High School DxD: Of Kings and Pawns

Highschool DxD: Of Kings and Pawns is an upcoming FanFiction story being written by An English Birb (A Writing Birb on FanFiction.net). This story is the author's first one and may just wind up being subpar due to his inexperience. Despite that minor issue, feel free to give criticism of the story so that the birb may improve not only the story, but his writing capabilities in general.

The story begins some time between Kokabiel's defeat and Gasper's training. This story follows Rias's Peerage and a peculiar group they encounter during the span between the defeat of Kokabiel and the Leaders' Summit. The group is a small but modest one with a kind-hearted and gentle woman by the name of Ai Fukami and a competitive gentleman named Daisuke Fukami; both of which associate themselves with the ORC shortly after meeting them.

Synopsis
"It is said that fame and power is the pinnacle of human desire; but what happens when one has both, but is unsatisfied? Is it greed? Ingratitude? Or is there just something missing in one's heart?"

- An English Birb trying to be a bloody philosopher. Following the attack of the warmongering Fallen Angel Kokabiel, tensions between the Three Factions are high; with the fragility of peace being comparable to the fragility of a glass pane teetering upon the precipice of a cliff. The ORC have their hands tied with training Gasper, going over the approaching Leaders' Summit, and the fear of another Fallen Angel attack hanging over their head. Having rehearsed the Summit countless times, Rias feels prepared to face the stress of such a tense moment only to have Sirzechs postpone the meeting until a later date for no explicable reason. This both alleviates and strengthens the fear and stress within the Devils as they worry that this delay may be the thing to break the peace.

To add to that stress, Issei Hyoudou meets two pleasant siblings by the names of Ai Fukami and Daisuke Fukami and decides that it is a bright idea to introduce them to the ORC during this tense time. Trying to mask the problems at hand, the ORC has to appear normal and collected with the two being present. This isn't made easy as the two pick up on their distress and get particularly nosy in an attempt to ease their minds.

As time ticks away and the stress is stacking up, how will the ORC deal with the combined burden of tending to the concerned siblings while discussing what could be the single-most important event in history?

Author Notes
I was initially planning on making this page after I finished making Volume 1, but decided to do it anyway so I wouldn't have to worry about it later.

This is my first story, as stated before; as such, it will probably flop as I have no bloody clue as to what I'm doing half the time. Despite that, I enjoy making this and hope I exceed my low expectations of it.

This story will start out following the canon story, but I plan on diverging from it to tell my own at some point (earliest being after Volume 1).

Some of the characters may be a tad OP at first, but I already have a countermeasure in mind to make them seem more mortal. So don't worry, I won't have a discount Superman fist-fighting Trihexa, Ophis, and the Great Red all at once.

I am rather inconsistent with my progress as life isn't a flowing river that one can gently float across, so don't be surprised if it takes me several months or so to make one Volume and a single month to make another.

I will refrain from making a character list until a character presents him/herself. Even then, that list will consist of OC's as I assume everyone here is associated with the canon cast; making adding them redundant unless I change something about them, which I don't really plan on doing save for maybe a couple of side characters that never really got a chance in the spotlight.

I hope you enjoy the story as much as I enjoyed making it.

Updates
This section is reserved to explain the current state the story is in.
 *  I am currently working on the character page of Daisuke Fukami after having already finished working on the character page of Ai Fukami. They are withheld within physical notebooks so that I don't inadvertently spoil anything and so that technical issues don't result in a complete loss of progress.  ---11/23/18.