Not technically an Outsider story, but its more relevant to put it here than in the Vault.

Devils and Divine

When I was struck by lightning on the way to work, the very last thing I expected was to end up like a character from my favorite Anime. Of course, unlike him I've ended up, not in a fantasy world, but instead in another awesome Anime...where God is supposedly dead. This...is going to suck.

And here we go with another idea. This technically isn't an Outsider story but for once people can actually say its an SI! Yeah, the character in here is supposed to be me, so he'll start out as kinda useless and improve from there, mostly thanks to Gods upgrades. Now then, let the self congratulatory bullshit begin! Enjoy!

Chapter 1

When I took a lightning bolt to a face on another wise clear day, the very last thing I was expecting was to find myself sat at a table with a cup of green tea in front of me and an old man with long, gray hair, brown robes and a long beard.

"Errr…" was the first thing out of my mouth.

"Ah, hello there young man," said the old man, "I'm so terribly sorry about what happened. I was throwing around some lightning and I accidentally hit you. I really should be more careful, but it hasn't happened in weeks!"

"Errrr…"

"Your name was Lucas Redding, right?" said the old man.

"Yeasssss, and you are?" I asked.

"Oh, I am God," said the old man, "Its nice to meet you."

My eye twitched.

"This all seems very familiar," I muttered.

"Ah, that would be because of the book you were reading before I zapped you," said God cheerfully.

My eye twitched again and I took a deep breath.

"Let me guess, your gonna send me to a new world with a few upgrades and, to apologize for killing me, you're gonna let me chose a gift?"

"Yep. I'm so glad you understand."

I slammed my head into the table.

"I have no idea," I grumbled, "Maybe...a super computer? Nah, to…"

"Sure, that'll be fine," said God cheerfully, "A laptop with infinite battery and self updating so its always better than the top of the line version? Easy peasy."

"Er, thanks," I said.

"Jolly good," said God as he got to his feet, "Now, since I don't want to see you again any time soon and you're a weedy little so-and-so, I'm going to give you a boost so you can actually survive."

"What was that?" I growled, a little miffed at being called weedy, even if it was kinda true.

God ignored me and held out his hand. There was a flash of light and I felt a rush of energy flow through me.

"Huh, that felt odd," I said, "I feel...stronger."

"Well, that was my intent," said God, "Now then, have fun!"

He snapped his fingers and my world turned inside out.

My eyes snapped open and I found myself looking up at the sky through the branches of a tree. I sat up, rubbing my head as I looked around.

"OK, so where am I?" I muttered.

As if in answer, my phone suddenly went of, nearly making me jump out of my skin. I quickly answered it.

"Hello?"

"Ah, its good to see you made it," said Gods voice, "I was a little worried you'd end up trapped in the Dimensional Gap."

I twitched.

"What?"

"You'll see," said God, "Speaking of which, I know its a bit of a pain, but since you landed in that world, would you mind helping me out with something there? I'll pay you of course."

"Um, O...K," I said slowly, "What do you need?"

"Oh, I think you'll figure it out," said God, "Incidentally, you're going to need a place to live if you're going to be any use to me. As such, I have acquired a place for you to live. It should be just around those trees."

"Alright, fair enough," I said as I headed towards said trees, "So, what kind...of...place…."

I trailed off as I rounded the trees and saw my new home. I stopped in place and my jaw dropped in utter disbelief. It was a nice enough house, with a set of columns holding up an awning out front and a decent sized sitting area under it. It also happened to be the house both Viser and Bishop Galileo used as a base in DXD.

"Lucas? You there?" said God.

"WHAT THE FUCK!?" I spluttered, "God, did you drop me into the DXD world?!"

"Ah, so you figured it out then?" said the old man, making my eye twitch violently.

"Let me guess, you're actually the not-so-dead God of this reality?"

"Yep."

"And you want me to be your personal gofer in...what, destroying the Devils?"

"Oh no, of course not!" said God, sounding rather offended at the idea, "I want you to help put a stop to that stupid war!"

"Come again?"

"The only reason I fought against the original Satans was because they were out to destroy the entirety of Creation," said God, "Despite what my children think, I don't hold the fact they fell against any of them, in fact, I'm proud of them. I'm happy they found their own path, its why I gave them free will in the first place. What I'm not pleased about is how they keep killing each other."

I sighed.

"Fine, I'll help," I grumbled, "But did you have to give me a damn murder house? The damn place is probably haunted!"

"Its not."

My eye twitched again and I had to bite my tongue to keep from cursing God out.

