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A/N: Hey guys! Here's a new chapter for you! Sorry for the late release! 1 and a half weeks late ): Haven't had that much time to write lately.

Some more backstory in this chapter.

Kira gets some information on why he was suddenly transported to the DxD-verse with the [Game System].

And a conversation leading to the battle between Kira and Great Red :D

Thanks for the nice reviews as usual! I'll see what I can do about the suggestions.

Enjoy the read! (:

Chapter 5 - Great Red and Ophis. What? Mother?!

The hole in space closing behind him, Kira took a deep breath as he appeared in what he considered a beautiful, yet endless and desolate world.

It was the Dimensional Gap, a space that existed between the three worlds; Earth, Heaven and the Underworld.

The Dimensional Gap was a void with 'nothingness', a limitless world where there was a bleeding mixture of iridescent colours present, which gave one a sense of endlessness and would have disorientated many.

The 'nothingness' of the Dimensional Gap corroded any existence that wasn't strong enough physically and mentally to handle the invisible pressure when exposed to its presence without enough magical protection.

Kira was, of course, indifferent to this pressure as his energy was powerful enough to protect himself. Even without magical protection, his inherent abilities [Gamer's Mind] and [Gamer's Body] basically rendered him unaffected.

This was not the first time he arrived in the Dimension Gap. In fact, every time he used the [Hiraishin], he'd arrive here for a split second in order to finish the execution of the technique.

The [Hiraishin] was a Time-Space technique and worked by using his energy to literally create a hole in the universe, leading to the dimensional gap. Once outside the mortal realm, he would then create another hole that would lead him to wherever he was aiming to go.

Due to the difference in how time flowed in this void realm, the technique seemed to be an almost instantaneous teleportation.

The time-space seals placed on the kunai were a focal point for Kira's draconic energy so that he wouldn't get lost in the jumps between the realms and end up in a random location.

His growing mastery in the [Space] element enabled easier navigation though, as he eventually mastered the legendary technique from the Naruto universe.

Kira calmly looked up ahead of him to see a massive western red dragon with an overall length of 100 metres and a little girl with black waist-length hair dressed in her birthday suit, which Kira also identified as a dragon.

Using [Observe] on them, he quickly realized they were level 500 and 475 respectively. It was something which he had already expected, especially coming from those two existences.

Kira had specifically chosen this point in time to arrive at the Dimension Gap because the dragon and little girl happened to be at the same place. It made things more convenient for him because apart from wanting to finish his quest, he also needed to confirm something with that little girl. That was unless he wanted to be like that giant red dragon and have a loli on his ass all day.

Both large and tiny dragons were currently glaring intently at each other and neither was making a move. The bigger one's eyes contained a hint of playfulness, aggressiveness and battlelust whereas the little dragon's eyes showed utmost annoyance and seriousness.

Kira was surprised since he recalled from the DxD anime that the little girl in front of him was almost always expressionless. Maybe it was because the massive red dragon in front of her was actually worth her showing emotion or just the fact that it was the one who had invaded her home. After all, she had been spending all her life trying to get rid of it.

Neither seemed to have noticed Kira arriving yet. Perhaps they were both too concentrated on each other or maybe it was because they didn't think anyone would be crazy enough to appear before the both of them. It might be that they had just neglected his existence.

The violet-eyed dragon was just about to confront the two powerful, if not most powerful, existences in front of him, before a burst of laughter erupted from the massive red dragon, stopping him in his tracks.

"Hahahaha! Little Ouroboros Dragon, how long has it been? A couple of years? Hundred years maybe? Ah... even I, the almighty Great Red, can't seem to keep track of time…" The dragon shook his head. "So... are you here for another battle? Because if you are, then let's get a move on already! This old dragon hasn't been getting enough exercise lately. Bwahahaha!" Great Red spoke out loud in a deep, rascal-like tone as it laughed down at the girl in front of it.

