Gutsy Sekiryuutei's Question Corner: Best Friends vs. Best Friends

"Welcome everyone to DxD's Gutsy Sekiryuutei Question Corner! I'm your host, Azazel." Azazel walked across a stage to lean against a table placed between two longer tables.

"For those of you joining us for the first time, this segment is used to give us needed answers to the characters of the story. This time we'll have 4 guests who will partake in a very special question corner." Azazel fixed a stack of index cards on the table and pointed to his right,

"Over here we have…"

"Aaaaaah! Where the heck am I? What is this place? How am I even here? And what have you done to Saji!?" Michael panicked as the spotlights revealed him in his seat.

"Ahem, Mike…" Saji tapped Michael's shoulder from beside him before waving to the audience.

"Oh…there you are…but still how did we even get here?" Michael asked, "And don't even say magic…"

"Good to see that this question corner won't get boring with you in it, brat." Azazel smirked.

"Ero-Sensei? Just what the flip is going on?" Michael asked.

"You're on our new segment Gutsy Sekiryuutei's Question Corner. Where you'll give us your honest answers and opinions that the viewers have been wanting to hear." Azazel said.

"Viewers? Just what are you talking about?" Michael didn't get Azazel's weird way of talking.

"Mike, he's basically telling us that this segment will allow us to interact with stuff that are meta pertaining to us." Saji explained.

"Really? But if that's the case, then what if we get asked something brutally hard that can scar us in the long running." Michael asked.

"Don't worry. Since this segment is allowing us to go meta, then it will probably be noncanon to the main storyline." Saji said.

"Cool! Then I can say anything I want!?" Michael grinned.

Coughing to grab their attention, Azazel said, "Now that we've introduced the idiot and the nerd."

"Hey!"

"Yeah...its not Saji's fault he's an idiot."

"…" Saji glared at him.

"What?" Michael blinked.

"Like I was saying now we're moving on to this side. Where we have our two other contenders!" Azazel pointed to the other table and the spotlight flashed on to reveal both Rias and Sonia elegantly sitting on both of their sides.

"It's pleasure to be here." Rias giggled.

"Quite." Sonia nodded with a faint smile.

"K-Kaichou!?" Saji almost knocked down his chair in shock

"And look its Buchou! Hey, Buchou, you're here too?" Michael waved at Rias, who was more than glad to wave back.

"Now that we have both sides introduced let's move on to the rules! In this special Question Corner, you have your best friends with you so it will be each of your jobs to answer questions pertaining to your friend."

"Hah! This will be easy! I've been best buds with Saji for years!" Michael patted Saji's back and laughed his head off.

"I guess this will be a test of friends!"

"Yeah, Bromance!" Michael shouted.

"Never say that again." Saji was dead serious after hearing that word, people were watching and it can be taken for something dreadfully worse.

"Fine…"

The two gave each other a high-five.

"I find that our friendship stemming from our childhood will become quite useful for this event." Sona turned to Rias with a confident smile.

"Doing this every once in a while, isn't so bad. I honestly want to measure how much we know about each other." Rias nodded with a smile of determination on her face.

"Good now that we have the poor saps *AHEM!* contestants on board! Let's begin on this side!"

Azazel approached Michael's side and pulled out a card.

"Oh, yeah! Bring it! I'll answer anything!" Michael was getting a little too excited.

"For your first question, tell me whether your best friend has ever experienced their first kiss and if they did, with who?"

Looking a little nervous, Saji said, "Uh…well, actually…"

"Saji's never kissed a girl except for his mom on the lips! Yeah! I nailed it!" Michael pumped his fist in the air.

*SMACK!*

"You bastard! You promised, you didn't have to say it like that! Adding the part to where I kissed my mom made it even more sad." Saji growled after slapping Michael behind the head.

"Actually its still the exact amount except the mom part was an added bonus. And really how old are you? A boy your age should at least kiss a girl, what are you always so focused on reading books that you don't have time to mingle with girls your age?"

"The question's been asked! So stow it!" Saji hissed.

