"Rias' it seems that one of your servants have a rather distasteful look of hate in eyes towards me why is that?" Riser calls to her while looking towards Izuku who was giving him a deadpanned glare.
Riser's servants, the Gremory servants, and Ibara took notice of the deadpan after Riser brought it up.
Rias sent Riser a smirk while walking towards her own servants.
"That's because Izu understands why you make a terrible husband. He knows that with your servants being all female, you already have plenty of sex toys to play with, and I'm just another piece for your collection to you!"
Riser's brow twitched a little at Rias' outburst, which lead everyone else, except for Grayfia and Izuku to have shocked expressions at what she called his peerage.
"Mou! The redhead's mean!" one of the turquoise-haired Phenex Devils shouted with a pout, getting everyone, minus Izuku's attention.
"Who ya callin' 'sex toys', ya meanie?!" questioned her twin with furrowed eyebrows and a pout.
Riser chuckled at the loli twins' reactions as he smiled and turned his head to face them.
"Nonsense, girls. My Rias is just jealous that we're close to one another."
Riser beckons the two girls to come to him.
"Come, Ile and Nel, let's show her servants how close we are."
The turquoise-haired twins skipped towards Riser with chirpy smiles. After they made it to him, Riser bent over to Ile and began kissing her on the lips.
Rias began gritting her teeth in agitation, while the others, minus Grayfia, and the still deadpan glaring Izuku just a had look of disgust, as their tongues began to dance with each other.
While Riser and Ile were tongue kissing, the latter's cheeks turned dark-red while making lewd sounds out of her mouth as he began to fondle her left small breast, and the right cheek of her butt.
The two kept making out until Riser moved onto her twin sister, Nel, doing the same lewd actions as he did with Ile.
Izuku was still deadpanning at the Phenex Devil, fully aware of how much of a playboy jackass he was. While to everyone he looks like he's still deadpanning in silence, he did note that most of the girls in his peerage rolled their eyes and/or cringed at Riser's actions in disgust.
Riser notices Izuku's deadpan stare with a twitch in his left eye and a small red tick mark on his forehead. After finishing smooching with Nel, he sends him a glare with an angry finger pointing at him.
"You've been staring at me like that for quite a while now, boy!" He says to him with gritted teeth. "If you have something to say, then say it!"
The ORC gang, Grayfia and the girls in Riser's peerage looked to Izuku, who was still giving him the non-phased deadpan glare, and waited for his answer.
Surprisingly enough, about ten of Riser's servants were the most interested in what his response was going to be. Especially the blonde-haired girl in pink, who looked at the green-haired Pawn with a calculating gaze.
Taking a deep breath, Izuku folds his arms in front of his chest and sends a harsh glare at Riser.
"You're a fucking pathetic excuse for a man."
Riser widened his eyes in outrage at Izulu's reply, while the former's servants silently gasped at his choice of words.
"M-M-M-Me?! Pathetic?!" Riser sputters in anger. "Why you Low-class brat! Rias! You should be doing a better job at disciplining you servants."
Rias scoffed as she folds her arms under her bust with closed eyes.
"Not when it comes to you."
Izuku continued from there while keeping his glare tight on Riser.
"You call Rias' 'your beloved Rias'. Tell me, do you really love her?"
The ORC gang, Rias, Grayfia, and some of the Phenex Devils were surprised at the sudden question. Riser however just bursts into laughter.
"HA HA HA! What kind of question is that, boy?! Of course I love her! Not only does she have a hot and tight body, but she's also the next heir of the Gremory! What's not to love about her?! All of the High-class Devils would kill to have a hot chick like her! And guess what, Low-class, I'm the lucky groom!"
Rias, her servants, Ibara and even some of the girls in Riser's peerage looked disgusted at Riser's answer. Grayfia didn't show it, but she too hated the words that came out his mouth.
Izuku just shooked his head at him, keeping his cold stare on the jackass.
"Again, you're pathetic."
Izuku's insult fueled more rage into Riser's eyes as the latter started tightening his fists.
"You… How dare you call me pathetic a second time?! Do you know who you're talking to, boy! I am a Phenex! An immortal bird! And a High-class Devil! You should know your place!"
Izuku was unfazed at his yelling, and continued to speak.
"I dare call you that again because you only see Rias' as an object, a toy to play with. You believe that because of your so called 'immortality' and power, you believe you should get what you want, no questions asked." Izuku's eyes narrow as his eyes slowly shifted. "You don't love Rias' because of how much of a kind, warm hearted person she is, you only love her because of her reputation, and for her body, and body only."
