

"You really don't remember what happened yesterday in that park?!" Issei asked with a slight shout.

"So it's real?!" Araki replied with a surprised face.

Issei immediately cleared his throat while staring around him. Araki, who realized that, quickly wiped away the sweat that soaked his face. Then, Issei slowly walked up to him and whispered something near his ear, which immediately left him speechless.

"Rias-senpai wants to meet us after school. There will be people who will pick up the two of us later." Issei whispered near Araki's ear.

"I see...." Araki replied, nodding his head softly.

"Hey! Don't neglect the two of us!!" Motohama and Matsuda shouted at the same time.

After saying something he had to say to Araki, Issei immediately turned his head back to look at Matsuda and Motohama with a big grin clearly displayed on his face.

"Oh, yes. Have you three seen real breasts?" Issei asked with a perverted grin at Matsuda and Motohama.

Indirectly, Araki immediately glared at Issei from behind his glasses, while Motohama and Matsuda shed more and more tears streaming down his cheeks.

"You traitor!!" The two of them shouted at the same time accompanied by tears rushing from the two of their eyes.

"Heeeh... They..." Araki sighed softly while gently pinching his nose when he saw the behavior of his three friends.

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Third person POV.

POV makeup.

After she said a few words to Issei, Rias intended to go to the Occult Research Club Building, just like her routine, but when she was on her way, she discovered something that surprised her, where, in fact, a girl with short black hair, wearing red glasses was leaning against a wall not far away from her.

"Good morning, Rias." The girl greeted as she smiled slightly looking at Rias.

"Good morning, Sona." Rias replied kindly as she smiled oxen as she walked up to Sona who was smiling looking at her.

"It's not like you thoughtlessly brought someone to join your family." Sona said while turning her gaze towards Araki and Issei who were arguing with each other.

"So?" Rias asked who had now changed looked at Issei and Araki from above with her two eyes which implied a huge sense of attraction.

"Well, I got another such a stupid member just now." Rias continued while smiling sweetly looking at Sona.

Sona looked at Rias's face in confusion, she slowly turned to look at Araki who was standing watching Issei and his two friends arguing.

"I see.." Sona said softly with a flat look on her face.

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(Timeskip.)

Third person POV.

No POV.

"Issei, you said there would be someone to pick us up, correct?" Asked Araki who was now standing in front of Issei's desk.

"You're right, Araki. Maybe soon." Issei replied with a lazy face.

"All right." Araki replied before returning to his desk to pack his stationery.

"Ahh!!"

There was the sound of the girls screaming.

Just as Araki was tidying up his desk, he was startled by the sound of screaming from the girls that sounded so very loud, at the same time, from behind the classroom door, appeared a blond young man whom he had never seen before. The young man has a fairly handsome face, his friendly expression and always shows a gentle smile on his face, in fact able to make all the girls throughout the Academy instantly fall in love with him.

"Hi." Say hello to the blond young man who was seen walking in from behind the classroom door.

"Tsk.. Handsome Prince? Go!!" Issei grumbled irritably.

For a few moments, Araki looked at the young man from behind the sunglasses he was wearing, when he first saw him, he felt that there was something that the young man was keeping secret from him, and all the people in this world. For some reason, he felt something strange in the handsome young man, something strange that everyone in this world did not have.

Although it was just a guess, Araki took a little serious about the strange feeling, but he also could not immediately conclude that the young man was really hiding something from him, he was still not sure of the feeling, but he came to know, that the young man was a little different from other people.

"Hello, greetings." The young man said kindly, looking at Araki and Issei in turn while showing a friendly smile that adorned his handsome face.

Unexpectedly, it turned out that the young man decided to get acquainted with him, making Araki a little surprised for a while, he did not expect, it turned out that the handsome young man intended to come here just to get acquainted with him. But, actually, there is something more than just an introduction that makes the young man come here, something, will be a sign that Araki's new life, will begin.

"Hello, greetings. My name is Kazuma Araki. It's nice to meet you." Araki said with a big smile while extending his hand.

"Hello, Araki-kun. My name is Yuuto Kiba." Kiba said kindly while receiving a handshake from Araki.

"Waahhh!! The Handsome Prince with the Mysterious Prince shaking hands!! I like this very much!" Shouted one of the girls with a blushing face.

"Don't tell me that they.." Said one of the girls before all the girls suddenly screamed at the same time.

After hearing the girls' screams, Araki began to sweat quite a lot on his face while smiling wryly at Kiba. Then, the two of them immediately let go of their handshakes and immediately walked towards Issei's table.

"What do you want?" Issei asked dismissively.

"I came to represent Rias-senpai to pick you two up." Kiba said with a smile, looking at Issei and Araki in turn.

"So you're the one.." Issei said spontaneously and immediately stood up from his chair.

"Can you two come with me?" Kiba asked, looking at Issei and Araki in turn.

"Sure." Araki replied with a smile.

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(Timeskip.)

Third person POV.

No POV.

"W-what room is this?" Issei asked Kiba puzzledly.Araki looked around the room and only found a little white-haired girl sitting on a chair in the middle of the room.

"T-that girl.." Issei said haltingly, pointing to the white-haired girl who was sitting.

"Oh, she is Koneko Toujou. First-year disciple." Kiba said, pointing at Koneko.

"Koneko-chan, this is Issei Hyoudou." Kiba said, pointing to Issei next to him.

"And-" Kiba's speech was interrupted by Araki.

"Thank you, Kiba. I'll introduce myself." Araki interrupted, smiling at Kiba.

"Alright, Araki-kun." Kiba replied with a smile looking at Araki.

Then, Araki immediately walked up to Koneko, while the white-haired girl just glanced at him with her face flat, without saying a word from her mouth.

"Hello, Koneko-chan. My name is Kazuma Araki, I hope we can be good friends." Araki said, reaching out his hand to Koneko.

Koneko just glanced at Araki briefly without responding to a handshake from him. Araki is made to chuckle a little by Koneko's actions, but he soon realizes that Koneko is seen eating a chocolate.

"You like chocolate, Koneko-chan? I happened to bring a chocolate given by my friend. I hope you can accept it." Araki said as he took out a chocolate from the bag he was carrying.

Koneko's eyes widened when she saw the chocolate in Araki's hand. Then, he slowly took the chocolate from Araki and immediately ate it.

"Thank you, Araki-senpai." Koneko said flatly.

"You're welcome, Koneko-chan." Araki replied with a smile while looking at Koneko.

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