Arc 1: The Great Red Awakens

Disclaimer: Ichiei Ishibumi owns Highschool DxD and its characters.

Chapter 1 – His First Date

Whirling, multicoloured void surrounded him. It was as though for eons, he had been swimming, flying, and drifting through the empty paradise as visions of uniqueness would appear before his eyes, mangled and distorted, but in their own, were beautiful to behold, an iridescent cacophony of colours almost similar to a kaleidoscope. He cannot remember what the place was called, but it was his birthplace and his home.

His home.

He thought he could stay in that place forever, alone, and undisturbed.

He was wrong.

A monster came; a conglomeration of spheres; one of the banes of the universe. Yellow, or almost similar to the said colour, was the monster's body. With thousands of eyes, he felt that it could see through anything, through time, and through space. Tentacles wriggled and moved in obscene ways, as its humungous body continued to burst and bubble as though it cannot decide what its shape would be. If any lesser being were to behold it, they would have fallen into damnation, their minds melting from such incomprehensible horror.

"Hello there…" A voice warbled and shrieked all over the empty void as though it was coming everywhere.

"You!" he said, his large voice echoing throughout the void, "Your kind is not welcome here!"

"You say that, but what about those Great Old Ones resting on that planet. Why didn't you get rid of them?" Puss bubbled from its body as it mimicked speech, giving him a retort of a question.

He cannot answer for he himself did not know. He was just a loner, not included with the other Elder Gods' musing. For all that mattered, all those problems about the good of the universe and all that were something that he never really cared about, as long as he was left alone.

"No matter, what I want is for you to vacate this place."

"You! Why?"

"Let's just say the first and the highest of us will descend in the mortal world, soon."

"Why would he even do that?" He was confused. As far as he knew, that thing was always sleeping, lulled to the dreamlands by those lower than it. "And why would I leave just because of what you say?"

"This is the best place to watch him squirm." He could feel the mirth and the sick joy coming from the eldritch deity.

"You-"

"Enough. Be gone." Thousands of mouths then began to form on its body as energy coalesced in each of them. Even though he was powerful, more powerful than anything on Earth, incomparable to anyone on this side of the universe except for one, he was still weaker in comparison to the one in front of him, and thus, he knew that if those things would hit him, he would cease to exist. Therefore, he flew up by using his great red wings, above the yellow monstrosity, and began to breathe in. He could feel power collecting in his large scaly mouth, ready to deliver destruction towards his all-powerful opponent. However, its thousand eyes just stared at him. He could even feel it snickering at him, looking down upon him. Thus, in anger, he released the collected power on his mouth towards it, confident that it would obliterate the monstrosity.

However, it disappeared, swallowed by a dark void it created, as the environment around them shook from his released power.

He then felt pain.

Turning around, he saw it, gnawing at his scaly back, eating through his hard skin with its thousand mouths as though the absolute hardness of his scales were inconsequential.

Pain.

Ungodly amounts of pain.

He felt great pain as it devoured him, fast, tearing through his body like a crazed beast that it is, his inherent regeneration never keeping up. He could only roar as he struggled to remove the eldritch monstrosity from his body.

His tail, his wings, his hind legs, his belly; all of them were devoured and he could not do anything about it.

"You may be the most powerful in this planet and maybe even this part of the universe; but I am the strongest and wisest of us. You are no match for me. So be a good little dragon and disappear."

He panicked; for the first time in his very long and almost immortal life, he panicked. He could feel his imminent destruction at the hands of such monstrosity as it gnawed upon him. Therefore, with no other choice, he detached the horn on his nose and transferred his will, his soul, all his power unto it, but before he did it, he asked, only his head remaining. "Will you disturb those that pass through this dimension?"

"Nah, too much bother. I already said it; I am only using this place as a venue, for me and several others, to watch him squirm. And even then, it is too early for us to reveal ourselves to the local gods."

He could feel himself moving from his original body to his horn, trying to escape to fight another day, as the remaining parts of his body crumbled to fine red dust.

"Oh oh, I can't let you escape…"

Then it fired another beam, destroying his horn but a little piece, a tiny fragment as large as a baby's hand and with it was his consciousness…. Nevertheless, before he could fade away, he saw another of them, a gigantic, rotting, bat-winged humanoid with detached eyes, wearing a rotten, green robe, and in its bosom were multitude of those mockeries of his kind.

"Do you really have to do that?" The newcomer said with a feminine voice that can be discerned from all the shrieks and foreign sounds.

"You know I had to. If not, things would not be as enjoyable."

"True."

At that last word from the rotting humanoid, he felt weak, sleepy.

Then he knew no more…

-000-

"Wake up, wake up, onii-chan! It is morning already! If you don't, I'm going to tickle you!"

He reached his hand out and pressed the button of his moe alarm clock, stopping the virtual imouto from her duty of waking him up.

"Aahah, that again…." He groaned as he scratched his stomach while rubbing his eyes.

He then removed himself from his bed and went out of his room to go to the bathroom. As he raised his head after washing his face, he saw his face. There in front of the mirror was a 17-year old high school student of average height with short brown hair and light brown eyes. "Ho ho, looking good today, Issei. I can feel it! Today will be my lucky day!" He then did poses that he saw from those magazines that he had read when he was researching about what look would bag him tons of girls.

He is Issei Hyoudou, a typical teenager with typical interests.

Doing his usual preparations, and after a lazy morning goodbye to his parents, he went out dressed in his uniform to walk towards his Alma-matter, Kuoh Academy. Along the way, he met up with his bad friends, Matsuda and Motohama.

"My friend! What a fine morning we have today!" said Matsuda with his usual baldness.

"Ah, it's always a glorious day. With us enrolled in Kouh Academy!" Motohama said as he adjusted his glasses.

Matsuda, as already said, was bald, a former jock and school sports star. As for Motohama, he was the guy with the glasses in their group. They are his best friends, his comrades on his quest of the gentleman's ways. They were not perfect, but a guy like him could not ask for more.

