DxD - Time Lord - Chapter 1

The sound of heels clicking on hardwood floors was the annoying sound that roused him from his sleep. A single glowing red eye cracked open and cast about in the dark until it landed its gaze on the only source of light in the room, a cheap clock radio with an alarm. The digital display read four thirty... in the afternoon.

The glowing red eye closed with a groan of annoyance. The being tried to get back into dreamland, it was too early to be awake after spending the last forty-eight hours straight running non-stop raids in the latest MMO trying to get a single piece of legendary gear. The beings mood was further fouled by the complete failure to get the item.

Mercifully, the sound of the heels clacking on solid wood came to an end. Unfortunately, the blessed silence was then broken by the sounds of muffled voices coming through the thick wooden doors. That... did not bode well. The being's bloodshot eye cracked back open to stare at the door. Why today, of all days, was this disturbance coming?

The large wooden doors cracked open letting the most unholy of unholies flood into the nearly pitch black room... sunlight! The being hissed in annoyance and buried itself deeper under its blankets to hide from the growing light as the double doors were pushed completely open. The voices became clearer as they intruded upon its domain. Most of the ones speaking it recognized, even knowing them fairly well. Yet, there were two that were strangers to it. One male, the other female.

The sound mercifully stopped, though the being could still FEEL the light spilling into its domain and it loathed it! There was a sound of annoyance before the blanket the being was attempting to hide from the light under was viciously ripped away.

The being hissed in annoyance and grabbed its pillow to cover its head while groaning out a loud, “Go away! It's too early!”

The response came from a mildly exasperated, though fond sounding, feminine voice, “Gasper, it's after four in the afternoon. It is not 'too early' for you to be awake.” She paused and the being, Gasper Vladi, could hear the exasperation in her tone, “Unless you've been up all night gaming, again.”

Gasper grunted, “Of course not!” He tried to sound indignant, though it was muffled by the pillow clamped over his head, “I was up for two days straight.”

His declaration was met with a deep sigh and a single word, a name really, that was also a command, “Koneko.”

A soft feminine voice barely whispered, “Sorry, Gaspy.” before his precious pillow was ripped away from him.

Gasper let out another, louder, hiss of annoyance. Clearly there was no escape so he sat up straight and glared at the group of people crowded into his room with bloodshot eyes. He recognized most of them.

There was Yuuto Kiba, the only other guy he'd spent any significant time around. He was a pretty-boy swordsman with pale white skin and golden blonde hair. The look of amusement on Yuuto's face made him want to slap the guy.

Then there was Koneko, who was currently holding his pillow with a contrite look on her face. Well, contrite looking to him. To anyone else she would appear to be stoic looking, but he knew her better than that. She was also the only one in the group shorter than himself. With her white hair and golden eyes she was also the most exotic looking girl in the room. She was also not-so-secretly his favorite person there.

Next was Akeno Himejima. To an outside observer she appeared to be what the Japanese would refer to as a perfect Yamato Nadeshiko, the ideal Japanese beauty. Her long black hair with a princess cut held up in a high pony tail gave credence to that description. Her violet eyes and... generous proportions made her appearance something any man would find attractive. Until they got to know her personality. She was an unrepentant sadomasochist with a fetish for being 'the other woman' in a relationship.

The last of the people he knew was Rias Gremory. Like Akeno, she was a stunning beauty, though she did lose out, just a bit, in bust size to the black haired girl. On the other hand, Rias's pale white skin, bright blue eyes, and blood-red hair made her a stand out beauty all on her own. She was also...

“Evil boss, what do you want?”

His boss and master, through no choice of his own. It could have been much worse and honestly, despite what he called her, she had a lot of respect for her. He was just tired, cranky, and unafraid to show it.

One of the two new people, the male one, looked like he was about to say something but Rias, rather than angry looked fondly exasperated as she addressed him, “Gasper, there's no need for flattery. I'm here to introduce you to the two newest members of our family.”

Rias took a step to the side and gestured to the two strangers. She pointed to the girl first, ladies first after all, “This is my newest bishop, your kohai, Asia Argento, the wielder of Twilight Healing.”

Gasper, still sitting in his bed, looked the girl over and tried to give her a nice smile, though judging by how she took a step back and the boy moved like he wanted to protect her, he clearly failed. Still, she was cute in an innocent sort of way. She was petite, especially compared to mammary monsters like Akeno and Rias, with bright green eyes and blonde hair that was a match for Yuuto's.

Rias then gestured to the boy who'd lifted a protective arm in front of Asia, “And this is Issei Hyoudou, my only pawn and wielder of the Longinus Boosted Gear.”

Gasper's eyes looked Issei up and down. The boy didn't look very special. He had average looks, normal brown hair, and brown eyes. Not to mention... “So weak.” His gaze moved to Rias even as Issei flinched, “Are you sure you didn't get scammed by him Evil Boss?”

Rias chuckled, which did not help Issei feel better at all, before she addressed his statement, “He is, for now. That's part of why we've come to introduce Asia and Isssei to you. The time has come. We have ten days to train before the match. Sirzech's gave me permission to unseal you for the coming Rating Game.”

Gasper's lips curled into a cruel smirk that showed off the tips of his fangs, “Oho? Is that so.” His previous bad mood was completely forgotten, “Well, isn't that just lovely. So, what's the plan?”

Rias crossed her arms beneath her breasts, pushing them up and together. Gasper, being a warm blooded male, greatly enjoyed the view. Though, given the amount of drool dripping down his chin, Issei clearly enjoyed it more. She paid no attention to her pawn and focused fully on her first bishop, “We've been given ten days for training before the match. We're heading into the mountains to do so. I want you to come with us and help out. We could really use your strength.”

