A/N: Oh goodness, my second story and first HDxD story. Just a few tidbits: the past is pretty much the same as canon, but with a little change; and yes this is obviously godlike!Issei because he is literally God; IDK if this will be Holy Harem, but probably not.

Anyway, enjoy this first chapter! Like and Subscribe if you do, Gamers! Let's hit smash it, epic style!

EDIT: My language here is odd, I know, I know. This was made a while ago and I wasn't actually that great at writing. Heck, I'm still not. I edited like 30 errors and made everything flow smoother now, though. So, hope you enjoy.

EDIT 2: Wow, keep getting "The pace is too fast" reviews PMs, or atleast a slightly consistent stream of them. I know I need to fix this, so it probably will get done over the first week of summer. Expect a SUPER REWORK at around the end of May. Okay? Goody!

Gottheit

Issei shivered as the harsh wind blew across his exposed flesh; the layers of muscle, adipose, and viscera that had been layed bare when the angel had pierced him. His breath came short and slow, and the rate was getting more so to the extremity of that state. He took in the smell of charred flesh and blood, but only barely registered them. The sensations of the physical realm had long become the afterthought at this point, and his senses had clouded. Death was no longer a far off subject, though it really didn't matter to him. It was lurking below every thought, true, but not the main flesh of his dreamings. He prayed his parents forgave him for getting them killed. He should've never trusted a girl who had to constantly assure her harmlessness, it just screamed 'danger' in hindsight. It cost him his and his parents' lives, and could cost the life of his girlfriend.

He felt like such a failure; he always had. He had so many opportunities to help others, and he wasted them peeping on girls in video games. Oh, he wasn't some sort of 'Peeping Tom' like his friends Matsuda and Motohama, but he was a "self admitted pervert."

If he was being honest, though, he knew that that was just a mask for his insecurities around women and his longing for companionship, as well as an excuse for his lack of charity. He prayed that he could just be able to have another chance at life where he could save those who had been trapped not by the allure of Sin itself, but the allure of the companionship in partaking of it. Those who truly could have been more. More than nothingness. Nothingness that was overtaking his vision as the world faded to black.

And then came light. Issei felt as if he where falling through an abyss of white. So he opened his eyes. The... room... he found himself in, if it could. be called that, was made of pure white. It stretched to somewhere between the finite and the infinite, and left his mind wondering exactly which category it belonged to. The ground of white marble lay below his feet, which were solidly planted on the stone substance, and, much to his joy, remained planted after he took a step. The whole room was seemingly in infinite free-fall. It was as if this place were and elevator going down a building with a trillion stories and a billion basements, and he was stuck along for the ride. The oddness of the whole place was further exemplified by the woman who stood no more than 7 meters away. Her back was turned to him, and her clear, blonde hair swayed in a nonexistent breeze. The strands of it like reflections of sunlight on a lake surface, glimmering in white brilliance. Her robes of white-cotton, tied in a distinctly ancient European style, were modest, and yet beautifully swayed along with he hair.

"So, you finally awakened me." The woman spoke, her voice a soft tone that reminded Issei of his grandmother, "It has been so long since I had to leave. So long since my son and his allies struck me down... So long since my heart shattered as I pierced my firstborn's chest."

"I imagine you are wondering where we are. Well, this is your soul, child." The woman by now had turned around to reveal her well worn hands; and soft, wrinkled face, "Your purified soul to be exact."

"Who are you? Why am I in my soul? What do you mean purified?" Issei asked with urgency and confusion, his face a mask of concern and shock.

"Oh ho ho, dear child! I, am the Biblical God! I am within your sacred gear, Gottheit. Each sacred gear is an item created by me a very long time ago that can only be randomly incarnated into human beings to aid them in defending against the supernatural. All other sacred gears are passed on upon death, but they don't contain my soul. Which leads us to the next question: We are in your soul, Issei, because you are my successor. You will need to unite Heaven and guide humanity from the coming age of annihilation. I know it is a heavy burden, but I have my utmost faith in you. Afterall, didn't you say you wanted a second chance to help people?" God said to her now young successor.

