(Your POV)
"Good morning (Y/N)."

"Morning Akeno."

Today I got an order from Rias, one that I most likely needed to skip school for. It was a task relating to magic, so I can tell right away that I was going to need help for it. I decided to call Akeno because she was better than me in terms of magic. After we greeted each other at the door, Iet her in the house. Irina and Xenovia were off searching for excalibur, leaving my parents and I alone in the house. Natalia and Asger were on the couch, looking through a magazine on guns. When Natalia saw Akeno, almost out of reflex, Natalia was ready to throw her shoe at the queen piece, but I explained everything. Natalia wasn't happy about letting Akeno be in the same house as me, but she put her concerns aside for now because Asger asked her to.

Out of everyone, Natalia is most cautious of Akeno because of her flirtatious nature. She's okay with Rias because of Rias' elegance, Asia and Koneko are 100% okay, and the two church officials are in a gray area. I guided Akeno to my room, which I've decorated to suit my personality. I had help from Asia and Issei, and I'm proud of how it turned out.

"Ta da." I awkwardly opened the door to reveal my bedroom, allowing Akeno to walk in, followed by me. "Make yourself at home, and thanks again for helping me with this."

"No problem, Rias was busy with paperwork, so the job is up to me." Akeno sat on my bed while I sat at my desk chair and pulled out the book Jörmangandr gave me. "So this is the book? What spell did you need help with?"

"A spell called 'Create the Depths', the most powerful spell in this spellbook." I began flipping through my spell book and finally reached the page for the spell in question. "It has a 60 feet radius, but it's effects are potent. It cancels out flight, causes the minds of those inside it to become more pessimistic, allows me to read the minds of whoever's caught in the affected area, exerts at least 7,350 pounds per square inch on every living being, and more."

"That's quite the spell, so I can see why you needed help." Akeno held her hand out to me as she lay on my bed on her stomach. "So this affects you too, right?"

"Everything aside from the mind reading part does apply to me as well." I crossed my arms and huffed. "I was able withstand around 9,000 PSI before becoming a devil, so now my limit should be quadrupled, though I am worried about the rest of you"

"Even so, fighting sixty feet away from you is going to be a difficult option, since you're bound to be close to the opponent." Akeno commented as she began reading. "Is there any chance you can focus all of the negative effects on your opponent?"

"Possibly, but that won't matter if I can't use the spell." I pulled out a roll of poster paper. "It's a magic circle spell that needs components, which I have, but I can't do magic circles correctly."

"Magic circles are naturally complex, so I'm sure what you're doing is just a rookie mistake." Akeno set the book, which contained an image of the magic circle I'm supposed to draw, down next to her while I handed her the poster board. "(Y/N), I know you're trying your best, but this looks nothing like the magic circle..."

"Really?" I looked at my copy and the one in the book, yet they look exactly the same to me. "They look the same to me, but can you tell me what I did wrong?"

"The outer circle is supposed to be two lines, not one." Akeno pointed at the one in the book, and I noticed that there was a thin gap in the middle of the outer circle.

I decided to grab a pencil to erase the entire outer line and put in a new, two layered, line. Akeno pointed out the mistakes I made on the magic circle, not harshly to my surprise, in fact, she was pretty understanding about the whole situation. Some time passed as we checked the magic circle, and we sometimes moved around the room, occasionally changing positions and seats. We finally stopped when I was lying on my stomach on my bed, while Akeno lay on my back on her stomach. Don't ask me how we ended up in that position, all I know is that Akeno is warm, smells like lavenders, and I have two orbs pressing against my back.

"Good job (Y/N), you finally copied the magic circle." Akeno cheered as I looked at the poster paper that now had the correctly drawn magic circle, I was proud of myself for doing this task. "Perhaps a reward is in order."

"Please don't do anything weird for my reward..." I politely requested, I know Akeno is a good person, but she's weird sometimes. "I'm okay with nothing, after all, this was a mission, therefore it was mandatory."

"Still, you just completed an incredibly complex magic circle, so I think you should get something..." Akeno began thinking, which is either good or bad, usually it's the latter.

"Staying like this is okay with me..." I put the poster on my desk before stretching my limbs outwards and soaking into the mattress. "Not doing anything is nice."

"Okay then, if that's what you want~" Akeno then kissed me on the cheek, my face went red and I buried my face into the blankets, I moved entirely on instinct, so I have no idea why I did that. "What's the matter (Y/N), I didn't do anything weird~?"

"Please don't embarrass me like this..." I politely requested before moving my head so my eyes were visible. "I don't think my heart can take it..."

"I'm sure you can take it~" Akeno sounded smug when she said this. "You're big and strong, in more ways than one."

"Could you please at least try to keep things G rated?" I knew it was impossible, but nothing's wrong with trying.