As usual, they were walking beside him, talking about the usual. Though—

"Why are you guys talking like you're going to do an exposition of our school?" Issei asked, confused.

"Don't sweat the small stuff. We should remind ourselves about the paradise that's right in front of us!"

"The glorious school of beauties with the short skirt and bust defining blouses!"

Issei nodded excitedly in understanding at Matsuda and Motohama's educated reasoning.

Just as Motohama said, Kuoh Academy has two sets of uniforms, one for boys and one for girls, with the girls as the point of much interest. The girls' uniform consists of a white long-sleeved, button-down shirt with a black ribbon on the collar, a black shoulder cape and matching button-down corset, and a magenta skirt with white accents, a uniform set that defines the sexy body of all the girls enrolled in the academy. If he could, he would meet the owner of the school and thank him for such genius. He would even kiss his shoes and worship the ground that he walks. On the other hand, something that he never cared, the boys' uniforms consists of a black blazer with white accents, a white, long-sleeved dress shirt with a black ribbon on the collar, matching black pants, and brown dress shoes. He really thought that he would be popular after he wore the uniform, but it turned out that such a thing was just a fantasy as only few of those so-called handsome men managed to monopolize the female population's attention. Damn handsome bastards!

On an added note, both of the uniforms' dress shirts also have short-sleeved versions for spring/summer, a prospect that he looks forward to.

"Of course! If we ever forget even just for a second, we will cease to be our selves!" Issei said excitedly. He could even feel his luck rising up again. Encounter with a beauty!

"Damn right!"

"Glory to feminine beauty!"

All three of them then raised their hands and did victory poses.

"So let me start our usual. Kouh Academy started as an all-girls school, until recently, when it suddenly opened as co-ed," Motohama continued his explanation after they settled down from the excitement.

"And thus, with our dreams and ambitions, we enrolled to this glorious school!" Matsuda followed, revealing their purpose.

"Dreams of having our own harem!"

"Oh!"

The three of them then did a triple high five like sports men getting ready for an insurmountable challenge.

"Uwaa…. It's the disgusting Perverted Trio."

"Run away, they might rape us!"

He heard the girls, who were also walking towards Kuoh Academy, murmur as they scurried away, which broke them from their excited state.

"But it was all for naught," began Matsuda.

"For we are men unblessed by the Gods," followed Motohama.

Issei couldn't help but cry tears of despair. However, he won't be defeated. He will achieve his dream of having a harem of his own! He will even go against the Gods to achieve it!

"We should not wallow in despair, Motohama, Matsuda!" he said as he tried to rally his comrades to the promise land.

"Oh!"

"Yes!"

"Die Perverts!"

"Go back to where you came from!"

And their newly gained hope, again, fell to pieces from the cruel words of another group of girls passing them. Thus, they walked towards the Academy with slumped backs, weak from all the mental abuse.

-000-

A world where Gods exist, a world where devils, fallen angels, and angels, demons and ghosts, powers and incredible talents, everything thought supernatural by the humans, are real; this was the kind of world Issei Hyoudou is living in. Even those of alien origin that played on the lives of several advance civilizations were also just around the corner, biding their time.

Not that he really cared. Those things were now far from his current agenda as the most awesome thing in existence was warping his most fervent thoughts: the female figure, especially the upper part that charmed men since time immemorial. The luscious breast, the supple bounciness, the soft and flawless skin, the squishy texture; how he wishes that their gentleman's time was now so that he could gorge on such cravings. ~Super Boing Attack Part 2~ Ahh, how I want to watch thee!

Nevertheless, a flying chalk halted his glorious daydreaming as it hit him right on his temple. "Ow!"

"Hyoudou-san, tell me the famous senryū that describes Ieyasu Tokugawa." the History teacher said as he glared icily at him, while the rest of his classmates were staring at him, snickering.

Tokugawa? Shit! I forgot! Damn… Wait, U fu fu fu. You won't defeat me sensei!

"If the oppai does not bounce, wait for it!" Issei said proudly. However, his reply was laughter and disgusted murmurings from his classmates, while the teacher just stared at him incredulously.

"Quiet class! And you, Issei Hyoudou! Out!"

Therefore, he ended up standing outside of the classroom for the rest History class.

"Gah, I shouldn't have quoted that Tokugawa from the game ~Sengoku Oppai~!" Issei said as he ruffled his hair in frustration after History class while referencing a game that he had been crazy about for the past few days. Talking about the game, it features a concept of conquering the countries of beautiful female counterparts of famous Sengoku generals, a game that he wasted many nights of sleep to finish.

"Man, I have to admire you, Issei. Quoting the game like that."

"An admirable man indeed!"

Matsuda and Motohama began their usual tirade as they sat near his desk.

"Shut up, you were laughing at me."

"Hey, it's not like we wouldn't do the same."

"Point."

"So, what are we going to do now?"

"I'm going to sleep, kept playing it last night."

"Weak!"

"You are weak, Issei Hyoudou!"

"Shut up; want me to give you guys a black eye each."

"Hmph, threaten us as much as you want. But your manliness is weak!"

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about this," Matsuda said as he made a circle with his thumb and index finger and looked through it.

Oh hell yeah! Peeking! "Wait! Let me in!"

"O ho ho, I know this would cheer you up."

"We recently found out about a hole behind Kendo Club hall."

"And you know about Kendo girls."

"Firm and soft, a great combination!"

"Yes! Yes! Oh yes!"

"C'mon! Let's go!"

"To the land of our dreams!"

"To our paradise!"

All three of them then ran, exiting their room with excited faces.

-000-

Pink lingerie, silky bras, lacy panties; it was truly paradise. Issei and his perverted friends were on the back of Kendo Club where on the wall was hole large enough for a single eye to peak, a glorious hole that promises enough bounty for them.

"Issei. Get you shitty face off the hole. Let me see."

"Shut up. You offered it to me, let me savour it."

"Fuck you, Issei; I want to see it to."

Motohama and Matsuda were forcing him to move from such an amazing peeping spot as they whispered their arguments. Nevertheless, he will not be deterred; he will conquer every luscious body on the other side with his eyes!

