Recovery

Astral Plane

3rd Person POV

(Y/N)'s body was stiff to the bone, unable to move in the pitch black depths of the darkness that surrounded him. His eyes suddenly opened, only to find himself on a terrain of mirroring water, reflecting the space of stars above onto its surface.

"Haven't been in this place for a while." (Y/N) said to himself.

Suddenly, an azure blue star shines brighter than the others, slowly making its way toward the young devil.

"You've certainly went through quite the beating." The light spoke.

"Oh shut it, Starvalador. In case you didn't notice I survived that battle." He countered.

"Barely. You only won that battle because your body went out of control, you went through what I would call an incomplete Balance Breaker."

"What do you mean by 'incomplete'?"

"As I said. Your body was not in full control of itself. Your nature was comparable to that of a wild beast beating its prey until it was lifeless on the ground. I thought that by reawakening this power, you'd still have control of it. But I guess you're just a little rusty. " He claimed puzzling his partner. "All you have to do for now is stay alive." The dragon spoke, and the star's light starts to dim until it becomes pitch black once again.

Reality

'I feel so warm, but I also feel this great weight on my body. Am I about to die for real this time?' (Y/N) thought to himself as he slowly tried to open his eyes. "Hmm?" He asked, suddenly met with the source of the heat and weight.

"Morning you." Akeno says seductively as she greets the young devil.

(Y/N) was immediately awestruck by this sudden twist of events. He looked further down Akeno's body and blushed scarlet once he realized she wasn't wearing any clothes. The young devil screamed upon the sight of his senior devil buttnaked and laying on top of him. 'WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING TO ME?!'

"Woo boy! Go get some (Y/N)!" Starvlador cheered.

'NOT HELPING!!!'

"My my, what a great reaction. Quite excellent." She said, drawing her face even closer to his.

"Wh-Wh-What the hell are you doing?!" (Y/N) asked anxiously.

"That's a very good question. What are you doing, Akeno?" Rias said with a very dark and murderous aura surrounding her.

"M-M-M-M-M-Master! This isn't how it looks!!!!" The young devil tried to convince his master.

Meanwhile, Akeno let out a giggle, showing she was entertained with how things are playing out. "I'm just checking to see how good his reaction time was going to be when he woke up. After all, he had been unconscious for a week and he might have been slow in his actions." Akeno explained.

"A week? I've been out for that long?" (Y/N) asked in great shock.

"You have. And Akeno, please put your clothes back on. Keep in mind we are in a hospital." Rias ordered.

Akeno rose up off her flustered junior to put on her clothes.

"Do you have any memory of what happened?" Rias questioned her bedridden servant.

"Kinda. It's all a bit hazy and I can make out bits and pieces of what happened, but that's about it. However I do know that I lost control in some way, right?"

"That's right. You went berserk and released an intense amount of power that crushed the monster in the tomb." Rias explained. "Or should I say your power went berserk? You seemed like you had complete control, but once you used up all that excess magical energy, you passed out."

"Is everyone else alright? Wait, where's Artoria?!" He asked in a panic.

"Issei was in bad shape when we got out, but he's fine. He recovered a few days ago, but he's out doing deliveries. Everyone else is here to see you though! They wanted to see if you had woken up yet. As for Artoria, she's staying behind to maintain the security of your home."

"I see...Still, Asia must've been scared to death."

"She was. We all were. She was actually trying to pray for God to save your life, but all the poor thing got were headaches, and it had an effect on you as well to some degree." Rias giggled.

"I see." (Y/N) fell back down onto his pillow, covering his face with his arm on his face. "I friggin suck. I feel terrible for making everyone worry about me. Especially you Master...I'm sorry."

"There no need to apologize. It's only natural we'd be worried about you. You're a part of our family now, and we take care of each other." Rias explains.

"President, the doctor is on their way." Kiba said as he entered the room and addressed his master. He quickly took notice of (Y/N)'s being awake and waved at him. "Hey man, glad to see you're awake. How're you feeling?"

"Like it got hit by a ton of speeding cars on the freeway, yet I'm still able to move."

"I hear ya. Well, all I can really say is to hang in there. I'm sure you'll be outta here in no time at all." The blonde Knight reassured.

"I hope so. Hospitals are about as fun as a sandpaper dildo." (Y/N) bickered.

Suddenly, the door quickly slid open once more and a certain someone came in crying and hugging (Y/N).

"You stupid dummy, I thought you were really going to die!" Asia cried in a full on sobbing fit.

"I may not be dead now, but I might be if you keep on squeezing the life out of me. Vision...fading..." The young devil wheezed in pain.

Asia almost immediately let go of him.

"I understand that you're happy to see him conscious, but do try to remember he is a patient." (Y/N) heard a familiar voice said. He quickly looked over and was shocked to see who who it was.

"What the?! What are you doing here? I thought you were working at Kuoh now?" He asked the beautiful doctor.

"What do you mean? Though I am taking a job at your school as a nurse, I'm still your licensed physician." Chisato explained.

"Oh right, duh." The devil says scratching his head, feeling rather ridiculous.

"(Y/N), what exactly is your relationship with the school nurse?" Rias asked.

"Relationship is something I guess you could call it. This is Chisato Hasegawa, she's someone very close to me. In fact, she was one my teachers who taught me how to use magic and my Sacred Gears when I was younger." He explained.

"Oh, I see." Rias sighed, feeling better informed.

"Now then, if we're all finished with the formalities let's get down to business, shall we?" The brunette doctor proclaimed. She looked at her patient's charts on her clipboard and walked over to him casually, and stopped once she neared his bedside and lightly smacking him on the head with the wooden plank.

"Yeah, I probably deserved that..." He groaned as he rubbed the part of his head that was hit.