That got a scoff out of Issei, who managed to tear his eyes from Rias's breasts long enough to turn and stare at Gasper, “This girly-boy is supposed to help us train? He's tiny and looks like a girl! And didn't you say he was a bishop? Doesn't that mean he's all magic and stuff making him weak?”

He didn't notice the hurt look of the blonde ex-nun standing slightly behind him as he called being a bishop, weak. Rather than being upset, Gasper just stared at Issei with his bloodshot ruby-red eyes. There was no denying facts. Gasper, despite his best efforts, had minimal control over his height and his looks due to his age.

This left Gasper standing at only a few centimeters taller than Koneko while having a very effeminate face. To help combat his feminine looks, he kept his light blond hair cut and styled into a fohawk, which had the effect of showing off his definitely not-human pointed ears. Any other hair style and his current outfit of jeans and a tee shirt would have made it possible to mistake him for a young girl.

In response to Issei's question, Gasper smoothly hopped off of his bed to stand on the floor. Without saying a word, he stripped off his shirt and let it fall to the ground. All the women in the room stared at his bare chest. He even spotted a bit of heat in Akeno's gaze while the new girl blushed profusely. More importantly, Issei's jaw had dropped to the floor.

Gasper was ripped. Without the loose shirt covering him they could all see how his torso was completely covered in corded muscles. His abs so highly defined they could be used to grate cheese. Gasper smirked at Issei as he pulled his shirt back on, “If that's not enough to convince you, I could always kick your ass.”

Perhaps out of misplaced pride, or just to not appear weak to the ladies in the room, Issei didn't back down. He jabbed a thumb into his chest, “Bring it on! I'm the strongest pawn of Rias Gremory, the Red Dragon Emperor, and the man who will be a Harem King!”

Rias sighed, but said nothing. She'd clearly been fully prepared for this possibility. Gasper was.. well he was Gasper and he could be hard to predict at times. Meanwhile, Issei and an adorable idiot who tended to get in over his head. She could order them to not do this, but then the issue wouldn't be resolved and Issei would likely continue to underestimate Gasper to his own detriment. They all needed Gasper's help if they were to grow stronger over the next ten days. So, she addressed the pair, “Fine, you may spar. But if I say stop, you stop. Got it?”

Gasper easily nodded. Issei looked a bit taken aback and didn't back down, “Don't worry Buchou! I won't hurt him too badly.”

If he hadn't been standing near the door, behind everyone else, he would have seen Yuuto rolling his eyes, Akeno licking her lips, and Koneko giving Gasper an encouraging thumbs up. They clearly knew where the pair stood.

The so far silent Asia chose that moment to speak up in a quiet almost mouse-like voice, “I-is this really necessary?”

Issei was the one to answer her, “Don't worry Asia-chan! I won't hurt him and you can heal him when its over so there's no harm.”

Gasper grunted and turned around to start digging around in his mess of a room. The only portions of clear floor were the path leading from the door to his bed and from his bed to his entertainment area and bathroom. It took him a bit of digging to find his shoes since he hadn't worn them in months. Being sealed inside of his large apartment made going outside rather difficult.

Of course, he didn't blame Rias for him being sealed away for the last few years. It was the right thing to do, honestly. Back when Rias first reincarnated him he'd lacked control over his Sacred Gear. Of course, things were made worse by his mental state at the time. After all, it wasn't often that a person wakes up in an unfamiliar body after having died in their original one. Or even more pressing, wakes up in the body of a character they'd previously believed to be fictional.

Waking up like that he... well he'd definitely had a bit of a psychotic break. It took him months to get back to some semblance of normal. The rest... well, that didn't matter at the moment as he finally found his shoes and pulled them on. His red eyes locked onto Issei, “C'mon loser. Let's get your embarassing defeat over with.”

Issei scoffed but kept his mouth shut. The whole group marched out of Gasper's room and into the hallway of the old school building. It was where Rias did her work as one of the people in charge of Kuoh's territory. It was their main base for operating within the city. Their big business was making deals with mortals. Even Gasper participated, though he did so over the phone and internet so his contracts were worldwide and varied. It was an excellent source of power, if slow to build.

It didn't take much time at all for them to arrive outside. Gasper grimaced at the sight of the sun beating down on the small clearing where they would be fighting, “Ugh, it's too bright out.”

Issei turned to face Gasper and smirked, “What's the matter hikkikomori? Can't stand the light?”

Gasper gave Issei a bland stare, “For your information, I was a Dhampire before Evil Boss reincarnated me as a devil.”

Issei looked like a confused puppy, complete with head tilt, as he asked, “Dhampire?”

Gasper scoffed, “You don't know what that is? It means I was born as a half-vampire. While sunlight doesn't hurt me, it's not my friend either. Then add in the minor bit of weakness and lethargy devils feel in sunlight? Ugh. I'd rather be back in bed.”

Issei snorted, “Already making excuses for when you lose eh?” He crossed his arms over his chest and nodded 'wisely' at Gasper, “I understand, you've come to realize just how strong I am.”

Gasper scoffed and looked at Rias, “Just tell us when to start, Evil Boss.”

Rias chuckled and lifted her hand into the air, “Ready?” She dropped her hand down, “Begin!”

Issei thrust his left hand out and in a flash of red light it was covered in a metallic looking gauntlet with clawed fingers, golden spikes, and a green jewel on the back of his hand.

[Boost!]

The green jewel flashed while shouting out in the ancient dragon Draig's voice. Gasper gave Issei a bland stare, “Oh, look at that. You're twice as strong as before. Still, one mouse or two mice isn't much of a difference. Should I wait and let you boost a dozen more times so you're a bit of a threat?”