Kira sweatdropped as he heard The True Red Dragon God Emperor speak to the little girl, who was now identified as the Ouroboros Dragon Ophis and otherwise known as the Infinite Dragon God. The Apocalypse dragon definitely didn't seem like a solemn dragon god every supernatural thought it to be.

Kira glanced over at Ophis, curious to how she would respond to the narcissistic dragon's speech and deadpanned instantly as he shouldn't have expected anything other than the words he had just heard coming from her mouth.

"Red, get out of my home. I, want my silence back." The Infinite Dragon God had totally ignored whatever Great Red had said and spoke her demand in a dull tone, looking up to her fellow dragon in irritation.

Ophis as Kira recalled, was a straightforward dragon, clearly shown by her blunt response to Great Red's speech, although he also remembered her to be extremely naive.

"Yeah yeah… I've heard the same thing coming from you like a gazillion times…" The massive red dragon rolled his eyes as it continued. "You got anything new? If not, let's fight already! I'm starting to get impatient over here!" Great Red's golden eyes glowed as it flared its energy and circled around Ophis, flapping its two sets of red colossal wings in a domineering fashion.

"No. All, I want, is my silence. I, have already tried fighting you. It, is a waste, of time. You, will still not leave my home, Red." Ophis shook her head and spoke without any emotion, though one could still detect a hint of frustration in her tone.

"Haaaa? Are you fucking serious?! Of course I wouldn't leave! The Dimensional Gap was your home. It is my place of residence now. You're the one who left the Gap in the first place!" The Dragon of Dragons roared in anger, thinking Ophis was mocking it and continued. "Also, you have the nerve to mention that fighting me is a waste of time? Well then, now you're going to have to fight me whether you like it or not, Ouroboros!"

A huge amount of golden energy started to form within Great Red's mouth as it stopped flying in circles and aimed its head towards the Infinite Dragon God below it, forcing a fight.

Upon noticing this, Ophis instantaneously released her energy in the form of black mist, which spread in all directions and later morphed into the shape of a giant ethereal black snake to match Great Red's titanic size. The Infinite Dragon God's tiny feminine body could still be seen floating in the void, as her form was now encircled and protected by the almost translucent snake made from her energy.

The little girl prepared to counterattack as a battle was unavoidable at this point. Unless there was something more interesting, or a special phenomenon occurring, Great Red wasn't going to change its mind.

Of course, with both of the strongest existences in the world being too focused on each other, they failed to realize that a certain 'special phenomenon', was observing their every action not too far away from them.

The figure watching them from a distance with crossed arms let out a soft sigh as he didn't want to continue watching any further.

He came here with a clear goal in mind, not to watch two dragons acting like little brats.

Although the sound produced was barely audible, it had caught the attention of both dragons, evident by the fact that they had both paused whatever they were doing and turned towards the source.

A sudden immense pressure was felt pressed atop of Kira as both dragons focused on him with their golden and coal piercing eyes, though the violet-eyed dragon remained unfazed and shrugged it off.

"Dragon?" Ophis had a stoic expression as she tilted her head to the side slightly in curiosity. Must say that Ophis was worthy of being the Infinite Dragon God? She had pierced through Kira's identity with just a glance. 'How adorable' Kira thought at Ophis' head tilt.

He sweatdropped when he realized that Great Red looked just about ready to fire the condensed flames within its mouth towards his direction, probably annoyed that someone dared to interrupt its battle.

Kira was in the middle of preparing to dodge Great Red's breath attack when the Apocalypse dragon's eyes flashed a bright gold in realization upon taking a closer look at the source of disturbance.

"Oya? Aren't you the little dragon one who disturbed my relaxation time not too long ago? Why are you here all of a sudden?" Great Red asked Kira with a raised eyebrow after it closed its mouth, crushing the accumulated energy within its jaws. The flames dispersed in bright golden particles as it disappeared within the endless void.

'Hmmm… seems like he's gotten a hell of a lot stronger.' Great Red contemplated inwardly. The dragon was able to notice that Kira was able to withstand the corrosion of 'nothingness' in the Gap without the use of his energy, which perked its interest because even the Heavenly Dragons couldn't do that. 'Maybe he can give me a good fight...'