"Indeed. You expensed far too much magical energy, way more than your body, or any mortal body could produce. In reaction to this, your magical circuits were completely shot, which slowed your recovery tremendously. Luckily, or should I say, strangely enough, they began to restore themselves by time you arrived." Chisato explained the devil's diagnosis, relieving many of the devil's friends in the room. "But, to make sure that your body recovers as it should, your magical energy must be focused entirely on restoration. So you'll have to have a small shot that'll make sure that happens." She said bluntly.

"...Wait what?" (Y/N) asked worriedly, due to his fear of shots.

Suddenly, a nurse walked into the room with a cheerful smile.

"Now that that's out of the way, I need to file this diagnosis. I'll be back in a bit to check on your progress." Chisato said as she walked to the door. "Nurse, I leave him in your capable hands." She smiled before leaving the room.

The nurse approached the cautious devil with a smile on her face. "I can tell you're worried, but you have nothing to worry about. This is a completely normal procedure. Now show me your butt." The nurse ordered as she began putting on her rubber gloves.

"Wait what?" (Y/N) looked nervous.

"I said...show me your cute little butt." She ordered once more, her eyes shining deviously.

"Oh crap-!" (Y/N) tried to escape, but he was face first and his rear in the air in the blink of an eye. "What just happened?" He asked, baffled by how he just came to the position he just found himself in.

"Now then, let's see that cute little ass of yours~" The nurse giggled before pulling apart his gown and revealing his bare naked rear.

Needless to say, his head exploded with embarrassment as his face turned bright red. "This is so embarrassing." He muttered.

"My oh my~" Akeno sang. "(Y/N), you have quite the ass there." She complemented.

"(Y/N)'s bottom. (Y/N)'s bottom. (Y/N)'s bottom. (Y/N)'s bottom..." Asia muttered as her face turned beat red as well as she stared at her guardian's rear.

"...Tight." Koneko smirked.

"WHAT ARE ALL OF YOU STILL DOING HERE?!" (Y/N) roared.

"Clench your teeth." The Nurse said.

"Wha-!" The young devil asked before feeling a sharp needle being inserted into his backside, silencing him as he winced in pain.

He gripped the bedsheets and bit down on the end of his pillow as he cringed at the feeling of the fluid inside the needle flowing into his buttcheek. Eventually, through his entire body.

"The shot should take its effect in a few minutes. One of the side effects of this injection is that it'll knock out whoever it's injected to for a long period of time. He should be back up by tomorrow. Enough for the medicine to start taking full effect." Informed the nurse as she pulled the needle out and cleaning the wound and re-dressing him as he cried.

"In all my years of fighting to survive, I always thought my recklessness would get me killed. But no, it's the embarrassment that's gonna kill me." (Y/N) whimpered.

"Oh stop whining you big goof. The important thing is that you came back alive." Rias smiled, placing her hand gently upon his, gaining his attention.

His eyelids began to grow heavily, his consciousness began to fade. The medicine in the shot he took began to take effect. "Yeah...I guess. But in my opinion..." He yawned. "The most important thing to me is that all of you got out okay..." His eyes slowly closed, his voice died down, his body fell motionless. He had succumbed to the side effect of the shot and had passed out.

His friends simply smiled as the watched him sleep.

Asia walked over and pulled up the blanket on his bed and tucked him in.

A knock on the door slightly startled them. They turned around and saw Chisato standing in the doorway, soon entering and walking towards (Y/N)'s bedside. Seeing him sleeping peacefully caused her to smile, brushing a strand of his hair away from his face.

"It's getting late, you kids should head on home. I'll let you know if anything changes in his condition." The doctor advised.

"I suppose you're right..."  Rias admits half heartedly, clearly not wanting to leave her servant alone in his condition.

As everyone gathered their things to depart, the blonde holy devil took one last look at her guardian, who appeared to be sleeping softly.

"Asia, it's going to be okay." Kiba reassured, placing a hand on her shoulder. "(Y/N)'s a lot tougher than he looks. He just needs some time to recover." He encouraged.

"I know...I just hate seeing him like this. I wish I could do more to help..." Said Asia before she walked off to join the rest of the group.

'She's not the only one...' Rias thought as she looked Back at her slumbering servant. 'I'm his master, and I couldn't stop him from getting hurt.'

"You're all more than welcome to come and visit him during visiting hours while he's still here. I know he'll appreciate it. But remember, you're all still students, so don't skip out of class just to come and see him." Chisato explains to the ORC.

"Thank you. Now, it's time to go home everyone. Well come up with a plan during club activities tomorrow." Rias ordered.

"You got it, Rias!" The whole club replied.

Time Skip

The next day, the young devil is layer in his bed, looking out the window, ever so bored. "Christ, I'm so bored!" He cried. "I hate sitting down, doing nothing! Especially after being under for a whole week!" He bickered, until he came to a realisation. 'I guess this is my punishment. I got reckless and kept jumping into danger, getting myself hurt, nearly killed. But I don't regret it one bit. Everyone made it out okay, that's all that matters to me.' As he continued to contemplate on his current predicament, a knock on his door broke him out of his trance. "Yes? Come in." He allowed.

The hospital room's door slid open, only to reveal Akeno with her usual, cheery smile. "Hey hey! I came to visit!" She sang, entering the room and closing the door behind her.

"Oh, hey Akeno. Good to see you. Wait, what are you doing here?" He asked.

"I came to see you silly. I wanted to see how you were holding up after that whole thing last night." She claimed, grabbing a chair and pulling it closer to his bedside. "So? How're you feeling?"

"My ass still hurts. This is why I hate shots. The lingering pain is annoying." (Y/N) grunted, earning a giggle from the raven haired beauty. "I'm glad my pain amuse-never mind." He stopped talking, remembering Akeno was into S&M. "Anyways, how was your day?" He asked.

