Yo, here is the Church Issei.

Stopping to do nothing and just wait is possibly the worst thing to do when you are waiting for something. Time starts to drag on for you and take a long time to pass, the seconds can come to feel like hours. Only luck can change things here, only someone who is lucky could possibly stop everything to wait will have what they are waiting for to appear seconds after they stop to wait. I myself, am one of those people who rely on luck. Perhaps I should say that my whole life has gone by according to pure luck.

My name is Hyoudou Issei and by chance, I'm a special person. I know the specifics to it but not why. In this world, there are 13 weapons called the Longinus that are granted to lucky human beings. These 13 weapons give the wielder the ability to kill a God. The one I have is a mid-tier one, the Boosted Gear. The Boosted Gear holds the Heavenly Dragon called Ddraig. He manifests as red gauntlets with yellow spikes and two large green circular jewels at my elbow and over the top of my hand, his power allows me to 'boost' every ten seconds. That's all thanks to my human half but I actually have another half to me, one with a more supernatural presence. At birth I was Half Human and Half Angel but I can't say the same for today.

My father was an Angel and my mother was a human, I say 'was' simply because they are not alive any more. A normal person would be distraught at this but i'm unsure how I should really feel. I never met my father and my time with my mother was pretty slim, maybe a few minutes in the morning and then some time dotted in between her two jobs which she needed to support us both. Don't get me wrong though, I loved my mother but with how i'm unsure about it I feel like it was obligatory love to my mother.

After the death of my mother, I was taken in by my friends parents as I literally had no other relatives. My friend was Shidou Irina, and was actually one of the two girls I was waiting for. Both of Irina's parents knew about my father and so they knew about me, therefore they introduced me to their religion. Christianity, something that I could never fully integrate with. My human and dragon side rebelled and caused me to have thoughts or desires that strayed away from their path at times but this didn't mean I was disrespectful at all. I was still involved in the religion, I prayed when I woke up, I never swore and I would attend church with them. And just before the age of 10, we moved away from where we lived in Japan to England and join the Protestant Church where Irina and I would learn more and progress into what we are today.

That didn't go as they had wanted but things didn't turn sour either, you could say a fortuitous thing happened. Upon our entrance to the Protestant Church, both Irina and I were tested. My tests went a lot better than Irina's did and because of it I awakened the Boosted Gear and my affinity for fire shined. It also came to light that I was a natural born Holy Sword wielder and promptly given an actual Holy Sword rather than the standard light swords. I wasn't given the sword straight away as I still had to become an Exorcist first after going through all my training, the problem being that I wouldn't be training with Irina and her parents. I was taken straight to Italy but more specifically the Vatican, the Church's stronghold and where the top Exorcists in the world live.

This was where my blood as an Angel shined, I didn't have to take time to learn Italian as I somehow knew every language just because I was half Angel. Still though, that itself brought me much unwanted attention. I was stared at like a caged animal, whether it was as an Angel or as this generation's Sekiryuutei. Either way I was being stared at weirdly, but here was where my life started to improve and become something I could happily enjoy. No more school, just training. I learnt to fight using my bare hands, swords and fire magic but I was to learn holy magic in my own time as none of them could. I learnt martial arts through their trainers and I learnt how to wield a sword from Griselda Quarta, the strongest female Exorcist who was also the Vatican's Quartermaster. One of her jobs was to personally train and supply the recruits that held the most potential so that was me and one other person, a girl who was called Xenovia and the last of the two girls that I was currently waiting for. Xenovia was like me, a natural born Holy Sword wielder but she was not part Angel like me nor held a Sacred Gear but what she did have was something extremely close to my Longinus. She held Durandal, one of the 5 Holy Swords and possessor of immense power.