"Haha… I'm not sure it can be considered disturbing…" Kira chuckled dryly as he deadpanned at the dragon's words. 'More like just happened to fucking pass by.' He inwardly thought.

"You two know each other?" Ophis inquired emotionlessly. Her other two fellow dragons didn't reply immediately.

There was a bit of excitement within Great Red's eyes as it stared at Kira, while the violet-eyed dragon wanted to curse as he recalled their first meeting.

Yes, Kira and Great Red had already met one time… He was in the middle of using the [Hiraishin] and happened to be in the 'in between (the Dimensional Gap)' of the technique when he had coincidentally stumbled upon Great Red.

Of course, Kira was shocked and surprised when he saw the Dragon of Dragons for the first time. Kira was still in his mid-twenties and was considered young within the dragon race. Who wouldn't be in awe if they saw a colossal dragon who's known to be the at the apex of his/ her race?

But then every spec of admiration for the dragon disappeared when Kira found the Great Red Dragon laughing out loud like an idiot while flying around doing backflips in the void. The dragon was even complimenting itself every now and then.

Kira had thought that all supernatural beings were somewhat narcissistic and had weird personalities to a certain extent, but the dragon in front of him took it to the next level!

He was still many times weaker than Great Red back then and he honestly didn't want to get a headache dealing with the dragon so he had proceeded in making another hole in the Gap in order to transport himself towards where he was initially heading.

Of course, he didn't leave without blurting out accidentally that Great Red looked fucking retarded doing backflips by himself. The next thing he knew, he was lying in the middle of a desert with all his bones broken.

The pain had only registered a couple of seconds after and damn did it give him a sense of déjà vu when he yelled out in agony, recalling the initial transformation from human into a dragon.

"No, we're not familiar with each other. I've only met Great Red once, and had almost gotten myself killed." Kira stated with gritted teeth.

"Ah, I remember now. He was the one who insulted my tricks! Hmmph. If Mother didn't tell me to hold back, I was gonna kill the fucker!" Great Red snorted.

"Mother told you?" Ophis' eyes shined brightly and looked over at Kira more intently when she heard Great Red mentioning its mother, or their mother in actuality. She recalled the last time her Mother spoke to her.

Flashback.

"Mother. You called?" Ophis in her little girl form and clad in her birthday suit addressed the figure opposite her after she was transported to a beautiful garden.

"Phiiiiii-channnn! Mother has missed youuuuu! How have you beeeen? And also why aren't you wearing any clothes?" The figure rushed forwards at impossible speeds and gave the dragon a bear hug and rubbed its cheeks onto Ophis'.

The figure, now identified as Ophis' mother had a petite feminine body at the same height as Ophis. She had blood red eyes instead of Ophis' grey-coal ones and her hair was a shiny silver instead of a pitched black. Her breasts were also bigger. With the exception of those key features, both mother and daughter looked the exact same. In terms of aura though, the Infinite Dragon God was completely outclassed by her mother and it was this aura that made Ophis' mother looked stunningly beautiful, even outclassing the most gorgeous of Goddesses.

"Well, no biggie! Clothes can wait till later since Mother has a sudden surprise for you!" Ophis' mother spoke in a cheerful tone, still rubbing her cheeks onto Ophis'. with a bright smile as she let go of Ophis and put her hands onto her hips.

"A, Surprise?" The Infinite Dragon asked.

"Yep! Although the surprise came 300 years earlier due to an unexpected occurrence, he still arrived safe and sound! You're going to have to find him yourself though." Her mother said with a bright smile as she finally let go of Ophis and placed her hands onto her hips.

"He?" Ophis asked again. The dragon spoke with an expressionless face, though if you looked closely, there was a barely noticeable pout formed on her lips as her mother separated herself from her.

"Oya Oya? My little Phi-chan even picked up on that? My my, you're getting more intelligent every day! Mother is happy! Hehehehe…" The red-eyed petite figure chuckled happily. "Well, Mother is always busy managing different universes with her power and she feels guilty for not being able to accompany you and little Red-chan. So instead, she found someone else to keep you children company!" She continued.