Issei charged at Gasper while cocking his fist back, “I'll show you who's weak!”

Gasper sighed while Issei ran at him full tilt. It was barely faster than an average human running. Not to mention he was so blatantly broadcasting his intentions that a blind person could tell that Issei intended to hit him with a simple cross. Gasper's response was to wait until the last moment to simply step to the side and stick his foot out. There was a loud thud as Issei tripped and fell flat on his face in a very undignified manner.

While Issei slowly picked himself up, his face red with embarrassment and covered in dirt, Gasper took a little distance.

[Boost!]

“Ohhhh four mice. Now I'm scared!” Gasper taunted.

Issei, clearly lacking any sort of training at all, did the exact same thing he'd done previously. He charged Gasper with his left arm cocked back. Gasper rolled his eyes and repeated the exact same thing he'd done before, tripping Issei and making him face plant on the ground once more.

[Boost!]

Issei jumped right back to his feet and took a swing at Gasper. With three boosts powering him, Issei was moving at a decent speed, for a mortal. Otherwise it was still rather pathetic. It took zero real effort for Gasper to calmly weave between Issei's sloppy punches.

[Boost!]

Even with another boost in power, Gasper had no trouble with Issei's attempts to clobber him. A further two boosts didn't change the situation at all, though Gasper did comment, “Hey! Look at that. Only seven boosts to become strong enough to count as a descent Low Class devil. Man, I wish I could make myself one hundred and twenty eight times more powerful at a whim. Ah well.”

Even with the, frankly, massive increase to Issei's stats, he didn't have much to work with to begin with and it showed. Gasper still had zero trouble dodging around Issei's telegraphed attacks. Even if Issei actually boosted to the point of being stronger than him, Gasper will still have no issue dodging such easily read attacks.

[Boost!]

Gasper smirked, “Two hundred and fifty-six, you should survive a hit from me now.”

Issei, breathing rather heavily from his non-stop attempts to punch Gasper in his smug face, paused in his attacks with confusion written all over his face, “What do you mean?”

Gasper grinned as he lifted his hands and began cracking his knuckles, “You see, I have trouble holding back on my strength. If I'd punched you at the very beginning of the fight I might have accidentally killed you. Pathetic weakling or not, you belong to Evil Boss and I'd never forgive myself for making her sad by breaking you.”

Gasper and Issei glanced over at Rias to see her giving Gasper a bright smile and thumbs up for his thoughtfulness, “Thanks Gasper!”

Gasper grinned and turned back to look at Issei, “I suggest gritting your teeth.”

“Wha-” Was all Issei managed to get out before Gasper vanished from sight. A second later Issei felt like he was hit by a car as Gasper folded him in half with a heavy blow to his stomach. Issei was launched through the air like a rag doll until he slammed into one of the nearby trees back first. He seemed to be stuck to the tree for a few moments before gravity took hold once more and he dropped to the ground.

[Reset!]

After its call out, the Boosted Gear vanished. Issei was out cold. Gasper calmly walked over, though he was beaten to Issei's body by a frantic Asia who came running over. Two rings appeared on her hands and began emitting a green light as she healed what little damage Gasper had done. He came to a stop next to Asia, “How's he doing?”

Asia, with suspiciously wet eyes, looked at Gasper to answer him, “Just some bruises. He'll be fine in a moment.”

True to her words, Issei woke up moments later. He looked around before he frowned, “I lost?” At everyone's nods, his gaze turned to Gasper, “You're still short.”

Gasper, far from being upset, just smirked, “At least I'm not bland looking. I'm still growing, your looks are for life.”

Truthfully, it did bug Gasper that he wasn't even five feet tall yet, sitting at an annoying four foot eleven. His only saving grace is that he was still only fifteen. He still had a few more years before he stopped growing. He'd be happy to get just another foot. He'd never be a giant, but average would be great!

He shook that thought off and turned to look at his King, “So, Evil Boss, when do we leave for this special training?”

Rias smiled brightly, “Shortly. Like I said, we'll be heading into the mountains. We need your help, all of us.”

No one said it aloud, but it was well known within the peerage by the senior members that Gasper was by far the strongest among them. Even if his Sacred Gear wasn't a Longinus, the way he used it meant it might as well be. He was a true combat monster. It was why he had to be sealed away. Rias really couldn't control him with the difference in their strength. Not that he would ever do anything to his Evil Boss. That didn't stop others from worrying though.

Gasper snorted, “So your dickhead brother is finally desperate enough to let me out to save you at the last minute huh?” He tilted his head to the side, “Though I thought you were supposed to have a few more years.”

Rias pouted outrageously and huffed while crossing her arms under her breasts, “I was! But Riser and Grayfia showed up today to push the date of the wedding forward. Riser only gave me these ten days as a middle finger to me.”

Gasper frowned and promised to himself that he would smash Riser extra hard for being such a dick. Though he couldn't help wondering what would push the wedding forward all of a sudden... His gaze fell on Issei as the boy coughed and came to. His gaze became completely flat as he gazed at Rias, “You bragged about your new Longinus, didn't you?”

Rias blushed and refused to meet Gasper's gaze. The Dhampire groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose, “That was stupid. How many times have I told you not to brag like that? It's only because I've never done anything public that no one knows about me as anything but your weird bishop.”

Rias continued to blush and refused to look at Gasper as he mildly berated her for her poor choice. Finally, she broke and, still pouting, tried to justify herself, “I know, I know. But I was just so excited! You know how rare a Longinus is! And I got my hands on one! I was so excited I couldn't hold it in!”

