Chapter 5: Reconnecting

Last time Rias and the rest of her Peerage found out more on Lucien and his newfound power! Lucien also ended up fighting a Fallen Angel that the Count stole something from. Now Lucien has to visit Kuoh Academy in order to talk to his sister.

Lucien struggled to open his eyes as part of him didn't want to wake up just yet considering what he went though last night. "Come on, get up. You don't want the Count to come up here and wake you up." Lucien thought to himself as he finally forced his eyes open. Lucien looked around his bedroom with tired eyes as he tried to get the sleep out of his eyes.

Lucien let out a short yawn before checking his alarm clock only to see that it was ten thirty. "Geez I overslept, guess that's what I get for taking so many holy light attacks." Lucien thought to himself.
               Lucien felt something shift in the bed next to him as he quickly turned only to find Akeno laying next to him in nothing but a pair of frilly black undergarments. Lucien bit back a scream before he fell backwards out of his bed and onto the floor. Lucien let out a quiet groan of pain before he quickly got on his feet. "Why is she in my bed?! Better yet, why is she in her underwear?!" Lucien thought to himself as he knew Akeno would tease him all the time when they were kids, but this was on another level. Lucien's thoughts were interrupted by a gentle yawn being let out.
              Akeno opened her eyes and sat up in bed before locked eyes with Lucien and gave him a sultry smile. "Why were you sleeping in bed with me?!" Lucien demanded as he sent an unamused glare at Akeno, who giggled at his reaction. "Come now Lucien, as Devils we heal quicker by sharing magic through skin contact. I was just helping your recovery." Akeno said with a sultry giggle as Lucien let out another annoyed groan. "Yeah, sure why don't you tease me all day like when we were little." Lucien said as he turned away from Akeno with an unamused huff.
              Akeno's eyes filled with concern as she quickly got up before wrapping her arms around Lucien as she hugged him from behind. "I was worried you know, seeing you in that state yesterday. While I do enjoy teasing you a little, I was still scared." Akeno said honestly as she hoped to get her point across. Lucien let a small blush spread across his face from both Akeno's words and something rather soft pressing into his back. "It's fine, just don't make a habit of it alright?" Lucien said as Akeno giggled again. "I make no promises." Akeno whispered in Lucien's ear before finally letting the boy go.
              Akeno snapped her fingers as she was now back in her school uniform as Lucien now turned to look at her. "Your here rather early, aren't classes still in session?" Lucien said as he gave Akeno a questioning look. "I actually got here two hours ago, I was excused with the help of Rias who said there was a family emergency." Akeno said as Lucien rolled his eyes knowing his sister had ways of getting what she wants. "I suppose I should have expected that, well I should make myself presentable as not to humiliate my sister." Lucien said as he snapped his fingers as he was changed out of his sleepwear.
            It was Akeno's turn to blush as Lucien was now dressed in a red dress shirt that matched his hair, black dress pants with a belt that had a music note shaped buckle and black dress shoes. The only thing that looked slightly out of place were his black headphones resting around his neck like always. "Now then, let me just grab Zankoku Otome, then we can head out." Lucien said as he grabbed his sword before using illusion magic to make it look like a guitar case and strapping it to his back. Akeno snapped out of her stupor when Lucien offered his hand to her. "Shall we go?" Lucien asked as Akeno smiled before taking his hand as they made their exit.

At Kuoh Academy
Lucien looked at the entrance to his sister's academy with a slightly impressed look at the rather large school.

"Some place you got here, a little crowded for my liking." Lucien mumbled as he walked next to Akeno towards the School building. "You never been this way? I find it hard to believe you never once saw Kuoh Academy." Akeno said in a slightly amused tone. "You do know I was trying to not be found right? Why would I go anywhere near my sister's base of operations?" Lucien asked in a slightly bored tone as he looked at Akeno.
Akeno was about to make a teasing comment, but she spotted a few female students making doe eyes at Lucien. Akeno sent them a threatening glare that immediately scared them off. While it was a rather well kept secret of hers, Akeno has always had a crush on Lucien since they were children. He was the first boy to genuinely show her kindness and wasn't afraid of her more questionable behavior. After discovering him still being alive and well, the crush came back in full force and seemed to have developed into something a little more then that. "He has become rather handsome over these last two years." Akeno thought as she took a few quick glances at Lucien's face.
Lucien had finally made it into the academy as students all took passing glances at the stranger walking next to one of Kuoh Academy's Queens. "Akeno, who exactly is this?" A stern female voice said as the duo turned to see a girl with long black hair and glasses.

