Asking a Fallen Angel Out on a 'Date'

Sitting on my seat I couldn't help it as my eyebrows and lips twitched, unsure whether to cry or be incredibly annoyed.

"Fudo-kun, please, give me an answer about who won the Independence Wars of Japan," the teacher in front of the class, looked over at me with an impatient look on her face. But how could I answer a question about an event that never happened in my world?!

Goddammit, God, why could you have given me some background information about this world? Huh?!

At my mental cursing, I felt a headache hit me, like a hammer to the side of the head, and I winced.

"Tsk..." I clicked my tongue lightly, bringing my hands up to my temples to rub them. Rias, and Akeno, both looked at me with raised eyebrows, as if the answer to this question was incredibly simple yet I wasn't getting it. "I don't know, teach. Please enlighten me," I bowed my head in apology, knowing that not answering the simply question would make me look like a complete idiot.

The teacher, and most of the class, looked at me like I thought they would - like they were looking at an idiot.

The girls still had the haze over their eyes, thinking I was still perfect, but the envious/jealous boys were all looking at me with disdain. Especially the nerdy-looking guys. But I didn't react to them - why should I? All I needed to do was study a bit and I'll get up to shape in terms of history knowledge. Thinking about it, I probably should have studied before I got into the Academy but oh well. Not much I can do about it now.

"O-Okay, well the answer was..." the lesson carried on with only a bit of time spent on my embarrassing lack of knowledge. But a few minutes afterwards, a piece of paper found itself on my desk.

Looking at the finely folded paper, held together with a red seal of the Gremory Clan, I looked to Rias with a deadpan look.

The red-haired princess in question didn't even look my way, like she was completely innocent, but from the way she was leaning slightly toward me, I could guess her attention was on me. Sighing, I peeled off the Gremory Clan sticker - not a wax seal or a magic seal, but a kids' sticker - before opening up the piece of paper that seemed more like an official letter than a classroom note.

[You're in desperate need of tutoring, Akira! It's only lucky that both Akeno and I are very studious and are willing to tutor you! Come to the Occult Research Club room after school today, around 6:00 PM! See you then!]

Sighing, I closed my eyes and composed myself before looking to Rias who was next to me. She still wasn't looking at me, but the excited smile on her face spoke dividends about how she'd known I'd read the letter. Looking behind Rias, I saw Akeno looking straight at me with a teasing smile on her face before she held up a finger, lightning flickering around it.

Ah, she's entered her S Mode. Seems she's also excited about the teaching. Though she'll be disappointed to find that I'm not an M, nor will I play along with her fetishes.

Turning my attention back to the front, I started seriously writing down everything said so I could review it later. I did have the highest scores back before I transformed, so it shouldn't be that hard to get back to the top, right?

. . .

"So, the plan is that I approach her and ask her out on a date?" I asked, still feeling that this was a bad idea, "What about the fact that she'll probably know I'm a Devil as soon as I approach her?" I once again asked, suspicion at the effectiveness of this plan.

Akeno smirked as she lifted her hand, placing multiple little magic circles all over my body, "Well, Akira, we're covering you in stealth magic to hide your Devil scent. She should only get the smell of a dragon and the feel of your Sacred Gear when she's near you. Even if she really digs for it, you'll know because her energy will start flaring. At that point, you can get a preemptive attack on her before she complete whatever she would be trying to do," she spoke in her usual teasing and seductive tone, and traced her hand across my body, more and more magic circles appearing.

Though, I did suspect that she didn't need to make physical contact. Heh. Not that I'm against it, so I won't complain too much.

Nodding, I gave my agreement to the plan, and Akeno continued applying the magic.

While she was doing this, I looked over at Rias, "What do you want me to do during the 'date'? Poke at her for information or wait until she tries to make a move and then apprehend her for questioning?" I asked, looking at the person I now called my Leader. It was weird, honestly. To go from the leader of the Devilmen, to being under someone else's leadership but honestly? I didn't mind it. It was a change of pace and being the leader isn't always fun - usually, it's never fun. You have to make all sorts of serious decisions and most of the time, people end up hating the leader because of that.

So I was glad I didn't have that burden in this world. I'd had enough of leading for now, anyway. Maybe in the future.

"Hmm," Rias put a find on her cheek, entering a cutesy thinking pose before she exclaimed and clicked her fingers, "Definitely the latter. Though do you think you can handle her? She's a decently powerful Fallen Angel," she asked me, worry on her face.