Gasper sighed and looked over at Issei who was being quietly comforted on his loss by Asia. His gaze then moved back, “So, you want me to improve his pitiful state, Evil Boss?”

Rias, still a bit pink in the cheeks, nodded, “I do. It would be best if he was the one everyone focused on in the rating game.”

Gasper snickered in understanding. There was a reason he called her 'Evil Boss' and it wasn't just because it amused the both of them. Rias was a devil, a nice one for sure, but still a devil. When it mattered that nature came out and she used it to get what she wanted. They both knew that she could have been free of Riser any time she wanted using his strength alone. Only, she couldn't because of her families interference.

Now that Issei was in the picture, Sirzechs had no choice but to let him loose or risk losing his sister to the flaming chicken. Gasper was sure that Sirzechs had multiple plans in place to ensure his sisters freedom, but each and every one of them would have dire consequences. It wasn't an over exaggeration to say that his interference in the marriage could lead to another civil war.

If Rias had kept her mouth shut about Issei, she could have had years to train him and get him stronger. Now, she had a Longinus, everyone knew it, but the user was a weakling. It was obvious that they would move before Issei had a chance to become a threat to their plans. Now, unless he wanted to risk war, Sirzechs best hope was giving Rias the authority to release him from the seals.

Rias fully planned to take advantage of it by keeping all attention focused on the bright and shiny Longinus user. With all attention on Issei, no one would pay any attention to the tiny bishop that no one even recognized or maybe didn't even know about. He would be free to strike in their blind spots. Just the thought brought a smile to his face, “I'll do my best to train him up, Evil Boss.”

-----Line Break-----

Gasper looked up from the small handheld personal computer he was using to do his classwork to look at the struggling form of Issei. His lovely Evil Boss had forced the poor guy to carry everyone's luggage by himself while they walked up the stairs leading to the top of the small mountain the villa was located on. If it wasn't for his devil physiology, Issei would have dropped dead from exhaustion hours ago. At the moment Issei was swimming in sweat and still looked like he might collapse at any moment.

Yeah, just another reason to continue to refer to Rias as his Evil Boss, with love. He returned to what he'd been doing. Despite being sealed away, he was still forced to participate in his human education. They used the excuse of severe agoraphobia for him not attending classes in person. Instead, there was a camera and monitor within the classroom for him to use to interact with the other students and teachers.

It was honestly pretty boring for him. Most of the time he left himself on mute and played games. He didn't need to pay close attention since he'd gone through a full education once already in his last life. It took hardly any effort to pass again. He didn't even need to maintain excellent grades, good was good enough. It's not like a human education actually mattered in the Underworld! They were only on Earth to feed his Evil Boss's weeaboo nature.

Gasper sent off the email for his homework that he'd halfassed and switched to a game. Sadly, he didn't get to play long before Rias's voice called out proudly, “And we're here!”

He lifted his gaze up from the screen and let out a low whistle as he gazed over the huge villa they would be staying in for their training. Without warning, his eyes shifted and seemed to 'open' in an almost mechanical manner that released a flash of red light. To his point of view the entire world seemed to be frozen solid. He could see individual strands of Rias's hair frozen in place as they swayed in a light breeze.

With a smirk, he calmly walked past the others and made his way into the villa. He took his sweet time, about half an hour of relative time, to look through each room until he found the perfect one. It had no windows on either the east or west side, only a smaller one on the north, so the sun wouldn't flood into the room during the mornings or evenings. It was large, though it lacked a private bathroom. This was made up for by having two more electrical outlets than any other room in the house.

It was decided, this was his room.

His eyes shifted once more and appeared to 'fold' closed killing the crimson light and allowing time around him to resume. A few moments later he heard Rias shouting his name so he opened the door to his room and poked his head out, “I'm in my room Evil Boss! Have the minion bring my stuff over!”

Rias quickly found him and gave him a look that suggested long suffering with a hint of fondness, “Was it necessary to use your Sacred Gear just to pick your room?”

Gasper's face turned serious as he nodded firmly, “It was. I had to make sure to claim the perfect one.”

Rias playfully rolled her eyes but accepted it none-the-less, “Fine. I'll have Issei bring your stuff to you.”

Gasper grinned cheekily, “Thanks, Evil Boss.”

She chuckled and cocked her hips to the side while crossing her arms to emphasize her bust. Gasper was one hundred percent certain she constantly did so unconsciously to emphasize her assets when talking to anyone they might give her an edge against, as long as she even mildly liked them. Given he was a red blooded male, he greatly enjoyed seeing the expansive valley of cleavage when she talked to him, “I plan for everyone to chip in to help Issei in growing stronger, but I'll be relying on you and your power to make it more effective.”

Gasper hummed and then shook his head, “Wouldn't it be better if I focused on training him myself and left the rest of you to train on your own? Ten days isn't enough for him to learn how to fight properly so the focus should be entirely on building up his base strength. With my training and the assistance of the lovely Asia, I should be able to turn him into something at least mildly respectable.”

Rias considered that before shaking her head, “He needs to at least learn how to throw a proper punch from Koneko and what to expect from sword users from Kiba. Not to mention magic from Akeno, despite his rather... lacking reserves.”

Lacking. Gasper snorted at that. Infants had more magical power than Issei did. His reserves could only be described as vastly inferior to the average human infant, let alone someone his own age. It would be a miracle for Issei to become capable of casting a spell without needing several Boosts from the Boosted Gear.

Still, Gasper recognized Rias had a point so he sighed but nodded, “I understand, Evil Boss. Just let me know when it's my turn and I'll work him to the best of my ability.”

The evil smile he gave was mirrored by Rias, “Thank you Gasper. I'll see you after dinner, alright?”