"Oh, nothing special. Just another day I guess. The only difference was that you weren't there to make my day better~" Akeno said, getting the boy to blush madly, turning his face red. "Oh my, you're so cute when you're embarrassed~"

"So I've been told." (Y/N) sighed.

"Aside from the whole butt thing, how're you doing?" She asked. "I heard being bedridden can be rather boring, so the rest of us were rather worried. Even Asia, the poor girl. She wouldn't stop making such a fuss about not being with you all day today. She constantly paced back and forth through the whole school muttering about your condition." Akeno explained, only for the young devil to give her a look of significant worry.

"Really? Man, now I just feel bad. I gotta make things up to her somehow..." (Y/N) muttered sadly.

"Oh sweety, the best thing you can do right now is take your time to heal. And healing requires food. Speaking of which..." Akeno bent down in her chair and rifled through the handbag, only to pull out a small box wrapped in a yellow cloth. "I brought some food for you." She said.

"Wait, for real?!" The young devil asked, his eyes instantly lighting up with pure joy with the thought of eating something other than Hospital food.

"Here you go." She handed the boy the box. "I know that Hospital food isn't the best tasting, so I thought I'd make you something else that's a little be-" She didn't even finish hat she was saying once she saw how (Y/N) was scarfing down the food he was given. "Ah..." She sweatdropped.

(Y/N) enjoyed every single bit of Akeno's delicious food, not letting a single bite go to waste. He stopped for a minute to breathe and chew the large amount of food in his mouth. "Oh man! This is the best food I've had in such a long time! I may be a devil, but I feel like I'm in heaven!" He cheered.

"Oh, hang on a sec. You've got some rice of you cheek..." Akeno claimed, slowly inching closer and closer towards his face. She gently caressed his cheek as her beautiful magenta eyes stared deeply into his (E/C) eyes with want, desire and longing.

"Akeno, what are you-?" (Y/N) stuttered before feeling Akeno's warm and gentle breath on his lightly quivering lips.

A sudden knock erupted on the door, followed by a familiar voice. "(Y/N), are you up?"

"Huh?!" He looked at the door, which slid open and saw Asia in the doorway.

"I wanted to check in on you, see how you were doing before I headed...home..." She said, slowly stopping once she saw her seniors so close together. "A-A-Akeno! What are you doing here?!" She hollered.

"Whoopsie~Looks like I've been found out." Akeno sang, quickly hugged the bedridden devil.

"Akeno, you're not being fair! We all agreed that I'd be the one to see him today! You were supposed to see him tomorrow!" Asia whined.

"Wait, what's going on?" Asked the confused young man.

"Oh nothing, we just had a meeting to decide who'd come an see you. Asia here got today, I had tomorrow. Kiba and Issei after that, and Rias would come and get you on your last day. But I just couldn't wait to see you and have some alone time~" She whispered into his ear, sending shivers down his spine.

"So, you broke your promise and came today instead of waiting for your turn?" He asked in an unamused tone.

"Oh yes, I'm such a naughty girl. Please punish me, (Y/N). Spank me like the naughty girl I am!" Akeno begged, bending down and showing the devil her rear.

"Yeah, that's not happening." He replied bluntly, shocking the punishment driven girl. (Y/N) looked over to Asia, who looked like she was on the verge of crying. He smiled and held out his arms. "Come here Asia, I think we both need a hug." He said, trying to cheer his friend up.

She looked up, her glooming face quickly turned into one of pure joy. She rushed over to his side and glomped him, causing him to cough as he felt the air in him get knocked out of his body. The two continued to share the embrace, only to be ruined by the sound of (Y/N)'s stomach waking up once more.

"S-Sorry, guess I'm still hungry." He laughed awkwardly.

"Oh! Then that's perfect!" She clapped her hands as she beamed a smiled, quickly taking off her backpack and digging through it, only to pull out another boxed lunch. "I made this earlier today incase you would get hungry. Issei said that you don't exactly like the food Hospitals serve, so I made you this." She smiled happily, handing the young man the box wrapped in a sky blue cloth.

"Asia, you didn't have to do that." (Y/N) smiled. "But thank you." He unwrapped the box from the cloth and opened the lid, only to see a beautiful assortment of food. "Oh wow, this looks delicious!" He cried before digging in. With each bite he took, he felt more alive. 'Oh God! This tastes so FUCKING good! This is just as good as Akeno's, maybe even better! I can't stop eating this!'

Time Skip

After devouring his second helping of a full meal, the young devil felt bloated, his stomach filled with joy and his appetite quenched. "Now THAT! Was good food. You girls are great cooks!" He complimented as he rubbed his stomach happily.

"Aw, thank you so much. If you'd like, I could take over cooking at the house." The blonde devil suggested with a happy smile.

"Oh nonsense. You're my guest, and I'm happy to cook. Plus I enjoy cooking for company!" The bloated devil replied.

"Sure, but I'd like to do something to help." She asked with pleading eyes.

(Y/N) stared at her for a moment, soon growing into a deep state on thought. He broke free once he thought of something. "I think we can come up with a compromise. How about each of us trade off days on cooking duties? For example, I'll cook one day, then you cook the next, then I'll cook and so on. How's that sound?"

"It's perfect!" Asia cheered.

"So, (Y/N)...I've been meaning to ask." Akeno said, joining the conversation. "Between mine and Asia's, who's cooking was better?" She asked.

(Y/N)'s bloated stomach instantly vanished and his eyes went wide. "...What?" He asked, looking at the raven haired girl fearfully.

"I said..." Akeno was suddenly surrounded by a frightening aura, still keeping her cheerful smile made the situation all the more nerve racking. "Whose cooking was better?"

"I...I uh..." The nervous devil muttered.