Oppai Paradise!

"Issei look. It's Rias Gremory showing her boobs."

"Where!"

His reply was a sudden poke to both of his eyes from the bald man, making him squirm in pain on the grassy ground. "Agh! Damn you to hell, Matsuda!"

"Who's there!?"

"It's the Pervert Trio!"

"Kyaa! Perverts!"

"Fuck you, Issei!"

"You really have to shout don't you!"

"You poked my eyes! Shit! It still stings! I can't see!" Issei was still squirming on the ground, rubbing his eyes.

"Well then Issei! Be our sacrifice!"

"We won't forget your manliness!"

As he managed to regain his eyesight, he saw Matsuda and Motohama now far from him, running away.

"Agghhh! Damn you both!"

"Ah! It's Issei Hyoudou!"

"You've got guts to peek on us, pervert."

"Umm…. sorry?" Issei said as he kneeled on the ground, still rubbing his eyes.

The Kendo girls, with their wooden swords, then summarily beat him.

-000-

"I'm going to exact my revenge against those two someday." Issei was leaning on the wall made of stone while sitting on the grassy ground near the old school building, his face swelling from the beating that he got from the Kendo girls.

[It's ultimately your fault anyway.]

A voice suddenly came out from the general direction of his left arm.

"I didn't ask for your opinion, Ddraig."

The voice from his left arm sighed, as though disappointed.

[Ahh, and here I was glad that you are my host, but it turned out your just a pervert. I never knew.]

"Hmph, you say that, but I'm sure when you're in my position, you would do the same."

[Just suppositions.]

"Feh, one day you will understand the awesomeness that is oppai."

[Sometimes, I cry myself to sleep knowing that you are like this.]

"Disagreeable dragon—Hm?"

[What?]

"I see a very pretty nee-san at three o'clock."

[Oh? That Devil girl?]

On the window of the old campus building was a buxom, beautiful girl of long, crimson hair, which was gently waving with breeze.

"Man, how I wish I could fondle and sleep on those oppai of hers."

[You talk as if you couldn't do it.]

"Ignoring what you just said."

[Yeah yeah.]

"Oh, you do understand!"

[Do I have a choice?"]

"Nope, not in the slightest since the day you chose me as your next host."

[I never chose you, for it was fate. I was excited you know.]

"Meh, don't care."

[Were you like this, before— this?]

"Don't know, can't really remember."

[Liar.]

"Look, she just smiled at me! Lucky!"

The voice again sighed. [Wake me up when something interesting happens.]

"Sure, not that there would be. But damn, Rias Gremory sure is pretty. I'm really envious of the guy who would get such a beauty as his girlfriend. Fuck, just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes."

As Issei was crying, he remembered the beauty of the Devil girl on the window. Rias Gremory, a young woman with a buxom figure, a light skin tone, and blue-green eyes, a super deluxe combination. With her most distinctive feature of long, crimson red hair that reaches down to her thighs, with an ahoge sticking out from the top, she was a great example of a foreign beauty. Her hair also has loose bangs covering her forehead and side bangs framing her face. She is a third-year student at Kuoh Academy, the President of the Occult Research Club, and the school's number-one beauty as well as one of Kuoh Academy's Two Great Ladies. The dream girl of every guy in the Academy, and Issei was included in them.

Speaking of the Occult Research Club, Akeno Himejima was also a member. She's the Vice-President of the Occult Research Club and like Rias; Akeno is also one of Kuoh Academy's Two Great Ladies. Another notable member is the cute Koneko Tojou, a first-year student and the loved mascot of the school, and that popular, pretty boy whom he was envious of, Yuuto Kiba, a second-year student.

Thinking about it, all the members of the Occult Research Club were of high-specs, school celebrities to be exact. Was it because they were Devils…?

He shook his head from too much thinking and looked up. However, Rias Gremory was gone, the window that she was seen through, closed.

Issei grinned wistfully. "Man, I hope I could catch up to those guys…," he mumbled to himself while thinking of the latest AV Motohama managed to procure.

-000-

"Are you interested on that kid—Hyoudou was it?" A girl of long black hair tied in along ponytail and violet eyes said as she stared at the chess puzzle Rias was solving. She is Akeno Himejima, one of the members of the Occult Research Club.

"I'm sure of it, there's something different about him…." Rias said as she moved the bishop, checkmating the opponent and ultimately solving the puzzle.

"Ara, finished already? It's harder than usual you know."

"Then give me something harder next time." Rias then stood and began to unbutton her blouse, taking off her lacy black bra after, thus releasing her huge breast from their confines. She then removed her skirt and her panties, as she walked towards the shower room inside the club room."

"What are you going to do to him?"

"Just leave everything to me," she said, as she opened the shower. The thousand droplets from the showerhead then began falling on her body, "let's just wait and see how things will go from here on out."

-000-

"Aaahah, they really left me." Issei sighed as he crossed an overpass, the sky orange as the sun sets. "Man, when will the spring of my high-school life arrive…? Will I manage to touch boobs?" He then slumped on the railings as he watched the vehicles pass.

"Umm…. Hyoudou-san?"

A cute voice suddenly called out to him, breaking him out of his melancholy. "Yes? Can I help you?"

"Ah, it really is you," the cute girl sighed as though she was relieved of something, "I'm lucky to keep up with you when I saw you pass."

"Huh?"

"Ah, sorry for taking your time, but I really want to talk to you."

"Me? Really?" Oh my God! Is this what I think it is?

"Umm… I always see you cross this path, a-and I don't know why…. Really… what I am saying… Umm… are you seeing someone?

She wears a different uniform that Issei could not recognize, but he never cared of such trivialities; there was a cute girl in front of him and that's all that mattered.

"N-no, I'm not seeing anyone…"

The girl smiled such a cute smile that Issei almost died of heart attack. "Yes…. T-that's good… I was afraid for a second there…. Umm, will you please go out with me?"

Am I dreaming!

"C-can you repeat that again?"

Ah! What the hell I am saying!?

