Chapter 11 : Riser narrowed his blue eyes darkly.

Yuuma Amano, now dressed in an immodest variation of an S&M attire, pouted as she crossed her arms. Azazel rose an eyebrow in wonder, and then he shrugged and looked back to researching more about Sacred Gears.

"Nothing Azazel-sama."

"Humph. She's just pissed off because she didn't get to 'hang out' with her precious Issei-kun."

Raynare turned to glare at a buxom Fallen Angel, who had blue hair and golden-brown eyes.

"Mind your own business, Kalawarner."

"My, aren't we snippy today?"

"Shut up."

"Now, now, girls. Let's not fight now. You can do it tomorrow."

Raynare and Kalawarner rose simultaneous eyebrows as they looked at Azazel, who was still researching with a concentrated look on his face.

The Student Council Room

"Absolutely not, Rias."

"What do you mean, Sona? Aren't we friends?"

Sona fixed her glasses as she listened to her childhood friend begging her. Narrowing her violet eyes, she answered her friend in a calculating and cold voice.

"Yes, we are friends. However, our friendship shouldn't be affected by your desire to claim our kouhai."

"Do you wish to claim him as a piece for yourself?"

Sona rolled her eyes at Rias's accusation, but she complied by answering her anyway.

"Even if I wanted to make Issei Hyoudou my Pawn, it would be pointless."

Rias widened her eyes in confusion.

"What do you mean? I know he costs more than 8 Pawn Pieces. I'm sure I could retrieve some more."

Sona eyed her friend for a moment, and closed her violet eyes.

"It's pointless, Rias. Issei Hyoudou is much too powerful. As far as I'm concerned, none of our pieces can be used on him.

"I don't understand."

"It's as kaichou has just stated."

Rias looked over at the black-haired girl with blue, semi-rimmed glasses with square lenses. Tsubaki Shinra, the Vice-President of the Student Council, narrowed her eyes as she stood next to Sona.

"We all know that Issei's energy structure indicates that he is by no means a human at all. But, regarding the pieces possessed by you and kaichou, they are useless against Issei."

Rias blinked several times in disbelief.

"You mean they won't work on him? But why not?"

"Hmm. Perhaps he is more than just a non-human." Sona mused.

"Ara, ara."

The three beauties of Kuoh Academy looked over to see a black-haired girl with the orange ribbon in her hair. Akeno Himejima held a surprised look on her face as her violet eyes widened in disbelief.

"Is our little kouhai so powerful that not even the Evil Pieces will work on him?"

"Correct." answered Tsubaki.

"Another factor we should consider is his energy output, Rias. It's absolutely colossal, even by the standards of a Devil of the Ultimate Class. And...it's constantly growing." Sona stated.

Rias narrowed her eyes as she listened carefully to Sona's words.

"So even if we found out the number of Evil Pieces we would need to recruit Issei...it still wouldn't be enough?"

"It couldn't be dealt with anyway. As I said, the massive energy output he possesses seems to rise substantially every so often. It doesn't matter how many Evil Pieces we collect, they won't work on Issei Hyoudou anyway."

Rias crossed her arms, and she frowned.

"Well, there goes my hopes of adding him to my peerage."

"It is a shame. I know I would have loved to get a new kouhai." Akeno added in her two cents.

"It is a shame." Sona said.

"Hmm."

"What is it Tsubaki?" Sona asked her.

Realizing quickly she had hummed in disappointment out loud, Tsubaki composed herself and crossed her arms.

"Nothing, kaichou. I had something bothering my throat."

"Uffuffu. You don't have to lie, Tsubaki. We're all a little disappointed as well. It's a shame our little kouhai won't be able to join any of our peerages." Akeno said.

Tsubaki fought in vain to suppress the blush that slowly formed on her face, but alas, it appeared, and she lightly glared at the amused Akeno.

She couldn't deny that she was a little disappointed when Sona had informed her that Issei was unable to join her peerage. At first, she had thought that Rias had defeated Sona in a bet to see who would claim Issei, but imagine her surprise when Sona had revealed that Rias wouldn't be able to claim Issei as well.

Rias sighed as she placed her hand on her cheek.

'Guess that's what I get for wanting a powerful young boy in my peerage.'

Suddenly, a flame-like magic circle appeared in the middle of the Student Council room, and a silhouette appeared out from above it. Rias, Akeno, Sona, and Tsubaki covered their eyes from the brightness, and as the light faded, they removed their arms from their face. Squinting her eyes, Rias widened her eyes in shock, as well as the other women in the Student Council.

"Riser?!"

Riser Phenex, releasing a pool of flames that surrounded his body, glared at the crimson-haired beauty.

"Where is he, Rias?!"

"Where is who?!"

Riser narrowed his blue eyes darkly.

"The boy called Issei Hyoudou. I need to find him."

At the mention of their kouhai, the four most popular girls at Kuoh Academy narrowed their eyes simultaneously. Sona crossed her arms as she glared at the Phenex male.

"What do you want with him, Riser?"

With a scoff, Riser wiped some dust off of his blazer jacket, and looked towards the women.

"Not that it's any of your business, but I'll tell you anyway. I wish to fight him."

In the Shopping Centers

"Why are we at the mall?"

"Ise-itoko asks so many questions."

Issei cautiously looked around his surroundings and saw many people mingling around the mall. He didn't know why Leiko had taken him to this place. Smiling at the look on her cousin's face, Leiko changed her expression and narrowed her eyes. She took a seat next to him on the bench.

Her facial expression then morphed into a concerned yet harsh glare.

"Ise-itoko. We need to talk."

Issei widened his eyes and turned to look at his cousin.

"About what?"

"...About you."

"What about me?"