"Fine fine, I'll try." Akeno rolled off me and onto my bed, lying on her back before sighing. "Still, I'm amazed with your self control."

"Explain?" I got up from my bed and rolled up the magic circle poster before putting it in a tube-like container.

"You have a girl that's basically confessing to you already, alone in your bedroom, yet you haven't even looked at me lewdly." Akeno pointed out, I guess that does take some self control.

"You can do a whole lot better than someone like me." I pointed out the obvious as I began organizing my shelf, which now held some movie cases along with some books I liked.

"Are ara, you are quite dense~." Akeno teased, but since she's alone, I suppose I can tell her.

"Akeno, I am fully aware you like me." I didn't turn around as I put 'Twelfth Night' beside 'The Tempest' because they were my favorite books. "I noticed how differently you and the other girls act around me compared to Kiba and Issei. So I don't think I'm that dense."

"Ara, yet you act like you have no idea around us." Akeno didn't drop her facade, yet I noticed her expression changed for a second. "You're actually pretty smart (Y/N), but when did you notice our feelings?"

"I realized Rias' feelings first, since I noticed that she would often stare at me in class long before I joined the peerage, she also winked whenever I looked at her back." I began listing off when I noticed the girls liked me. "Koneko was a little harder to piece together because she doesn't show much emotion, but it became clear when I noticed she gave only me candy. Yours was obvious, you focused all of your flirting onto me. Asia's crush developed when I saved her from Freed. Xenovia's feelings became obvious when she invaded my bath. Irina is the only girl who hasn't made it obvious, if she likes me that is."

(A/N:She does)

"So I take it you're not interested?" Akeno asked as I moved 'To Tame a Shrew' to the other side of the shelf because I hate that story with a fiery passion, but I'm not one to throw books away.

"No, it's because I'm a piece of shit." I didn't miss a beat, and I could feel Akeno's glare on my back. "I'm hoping that you girls develop feelings for someone actually worth your time, and could make you girls happy."

"What about what you want?" Akeno asked, and I could hear the mattress shift, signaling that Akeno was moving.

"I'm...not sure what I want." I put a hand over my heart and thought, the thought of those girls leaving did hurt, but if it makes them happy, I'll tolerate the pain. "I suppose I just want everyone to be happy, even if I am the one who has to suffer for it."

"Is that really what you want?" Akeno was really pushing her luck, she's lucky she's beautiful. "Think about it, and look me in the eyes you'd be okay with us going off on our own."

"Fine." I turned around to see Akeno was directly behind me, with her hands behind her back, but something about her violet eyes made it hard to lie to her now. "I...I just want everyone to be happy, but I don't want to be left behind. I know I'm selfish, but still, a goal is a goal."

"Good~" Akeno patted my head for some reason, and I don't know why, but it felt nice getting my head pat. "Be more selfish from now on, you never know when one of us may say goodbye for the last time~"

"How do I be selfish?" I asked as Akeno removed her hand from my head. "Can you teach me how to be selfish?"

"Of course~." Akeno seemed more than happy to comply, then she suddenly slammed her hand by my head, hitting some books in the process. Keep in mind I tower over her, so her hand was raised quite a bit. "(Y/N), I'm not letting you go until you kiss me~"

"E-Eh?!" I couldn't really process the situation, causing Akeno to let out a light giggle before letting me go.

"That was an example, now you try~" Akeno and I switched places, so now she had her back against the bookcase.

I could feel my face turn a bit red but I took a breath in to steel my nerves. I put a hand directly next to Akeno's head while leaning slightly over her, all while Akeno watched with the same smile she always had. I couldn't think of anything specific I wanted, so I went with the first thing I could think of.

"Akeno, I want you to hug me as tight as you can."

"Okay."

In response to this, Akeno hugged me while I was still in the same position, and I could feel my face go slightly red. Why is it my face turns red whenever I'm with Akeno? As the queen piece hugged me, I noticed my phone started ringing, forcing Akeno to let go. I put my phone against my ear and answered, it was Issei who was calling me.

"Hey (Y/N), meet me at the fast food store, I need your help with something." Issei requested, and I agreed before my friend hung up.

"Why do I have the feeling Issei just did something that may require me to be armed at the teeth for?" I asked myself as I crouched under my bed and pulled out the pair of shotguns I used back when everyone discovered I'm a selkie. "Akeno, I'd recommend you go see Rias, I have a feeling Issei's getting himself in over his head."

"Why do you have a pair of rifles under your bed?" Akeno asked, and I looked at the guns, I guess they did look like they're rifles.

"They're not rifles, they're akimbo grimms fully automatic 12 gage shotguns with extended magazines."