"Oh, and before I forget, I've removed the language barrier from you, so you should have no problem talking with people," said God, "You won't be able to read though, so I suggest you learn quickly. You always did want to learn Japanese after all. Oh, and don't worry about the house, everythings paid for and its yours. Good luck!"

He hung up before I could say anything else.

"So, I have Gods phone number and hes a fucking Troll," I growled as I slipped my phone into my pocket and continued towards the house.

I found the key under a rock near the front door and, with much hesitancy, stepped inside. Much to my relief, all traces of Visers victims had been removed and the place cleaned and furnished tastefully. Well, mostly. There was a bloody hideous painting over the mantelpiece of a woman with her top off that looked like it was from the renaissance era, but this was DXD, so I'd let it slide. I'd remove it later.

My next stop was the master bedroom, where I found my promised laptop on the desk. When I saw it, I'm pretty sure I started drooling as it was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen. It was thin, sleek and black, with a gorgeous shine to the top. It looked every inch the powerful and futuristic computer, especially with its awesome light up keyboard and the sound quality was excellent. God had even provided a wireless mouse that matched the computer.

I dropped into the office chair next to the desk with a sigh and stared up at the ceiling. Well, wasn't this a right situation I found myself in. When God told me I'd be sent into a new world, I expected to end up in a fantasy world, but this was both better and much, much worse. Better because I didn't need to adjust to not having electricity any more and worse because I was in a world where God was believed dead and apparently now his gofer/fixit man for dealing with his unruly kids. Great, this is really gonna blow…

Wait, what am I saying? I'm in the DXD world, this is gonna be awesome!

I spent the rest of the day flip flopping between being elated and scared out of my wits. I was pretty sure that God had given me plenty of upgrades so he wouldn't end up seeing me again any time soon, but I didn't know the first thing about fighting. As such, I wasn't entirely sure what I could do and I was afraid I'd end up getting dragged into a fight and killed. On the other hand, I was in DXD!

Not only that, but my connection with God, as tenuous as it was, could get me on the wrong side of the Devils, which could prove deadly. Plus, the Angels could take offence at the idea and deside to take my head off or blow my house up with lightning bolts. On the other hand, I WAS IN DXD!

I had more thoughts that basically boiled down to the logical side of my mind telling me the many ways I could die horribly and the geeky side yelling back that my logical side should shut the hell up because I WAS IN DXD DAMN IT! Eventually, I decided to go for a walk to clear my head and to pick up some food as my cupboards were currently completely bare. Fortunately, I found that God had been right and I had absolutely no problem understanding anyone, despite the fact I didn't speak a word of Japanese. To me it sounded like they were speaking the Queens English and, seeing as I was perfectly understood, I probably sounded like I was speaking Japanese. I couldn't read any of the signs of course, but asking directions wasn't hard.

It was as I was starting to head home with a full backpack and two handfuls of grocery bags that I discovered the second upgrade God had provided, that of enhanced strength. I'm pretty sure I wasn't superhuman, but I was certainly much stronger than I had been, despite still being incredibly skinny.

I was just about to start heading back home when a teenager walked up to me and handed me a flyer.

"Here, take one," he said.

"Um, thanks," I said, taking the flyer as best I could, "What…"

I trailed off as he walked away. I looked down at the flyer and blinked. It was one of the Occult Research Club flyers, which meant that the teen was probably Issei. Well, that was certainly interesting…

After arriving back home (inwardly marveling at the fact I was neither out of breath or had sore muscles from the trip) and putting my supplies away, I dropped down into my armchair and examined the flyer.

"So, how exactly does this work?" I muttered, "It must be fairly simple considering some of the idiots who manage to Summon Devils…"

I turned the paper over, as if expecting to find instructions on the back, before dropping it on the coffee table and getting to my feet.

"Right, before I try and figure this thing out, the first job is making some tea," I said and made a beeline for the kitchen.

As I waited for the kettle to boil, I found myself examining my reflection in the oven door. Looking back at me was a tall, rail thin 21 year old with shaggy, dark brown hair and gray eyes nearly hidden behind a pair of grimy brown and orange glasses. Well, nice to see that God hadn't messed with my appearance, although the least he could have done is fixed my eyes. Then again, I could probably do that once I learnt some magic.

Despite the fact that nothing had really changed, I couldn't help but scowl at the sight of my thin body. I had never been a health and exercise freak and I was generally OK with my body, but that was before I got shanghaied by God into being his fixit man. Sure, my strength had been metaphysically enhanced, but I was willing to bet it would increase if I exercised. Plus, I didn't know the first thing about fighting.

"I really need a teacher before I get dragged into a fight," I muttered out loud.

