Fate DxD AU

"O-oh… um. It's no problem. We weren't that busy at the moment." Akeno answered. Ritsuka didn't buy the small stutter. While he was slightly dense about some things, having a cavalcade of women after him made him learn the subtleties of how women flirt.

The woman before him reminded him slightly of BB, although with less maliciousness behind her words. She seemed to him to be one of those people who liked to be completely in control of things. Rias seemed to be in charge of the pair but that was mostly what he gleaned off of feeling their magical power.

"We could show you around the city? As the President of Kuoh Academy, it's my sworn duty to welcome new members to their new home." Rias proudly announced though Ritsuka mostly let that fly over his head.

'Kuoh Academy? Was Kuoh even a town back in Japan?' Ritsuka tried to recall but nothing came to mind of that city at all. This world was completely different from everything he ever knew. So with that in mind he decided to do what he always did whenever a new servants wanted to drag him along on some random adventure. Roll with it.

As Rias spoke about Kuoh Ritsuka got the feeling that he was dealing with the princess type of person. Unlike Osakabehime she was outgoing and very people oriented. Akeno looked a bit more tense whenever Rias called herself President though for whatever reason he didn't know why Akeno tensed up when she did. He was really glad that he had learned how to tell what others were thinking by their face alone. He wasn't always the best at it but being around Berserkers who didn't speak through any means other than roars alone he was glad to know something at the very least.

"Seems like a lot of pressure to be president of Kuoh Academy. Sounds like a lot of work." Ritsuka answered as Rias finished her spiel on the things she did.

"Oh… wait you think - I'm sorry I didn't clarify. I'm president of the Occult Research Club I meant. The president of the council is actually my rival Sona. Heh heh…" Rias did a little motion as she hit her head and stuck her tongue out to look cute. Ritsuka gave off another small smile as if he was used to it. "Anyways here we are at the hotel. Go check out and see if they have any rooms available.

"On it. Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it immensely." Ritsuka spoke before grabbing Rias hand giving her a firm handshake. When he was done he walked inside to the front desk.

"Rias? Are you okay?" Akeno stepped up to her closest friend seeing a strange look on her face. One she hadn't seen for a long time. Rias looked confused.

"Uh… yeah. I think so." Rias answered but continued to stare at her hand.

"Rias, tell me what is wrong right now." Akeno ordered which was rare as well.

"It's… well when I touched his hand I could feel magic within his clothes. It's weird but he didn't seem to notice our magic at all." Rias answered on reflex not able to find the right words for what she was feeling.

"You think this is the person we were looking for?" Akeno asked the question that had been lingering in the air since they started the walk. Akeno had suspected something strange about Ritsuka the moment he let his true face show. Those deep sad eyes mirrored her own all too well to ignore.

"I don't know. The magic his clothes are enchanted with doesn't feel the same as what I felt earlier. It could mean that someone enchanted his clothes beforehand without telling him. It could also mean that he's under a spell to travel around. He didn't even really speak about himself at all during our walk which is why I'm leaning towards that particular reason." Rias amended her observations letting Akeno think about the possibilities.

"Hm… that could mean that whoever was using magic is targeting him? Should we really leave him here in this hotel? Does he even have the money for it?" Akeno brought up small sticking points to Rias' own theories.

"Let's just wait and see. We could probably rent him a room in my home… I'll just have to make sure my brother doesn't see him." Rias tilted her head back and forth. She had the room anyways since no one actually lived in her home here on Earth aside from Akeno.

"Ara ara… so soon… ufufufufu." Akeno lightly giggled clearly enjoying teasing her King once more.

"Akeno! It's not like that!" Rias argued back once again knocked off balance by the teasing.

'Well that was a bust… no vacancies my ass!' Ritsuka groused as he stepped out of the hotel. Everything had been booked up because of reasons beyond their control. It was a poor excuse since he could see the ledger of all the guests staying and there were plenty of rooms left. Since he didn't want to make a scene, he left without incident.

"Seems I'm out of luck here ladies." Ritsuka announced to his two new companions… though he was a bit confused as to why they were still waiting for him.

"Really? That's too bad there, isn't it Rias?" Akeno lightly hip bumped Rias making her jut forward. It was at this point he noticed just how… bouncy the two of them were. He quietly cursed Gawain for teaching him the power that breasts held over mankind.

"Um… Ritsuka, if you don't have anywhere to stay right now I could allow you to rent out a room in my home?" Rias brought up clearly working through some trepidation in her offer.

"I don't want to impose on you." Ritsuka answered though if he could be more honest, he would have immediately taken her up on her offer.

"It's no trouble at all. You are starting in Kuoh come next week so it would save you time." Rias pointed out.

Internally, Ritsuka was torn. He needed to get back to Chaldea. Finding the Holy Grail fragment that seemed to come from this world was his top priority. At the same time… finally being back in school… in a normal setting was more enticing than he ever imagined it would be. The only thing missing were his loved ones…