Highschool DxD: Devil Never Cry

Chapter 1: Average Day

A young boy walked down the stairway into an underground bar. Upon entering, he took a seat in front of the bartender.

"What'll it be?" The bartender asked, cleaning a shot glass.

"Make it a strawberry sundae." Issei replied.

The bartender turned to face him after such a ridiculous request. "Sir..."

Laughter echoed behind him as three men were sitting at a table, playing a game of cards and taking a smoke.

"This is a bar. It's no place for a kid." One of the guys said.

"Oh? Then I'd expect to smell more alcohol, but the smell of blood is what's assaulting my nose." He said as the room turns silent. "Well, that's fine with me... What I'm interested in is this strange rumor I heard. They say that somewhere around here there's some outdated, violent bar. A place where they'll take someone's life in place of money. It's pretty scary."

The second guy at the table placed his cards down and puffed out some smoke.

"Forgive me." He said.

"Royal Straight Flush, is it?" Issei asked, shifting his right eye over his shoulder.

(1:10 up to 2:36)

~***~

He arrives at the gates of Kuoh Academy. Just by looking around it was obvious that the ratio of boys to girl was small. He got to the classroom to be welcomed by a smiling Motohama and Matsuda.

"Issei! Ready to join us for some glorious babe action?!" Motohama shouted for all to hear.

Issei groaned as he felt glares from the entire class.

"Like I said before, I'm not a pervert. So stop dragging me into your stupid life choices." He replied dryly.

The class wasn't expecting that of response. They all thought he was a pervert like those two, but they were wrong.

The teacher soon came in and class began.

~***~

Inside the old school building, a group sat at the couch. One was the student council president and a girl with crimson hair as they were playing a game of chess.

"So what did you found out, Sona?" The crimson girl asked.

Sona pulled out a file from her bag and slid it across the table. "Nothing much really. Only a name, birthday, and address. Not much is known about him or his guardians." She replied.

The crimson girl hummed to herself as she read over the files.

"What are you planning, Rias?" Sona asked, suspicious about her childhood friend.

Rias looked at her. "There's something about him that intrigues me, we know the Fallen Angels have targeted him. If they plan to kill him then we'll give him a flyer." She replied.

Sona looked at her, knowing that she plans on requiring another piece to her side. In her case, she'll approach him directly and ask.

"Why not approach and ask him directly instead of letting him die?" She asked.

"It would scare him if I were to do so." Rias said.

Sona shook her head and moved a chess piece across the board.

"That's checkmate." Sona said before taking her leave. As she left the room, Rias looked out the window at Issei, who was sitting under a tree. She wondered what this power was that's inside him. She faced a girl with a long ponytail then spoke.

"Akeno have Koneko watch him for now until we know more." She said.

"Yes Rias." Akeno replied.

~***~

Issei was walking back to his house. He was extremely annoyed because the Perverted Duo were peeking into the girl's locker room again and dragged him into it. The Kendo Club thought he was defending them and attacked only to be beaten in lightning speed. 

At the bridge, he felt a presence behind him, No doubt about it. It was a Fallen Angel. He continued to walk when a voice called out to him.

"Wait!" Just by the tone of the voice it was obviously a girl.

He sighed and turned around. The girl seems to be flustered, but clearing faking it. 

"You're Issei right?" She asked.

His eyes narrowed for a second. "Yes, why?" He replied.

She was quiet for a bit. "W-Would you like to go a date with me?" She asked.

He knew that it was a trap as it would end up with him being killed. Probably thought he possessed a Sacred Gear. 

"Sure. What's your name?" He asked.

"Yuma Amano." She replied.

They went their separate ways soon after.