- a few days later -

Character Name: Raiga Kōjiro

Alignment: Peerage of Rias Gremory

LvL: 42 EXP: 25%

Profession: The Gamer, Student of Kuoh Academia, Devil, Pawn of Rias Gremory,
Part timer at TakeSushi and Master of the Shigure Soen Ryu.

Title: [Carrier of the Vongola Decimo's will] - You wield Tsunayoshi Sawada's signature weapons. + Charismatic Aura (Medium).

Unused Title:

[Master of the Shigure Soen Ryu] - You have mastered the [Shigure Soen Ryu].+ The ability to use the air around use to create water for the sword style, to create your own form after the 8th form, to copy another sword style technique and recreate your own version as a new form, to use any blade at any size or a created water katana that very sharp from the air or other source with this sword style. [Title]'s effects will still be in effect even if it not equip.

Fame: None

HP: 330/330 Regen: 1 per hour

MP: 340/340 Regen: 10 per minute

STR: 32

END: 26+3

AGI: 29+1

INT: 29+3

WIS: 33+1

MAG: 28+4

Luck: 22

Point: 0

Money: ¥ 401500

Skills List:

[Observe] - Active - LvL: 40/100 - EXP: 16% - MP cost: 1

[Dying Will Mode] - Active - LvL: 30/100 - EXP: 73% - MP cost: 3 per second

You passively gain the following bonuses when in this mode, Increase in STR, AGI and END by 3.9%

Variants:

[Hyper Dying Will Mode] - Active - LvL: 30/100 - EXP: 73% - MP cost: 20

You passively gain the following bonuses when in this mode, Increase in STR, INT, AGI, WIS and END by 5%

[Vongola Hyper Intuition] - Passive - LvL: 37/100 - EXP: 72%

[Sky Flames] - Active - LvL: 25/100 - EXP: 12% - MP cost: 5 (continuously drains if constantly use)

[Storm Flames] - Active - LvL: 24/100 - EXP: 88% - MP cost: 5 (continuously drains if constantly use)

Variants:

[Flames of Wrath] - Active - LvL: 24/100 - EXP: 88% - MP cost: 8 (continuously drains if constantly use)

[Sun Flames] - Active - LvL: 19/100 - EXP: 44% - MP cost: 5 (continuously drains if constantly use)

[Activation] - Active - LvL: 19/100 - EXP: 44% - MP cost: 3 per second

[Rain Flames] - Active - LvL: 23/100 - EXP: 21% - MP cost: 5 (continuously drains when constantly use)

[Lightning Flames] - Active - LvL: 18/100 - EXP: 98% - MP cost: 5 (continuously drains when constantly use)

[Cloud Flames] - Active - LvL: 20/100 - EXP: 89% - MP cost: 5 (continuously drains when constantly use)

[Mist Flames] - Active - LvL: 21/100 - EXP: 45% - MP cost: 5 (continuously drains when constantly use)

[ID CREATE] - Active - LvL: 22/100 - EXP: 0% - MP cost: 100

Current dungeon available: Zombies, Ghouls, Mummies and Vampires

[ID ESCAPE] - Active - LvL: 22/100 - EXP: 0% - MP cost: 100

[Shigure Soen Ryu] - Passive - LvL: 100/100 EXP: 100%

[Sterling Blue] - Active - LvL: 15/100 EXP: 42% - MP cost: 8 (continuously drains when constantly use)

[X-Burner] - Active - LvL: 1/100 - EXP: 87% - MP cost: (Various, depends on the [Dying Will Flames] being used and the output of the flames)

After reading my stats and feeling proud of myself, I closed my status window before letting out a sign of annoyance... I can't believe we're doing this shit...

I'm in the gymnasium, wearing my gym clothes with the rest of the [ORC] here in gym outfits a well. While doing some light exercises, my minds wondered towards from my training with the [Shigure Soen Ryu] at the dojo behind [TakeSushi].