Issei didn't know what to think. Well, that's a partial lie; he thought that what she described was his dream and prayer literally answered, he just couldn't think of what to say. I mean, what do you say to God when she tells you you're her reincarnation and the literal second coming of Christ? Well, Issei may not of know, but he sure as heaven would try his best.

"I- I don't know what to say to this! This is so much to process. I-I..." Issei choked, before quieting for a moment, "I will be sure to take this... quite unexpected mantle with all my strength. I know... Well' actually I have no clue how to guide Heaven and Earth forward. But I'll try! I will help all those I can this time, I will love and support all those who reside within this world and treat others with kindness and compassion! I will guide those... led astray like I was and- Well, I don't know! What would you say I should do? I mean how does someone like me EVEN GET SELECTE-"

"Whoa ho ho! My child, I have no need for the confirmation of my choice; for it has already passed and been made and rendered incapable of change. I cannot tell you what to do, you need to learn that on your own. I hear you and support your goal with my whole power, literally. Hoo fu fu!" God cut Issei off before coming over and hugging the boy who was now wiping his eyes and nose on her ever clean cotton robe. "I have always and will always love you Issei. Take my knowledge, magic, and abilities and change the world for the better! You will already know how to use them, and the basic history of the supernatural world when you receive [The Mind]'s abilities."

"What is this about your mind? What does that mean?" Issei asked through his slowly ebbing sobs.

" Oh, I got ahead of myself again... Oh well. My power has been split into fragments, so that you will not be overwhelmed by the shear power of the, and I am rightfully proud to be able to say this, former strongest being in the world. Well, tied with Great Red, Ophis, and Trihexa for strongest. However, the full power of my three fragments, [The Mind], [The Body], and [The Soul], will be unlocked with time; and when that time comes I shall fade fully to memory. For now, though, that time is long off." God answered Issei.

"I must go now. We can talk in your dreams, though, my sweet, sweet child. And in those dreams I shall fully regale you with tales and abilities I have locked from being given in any other way. For now, sweet love, this is goodbye. So long, Issei. Goodbye, my successor. Goodbye, my child" The Lady of Heaven whispered as Issei faded from her place within his soul, letting the goddess truly let loose her tears once he had fully faded.

"I have and will always love you. As I did all of my children."

The world for Issei slowly started to black out until he could no longer see God's robes; until he could no longer hear her voice. Until he could no longer feel her dress, but instead felt the coldness of the early spring air, still punctuated by winter's cold bite. He felt the ground below his back, and the gravel digging into his spine. He no longer smelled the burning flesh or felt the wooden flooring of his smoldering house. He no longer felt his and his parents blood pool below him. Nor did he feel anything of that world of the soul. He had landed now, the elevator had reached the final floor/ The floor called reality.

He opened his eyes and sat up. He looked around and realized he stood at the fountain in the park near his home. His former home. He knew it had burned, he knew it as well as he did the history of the Three Factions and the Supernatural. He knew it along with the truth behind the Biblical figures and fables. Though, he did not know of the current affairs, and he definitely didn't know of how to accurately get them without spreading his wings and going to Heaven, but that was risky.

'Wait, why do I know about all this- oh yeah! God said that one of her powers would do this. This is weird! I know all the abilities I can use, and I no some statistics about miracles and angels. I also know the location of, Heaven! So weird, but so cool that I can do that!' Issei thought while standing, before pausing again, 'And if I can do all that, then I can save others and realize my dreams! I'll start with powering Heaven's system of miracles and then... well I don't know much about that. Maybe one of those Seraphs can help.'

Issei decided that visiting Heaven directly and taking the plunge would most likely be the best course of action. No doubt a race and religion without their leader and god for centuries would be happy to see at least their God's successor's return. So he spread his 14 pure golden wings and raised them up before-

"OH MERCY!"

A voice rang out and stopped Issei in his tracks. He spun around to see who had made the exclamation, to see a women wearing a white, green, and gold nun's habit. She had pure golden hair and blue eyes, and clearly a lot of Holy Energy.

