Located in the picturesque town of Kuoh, this massive institution was a powerhouse in the Japanese education sector.
For the longest of times, this prestigious academy was only available for female students who were the cream of the crop in the country. However, that was set to change from today onwards as declining birthrates had finally taken it's toll.
Kuoh was made a co-ed institution the previous year. A decision that was opposed by a large fraction of both the students and the parents but nonetheless pushed forward for the sake of the academy. Although male enrollment was minimal due to the Academy going through an adjustment period, a small number of men had already entered the prestigious Academy.
Today marked the beginning of the second year since the change and it was the day when our story began.
"I sure hope Asaka-san didn't mess up the address." The one speaking this words to himself was a young Japanese boy that looked like he was 16.
He was rather unremarkable in appearance with his regular black hair and eyes but a closer look showed that he had a somewhat handsome visage.
The boy was currently standing outside the gates of Kuoh Academy with what looked like a small map in his hands. He was dressed in the standard uniform for the Academy.
"Excuse me. Could I help you with anything?"
His current dilemma was noticed by a young girl that looked a year older than him. She had jet black hair as well and she had the aura of a strict person.
" As a matter of fact, I would indeed like your help Ms? "
" Shinra Tsubaki. I am serving as the student council vice-president. And who might you be? "
" The name's Yogiri Takatou. Now Shinra-san. I wanted to know whether the Academy mentioned in this letter is this one. "
The now identified Takatou handed over a letter to the girl. Tsubaki took it from him and read the cover silently and to her surprise, it was addressed to the principal of the Academy.
"Your presumption is indeed right. This letter is addressed towards the Principal of this whom you should immediately visit. You can ask someone if you don't know how to get there. "
" I see. Thank you for the help. "
The Principal's office was just as grand as one would expect of such a grand Academy with a separate building for the Principal office. It took him a little while to get there but with the help of some kind passerby students, he eventually made it there.
"So you must be the Takatou-kun that Asaka was talking about?"
The one who greeted him after he handed over the letter was an old lady who looked like she was in her fifties. She was dressed in a grey suite that oozed the dignity of an accomplished human being.
"While I don't really know the circumstances behind you being here, I can't just reject a plea for help from my cute granddaughter. So welcome Takatou-kun to Kuoh Academy and I wish you a pleasant stay".
" Thank you ma'am".
With this, he had officially become a part of Kuoh and he could only hope that highschool was half as fun as what Asaka-san made it out to be.
"So who was that boy that you were talking to?"
Tsubaki had finished her rounds and returned to the student council office when her mistress asked her this question.
"I don't know. He had a letter that was addressed to the principal so I informed him about that."
"Oho. That is not something that you see everyday. So what do you think? Does the boy have any potential to join us? "
Tsubaki could see that Sona was interested.
" Not really. He is really ordinary as far as I could tell. I even tried releasing a bit of mana to see if he would react but there was no reaction. "
" That's too bad then. Do inform Rias about this. Satan knows she needs all the help she can get. "
" I'll do it".
The classroom for 2-A which he was part of was half empty when he arrived. The ones who arrived were mostly girls. He could feel a few curious glances on him but opted to ignore it since he was feeling sleepy.
Half an hour later, the entire class was already present and a teacher entered the classroom.
"Settle down everyone" She asked the class which led to the quietening of the class.
"We will not be having classes today so once you introduce yourself to your classmates, we can call it a day. Regular classes will be starting from tomorrow onwards and the schedule will be provided to you before leaving". The teacher said.
One by one, every single member of the class introduced themselves. As far as Takatou was concerned, most of them seemed unimpressive but three guys in the class did manage to capture his attention.
The trio of Hyoudou, Matsuda and Motoyama was quite a bizzare one. While Takatou himself was no stranger to perversion like every other hormonal teenagers, it was the first time that he had seen people who were so openly perverted.
Then again owing to his limited interaction with human beings other than Asaka-san, he could not say that he was great at judging human character in the first place
"My name is Yogiri Takatou and I'm new to the Academy since I have just arrived in Japan from Europe. I hope we can get along".
It was time for him to introduce himself so he tried hard to give an introduction that was in line with the backstory that was provided to him by Asaka-san and the Organisation.
His introduction did spark a small bit of interest in the class who took a quick look at his profile before settling down. He could feel a few curious glazes as well as a few hostile ones, the latter of which came from the Perverted Trio.
After introductions were finished, the teacher did as she told and handed out the print for each student's schedules before dismissing the class for the day. Even so most of the students remained in the class since it was a good opportunity to make friends, an opportunity he didn't mind missing out on.