Gasper nodded and moved back into his room to wait for Issei to deliver his stuff. Being sealed in a room for several years straight hadn't quite turned him into an actual agoraphobic, but it was a close thing. He didn't enjoy being outside as much as he used to, though he could still go outside without a panic attack or anything. Though it was definitely a lot easier at night when everything was black.

Evil sun.

-----Line Break-----

The following morning, just as the sun peaked over the horizon, Gasper's eyes snapped open in his pitch black room. Due to his dual nature as a Vampire and a Devil he could easily sense where the sun was shining down at him from at any given moment. He'd decided to be up at the crack of dawn just to mess with Issei.

He turned slightly and smiled as he gazed at the sleeping face of his Evil Boss. She'd chosen to spend the night with him last night and he had no complaints. Especially when he looked down and got a perfectly clear view of her naked breasts. They were glorious. Perfectly perky and capped with bright pink nipples.

Sadly, he knew her sleeping naked with him wasn't a sexual thing, even if he was as naked as her and hard as steel from having her naked body wrapped around his. He loved his Evil Boss, he really did. It meant he would do anything for her, even train the useless Red Dragon Emperor into something worthwhile. It hurt his pride a bit because they both knew, even if no one else did, that he could crush Riser and his entire peerage on his own.

Finally, he brought himself out of his thoughts and began to wiggle himself free of Rias's embrace. The little pout she had when she was no longer clinging to him was adorable. He gave her a pillow to cuddle and a light kiss on the forehead before getting dressed and leaving his room.

He followed Issei's scent trail until he arrived at the door to his room. Issei's scent was... unique and he had no desire to even think about what gave the virgin loser such a... heady aroma. He paused just before he was about to kick the door open. He reconsidered and lowered his leg. He had no idea how Issei slept and he had no intentions of meeting Issei Jr. So, instead of kicking in the door and yelling, he started pounding on the door and yelling.

“Useless dragon pervert!” Yes, Koneko had been kind enough to fill him in about Issei, “Get your ass up or I'm coming in there and dragging you out! You've got ten minutes to get dressed and eat breakfast before I drag you outside!”

He pounded on the door and repeated his message until he heard a groan come from the other side of the door. With Issei awoken, he left and made his way downstairs to get his own breakfast. As a Dhampire he could eat regular food as well as drink blood. He loved the taste of blood and the things powerful blood did to him, but he didn't indulge too often. It was dangerous because he felt like he could become addicted to it.

When he arrived in the kitchen he was surprised to find Koneko there before him. Much like himself she was not much of a morning person. Though it seemed like she was waiting for him. When he entered the kitchen and saw her in a pair of yoga pants and a tank top, he knew what she wanted. Without a word, the taciturn cat-girl walked up to him, clasped his tee shirt, and guided him into the living room to sit on the couch.

Once he sat, she placed herself on his lap facing him with her legs straddling his waist. His arms automatically slipped around her and pulled her into a soft hug. They cuddled like that for a few moments. They had initially bonded over being the two shortest people they each knew. He was only a few inches taller than her, which she seemed to like.

Eventually, Koneko tilted her head, her white hair falling away to reveal her neck. If one looked extremely closely, they would be able to see two very small circular scars close to each other in the crook of her neck. After exposing herself to him she whispered softly, “Gaspy.”

He didn't need much more motivation. He leaned down and kissed the crook of her neck earning himself a small gasp from her. The next moment he gently bit her neck, his sharp fangs sinking in without any resistance from her rook reinforced physique. Koneko gave a little shudder and gasp when his fangs sank into her skin. Then she moaned when he began to gently suck on the wounds to drink her blood.

They sat like that for a few minutes, Koneko letting out cute little moans and gently wiggling in his lap while he drank from her. On his end, Gasper enjoyed the taste of Koneko's blood as he always had before. It was like he was drinking in the feeling of being in a wild forest just after a soft rain while standing in the sun dappled shade of the leaves. The scent of the rain in the air, the feeling of nature beneath his bare feet, and the power of an earthquake flooded through his veins.

Drinking from Koneko always left him feeling powerful. He didn't know if it was her Senjutsu, latent Touki, rook enhancements, or all of the above. All he knew is it always left him just a little bit stronger and gave him a small, yet permanent, boost to his strength.

He only stopped drinking when Koneko gave a full body shudder and deep sensual moan of pleasure. That was the other issue with him drinking blood, it was euphoric for the person he fed from as well. If he drank long enough, something Koneko insisted on, it would give whomever he was drinking from a powerful orgasm. Exactly like the one Koneko was still shuddering from.

He with drew his lips from the two small wounds in her neck and began to lick at them, coagulating the small trickle of blood and speeding up the healing process slightly. Like any other devil, he couldn't cast healing magic which meant the wounds would need to heal naturally. Though, he supposed, now that his Evil Boss had Asia and her Twilight Healing, the ex-nun could heal the tiny wounds in moments. It was all up to Koneko on how she wanted to deal with them though.

After a few more minutes, Koneko finally came back from her blissed out state and gave Gasper a small smile that on anyone else would have been blindingly bright. They didn't exchange words, there was no need to. They'd been doing the same thing for years and would continue to do so until they no longer could. Instead of talking, they silently snuggled until Gasper's mental alarm went off.

It had been ten minutes and there was no sign of Issei. He gently lifted Koneko off of his lap, much to her visible disapproval, and stood up, “Time to do my job for Evil Boss.”

Koneko gave a little laugh before she curled up on the couch in an effort to go back to sleep. Gasper left her there and marched over to Issei's door once more. He could hear nothing through it but Issei's scent was still strong meaning the boy was still in the room.