"I'm just saying." Azazel shrugged.

"Saji, try to compose yourself, your embarrassing me as your master if you can't behave yourself." Sona groaned.

"H-Hai, Kaichou." Saji slumped down into his seat.

"Now we can see the others answer questions!" Michael grinned.

"Now Saji answer for Michael." Azazel said.

"Eh?" Michael blinked in surprise.

"I did say that both of you did need to answer for one another so tell us Saji, who stole Michael's first kiss?"

Gulping, Michael looked sketchily around as he came across Rias who was giving him the cutest of smiles while a horrid red aura surrounded her part of the stage.

'I'm done for…' Michael whimpered as he looked at the growing smirk on Saji's face.

"Saji wait before you say anything. I'd like to apologize for answering for you like that. I'm really, really sor-!"

"Michael's first kiss was with Irina Shidou, when they were just children. Michael wanted to keep it a secret since Rias-senpai was his second kiss. Is that good enough."

Azazel and Michael's face were stunned by the boy's descriptive answer, finding deeper meaning with Saji just throwing Michael under the bus with no hesitation.

"Damn…" Was all Azazel could say.

"Michael…" A low voice grasped his attention as he looked over at Rias' table and gasped in fear. The aura that surrounded her was thicker and completely dyed in a terrifying glow that threatened to engulf the entire stage.

"Y-Yes?"

"Now may not be the time for this. But I demand you explain this to me while we're alone got it?" Rias' sharp glare pierced through the aura and directly at Michael as he felt his heart stop for a moment.

"U-Understood, Buchou…please have mercy on me…" Michael cried.

"Mercy's the last thing you'll receive from me." Rias narrowed her eyes.

'I'm so dead…' Michael's head fell on the table.

"Welcome to the "Your life sucks" club, we've been expecting you." Saji relished the bittersweet victory while it lasted because it was not the girl's turn to answer their questions.

"Now let's move on to you two." Azazel shuffled his deck of cards to pull out a single card and said, "Ohoho…this will be a good one. Answer this what are each of your BWH measureme-?"

"No." Both interjected before he could finish.

"Fine then, I guess I'll choose another question then…killjoys…" Azazel picked out another card, "For this question I want you to honestly answer me this. Have either of you shown excessive love towards both of your older siblings in the past, and do you still do?"

"There may have been a time where Rias had shown an "excessive" amount of love towards, Sirzechs-sama, but now she's grown and past that phase. So yes, she used to, but not anymore." Sona explained.

"How thorough. Now to you, Rias." Azazel asked the crimson haired girl.

"Speaking for Sona, she's just like me when we were younger. She loved her older sister, Serafall-sama to bits and did everything with her until she started getting older. Her sister is quite a handful for her at times, but she still loves her, but not to the "excessive" extent as before." Rias nodded.

"That's right." Sona nodded.

"But Kai-sama on the other hand is a different story." Rias said.

"W-What?" Sona's eyes started to widen once she heard that name.

"Ever since we were little, Kai-sama would be in charge with taking care of Sona while Serafall-sama was away on business with her Maou duties. Sona always sought praise from him and hated to be separated from his side. I even remembered when he used to babysit us, she just wouldn't let me play with him directly and hogged Kai-sama all to herself. It may not be evident, but I still believe she may hold some of that kind of love towards Kai-sama though."

"R-Rias. That's enough." Sona's outburst caught the attention of everyone, especially Saji. Her face was red as her glasses were a little fogged up.

"Eh? But its true, after the Three Factions ended their meeting, you came directly to me in tears about how happy you were since Kai-sama praised for the first time in ages. You even kept patting the spot on his head that he patted." Rias found her friend's embarrassment quite fascinating as Sona simply fixed her glasses and look away.

"Fine…think what you want…" Sona wasn't even denying that as she begrudgingly accepted the truth.

"How ironic. Serafall's a siscon, and her little sister is a brocon. If that's not irony, then I don't know what is." Azazel shrugged.

"B-Brocon?" Sona stammered as she tried to calm her nerves, the stress of that single question.