"Someone else?" Ophis asked with her head tilted, genuinely curious to whom her mother was speaking about.

"Awwwww you look so cuteee!" The mother squealed in delight at her daughter's action before coughing awkwardly into her hand when she realized that she must've looked strange.

"Ahem Ahem. Back to your question Phi-chan. Yep, Mother had found a friend for you! Though, he will technically be you and Red-chan's little brother as well! Hehehe." She was elated at the thought of her new son. "Your new brother will be strong enough to accompany Red-chan and give him a challenge. Red-chan needs a proper rival instead of fighting you all the time and you need someone to hang out with. Mm. Mm. Mm." Ophis' mother crossed her arms beneath her breasts and nodded repeatedly in approval of her own decision.

"Fri...end? Mother. What, is a friend?" Ophis asked.

The Infinite Dragon completely lacked interest in whatever her mother had just said about Great Red and instead focused on what she was getting herself. A friend? She wondered what a friend was.

She had also ignored the part about getting a new brother, even though they were literally the same person. She had always gotten annoyed whenever the word 'brother' was mentioned because it reminded her of a certain True Red Dragon God Emperor.

"Mmm? You really don't know?" Ophis shook her head slightly and her mother went in a thinking pose.

"Hmm.. a friend, huh. Well, in simple terms, a friend is an existence you can hang out with whenever you are feeling bored. It is someone you can trust and rely on whenever you have a problem you are unable to deal with yourself! They will be able to help you and they will also be there for you whenever you're feeling alone. Mother isn't always there for you sadly *sob sob*."

Ophis' mother cried anime tears towards the end of her explanation while the little dragon ignored her mother's antics, and widened her eyes slightly in anticipation. She would like to meet this so-called 'friend'.

Maybe this 'friend' could help her kick Great Red out of the Dimension Gap if she asked him for help. The Infinite Dragon didn't care about hanging out with him, she just wanted her silence back.

"I, understand, Mother." Ophis nodded her head firmly, and her mother sweatdropped slightly when she glanced at her daughter's eyes. She could've sworn she saw a hidden gleam in them and knowing her daughter, the girl had definitely misunderstood something.

"Anyways, the person Mother had found is a lonely soul as well so you two will definitely get along!" She said. Ophis blinked once as her mother continued.

"Give him this necklace once you meet your brother and make sure not to lose it before then! Mother made it specifically for him. He's surprisingly the only one other than me who uses the flames from my celestial world after all. Come on now, give me your hand."

The silver-haired beauty grabbed her daughter's hand and placed a plain silver-chain necklace onto it. Silently looking down at the necklace on her palm, the dragon quickly noticed a ring attached to the end of it. There was a white flame symbol on the ring, with the word 'Empyrean' outlined in a bright violet engraved next to the flame.

"Well, there was another reason why I brought him over to your universe specifically, but Mother doesn't have time to explain everything right now." She said with puffed up cheeks after handing over her gift.

"..." Ophis held onto the necklace and continued to remain silent, listening to her mother speak.

"Mother is a bit tight on schedule at the moment so she will continue to discuss this with Red-chan when she pays him a visit in a few days. You can get the details from him afterwards." Ophis' mother said.

Ophis gave an incline of her head in acknowledgement.

"Oh right! Don't forget to remind Red-chan that Mother will be visiting and while you're at it, you can also mention that he'll be getting a rival soon! I'm sure he'll be excited." She said, before sighing as she recalled something.

"That boy's such a loner... in fact, the both of you are. Mother doesn't know how you guys haven't gotten bored all these years wandering around the Dimensional Gap alone." She shook her head in exasperation.

Ophis tilted her head in wonder. "Mother, how is silence boring?" The little dragon asked her mother, who now looked liked she had food stuck in her throat.

Ophis' mother coughed slightly before opening her mouth to speak. "Uh... Nevermind that Phi-chan... Forget what I just said... hehe..." She chuckled awkwardly at the end and sweat dropped when Ophis just nodded her head like she was never curious about it in the first place.