He exited the class amidst the chatter as multiple cliques were being created or reforged since apparently most of his classmates had been together for the first year as well.
The house that was prepared for him was in a secluded part in the outskirts of the City. It was quite a large house designed to look like a traditional Japanese Yakuza house.
"Welcome home Takatou-sama"
As soon as he entered through the front door, he was greeted. The one greeting him looked like a young woman but a careful scrutiny could point out some rather unnatural parts sticking out from her body. She was dressed in a traditional maid outfit with a long skirt.
"I'm home Pixie" Is Asaka-san back yet? "
"Asaka-sama has yet to return from the organisation's branch office in Kuoh and I was informed that she would be arriving late".
Pixie was a member of the Sakurai series, a set of high tech Androids who were designed to look and act like regular human beings. These Androids were capable of thinking like human beings and all twelve of them were assigned to taking care of his house.
"I'll be taking a bath then. Please arrange it for me".
" As you wish Takatou-sama".
After taking a nice long bath he ate lunch before returning to his own room, leaving the Androids to do their job. The organisation was kind enough to provide him with all sorts of video game consoles ranging from the old PlayStation to the Nintendo Switch and everything in between.
For most of the evening he played different games until it was time for dinner which was informed to him by one of the maid robots.
"Has Asaka-san returned yet?" He asked Pixie who was the one tasked with keeping up conversations with him.
"Asaka-sama has not informed me of any changes as of now"
As soon as Pixie said this, she suddenly became quiet before saying.
"It appears that Asaka-sama has returned. I would like Takatou-sama's permission to go and greet her."
Pixie informed him to which he nodded affirmatively.
"I'm home"
Yogiri Asaka was a good looking woman who looked like she was in her late twenties. She was dressed in a blue office suit that was not overly form-fitting or loose. She, just like Takatou, had black hair and eyes and an well maintained figure with volume in all the right places.
"Welcome home Asaka-san" He greeted the woman who was for all purposes, his surrogate mother.
"Ah Takatou-kun. How was school for you?" Asaka asked.
"Well, it seems pretty interesting. There are a few people who looked like they'll be fun to be around"
He thought back about the Perverted Trio as he answered the question.
"That's great. As for me, I was informed that I can start working for Kuoh office from tomorrow onwards. Isn't that great?"
"It sure is"
After Asaka had taken a bath, both of them had dinner before going to sleep.
"So did you find anything about our suspicious new friend Akeno?"
Rias Gremory, one of the two great ladies of Kuoh and the heiress to the prestigious Gremory clan asked her Queen.
" You and I both know that information gathering is not one of our strong suites Rias. That said, he's a ghost as far as I could tell at first glance. No educational or medical records, no birth certificate, nothing. I have requested help from Lord Sirzechs. We can only hope that he'll find something out for us.
That said, your suspicion of Hyoudou Issei having a sacred gear proved to be right. A big one at that. I have confirmation that Azazel has tasked a trio of fallen to monitor him who should be here in a week's time"
One could feel the venom in Akeno's voice at the mention of the fallen.
" The pervert? That is interesting. Let's see if we can get him to join us"
" Knowing that kid's perversion all you need to do is offer him a pair of boobs to fondle and he'll come running to you"
" But that doesn't sound like fun. Let's see if we can use those fallen to our advantage"
Two weeks flashed by him with highschool proving to be occasionally interesting.
The lectures were something that he barely paid any attention to but the crazy antics of the students when it came to the more popular students were amusing in it's own rights.
As a matter of fact, his new favourite pastime was watching the Kendo club chase around and beat the crap out of The Perverted Trio who never learned their lesson.
There were other interesting characters around like The Prince and The School Mascot but he didn't have much interactions with them.
As far as friendships go, he could say that he had failed in forming any meaningful bonds in the week that he had been here, opting to be a spectator.
At the present, he was taking a small walk through the school's backyard when he came across a sight that baffled him.
Hyoudou Issei was standing with a girl.
Now if it was anyone else, he wouldn't have been as surprised but Hyoudou was notorious even among the first years due to his perversion. And to top it off, the girl looked like she was confessing to him.
Not wanting to miss the spectacle, he moved closer and to his surprise, he was indeed correct about the girl confessing.
Hyoudou was just as perplexed as he was given the fact that the girl confessing to him, Amane Yuuma, was really good looking but he accepted it in a heartbeat. Not wanting to impose any more, he left the scene without making a sound.