"Oh come on, (Y/N)..." Asia said. "Go ahead and tell us. We won't be mad or anything."

(Y/N) turned towards his friend, only to see her in a similar state as Akeno, terrifying aura and cheerful smile. 'If that's true, then why do I have a bad feeling about this?' He thought in worry.

Time Skip

After the visits of Akeno and Asia the other day, and the feeling of nearly losing his head passed, two more of his friends came by to visit him the next day. Or rather, one of his friends came to visit while the other lurched around the hospital looking at the nurses and female doctors.

"And you said you brought him?" (Y/N) asked the blonde Knight.

"Yeah, he said he just had to use the restroom, I don't know what's keeping him." Kiba admitted as he rubbed the back of his head.

"I can, and I'd really rather not think about it in the slightest." The (H/C) devil cringed at the mere thought.

"So, how've you been holding up?" Kiba asked.

"Well, I learned something yesterday..." He said.

"Oh? And what's that?"

"...No matter what their personalities are like, girls are absolutely terrifying..." The bedridden devil shuttered as he looked down in gloom at the mere thought of yesterday's escapades.

"I...see." Was all the blonde young man could manage to say.

Suddenly, the door slid open and Issei finally arrived.

"Damn, dude! What took you so lo-" (Y/N) looked to his childhood friend, only to see that his face was riddles with a series of bright red hand marks. "...I'm not even going to ask."

"I was talking to this girl I met in the cafeteria. We were actually hitting off really well! We were both into the same stuff to!" Issei proclaimed, earning shocked looks from both Kiba and (Y/N).

"Oh shit, really? Now I'm curious. What happened?" Asked the (H/C) devil, now more intrigued by this topic.

"Well, it turns out that she was the little sister of one of the girls who hates me. So I think she thought I was going to try something with her and beat the crap outta me." He sighed. "Joke's on her! She got her sorry ass kicked out!" The brunette laughed.

"You said a girl that hated you? Dude that's the whole school, you're gonna have to be more specific." (Y/N) bickered.

"She had strawberry hair, held back by a hairband?"

"That could be anybody!" He boomed. "Also...you? Having a normal conversation with a girl? What? You taking advice from Kiba or something?" The boy asked sarcastically.

The Knight smiled and said nothing, while the other Pawn just laughed and rubbed the back of his head.

"...You're kidding...Well, here's to you finally become more human my dude." (Y/N) rose his plastic water cup up before taking a drink.

"So, (Y/N), now that we have you for a sec, I'd like to ask you something." Kiba inquired.

"What's up?"

"It's about your power. Or, more specifically the effect it has on your body."

"What do you mean?" (Y/N) asked.

"Well, when you were first inducted into the Occult Research Club, your hair was black and white, but when your Blazblue: Limit Breaker activated, it turned (H/C). Why is that?"

"Oh yeah, right! Wow, I totally forgot about that!" Said Issei.

"Not surprising." (Y/N) mumbled. "Actually, Starvlador told me about why that happened quite a while ago. The thought's been buggin' me for a while, so I decided to ask him. And he said that I had far too much magical energy from my Sacred Gear building up and my body couldn't handle it. So it overflowed and effected my physical appearance, and it wasn't the first time it happened either." (Y/N) explained.

"Really? It's happened before?" Issei asked curiously.

"Yeah, remember when I enrolled into that exchange student program and went to Europe for one year in middle school?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, let's just say that the school I went to wasn't exactly normal. And during the time I was there, I trained with my Azure Dragon Emperor powers, so much so that my hair turned blue. Nice little strand of red too." The (H/C) young devil explained.

Issei laughed obnoxiously. "You seriously had blue and red hair?!" He held his stomach as he laughed as hard as he could.

"Issei, we are in a hospital, so try and calm your loud ass down." (Y/N) groaned.

The brunette eventually calmed down, taking a seat on the bed as he recollected himself. "Oh man...I needed that."

"I'm glad my embarrassing and weird hair changing story amuses you, ya fuckin' weirdo." (Y/N) mumbled the last part.

"Well, weird hair aside, what was that transformation you had when we destroyed that last monster?" Kiba asked.

"I...I don't really know. Starvlador said it was an incomplete transformation. So I don't really know much about it." (Y/N) admitted, looking down and clutching his hand tightly.

"Gotcha." Kiba rose out of his chair and collected his things. "Alrighty then, c'mon Issei. We should get going, visiting hours are almost over."

"Oh man really? Damn, time sure flies huh?" Said the brunette as he hopped off of (Y/N)'s bed and onto his feet. "Alright man, we've gotta bolt. See you when your ready to leave 'kay?"

"Sure. Later!" (Y/N) waved as his friend left the room.

Kiba followed after but was suddenly stopped when (Y/N) called him back. "Kiba, hang on a sec." The blonde Knight turned. "Is it just me? Or does Issei seem different? Not personality wise, but in terms of power. He seems different..."

"Well, he did just unlock his Balance Breaker, so that might be it."

"WHAT?!" (Y/N) shouted, completely shocked at this sudden news.

"Yeah. He unlocked it when he saw you get sucked into the purple lion unicorn monster guy's hand. He freaked out and cried "Give me my brother back!". Rather touching really." Kiba informed.

"I see. So it was my fault." (Y/N) looked down in gloom, but at the same time he felt relief.

"Kinda seems like it huh?"

"Guess I should be happy he's still alive. If he undergoes that transformation again without the a proper condition, then he's gonna die. It's amazing he managed to recover so quickly after that transformation...You should get home Kiba. Sorry for holding you up." (Y/N) apologize with a weak smile.

"No worries, get better soon bro. Later!" He said before taking his leave and closing the door behind him.

