Story: HHL DxD

 

Within the Occult Research Club's main room, a fascinating sight was taking place. Eve had changed into an honest to goodness full blown porn parody of the Kuoh Academy girl's uniform, with the magenta skirt - already brief as it was - now seeming to flow and ripple around the body with every movement, promising to (and yet never quite) reveal the underwear beneath with every single movement. The white shirt sleeves were non-existent, and there was a boob window to match where it was on the corset.

Eve was busy writing on a blackboard. Big magical calculations, complicated arcane and potent. Akeno was watching with great care, trying to take it all in - but honestly, it felt above her level. She could grasp the fundamental aspects of it, and maybe if she had a week or so to puzzle through the rest she could figure it out. Trick was that reality didn't have a week for her to do that.

"Of course," Eve muttered to herself. "Six. It always comes back to the number six."

"Well, that's hardly a surprise," Akeno said. "Numbers associated with three are always quite potent, and six is often said to be 'one shy of perfection'." Right now she was pretending to know what she was talking about and hoping Eve didn't pick up on it. "So? Have you figured out exactly what you need to do?"

"Oh, yes, the maths all speaks for itself," Eve said. "All we have to do now is wait for the others to get back with their -"

Just then, the door opened wide and they filed in almost one after the other. Asia and Koneko, dragging a pale and wide eyed Saji along on a collar and leash. There felt like there was a story behind that, but she didn't feel like prying right now. Then there was Rias and Sona coming along with adorable little Gasper. Ah, she'd only actually met him in person once or twice. He seemed quite a bit happier than the last time she'd seen him. Even if a bit nervous around strangers. Especially Eve. The adorable little dhampir was hiding behind Rias while glaring a hole through Eve.

Last was Issei, Aika, Kiba and apparently a mob of girls, who were promptly shut out and a forcefield erected to keep them out. Oh? Since when did Issei learn to do that?

"Huh...? I could do that...?" Issei muttered to himself. "Man, when did I learn that spell?"

"Desperation," Kiba replied. He adjusted his collar nervously. "Ahaha, they are quite a bit eager aren't they? I knew I was popular around campus, but..."

"But we all seem to be here again," Rias interrupted. "So? Akeno? Might I have a word?"

Alright. While Sona and Asia wandered over to the blackboard to take a look (Aika as well, out of apparent curiosity), Akeno and Rias quickly slipped off to a corner of the room to whisper in secret. The boys seemed to understand, and took the chance to stand in between them and Eve, speaking quite loudly.

"What do you think? Is she going to play ball?" Rias asked.

"Pft, if I am certain of anything it is that she will try to stab us in the back," Akeno replied. "I just don't know how exactly she intends to do it. That formula she was writing used notation I've never seen before. In time, I might be able to deduce from context clues but - "

"But it would take too long," Rias interrupted. "Sona seems to be every bit as confused as well... Oh, I think she's going to try to figure it out herself?"

Indeed, Sona was attempting to replicate one of the strange glyphs that Eve had created. It worked. For a fleeting moment, it hovered in the air as any regular magical glyph would. Aika stared at it with a slack jawed, Eve held out a hand as if to ward off something, though from her body language this felt more like a precaution than anything else - And then the glyph sort of... made a wet sounding pop before vanishing outright.

"Great, now my panties have gone," Sona squirmed.

"Not just those, all your underwear is now gone," Eve said. "Look, just let me deal with this, alright?"

"Of course, of course!" Akeno called from across the room. "And I'm sure that everything will go absolutely flawless. Because if it doesn't... <i>ara ara</i>."

Nobody in any reality had ever heard those two words said in such a threatening way before. This was Akeno's plan, you see. Bullshit and bluff. Make that threat. Hope it stuck. Make Eve too damned terrified to do anything other than make this work. It wasn't a foolproof plan, but it was the absolute best they could do for now.

"O-Okay, I've revised the plan a little bit to drain off the excess perversion messing with the rules of this reality," Eve said. "Now, like I said, it won't be able to take you back to exactly where you were before."

"Which would be, what sort of levels?" Aika asked. "How horny was reality normally?"