"Oh, Lucien this is Tsubaki Shinra, a member of the school's student council." Akeno said as she introduced the boy to the student council member. "A pleasure, my presence has been requested by Rias Gremory." Lucien said as Teubaki gave him a slightly surprised look. "Rias wants to see you? Your either lucky or a dead man." Tsubaki said as she could tell that Lucien was a Devil. "Tsubaki, what's the trouble over here?" The group turned to see a girl with short hair and glasses approach them.

           The girl locked eyes with Lucien as she looked at him in complete shock and surprise. "Lucien? Goodness I thought you died two years ago! Rias must be thrilled to know your alive and well." The girl said as she gave the boy a small smile. "Sona Sitri, your as studious as ever. Yes well sister was not very pleased when she found out I was hiding from her." Lucien said which caused Sona to let out a small chuckle. "I can only imagine the wrath you were on the receiving end of, well I wish you luck Lucien. We must play chess again sometime." Sona said before she and Tsubaki took their leave.
Akeno gave Lucien a sideways glance after she witnessed the conversation that happened between Sona and Lucien. "Lucien, what relationship do you and Sona have?" Akeno asked as she tried to hide the slight anger she was feeling. "Wha? Well she and are friends I guess, we played a lot of chess when our parents would talk about business related things. Heck she's practically another sister to me!" Lucien said with a small chuckle as he remembered all the games he had played against the intelligent Devil. Akeno let out a sigh of relief as her fears were for nothing. The duo continued on their way to the Occult Club so Lucien could wait.

Occult Club
Lucien looked around the rather simple, but pleasant club room as he waited for his sister and the rest of her Peerage to arrive so they could talk.