(Y/N) continued to stare at the door for a few remaining moments before falling back onto the bed once more, covering his face with his left forearm. 'I know I should be happy that he's getting stronger. I guess that just means I've been slacking...The moment I get outta here, I'm getting back to training...'

Time Skip

After the visit from his male friends, (Y/N) was visited by someone he never thought would even bother coming. And her surprise visit did it's job very well.

"Well this is a surprise. What brings you here, Koneko? You here to visit me as well?" The young devil asked.

"Yes. Well...That and I felt like this had the right to see how you were doing as well." Koneko said as she pulled out a familiar face from her bag.

"MASTER!!!" Kohaku cried as she jumped into (Y/N)'s arms.

"Hey, Kohaku. Oh, it's so good to see you. How've you been doing? You staying with Artoria? Watching the house? Please tell me you're getting along." The young devil asked in a panicked manner.

"Lady Artoria and I are getting along great. I asked her to come with, but she wanted to make sure the house and Lady Asia were well protected until you return home after your recovery. She sends her best regards and wishes for you to make a successful recovery. I'm just so happy to see you!" The White God Beast purred as she nuzzled into her master's chest.

"I see, you really didn't get the chance to see how I was doing ever since what happened. Thanks for bringing her here Koneko." The young devil thanked.

"No problem." Koneko said with a slight blush. "But she can only be out for a short while because they don't allow pets or animals in here. It'll be a problem for me if she gets discovered." She explained.

"I see. Well we can't have that." (Y/N) smiled as he continued to pet his white tiger familiar.

"How have you been feeling lately?" Koneko asked, quickly taking a seat on one of the chairs across from the bed.

"Well, I haven't felt any pain or anything, so I guess you could consider that progress." (Y/N) smiled as he continued to pet his familiar. "They said if everything looked good on my check up later tonight, they'd let me go early.

"I see...Can I ask you something?"

"Shoot."

"Why are you so kind?" She asked, stunning (Y/N).

"Huh?"

"You took on the battles against the monsters all by yourself in attempts to prevent the rest of us from getting hurt. And then there was what happened with Asia. You put other people's needs before your own, so I can't help but wonder why are you so kind despite you barely knowing any of us?" Inquired the silent white haired girl.

(Y/N) continued to ponder as he looked at the small white tiger, continuing to pet her, eventually rubbing her chin and ears. "Hm, well I don't really know why I do those things. I have since I was a kid. It's true that I don't know all of you well enough to be doing things like saving you, but I guess it's just who I am. After all, if I see something that I can help with, and I have the ability to do it, then I will. I guess, whenever I see someone in trouble or in any kind of danger, I just feel this need to step in and to protect them. I guess it really isn't supposed to be something I'm supposed to do because of me being a devil and all, but maybe it's just my acting on instinct on doing the right thing." (Y/N) answered, smiling at the small girl, who simply stared at the young devil.

"Or in the case of what you did back there, the stupid thing."

"I guess so." (Y/N) laughed awkwardly as he sweatdropped.

"But...What you did was...Kinda cool." She admitted, looking down to try and hide her light blush.

"Nah, it was just doing the right thing." (Y/N) chuckles while scratching his head.

"Um...If it's alright, I'd like to ask for your help in something as well." Koneko stuttered with her request.

"Okay, what's up?"

"Well I've been having some trouble with some algebra homework lately and I've heard about you being a sort of whiz at it. So I was kinda hoping you would...You know..."

"No, I don't know, could you be a little more specific?" The young devil teased her.

Koneko suddenly appeared inches from his face with a dark and furious expression. "I'll bust your balls." She threatened.

"Yeah...Okay...Sure, I'll help you. Just please don't hurt me. I really don't want to stay in here any longer than needed." (Y/N) begged in fright.

"Alright cool. Make some room." She ordered, surprising the young devil when she moves the tiny white tiger from his lap to hers and she takes her place of sitting on his lap.

"Um...What is happening right now?"

"This way, I won't have to keep walking back and forth to show you what the problems are. Plus it's a comfortable bed, surprisingly."

"Well that may be, but don't you think that this position is a little...Weird? Mostly inappropriate?"

"Let me put this in a way that can assure you that I'm doing this for my comfort. If you touch my butt, I'll off your bottom half and put them back on backwards so you can see your own butt as I kick it." She says.

"...You freak me the fuck out sometimes, you know that?" (Y/N) implies.

Time Skip

The two young devils grew deeply engrossed into their studies. They continued to engage in an enlightening session until sunset. The two hadn't even realised it in the least.

"So what you want to do here is make Y equal to X so that way you can find X and then Y." (Y/N) instructed, pointing to the equation in Koneko's textbook.

"So in this case, Y is equal to 250 divided by X and so making the whole function X+250/X=35. X would equal to 25 and Y to 10?" Koneko asked.

"That's right. Nice job, kid. Now onto the next problem." (Y/N) smiles proudly and Koneko just stared in awe at this wondrous and amazingly kind person aiding her in the deep and strenuous struggle that was math, feeling a small smile creep onto her face.

Time Skip

A knock erupted onto the door and a nurse walked in, quickly turning on the lights. "Alright Mr. (L/N). It's time for your evening check-." The nurse stops talking when she sees an unexpected turn of events.

(Y/N) was fast asleep. And lying on his chest was his underclassmen Koneko and pet tiger, Kohaku.

"Excuse me, miss?" The nurse gently shakes Koneko awake.

"Huh?" She asks rubbing her eyes from being woken up so suddenly.

"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid visiting hours have ended quite a while ago, so I'm sorry to say you'll have to leave. Also, I'm willing to let you off with a warning for bringing a pet in here." The nurse said, pointing to the sleeping Kohaku.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Koneko apologized.

"It's fine, just don't let it happen again. And don't worry he'll be out of here really soon." The nurse assured the white haired devil with a dazzling smile.