The day ended without anything else happening although Hyoudou himself was gloating about his new girlfriend to his two pals.
"It appears that the fallen has made their move. One of them has approached the perv" Akeno informed.
"That's fine, I'll have my familiar put a summoning pamphlet on him. So did Elder Brother inform you anything about the other one? "
" Negative. He's a ghost even with Sirzechs-sama's connections. He has informed us to remain cautious when dealing with him".
" Is that so? He sure is an interesting boy isn't he"
The weekend was nothing special for Takatou who primarily opted to stay home playing Monster Hunter but Asaka asked him to go and take a walk around the town instead of being holed up in the house. Was it a wise decision? Of course not but she trusted him to take care of himself.
Walking around Kuoh was largely uneventful although he did run into Hyoudou having a date with Yuuma.
Since he wasn't tasteless enough to intrude upon other people's dates, he went the other way. He ran into a few of his fellow classmates along the way but didn't bother talking to any of them.
By the evening, he was resting in a Park on the Town Center when Hyoudou and his girlfriend entered his vision. They were talking about something before the girl suddenly started glowing like in one of those magical girl shows and soon her dress was replaced by what looked like a Bondage costume.
Now this was something he couldn't just ignore so he walked closer until he could hear what they were saying.
"I had fun with you Issei-kun but I am sorry to say that you must die now"
Now that was something that he never heard anyone say in a date.
"What?!"
It appeared that the perv was in the same boat but before he could say anything, the girl pulled out what looked like a spear of light and thrust it through the boy's stomach.
Now Takatou was no stranger to death since it was a part of who he was but to see such senseless one-sided slaughter was a bit too much. Especially since Hyoudou didn't deserve to die, probably.
But alas, there wasn't anything he could do so he just had to leave him to fate.
"Ara? It appears that we have ourselves an unlucky witness. Now I can't have that can I? "
It appeared that he was discovered by the would be murderer. Not wanting to exert himself by running away, he turned to face the woman who had closed in on him. The perv was on the ground and his eyes were begging Takatou for help.
"I am sorry to have trespassed on you murdering him but can you let me go? I promise I won't tell anyone" He said.
"Now aren't you an intelligent one. But sadly, I can't allow you to walk away from here. But since you are so cute, how about us having some fun before I kill you?" The woman winked suggestively.
"No thanks. So there is no way you can let me go am I right?"
"Pretty much"
"Alright then. Die"Without having much of a thought, he unlocked one of the gates of his seal.
"Huh?"
Amano Yuuma or rather Raynare was confused for a moment before she lost her temper and tried to summon another light spear to impale the cocky little bastard but to her utter confusion and dread, she couldn't do it.
As a part of a superior race, Raynare had the ability to process information ten times faster than what humans could do and her brain was informing her that her body was dying, fast. Every single cell in her body was shutting down and she knew she only had a few seconds to live.
An awful dread encompassed her at the thought of her life ending
She had a lot of things left to do. She wanted to make Lord Azazel proud of her and get a good position in the Gregory. She couldn't die in this place like a nobody. Alas, her death was set in stone as she had crossed the one thing that she shouldn't have crossed.
"Who are you?!"
That was the last thing the black winged woman said before she dropped like a sack of potatoes. To any observer, she looked like she had fainted but Takatou knew she was dead. His powers were absolute in that area.
He walked out of the area leaving the perv to his fate. In the end, he never noticed Issei's right pocket glowing nor the red haired woman who stepped out from a magic circle that appeared in the clearing.
"So did you get the perv Rias?" Akeno was currently brewing tea for her mistress who seemed a bit out of it.
"I did and I took him to his house but a strange thing happened. The fallen angel that killed Issei was dead when I reached there"
"That certainly is perplexing. Are we sure that it was not Issei who killed her? Like his Sacred Gear acting up without his knowledge or something?"
"I can't deny that possibility but the problem is that she didn't have any injuries to her body. In fact, if I didn't make sure she was dead, she could pass for being asleep rather than dead. Issei's sacred gear should be powerful since it took me eight of my pawns to turn him but I haven't heard of any Sacred Gear that could kill without injuring"
" So you are saying that someone else is responsible? "
" Quite possibly. And that person is the one whom we should be wary off if they can kill a fallen so easily"
" Sir, we have received confirmation that the seal imposed on 'alpha omega' has come undone"
A young man in a lab coat spoke to an old man who looked like he was a scientist. They were currently standing in what looked like a high tech laboratory.