Our days together as students of the sword went by quickly and happily. We grew up together, lived together under Griselda's wings, sparred together, ate together, failed together and worked together. But that life only lasted a few years as my growth was different to hers, I progressed at a higher rate simply because I had to to keep my life. As the possessor of Ddraig, I had an eternal rival. This rival would be the possessor of Albion who was sealed into Divine Dividing which was another of the 13 Longinus with the ability to halve an enemies' power and add it to their own. That person's appearance in front of me is eternally foreseen but unpredictable so I had to strengthen myself and fast to which I did so. Due to my strange circumstances, I became a fully-fledged Exorcist at the age of 11 and a half. The youngest Exorcist ever.

This was when I was granted my sword, I should say swords and guns. As a natural Holy Sword wielder it made me a prime candidate to wield one of the 7 Excalibur swords and the one I was given to wield was Excalibur Ruler, the strongest shard which held the ability to control anything if I wished for it. The second sword I was given was the Holy Dragon Slayer sword called Ascalon and this sword was given to me personally by the Archangel Michael. I was too great an asset to the Church and the Angels so this sword was the best way to defend myself if I was ever to find myself confronting the Hakuryuukou.

My life completely blossomed from there. I got to travel the world and visit the sights, eat the delicacies and kill their demons. You can't say you've lived till you done those three things at least. The final thing would be love, something I already have. I would do my jobs quickly, sometimes making them sloppy so I could return to the Vatican to see Xenovia and see how she is doing. I loved doing my job but I hated being away from her more, it was annoying but something I had to live with till I was 14 when she officially passed her own Exam and became a fully-fledged exorcist being assigned to me as in those two years I progressed well and became one of the top Exorcists. Xenovia herself, was given an Excalibur, she was given Excalibur Destruction and like Durandal fit her personality completely. She was a powerhouse even as a normal human, she used brute force and due to being taught by Griselda she succeeded.

Around that time was when I learnt more about Angels and in turn myself, as I met two Archangels properly which caused my Angel side to burn and break through onto the surface somewhat changing my façade. Becoming one of the top overall Exorcists mean special privileges and one of them was communication with the Angels. The top exorcist, me, reports to the four Archangels which was Michael, Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael. The next four, rounding out the top 5 would answer solely to them in that order to which I knew only 2nd and 3rd personally. Dulio Gesualdo, a fellow Longinus holder reported to Michael and then Griselda Quarta reported to Gabriel. My first job was to kill a devil who was living in Slovakia and working as an informant for the Crimson Satan, Sirzechs Lucifer. That job was where I became officially known as the 'Strongest Exorcist'.

The job started out easily as I was to be joined by the priests that were already there in the area and alerted us of the threat. The thing is that it went south pretty damn quickly. The devil was meant to be by himself while trying to be inconspicuous meaning we could attack quickly and easily, the problem for us was that we struck minutes before his meeting with the Crimson Satan who was together with his Queen, Grayfia Lucifuge. If it wasn't for my Balance Breaker Scale Mail and my two Holy Swords we would never have got away alive, thanks to my powers we escaped with only one casualty but the priest's casualty came along with one strong point for the church. Using Ruler to temporarily control the Crimson Satan I was able to slash open his chest with Ascalon before being forced to retreat myself as Grayfia Lucifuge turned to save her King and Husband rather than kill my retreating fellow exorcists.

That job was half a year to the day and I have been on a few jobs since then, to which I found out that all Devils are extremely wary of me. The only consolation I have from that is that I was in my Balance Breaker Armour so my face and normal aura wasn't seen so I would be relatively safe if I was to encounter them again or any other devil.

That leads me back to where I started. My life ran on luck, I got through by the skin of my teeth and the powers I was given. I seem to be lucky in everything and to which I didn't wait long before Irina and Xenovia appeared before me in Japan. I was only there before them as I had a few things to do before hand and one of them was to schedule a meeting with the devil in charge of this area.