As soon as I did, I jolted forwards as I felt something latch onto...something inside me. There was a flash from the sitting room, followed by a feminine yelp and a crash. I immediately ran through the door, only to be brought up short by the sight of a pink and white spotted knicker covered bottom sticking over the edge of the the arm of my sofa.

"Errr…" was the first thing out of my mouth.

The bottoms owner shifted and pulled her head out of the sofa cushions, revealing a head of short, silver hair in a bob cut, hazel eyes and a very familiar school uniform.

"Well, I guess I did ask for a fighting teacher," I muttered.

Now back on her feet and with her clothing back under control, Koneko turned to me and eyed me up and down. I don't think she really liked what she saw because her eyes narrowed slightly.

"Great, another creep," she muttered under her breath.

I blinked, both at being called a creep, but mostly because I could hear her. Huh, must be another upgrade.

"Right, um, so I take it you're a Devil?" I said, "Or at least I hope so or I really need to see about getting my locks replaced."

Koneko nodded.

"Thats right, I am a Devil," she said, "Koneko Toujou of the house of Gremory."

"And here I thought cats always landed on their feet," I quipped.

I stifled a smirk as her cheeks blushed very slightly, before frowning ever so slightly. That...wasn't like me at all. Don't get me wrong, I love a good exchange of barbs (when its not with my stubborn brat of a brother), but I normally needed to get to know someone before I gained the confidence to do so. Even then, its really for me to make quips like that. Maybe God's messed with my mind more than I thought…

I shook my head to get my mind back on track.

"All joking aside, its nice to meet you Koneko," I said, "I'm Lucas and, well...I was kinda hoping that you could teach me how to fight."

That seemed to catch Koneko off guard and she gave me a flat look.

"Why?" she asked.

"Well, I recently came into a...job working for someone pretty powerful," I said, "He informed me of the existence of the supernatural world as part of it, but I quickly realized that I would probably get into a fight at some point in the course of my work. And since I have no idea how to even throw a punch properly, I figured that it would be best if I learnt."

Koneko raised an eyebrow.

"What kind of a person sends an untrained Human into a world of monsters with no training?" she asked.

"A complete troll," I deadpanned.

"Eh?"

"Never mind," I said, "So, can you do it?"

Koneko eyed me up and down for a moment, before nodding.

"I can," she said.

I smiled and nodded.

"Great, unfortunately, I wasn't planning on summoning a Devil today and I literally just moved in, so would it be alright if I summoned you tomorrow to get started?" I asked.

Koneko nodded.

"I'll charge you then," she said, "See ya."

She vanished. I grinned at the idea of learning to fight from the cutest damn character in the show who also happened to be my main wifu, before the smile was wiped off my face as my phone buzzed. Considering that only one person in this world had my number, I was dreading what I was going to see when I checked it, but did anyway. It was a photograph of God giving me the thumbs up.

"Damned perverted old men," I growled as I shoved my phone back into my pocket.

And done. Soooo, we got a character based on me (Lucas Redding isn't my real name by the way, I'm not that stupid) more than any of my Outsiders in DXD as God's Fixit man. This...won't end well for someone. Probably me in all honesty.

Lucas possess all of the skills and abilities I have with nothing added, other than what he gains throughout the story and from God. The upgrades provided are the same ones that Touya gets with a few minor adjustments here and there to fit in with the DXD world. Obviously, the magical abilities he possesses fit in with that world rather than IAWWMS.

God is basically the one from In Another World because the old man is fricken awesome and I would genuinely love to have him as my Grandpa. To bad his representatives are all completely amoral arseholes. Expect some humorous moments once it comes out that his boss is God. I plan to do it during the fight with Kokabiel just after he reveals God's supposed 'Death'.

Lucas will NOT be becoming a Devil or an Angel, instead hes something completely different. He also doesn't have a Sacred Gear, but he does have some interesting skills and powers of his own, mostly a result of having a body made up of matter from the Celestial world. I will try to keep him from going to Gary Stu however.

Pairings...at the risk of making this sound like a self congratulatory masterbation, but hes in the damn DXD world! I'd be remiss to not give him a few ladies. The ones I have in mind are Koneko, Irina, either Rias or Sona and possibly Serafall if I can come up with a way of doing it.

Timeline wise...I'm not actually sure yet, although I will have decided by the time it becomes relevant. Its some point between Asia joining the Peerage and Kokabiel's attack though, that much I can say for sure. Yeah, I still got some planning to do on this one…

And I think that'll do. I'm gonna sign out here, so don't forget to leave a review!