"Ano… I-I-I really like Hyoudou-san! Please go out with me!" The cute girl with long black hair and violet eyes said as she cutely fidgeted, nervous.

Hallelujah!

-000-

"Its morning already honey! Please wake up! If you don't, I'm—"

He reached his hand out and pressed the button of his moe alarm clock, stopping the virtual dere-dere girlfrom her duty of waking him up.

"Hehe, hehehe, hehehehe hehe! I never managed to sleep. Too much excitement." Issei said as felt how heavy his eyes were, his brain still in the process of waking up, but his face was wearing a full-blown smile as his body wiggled from too much joy and excitement. "But it was all worth it! For now I have a girlfriend!"

[You do know what that girl is, don't you?]

"I thought you said you would only wake up when something interesting happens?"

[You getting a Fallen Angel as a prospective mate is interesting enough for me.]

"By everything that is awesome! I have a freaking girlfriend ! Wahoo!"

"Shut up, Issei! So early in the morning and you're watching your porn again!" his mom yelled, most likely cooking the morning breakfast.

"Keh, raining down on my parade."

[Are you really okay with it?]

"I don't care what race she is, what's important is that I have a girlfriend! G-I-R-L-F-R-I-E-N-D! Bwaha haha! Just imagining the anguished faces of those bastards brings so much joy to me!"

[You're careless.]

"Meh…"

-000-

"What is this!? What the hell is this!?"

"Tell me it's a lie, Issei!"

Disbelief was on the faces of Matsuda and Motohama, their bodies shaking.

"U fu fufu, hello there frie~nds. Let me introduce to you two Yuuma-chan, my gal fwiend, kanojo, koi, wo ai ni, mein freundin!" Issei smugly said as he gestured to the smiling black haired girl with a different uniform beside him.

"No…. I won't believe this!"

"This is just a dream!"

Tears were now beginning to fall from their eyes, their teeth clenching hard, grinding in anger.

Ahhh, revenge is so sweet!

"Oh believe it, bastards. Moreover, eventually, I will graduate from the loser's path of being a virgin before you two. Bwaha Bwahaha haha! Let's go Yuuma-chan."

"Un!"

"Fuck that Issei!"

"Traitor!"

Issei's smile widened as he heard the two curse for all their worth.

-000-

"Date?"

"Un… this coming Sunday. Is it a bad time?"

There's no bad time for you, Yuuma-chan!

They were back to the place where Yuuma confessed, the backdrop same as the last time.

"N-not at all Yuuma-chan!"

"Thank goodness! It's a date then!" Yuuma's smile seemingly went a thousand times brighter as she did a guts pose.

"Y-yes." Issei couldn't help but stutter at such a cute gesture.

"Well then, see you!"

"Ah, see you later."

"I'm looking forward to our date!" Yuuma then left, waving her hands.

"Y-yeah, me too…." Not being able to contain his happiness, he jumped and pumped his fists. "It's a date! A date! Wohooo! It's a freakin' date! Music to my ears! Awesome!" He then ran down the overpass like a mad man and went home, ignoring the insults and murmurings of those that he passed by, skipping while shouting along the way.

-000-

As Issei Hyoudou left, a petite girl with white hair and hazel eyes came out front the other side of the overpass. She was holding a phone near her ear as she called someone.

"...It is as you said…."

"I see… Well done."

The girl then closed her phone and placed it in the pocket of her skirt as she began to lick her white Popsicle, slowly from the side up to the tip, the white liquid from the Popsicle coating her red, wet, rough tongue.

-000-

"You intuition is—"

"—is right, just like always."

Rias was solving another chess puzzle as she sat on the club's luxurious sofa, while Akeno was beside her, inquiring her of their recent actions.

"So you're going to do it?"

"Leave the preparations to me… Then again, the outcome all depends on him." Rias grinned as she envisioned the most probable flow of events, events that would lead her gaining another piece for her Peerage.

"Issei Hyoudou-kun was it? Are you really just interested in him because of the Fallen Angels?"

"No." Somehow, Rias could feel it, a strange tingling coming from the said human boy as she saw him from time to time. Was it a sign of his potential, or his current power? She never knew, but she would surely find out, and the recent actions of the resident Fallen Angels were just the perfect opportunity to begin with her plans.

"Ara, your intuition again."

My intuition is always right.

-000-

"Awesome getup, check! Nice hair, check! Minty fresh breath, check! Yosh! I'm as ready as I can be!" Issei was waiting in front of a monument famous for being a meeting spot for young people. There was a train station nearby and the commercial centre was just a few steps away.

He was wearing a red long-sleeved shirt with a black undershirt and black pants, a getup he had saved for a chance occasion like what he was currently in; a date. Still, he can't help but be nervous; it was his first date after all, an event that would change the course of his new life. There's also a thought gnawing at him as he remembered that sexy nee-chan in maid dress giving him some advertisement flyers. It turned out to be a summoning circle used to call forth Devils. From what he could remember, Devils used such things to teleport to the humans that have them, granting them their wishes, and in turn gaining contracts for them to increase their rank. He really wished that he could use it, but doing so would just be problematic for him.

"Issei-kun!"

Ah, such music in my ears. Mother, father, thank you for raising me!

"Yuuma-chan!" Issei waved to the approaching black haired girl as he blushed. Yuuma was wearing a cute outfit: a small, light purple jacket over a black dress, her feminine charm oozing off her being.

"Did you wait long?" She asked after she took several breaths to calm herself from running.

"N-no, I just got here." C'mon man, don't be nervous!

"Shall we start?"

"Un."

Their date then began.

It was a standard date: going to the mall to window-shop on some clothes, playing on a nearby game centre, eating at a family restaurant, and watching a movie. Still, even if it was a regular date, Issei had never been happier in his new life. It was bliss, and he was sure that he would treasure it, regardless of the outcome.

It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon when they finished, walking through their last stop, the city park. Lush green trees shielded them from the setting sun's light, making the place darker than it is. One could even mistake that it was night already. There was a single bench and a water fountain in the middle, regular fixtures of the park, though Issei couldn't help but notice that there were no people, which was strange.