Yesterday, Yamamoto-san has declared that I have mastered everything that he can teach me and proclaimed that I am now a master of the [Shigure Soen Ryu], which shocked me that I have already completed my training with just 3 weeks of training, because I'm sure that it should at least take a year for me to master the sword style.

Yamamoto-san decided to pass on his family sword, [Shigure Kintoki], to me as I'm his successor of the sword art. He originally intended to pass it on his son, but Takeshi-san didn't learned the sword style so he can't inherit it.

I accepted the gift, promising to uphold the [Perfect, flawless style] title of the [Shigure Soen Ryu]. I swore to myself that I'll never lose to any other swordsman and continue on the legacy.

Even with my training is over, I'll still continue to work at [TakeSushi] as payment for teaching me the way of the sword... As much as the flirty girls coming in has starting to become a headache, I enjoy the calm atmosphere in [TakeSushi] and decided to stay.

"Kōjiro-kun, you should stretch properly..." I heard Himejima-san's voice from my back, bringing me back to reality as I faced her to see her smiling at me "Here, let me help you."

...As much as I don't want to ask some help from someone I don't really trust, I'll just let her do what she wants for this moment. I nodded while sitting down, I felt Himejima-san's kneeling behind me before feeling something very big and soft press on my back... Despite this is the first time I'm feeling very pleasant sensation, I already know what they are right now.

She pushed me forwards while I let out a grunt from doing a stretch that I don't perform that much, before realising her hands wandering over my back for some reason "Ara, you have a tense back Kōjiro-kun... You should relax more." She said in a serious yet alluring voice.

"Don't worry about it..." I replied before glancing back to see Himejime-san blushing as she continued to press on my back... Is she getting off from hearing me groan? I know that she's a Sadomasochist but what kind of sadist can be turned on from a simple and boring sound?

"If you don't relax you could hurt yourself, Kōjiro-kun." I heard Gremory said with a concern tone in her voice, making me curios in what's she's really worried about: Me or as her [Pawn]

"She's right, you know." Kiba replied, backing her [King] up like a typical [Knight].

I rolled my eyes before raising an eyebrow at sense of movement before Himejima's hands were remove left my back. Looking back, I saw Raynare and Mittelt dragging Himejima-san away while I felt nothing but envy from them... Are they seriously THAT jealous of Himejime-san helping me stretch? I can't help but wonder if there are other girls that like me in a romantic way.

I'm not oblivious to a girl's feelings towards me like the typical dense hero, but I don't know how answer back at them... I never had a girlfriend before in my previous life so I'm a bit worried that I might mess it up and make things awkward.

"Good luck, Raiga-san." Asia spoke with a bright smile from my right, making me to turn towards her and give a smirk in response.

"Trust me, they won't see what's coming at them..." I replied confidently before my smirk turned into a friendly smile "But thanks for the vote of confidence, Asia."

The doors of the gym open, everyone turning to see the Student Council enter from the other side. The match was quickly set up and ready to start, the match started by the signal of the whistle from Kalawarner-san, who was acting as 1 of the referees with the Hanakai-san of the Student Council.

I saw Saji quickly grabbed 1 of the balls, throwing it at me with an angry expression only to fume further as I hopped over it with ease before having to duck under a ball thrown at me from Shinra-san.

Sensing demonic energy heading towards me, I saw a dodgeball covered in demonic energy heading towards me... So Magic is allowed, this is will be fun. I covered my hands in [Lightning Flames] before holding them towards the dodge ball. I caught it while getting pushed back a little from the force of the throw.

Covering the ball in [Cloud Flames] before throwing it towards the enemy forces, the [Propagation] characteristic caused the dodgeball to multiple into 6 different balls. I can tell that nearly everyone was surprised by my move while some of the Student Council members recovered quickly and were able to dodge my attack, but not so much for the rest.

I picked up another ball and smirked while looked over the last remaining Student Council members (Kaichou, Shinra-san and Saji) "Now... Who should I aim at next?" I asked before covering the ball in [Mist Flames], turning it invisible to anybody but myself. I throw the ball at Saji in the sweeping motion, making it seem like I'm throwing it at anyone of them.