"What?! Give me that device?" The unnamed old man lost his cool as he snatched the small mobile device from his assistant's hands before taking a good look at it.
"Dear God it's true! Immediately notify Asaka of this. If someone pissed 'him' off for good, then humanity itself will perish"
As someone who had been dealing with 'him' since 'he' was discovered almost two decades ago, the old man knew what would happen if something bad happened to 'him'. While not all of his superiors shared the same view, he knew just how dangerous the alpha omega could be.
"But sir? How did the seal come undone? Aren't seals supposed to suppress the target?" The assistant raised a valid question.
"I forgot that you were new here Miyamura-kun. The truth is that we are simply incapable of sealing 'him'. He was the one who created the seals on his powers so he can undo them as he likes"
"But sir, isn't that practically useless if he is such a dangerous individual?" The now named Miyamura asked.
" That is where you are wrong Miyamura-kun. The Alpha Omega is not a dangerous being on his own. On the contrary, he is exceedingly peaceful with a great disinterest in most matters"
" Then why do we have such strict security around him? "
" You see Miyamura-kun, humans tend to fear things that are unknown to us. It is a basic biological function that we have which has helped us to survive when we were nothing but upright standing ape.
The Alpha Omega in essence is the personification of the unknowns that we so fear. And when human beings are afraid, we tend to do either the bravest or the stupidest thing possible.
Doing something stupid against him can cause the world itself to end so we at The Organization tries to protect the world from committing something stupid against him. It is our founding principle and it will remain so until he tires of us and leaves"
The old scientist explained to his assistant. There was a bit of a scientist's curiosity in his voice which gave Miyamura an idea on why he was the prime authority when it came to taking decisions about 'him'.
"On another note professor, I have been informed by our Cybernetics division that someone tried to probe into the identity of 'his' current alias. Should we take care of them? "
Miyamura gave orders to his own subordinates to contact Asaka before he informed the professor.
" That is certainly news to me. Do we know of their identities?"
" Unfortunately, we were unable to trace the perpetrators down to the root since the order for the attack was carried out through multiple layers of fodder organisations but we are eighty percent sure that The Gremory Enterprises are behind it"
" I see. Then there's no need to take any actions since we can't afford to go head to head with them out in the open without compromising our position. Just keep anything confidential about him out of the grid for now"
The Professor as someone who had lived for quite a while, was someone who knew about the truth of the world. While there were people in the Organisation that wanted to set the Alpha Omega off against 'them', he was not one of them. He could only hope that those young ones in Kuoh wouldn't drag their race into a war that they could not win.
"Takatou!"
The moment he reached his house, Takatou was greeted by an angry Asaka. He was a bit tired from using his powers after some time but nonetheless he couldn't just ignore her either.
"What is it Asaka-san?"
"I was informed that you just used your powers. Didn't we have an agreement that you wouldn't use it while you are here?"
Asaka sounded genuinely angry.
"Well, I did promise you that but I had to break that promise since the opponent was actively trying to kill me".
"What?!" Asaka exclaimed.
And so he explained what happened in the park minus the part where he left Hyoudou out to die since he didn't want to make her any more mad.
By the time he finished giving her a rough account, Asaka looked genuinely shocked.
"So you are telling me that you killed a woman with black wings wearing an SM outfit who was trying to impale you with a spear of light. Am I correct? "
" Yes I know it sounds crazy but it's true. You should ask them to clarify what is going on. Now I am a little sleepy since I had to use my powers again so I'll be going to sleep now"
He finished, leaving behind a confused Asaka who soon dialled took her phone out and called somebody.
Sunday passed by rather quickly since he remained at home all day. Asaka had an urgent meeting of some sort to attend to and she didn't return until midnight by which he was sound asleep. She was gone early in the morning as well, leaving him to go to school on his own.
The lethargy from using his powers were gone and he was back to peak performance. He reached the classroom and took his seat only to find a dishevelled pervert intrude upon his personal space with no sense of decorum.
"You! " Issei started. "You was there right? When she stabbed me?!" Issei took a hold of his collar and started shaking him desperately.
Now there was two ways in which Takatou could have acted in this situation.
1. Pretend like he didn't know what was going on, leaving the perv on his own or,
2. Accept that his accusation was correct and face the consequences.
While Takatou was rather lazy, he was not a liar so like a good person he stood up, grabbed Issei by his collar and dragged him out with him, leaving the class with strange looks focused all over them. While he was no physical powerhouse, neither was Issei and it was no problem to take him with Takatou.
Once they reached a secluded hallway he stopped and said, " Yes, I know what you are talking about."