Shit, is this it!? This is it! I'm going to graduate!

"Issei-kun."

"Y-yes!" Damn! I'm so damn nervous!

"I really enjoyed our date today."

"A ahaha aha, thanks."

"Still, there's still something that I want to do to celebrate this day."

Oh, shit! This is it! I hope my breath is still fresh…. Did I spray my pheromone spray right!? Shit! I'm so damn nervous!

"S-sure, w-what is it?"

"Would you die for me?"

…..

….

"Huh? Come again?" Issei picked his hears with a confused face. "I think my hearing just went nuts. You want me to die?"

"Yup!"

"As in dead? A corpse? Gone from the mortal world dead?"

"Yes."

"Aaha ha, ahah ha, that's a pretty good joke there, Yuuma-chan."

I bad joke if I might add…

"This is not a joke." Her cute voice was now gone, replaced by a cold tone that could even freeze the warmest of hearts.

Her clothes then suddenly ripped itself apart, replaced by strips of black cloth only covering key parts of her naked body, as a pair of wings came out from her back, black wings signifying her status as a Fallen Angel. Her body also matured from that of a girl to a sexy mature woman. For a second, he saw her everything and could not help but shout, "Oppai!"

Fallen Angels are Angels that have fallen from the grace of God, due to having 'impure thoughts' that divert them from the teachings of the God in the Bible, not that he cared of such things since there was a free show in front of him. Still, regardless of his excitement due to the free show, he was still in a pinch, as his girlfriend turned dominatrix Fallen Angel oozed out danger, a different kind of danger that he had hoped for.

Oppai! A girl with black wings showing her oppai and her naked body! Ah, I'm glad for this new life!

"Strange, you're not surprised!" Fallen Angel Mode Yuuma said as she licked her fingers sensually.

"Surprised? Hell yeah, I'm surprised! You suddenly showing your oppai surprised me!"

"Hmph, a pervert to the end."

"So… are we gonna do it?" Issei asked, hoping for all his worth that what he expects comes true.

"Hmph, as if I would lower myself to copulate with you. However, I did have fun with the short span of time I spent with you. It was like playing couple with a child."

"I'm not a child, just wait—"

"Enough of this farce." Issei heard an ethereal sound as a light spear appeared on her right hand. She then threw it at him, piercing him through his chest, and destroying his heart in the process.

"Ah…. C-crap….." He puked blood as he fell in the concrete ground back first.

"Fuh, goodbye, cherry boy." Issei then heard the flapping of wings as the fallen angel left, his eyes closing.

-000-

Inside the Occult Research Clun room, there was a heavy atmosphere as a foregone conclusion came upon those that occupy it as the grandfather clock hit six. It weighed heavy on every member, especially on Rias as her plans went disarray.

"He didn't use the summoning circle." Akeno said, worried, as she stood beside her seat.

"I know. First time my intuition was wrong." Rias could not help but feel guilt as a human life hanged on a balance and she did not managed to save it, the uncomfortable emotion gnawing on her very soul.

"So, what are we going to do?" She could feel he worry from her comrades, but in the end, it was useless. She was a Devil, so she must expect such outcomes.

"Just inform Sona about a death of a student. Let her do the rest."

"It will be done."

Still, a tear fell from her eyes, sad of the lost life that she might have saved.

-000-

Minutes later, Issei opened his eyes, sure that the murderous Fallen Angel was gone, the blood that flowed from his prone body caking the concrete pavement of the park.

"Shit. She even called me cherry boy."

[Told you so.]

"Shut up, Ddraig."

[What are you going to do, revenge?]

"N-nah.… too troublesome…" Issei again coughed up blood as he raised his hands, "I bleed eh…. Man… I'll just wallow on despair as I replay ~Sengoku Oppai~. Fuck, those bastards would probably laugh at me."

Not that they would remember everything. Basing from the way the Fallen Angel operated, Issei surmised that she would most likely avoid the humans knowing of her existence and his almost-murder, so she probably have something that could alter the memories of those that saw her with him.

[You're too forgiving.]

"Laying low is for the best…. Don't want to—"

[I still can't believe someone beat you in power and drove you out of the Dimensional Gap.]

"The universe is infinitely wide Ddraig; there are powers out there that surpass mine."

[If you say so…. Still, are you going to stay bloody dead here all night? Someone might see you.]

"Right." Issei then stood up as the wound on his chest vanished like nothing while the blood on his hands and on the pavement dispersed into red powder, disappearing into thin air. "Still, I'm depressed. My first girlfriend played with my innocent heart and even tried to kill me."

[Just play those damnable games that you usually play. I'm sure you would get back to your usual self in no time.]

"Thanks, Ddraig."

[No problem, partner.]

-000-

Walking through the academy hallways was a sleepless Issei, staggering as he walked towards his class. Even if he was late, he still has to attend so that his parents would not shout at him again; then again, it was just a few minutes. However, he could not help but be suspicious of their looks last night, surprised and somewhat relieved. They even hugged him, which was quite creepy. Did something good happen?

"Aaa ahaa, I'm still depressed. Not even the awesomeness of ~Sengoku Oppai~ could break my melancholy. Man I hope those bastards have something new for me to watch." As he murmured useless stuff, he opened the sliding door of his class

"Issei Hyoudou's deat—"

As he opened the door, wide-eyed looks from his classmates and his teacher welcomed him. "Huh? Did I interrupt something?"

"Y-you! W-why are you here?" The History stared at him as though he had just seen a ghost.

"Huh? Of course, I'm here, I'm part of this class you know. Do you have dementia, sensei?"

"B-but."

Issei sighed and entered the class, ignoring the stuttering of his teacher. As he neared his table, he saw a vase with flowers in it.

"Is this bullying? I may be perverted, but this is too much."

"N-no… Hyoudou-san, it's just that, there was news that you had died from an accident and…. I don't really know anymore…" the History teacher gave an excuse, confusion marring his wrinkled face.