(Timeskip, brought to you by Akeno riding atop of (Y/N)'s shoulders menacingly towards a group of rouge devils)

I arrived at the restaurant Issei wanted me to meet him at with a backpack containing my akimbo grimms and some ammo. I also had Genbu with me, but I wrapped it in a white table cloth to make it look like we were meeting up for a project. Along with my guns, my backpack also had the paper and it's container. I looked around the restaurant to see Issei waving towards me whilst sitting at a booth with Koneko and some blonde guy who looked familiar in my opinion. I walked towards the booth and set down beside Koneko, who was scowling at the blonde. I was confused until I heard what he was talking about.

"And that's why Rachel did nothing wrong!" The blonde mentioned, and I had no idea who this Rachel woman was, but Issei does not like her, so she must be bad. "She just wanted to get higher into the tower!"

"But she didn't have to attempt to kill Bam!" Issei shouted before Koneko cleared her throat, drawing the two boy's attention over to us. "Oh, Hey (Y/N), this is Saji."

"Nice to meet you." I bowed my head slightly in a show of respect, but I'm not sure if I should be respecting this guy. "Could you tell me what is the problem?"

"Straight to business eh?" Saji tried sounding cool, but was failing miserably. "Well we think we've located an excalibur fragment to help the two church officials, but something's off, the fragment is at Kuoh Academy."

"Is there any chance there's a higher power at the school that's been hiding it all this time?" I suggested, even now I am not an expert at magic or devil politics, but that sounded possible.

"Sona or Rias would have known about it if that was the case." Saji points out, and I was grateful today was one of those days classes are out early. "It could be a trap."

"If it is a trap, I'll go in." I volunteered myself because I can't die anymore, and they can't torture me for long. "It would be wise for me to go in because I can escape infinitely more easily than any of you."

"No, you're my favorite rook and best friend, so you're not gonna be used as cannon fodder." Issei rejected my idea, not really leaving us with many options, but then I got a phone call from Irina, when I answered, I felt my stomach drop.

"H-Help."

(Timeskip, brought to you by (Y/N) jumping high into the air whilst carrying all his equipment, Issei, and Koneko, only using his right foot (which is covered in scales))

I landed at Kuoh academy, where I guess that Irina and Xenovia were. When I landed on the ground, I dropped Issei and Koneko onto the ground whilst looking around. I saw that we were not the only ones here because Rias, Akeno, Asia, and Kiba showed up, with the last person looking livid beyond belief. It took a moment for me to find them, but my eyes landed on an unconscious Irina and barely conscious Xenovia. Both of the two girls were severely injured, so I ran towards them in case their assailant was still nearby. I reached both of them and pulled out my desert eagle, ready to fire at whoever hurt these girls, but I didn't see anyone.

"You're too late, devils!" Some random priest appeared out of nowhere, acting smug for beating these two up. "With these fragments of excalibur I shall start a new holy war! So be a good boy and hand me their fragments."

"Valper..." Kiba seems to be associated with this priest fellow, maybe he was part of his past in a way.

"Hold on, Issei told me to write this down somewhere." I looked through my phone's notes for 'one liners' Issei recommended I use. "...Fuck you, penis muncher...?"

"Nice!"

"Issei, don't make him curse!"

"So I suppose you all choose the hard way of doing this." Valper suddenly put on a wide smile that sent a light shiver down my spine, and the cloud suddenly opened up to reveal a ten winged fallen angel.

"So these are the pathetic devils standing in my way?" The ten winged angel summoned a blade made of light, and I suddenly got the feeling he's the one who hurt Irina and Xenovia. "My name is Kokabiel, and my goal is to lead this world into another Holy War."

Upon seeing him, I grabbed onto my right arm and pulled it off with all my strength. Blood soaked the ground as I reeled my fist back and threw my arm at the fallen angel, who was shocked at the sight before him. I made my thrown hand grab onto Kokabiel's throat in an attempt to strangle him, but the effort was futile and just proved to be of annoyance. However, I pulled out my poster and unraveled it, revealing the magic circle I made earlier with Akeno. Normally I would be afraid that the negative side effects would affect everyone else, but I think I can actually focus all of the negative effects onto myself, so that's what I'm doing. Issei already had his sacred gear at the ready and Asia was healing the two injured girls. I took a deep breath and recited the chant.

"Waters above crash and quake. Waters below lie in darkness and sleep. The ocean's children come out to feast on the blood of one another. May the phantoms of the lost children come out to play under the watchful eye of the serpent. Create the Depths!"

(A/N: I have nothing against DxD, but it would have being infinitely better if Issei was actually a tsundere and/or gay for Kiba the whole time (no I'm not a shipper). Just hear me out, everything is the same except Issei is either a tsundere or gay, including the oppai=power thing and excess amounts of nudity parts. If you think about half of DxD's scenes with this version of Issei, they become 100x better. I'm just gonna leave those thoughts in your mind. By the way, in your opinion, which girl do you think suits our seal boi protagonist the best (romantically speaking)? This isn't gonna affect my writing, I just like hearing your guys' opinions.