Inwardly, the beauty was glad she didn't have to answer. Trying to explain the concept of why 'silence is boring' to her daughter would prove fruitless. There wasn't any time left anyway.

"Well, Mother has to leave now Phi-chan. Make sure to take care of yourself, okay?" The silver-haired beauty gave her daughter a final hug.

"Goodbye, Mother." Ophis said as they separated and her mother noticed a smile present on the little dragon's face for the first time since they started their conversation. She smiled brightly at that.

"Hehe. Goodbyeee Phii-channn!" She waved happily at her child.

All of a sudden there was a flash of green light and the next thing Ophis knew, she found herself back within her home, the Dimensional Gap.

Looking back at the necklace one last time, the dragon placed it inside her own pocket dimension and proceeded towards her brother, the who had invaded her home.

Even though it was annoying, she had kept her mother's words to heart and would carry out her duty of relaying the message.

End of flashback.

'Great Red has a mother? Ophis and Great Red are siblings? What the fuck is going on?' Kira was stunned.

He just found out that the reason why he survived getting slapped by Great Red in their first encounter was because of this mysterious being the two dragons in front of him referred to as their 'Mother'. By glancing at the two's expressions, this being definitely held a special place in their hearts. As Kira was inwardly wondering who their mother was, he heard Ophis blurt out something that made him check whether his ears were working properly or not.

"I, finally found you... friend." The Infinite Dragon God stated, focusing on Kira's form.

"Haa? (Haa?)" Great Red and Kira were compelled ignorant.

'Damn, even Great Red looks stupefied.' Kira thought as looked over towards Apocalypse Dragon. Great Red was looking back and forth between Kira and its sister with wide eyes as it tried to comprehend what was happening. Ophis was always alone... Since when did the brat have a friend?

"Excuse me?" Kira asked with a bit of confusion in his voice. He was certain that he had never met the Infinite Dragon God before this. How did they suddenly become friends?

"You." Ophis pointed at Kira. "You, are my friend. Mother told me, to find you." The Infinite Dragon confirmed herself in a firm and confident tone.

Although she still kept up her stoic expression, there was a small smirk on her face which made him somewhat wary as he couldn't tell what she was thinking. The hidden gleam in her eyes didn't go unnoticed by him either.

"The name's Kira by the way, not 'you'. And uh... sorry, but I don't think we've met before. You must have gotten the wrong per-" Kira moved back a little and wasn't able to finish off his sentence as he was interrupted by a sudden laughter from Great Red. Its laugh was full of humour as it spoke in a tone of realization.

"Hahahaha! So that's how it is! I finally understand why Mother spent 3 days reprimanding me for almost killing him. All this time, the one we were looking for was him all along! So he's the one that's supposed to be my rival, huh?" Great Red laughed before sizing up the violet-eyed dragon more carefully.

"You guys were looking for me? That doesn't sound right... I was almost killed by you! And what do you mean I'm supposed to be your... Oi, are you even listening to me?!" Kira asked in irritation as the dragon practically ignored him and continued on with its pondering.

"Hmmm.. Now that I look at him closely, he does have Mother's aura on him! Well, I guess that makes sense... she's the one who sent him to this universe after all." Great Red contemplated out loud.

"I have your mother's aura on me?" Kira wondered to himself with a strange expression. The violet-eyed dragon was pretty sure he had never met someone who could be considered Great Red and Ophis' mother.

"Wait." He was snapped out of his own thoughts when the second half of Great Red's words finally registered into his head. "Waaait a minute. You said your Mother was the one who sent me here?" Kira was shocked. "Alright... I wasn't going to be rude and pry before, but since this is technically related to me, let me ask you a question I've been genuinely curious about. Who exactly is your mother?!" He asked loudly.

His couldn't maintain his calm anymore and no one would blame him, as the information Great Red had just told him would truly shock anyone who was placed in the same circumstances as himself.