I was sat down on a bench when the two girls arrived and to which there was no subtlety from them at all. They were dressed in the rather erotic church battle outfits underneath a white hooded cloak that had gold and blue accenting. They stood out in the crowd like me but we were at different ends of the spectrum, they were the religious end which in this day and age makes you look weird. I could swear that when I started I was looked at like I was a freak just because I wore priest clothes. So since becoming a top exorcist I changed my uniform to a somewhat casual dress but I didn't get rid of the Christianity vibe. I wore a dark red, long-sleeved dress shirt, black jeans tucked into black military boots. Other than that I had two Cross pins in my collar, one on each side and a crucifix belt buckle securing my jeans to my waist, the final thing was a crucifix that hung itself around my neck and dangling around my top two buttons which I had lazily left open.

Like my two friends in front of me, I also had a sword on my person although it wasn't one of my two Holy Swords. They were both fused with my gauntlets. I had a simple Katana with a dark red scabbard resting by my left leg and connected to my belt. Irina had a white rope which hung around her left bicep, that was Excalibur Mimic which had the ability to morph into any sword or an small item for easy travel. Xenovia though had a bigger problem than us as Excalibur Destruction was a large two-handed sword that nearly rivalled her own height. And so it was secured to her back by string and so not to scare the locals and hide it's holy aura it was wrapped in bandages similar to a mummy and held together with a large shield-shaped buckle that held the coat of arms of Vatican city. This in itself amplified the weird looks that were being given.

"Shall we go then?"

I asked the two girls this seconds after they stopped in front of me.

"Hai, Ise-kun."

"Hai, Ise."

Both Irina and Xenovia answered me and quietly followed once I stood up and started to walk to the place that housed the devil that was in charge of this particular area. When I came here I found out that two devils actually looked after this area. Sona Sitri, the heiress to Sitri and younger sister to the Maou, Serafall Leviathan, and she governs the school and is in charge during the day or more appropriately during school hours. The rest of the time is governed by Rias Gremory, the heiress to Gremory and younger sister to the Crimson Satan, Sirzechs Lucifer.

I had spoken to Sona Sitri the day before but today, I was to speak with Rias Gremory. I was a little on edge after meeting Sona yesterday, her eyes were penetrating. I could tell she was looking over my entire being trying to figure me out. My eyes give me away slightly but luckily she didn't make a comment outside of Exorcist.

The walk through the town was nice and peaceful, although there was the obvious 'quiet' chatter from the housewives that'd pass us by holding grocery bags or their child's hand. The whole time we walked, I could hear Irina whispering to Xenovia to calm her down. Xenovia was a brash person, she was definitely the type to act out and voice her opinions. She'd probably go as far as to shout at the women, it can be hard to deal with her at times.

Passing into the school grounds, it was a little hectic as the students were all leaving and were making their own comments but they were all teenagers so their remarks were more mundane compared to the adults. The boys would comment on Irina and Xenovia, to which I can agree with them as they were both rather pretty. I'm pretty lucky to have such an attractive girlfriend and a cute childhood friend. Though if it wasn't for the Vatican I could fulfil my dream of being the Harem King, the worst thing is that Ddraig can make it happen for me. I can safely say I cried for a while when I learnt of this. The girls would compliment my looks, they weren't significant. My looks were pretty average and my short brown hair wasn't anything much, it was just my eyes, my emerald eyes.

My eyes weren't emerald green but rather just emerald. While working around with sub-species or well, trying to, I changed my eyes from their original light brown to the emerald they are now. An emerald that is the same as the jewels on my gauntlet or an actual emerald itself. My two emerald eyes are due to Excalibur Ruler and Ascalon, to be able to use their Holy Power rather than my own in simple hand to hand combat utilized the transfer ability my Boosted Gear has. During my experiments with that, I messed up somewhat and made it a permanent thing which doesn't exert any dragonic pressure making me able to summon their aura to my hands at will and my eyes stayed the Emerald colour as a result. A failure that turned out to be good, another part of my random luck.

Continuing on through the school, we walked passed the main building itself and towards the back area of the school which supposedly contained the old school building. That proved to be true after nearly a minute of trees and a paved path. The building was definitely older than the main building and showed with it's windows that weren't modern. The few around the door were completely wooden with slanted strips of wood up the pane with thin slits in between each one for air.