"So Kaichou's a brocon? Well you learn something new everyday, huh? Hey, Saj. What's up with you man?" Michael snapped his fingers.

"Cute…" Saji was caught staring at the flustered Sona with a growing blush on his cheeks.

"Come on, dude. Get a grip." Michael sweatdropped.

"Now back to the Idiot and his sidekick!" Azazel pulled out another card.

"Hey!"

"I know, I should just be called the Idiot! I don't need to share the great spotlight with a sidekick!" Michael shouted.

"So what, you're taking back the "Idiot" title?" Saji asked.

"Yeah, so?"

"You just downgraded yourself from a nerd to an idiot."

"At least I don't have such a vague title, Saj-meister. Or should I say my trusty sidekick!"

"I could care less for you right now." Saji groaned.

"You boys get a fun question to answer, name the fetish of your best friend." Azazel stated the question.

"H-Hey, I don't think we should say this out in public so…"

"He gets turned on by girls who wear glasses." Michael bluntly pointed at Saji.

*SMACK!*

"Ow!"

"Think about how your word things moron! A question like this is really personal." Saji hissed, "And this dumbass is into girls with long hair tied into ponytails."

"Oooh! Quite a variety you two have." Azazel snickered.

"Rias, what are you doing?" Sona asked.

"Hm? Oh, I was just fixing my hair. It's been bothering me for a while like this so holding it up will help." Rias wasn't subtle with the way she was bounding up her hair into a ponytail. Almost everyone sweatdropped except for Michael as he bitterly grinned. Rias knew that if his fetish were true then Akeno would naturally have the advantage so she needed to regain enough ground to match her.

"Now that question seemed a little easy so answer this one for us. State the dream of your best friend." Azazel smirked.

"His dream? Well, its simple, and he basically says it everyday. Michael wants to eventually become a Maou. Short and simple." Saji shrugged.

"That I could have figured out." Azazel groaned.

"I'm right here you know! I'm not that predictable!" Michael shouted.

"Just state Saji's dream already."

"Well he says he wants to be the Ultimate Pawn for Kaichou, so nothing much there…" Michael trailed off, "Shoot! Wait, I almost forgot. Remember during that time when we helped Kiba, you told me that you wanted to impregnate Kaichou and marry her in that exact order!"

"!" Everyone in the room gasped as the froze in place after hearing that statement. Saji's heart skipped a beat as he grabbed Michael by the collar and cried,

"YOOOOOOOOOOOOOU! Why must you always ruin everything I love! And why are you so blunt about answering my part of the question!? The Kaichou is sitting right there and your ruining my chances of ever being with he-!"

"Did something happen?" Sona looked up from a book she brought along to read.

"Sona, you weren't paying attention?" Rias who was still shocked asked her busy friend.

"I was so engrossed in this chapter that I forgot about the question corner, so did I miss anything important?" Sona's curiosity was piqued.

"Actually, I was asked to answer Saji's dream and it was-Mmmmguah!" A piece of duct tape kept Michael's mouth shut. Thanks to Saji.

"That's enough out of you!" Saji silently hissed, "No it was nothing, Kaichou carry on with your reading!"

"Hm…" Sona shrugged and did just that.

"Seriously thought I was going to get exposed there." Saji wiped his forehead.

"Now returning to the ladies, let's give you a fun question. Ah! Here we go. Tell us the way that both of you feels towards the two pawns on the other side of the room."

"Should I go first?" Sona asked for permission.

"I don't mind." Rias shook her head.

"Rias' feels adoration for her servants, but lately I've seen a different pattern of that adoration whenever Michael Hanamura is involved. She's been shown to be quite busy dealing with his messes, but instead of feeling frustrated, she's happy. Seeing her smile is good enough for me to know that she absolutely cherishes him." Sona's soft words caused Rias to blush along with Michael as he tries to peel off the duct tape on his lips.