"Me, dead? As if I would die a virgin!" Issei announced proudly as he bumped his chest, breaking the weird atmosphere that permeated the classroom.

"Nicely said, Issei!" Motohama said as he gave a thumbs up.

"Our undying hero!" Matsuda added as he cheered with some of the boys in the classroom.

"Horrible!"

"And here I was, sorry for him."

However, the girls just shrieked and threw insults while the others just sighed.

The homeroom teacher groaned as he realized something. "There might have been some miscommunication. Sorry for the trouble, Hyoudou-san. I'll inform the Student Council and the faculty about this."

However, before the teacher could even exit the room, a girl of long crimson hair slammed the door open. She then looked left and right, searching for someone. Then she stopped and stared at him, and then zoomed towards his direction and hefted his uniform, his face close to hers as her beautiful face wore a delighted grin. "I want you."

"Eh?"

However, instead of an answer, the buxom girl hefted and dragged him out of the room.

"I still have class!"

-000-

"Umm… why am I here?" he said, but his question seemed to fall on deaf ears.

Issei was sitting in the middle of a luxurious sofa, surrounded by the school celebrities popularly known as the Occult Research Club. On his left was the crimson haired Rias Gremory with an eager look on her face as if a famous movie star was in front of her, as she held his left arm close to her large chest. On his right was Akeno Himejima, a buxom third-year with a long ponytailed, black hair and violets eyes, with a curious smile on her beautiful face, as she held his right hand on her soft thighs. On one corner, licking a lollipop was Koneko Toujou, a first-year girl with short white hair and hazel eyes, staring at him with an emotionless look on her face. Lastly, was a blond pretty boy, Yuuto Kiba, who was leaning on the wall near the door.

"My intuition was right, Akeno, he really is unique!" said Rias excitedly as she shook him, her breast pressing on his arms

Ah happiness…. Wait, I shouldn't think of such things right now. I'm in a pinch!

"Ara ara, he's sweating profusely." Akeno giggled, hiding her smiling cherry red lips behind her smooth hand.

"Are you after my chastity?"

"No. Pervert." Koneko answered with a close to a monotone voice, though in itself had a charm enough to melt the hearts of many.

Still, Issei slumped at the rejection.

"Issei Hyoudou, was it?" Rias asked, confirming his name.

"Yes?"

"What are you?"

"Umm…. A teenage boy?"

"Not that. What are you?"

"A patriot of all male desires?"

"Ara, it seems that he refuses to answer."

"How did you survive the encounter with the Fallen Angel?"

"Huh? Fallen Angel? Is that a class in an RPG?"

"This is hopeless…." Rias pressed her temples, seemingly frustrated.

"…. I could beat out the answer from him…." Koneko offered as she took the lollipop in her mouth and bumped her fist with each other.

"Huh? How could a cute little girl like you even do that?" Issei was quite curious. As far as he can see, she's just a delicate little girl that wouldn't even hurt a butterfly.

"…. He's pissing me off…." Koneko then bit through her lollipop as she crushed a nearby metal paperweight with her bare hands.

Woah! That some strength your packin' there girl!

"Not now, Koneko," Rias chastised and then turned to the blond pretty boy near the door and asked, "What do you think, Yuuto?"

"We won't get answers from him…" Yuuto said, seemingly sure of himself.

"What do the Student Council think about this?" Akeno asked as she tightened her hold of his hand.

"Sona also wants him…. Thankfully, I made her back out."

"So you're set on making him one of us?"

"Of course!"

"Ummm… what are you guys talking about…?" Issei said while thinking, Crap…. They're on to me.

"Say, Issei-kun, do you want to become a Devil?"

"Huh? What are talking about? Devil? Is this a meet up for an MMORPG party?"

Rias turned to look at each of her club members, nodding to each other, as they stood up in front of him. "We're talking about this." Jet-black leathery wings then appeared on their back, flaunting their status as Devils.

Damn, only one way out of this! Sorry if this might hurt your feelings.

"Waaaah!" He fell off his chair face first and then rolled and scurried backwards until his back hit the wall. "W-wings! R-real Devils! They're going to eat my soul!" He then stood up and ran towards the door, leaving the Occult Research Club with surprised look on their faces.

-000-

The reaction from Issei Hyoudou boggled Rias' mind, Scared? Why would he, when he just survived an encounter with a Fallen Angel with no signs of harm?

"Well, that went beyond our expectations," Yuuto said as he shrugged, hiding his Devil wings in the process, which was also done by the rest.

"Ara… I never expected him to be scared of us." Akeno tilted her head in confusion left and right.

"Did I miscalculate? I thought he already knew about our existence." Worried that she did something wrong was becoming prevalent in her thoughts, something that she never experienced before.

"… Liar…." Koneko gave her opinion.

"That's the only explanation," Rias agreed. Even with Koneko's fear of using Senjutsu, she still uses one of the disciplines of the art, which determines whether someone was lying, something that Rias was thankful of with the current situation.

"So what are we going to do?" Akeno asked.

"We'll wait for another chance. Koneko, get your familiar to monitor him."

"…. Yes…."

Now that she thought about it, the Fallen Angels were still at large. She could only hope that this time, she won't be too late.

-000-

"Whew, that was a pinch!" Issei said as he wiped the sweat off on his forehead. He was now outside of the academy gates after jumping over the wall, and thus, bypassing the guards.

[Do you really expect them to believe that?]

"Hey! That was perfect!"

[A scale of mine can act better then you.]

"Cheh, everyone is a critic."

[Are you going back to that human educational institution?]

"Not now. Maybe tomorrow. I'll just spend my day in the local bookstore reading gravure magazines."

Ddraig showed his dissatisfaction by sighing.

[You're just delaying the inevitable. Eventually, you have to give in or you could just kill them all.]

"I'll think about it when the time comes."

-000-

"The hell! It was no time at all!"

It was already night when he finished his research, so he went out of the bookstore and walked towards his home. It was then that the man in front of him suddenly appeared. He was wearing a trench coat and fedora hat, a Fallen Angel, flapping his one pair of black feathery wings in mid-air, looking down upon him.