It was always a mystery to Kira. Why was he the one who got the inheritance? Why was he brought here? And finally... Where did the [Game System] originate from?

When the dragon had first gotten the [Game System], for the first few decade or two, he was too immersed in having fun and getting stronger that he didn't bother thinking about how he had gotten it in the first place. It was only when he got older that the thought struck him - he didn't really know much about the [Game System].

Sure, it was able to make him stronger, let him create his own skills and do all this other cool stuff... but in the end, where did it come from? And what exactly was its origin?

It was from Great Red that Kira had finally discovered that this 'Mother' that it spoke so fondly of, was the existence that sent him to this universe with the System and also the one with the answers to his questions. And hey, it might've taken him 100 years, but he had finally gotten a clue of some sort and was one step closer to solving the mystery surrounding the [Game System]. Maybe Great Red and Ophis knew something as well.

Kira didn't know if it was from his loud voice, or maybe it was because he mentioned its mother, but Great Red was finally broken from its thoughts and he had finally gotten its attention.

"What? Are you trying to be funny? Or do you really not know who our mother is?" The dragon's eyes pierced into Kira's. Great Red thought Kira was trying to mock it but was then surprised when it saw the seriousness in the younger dragon's eyes.

'No, I do not know who your mother is... Why the fuck do you think I asked?!' Kira inwardly cursed the True Dragon for asking such a stupid question.

The Apocalypse Dragon rolled its eyes in annoyance at Kira's ignorance and sighed as it decided to take the time to explain everything to the guy. It's rival deserved to know some sort of information after all.

Plus, it had just found out that the guy was technically Ophis and it's… nevermind, it'll keep the information to itself for now. It also had to be nice to Kira or else their mother would be angry at it again. It definitely didn't want that.

"Ah… Let me enlighten you then since you seem to be living under a rock all your life. The mother of Ophis and I, the almighty Great Red…"

It was Kira's turn to roll his eyes as he was exposed to the red dragon's narcissistic disposition. Of course it didn't forget to praise itself and make it seem like the more superior being. He listened intently as the mysterious being behind everything was finally going to be revealed to him.

"... is the Goddess, Gaia." Kira widened his eyes as Great Red continued. "She is commonly known as the 'Earth' and usually referred to as the 'World', but many people don't know that she has another status. Gaia is the 'Will' of all Universes - She is the Supreme Ruler, the one who watches over all universes under her." The dragon finished.

"Gaia? Who would've thought..." He muttered with his head lowered. The violet-eyed dragon was shocked that the legendary Goddess was actually real.

He had come across records on Gaia when he was reading books and documents in the Sitri household's library back in the underworld, with his wife's permission of course. The Sitri's were known for their superior intellect and their collection of knowledge after all.

Not much was really known about Gaia. There was only information about her titles, and although there were some myths recorded, none of them have been proven to be true. Her whole existence was unknown as no one had ever seen her in person. Not even the [Game System] had much information about her, only the general facts.

"That reminds me..."

Kira perked up his head as Great Red's deep voice penetrated his ears again.

"... although people do seem to know our mother's existence, they don't exactly know our relation to her." The dragon nodded its head towards Kira. "You are hereby excused for your ignorance."

"..." Kira stared blankly at Great Red in silence, imitating a certain loli that was still closely examining the violet-eyed dragon in front of her.

"I'm sure you've never met Mother either... so you don't really know how or why you're here, huh? Eh, I guess I could do mother a little favour and explain everything to you. My time is precious, so you should be honoured." The Dragon of Dragons said.

"Thanks..." Kira said. Although Great Red's arrogance annoyed him a bit, he was thankful that the dragon was actually willing to clear things up for him.

"Alright, now where do I begin..." The dragon thought aloud. "Ah... I suppose it'll be easier for you to understand if I give you a rundown on how there are different universes and how they're classified into various ranks." Great Red nodded to itself before speaking again. "Prepare yourself for a lecture little dragon and you better listen carefully, as I'm only going to say this once."

"Yeah, gotcha." Kira gave an incline of his head to indicate that he was listening.