" What the hell man! Why did you leave me out to die?! And what the hell happened to Yuuma?!" Issei looked at him accusingly.
" What else was I supposed to do? That woman was holding a sharp weapon. I didn't want to get myself killed. Also, stuff happened and she died"
" What do you mean she died?! "
" I meant what I said. She died after she killed you. Well, nearly killed you since you are alive right now. How did that even happen?"
" I have no idea. I blacked out in the park and when I woke up, I was in my home with no injuries whatsoever. Then I come here to see that absolutely no one seems to remember Yuuma. You are the only person who does"
The perv explained.
" How about you wait a day to see if you can find any clues on what happened? Maybe the person who helped you will contact you. " He suggested.
" Let's do that then" Issei had calm down to an extent.
The rest of the morning was the same old routine with the added exception of Issei flocking to him during the breaks. The girls didn't take kindly to him interacting with the perv but he couldn't care less. By the time lunch break was supposed to begin an unexpected event occurred. The Prince of the School, Yuuto Kiba appeared in their classroom.
Appearance wise, Kiba was one of the best looking guys that Takatou had seen, limited as they may be. He had Western features with blonde hair, blue eyes and a chiseled face. His build was similar to that of a Japanese ikemen but he could see that there was some serious definition in his muscles that resembled those of a martial artist.
"Is there an Issei Hyoudou and Yogiri Takatou here?" He asked. His sound seemed to match his looks.
"What do you want?!" For some reason, Issei was hostile to him.
"Rias-buchou asked me to take you both to her." Although this was a request, there was a hint of iron in his voice which made it seem like more of a threat.
"What do you mean Rias-oneesama wants to see that perv?!" Some random girl in the classroom yelled and he could see several classmates nod in agreement.
"Well let's go then. Can't keep Rias-sama waiting". The perv's attitude took a U-turn but Takatou had seen that coming. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to predict how Issei would behave under such circumstances.
"What about you? Are you coming?" Yuuto asked.
"Sure, why not" Takatou shrugged before he and Issei started following the blonde boy.
They walked around for a bit until they reached a building separated from the school. It looked like one of those old Victorian era mansions that he saw in those soap operas that Asaka-san liked to watch.
They entered the building and the interior was far grander than he expected. Some serious money was invested in here he could say.
Yuuto led them to a room that looked a lot like a living room with multiple sets of sofas lying about. There was a little girl sitting in one of them that he recognised as the school mascot, Koneko Tojou.
Koneko for the lack of a better term was a beautiful loli. She seemed to resemble a grade schooler more than she did a highschooler. While there were people who liked such kind of women, he was not one of them, since he preferred women with mature bodies.
Speaking of such body, the next person who made her entrance in the room with a tray of tea in her hands was the epitome of a mature woman. Even Takatou, who normally didn't have much interest in the female anatomy, could say that she was a bombshell, much less the poor perv who was ogling her with eyes that resembled that of a starved hyena.
He knew who this girl was.
Akeno Himejima. One of the two Great ladies of Kuoh alongside her bestfriend Rias. She had black hair and violet eyes with a body to kill for. A textbook example of a Yamato Nadeshiko he felt.
He was idly wondering if she ever got any back pains owing to those huge breasts when she spoke.
"We are sorry for the inconvenience but Buchou is currently taking a shower and she will be with us soon"
Now that seemed to wake the perv up even further as he looked at the silhouette in the next room that was covered by translucent glass.
After a while of Issei trying and failing to catch a glimpse of whatever was on the other side, the door opened and another bombshell walked out.
Apparently, there were too many unbelievably beautiful people in this place.
Rias Gremory, the girl who walked out had crimson hair and a figure that matched that of Akeno's. She had a bit of water in her hair from her shower which she was drying off with a towel. All the while, Issei was busy ogling her.
"So I am glad that both of you decided to come here" Rias started speaking. "Tell me Hyoudou Issei-kun, Yogiri Takatou-kun do you believe in the supernatural?"
"Supernatural as in things like ghosts, demons ...?" He replied.
"That would be correct"
"Personally, I believe those things exist since they have no reason not to exist"
If he existed in this world, what was preventing such supernatural beings from existing. The perv appeared to agree with him.
" Well then, you will be pleased to know that each and every single person in this room, barring yourself are devils" Rias announced with flair as black bat like wings sprouted from the back of everyone in the room excluding Issei who seemed shocked at the sudden revelation.
It appeared that he was correct in his assumption that things were going to be interesting for him in this school.