Seeing this worry, I smiled, sincerely for once. It had been a pretty long time since someone worried for me instead of me worrying for them.

"Don't worry, Rias, I'll definitely try my best not to worry you," I teased her, and Rias went a little red before pouting. Knowing why she was annoyed, I smilingly shook my head, "Trust me, Rias. I won't fall to such small fry, okay? I promise," the redhead turned to me and put out her hand, her pinky finger extended.

"Pinky promise me, Akira. And beware, if you break this promise, I'll be really, really mad!" she huffed, her princess complex coming out in full-effect. But it didn't bother me. It was honestly pretty cute of her when she acted like this.

Akeno smirked while she continued to do the magic, while I rolled my eyes jokingly and lifted my hand up and locked my pinky finger around hers, "Is that good enough, Rias?"

"Mhm," she shook her hand and by consequence, my hand, with a cute little smile of victory on her face. Should be illegal to look that cute, but whatever.

Letting go of her pinky finger, the magic circles around me flashed bright red and yellow before combining into one big circle and then disappearing. Akeno clapped her hands, as if wiping dust off of them before speaking with a smug look, "It's done. And in record time, too~" she playfully said.

Shaking my head and chuckling at the antics of this unusual girl in front of me, I wondered if that made me unusual, seeing as I was on such good terms with her. She was the one who taught me how to use my Demonic Power. Gives my flames a pretty big boost in power, is what I found from that session.

"Then, I'm off. She's posing as a second-year, right?" I asked, receiving two nods of affirmation, "Okay. Wish me luck~" I playfully said before jogging off to the place where the second year classes were.

. . .

"Can you get out of my way?" I 'politely' asked the five goons standing in front of me. I could see the Fallen Angel in the classroom which was behind them, but I couldn't enter because they were standing in front of me, blocking the entrance.

"Why should we?" one of the taller ones snorted at my question, he stepped closer to me but obviously underestimated my height as I was still much taller than him. But even when he flinched at my presence, being backed up by his buddies, he gathered his courage and continued speaking, "We've heard rumors about you from the third-years - you're a goddamn womanizer who wants to take all the girls from us!"

"Eh?"

"Don't try and deny it! We can see that you're some kind of bishounen, so back off and go bug some other class!" the same guy said this, his voice slightly louder which gained the attention of the people in the class.

And more specifically, the attention of the Fallen Angel who looked at me with her violet eyes.

But I ignored that and lifted a hand up to my face, feeling it. Bishounen? But I'm not a pretty boy! I'm roguishly handsome, goddammit!

"...Move out of my way, or I'll kick all your asses," I lifted one hand, while putting the other in my pocket, "With one hand. Let's see how the girls in your class view you after that," I smiled as I said this, but it wasn't a handsome or attractive smile: No, it was a smile that was filled with anger.

After a bit of flinching, the guys in front of me realized what I'd said and got all annoyed and frustrated.

"Oi! Bastard!"

"You arrogant prick!"

"Don't get cocky! There's five of us and one of you!"

Smirking at the last thing said, I grinned before nodding, "Yeah, it is pretty unfair with five of you and one of me...why don't you go and get some more people for your side? It should be a little more fair if you do that," I taunted them, wanting them to attack first so I didn't get in too much trouble if this was brought to the school's attention.

"That's it! Let's show this pretty boy who the boss is!" the taller boy said, getting nods in return before they all rushed at me.

My eye twitched when he called me a pretty boy again, and I decided to go on the offensive now that they'd charged. A few quick steps forward and I was in front of the tallest guy, he looked shocked, but I couldn't care less and slammed my fist into his jaw. Not at full power - he wouldn't have a head left - but just enough to knock him out.

He dropped to the ground, and with another person coming near me, I brought my arm to the side and slammed my elbow into the boy's jaw. He dropped like a sack of potatoes and I ducked under a punch.

I could have taken the punch without a problem. In fact, the guy who was punching me would've been hurt instead. But I didn't want to appear too inhuman in front of the Fallen Angel, Raynare. Otherwise she'd get suspicious.

Spinning and twisting my body around, I nonchalantly brought my body up into a standing motion while slamming the back of my fist into the next youth's jaw. He also fell to the side without much resistance. The other two people of the original five, stopped where they were standing, their eyes wide and their mouths in the shape of 'O's. The same could be said for the people in the classroom looking out of it.