The ORC crew behind him were left completely astonished by Izuku's words. They couldn't believe the guts he had to speak to a High-class Devil the way he's doing right now.
Rias was touched by Izuku's bravery. She felt butterflies in her stomach when she heard him speak out against her 'Fiance' and pointing out what makes him a bad person.
The blonde-haired girl in pink in Riser's peerage had wide eyes at the scene before her.
'He's not even afraid of him! Who is he?!'
The masked woman, and the woman with the large sword behind her back had nearly unnoticeable red cheeks as they stared at Izuku. They had to admit to themselves, they actually found him cute when he's acting tough.
Everyone except for Izuku then jumped a little when they heard Riser begin to growl at Izuku.
"You dare mock me?! An immortal High-class Devil, who will always be higher than you no matter what?!"
"A High-class Devil?" Izuku then let's out a chuckle, surprising everyone and infuriating Riser even more. "What I see is an overaged spoiled brat who probably barely trains in combat because of your so called 'immortality'. And because of that, you've gotten it all over your head, thinking you're an unstoppable being while being drunk off your own power." He then puts on a mocked disappointed voice for his last sentence: "Taking your power for granted like this. If you want my opinion, your parents should be ashamed of you," He then lets a smirk form on his lips. "Yakitori Bird Brain Motherfucker."
Everyone, even Grayfia could not believe what they were hearing. Izuku Midoriya, a Low-class Devil, was roasting Riser Phenex, a Devil of a higher class. Not regretting a single word coming out of his mouth.
Riser's eyes were now burning, both literally and figuratively. He took great offense at being called a 'Yakitori Bird Brain Motherfucker'. Deciding that this was the last straw, He shoots his head towards one of his servants.
"Mira! Shut this brat up!"
The blue-haired girl, the one he calls Mira, jumps forward with her staff held tightly in her left hand. She landed in front of Issei and looks at him with a face that's ready for battle.
Izuku just sighs at this and looks at Mira with a calm stare, not at all startled by her presence.
"I don't want to fight you, Mira," Izuku says in a calm, polite voice. "It's pointless to waste your breath."
Mira only smirked at Izuku, aiming her staff towards Izuku. She then thrusts it towards him, aiming for his stomach.
Unfortunately for her, her attack didn't go as she thought it would.
Izuku caught her staff with his left hand while his right hand was in his pants pocket.
Mira widened her eyes in disbelief at his block. She struggled to pull the staff out of his hand, but to no avail. Izuku had a tight, firm grip on the weapon.
Izuku's eyes become stern as he tightens his grip on the staff, making Mira gasp with widened eyes.
Izuku then strikes her with her own weapon on her stomach, sending her flying backwards back to the other Phenex Devils.
Everyone, except for Grayfia widened their eyes at Izuku's counterattack. Rias only smirked, knowing full well what her precious Pawn was capable of after his battles.
After two of Riser's servants helped Mira to her feet, she sets her glare at the boy who easily defeated her. More specifically, her staff in his left hand.
Izuku noticed her stare and gripped the staff tight.
"You'll get it back when your group leaves."
Mira widens her eyes a little at the stern tone in Izuku's voice. She didn't know why, but it also made her cheeks tinge a little pink too.
"D-D-Don't get too cocky, boy!"
Izuku turns his head to face Riser with a neutral expression, not at all fazed by his rage fueled voice.
"Mira over there is one of my Pawns, and she's the weakest of my peerage!"
Izuku could only scoff at this.
"That's kinda harsh, don't you think?"
"Eh?" Riser says with a raised eyebrow.
Mira, on the other hand, was wondering what Izuku was talking about.
"Even if she is the weakest in your peerage," Izuku continued. "It doesn't mean she can't get stronger."
Mira widened her eyes in surprise.
'W-What?'
Izuku continues from there.
"If you want my opinion, you should encourage your servants to get stronger so they can improve from their previous battles, not simply label them weakest to strongest and leave it at that."
The Phenex Devils widened their eyes at Izuku's statement. They did not expect him to be so encouraging for people to get stronger.
Mira in particular, was touched by Izuku mentioning her getting stronger being a possibility. She now had softened eyes with light-red cheeks caused by the kindness he had in his voice.
"Oh, that's right," Izuku says with slightly wide eyes as his brows stay furrowed. "You only use your servants just to satisfy the many fetishes you have. You probably don't give a damn about them becoming stronger than before, don't you, Yakitori Motherfucker?"