"Okay, so you might not have previously known or maybe you already had a slight idea, but there are other universes outside of this one. Our mother Gaia stands at the apex of all universes, with each universe having an overseer of some sort helping her manage and stabilize everything.

Each and every universe is ranked according to power and stability, from the scale of one to fifteen with one being the lowest and fifteen being the highest.

Our universe, for example, is classified as the highest rank of fifteen, and has me to manage the balance along with having to stabilize the three worlds from within the Dimensional Gap. The Infinite Dragon God over there was supposed to help me, but all she cares about is kicking me out of her so-called 'home' and wanting 'silence'."

Ophis just ignored the remark about her and continued to stare at Kira, who disregarded the stare from the Infinite Dragon God and gave the Apocalypse Dragon another nod in understanding.

"Hmm... I remember visiting a Universe of the sixth rank with Mother's permission when I had gotten bored.

It had some strange fruit called a 'Devil Fruit' that apparently tasted disgusting and gave anyone who ate it 'special powers', with the downside of being weak to water while also losing the ability to swim. Ha. Personally, I found it ridiculous." The dragon mocked.

'Isn't that... One Piece? It's been too long I had almost forgotten.' Kira thought in astonishment.

The violet-eyed dragon was surprised to discover that the One Piece world he recognised, was part of the universes under Gaia.

Did that mean all of the universes were from anime? Or maybe it even included games? But that definitely didn't make sense since he himself wasn't from an anime universe. How could Gaia transfer him over to the DxD-verse otherwise?

"There's even another universe equivalent to our one, at the highest rank." Great Red continued. "It was probably the most stable universe out there and also quite unique, as the universe consisted of twelve minor universes within it.

There were also these orange crystal balls called 'Dragon Balls' that summoned a dragon and grants the summoner up to three wishes. The 'Dragon Balls' were originally made by a dragon, I think Zalama was his name, with the help of Mother's power.

They were used to stabilize and enact miracles upon the universe along with being a last resort to prevent universal destruction. Mother was definitely a genius for coming up with that idea.

The only problem I have with that specific universe is that the Supreme Ruler of that universe had the annoying disposition of a 5-year-old child. What was his name again… Eh… Zeno, I think? The little kid didn't really know how to fight either, only knowing how to 'erase' stuff.

At least my sister over there has some sort of maturity, not to mention she's able to make her own decisions and knows how to fight, just extremely naive at times."

Twelve minor universes within one giant universe? Dragon Balls? Supreme Ruler with the disposition of a child who had the name of Zeno? Even if it had been a long time and Kira's memory was a bit fuzzy, he recognized the Dragon Ball universe instantly! It was one of his favourite series after all.

The universe deserved to be at the apex rankings along with the DxD-verse. Gods? Dragons? Different Races? Magic? Ki? The energy of Destruction? Both universes were definitely very similar to each other.

Of course, there were differences too, such as the Dragon Ball-verse being significantly larger in size and the DxD-verse having more forms of energy, such as Mana, Holy Light and Chakr-

Wait a minute. What the fuck does all of this have to do with him?

"Oi, I get already - There are a ton of other universes out there! You don't have to go and explain every single one man... Get to the fucking point!" Kira said to Great Red in annoyance.

Although the red dragon in front of him was an existence at the apex of this universe, Kira spoke up with almost no respect in his voice - Not after what he had witnessed during their first encounter.

"Oh right. Sorry, I was getting off track." Great Red said.

"..." Kira raised an eyebrow at the Apocalypse Dragon. He didn't expect it to apologize.

"Hehe." Even Ophis was caught off guard as she turned around to give her brother a look before letting out a monotone snicker in amusement.

"..." Great Red blinked as it also realized it had said something that was out of character. It basically never apologized to anyone unless it was to Gaia.

When the red dragon glanced over at its sister and saw that smirk full of mockery on her face, it immediately got angry.

"Wait, why the fuck are YOU.. telling me what to do?!" The dragon roared in fury at Kira before noticing the violet-eyed dragon's deadpan expression, which for some reason angered it even more.