"D-Demon...!" one of the youths said and I turned to glare at him. Walking over the knocked out goons, I stood in front of the person who said that, leaning over him and glaring at him with rage I didn't know I had.

Grabbing his shirt, I pulled him up and onto the tip of his toes, before growling out my anger into words, "Don't ever call me that word ever again, understood? Because if you do, I'll use both my hands next time I decimate you, and you won't have your buddies to back you up," I dropped him and he fell to the floor with a very unmanly sound coming out of his mouth.

I could still feel Raynare's eyes on me, her vision scanning through me like an X-Ray. I summoned my Sacred Gears energy signature and leaked it out of me. Suddenly, her violet eyes widened and looked at me with both caution and killing intent. Though they were well-hidden so only I really saw it.

But even then, that proves it wasn't that well hid.

Walking into the classroom, I could feel the tension in the air and how everyone around me had their guards up. But I couldn't care less right now. I walked in a straight line, right toward Raynare. She looked at me like everyone else, but she also tried to look coy and innocent, obviously trying to seduce me.

When I got in front of her, I suddenly bowed, and while still looking at her, I spoke, "Will you go on a date with me, Amano-san?" I smiled, trying to turn up the charm but it probably didn't look that good because I was having to fake it.

If Raynare were a normal girl, she'd probably straight up say no, but I'd laid out all the bait she needed to know, that would effect her decision.

"Y-yes, I wouldn't mind it...?" she put on a innocent voice which seemed a bit forced, and her violet eyes batted coquettishly at me.

"Akira, Akira Fudo," I smiled before carrying on, "I saw you this morning and I couldn't hold myself back from asking you out on a date!" I said, internally rolling about and dying at the cringe and cheesiness at what I was saying. Why did Akeno have to give me such weird lines to say?

I could practically hear her laughing, and--Oh god, what if she's recording this?

"Then, Fudo-kun, I'd love to go out on a date with you...what do you say we go out tonight? I can meet you near the school at around 5:00 PM, if that's fine with you? There's a carnival in a nearby park and I really, really want to go to it," she excitedly asked, and I had to say, if I were a normal boy who didn't know what and who she was, I would have no doubt fell for her acting.

"Mhm, that's fine with me. I'll see you then!" I forced an excited expression onto my face before turning around and quickly making my leave and heading back toward Rias and Akeno.

. . .

"Hmph!" Rias huffed and turned away from me as soon as I saw her, which confused me, and when I turned to Akeno who was smiling, I gestured toward Rias, asking 'What's up with her?' through my body language.

"I was listening in on your conversation with Raynare with some Magic - it was quite funny, might I add," she chuckled to herself before carrying on after seeing my lamenting expression, "And Rias was next to me. She's mad that you blew off our tutoring session tonight to go out with another girl," she smirked, her eyes filled with mirth at my situation.

Hearing the reason, I was a bit stunned. Walking over to reason who was giving me a sidelong glare, her cheeks puffed up slightly and her lips pouting, I gave a somewhat awkward smile.

"I thought you'd want me to sort out the Fallen Angel problem before our tutoring session?" I asked.

Suddenly, Rias turned toward me, indignation written across her face, "Yeah, but-but, I wanted you to at least hesitate before you answered her with a yes!" she sulked even more, being 'a bit' unreasonable and I sighed before pulling her into a hug, making her yelp in surprise. But she didn't pull away or struggle to get free.

"I'm sorry, Rias. I didn't think it meant that much to you. But this mission should come first, over some tutoring, okay?" I stroked her back and feeling her silky smooth hair that was inbetween her back and my hand, "Though, if it makes you feel any better, I'll come back for some tutoring after the mission, okay? And you can teach me for as long as you want and I won't complain even a little bit," I said with a smile, feeling some actually solace in my interactions with this girl.

She may seem bratty and annoying to deal with...but after you've been in a war between races, well, such things don't bother you anymore. Instead, I get to focus on the fact that Rias treats me like actual family to her, despite me being pretty much a servant to her.

I guess what I'm trying to say, is that I put up with her because when I had no one and when I was getting lost down the bottom of a bottle, she was there for me. This peerage is...it's all I have in this world.

So I don't care if she has a princess-complex; Rias means something to me.

And this time, I don't plan on losing anyone. No matter what.

"Mhm...that's acceptable...Akira..." Rias mumbled, her voice muffled from her face being pressed against my chest.