Riser's eyes twitched as he points an angry finger at him.
"Cocky bastard! Let's see how you do with a Rook and a Knight!" he then turns to the masked woman and the one with the zweihander. "Isabela! Siris!"
The masked woman called Isabela, and the zweihander wilder, Siris, jumped with slightly wide eyes at Riser's call.
They hesitated at first, but they walked towards Izuku's direction, afraid of what could happen if they disobeyed their master.
Izuku noticed them out of the corner of his left eye and turned his attention towards him, causing the two to get startled a little by his stare.
"I have no intention to fight with you two either," he says to them, sounding more polite than he did with Riser. "Please wait until the Rating Game. Then I'll fight with you two."
Isabela and Siris widened their eyes a little at his calm, kind voice.
"What are you two waiting for!" Riser snapped at them. "Teach him a lesson he soon won't forget!"
Izuku just sighed in frustration and turns his head back to Riser.
"Heh! I assume that's what you do during your free time?" Izuku begins to ask. "Bully lower-class Devils just to fuel your ego?"
Riser widened his eyes while beginning to sweat. This earned him a chuckle from Izuku as he continued.
"You really have no encouragement for lower-class folk to become stronger, don't you? That makes you even more of a sorry, pathetic excuse of a man, Yakitori Bird Brain Sadist Motherfucker."
Riser started grinding his teeth harder and balled his fists as hard as they could ball up. He shoots an impatient glare at his masked Rook and his Knight.
"Go on, you two! Fuck him up!"
"B-B-But Riser-sama," Siris stuttered with red cheeks. "The boy sounds serious about not wanting to fight us."
"Do as you're told!" Riser snarls. "He's hurting my pride!"
ZIP! POW!
"BUUAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHH!"
Everyone, including Grayfia, gasped in utter shock when they saw Izuku approach Riser in a mere second and slammed Mira's staff into his stomach. The force was strong enough, it made everyone's eyes as wide as saucers when Riser coughed up blood from his mouth and make him fall on his knees.
"Your 'pride'?"
Everyone jumped at Izuku's sudden change of tone in his voice. It sounded angry, agitated, fueled by rage.
As soon as Riser looked up towards Izuku, the latter's fist collided with the Phenex Devil's face, delivering a powerful punch.
The punch was so powerful, it caused Riser to collide towards the wall behind him with a small trail of blood flying from his face. As soon as he made contact with the wall, it formed a crater the size of Riser himself.
"Your 'pride'?!" Izuku repeated, sounding more angrier than last time.
Riser looked up towards Izuku with his expression twisted with anger. But that anger immediately dwindled and switched to nervousness as he started to see a green aura with a white outlining begin to radiate from Izuku like a smoking chimney, constantly getting larger every three seconds.
Isabela and Siris immediately backed away from Izuku to their fellow Devils while witnessing his anger towards their master. Even the blonde-haired girl was startled at the aura fuming from Izuku's body.
The ORC group, on the other hand, immediately recognized this aura as they started to become worried for their fellow Devil. Even Grayfia was staring at the aura as if it's something potentially dangerous.
Izuku's bangs were hiding his eyes, but Riser knew full well that he was staring at him with fury within them.
"Thy pride doth urge thee to inflict harm upon those of lesser station than thine own."
After Izuku said this to him, the green and white aura began forming a large silhouette behind him, with its white outlining thicker than the rest of the aura's flow was.
"Thy pride doth whisper unto thee that thou mayest act as thou wilt, solely by reason of thine esteemed repute."
Everyone could tell just by Izuku's voice that he was infuriated when Riser mentioned his pride.
"Wh… What's happening to Izuku-san?" Asia asked aloud, worried about her friend.
Rias and Akeno both became wary of what they were seeing and So was Koneko, but her eyes were showing fear and worry for Izuku, while Rias and Akeno were being cautious.
Izuku's eyes are now visible to everyone due to his aura's wind pressure moving his bangs out of the way.
"Thy pride dost bid thee wed a maiden solely for her repute!"
Izuku's voice was so loud and fueled with anger, it caused most people to flinch at the tone. The only person who wasn't fazed by it was Grayfia.
Everyone's eyes widened further when they saw the silhouette being more visible and taking form...as it's mere presence caused the atmosphere to make them feel scared and no longer safe.