"Ever wake up in the middle of the night with a dry throat? Your body's insisting you rest, but you absolutely have to have a drink of water right now or you'll never get back to sleep?" Weird metaphor from Eve, but... "Normally your reality is probably about that thirsty. Now it's, 'I spent a year crossing a desert and now I see oasis everywhere I turn' levels of thirsty."

"I don't understand, what does being thirsty have to do with being absolutely ravenously horny?" Asia asked. Nobody moved towards her. As such, Koneko's shoulders slumped and she quietly grabbed the former nun, pulled her aside, and whispered some things in her ear that made the girl blush in ever growing hues of red.

"To start with, we need Saji to drain excess perversion out of the five most lust soaked people on campus," Eve said. "That is, the people who either have the most horniness, or are the target of the most horny."

Oho? What was this now? Rias and Akeno naturally enough stood tall and proud, ready to do their part to save reality. They were well aware of their status as the number one and number two most sexy babes at Kuoh. Though number three, Sona, adjusted her glasses, rolled her eyes, and checked her skirt was keeping her from showing off things she didn't intend to show off.

"Those five being Gasper, who seems to like a walking back of lust right now. Kiba, because he ruins panties by walking by. Issei and Aika, because they're the most intensely horny people going... and Asia, who isn't actually that far behind those last two."

Asia? Hold on. Asia?! As in, that Asia? Who was blushing when Koneko was explaining the origins behind 'thirsty' being synonymous with 'horny'? Really? That sheltered girl?!

"Ah, now, are you sure you've not made a mistake?" Akeno asked, the vein in her forehead threatening to pierce the skin so it could say a few things too. "Surely Rias or I should be...? We are the number one and two on campus, after all."

"Nope, not even close," Eve said. A chair near where Rias was standing suddenly and inexplicably shattered into pieces even though nobody had touched it. "Ahaha, what I mean is, the other students more... admire you than drool over you. Don't get me wrong, if it wasn't for Asia... Hold on, let me show you something. Asia? Have you ever heard that men think of sex every ten seconds?"

"Pft," Aika rolled her eyes. "Lightweights."

"Ah yes, that ridiculous urban myth," Kiba shrugged. "Why, if that was true then no man would be able to get anything done. We'd be constantly interrupted by -"

"Eh? That little?" Asia gasped. "I'm amazed they're able to get aroused from every ten seconds, if that's their limit."

A palpable silence filled the air. She thought about sex so often that once every ten seconds seemed like too little? It seemed prudish?!

"Wait, wait, wait!" Issei yelled. "That can't be right! Earlier, Asia's purity snapped Aika out of it when she went full slutlord!"

That got him a well earned elbow in the ribs. Though, her being human and him being a Devil, it meant he barely noticed. The funny thing was that he would have probably noticed if the rules of divine punishment for perverts were in place. In that case, the elbow shot would have probably sent him into the nearest wall!

"I might be a pervert, but I'm not a slut!" Aika snarled. "Anyway! Asia, how often do you think about sex?"

"Uh... I guess once every two seconds? Why, is that not often enough? If I try I could maybe manage every second..."

She's innocent and yet she's horny. Extremely, ludicrously horny. Was this the consequence of a sheltered upbringing?

"Saji!" Eve snapped her fingers. ""Drain the perverted energy accumulating in those five! Make a good job of it, and maybe I'll persuade Sona to change the school uniform."

Pretty sneaky, Akeno noted. Insinuate that the girl's uniform will become this. Saji took one look over at Sona, then back at Eve. Took in the uniform. Mentally placed Sona inside it. Like, you could practically see the thought bubble with a little trail leading to his head. It was oddly pathetic. Still, motivation is motivation and so she would take it where she could get it.

"Issei, please boost Saji. Then we'll be able to sort this whole mess out once and for all."

"Got it!" Issei flexed a muscle, bringing out his Boosted Gear in the process. It shone once, said "boost" in that weirdly ominous epic tone it had. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I can't wait until things are less horny around here!"

Honestly, they should have taken that as a sign. A warning. A portent. That this plan from Eve wouldn't go as planned. That things weren't going to return to normal at all.