Chapter 15: Peerage Expansion Part 5
RIAS & AKENO Location the Underworld, the Gremory Territory: the Gremory's Mansion, Rias' Room
In a elegant red and pink theme room, on a princess like bed, two girls were enjoying themselves. This is Rias' room, as she was brushing the hair of the black haired Akeno. Her new friend, that she'd made on a trip on Japan. Her friend name is Akeno, or to be more correct to her friend culture, she is Himejima Akeno. At her early birthday her parents finally allowed her to visit the humanworld under supervision of her father's bishop, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa.
During the two month trip, Rias was enthralled with Japan. She loved the culture of that land, from its food, customs, and anime. One day in that trip, she visited Akihabara in Tokyo, the literal capital of otaku culture. Rias, she was amazed by the sights, and after entered one of the shops and read her first manga, she was immediately hooked on it. She bought soo, soo much stuff from anime figures, manga, anime, and much more...of course she kept it hidden from her family, but Akeno when she joined her, she'd accepted that hobby of her, and even tried to convince her to tell the Laharl boy that Rias always talks about...but returning to the retell of her Japan stay. She became absolutely obsessed with everything involving Japan. At the second week there, while Rias and Heinrich were they were staying at when she meet poor little Akeno, dirty, weak and hungry about to be killed by her own family, cause of her fallen angel blood.
Akeno is the only child of the late Shuri Himejima. A Shinto priestess from the Himejima Clan who fell in love and married a high-class fallen angel of the Grigori, in fact he is one of the leaders of the fallen angels name Baraqiel. As a child, Akeno was vert close to her mother, while she felt astranged from her father, because of her father's responsibility in the Grigori. Because he was always away, he wasn't there to protect them, as a poor little Akeno witnessed her mother's death, and blamed her father...no Baraqiel for not being able to protect her, and even stopped viewing him as her father. After her mother's death, Akeno was forced to stayed with her mother's relative, but she was hated and disliked cause of her fallen angel blood, which further grew her disdain and dislike for fallen angels in general. Eventually she got kicked of her relatives house, a child alone, cold and struggling to survive.
Using her magical and priestess abilities that her mother showed her to survive. But eventually the Himejima came to get rid of her, that's when she meet Rias, who saved her. Offering not only a home, but also a way to rid herself of her fallen angel half. Since then they grew close, and during Rias Japan stay, Akeno showed her around and taught her somethings about Japan.
They became close friends, and Rias seeing that she can trust Akeno deeply, she was convinced that she was worthy to become her future Queen. As Rias explained that in a couple of months she'll receive something called Evil Pieces, and with them she and other pure-blood devil can reincarnated other races as half-devil or full devils in human cases. Cementing Akeno's decision to follow her new friend, Rias. Now they were practically sister in everyway but blood, which leads to now, as Rias brush Akeno's hair a couple more times, before tying her long hair into a very long ponytail, using a orange strand to hold it. She produce a mirror so Akeno can inspect her new look, she really likes it and thanks Rias for helping her, treat her hair, as it reminds her of times her mother would do this for her.
Once that was done, the girls decided to talk a bit and get some tea, or more specifically tea that Akeno makes. She has a unnaturally amazing talent in making and brewing tea, Rias liked it soo much that she'd exclusively to Akeno's green tea over any other. Even Grayfia-nee, complimented Akeno's tea-brewing skills. On their way to the kitchen so Akeno could make tea, she and Akeno overheard one of the maid in the kitchen talk about a attack that happened...at Laharl-kun's house!!! Rias gasped and ran off to look for mother, Akeno called out to Rias several times, but knowing her friend deep feeling for this boy, Laharl, she could understand. So with no other choice Akeno followed Rias, to be by her side, and support through everything!!!
Location Venelana's Private Room This is Venelana's personal space. A room of her own to relax, unwind, and enjoy herself. It was not much just a comfortable chair and some furniture, with some trinkets here and there to adorn the room. A roaring fireplace to snuggle near, whether to read a book or hear music, as a antique record player, was in the corner of the room. Spinning a record and playing a wonderful song called, "Faithfully" by a human band name Journey. Her sister Belladonna, would record various songs and make them vinel disks for her to enjoy, this romantic songs into this disk were amazing and truly enjoyable, as she drank from her teacup and listened. Just then her daughter bust through the door, straddling her. As she saw her daughter in distress, rushing to her, about to cry, wrapping her arms around her legs and her head on her thighs, she started crying and calling out to her.
Soon Akeno came in as well, excusing herself as she rushed over to them and tried to console Rias too. After a few minutes Venelana and Akeno managed to calm down Rias enough to tell her mother what's wrong. Rias began asking if Laharl was alright, and if he was hurt. Suddenly Venelana, she'd understood, Rias must have heard of the attack on her sister mansion, that just happened yesterday. Sighing, she picked up her daughter and sat her on her lap, as she began to tell her everything that's happened...
AKENO MEETS LAHARL Location the Bael Territory: Belladonna's Mansion, Theater Room
After the whole mansion invasion fiasco, and Laharl giving his mom the captive, that he keep alive to interrogate. She was proud of her son, and took the bald, face-tattooed devil to not only to question but offer him to Sirzechs and the other Satans to decide his fate and punishment. With some magic from Marron and the other servent they fixed the mansion in one day, and spent couple of days to clean and replace things inside the mansion.