"If thus it be," spake Izuku. "Then thou mayest wager thy very soul I shall beset a grievous blow upon that which thou dost name thy LOATHÈD PRIDE!"
Right after he said the word 'pride', the green and while like aura finally took form...and it was the form a mighty dragon staring deadly at Riser with nothing but hate in its eyes.
Riser started sweating bullets again as the green Like Dragon silhouette was glaring right at him.
'Such power..! And it's coming from him?!'
Riser's eyes widened in fear as his servants and Asia, Ibara and Koneko start shaking as they heard the silhouette Dragon literally growl at Riser.
Grayfia kept her posture while her slightly wide eyes were staring at the aura modeled dragon with caution.
"Izuku-san…"
"Izuku-kouhai…"
"Izu-kun…"
"Izuku…"
Rias then narrowed her eyes slightly at what she was seeing since this was something that she was surprised about since she never saw this before...and not even when they knew each other from that time when they were young.
Rias holds her hands into her heart.
'Izu… Just what's going on?'
Izuku kept his glare on Riser, who was currently unable to move due to how much the green Like silhouette Dragon behind him terrified him. Even his servants were too scared to move an inch from their position.
The group then widened their eyes further when they heard Izuku growl and saw the way he clenched his hands...and saw claws? And his eyes changed...with his iris being blood red.
Just before Izuku could take another step, him, along with Rias, Akeno, Asia, Kiba, the Phenex Devils, and even Grayfia widened their eyes when Koneko suddenly hugged onto Izuku's arm and started pulling on it twice.
And this seemed to have snapped Izuku out of it as he jumped from the sudden contact, causing the silhouette to evaporate in seconds. After blinking twice, his eyes iris returned to its original green emerald color. He looked down to his left to see a worried Koneko shaking her head rapidly at him.
"Riser-sama!"
The purple-haired woman ran towards Riser to help him get unstuck from the wall.
Izuku blinked once. Then twice. Then thrice.
"Koneko? You alright?"
Koneko's eyes softened when she heard Izuku's current voice. He sounded worried, and more gentle then he did when he had that aura radiating from him.
Koneko proceeded to cuddle up against his arm in relief.
"I am now."
Izuku tilted his head to the side when he heard her whisper that to him and was abit surprised at her at the contact he was given from his Short Senpai.
"Let's have the game in ten days, Rias."
Everyone looked towards Riser, who was being helped up by who Izuku assumed was his Queen. She gave Izuku a quick glare before escorting Riser back to his servants.
Riser gives Izuku a glare of his own with the latter simply flipping him off with the bird.
"Be grateful that I have other things to do, Low-class Devil, and that I didn't sent my Queen, Yubelluna to hurt you!"
Izuku only gave him a glare back while still flipping him off with his right hand since Koneko was still holding onto his left arm.
"Ten days?" Rias asked with a raised eyebrow. "Are you giving me a handicap?"
"Is it a problem?" asked Riser with a smirk. "If we were to fight now, you and your servants wouldn't be at their full potential. I'm simply giving you all time to train so the game would be at least entertaining for me."
Rias narrowed her eyes at Riser as an orange transportation circle appeared beneath his and his servants' feet.
Izuku then looks at Mira, who's cheeks turned a little red, as he brings her staff from his left hand to his right.
"I haven't forgotten, Mira."
Izuku then throws the staff gently at Mira, with the latter catching it in her hands afterwards.
"Don't be a disappointment to your master, boy!"
Izuku sets his attention on Riser with a neutral expression.
"I will admit, you're pretty damn strong for a Pawn." some of Riser's servants gasped when they heard what piece he is. "But don't think this means you can defeat me in the Rating Game!" Riser then turns to Rias. "Farewell, my love. The next time we meet will be in the game."
The Phenex Devils have now teleported away from the club room. Before they did, Izuku couldn't help but notice that most of the girls were looking at him with warm gazes, with three of them being Isabela, Siris, and Mira.
Izuku tilted his head at this, but decided to not think about it right now....but a certain Dragon thought otherwise while simply chuckling at what he just saw.
'It would seem my partner is gaining more than just power...yes...he deserves this'
Riser gave him and the team ten days to train for the Rating Game, and he did not want to waste these days.
Izuku went towards Rias when he saw her have a scared expression on her face. As he made it towards her, she jumped with a blink when she felt Izuku pulled her into a hug where her face was close to his chest that it made her cheeks turn red as she looked up, she saw the confident look in his eyes that made her feel like their were pulling her in.
Grayfia kept her eyes on Izuku, still thinking about what happened between him and Riser.