Koneko picked up the still sleeping tiger and took her, quickly leaving (Y/N)'s room and eventually the hospital.

Time Skip

(Y/N) sat both patently and restlessly as he looked up at the doctors above him, looking over everything on their charts.

"Well Mr. (L/N), after much review and observing these test results. I thinks it's safe to say that you're free to go." Smiled the doctor.

"YES!" The young devil cheered as he sprung up off of his bed, immediately going to stretch his legs. "Finally, I'm out of that damn bed! No offense doc!"

"None taken. Go ahead and get yourself dressed, I'll take you downstairs when you're ready." Chisato claimed as she and the other doctor walked out of the room, allowing the boy to change.

'Finally, I can leave this hell hole!' (Y/N) cheered as he dressed himself. 'Though, they have had to put up with me for long enough. Mostly Chisato. I should do something nice for her.' As he continued to dress, a strange feeling flowed from his head and through his body. "Maybe I should...Maybe I...should...I should...I shhhhhhaaaaahhhhhhh-!" He suddenly collapsed onto the ground with no warning, emitting a loud thud.

A nurse knocked on the door after the young devil collided on the ground. "Mr. (L/N), is everything okay? I heard a loud thud and I'm just checking to see if everything is okay..." No response. "Mr. (L/N)?" She called again, gaining nothing once more. "I'm coming in." The nurse opened the door and immediately saw (Y/N) on the ground. "Oh no!" She rushed over to the unconscious devil. "Mr. (L/N)? Mr. (L/N)!" She constantly called him, tapped and shook him for a response. Only to no avail. "Doctor! Doctor, come quick! We have a patient collapsed on the ground, unresponsive but still breathing! Potential high fever!" She called, placing a hand on his forehead, only for her to retract almost instantly. "Fever confirmed! High fever confirmed!"

The doctor rushed into the room and lifted him up back onto the bed with the assistance of the nurse.

Time Skip

(Y/N) slowly opened his eyes, only to rub them and slowly rise up out of the bed he had just got released from. He released a heavy sigh as he shook his head. "Why am I back in this bed?" He asked with disdain.

"I'm sorry Mr. (L/N), but just moments after you were about to leave the hospital you collapsed and were stricken with a dangerously high fever. It was unforeseen and, I'm sorry, but you'll have to stay for another couple days so we can make sure complications like this never occur again."

(Y/N) laughed. "Oh man, you're funny doc!"

The doctor did not have an amused look on his face.

"You're serious? It was just a hot flash! I'm fine!" He argued.

"I'm sorry, but the decision is final." The doctor said, taking his leave.

"Here." The Nurse handed the young devil two capsules and a small glass of water. "They'll help suppress and hopefully eliminate any traces of the fever."

(Y/N) sighed and took the pills and the glass of water and ingested both.

The nurse smiled and took her leave.

Time Skip

Night had fallen upon Kuoh City Hospital, and inside, lay awake an irritable, restless and unhappy Dragon Emperor.

He released an irritated sigh. "Yep. Fuck this." He quickly rose up off his bed and gathered his things.

Time Skip

Kuoh Academy

Rias looked as happy as could be as she packed up her things and hummed a cheerful tune.

"My my, Madam President. You seem really excited to go and see (Y/N)." Akeno inquired.

"Why, I have no idea what you are talking about, Akeno." Rias said, still sounding chippy.

"Isn't it her turn to go and see (Y/N)?" Kiba whispered to the other devils.

"They had to cancel visits yesterday 'cause they said he collapsed out of nowhere. So having to wait a day may have been torture for the Prez." Koneko replied as she munched on a corndog.

"I see."

Rias grabbed her bag and started heading for the door. "Alright everyone, I'm off. Akeno, I trust you can take care of things while I'm gone?"

"Of course, it'll be no trouble whatsoever." The raven haired beauty responded.

"Great, I'll leave you guys too it then. Have a good day!" She waved as she headed to the door, only for it to open by itself, revealing the school nurse and (Y/N)'s private physician, Chisato Hasegawa.

"Oh, pardon me."

"Ms. Hasegawa? What brings you here?" Rias asked.

"Has (Y/N) been by here at all today?" She asked.

"No? Why? Isn't he still at the Hospital?" Asia replied.

"Nah, I haven't seen him." Issei said as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Yeah, same here." Said the blonde Knight.

"Ditto." Chirped the white haired Rook.

Chisato sighed heavily and rubbed the bridge of her nose in slight irritation. "Damn it..." she muttered.

"Is...Something wrong?" Asia asked worriedly.

"Yes, very. I'm afraid he checked out of the Hospital earlier today, even though he wasn't supposed to." Chisato explains.

"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted in disbelief and shock.

"I'm afraid so. And I can't seem to find him with a locator spell and he's not answering his cell phone. I tried calling his manager but he said he didn't know either. I swear that boy..."

"Wait, manager?" Issei looked confused.

"It's nothing. Just...Let me know if you guys find him." Chisato pleaded as she took her leave.

"...So, does this mean that you're not going to see (Y/N)?" Issei asked the redhead, only to get elbowed in the rib by Koneko.

Out of nowhere, a bright blue light emerged from the ground and radiated stardust looking flakes, only to reveal (Y/N)'s Heroic Spirit he managed to summon in his last epic battle. "Has anyone seen Master?" The King of Knights asked in worry.

"You guys looking for him too huh?" Kiba asked.

"His presence suddenly disappeared entirely last night. We've been looking everywhere to find him, but we've come up short every time." Artoria admitted.

"We? Is Kohaku working with you too?" Rias asks.

The said white tiger suddenly appeared from a small tornado, in her God Beast form. "Lady Artoria, I have returned from surveying the mountain ranges. Sadly, he is not there."

