Chapter 2: School and Meeting the New Member of the Gremory Peerage
Walking into school was...unique to say the least. People change when they're going through puberty, but the changes I went through when awakening my God blood...well, they were a but more noticeable than the small incremental changes puberty brought along.
First off, I went from around 5'10", to 6'1". Secondly, my musculature went under a quantitative and qualitative change as I packed on muscle mass and my already defined muscles became absurdly defined and compact. Last, but definitely not least, my appearance went from an attractive 7/10, to a model-like 10/10, with every little imperfection about my face, body, and voice, melting away.
But I guess all that is to be expected, huh? A God has to be perfect, or at last something close to perfection.
Though I'd prefer it if everyone wouldn't just keep staring at me.
"Basaka-kun," a voice came from behind me and I turned to see a friend of mine who was part of the second years, "Seems you'll be experiencing what it's like to be me in the coming days, huh?" the blond-haired boy laughed as he walked toward me.
This guy's called Yuuto Kiba. He's a handsome guy (a little less so than me, honestly) with short blond hair, blue eyes and a mole underneath his left eye. Though unlike my icy blue eyes, his are a deep, dark blue. Just like me, he's wearing the Kuoh Academy-style uniform, which consists of a black blazer with white accents over a white, long-sleeved dress shirt with a black ribbon on the collar, matching black pants, and brown dress shoes.
Smiling at his joke, I nudged his shoulder a little before replying, "And I wonder what our fans would do if they knew one of us was a Demigod and the other a Devil, Kiba-senpai?" I joked back at him and he smiled, chuckling lightly.
That's right, Kiba...is a Devil. How do I know that? Aside from the fact that I can sense his Lifeforce, mom forced me to meet with the peerages that are running this town. Apparently I was to work with them whenever I could or when they needed help. Why? Because apparently my mom's deal to stay in this town now applies to me. The deal consisted of helping the Devils who run this town when they needed it. Not like a servant, but as an ally or something like that.
Basically, if things get too much for the Devils to deal with, I'll be called upon. If it gets too much for me to handle? I'll have to get my mom.
It's a pretty weird system but it's the system in place to allow my mom, someone surprisingly influential in this supernatural world, to live peacefully in this town.
Though it was a shock to know that my friend Kiba was a Devil, it didn't really stop me from being friends with him. It especially didn't stop me joking about how he used Devil magic to gain all his loyal fans.
As we entered the school, I turned to Kiba and raised an eyebrow, "I heard you guys got a new Devil, what's his name...Issei Hyoudou, right? That pervy kid in your year," I said, slipping off my shoes and replacing them with the shoes we had to wear inside the school. Yuuto looked slightly surprised at my information network but I just shrugged, "You didn't exactly hide it, you know? He's been acting pretty weird ever since you turned him. What's up with that as well? Why didn't Rias stick around to tell him what he is?"
Yuuto, hearing what I said just shrugged with a helpless smile, "I wish I could tell you what goes on inside her head...but I really don't know at times," he let out an equally helpless chuckle but I suddenly felt a tingle on the back of my head.
Before I could wonder what it was, I got my answer in the form of a sultry chuckle behind me.
"Fufufu~ It seems Erik is interrogating a member of my peerage...whatever will I do, as the Queen of that peerage~?" I turned to see someone I was...quite fond of. Akeno Himejima. Also a Devil, like Kiba. But also...a crush of mine.
Smiling, I bent down a little to meet Akeno's gaze, "Hmm? Interrogating? I'm just having a friendly chat, Akeno-senpai~" I winked at her and got another chuckle in reply before she walked passed me, lightly touching my shoulder with her hand. But despite the touch of my crush, I kept myself calm, like the surface of a lake with no ripples.
I couldn't go embarrassing myself in front of my crush, now could I?
"Ah, and also, Erik...come to the Occult Research Clubroom after school, we'll introduce you to the latest member of our peerage, okay?" I turned to see her smiling sweetly at me and just nodded in reply. She may try and make herself seem like some kind of mature beauty that knows what she's doing...but she's just a sweet and innocent girl.
Though sensing her Lifeforce...I wonder why she didn't tell me she was also a Fallen Angel in the meeting we had a few weeks back? Maybe it's a sore spot for her? If so, I'll try to tread lightly.
"Sure, I'll see you then, Akeno-senpai, Kiba-senpai," I waved at the two of them as they wandered off. Though not before Akeno pouted and look at me with glowering eyes.
"I told you to just call me Akeno, didn't I, Erik~?" she looked slightly angry but from the lack of heat in her voice, I knew she was just acting angry. It was actually pretty cute. Looking at her like this, I had the extremely selfish thought of only having her show me this type of cuteness. Guess it must be my God blood making me a bit...possessive?
"Mhm," I nodded with a smile that seemed to make Akeno blush slightly, while Kiba laughed a little at Akeno's flustered appearance, earning himself a glare from her.
After that, the two of them bid goodbye and went to their classes. I, on the other hand, just felt that I needed to ask Akeno out, soon. Those who wait too long to make a move lose the girl, right? That's what mom told me, at least.
And with thoughts like that, I went off to class.
. . .
"So you're the new peerage member? Nice to meet you," I smiled, putting my hand out to the average youth in front of me.
