As Junichiro climbed out of the tub, he felt his wards ping as someone with a bit of magical power crossed the line. He had time to slip on some clothing before there was a knock on his front door. He calmly made his way to the door and opened it to find the human form of Rias's bat familiar. She silently held out a letter for him to take.
"Thank you."
After taking the letter, Junichiro thanked the familiar. She just gave him a smile before she was covered in a poof of smoke and turned back into a bat to fly away.
He smiled at the sight then focused on the letter. It was the 'official' duel notice. They were scheduled for their fight in two days at Kuoh Academy. That was an interesting tidbit. It looked like they'd already bought the school and were using it as their base... When did the semester start anyway? He'd paid so little attention to it that he wasn't sure if classes had started already or not. Well, it didn't matter. The duel was set for the weekend at five in the afternoon.
He smirked as he closed the door and made his way through his house to his workshop. He'd have to make a few small presents tailor designed for every member of the peerage, just as a little hello from him in their duel.
Junichiro stood at the gates to Kuoh Academy and smiled to himself. It wasn't his first time visiting the school since coming to Kuoh. But it was the first time since Rias and Sona moved in and he could feel the difference. For starters, their was a weak barrier around the school to identify and scan people. If he had to guess, it was Sona's work. He recalled her doing some barrier work with her peerage at some point, even if he couldn't remember exactly when.
As he stepped over the threshold, he spotted two girls walking toward him. He recognized both of them on sight, but could only name one off of the top of his head, the shorter one with short hair and a, relatively, flat chest, Sona.
Sona Sitri was a refined young woman who wore her black hair in a bob cut with long side bangs, had unnecessary glasses over her violet eyes, and a very slim figure all packaged into the girls Kuoh uniform. Next to her was her Queen, a young woman that had long black hair with bangs and also wore a pair of glasses over her heterochromic eyes, the left being violet, much like Sona's, and the right being a light brown.
As the pair stopped in front of him, Sona was the one to address him, "You must be Arai Junichiro. I am Sona Sitri, and this is my Queen Shinra Tsubaki. Welcome to Kuoh Academy. Rias asked me to guide you to where she and her peerage await you."
Juncihiro nodded, "Cool. Quick question. I thought Devils were supposed to be physically perfect, why do the two of you need glasses?"
Both girls quickly turned away to hide their blushes at being questioned so directly. He also noted that neither answered him as Sona immediately changed the topic with zero subtlety, "Follow us. Rias and the rest are waiting at the gym."
Junichiro just snickered and followed behind as Sona and Tsubaki quickly led him to the massive building they called a gym. Inside he found who he expected waiting for him. Rias, Akeno, Kiba, and a very tiny Koneko. Seriously, Koneko was tiny! Which... kind of made sense. Both she and Kiba were actually still middle school students. Though, if he remembered right, this was Kiba's last year. Poor Koneko would be in middle school for the rest of this year and all of next. Sad.
As he studied them, they too studied him in turn. Everyone could feel his current magical power since he didn't bother to hide it. The majority of his power didn't come from his personal reserves anyway so it gave off a nice false impression of how powerful he was.
As he came to a stop directly across from Rias and her peerage, Rias smiled and addressed him, "I'm a little surprised you actually showed up. After we left, I realized you didn't quite seem yourself. So, as a gesture of good will, I'd like to offer you a chance to retract your statement and we can all go our own ways in peace with no hard feelings."
Junichiro looked over his opponents and shook his head, "Nah. Way I figure it, you need a bit of a wake up call. Besides, even if I do lose it's no big deal. Losing some chump change to gain a bit more experience seems worthwhile to me."
He meant it too. While he'd trained in several dojos learning a multitude of styles to build his own, he'd only ever been in one life and death struggle. Not that fighting Rias would be life and death, but it would definitely be more than he would get at his dojo's. It was definitely the first time he'd be fighting other supernaturals in a decent environment.
Sona spoke up, "Alright, since neither side is going to forfeit, I will explain the rules. The fighting will continue until one side has completely lost. Anyone who gives up is out of the match, or if I deem someone too have been defeated. There will be no attempts at causing permanent harm to anyone. Needless to say, any deadly attacks will be considered a forfeit by the side initiating the attack. Are you all clear on the rules of engagement?"
There was a chorus of 'yes' indicating everyone heard. Sona nodded and held her hand up, "The duel begins when I say."
She looked between the two groups as they prepared. Junichiro arched an eyebrow when he saw Kiba summon her preferred longsword, the Sword of Sharpness or whatever. Well, two could play at that. In a move similar to Kiba, he held his hand out and summoned his own sword in a golden flash of light. All of the weapons he summoned flashed golden these days. He didn't want to have any tells so all of his weapons had at least a single piece on them that was a magical metal or other magical material. In the case of the katana he just summoned, the whole weapon was magical, made from mana steel folded many times and infused with magic to enhance the speed of the user.