The Dragon's Queen (High School DxD)

Third POV

Buzz—! Buzz—! The alarms on the phone had been buzzing for a while before being click off by a young girl, who slowly gat up from her thick blanket.

"Yawn~!" She sit up slowly then reach to her phone and brought to her face, just to see it was 4.45 in the morning. She turn the phone off and put it to her side before screeching her body. Get up from the futon then ready to get ready to start the day.

After a while around less then an half hour, she get out from the bathroom with inner shirt and towel wrapping her lower body then goes to her closet. She reach to wear her jersey before she drying her long chestnut hair then tied them in low ponytail.

After she done, she take her water bottle and be to that have sandwich in it where she made last night and keep it in refrigerator then put it inside her mini backpack. She then walk back to her futon, clean her sleep place before get her cell phone. She take her mini bagpack and small white towel before she wear her socks and her sport shoe then walk out from her apartment.

While in her walks, the sky was still dark since sun wasn't even rise yet. When she arrived at in front of her friend's house, she take out her cell phone then call a contact number in her saved.

Ring—! Ring—! Ring—! Inside a room, a boy in dark brown hair still peacefully sleeping. Because of his sleep being bothered, he reach toward the source the loud sound come from. He take his phone then to see a name of who had been calling him in this blind morning.

'Ryou?' He say in his head before just toss his phone away to the floor and let it ringing. Wanting to sleep again. 'Well, it would be fine if I didn't accompany her today with her morning jogging. It's not like there is some creep that dare to come out in this kind of morning. It was very few people out in this kind of time. She will be alright.. She will...' he oppen his eyes slightly '.. will she?'

In his head, he already imagining some scenarios of Ryou being sexualy harassed by some creep old man, being kidnapped, being bothered by a thug and so on.

Meanwhile, Ryou had been waiting for his friend and had been looking toward his room window. 'Hmm.., seems like I will jogging by myself today.' But, just as she turn away, the door of the house burst open. Making Ryou halt her walk.

"I thought you still sleeping dead by now?" Ryou laugh slightly while watching her friend that still breath heavily while he close his house door, locking it before walk to Ryou.

"Who said. There is no way I would skip work out morning." He, Issei Hyoudou, say with pride and cockiness. Even though he does had a intention to skip.

"Hm.., but you don't have to if you don't want to, you know. I can just go by myself." Ryou Fujimoto say with looking toward his friend while they walk to a park.

"Nonsense! I would never decline for whatever you ask. It wouldn't make me look manly if I decline a woman's request." He say while do a pose by close his eyes and frown slightly then clenching his hand toward his chest.

"Hm, whatever." Ryou response sarcastically while she slightly laugh inside of her heart.

After a while, that finally arrived at the park that nearby a mountain. The place is a bit far from their house but it was nice to get a fresh air in early in the morning especially around tree and nature. Could heard a birds chirping and them ready to search a food or something for the nest.

Both Issei and Ryou do some warm up before they start jogging together. Even though it most likely Issei who can't handle it than Ryou, they still jog for quite a while already.

"H- hey Ryou. Shouldn't we rested already?" He say with heavy breath.

"What? Seriously. You should try to keep yourself longer." She say while looking toward her childhood friend who leave behind her back. Even saying that, she still agreed with him to go a suitable place to rest.

They both resting at some not quite abandoned shrine. It seem quite a while for someone to come her, but it still keep clean.

"Here. I brought half for you." Ryou give Issei another slice half sandwiche after she take another half for herself. Both of them minding their own business as both of them constantly look around as green nature around them. Sometimes, they could see a birds in colourful feathers flying passed them.

When they done resting enough, they decided to continue to return back to their home. But, just before they go, Ryou stop Issei for a moment.

"Issei, wait."

"What is it?" Issei look back toward his friend who walk back to the shrine. walking there, she take out a yen coin from her pocket before those it in the wooden box, then clapping both her hands for a few times then pray.

Issei look to her, decided to return back and do a same thing like her. They both standing in silence for a moment before both of them look up to each other.

"Let's go." Ryou say with a smile and Issei nodding his head.

"Hait!" A shout coming from gym hall where some clubs doing activities.

Ryou had been practicing kendo with her other club members. She had been dogging and blocking the attack from her junior before she say an opening as her opponent tired out. She swung her shinai, stricking their handle of their bamboo sword, sending the bamboo sword flying.

They both stay in their current position before Ryou release the intense atmosphere as she also ease her body a bit. Take the helmet off from her head as sweat already forming on her face to her neck.

"You're amazing as usual, Ryou-senpai." The opponent of her, also take off the helmet off, showing a brown hair and a yellow eyes.

"Hehe, but you're not any different. You had been improving a lot," Ryou chuckle.

"But, I still can't even leave a hit on you." The girl pouting slightly.

"That's enough already Murayama. Senpai is senpai after all. There is no way someone who at your level could be compared to her." A girl with a pink hair and eyes approaching them.

"What did you say!?" Murayama shout to Katase. Ryou laugh slightly as their bickering continues before she take an early leave, like usual. Leaving the other members continues their training.

She take her bags before walk from training hall to an empty-classroom that aren't far away.

She had been using this place for who know how long it's already been since she doesn't feel comfortable to use changing room. There is quite reasonable reasons why.

The room was deem as the curtains blocking views from both outside and inside. The room still neatly placing tables middle of the room even though it had been long used as a store.

After she done changing and tidied her things by folding her training clothes and placing them just beside her bag, she take out a small silver box engraved with a from her bag.