"Sona's always been a hard worker and expects no slacking from her servants and I can't say that she's favoring anyone more out of her servants. She runs a well-oiled machine and watches Saji just like any other member in her peerage. She is quite proud of him though and tries to help work out on his issues that he's goes through as a member of the student council. So, she finds him to be an energetic little brother that needs a lot of her help." Rias explained.

"Man…" Saji groaned.

"Bummer, she thinks of you as a brother, but look on the bright side, she's actually acknowledging you dude." Michael nudged at Saji's shoulder with a smile.

"Yeah." Saji still had some hope, yet.

"Now to be fair, answer this bonus question. Could you two name any nephews or nieces you have and would you mind telling us about them a little and how you interact with them? You two can speak about your own answers this time." Azazel coughed.

"I have a nephew who's born between Onii-sama and Grayfia. His name is Millicas, a very sweet boy, who's absolutely curious about the world around him. I used to play with him, whenever I had the chance to when he was just a baby. Right now, he's almost tall to match half of my height. He's smart and talented and is suitable heir to the Gremory clan after me. This places a lot of pressure on him even though he's still just a kid." Her answer was heartfelt as she sighed a little, a reminder for her to check up on him every now and again.

"I have a nephew as well, and he's been a close friend of Millicas. Only unlike him, my nephew, Shura is a of rambunctious child. His birth parents being Onee-sama and Nii-sama would explain that trait about him. He's the first in devil history to be placed as an heir of devil's household as just a half-breed. He's a gifted young man with tons of talents that can help him overpower an experienced High-Class devil. He spends time with my father and mother due to both my older siblings having too much work. He gets quite lonely at times and causes some trouble to gain the attention of Onee-sama and Nii-sama."

Sona gave a worried and wistful sigh as she had witnessed the boy get into one of his fits whenever he spends less time with his parents. Both third year girls gave one more sigh out of worry before saying,

"I should really visit him more often."

"Ah…the worrisome aunts how cherishing. Now let's move on!" Azazel made a complete 180 as he turned to face the Pawns.

"Now back to you two morons for your final question of the night." Azazel pulled out the final card.

"Really?" Saji asked as he pulled off the tape on Michael's mouth.

"Gagh! Couldn't you at least give me a warning, man?" Michael rubbed his mouth.

"No."

"Yup, you just have to answer one question for now."

"Sweet, so what is it?" Michael asked.

"State the other's insignificant secret and everything will be finished." Azazel tossed aside the card and waited.

"Insignificant? So something that doesn't matter right now, right?" Saji asked.

"That's what it means." Azazel nods.

"Dude, I'm going to be honest while trying so hard not to pull a fast one over you." Michael admitted.

"Thanks, Mike. I guess you do care after all." Saji started to tear up.

"That's why I'll pull one on you later, when you least expect it." Michael said with an honest to god smile on his face.

"You know I should really know better than to go along with your promises without hearing you out completely." Saji facepalmed.

"Ahem! Alright, so here's Saji's insignificant secret. He used to wear night braces whenever he had to go to bed during middle school." Michael crossed his arms.

"Mike…" Saji groaned and leaned in to whisper.

"What?" Michael waited to hear, "You mean you still wear them?"

…

"You never stopped using them since then? You have to get a new one every 6 months?"

….

"And your telling me to stop repeating everything you whisper to me before I make myself look like a fool."

"Already too late for that. This brat's been a fool before he's even met you, kid." Azazel laughed.

*SLAP!*

Saji facepalms and shakes his head.

"What?" Michael asked.

"Just sit back and let ME! Show you how to do this, okay! I just want this thing to be over and done with." Saji coughed into hand before answering, "This secret doesn't really matter because he's already dating Rias-sama, but there was this one moment where Michael once confided with me a secret and that secret was his infatuation with Grayfia-sa-"

"WHAT!?"

*DOOON!*

"Get down!" Michael pushed Saji out of the way as a blast of demonic power zipped past their heads.

"What the hell?" Saji gasped as he followed his sight to the source, Rias who was already on her feet with that eerie aura surrounding her like before but this time it had a very dark killing intent directed at Michael. Her hands were holding pure blasts of destructive magic that could obliterate them instantly.