I carelessly passed through the initial front door without a care as I felt many devil like presences ahead with three of them being high-class level and one of those being a very familiar aura. One of an icy background.

Coming to the door, I knocked continuously until it opened. I also made it into a bit of a drum beat but that didn't seem to be very appreciated by anyone. The person who opened the door for me was none other than Grayfia Lucifuge and yet again, luckily she didn't recognize my aura and we were allowed safe passage into the room although it wasn't what I had expected.

"Ehhh …. Gremory-san. I asked for just you not him as well."

I pointed at the scruffy looking blonde standing in the room. From the look of Rias Gremory, his presence wasn't that welcome. Looking at him, I know who he is. The third son of Phoenix, Raiser Phoenix and also the man who is supposed to be Rias Gremory's fiancé. Thank the priests-turn devil-turn strays for that information.

"I have to apologize exorcist-san, but he wasn't meant to be here today."

"Oh, he wasn't now?"

My tone confused them, it was too happy for what they expected. It seemed to be another good day for me. Her tone sounded like she was frustrated and they emphasis she put on 'he' told me everything I needed. I would get on the good side of these devils for a while and stop their unity which would only dampen the Church. It's pretty win-win.

Unknown to my faults, Rias nodded to me and I turned my gaze towards the man who was just simply ruining the mood. My left eye flashed slightly as Ruler was starting to come into effect.

"Yo big guy, could you disband this engagement between Gremory and Phoenix and then leave?"

"Why?"

His voice was submissive, no sign of irritance at all. I was a little surprised myself, let alone the people around me.

"You are in my way. I came here to politely talk to Rias Gremory about a dire subject that she needs to know about."

"...Oh...Then allow me to apologize, Sir. I will disband the engagement for you right now.

"Thanks Raiser-kun, very appreciated."

I smiled playfully as I saw him summoned a few pieces of paper to hand and tear them up into quarter pieces before burning them with his Phoenix Flames. He then bowed to me and then Rias and then finally Grayfia.

"I, Raiser Phoenix, humbly decline this engagement between myself and Rias Gremory."

I tilted my head slightly and looked to Grayfia out the corner of my eye who was looking between me and Raiser rather suspiciously.

"You hear that, Strongest Queen?"

"..I have. I will inform the masters after you have gone, Exorcist-san."

I put my hands out as to say 'What're you gonna do?'. I then turned my playful gaze back to Raiser who stood still, standing tall awaiting my upcoming words.

"That's a good birdy. Okay, final thing from me. You will teleport away once I finish and when you do, you will forget all about me but remember that you disbanded the engagement and that you are okay with it. You have had a complete change of heart and it is what you want the most, you want Rias Gremory to just be happy and nothing else. ABSOLUTELY nothing else will make you happy, both in innocent and dirty versions."

A second after I stopped talking Raiser disappeared away in a flurry of flames allowing me to relax somewhat causing my left eye to flash again. I walked into the room and plonked myself down on the free sofa to which Xenovia and Irina parked themselves on either side of me with Xenovia placing her bandaged sword next to her resting against the arm of the chair.

I simply waited without a word for the remaining devils to recollect themselves and for Rias to sit down opposite me so I could begin why we are here. To which when she did so, I smiled again playfully.

"Now, I wanna talk about a little thing called Excalibur."

There is the first chapter to my story of Issei as a member of the church along with never going missing.
Issei isn't completely different here. His pervert level is still high at times but it's more reigned in thanks to the ways of the church.
His Hero-ness will still be there along with his primary fighting being martial arts. He is also more easy-going here, that's his angel side breaking through.

Also i got Raiser outta the way and quickly, this is because Rias would never of beaten Raiser with the members she had so i wasn't going to just push it out of the way. This way allowed to show it's strength and partially give Issei some points with the devil although it might go downhill next chapter.

I think i'll get the GB Pendragon opener out of the way before i fully commit to finishing off Neko. That way i can see which of the three newer stories are more popular and deal with the random uploads that way.

I'll see you again, Ciao.