'Thank my lucky stars it's an Angel, and a Seraph it seems from the level of power she possesses." Issei thought as he sighed in relief.

"Those wings! That power! There is no way. Mother, is that you?" The woman, who Issei now definitely knew was a Seraph, exclaimed, her voice weak as she asked the all-important question.

"Well, I am her successor, since she put her soul in a sacred gear... so, sort of? I am Issei Hyodou, just so you know what to call me. Though I would prefer just Issei." Issei responded, not really sure of what to say as he scratched the back of his neck sheepishly.

"Oh my! In that case an introduction is in order. I am Gabriel, one of the Seraphs of Heaven. I used to be in charge of miracles before... your predecessor died. You no doubt have met her spirit within your soul and have been informed somehow of your miraculous abilities and the general history of the supernatural but... I am going make a harmless bet that you have no clue as to how to run heaven, or exactly what to do from here other than 'Help People'" Gabriel said to Issei, giggling at the end.

"Hit the nail on the head with that one, ha ha." Issei chuckled awkwardly, "I was just going to go to Heaven and announce... my return?"

"I won't hold your poorly informed state against you, as Mother was notorious for her 'Follow Your Heart' philosophies. But, that plan of yours wouldn't be that great right now. Going to heaven and announcing yourself as the next God would go down poorly until you revealed the golden wings and triangular magic 'circle' that confirms you are the Biblical God's reincarnation. At which point, most of heaven would go wild with celebration. You would be up all night just having to [Forgive] the ones that fell from trying to kiss you. But I have a better idea. Let us both go in, with you in a regular angelic form before I send away any but the most trustworthy angels, and then have you reveal your power. I will claim that you are my Joker before the majority, which will explain your power. Then we will explain who you truly are to the trustworthy ones and the other Seraphs. It isn't much of a change, but it will avoid some of the shock and possible leaking of info. There would be bad repercussions of your return going public. The Devils and Fallen may go crazy if-" Gabriel didn't even get enough time to respond, however, before Issei started screaming and running off.

"OH NO! Raynare! I have to go save her! I forgot her companions had taken her, what with me getting killed and meeting the Biblical God and all." Issei exclaimed as he spread his wings once more and launched towards the church on the hill, Gabriel in hot pursuit.

"Who is this Raynare?" Gabriel asked as they touched down in front of the church.

"My girlfriend of about three months. She was the light of my life, and apparently the one who was supposed to have ended it. Supposed to. Her companions came later under the disguise of being a couple whose parents knew mine. They used magic to trick my parents, but the woman had to constantly reapply the magic to me and Raynare. They came in and burnt my house down and killed both my parents, and almost killed me, before taking my girlfriend." Issei said as they approached the church doors. The sun was setting now, and the creaking old building's shadows had become stretched and warped like pulled, black taffy splayed across the overgrown yard.

"I loved her, Gabriel, and I refuse to let something happen to her. She has not sinned. She was born a Fallen. I have every intent to save and [Forgive] her. She deserves, much more than many, to be called a true angel. A true bastion of hope" Issei explained.

Issei's proclamation had struck a cord with Gabriel, but she knew running in willy-nilly was a bad idea.

"Issei, stop. We cannot reveal-"

"Who I am. Yes I know, Gabriel. That is why I won't let any one of them escape. They'll die and face judgement long before they'll see who I am."

With his mind made up, Issei charged into the church before killing the insane looking man standing guard. The man quickly fell as Gabriel mentioned something about "Freed Sell-Sun" or something like that. He then blew the defiled cross away and entered the passageway leading to the many energy signatures he had sensed as he entered. He waltzed into the room of exorcists like he was, well, a god amongst puny mortals who had annoyed him. Which he was, so that made sense.

"So, Gabby-baby went and reincarnated the little twerp! Too bad! In 20 seconds, a ritual which will rip this abandoned holy maiden's sacred gear out, as well as pulling all of the power of your little slut, will complete and-"

The two fallen, along with all 50 of the excommunicated priests and exorcists didn't even last 5 seconds before the wrath of a Seraph and God Incarnate combined. They turned to dust was both summoned a combined 200 spears of light and turned them into human (or Fallen) pin cushions. Issei then strode quickly and silently up to the two downed women to check on their state.