Well, it wouldn't be right to call him average. He was decently good-looking, but his build and height were completely average. I also knew who he was and from the glances he kept giving the tits of every girl present, I knew the rumors were true.
Issei Hyoudou. One of the Pervert Trio.
But even if the rumors were true, I'd give him a chance. After all, he didn't have any evilness in him when I scanned him with Senjutsu, so he couldn't be too bad.
"You're a pretty boy just like Kiba..." Issei, as he told everyone to call him, gave out an indignant whisper as he clasped hands with me, "It's nice to meet you, anyway. Are you a Devil as well?" he asked awkwardly.
Shaking my head I gave a laugh, "No, no, no, I'm not a Devil. I'm a Demigod," I said and the poor guy just froze before shouting out in exclamation.
"WHAT?! A DEMIGOD?! SO THAT MEANS GODS ARE REAL! OH MAN!" he seemed to be freaking out and I couldn't stop myself from laughing out loud at the guy's antics. My laughing got his attention as his face went incredibly serious for a moment, "Are you laughing because you were joking? Please tell me you were joking! I just learnt about Devils, Angels, and Fallen Angels today - it's a bit much to digest!"
"Oh? Do you need a demonstration?" I asked with a smirk, and just as Rias and Akeno were about to tell me not to, the ground began to shake violently. If it went for the magical reinforcement, this old building would have collapsed under this level of shaking. But because it wouldn't collapse, I got to really kick my powers up a gear.
I, of course, kept the shaking solely around the old school building, but other than that, I let go.
The ground I was standing on was cracking apart, despite it trying to heal back together due to magic, while the outside earth was splitting with massive fissures with pitch black abysses filling them. And that was all before I let my aura out.
It was as turbulent and violent as a hurricane, as forceful as a tsunami, as tyrannical and permeable as an earthquake...it was an aura that was as powerful as a natural disaster.
"Is this enough proof for you, Issei Hyoudou?" my voice boomed and the guy in front of me shriveled into himself as my natural superiority as a Demigod made itself known to his Devil instincts.
I could hear thunder cracking and booming outside and I had to wonder if I had inherited something from my Uncle Zeus, the God of Lightning and Thunder.
But one person wasn't scared by the aura, and that one person appeared behind me and whacked my head so hard that my body bent forward into a bowing position. It was the scariest person I knew, the strongest--
"I'm sorry for my son's idiotic displays of power. I'm Himiko Basaka, it's nice to meet you, Issei."
--My mother...
Her smack stopped my aura from coming out, it stopped the earth from shaking and the sky was tumbling. How did she do this? Senjutsu and controlling Ki. My mom was the strongest human for a reason, you know? Human's have a physical limit, but with Ki and Senjutsu, they can work around that limit and become strong anyway.
Mom's about as strong as one or two of the four Maou and that's how she basically forced them into a deal on letting her live here. The only reason she had a few obligations to deal with was to give the Maou some respect. Nothing more, nothing less.
Now that the aura had gone and a mature beauty was in front of him, Issei was quickly back to normal and he quickly took my mom's hand, earning a very pointed glare from me.
...You be very careful with your next words, Issei...
"It's...it's no matter, Basaka-san. He was simply showing me that he was telling the truth...you've got a really nice rack," he said absentmindedly and I completely lost it.
I appeared in front of him in less than a second, my fist rapidly vibrating with the earthquake I'd practically instilled with in it. But I knew that it would kill him if I did it, so I stopped my fist from shaking and lowered the strength tremendously, to the point where it was like a very strong normal human hitting him.
My fist collided against his face and he was sent back a few meters onto the sofa on the other side of the room, a trail of blood coming from his nose being left along the way.
Scowling, I ignored Rias' angry expression before speaking to the semi-conscious Issei, "You ever speak about my mom like that again, and I'll give you a full-powered punch to the crotch," I spat out, huffing over the audacity of the kid. He'd just experienced my power a few seconds prior and yet he thought it was totally acceptable to comment on my mom's tits? Unbelievable.
Turning around I saw my mom looking at me with a slightly reprimanding gaze. Yet deep down she looked a little happy at my reaction and cupped my face when I got near to her, making my face go red with embarrassment when I saw Akeno looking at us.
"My sweet little boy, I can protect myself, you know?" she lovingly spoke before pinching my cheek lightly and letting my face go. But when she spotted where I was looking - at Akeno - a sly smile came upon her face and she looked over at Akeno with an innocent smile--
No. Nonono. Mom, stop, please--
"Akeno Himejima, isn't it? My son's told me a lot about you, you know? I'm starting to get a little jealous~" she laughed and Akeno looked to me with a weird glint in her eye before looking back to my mom with a curious gaze.
"Oh, has he now?" she smilingly asked before walking over to my mom and hooked arms with her, "Care to share what he's been saying?"
With that, I died a little on the inside knowing that she was going to tell her everything.
And looking at the angry Rias charging over toward me like an angry bull, I could only sigh.
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Humanities_Peak
Humanities_Peak Erik will not stand for any of Issei's perversion. Especially around either his mom or around Akeno or around any further love interests of his. If Issei were to make a move on Akeno (which he wouldn't because he's a bit of a pussy to be honest) and did anything sexually inclined towards her, Erik would kill him. Nobody could stop him, not even his mom. He'd just straight up kill him.
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