"Hoooh, I thought Raynare already killed you…."

"Umm… What are you talking about?"

"Hmph… foolish human…. You should be running now instead of asking questions."

The guy in the trench coat fired a blue light spear towards him. Luckily, he managed to dodge it by rolling side wards.

"Woah there!" Issei said as he raised his hands for the guy to stop attacking while crouching. "Why do you want to kill me anyway? The mental damage Yuuma-chan did to me is already too much."

"Very well. Since you will be dying in the next few moments, I'll tell you. It is because you possess a dangerous Sacred Gear."

Very villainy, I might say…. But, Sacred Gear? Does he know about Ddraig?

Sacred Gears, also known as God's Artefacts, are items with powerful abilities bestowed upon the human subjects of the God from the Bible, a method to equalize and surpass the power between those that worship him, against those that had powerful inherent abilities in which most were from different mythologies. These artefacts were also the reason that the God from the Bible's faith reached its current height in the world, becoming the most powerful faction within the local gods of this planet, as he created the Sacred Gears as part of his system to enact miracles on Earth.

"Sacred Gear? What the hell are you talking about?" he lied as he scratched the back of his head.

"Hmph…. A pathetic human like you has no use of such information. Now die!"

The trench coat and fedora guy launched a deadly blue light spear; almost hitting Issei if he didn't rolled back and ran.

"Hie!" He kept dodging as he screamed, his clothes being torn as the deadly projectiles from the enemy kept grazing him.

"Quite agile, aren't you."

"Of course! Running away from angry women builds stamina and muscles!" he absentmindedly bragged.

[Partner, look out!]

A spear grazed his cheeks making him realize his stupidity. "Ahhhh shit! Let me go already!"

He continued to run, until he noticed that the attacks stopped.

"Hmm, what was the voice?" the Fallen Angel said, the spear in his hand ready for another attack.

"What voice?"

"There was another voice coming from you."

"Huh? Oh! That's just me practicing my ventriloquism. I was considering a career on being an entertainer during parties you see."

"Do I look like a gullible idiot to you?"

"Yes. Yes you are." Issei said smugly as he pointed at the Fallen Angel.

"Gah! You have incurred my wrath, foolish boy!"

"And you, you look like shit!"

"Damn you to hell!"

"Waah!"

And the fallen angel began his assault again, launching his attack at a much faster rate. Issei would've continued to evade the attacks until the guy tires, but there was something that made it impossible.

A banana peel on the road.

He slipped on a banana peel on the road while running and dodging the attacks of the Fallen Angel.

"Oh hell no! Not this!"

"A ha ha ha! Fate is with me! Die!"

Therefore, the blue light spear from the Fallen Angel pierced him through his chest, pinning his body on the concrete road.

Not again….

"Hmph. Pathetic."

A summoning circle then appeared in between Issei and the Fallen Angel, light coalescing in the middle as the members of the Occult Research Club appeared.

"We were too late, again." Rias cursed with a hint of despair in her voice.

"Oh, if it isn't a group of Devils, I think it's time for me to take my leave."

The flapping of wings was then heard as the Fallen Angel in a trench coat left.

"Hyoudou –san!" Rias rushed to his prone body with the rest of the group. She then gently took hold of his head, resting him on her soft thighs.

"Poor boy," Akeno said as she looked at him in pity.

"Can he still be reincarnated?" Yuuto asked, worried.

"I'll try." Rias tried to take something out of her uniform, but Ddraig stopped her.

[Don't, it would be useless.]

"Who's there?" Rias warily asked no one, vigilant with the rest f the group.

[I'm the kid's Scared Gear.]

All of them then stared at Issei's left arm.

"Ara, so he already awakened his Sacred Gear?"

"…. It talks… a rare type…."

"Why didn't he use it?"

"Because I don't want to?" Issei said, forgoing his act.

"Oh my, he's still alive."

"…Impossible…. Your heart was destroyed…."

"It might be his sacred gear that is keeping him alive." Yuuto reasoned.

"Don't worry, Hyoudou-san, if we turn you into a devil, you will recover."

"No…. need…"

Issei then rose from the ground as though he was blown by a strong wind below, removing the light spear stuck to his body. He then gently landed on the ground, after gliding as he descended, using one hand to cover the hole in his chest while the other hand gestured for the Devils to not approach him.

"Wait; let me heal first. Damn, this is the second time this week."

After a few seconds, Issei could feel his chest returning to normal. He then removed his hand from his chest and asked, "Is the guy in trench coat gone?"

"Y-yes," Rias answered, stuttering, but then she shook her head and asked, "What are you?"

"Oh! Umm.… I can't answer that. Well then, bye!" Issei then ran away like he never ran before.

-000-

"Osu! Motohama, Matsuda," Issei greeted as he sat on his chair in the class. It was the morning following the second incident of someone stabbing him on his chest by light-based weaponry.

"Yo, you alright? You never came back yesterday."

"Yeah. But what's up with one of the Academy's great ladies, Rias Gremory, dragging you out of the room?"

Issei waved a hand to signify that what happened yesterday was inconsequential. "It was just some inquiry; she's the president of the Occult Research Club so she thought that there was something supernatural about me coming to school when I was reported to have died."

"Yeah, really surprised about that yesterday."

"I know man; it was quite a shock hearing about you dying."

"Even my parents were surprised when I got home then night before yesterday. I never really thought about it, so maybe they also received the news and never got the time to inform the school about the false information"

"Oh, so that's why? I really thought we saw a ghost yesterday."

"Almost gave me a heart attack."

"Especially with all the enemies you gathered during your time of delinquency during middle-school, we always thought that someone would want to come back and stab you to death."

"You did a lot of crazy things, so you should be careful."

"I doubt it." Issei replied to alleviate his friends' worries.

"Still, when you think about it, someone must really hate you to play such an elaborate prank."

"Yeah man, it even involved the faculty and the Student Council."

"I won't delve on it anymore, got some problems you see…."