The [Mist Flames] that covered the dodgeball vanished when its near Saji, hitting the blondie guy in the face and kicking him out of the game. I looked back at Kaichou and Shinra-san "So... What's your next move, Kaichou?" I asked, curious to see if the heiress of Sitri Clan has a backup plan in this situation.

"..." She didn't answer at first, as she looked back at Shinra-san to see if she has any idea to do in this position. The more mature girl just shook her head, giving her answer as Kaichou closed her eyes and let out a sigh before giving her answer "We surrender."

- a few minutes later -

I rolled my shoulders while standing inside the clubroom as the other members were celebrating the victory against the Student Council, despite the fact that I was the major factor of the win "Shouldn't we be going to get the familiars now rather then celebrating..."

I saw Gremory's eyes widened as she realised that I'm correct, turning to nod to Himejima-san and sending the silent order to set up the magic circle to the familiar forest as she spoke "Ah, yes that's right Kōjiro-kun"

"You forgot..." I pointed out with deadpanned eyes,

The red head shook her head in denial, her face is slightly red "No I didn't..."

"Bullshit..." I muttered as I walked over the slowly forming magic circle. I felt Gremory's glare at me while Himejima-san just giggled.

"All ready." Himejima-san spoke with a smile. I saw Gremory moved to stand on the magic circle at the front, as if to check if everybody is here right now.

"Let's get going then." With that the magic circle lit up in a red light and everything vanished, for now.

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I opened my eyes after the teleportation circle had finished glowing, seeing that we're in the middle of an unfamiliar forest. Seriously, what is it with Devils and locations that look like they could've come straight out of a horror flick? Large, dark trees decorated the landscape for as long as the eye could see and the sky was a dark-red color, like blood.

Huh?

I blinked before looking around the area... I can feel that someone is staring at me right now and yet I can't pinpoint the location of the being that's stalking me like a predator looking at its next prey.

'Must've been my imagination.' is what I would have told myself if it weren't for the [Vongola Hyper Intuition] giving out warning signals right now, and telling me that's not an actual danger as well... It very confusing.

*ding!*

[Quest: Capture, has been created!]
Gotta catch a familiar!

[Objective:]
Make a contract with a familiar

Reward: 200 EXP and gain a familiar
Failure: Death

[Optional Objective:]
Make a contract with Leone

Reward: 280 EXP, gain Leone as a familiar and +Partner relationship with Leone

I blinked in confusion at the [Optional Objective:]... Why the hell is Leone of [Akame Ga Kill] doing in this world and how did she got here at all-Wait! Is she the presence that's stalking me right now? Since she was able to locate a Danger Beast from a far away distance while in her [Teigu] form, from what I remember.

"Get daze!" A voice suddenly shouted, bringing me back to the Familiar Forest.

"Kyaa!" Hyōdō let out a girlish scream, making me blink at the cute sound.

The weirdo who appeared to us was some older guy who wore clothes that are several sizes too small and a hat turned sideways "My name is Satooji of Madara Town! I'm a Devil in training, aiming to become the Familiar Master!"

...What a Satoshi ripoff. I got the feeling that there's going to be some more Pokémon references here.

Gremory gestured to me and Hyōdō "Satooji-san, I brought the ones I spoke of."

"Hee. A nice-eyes boy and a perverted beauty huh?" I raised an eyebrow when I heard the 'nice-eyes boy' comment, not sure to decide if I should take it as a compliment or be creeped out "OK! Leave it to me! If it's me any Familiar immediately would be 'get daze'!"

"Kōjiro-kun. Ichigo. He is a professional in terms of familiars." Gremory said while looking at me and Hyōdō "Today we will catch familiars in this forest while receiving advice from him. Okay?"

"Yes." Hyōdō said while I reluctantly nodded.

"Now, what type of familiar do you desire? Strong one? Fast one? Or one with poison? There are so many different types of familiars to capture."