Lucien sat on one of couches as he listened to his jazz playlist so he could relax before he had to most likely get chewed out by his sister. A few hours past before Lucien heard the door to the club room open to see his sister and her peerage standing in the doorway. "Thank you for coming Lucien." Rias said calmly as her brother removed his headphones from his ears. "Like I had much of a choice?" Lucien said which caused Rias to flinch slightly. The group all took their seats.
"So, what do you wanna know?" Lucien asked as he looked his big sister in the eyes from his seat across from her. "Could you start with everything you've been doing these past two years?" Rias asked as she gave her brother a slightly timid look. Lucien let out an annoyed sigh before he began recounting all the fights he's had over the past two years along with his day to day life at the cafe. Lucien finished up as he looked at all of them. "Well, you certainly have grown up quite a bit." Rias said in slight surprise at just how much her brother had accomplished over the past two years with the Count.
Lucien then made a purple colored magic circle appear on the ground as Lin Lin hopped out of it. "You called Master?" Lin Lin asked as she bowed to Lucien. "Lin Lin, I believe you owe someone an apology?" Lucien said as he gestured towards Koneko. Lin Lin sighed as she hopped towards Koneko, who sunk into a battle stance. To the small Devil's surprise the Jiangshi bowed to her. "I apologize for attacking you, I let my anger get the better of me." Lin Lin said as she continued to bow towards the other girl. Koneko slowly relaxed before looking the familiar in the eyes with her usual blank stare.
                "It's fine, I kind of deserved it." Koneko said as she shook Lin Lin's hand to let it be known there were no hard feelings. Lin Lin hopped back to stand next to Lucien before Issei tapped Koneko on the shoulder. "What do you want perv?" Koneko said in her usual monotone voice. "You see what I see?" Issei whispered as he pointed towards Rias and Lucien who both seemed to still have a level of tension between them. "Well the reunion could've gone better." Koneko said in an unamused tone as Issei whispered something in her ear. Koneko turned to look the Sacred Gear user in the eyes before nodding her head in agreement.
               Koneko marched up to Rias and Lucien before grabbing them both by their clothes and dragging them down the hallway. "K-Koneko, what are you doing?!" Rias demanded as she looked at the girl in shock. "Just hang tight prez." Koneko said shortly before facing forward again. Rias noticed that Issei was following behind them. "Issei, I demand to know what is happening!" Rias growled as she glared at the boy. Issei remained quiet until they reached another room in the club building. Issei opened the door to the room before Koneko threw the siblings into the room.
                 The door slammed behind them before a locking sound was heard as they were now locked within the room. "Well it looks like we're trapped in here." Lucien said in an unamused tone as he got up from the floor before dusting himself off. Rias banged her fist on the door, but unsurprisingly got zero response. "Not used to having control taken away from you sis?" Lucien said as he rolled his eyes at his sister's actions. Rias whipped around and glared at her younger brother. "Your one to talk! Letting us think you were dead for two years while you live with a wanted criminal!" Rias snapped as she felt her anger starting to rise.
                 Lucien could feel himself getting annoyed as well as he glared at his sister. "Oh I'm sorry that I got my arm cut off by a Stray Devil and had it replaced with a cursed artifact!" Lucien fires back as he glared at his sister. "Well maybe if you didn't go flying all by yourself you wouldn't be in this situation!" Rias snaps back as Lucien let out an annoyed huff before turning away from his sister. "Once again easy for you to say Miss Perfect." Lucien grumbled in annoyance as he didn't feel like continuing the conversation. Rias's anger was quickly replaced with guilt as she realized what she just said to her brother.
               "Lucien....do you hate us?" Rias asked simply as Lucien flinched before he slowly turned around to see that his sister had tears in the corners of her eyes. Lucien slowly walked up to Rias so they were standing right in front of each other. "Of course I don't hate you, your my family, I just hated myself for being a disappointment." Lucien said calmly as he didn't want Rias to get the wrong idea. Rias quickly pulled Lucien into a crushing hug as she cried into his shoulder. "Your not a disappointment! Your my little brother and I like you the way you are!" Rias whimpered as she continued to cry into Lucien's shoulder as he patted her back.
"Yeah I know, just took me awhile to realize that." Lucien said as he rubbed his sister's back in a comforting manner. After a couple minutes Rias calmed down enough so they could continue. "Thank you Lucien, now could you please stop being so hard on yourself?" Rias asked as she gave Lucien a worried look. "Yeah, besides I did pickup a new trick over these past two years." Lucien said as he held up his left arm as a small ball of red magic energy formed in his hand. Rias let out a shocked gasp as her brother was using their family's magic.
                 "You finally unlocked your Destruction Magic!" Rias said as she hugged her brother again. "Yeah, but only with my left hand considering the right arm isn't even my real one. Plus it's still not as powerful as it could be." Lucien said as he dispelled the magic. "It doesn't matter, you finally have a handle on your magic! Mother and Father will be thrilled! You still need to receive your Evil Pieces and start your Peerage." Rias started ramble on as Lucien gave her a slightly unamused look. "Calm down sis, I don't even know if I want to have a Peerage. Besides mom's probably going to kill me." Lucien said as he knew his mother was not going to be pleased with him.
                 Rias gave her brother a confused look. "Your a member of the Gremory Family, of course you need a Peerage!" Rias said as she shook her brother slightly. "I know, I know, but can we just focus on our family reunion before we focus on anything else?" Lucien asked as Rias gave him a small smile. "Alright, now let's see if they'll finally let us out of this room." Rias said in an amused tone as she made her way to the door of the room to see if they could be let out. Lucien let his thoughts wander to his parent and brother and how they would react to him still being alive. The teen shook the thoughts out of his head before he and his sister exited the room.

So Lucien finally sets foot in Kuoh Academy and reconnected with his sister. I don't know if Lucien should have a Peerage or not, give your thoughts and opinions in the comments as always! Now Lucien has to worry about facing the rest of his family. How will his parents and brother react? What else will he encounter? What other dangers lay in wait? Find out in the next chapter of Highschool DxD: Cursed Arm!

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