"Damn it!" The blue and silver battle dressed knight cursed as she fell to her knees and punched the floor. "What kind of a servant am I if I can't even find my own master?! I'm a failure as a knight and a disgrace of a servant!" Artoria ridiculed herself.

"Hey now, no one is blaming you for this Artoria." Akeno said, patting the knight on the back.

"Hm...I wonder..." Issei pondered.

Kiba noticed the pervert's expression of knowing "Issei, you know something?"

"Maybe. When we were little, we had access to this SUPER COOL luxury suite in the Golden Palm Tree Hotel. So, that might be where he is." He informed. "You ladies check there yet?" He asked the two servants.

"No." Replied Kohaku.

"Never heard of it." Artoria added.

"Rias you may wanna check-!" Issei turned to his Master, only to see a disappearing teleportation circle in her place instead. "Oh...She's gone."

Golden Palm Tree Hotel

As soon as The Crimson Haired Princess of Ruin teleported in front of the most luxurious hotel in Kuoh city, she ran inside to the reception desk and spoke to the receptionist. "It there someone named (Y/N) (L/N) staying here?!" She asked in faded breath.

"Are you...Rias Gremory by chance?" The receptionist asked.

Rias was slightly taken back by this question, more to the point that this random person knew her name. "Y-Yes?" She answered cautiously.

"Oh! Then Mr. (L/N)'s been expecting you. Top floor, third door to the left. There's an elevator around the corner." She said, pointing in the direction of the lift.

"T-Thank you." She said, speed walking to the elevator. She pressed the button and the door opened. She stepped into de and presses the 27th floor button and she ascended upwards to her destination. The elevator finally stopped after a while and the doors opened once again, allowing her to step out and move to the designated room she was told. Room 2705.

She approached the door and prepared to knock, but she looked hesitant for a brief moment. She sook off this feeling of uneasiness and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and much to her surprise, revealed a healthy looking (Y/N). Donned in a bathrobe and wearing glasses, oddly enough. The two stared each other in complete and utter silence, right before (Y/N) quickly closed the door.

He began to ponder for a brief moment before he heard banging on his door. "Oh shit!" He quietly cried, opening the door quickly, revealing an angered Rias Gremory at his doorstep.

Her eyes glared at him as she scowled and crossed her arms. Her magical energy surged and radiated off of her, showing her murderous intent. "Care to explain yourself?"

"Honestly, I didn't think you'd actually show. I thought I'd be safe here for the time being, but I guess Issei couldn't keep his trap shut about my secret hiding place. So now what? Are you planning to drag me back to the Hospital?" (Y/N) asked. However, instead of answering him, Rias slapped him across the face. "I deserved that." He replied.

"You idiot! Do you have any idea how worried you've made everyone with this little stunt of yours? Leaving the Hospital, not saying a word to us, scaring us all half to death! Just what were you thinking?!" Rias yelled at him, wanting to break out in tears.

"That I was fine and didn't want, nor need to stay in a Hospital anymore?" He replied, rubbing his slapped cheek.

"We got a call from one of the doctors taking care of you, said you collapsed due to a high fever." Replied Rias, whipping away her slowly forming tears.

"Well, as you can see, I'm perfectly fine!" He cheered, slowly walking over to his beautiful master. "So, why are you here? Since you're here by yourself..." He slammed his hands against the walls, surrounding Rias and preventing any means of escape from being possible. "Does that mean it's okay for me to do things to you?" He asked, completely catching the Master off guard.

Rias immediately placed a hand on his forehead, only for it to burn up due to his high fever. "I KNEW YOU STILL HAD A FEVER!!! SO IT'S TRUE THAT YOU FORCED THEM TO LET YOU LEAVE FROM THE HOSPITAL!!! GO LAY DOWN!!! THAT'S AN ORDER!!!" She shouted, throwing her servant into the sofa. She entered the room and looked through the kitchen's supply of food and other things. "I'm going to borrow your kitchen for a bit. First, we're going to get you a nice cold towel and a bucket of ice water."

"No, it's okay. I got it." (Y/N) said, getting up from the sofa he was thrown onto.

"You stay down!" She ordered.

"Master, really I can-"

"Please! Just lay down and rest, you idiot!" She pleaded, tears beginning to form in her eyes once more. "Please...Let yourself heal properly." She asked.

(Y/N) was taken back by this sudden change in Rias's persona. All he knew her for was her commanding and caring demeanor. But now, she looked like she was constantly on the verge of crying, ready to shatter apart. The young devil sighed and scratched the back of his head as he laid back down onto the sofa.

After Rias gathered ice water into a bucket, she used clean a towel she found in the kitchen and soaked it in the freezing water before placing it on her servant's head. "Have you contacted anyone since you got out?"

"Uh no." He replied bluntly.

"Any particular reason why?" She asked.

"Because of this. Things like this might happen. It wasn't necessary. People can get along just fine without me. I can take care of myself." The young devil informed.

Rias looked slightly hurt by this, but choose to change the subject. "Why did you want to leave the Hospital so early?"

"I was bored, wanted to get back on my feet. And staying cooped up in there bedridden wasn't helping."

"Are you eating well at least?" She asked.

(Y/N) looked away, avoiding the worrisome look on Rias's face. "...More or less...I guess."

"I see..." the redhead quickly rose up off the floor and walked over to the kitchen. "Just hang on a sec, I'll cook you something."

"Master, it's fine you don't have to-!"

Rias only glanced back, donning the same look she did when she first arrived.

"N-Nevermind...Kitchen's yours." (Y/N) backed down like a smart man.

Time Skip

As Rias brought over the delicious looking bowl of rice porridge, the scent of it almost made (Y/N) feel more alive. "Oh wow, that smells good." He complimented.