Gasper sighed and offered a silent prayer to the Satan's asking that Issei wear at least boxers or something to sleep in. Once he finished said prayer, he lifted his leg and violently kicked the bedroom door. With an almighty crash, the door was ripped off of its hinges, flew across the room, and shattered against the opposite wall.

Issei, who a moment before had been sleeping peacefully, shot up with a shout, “What's going on?! What happened?!”

While Issei, still half asleep and frantic, looked around in confusion, Gasper marched over and clamped a hand around on of Issei's ankles through his blanket, “It's training time.”

“What?”

Gasper ignored Issei's perfectly reasonable question and calmly began dragging the boy out of his bed by his leg. Issei scrambled to try and grab hold of something to stop Gasper from dragging him, but couldn't grip anything hard enough. All the while he shouted questions trying to figure out what was happening. The entire time, Gasper's steel-like grip held Issei's ankle strong and dragged him through the house.

Soon, Gasper had dragged Issei outside into the light of dawn. Issei continued to try and struggle out of Gasper's grip, scrabbling at the grass, dirt, and stones he was dragged over. Eventually, Gasper did come to a stop and released Issei's ankle.

Issei immediately shot to his feet, the blanket he'd been hidden under falling to the ground to reveal what was underneath. Gasper thanked every unholy being he could think of that Issei wore boxers to sleep in. Issei pointed an accusing finger at Gasper as he shouted, “What the hell are you doing?! It's not even bright out yet and you're dragging me from my bed?!”

Gasper looked up at Issei annoyed. Annoyed at they yelling, but even more annoyed that he had to literally look up at him, “Shut up. I promised our Evil Boss that I would train you. I never promised it would be a pleasant experience! The more you shout, the more you make me work, the more unpleasant it's going to be for you.”

Issei continued to point at him and yell, “Stop calling Buchou 'Evil Boss'! She's not evil! No one with such glorious oppai could possibly be evil!” Just thinking about Rias's breasts derailed Issei's train of thought and left him standing there with a bit of drool coming from the corner of his mouth.

Gasper calmly walked over to Issei and lightly punched him in the stomach. Of course, lightly for Gasper was strong enough to bend Issei in half and cause him to gag on bile. Gasper calmly withdrew his fist and let Issei colapse to the ground in a writhing heap, “Listen up useless-dragon. Evil Boss has some small bit of faith in you for whatever reason. She wants you to get stronger and I promised her I would do my best.”

He used his foot to roll Issei over so the older boy was looking up at him while Gasper glared down, “I will not have you turning me into a liar. You will do what I say, when I say it, or I will make you suffer.” Gasper's eyes began to glow with an eerie red light, “And believe me when I say that I can make you suffer. Understood?”

Issei swallowed thickly and slowly nodded, Gasper's whole attitude did a complete one eighty as he became cheerful and smiled brightly, “Good! Now get up. We're going to start easy and get your baseline down.”

Gasper waited for Issei to get to his feet before he gestured to the area around them, “I want you to run in a circle around this area as fast as you can for as long as you can.”

Issei looked around then down at himself, still clad in only his boxers, “But, shouldn't I get dressed or at least some shoes?”

Gasper clapped his hands together hard enough to create a loud booming sound and a gust of wind, “RUN! NOW!”

Issei RAN.

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Later that afternoon Gasper calmly dragged Issei's unconcious body into the villa. Rias and Akeno, the only two in the villa at present, glanced in his direction before their eyes trailed down to Issei on the floor. Issei was completely unconcious, covered in dirt, sweat, and several nasty looking bruises.

Naturally, Akeno was the first to open her mouth, “Ara ara, I didn't know you had it in you to be so... rough Gasper.”

Both Gasper and Rias rolled their eyes at the emphasis Akeno put on 'rough'. The sadomasochist most definitely enjoyed what she was seeing. Rather than address her though, Gasper flat out ignored her existence and focused on Rias, “Well, Evil Boss, he's not completely and utterly useless, but it's going to take a lot of work to make him more than pathetic.”

Rias sighed but nodded, “I understand. Just do what you can for him. If we fail to take down Riser, it will be up to you.”

Gasper sighed but nodded in acknowledgment. Rias still had her pride and wanted to beat Riser all on her own. It was only because of the marriage being forced forward that she was even willing to entertain the idea of using Gasper's strength to free herself. It was one of the things he liked about his Evil Boss.

They chatted for a bit before they were interrupted by a high pitched scream. All three looked over to see Asia running through the room to drop to her knees next to Issei, “Issei? Issei! What happened to you?!”

Even as she asked questions in a panicked tone, she summoned Twilight Healing and began working on fixing the boy. Gasper watched for a moment before shrugging and dismissing it from his mind, “I'm going to my room.”

The next few days passed in much the same manner. Every morning Gasper would drag Issei out of bed and force him to train until he passed out. The only bright side was it took slightly longer each day for the Red Dragon Emperor to pass out as he grew in strength.

Other than his training of Issei, Gasper worked with the rest of the peerage. He was a bit of a genius when it came to the human form of magic. Which was ironic since he should have been able to apply that to his devil magic, yet he never could. For some reason, the calculation based magic was simply much easier for him to get the results he wanted. It was one of his main hobbies and matched well with his sacred gear. After all, it didn't matter how long it took to construct and cast a spell if your opponent was frozen in time.

Akeno favored lightning too much and didn't train using other aspects of her queen piece, which he found to be such a waste. Honestly, if Akeno hadn't been Rias's queen already when she reincarnated him, he was certain he would have made a better queen. Even as a bishop, he fought more like an all rounder than Akeno did. His training with her focused on using other elements in creative ways.