I'll just ignore the Pokémon references that wore said by the ripoff "Which familiar would you recommend?" He may be weird, but Satooji probably knows what he's doing.

Familiar Master in training pulled something out that looked like a catalog and pointed at a creature drawn on it that displayed great ferocity. It covered the whole page "This is what I would recommend! 1 of the Dragon-Kings, the Chaos Karma Dragon, Tiamat! She's a legendary dragon and she's also the only female among the Dragon-Kings! Even now, there hasn't been a Devil who has caught her yet! That would be obvious! Since it's said to be as strong as a Maō!"

"...No thanks." I replied back with a dull voice, in contrasts to Satooji's eccentric voice "I won't take the chance of trying to tame a Dragon-King, as I'm sure that I'm nothing more but a bug against her."

I tense up, feeling that my stalker is closer by now as the sense of getting stared at is stronger than before... I looked around as I sensed the gazing presence is moving around us, like a lion circling its prey.

"Is something wrong, Kōjiro-kun?" I heard Kiba asked, so I turned towards her with a serious expression on my face.

"...I sense that something is stalking us, mostly towards me." I muttered out loud in response before continuing my look out for the hunter.

"I don't feel anything." Hyōdō said.

"...Something is coming close." Those were the words that I would have said, if Tōjō didn't beat me to the punch and I have to agree with her on this subject. Whatever is out there that's stalking us, it's moving to our location in a fast rate. I noticed that everyone went into a defensive position, preparing themselves for a possible battle.

...

...

...

...

"Are you sure that there's something nearby?" Hyōdō whispered, but I just ignored her.

...

...

...

...*rustle*...

!?

I instantly turned towards the direction where the sound came from, only to see that nothing moved at all. I closed my eyes and mentally activated my [Hyper Dying Will Mode] to enhance my senses even more... My eyes shot open when I realised where the presence is right now.

ABOVE!!!

I jumped back at the very last second to evade a punch from the stalker, and I did the right thing as the ground that the fist hit was destroyed from the force of the punch. A pile of dust quickly covered my former spot, hiding the identity of the attacker.

"Nice reflexes you have there!" A rough, feminine voice compliment out from the dust, which started to fade away as the body of the attack is started to show... And I was taken back from what I saw.

A young blondie haired woman with a buxom figure, 2 long bangs that frame the sides of her head and sharp golden eyes. She possess a longer mane, tail, rounded ears, fur covered some areas of her body, sporting lion-like feet and claws. All in all, she's Leone who has fused with [Hyakujū Ōka: Lionel] during the final arc of [Akame Ga Kill].

[Observe]

Name: Leone

LvL: 39

HP: 4690

MP: 90

Type: Beastman

Subtype: Lion

...Damn! Her [END] must be even more higher than the Zombie Dragon that I fought a few days ago and I can tell that her [STR] and [AGI] are higher than mine as well, as evidenced from the fact that she was able to sneak up at me while I have [Awareness] and [Vongola Hyper Intuition] on to destroying the ground below her with a single punch.

"Who are you, and why did you attacked Kōjiro-kun?" I heard Kiba demanded as I noticed that she already had her sword in hand but she's not the only person in a offensive stance, as Tōjō looked ready to fight at any given moment. While Gremory and Himejima-san didn't went into a battle position, its obvious that they're ready for anything that Leone will do.

"I'm Leone, and the reason why I attacked him is because I'm testing him out!" Leone answered with a cheerful smile "I felt a strong presence enter the Familiar Forest and it got me all excited so I tracked down the source here!"

Then she turned towards me with a battle hunger smirk on her face "And it seems you're the guy that's releasing that attractive aura! So fight me, and I'm not going to take no as an answer!" She declared before charging at me at a very fast rate. I simple charged at her as well and when she was about to punch me again, I simply countered it with a [Lightning Flame] enhanced [Renewal Front Kick].

[-20HP]

A powerful shockwave was created from the collision of our attack, and I still took some damage despite the fact that I infused my strike with [Lightning Flames]... The [Hardening] characteristic should had minimised the damage to 9 or something less than I took.

