Two weeks had pa.s.sed since Diodora proposed to Asia and as expected he had sent love letters and gifts to Asia almost daily since then. After what Alex told her though, Rias destroyed all the gifts and letters without a trace, but she at least told Asia about them before hand though. She listened to Alex"s advice about waiting to tell Asia about diodora"s real aim, as it could cause unnecessary conflict and consequences. This morning was no exception, after a quick session with Akeno in the shower, both went downstairs to see a dark red flash of light meaning another gift had met its end."Another present? That man sure is persistent, didn"t anyone tell him that"s not attractive?" Akeno said with a slight frown. She also found the current situation distasteful, especially after Rias announced that Diodora was not to be trusted. She didn"t say the exact reason, but they could all tell that something was going on. Asia looked conflicted, as she was exceptionally caring and didn"t hate Diodora, but also seemed troubled at the situation. Instead she tried to apologize for his actions.
"Uhm, I"m sorry for troubling everyone-" But Rias cut her off.
"Don"t apologize Asia, you didn"t ask for him to send these things. Diodora just needs to learn that he won"t always get what he wants." Alex then piped up,
"Yeah, a creepy stalker is all that guy is, so don"t let it bother you Asia. If he takes it too far then I"ll just have to teach him a lesson though." Alex"s words would normally be taken as a joke, but the small amount of aura that radiated off of him wasn"t. After the discussion ended, the group then left for the first day back to school. As per the usual they were joined by Kiba and Gasper, who was still using the Ray gun to turn into a girl. He had tried to turn back once, but his new appearance didn"t change, if anything he seemed to be even bigger. As the group approached the school Alex could sense a familiar presence, and said to the second years,
"Looks like you"re getting a new cla.s.smate." They just looked at him in surprise. After he thought about it for a moment he recalled this was Ravels first day, and mentioned to Koneko,
"Hey Koneko, would you mind looking after Ravel in school? She might not be used to the new environment." Koneko frowned but agreed, but Ravel saw the frown and asked,
"What are you frowning about thieving cat?!" She had called Koneko this ever since she started to hang around Alex. As Ravel saw it she was the first to enter a relationship with Alex, so she likened Koneko to a thief, even though Koneko knew him longer. Koneko looked at her and replied,
"Useless piece of fried chicken." Copying Alex"s insult to Raiser when he killed him. Alex didn"t mind the insults, because even though they didn"t seem to like each other, Koneko and Ravel actually develop a love-hate relationship with each other. The two in question then started a glare off with each other, but didn"t actually argue more than that.
After school that day, They were all in the club room and Ravel was talking about her first day at school. After a while though, Azazel showed up with someone else in tow.
"Hi everyone, remember me?" Irina Shidou walked into the clubroom, shocking everyone except the second years. Azazel then smiled and explained,
"You all already know her, but Irina was sent by heaven so that they also have a presence here. After kokabiel"s attack, and the conference this areas become important to the alliance." After Azazel"s word, Irina spread a set of pure white feathery wings and explained,
"That"s right, I"m an angel sent by heaven! I"ve received the power of the Angels from lord Michael after the creation of the brave saints! Like the Devils chess pieces, we used the card system I am lord Michaels ace!" Irina declared proudly while also displaying her halo and wings. After the initial greetings were over, Xenovia then asked Irina,
"So Irina, what happened with the childhood friend you were talking about before?" Irina showed a sad face and stated,
"I tried to his house to talk to him before, but he wasn"t the same person. He was really scared, and wouldn"t leave his room when I tried to talk to him." Though Irina didn"t tell anyone his name, Alex knew she was talking about issei. After the incident a year ago, whenever the trio got bold and acted out Alex arranged another date with the wannabe magical girl, Mil-tan and her friends. After several "dates" they eventually even quit school and all became shut ins scared of interacting with women. He decided not to mention this to Irina though. Suddenly Xenovia spoke up,
"If the guy you were interested in wont talk to you, then why not Alex?" Irina then looked over at Alex with interest, and Alex was pointedly showing interest in something else, to hide the fact that he could hear what they were talking about. She then asked Xenovia,
"Would that be ok? Aren"t you with him? And would he want me?" Xenovia smiled and answered,
"That"s the thing, he stated that he wants to be with several women so I"m sure he wouldn"t reject you. Plus with his capabilities the three of us currently with him already agreed that we need more women, or our bodies won"t hold out. And think about it, with how strong he is imagine the strength of his children." When Irina heard that, she like many others started showing an interest in Alex, the perverted angel. Later it was decided that she would also be moving into the dorm, which earned Rias some looks as it now seemed as if she knew they have more people moving in with them. Later after taking Irina on a tour around the dorm, all the girls were relaxing in the remodeled bath.
"Ahhhhhhh. This is nice. I can"t believe I can take a bath here everyday now!" Irina said with delight in the outside bathing area. After the remodel, the baths were larger and there was also some shower stands nearby. They were also decorated to look like a hot springs, even though they weren"t. Just as the girls and Irina were relaxing though, the door opened and Alex walked into the bath. Another change after returning from the underworld, was that Alex would now take baths with all of the girls. Ravel Asia and Koneko were shy in the beginning, but they all realized that they would be in a relationship with Alex eventually so they got used to it. Irina was another story though.
"Eeeeeeekkkkkkkk! What are you doing here?!" She demanded as she squatted down in the water to hide herself. When Irina looked around at the other girls though, she saw they didn"t react to Alex"s intrusion, and even looked happy he was there. Xenovia then said from beside her,
"Unless you want to take baths alone, I would recommend getting used to Alex being here. It was already decided not to alienate him because the majority of the girls here are in a relationship with him anyways." Xenovia then also went to help wash Alex"s body, leaving Irina to sulk alone.