Highschool DxD: Dragon's Ascent

Chapter 41: Cooked x Chicken.

~A/N: Here is an extra long chapter, as a treat~

Rias looked at me in disbelief and so did Akeno. And I understood why but I could not sacrifice my dramatic entrance, it's not always that I get an opportunity like this.

Rias stared blankly at my face for a solid 5 seconds straight, just trying to comprehend the words and that just came out of my mouth and back respectively.

And when Rias.exe finally finished rebooting she managed to squeeze out some words.

"Takumi-kun? Did you become a devil? How!? Who!? Whose peerage did you join!?" Rias shot up from her chair in a panic-like state while I shook my head fondly.

"Well, I was planning on yours but if it is a bad time I can come back late- Puhak! "

I tried jesting before I was hit by a crimson-coloured human-shaped heiress missile called Rias pulling me into a hug. I could feel my ribs crack when she slammed into me and pulled my body into a crushing hug. In the corner of my vision, I could Akeno smiling fondly in happiness.

Not knowing what to do I also wrapped my arms around her, supporting her as she looked up at me with equal amounts disbelief and happiness.

"Really? Are you sure? I thought you didn't want to join? I mean I would be as happy as I could be if you did-" I just put my finger to her lips to silence her ramblings.

She must have been really stressed to be like this.

...Now I feel bad.

I will make it up to her later.

"Well, clearly I changed my mind, didn't I? I can't really stand by the sidelines and watch you handle that burnt chicken by yourself, can I? If I couldn't make this little sacrifice I wouldn't be able to call myself your boyfriend." I decided to put a title on our relationship because referring to her as my not friend but also not really my girlfriend in my mind.

And I wasn't even lying here, even if I did not plan to become a devil at first I would have pumped her peerage full of elixirs and made a light nuke potion with a feather from Azazel and Hydra venom to put down the Phenex scion.

Letting her go was never on the list of possibilities despite what I made Sirzechs think.

*Chu!*

Instead of choosing to give a verbal answer, Rias slung her arms over my neck and pulled down for a quick kiss, not a lustful French one but a quick one filled emotion. Releasing her arms from around my neck she backed off slightly, red still staining her face she took a moment to recompose herself before posing the question.

"I am very glad Takumi, but, how did you become a devil already?"

*Ahem.*

It was at this moment that Rias noticed Grayfia who had been standing in the corner of the room ever since I got here, she looked both happy at the fact that Rias was so happy and annoyed at the fact that it was the perverted brat she served who was making her happy.