Right now Laharl, Kyoko, Ruby, and Albedo were enjoying some games in the theater room, that fortunately was never struck by the invaders. As Laharl was showing the classic Mario, Sonic, and also Crash Bandicoot games. Kyoko loved the Crash and Sonic games, while Ruby preferred the Street Fighter, Tekken, and other fighting games, especially Mortal Kombat playing a mean Ermac. Albedo loved more the puzzle genres, she did liked the Midevil games, mostly the original over the PSP remake, but the HD ones were the best in her opinions. While Laharl, he played everything, he adored RPGs, Final Fantasy, Makai games with exception he didn't bought them since it might offend Kyoko and Ruby given their edited origins. So they spent their time gaming, when a familiar long spiky, red-head, and a new girl came into their theater room.
Rias came to visit, to check up on Laharl-kun, cause even with her mom reassuring that everything was okay. Rias, she'd had to make sure. Bringing Akeno along so she can meet him, and the girls. That when Rias realized there another girl in Laharl's group...again!!! As she thought, "Laharl-kun!! Can't you get boys in your peerage, instead of girls!!!?" but she held back the need to scream, as she walked over and sat between Laharl and Ruby, pushing Ruby over to the side. Which made Ruby angry, and yell at Rias, "Yo red-head pickqueek, that my spot next to my man!!" Rias turn to Ruby, resting the side of her face onto hand, and responding in a teasing tone, "Hmmm? Did you say something Ruby?"
This only served to piss Ruby off more, just when she was about to swing at Rias, Albedo stopped her. Mentioning she should control her anger, since this is not only their love's prefered room of entertainment, but theirs as well. Grinding her teeth, and huffing as Ruby laid back on the couch with her arms crossed. As Laharl offered Akeno a sit, he went back to playing, sometimes thrown glances onto Akeno's direction.
Laharl recognized the second main heroine immediately, it was Akeno, meaning the Himejima accident must have already occurred. And soon the Nekomata Nekoshou massacre will happened, when Shirone aka Koneko's sister Kuroka kills their master a bastard name Naberius. He could use this information to save the nekomate race as a whole, but not Kuroka she was destined to carry out a reverse Itachi, claiming to have done evil for her younger sister, which led poor little Koneko to be deeply traumatized, always becoming a expressionless doll that hates nekoshou self...then he thought about the issues that all of Rias peerages has. A girl...no two girls that hate their bloodlines and abilities that come with them, a trans vampire with extreme social issues, race issues, and extreme anxieties that make him have a hard time control his sacred gear, called "Forbidden Balor" which make him a discount, bootlick, DIO!! Next with have a guy, with extreme PTSD and survivor's guilt, that spent his new chance of life in pursue of revenge...but no it wasn't the people responsible for his suffering it was for a freaking lame sword, another bootlick copy, as the true Excalibur is wielded by the top-tier wiefu Artoria, period.
Then let's go to the final members of Rias' peerage and main cast of DXD. The once extreme indoctrinated girl, that believed all that is holy is righteous, and had her world crumble when she found out her faith and devotion is a dead, yep Big G. has been dead since the Three-way Holy War. Then said extremist become a woman in heat after the protag, cause she wants to feel something...talk about needing therapy. Then the biggest pervert that should be arrested and place on the special watch list, possessing the literal most broken cheat a protag has ever had in his year. But like many Harem protags, a coward that can't back up his actual eagerness for cheeks, and never claps them, until the literal end of DXD...what's the troupe of a protag, surrounded by willing girls, but can't do suit cause his too shy, or the heroine that's either the most liked or disliked of the cast cockblock a homie...all he could thinks in Ranma, now as he has both issues too macho, too shy, and the main heroine is by far the least interesting or good of them all...but as he press his control button to jump over Bowser, and beat the fifth castle, he was back to his original thoughts.
Lastly there was Asia...honestly she the least with issues, more angelic and pure than the angel in DXD. She was just a good girl, caught in a bad situation, so one of six, Rias peerage was still cooked with every mental issue in the book. As he passed the control to Kyoko, who wanted to play, he stretched and put his arms over his head. He looked at Akeno and said, "Ohhh. Sorry my bad. My name is Laharl Krichevskoy Bael. What's your miss?" Akeno, she her iconic "Ara Ara" pose and saying. As she introduced herself and even teased a bit, "My such a gentleman, Laharl-kun. (saying this made Rias look at her with annoyed, puffing face) My name is Himejima Akeno, is a pleasure."
Laharl only thought was that Akeno was already developing her personality quirks that made her one of the beloved heroines in DXD. After they talked and played a few more games of Mario, and Mario Party that induced rage from Rias, and Ruby during the game. Rias was clingy, and complimented his new look, as she loved his jacket, and Laharl proudly mention that Kyoko made it for him. Making the ninja girl, eye-smile, then he introduced his future Queen, Albedo, who bowed respectfully to her and Akeno. With Akeno watching the interaction between him, Rias, and the other girls, she tried to tease him and Rias by saying, "My, my what a cruel man. Ignoring his girlfriend to talk to other girls. (fake crying/sniffing) Poor, poor Rias." Rias was affected by the teasing and blush bright red, flailing her arms and yelling at a smiling Akeno, but after Laharl responded, by wrapping his scarf around all three of his girls and saying, "Your right what kind of boyfriend, wouldn't pay attention to his girls?" with a smirk on his face, and kissed Ruby, Albedo, and Kyoko, making them very happy.
Shutting up and shocking Akeno, as Rias sighed and introduced the girls as Laharl's first, second, and third girlfriends. Making Kyoko, Albedo, and Ruby proud and happy. As the quad of them, started laughing, as they spent some more time together. Laharl eventually shut off the console and put in Frozen, as he got all the future movies with his magic, knowing the Rias and Akeno were still little girls, they'll love this movie a lot more, not that he blame them Frozen is a good movie, as that how Akeno and Laharl first interaction went. And just as Laharl predicted, they were in love with the movie, even starting singing along to Elza's "Let it Go" song.