I instantly used [Rapid Movement] back to evade Leone's claw attack and to appear above her before performing [Sky Kick] down at her, but my attack was simply blocked her left arm and she took a hold of my leg before gripped it tightly.

[-10HP]

FUCK!!!

I quickly struck Leone with a [Lightning Flame] enhanced [Gor Yo], forcing her to let go of my leg. I jumped back a little and checked out my injuries to see blood flowing out from the holes on my left leg. Ignoring the pain for now, I charged towards Leone and used [Baekdu] to send her flying into the air. [-8HP]... It felt like I used my knee strike a boulder-

!?

I instinctively rolled to the side to evade a claw strike at me before getting back on my feet... Only to see that Leone to be right in front of me with her fist a few inches away, I'm not fast enough to dodge it *smack!*

[-100HP]

I felt my body fly into the air from the force of her attack, and it hurts like a bitch is all I can say. Righting myself in the air before using 'hard' [Sky Flames] to rocket myself towards Leone. When I'm near her to attack her, I struck back with [Jin Tae-Jin Original, Sonic Kick].

[-8HP]

[BOOOOOMMMM!!!]

[Jin Tae-Jin Original, Sonic Kick] is an attack that breaks the sound barrier, so it's only natural for a sonic boom to happen while damaging the surrounding area as well. My attack sent Leone digging across the ground before she crashed against a tree, breaking it with her body.

When I landed on the ground, I used [Sun Flames] to accelerate my healing factor. I felt my wounds closing up while my hair and nails grew longer in the process as well. I felt refreshed from using [Sun Flames] like any other time I used it on myself.

"[Sun Flames]..." I heard Gremory muttered to herself like a fan girl trying to suppress herself from squealing out loud, making me turn towards her with a raise eyebrow before remembering a little fact. Ah yeah she's an otaku like me.

[HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!] The sound of laughter brought me back to the situation in hand, looking at the direction where I sent Leone earlier to see her standing on her 2 feet while blood was dripping out from her mouth. I noticed that her arms are in odd angles, showing that my attack broke them "That was a really fun fight!"

I simply nodded back and I have to admit it, I had fun as well. I never fought against someone who can match me in speed and damage me enough to nearly drain half of my [HP], as most of my opponents are either too slow or too weak or too stupid to be an actual threat against me.

"Say, would you want me to be your familiar?" I was taken back from Leone question, not expecting her to actually suggest that.

"Only if you want to be my familiar." I replied while placing my hands on my pocket "I won't force you, if you don't want to."

I saw a smile appear on Leone's face, like she's happy to hear my response, before nodding in response. I smiled before walking over to Leone's spot while looking at her arms "Now, let's fix you up."

- a few minutes later -

After repositioning Leone's arms back into place, I used the [Sun Flames] to accelerate her healing. It only took a matter of seconds for her bones to reunite together and undo the damage that I've dealt to her internal organ.

Gremory told me on what I have to do. Once the ritual preparation is completed, I finished rest of the familiar-binding spell Gremory instructed me to cast. I had opened a light-blue colored magic circle in front of everybody.

"In my name, Raiga Kōjiro, I ask of you!" I spoke with confidence "You shall become my familiar and respond to my contract!"

The light poured out all around Leone before eventually fading away. I could feel the powerful new bond that had formed between us.

*ding!*

[Quest: Capture]
Gotta catch a familiar!

[Objective:]
Make a contract with a familiar

Reward: 200 EXP and gain a familiar
Failure: Death

[Optional Objective:]
Make a contract with Leone

Reward: 1000 EXP, gain Leone as a familiar and +Partner relationship with Leone

[Quest] completed! Reward: 200 EXP, 1000 EXP, gain a familiar, gain Leone as a familiar and +Partner relationship with Leone

I mentally closed the pop-up window after I was finished reading the list before looking back to the others, who had been watching the ritual with interest "Well? Don't we still have another familiar to find?"