'What was that aura and power?' she wondered in her thoughts. 'It felt… familiar… In fact, it nearly felt like an aura that belonged to a-'
"You've got nothing to worry about, Rose"
Grayfia was interrupted when she heard Izuku talk to Rias with a reassuring voice. Akeno, followed by Kiba, Koneko, Ibara and Asia, walked behind him and gave Rias the same confident smiles as Izuku had.
"This is an opportunity for us to grant you your freedom," Izuku continued. "And believe me when I say this,"
Rias widens her eyes when Izuku's eyes narrow before finishing his sentence.
"When the Rating Game begins, I'm going to show that Phenex bird what real strength is!"
He said this with a look that can only be described as power.
Izuku right now was currently walking up a hill on a hot sunny day sweating while carrying a large bag full of heavy stuff, He, along with the rest of the Gremory Devils including Ibara Shiozaki were wearing a series of clothing that was fit for an explorer due to the location they were at.
Since the Gremory Devils were given ten days to prepare for the Rating Game against Riser Phenex, Rias decided to use that time to take her servants along with Ibara to an outdoor field surrounded by trees and rocky boulders so they could train for the game. But first, Izuku, along with Koneko and Kiba, have to make it uphill to where ever was up there while carrying a lot of heavy stuff on their backs.
"You're almost there," Rias said to Izuku as she noticed that he was making good progress on getting uphill.
"Visualize, Izu-kun," advised Akeno, who was crouched next to Rias' right, getting a drink of water while also enjoying seeing the sweat produce from Izuku's forehead.
"Visualize?!" Izuku said in a confused tone with a raised eyebrow. "What the Hell's that suppose to mean?!"
"Um, Buchou," Asia began, making Rias turn her head left to face her. "Maybe Ibara and I should help him?"
Ibara nodded at this while giving Izuku a look of worry as she saw how he was sweating alot.
"He'll be alright, Asia."
Asia looked towards Rias' who had a smile on her face, "Izuku is a very strong man," Rias' continued while giving Asia a confident smile. "If he can carry all of that stuff on his own, then I have no doubt his strength will increase from there."
Asia blinked twice at Rias' statement and then looked back to Izuku, who was getting near to where she, Ibara, Rias, and Akeno were.
"Buchou, I've gathered some herbs. Let's use them to cook a meal tonight."
Turning his head right to find the source of Kiba's voice, he widened his eyes in surprise when he saw him pass by on his right while carrying a bag was larger than his own.
'Damn! I had no idea Kiba could be this strong, since I've only seen him fight with swords that don't appear to be too heavy for him.'
"Scuse me."
Izuku made a face of shock when he then saw Koneko pass by carrying a bag that's about the size of a house.
Before he could comment on it, Izuku suddenly began losing balance due to the shock he was in. But before he could fall over, he focused his strength on his left leg, which he was balancing on, and tried to place his right foot firmly on the ground. Three seconds later, he got his foot there, panted four times, and slightly sped up uphill to make it to his friends.
'That… was a close one.'
He said in his mind while resuming his walk to the top of the hill.
Izuku finally made to his friends while panting heavily.
"Alright… I made it… to the top…" Izuku said in between pants.
"Great job, Izu," Rias congratulated. She then motioned her servants to follow her to their destination, with Ibara and Asia following them while next to Izukj.
By the time they made it to the area they were going to train at, Issei and Asia saw were surprised to see how amazing the area looked. They saw a white mansion with blue rooftops surrounded by trees, a circular pond in front of the mansion that was surrounded by shrubberies, and a circular structured column building at the ponds left, which too was surrounded by trees.
"Wow! How beautiful!" Both Asia and Ibara complimented with stars in their eyes and a happy smile.
"Yeah, it's a pretty cool location," agreed Izuku with a nod.
"Alright then," Rias began, turning around to face her servants. "Let's head inside, drop off our stuff, and begin training."
Izuku nearly face faulted at the last part she said, but was able to prevent it so he wouldn't possibly get killed by the heavy stuff he was carrying. He then shoots an annoyed glare at Rias.
"Seriously?! After towing all of our heavy crap?!" He then let's out a sigh of irritation while his eyes turned beady brown. "You really are a Devil, ain't ya?"
Rias turned her head towards Izuku's direction and gave him a playful smile.
"Why thank you."
Izuku deadpans at her response.
'Good Lord…'
And this caused him to feel a migraine just by saying the 'L' word.