She open the box, showing a cigarettes that neatly being placed. Take one of it then placing it on her mouth as she close again the box before slipping it into her bag.

She take a lighter from her skirt pocket. Just before she could lighting her cigarette in her mouth, she heard something from outside.

Frowning, she walk to the window, slightly larting the curtain away just enough for her see what happening from outside. Since the training buildings is behind the school, nearby the small forest, it kinds of strange for her.

Not long after, she saw a glimpse of someone running, turning a sharp corner before they passed the windows of the room where Ryou is. A boy with a brown hair and a brown eyes. Running for his dear life as if something dangerous chasing after him.

In quick movement, she open the window and drag him in by wrapping her left arm around her chest and her other hand clutching his mouth. Not wanting him to expose themselves for just in case her would screaming.

"He run over there!" A shout could be heard from outside and Ryou know well who it is. She was Katase, and there is also other girls that Ryou bet they're also from kendo club.

Even so, they running passing them, not paying attention of the opened window from empty room as their just focus to find some culprit of something even though he had been with her.

As shout and running steps fadding away, Ryou finally let go of Issei as he leaning in front of her as his back facing her. Her left hand that had been tightly hold her body and her right hand holding his mouth. He could smell Ryou's perfumes (is it?) in that close distant. There is tint of redness on his cheeks.

"What was that just now?" Ryou sigh slightly to herself as both of them get up slightly. She look toward Issei who look anywhere but toward her.

"Um.., well... Matsuda and Motohama..." Issei say slightly. Before he could finish the words, Ryou already know what's going on.

"You guys were peeping on the kendo girls, weren't you?" She say while her eyebrow up slightly toward Issei as he look down in embarrassed and shame.

"B- but I didn't do anything! I didn't even get take a look." Issei try to defend himself.

"But you still intended to do it. You try to break into someone's privacy, Issei. You were there." Ryou lean her back on the table while wrap her hands around her chest.

"..." Issei just give a silence response.

Seing this, Ryou sigh slightly before walk to the fallen lighter that already fallen on the floor. As she about to take it, another hand already reach for it.

Issei take it before handing it to Ryou. Without any much waiting, she take it from him and give him a silent thank you.

"You're still smoking? I thought you already quit." Issei ask her.

"I am, and already still." She respond after she lighting her cigarette that had been a while in her mouth with a puff of smoke out from her mouth.

She walk toward window that already opened to pull the curtain to the side. Let the breeze of winds flow inside the room.

"Issei," Issei who had been staring toward Ryou perked up as he heard Ryou calling out his name, "you know that you should stop doing those things already. Especially when you befriend with... those boys." She say as she now leaning her waist on the opened window.

"But, I- I just want follow my desire." He say. Both of them know know how stupid it could sound.

"By letting your reputation off and let people know the worst you?" Ryou say.

"It might could be but you're not some kinds of ninja that could get sneaky. You're both idiot and stupid, Issei. You can easily expose yourself." She say in sarcasm.

"Urgh, then what about you. If people catch you smoking, your reputation could be fell off the cliff." Issei huffed.

"But it isn't, is not it? Also, it's not like I want really to hide the fact that I smoked." Ryou say while inhale the cigarette then puffed it out as she exhale.

Both of them silence for a moment, not looking toward each other. Before finally Ryou cut the silent.

"I will help you." Ryou suddenly say, making Issei to look up to her.

"Huh?"

"I say, I will help you to get a girlfriend."

"Wait, really?" Issei response.

"Yes. But, before that. You have to be my boyfriend first." Ryou say calmly as Issei's body becoming stiff as a stone for a moment.

"Wait, what!?" Issei shout in panicked pace as his cheeks redening.

"Don't get me wrong, I want to fix that attitude of yours. Like I say, I want to help you. And the first step is to help you fixing that attitude and habits of yours." She say as she holding the cigarette between two fingers of her left hand while her right hand pointing toward Issei, specifically toward his chest where his heart is.

"In the meantime, I will strictly told you what you should and shouldn't do. Especially when you're around girl(s)."

"This will more likely a personal class for you. Don't worry, in meantime, I will search for a girl that suitable for you and even your type."

"Ohh..." He disappointed a bit. Even so, there is still a bit of happiness in his eyes as he look toward her.

"So, um... What would we do now?" Issei ask while scratching his head.

"Today is Friday was it? Let have a date tomorrow since I had a free time that Saturday." Ryou say as she take the cigarette out off her mouth, pressing in on the iron of window before take the bud into her pocket.

"Wait, really? Does that mean that..."

"Yes, I am your girlfriend and you're my boyfriend." She walk to her bags, take her folded clothes before walk to the exist door.

"Don't forget to close the window and the curtain off before get out. Also make sure to lock the door. The spare key is in the locker under teacher table." She say before open the door then walk out.

"W- wait!" Issei shouted before Ryou could leave.

"I will waiting for you at gate. I have something to do first. I will be there in about half an hour." She say before close the door, leaving the boy alone there.

Extra:

Just as she arrived in the changing room, she saw a group of girl still changing the clothes. She could see a pack of box being stacked at certain wall.

'I wonder just what happened here.'

She could see a bit a frustrated of them girls as they changing to their uniform.

"What happened?" She ask a girl that just not fare beside her locker.

"I don't know much since I had to clean the training hall. I heard that there is someone peeking while the girl's changing their clothes." She say.

"Ah.., I see."

'I really have to make sure to changing that Issei. I hope I can change with whom he can be friends with too...'

She quickly say to herself as she put back her training clothes into her locker room.