As for Rias, she favored her Power of Destruction far too much. It was an amazing power and could be very destructive, obviously. It just took way too much of her demonic power to use. It was even worse because her method of using it was to throw out huge blasts of power and hope it was enough. His training with her focused heavily on using smaller more accurate blasts. What was the point of destroying half of Riser's body when it would just regenerate? It was much better to pepper him with dozens, if not hundreds of much smaller blasts.

He didn't train with Yuuto, rather he just mentioned all kinds of swords and their special abilities from video games he'd played. Honestly, Yuuto had very little imagination when it came to his swords. So, Gasper left him with a bunch of print outs from various game guides on different video game swords.

For Koneko, he just sparred with her. There wasn't much else he could do. Even if she was willing to use Senjutus, which she wasn't, he knew nothing about it and had no advice. He did push her toward using her natural talent in Touki though, pointing out it had nothing to do with Senjutsu and was just her own life force amplifying her strength.

As for Asia... there was nothing he could do to help her. He didn't know her well enough, couldn't abuse her physically like he was Issei, and knew nothing about healing magic to make Twilight Healing better. It didn't help that she was also kind of avoiding him due to how he'd been treating Issei so roughly. She was too nice to be mad at him, or anyone for that matter, but she could do passive aggressive pretty well!

He found it adorable.

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Gasper stood at the back of their group, hidden behind the much taller members of the peerage. Tonight was the night. They'd spent ten solid days training and it was finally time to put it to use. Naturally, no one expected for just ten days to make any real difference. If they knew how badly Gasper could cheat they wouldn't have even given Rias an hour.

The room was flooded with light as they were transferred out of the Occult Research Club's main room and into an exact replica. Gasper ignored the explanation from Rias and instead focused his senses through the shadows. It was one of his most potent abilities, Darkness Manipulation. Using it made it ungodly simple for him to listen in on Riser's plans. Or rather, his little sister Ravel's plans.

The both of them fully expected this to be an easy victory so their planning was minimal. So minimal that Rias was actually fully capable of predicting their moves. He, along with Yuuto, Koneko, and Akeno were sent out to lay traps. Gasper smirked while he conjured magical circles to lay some truly vicious traps all around the old school building.

When he and the others finished, they returned to the room for Rias to further explain their roles. Issei and Koneko were sent to capture the gym. Kiba was assigned the role of finishing off anyone caught in their traps. Lastly, Akeno was air support.

Gasper and Rias stayed behind along with Asia. Gasper was to remain behind, for now, and only join when all hope seemed lost. He didn't like it, but he would follow the orders of his Evil Boss. It was easy enough for him to follow events by paying attention through his shadows anyway so he would know when he was needed most.

Things went exactly as Rias wanted, at first. Issei and Koneko managed to defeat a pair of pawns and a rook all on their own. Though it didn't matter much as Rias never intended to keep the gym. On her orders, Akeno destroyed the entire building with a gargantuan blast of lightning. Unfortunately, that was when things changed. A massive explosion removed Koneko from the game. Riser's queen had arrived. She and Akeno engaged in battle.

While the two queens fought, Yuuto and Issei battled other members of Riser's peerage. Things grew chaotic as casualties began to pile up on Riser's side. Yuuto and Issei did rather well taking out several of Riser's pieces. Unfortunately, Akeno lost to Riser's queen, Yubelluna. Though the older and more experienced queen required the use of a Pheonix Tear in order to pull it off.

A surprise attack from her took out Yuuto, but she didn't get to brag for long before she was annihilated by an attack from Rias. She didn't get to help Issei much more against Riser's remaining peerage members as Riser himself interfered. Still, Issei did excellent in taking down everyone that remained bu Ravel Phenex. Frankly, Issei just had no method at all to deal with her regeneration. It was just lucky for him that Ravel was a strategist and not a fighter.

That left Issei to make his way to where Rias was fighting a futile battle against Riser with Asia supporting her. Despite her training, it was just a purely bad match up. Against just about anyone else in her weight class, Rias would have dominated. Sadly, the Phenex bloodline was simply a hard counter for her. Without being significantly more powerful, Rias simply couldn't overcome Riser's regeneration.

Gasper watched quietly from the shadows as Issei got pummeled by an increasingly annoyed Riser. Just as Riser was about to fire a powerful attack at Issei, one that could threaten his life, Gasper decided it was time.

Darkness rose up into an imposing wall and snuffed out the blast of fire Riser had sent to finish off Issei. When it receded, Riser found himself face to face with a much shorter opponent. One he did not recognize. He frowned and summoned a swirling ball of flames above his hand, “And who the hell are you supposed to be?!”

Gasper glanced at Riser for a moment, before scoffing at him and waving his hand casually. The simple move caused the darkness around them to swell once again and swallow his two fellow peerage members along with his Evil Boss. While he transported them away, Riser grew furious over the casual dismissal. By the time Rias and the others had been transported back to the club room, another ball of fire had been launched at Gasper.

The fireball slammed into the roof of the main school building and detonated violently. Riser looked at the damaged area and scoffed, “Now I need to find Rias and finish this stupid rebellion of hers.”

Before he could make good on his word, he gasped as a small fist exploded out of his chest. Blood flew for a moment before it turned into flames. The fist withdrew before the flames could really get going. In an instant, the wound was completely healed. Hardly bothered by what would have been a deadly blow, Riser slowly turned to look down on Gasper, both literally and metaphorically.

It really annoyed Gasper just how much time he spent looking up at people. To rectify the situation, he lifted his hand and conjured a magic circle in an instant. Before Riser even finished opening his mouth to utter a single word, a blade made of water sliced through both of Riser's legs and literally cut him off at the knees.