"They are both weak. I will [Forgive] Raynare so she can be reincarnated as an Angel. You can take the pure-hearted Nun, as I heard you say that you can use cards to revive? You said I would act as your 'Joker', right? And I'm know that there was a project started to try and make reincarnation cards just before my predecessor died." Issei stated nearly emotionlessly, trying to be as quick as possible, before placing his glowing hands onto Raynare and muttering rapidly in Babel.

"I can, but this is Asia Argento... she was-" Gabriel began as she check on the girl, before pausing as she looked at her soul, "Oh my! She has the purest heart... how could she possibly have been excommunicated! There must be some scandal... I'll look into it. If it's another 'Holy Sword Project'... Whatever, I don't care what had happened, it was clearly not of her doing! Oh no, definitely not of this pure roses doing. She will definitely be my 2 Card." Gabriel then placed a Two-of-Hearts on Asia's chest and let it sink in.

After around 5 minutes of waiting, Raynare and Asia had both gotten up, and had begun asking where they were. Gabriel explained that Raynare had been forgiven and Asia reincarnated, so they were both Angels. The latter immediately broke into tears.

"Oh, thank you, Lady Gabriel! I am so grateful to have been reincarnated as one of God's messengers and servants! Truly, a-a girl like m-me is not worthy of a gift of such power and honour, but I shall do my best to live up to this position." Asia stated as Raynare was holding a small personal whisper-conversation with her boyfriend., "Oh, and , I kn-know that t-t-this is a bit rude but... Will I get to meet God? I m-mean it is fine if I am not a-allowed t-to but-"

Gabriel's face darkened into a serious one, her habit tilting down to cover her eyes, which would have revealed her true joking intention.

"Child, I have some knowledge that you may not take well, but must be said: The Biblical God died along with the Four Great Satans in the Great War. She has been dead for centuries."

Asia was shocked at this. It was almost too much to take in! How-

'Wait a minute, why is lady Gabriel smiling so smugly?' Asia thought as Gabriel lifted her finger towards Issei and laughed.

"However, dear Child, the reincarnation of the Biblical God and second coming of Christ is standing right there. That boy is the Saviour you seek, as he led me to you and told me to reincarnate you. Though he has a vast lack of knowledge on how to govern, and how to act politely in the Church, he will learn eventually. So don't overwhelm him with worship, as he isn't used to it." Gabriel said while giggling. Asia then immediately ran over and began crying into Issei's shoulder, and thanking him profusely and repeatedly. At this point, after getting over her initial shock, Raynare turned to Issei.

"You- You were the one who forgave me and saved my life, weren't you. ISSEI YOU SAVED MY LIFE! You found out I was sent to kill you and you still came to save me. You still believed in me when I said I loved you. And you risked revealing that you were THE CHRIST to a Fallen faction who wanted a reason to fight; and believe me, this would be a reason to fight; just to save m-m-m-m-me. Ohhhh..." Raynare took Asia's place crying and thanking Issei, who was now well over the shock of it and trying to comfort his crying girlfriend.

"Heh heh, Well, uh, Raynare... Of course I did all that. No one would lead someone on for three months before killing them. I love you and trust you so much. Don't think that me being 'The Second Coming of God' changes that fact. Oh, it does change our lives in many ways, just not that one. I love you, my Ray of light"

"Oh stop being so sappy, you sappy-sap." Raynare whispered to him, "You'll get me stuck on you with that much!"

Raynare began giggling madly as Issei just looked at her questioningly, before giving in and laughing along with her, though awkwardly.

"Well, now that that's done with, how about we head on up to Heaven, Gabriel? Let's get those Seraphs and 'trustworthies' the knowledge that I have returned. Or, have arrived. Or- Oh Whatever, you guys know!" Issei said, before everyone began laughing as they flashed towards the gateway to Heaven.