Rias scooped a spoonful of the food up and gently blew on it to cool it down. She leans it close to her servant's mouth, prompting him to take the bite. "Here. Say ah~" She smiled.

"I-I can feed myself thank you." (Y/N) stuttered as he blushed.

"Not in your condition you won't. Now here, ahh~" She said once more.

(Y/N) hesitated, but eventually gave in. He opened his mouth and the spoon of porridge went inside. The warm and soft texture of the porridge sent a shock through his whole body, making him crave even more. "Wow, that's some good porridge! You're a great cook Master!" He complimented.

"Why thank you. Would you like some more?" She asked in a bubbly manner.

"Yes please!" He boomed.

"Okay okay." She laughed, getting another spoonful of her delicious porridge. "Here, ah~"

Time Skip

After the devil servant finished every drop of the porridge his master had made, she breathed heavily with relief. "Silly boy, if you can eat all that, then I guess I shouldn't have worried." She smiled as she placed her hands on her hips.

"How can I leave any leftovers? It's the first time I've had Master's home cooking, so there's no way I'm letting a single drop go to waste." He smiled happily, seemingly acting normal again.

"Glad to see you're back to normal." She giggled as she took the dirty dishes away, proceeding to clean them in the sink.

"Yeah, I get moody when I'm hungry. Sorry about that." (Y/N) admitted, feeling rather guilty about how he treated his guest, let alone his master earlier.

"It's no problem." She said, drying her hands. "But we should get you out of those nasty clothes. They must be covered in sweat." She began to undo (Y/N)'s bathrobe belt and looked up at her servant, only for him to stare back in silence.

"What's up?" He asked.

She placed a hand in on of his massive chest scar and gently moved her hand across it. "You're covered in so many scars, yet you have the ability to heal. So why not heal these?" She asked.

"...Because these scars are a reminder of the mistakes I've made. They remind me to never make them again."

"Is that what I have to look forward to? Watching you come back from battle after battle, covered in scars?" Rias tightly gripped the collar of the young devil's bathrobe. Her hands were trembling, and she looked up at the boy, tears forming in her eyes once more. "Please, promise me you won't keep endangering yourself like you did! I don't think my heart could handle another scare." She whimpered.

(Y/N) remained silent, only staring at his master's weeping eyes, whipping away the slowly falling tears with his fingers. "Mast-...Rias. I can't promise that I won't jump into danger if it means saving others. But..." He slowly wrapped his arms around the tearful Princess of Ruin, holding her tightly in a warm and loving embrace. "I can promise you that I will try and come back to you. No matter what. That, that I can promise." He smiled, looking into her eyes.

"(Y/N)..." She muttered, slowly getting closer and closer to his face.

(Y/N) began to lean in as well, his eyes closing as the two drew closer and closer, their lips nearly touching.

The door suddenly bursts open, revealing a pair of worried servants. One clad in armor. The other, a tiger.

"Master! We've finally found you!!!" Artoria cried.

The two devils quickly separated from each other upon their loud entrance.

"A-Artoria?! What are you-?!" Her Master was quickly silenced by being clotheslined and launched across the room, being knocked unconscious and proceeds to be shaken by his knight.

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG YOU'VE MADE US WORRY!!! YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO MASTER!!!!!!!!" The King of Knight roared as she violently shook (Y/N) at rapid speed.

"Artoria, calm down!" Rias cried in worry.

"Oh boy..." Kohaku sighed.

Time Skip

(Y/N)'s eyes quickly shot open and he shot up from where he laid. He looked around his surroundings and found himself in his suite's bedroom. "Wait. When did I get in here? I thought I was on the sofa?" He questioned before he heard a soft and gentle moan. He looked down and saw his slumbering master, naked and in the same bed. His face turned red at the mere sight of Rias's naked body, only to cover it up with his sheets as he got out of bed.

He looked back at his master, and he couldn't help but smile.

We grabbed a nearby piece of paper and began writing on it. Placing it in the nightstand, he teleported away, letting the slumbering Princess of Ruin sleep.

Time Skip

Kuoh Academy

As the ORC wandered onto the high school campus, they began discussing the most recent events of (Y/N)'s disappearance.

"Well, there goes our only lead." Akeno sighed.

"Issei, anywhere else he might've gone?" Kiba asked.

"Nu-uh." He shook his head. "If there is somewhere he's hiding, then I've never heard of it. That hotel was the only place I knew."

"Oh, I don't think we have to worry. Something tells me he'll be just fine." Rias smiles as she led the rest of the ORC to the club room, leaving everyone confused.

ORC Headquarters

Once the door to the club room was opened, the Gremory Peerage was met with an aromatic scent and spread of delicious food. And the one setting out all of the food surprised a large majority.

"Hey guys, good morning! How's everyone doing?" He asked casually.

"(Y/N)?!" They boomed in surprise.

"Yes?"

"This is where you've been all this time?!" Kiba asked.

"Nah, I got here earlier this morning so I could set this up." He mentions, showing the massive spread of food.

"And...this is for...?" Koneko asked curiously while she drooled over the food.

"This is a thank you. To all of you. You all took time out of your lives to come and check up on me. So thank you everyone, for taking such good care of me." He smiled happily. "Now, take your fill everyone. There's no shortage of food here! Eat to your heart's content!" He cheered, prompting everyone to take their fill of food.

Both Rias and Akeno stood back and watched the merriment the younger devils.

"Rias...did you know about this?" Akeno smiled.

"Not this, just about him being up and about." She replied as she held up a note that (Y/N) left for her before he left.

'I'm feeling 100%!!! Thank you for taking care of me.

-(Y/N)'

As the raven haired beauty read the note, she let out a soft giggle. "Oh that boy..."

"Yeah...I'm glad he's back." Rias smiled.

"Same here. The club's just not the same without him now." Akeno added.