"YOU FOOL! Why did you have to tell her that!?" Michael screamed.

"I-I-I thought it was okay since you two were dating!" Saji stammered.

"I-I-I-! Do you know I'm going to kick your ass if I survive this? Think about it! I'm dating Rias, Grayfia is Rias' sister-in-law. Do you know how bad things would get if she found out that I sort of have a thing for her sister!?" Michael pulled his hair in fear.

"So it's true!"

Stepping up over him, Rias' shadow blocked any hope of seeing the ceiling lights as he was met with the anguished face of his girlfriend, who was almost brought to tears. Rias already knew the charm of her sister-in-law, and how it would be possible for her to steal Michael away, she just didn't expect it to happen so suddenly.

The intimidating aura that surrounded her didn't make the situation any less dangerous.

"I see that you two are going to need some space so…bye!" Saji runs off before he gets killed in the cross fire.

"Wait, jerk!" Michael shouted before turning back to Rias.

"It seems things have escalated. I better leave now. Thanks for having me here, farewell." Sona left the stage while finishing her book.

"No, don't leave me alone…" Michael gave a pained whimper as he turns back to see the distraught Rias.

"So is that how it is, Michael? Are you telling me that you preferred Grayfia more than me this entire time?"

"N-No, that's not it…" Michael cried, "I didn't mean infatuation like that, Rias. I was just-! I was just-!"

Michael placed his hand out in front of himself and scooted back on the floor.

"Then tell me why your attracted to her. It's her maid outfit isn't it? If you'd had only asked me, then I would wear one to suit your needs. It's not just the ponytails you like about girls, is it?" Rias bit her lower lip and grew more frustrated meaning a high chance that Michael won't be coming out of this alive.

"No that really isn't it, Rias. Its just that she's-!" Michael hesitated.

"She's what? Tell me why you're infatuated Right NOW." Rias increased the output of her aura to further intimidate the teen.

"Because...because…I think naturally mature women like her are awesome!" Michael screamed.

"…What?"

"Don't mean anything against you, but Grayfia-san just has this air about her that interests me is all. She's so cool and I can totally feel the mature vibe that's coming off of her that most others close to my age have. Is that a good enough reason? Can I go on living now?" Michael gulped.

"Of course." Rias drops to her knees to hug Michael tightly, "Don't worry, I really appreciate you being honest with me. Now you don't worry about a thing."

"Phew…I thought I was about to die there for a second." Michael sighed in relief.

"Because I'll clean the taint that's defiling you right now, Michael." Rias firmly holds Michael's shoulder to prevent and escape and leans back to hold a fiery orb of demonic power.

"Clean what now?" Michael blinked.

"Even a sliver of that infatuation is dangerous. Right now it might just be that, but eventually it will soon take you away from me, and I can't allow that to happen. So just hold still while I just erase all of those lingering feelings before they evolve." Rias' eyes seemed rather lusterless as tries to press the orb of demonic power against Michael's chest.

"Hold up! Rias that's gonna do more than clean any taint!" Michael panicked and grabbed her wrist, "Ero-sensei! Help me!"

"That's all the time we have folks! Thanks for coming by for our Question Corner! We hope to see all of you next time!" Azazel laughed as he dropped the index cards and walked off stage.

"No! Don't leave me with her! I'm going to freaking die, man!" Michael shouted.

"It's already spreading. You're denying the only chance to be free, don't worry Michael. I'll free you from ever heading towards the dark side again!" Rias' strength took him by surprise as his attempts to stop were coming up a little short.

"I'm denying the chance to die! Rias, please stop! Dammit! How did you get so strong suddenly?" Michael grunted.

"I won't let Onee-sama take you away!"

*Shiiiiiiiiine~!*

Rias started power more power into the orb as it began to glow bright, a warning that it was going to blow all over Michael's face. No homo by the way.

"No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! N-!"

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

The explosion engulfed the entire stage and Michael was never heard from again…