Riser let out an undignified yelp as he fell, his rapid regeneration not fast enough to beat gravity to the punch. Of course, moments later his legs were back to normal and he jumped to his feet with a growl, “Listen here you little shit! Nothing you can do will stop me from winning.” He gave Gasper a cruel smirk, “If I can't get Rias to quit by threatening that loser of hers, you'll do just fine as a replacement.”

Riser conjured a massive ball of fire above his head, “So, do me a favor and BURN!”

Gasper arched an imperious eyebrow at the sight of the massive incoming ball of flames, “What a waste.”

With a casual wave of his hand Gasper caused a loud sonic boom to erupt. The subsequent gust of wind ripped the giant ball of flames apart with little trouble. He stared at the mildly surprised, but mostly annoyed, Riser and smirked, “My turn.”

Gasper's eyes flashed red and even though Riser was looking directly at him, he failed to see Gasper move. The next thing Riser knew, Gasper was clinging to him from behind. Gasper's legs were clamped around Riser's stomach while his arms were clamped around his chest. The grip was unbearably tight, but not tight enough to cause damage that would automatically have Riser burst into flames.

Before Riser could open his mouth to say something stupid, Gasper's mouth clamped on Riser's neck, his fangs digging deep. Unlike other injuries Riser had received that night, up to and including Rias completely obliteration the entire upper half of his body, this wound did not regenerate instantly. The bite of a vampire, even a dhampire, was not just physical, but also conceptual. It was the same reason that supernatural species with wings could fly even without having to flap their wings.

Gasper did NOT like feeding on men, at all. The reason became obvious when Riser let out a deeply sensual moan of pleasure. The sound sent a shiver of revulsion down Gasper's spine, but he didn't stop drinking deeply from Riser. Riser blood was heat, ash, and a cool breeze. Vitality like nothing he'd ever felt before flowed through his veins. It was intoxicating.

“Oh! OH SATAN!”

And the moment was ruined. Gasper did his best to erase the knowledge of what had just happened to Riser due to his feeding on the man. He continued to take deep pulls of the man's blood draining him nonstop while Riser's own regeneration kept replacing the lost blood instantly. Gasper was honestly starting to get a little light headed as he drank literal gallons of blood from Riser.

An adult male weighing around two hundred pounds would have somewhere around six liters or one and a half gallons of blood in their entire body. Gasper had no way to measure it, but he was certain he'd drank at least ten gallons of blood at that point. He'd done his best to NOT keep track of how many orgasms he'd given Riser.

Sometimes Gasper honestly wished he was gay, or at least bisexual. That would make the entire situation so much easier to deal with. Thankfully, the sounds Riser was making were getting quieter and his regeneration seemed to be taking longer to replace the lost blood. Finally, Riser collapsed to his knees, no longer having the strength to support his own weight.

Gasper released his hold on Riser before he finished collapsing on the roof. Looking down at the man, Gasper could see that Riser was completely blissed out of his mind and pale from blood loss. Gasper looked down at him and decided now was the best time to end things. Honestly, this wasn't actually the plan. The plan had been to steal some of Riser's power and use it against him to wear him down a bit before going in for the overwhelming kill. Drag things out to hide his true strength rather than just instantly obliterating Riser from the get go.

Now... well, this honestly worked out better for him. Riser lay on the roof covered in sweat, looking pale, and with a brain drowning in dopamine and endorphins. Yeah, this worked much better. With a wicked smirk, Gasper speaks in a soft, almost dreamy voice, “Riser, it's time to go to sleep.”

Riser let out a soft sigh, his eyes slowly closing until he passed out. Soon soft snoring came from him and that was all Gasper needed. He looked up at the sky and called out, “I believe he's unconscious!”

There was silence for a few moments before Riser was surrounded in a blue glow and vanished. The light show was accompanied by Grayfia's voice announcing, “Riser Phenex has lost consciousness. Winner, Rias Gremory.”

Blue light covered Gasper and deposited him in the same area as everyone else, near the medical area that had been set up for the injured members of the peerages. Asia immediately went to work healing Koneko. She'd already finished with Issei while Gasper had been dealing with Riser.

While Asia healed, Gasper was captured and literally lifted off of his feet to be held and hugged like a doll by his Evil Boss. Rias was nearly a foot taller than him so she had no trouble literally lifting him off of the ground and holding him in a tight hug, “Thank you Gasper!”

He would deny to his dying breath that he blushed when she put him in such a position, “Anything for you, Evil Boss.”

He didn't fight her holding him though he knew the moment wouldn't last long. After all, they'd just done the 'impossible' and there were bound to be consequences. He was actually looking forward to it. After all, a little excitement had to be better than living behind seals for the next few years.

…

Right?

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Yeah, been a while and I'm sure this isn't something everyone wanted. Sorry about that. I've been working on an original story and once I finish the first three chapters I'll be posting them here for you all to read. I'm sure most of you will like it as the MC is a crafter. The chapters aren't monster chapters though, thus the three chapter wait.

As for this idea? It came to me as I thought about just how crazy strong Gasper actually is. The only thing holding him back was his phobias and fears. So I wondered, what would happen if someone without those fears had Gasper's body and Sacred Gear?

So, I went with it and this is what came out. Though I think it's hilarious to have the insert stuck in a short Gasper because no amount of working out will change his height. The insert is also NOT familiar with DxD so has no metaknowledge and has to deal with things as they come.

My plan after posting this is to go back, reread all of Fabricator v2 and work on a new chapter for that story while also working on the original story. I need to refamiliarize myself with Fab v2 and take some notes so I don't forget things and repeat myself over and over like I was in the later chapters.

Anyway, that's all for now! I'll see you all soon with the first three chapters of an original story!