"Don't worry, my man, I just have the perfect remedy of your worries." Motohama wiggled his eyebrows as he smiled lecherously.

"Wait, you don't mean!"

"Yes! Petal Rider Pinky, starring Momo Momozono!" Matsuda answered with his own stupid smile.

"I must see it!"

"Fu fu fu, I know you would like it."

"We'll watch during our usual gentleman's time after school."

"Oh! I can't wait for it! You guys are truly my friends!"

"Of course! We will stick with each until the end of our lives!"

"Comrades forever!"

"Issei! Issei Hyoudou! Are you there?" A call for his name stopped them from their rejoicing. It turned out to be Rias Gremory, who was in the door, looking for him.

"It's Rias-sama!"

"Why is she calling the trash, Issei?"

The usual menagerie of girls began.

"Issei!"

"What's the meaning of this?"

Matsuda and Motohama said respectively as they bumped their fists hard on his desk.

"I have no idea."

"Issei Hyoudou, come with me." the crimson haired senior said as she walked towards him.

"Umm… Gremory-senpai. I still have classes."

"Don't worry, just come with me." She then gave Issei a warm smile, melting the cold defence of his heart. Still, he persevered.

"Haaah…."

"Do I have to drag you again?"

It turned out that he didn't have any choice, so with nil reluctance he agreed. "I'm coming!"

His classmates began their tirades and insults again.

"Why, Rias-sama?"

"Die, Issei!"

"Go rot in hell, Issei!"

Right…. Good friends…. His so-called friends also joined the hate brigade,not that he could blame them, since if he was in their position, he would most likely do the same.

-000-

"Issei Hyoudou, I want you to become my servant," Rias stated in front of him, sitting behind her desk, as Issei stood in front of her.

"Is this some kind of S&M play?"

"No. You already know that we are Devils."

"Yeah…. I figured…."

"Yes, we apologize for yesterday since we thought you already know of us."

"…." Issei felt guilty of the way he acted.

"Let me reiterate, I want you to join my peerage."

"Why me?"

"Because you are special, one of the few blessed by a Sacred Gear. If you join us, we will protect you from those Fallen Angels who are trying to kill you."

"But—"

"I know," Rias interrupted before he could even reason his way out. "But even if you have a Sacred Gear that revives you, the Fallen Angels would just come back again and might even steal that Sacred Gear of yours."

They think my regeneration is because of a Sacred Gear? Well… let's go with that.

"Well, what you say is tempting, but there's a catch right?"

"That's right; you have to be resurrected as a devil."

"Huh, why? It's not like I'm dead."

"Ah, you don't have to be dead or dying to be resurrected as a Devil. With this Evil Pieces," Rias held a red crystal-like pawn, "you will become a Devil. You will become a part of my Peerage and be under the protection of the Gremory Family, one of the 72 Pillars. In addition, I heard that you dream of having your own harem. If you become a devil and manage to rise from Low-Class Devil to become a High-class Devil, your dream will come true."

Wait… What!? Shit, I really want to…, he thought. However, he knows deep inside that something like him resurrecting into a Devil was impossible, unless…. "That would be impossible."

"So you deny my offer?"

Issei shook his head. "No. To be honest, I really want to. It's just that, using those evil pieces to resurrect me into Devil is impossible."

"Like I said, you don't have to die to be resurrected."

"Even so…."

"Why don't we try?"

Rias then stood up, took the red crystal-like Pawn, and placed it on his chest, seemingly absorbed by his body. Issei felt some tingling and a bit of an uncomfortable sensation, however, nothing happened. She then repeated it seven times more with the same pieces, but still, no change was discernible. She even used other pieces like a Rook, and a Knight, but still nothing.

"Impossible." Disbelief was on Rias face mirrored by her fellow Devils.

"See?" Issei then pressed his hand to his chest, light coalescing as he took out the pieces that were used on him. "Here, I'm sure you will find others."

"T-then maybe mutation piece is needed for you." Rias was now stuttering, unsure of the things that were happening. "Just wait and let me call my brother."

"Don't, it would still end up the same…."

Rias then fell to her chair and groaned in disappointment, somehow believing him.

"If it makes you happy, I'll join this club and maybe you would find a way in the future. For now, I'll just act like a temp and see what Devils do, and in return, you guys would help me of my Fallen Angel problem, deal?"

Hope welled up on Rias beautiful eyes as she answered, "Yes!" She then stood up and gestured to her fellow Devils. "Well then, let us formally introduce ourselves. I'm Rias Gremory, a pleasure to meet you." She curtsied, showing her status as a noble.

"I'm Akeno Himejima, please take care of me." The ponytailed, buxom senior bowed with an elegance of a true Yamato Nadeshiko.

"…. Koneko Toujou…." The white haired girl gave a curt nod, her face showing little to no emotion.

"Yuuto Kiba, I hope we get along well." The blond, pretty boy smiled, also giving a nod

"Issei Hyoudou… glad to be here?" Still, Issei was unsure of his decision. He can only hope that things would turn for the better.

-000-

Author's Notes

This little story is a plot bunny that came to me while in the process of researching for the battle scenes for my other fic about Medaka Box, Normal. The purpose of this fic is to get a glimpse of the happenings on the supernatural side with Issei as the protagonist, while Zenkichi was busy in Hakoniwa. In a sense, this would be a tie-in fic to Normal using the series Highschool DxD as a template. So hopefully, in the future, I could make a sequel series to merge these two fics to create a story with a much more epic scope. In short, Normal and New Life are in the same universe.

Still my focus would be on Normal, so don't expect the same regular updates as the said fic.

Anyway, about the story, New Life is a what-if situation where Issei is the Great Red. I made liberties on defining the Apocalypse Dragon, making him an Elder God, but is still weaker than some of the Outer Gods of the Lovecraftian Pantheon. Some changes in the DxD universe will also be made so I hope that you, as the reader, would like it. Don't worry, Issei would not just one hit every opponent, I'll try my best to make the fights as interesting as possible.

Well then, that's all for now. I welcome any criticisms and reviews for the story. Thank you for reading and good day.