It was eventually one of the strongest existences in the universe though, so it quickly calmed down and suppressed its raging emotions when it realized it was making a joke out of itself and went back to the explanation.

If it was anyone else, Great Red might've just killed the guy who aggravated it, but due to Kira's relation with its mother, it had to try and be more lenient, which was difficult considering its disposition.

"Ah, now where were we…" Great Red wondered after it composed itself.

"Uh... you were supposed to be explaining how and why I ended up in this universe...?" Kira sighed at the dragon's antics.

"Yeah that. Fucking hell." The Apocalypse dragon spoke with a tinge of annoyance before continuing with its lecture.

"Well, as I was saying before about how Mother Gaia was the Supreme Ruler of all Universes, there was actually a certain universe that was out of her reach.

600 years ago, she had stumbled across a universe that she never even knew had existed as it was hidden away from her senses. It was mysterious to her that she felt no relation to the universe as basically all universes were related to her in some way.

There was also a strange barrier of some sort made up of a unique form of energy that surrounded that universe, preventing her from entering.

Even though she couldn't feel any relation to that universe, she knew that since it was able to remain hidden from her senses all this time, and prevented her from entering, there was definitely something special about it, so she tried everything she could to get in.

She was in luck though, as a hole presented itself in that universe just a couple of months later and she was able to enter it with her spiritual sense without any trouble, albeit only for a couple of minutes as the opening was collapsing at an alarming rate.

Unfortunately, Mother kept everything after that a secret, only telling me that she had found someone with huge potential in that universe. She gave him her most powerful blessing as she brought him into our universe with whatever amount of time that she had available.

Apparently, she had given him another thing but didn't tell me what it was. Mother told me to ask Ophis, but the dragon had forgotten. You probably have already figured out by now, but that someone-"

"Was me..." Kira lowered his head in thought as he finished off Great Red's sentence, much to the dragon's displeasure of being interrupted, clearly evident as it let out a low snort. It prevented itself from lashing out though as it didn't want to make a joke out of itself again.

'The universe that Gaia stumbled upon must've been my old world... I wonder what made an average person like me so special that it had caught Gaia's attention.' The violet-eyed dragon sighed and shook his head. 'Guess I wouldn't know until I meet the Goddess in person and ask her myself. Man, all this stuff relating to 'time' is starting to get annoying. Great Red just mentioned that Gaia had brought me here 600 years ago... but if I recall correctly, I've only been at the DxD-verse for 100 years...' Kira's left eyebrow twitched slightly in irritation.

As if it had read his thoughts, Great Red spoke up once more. "Special circumstances made you lay dormant for an estimation of 800 years when you arrived to our universe, but you somehow ended up awakening after 500 years, 300 years earlier than you should have."

"Ah, I see. Thanks for clearing things up, it finally makes sense." Kira thanked the True Dragon with a nod before speaking up again. "By the way, you mentioned that Gaia gave me her strongest blessing - What exactly did it do?" Although he had a clue to what the answer would be, he asked anyway just in case there was anything he didn't know or missed.

"Dude... You're seriously starting to get on my nerves..." Great Red stared at its fellow dragon like it was looking at an idiot. "Only the one who received the blessing would know. Mother's most powerful blessing usually adapts to suit the one who had received it. It was how I obtained my power of Dreams and Illusions, and the reason why the Ouroboros Dragon is able to give certain blessings." The Apocalypse Dragon explained before going off track again.

"Of course, we had to rely upon ourselves to get this strong, though the little brat over there was literally born with an infinite amount of energy. She has so much that she can never use it all." It said in exasperation. "Although my energy isn't infinite like hers, it could technically be considered that way, since my reserves restore itself faster than I can use all of it up." The dragon scanned its eyes over Kira's body once more. "Your situation should be the same as mine since you've also received the same blessing and judging by the amount of strength you have at the moment, not to mention you achieved such strength in such a short amount of time. It looks like whatever power you got suits you pretty well."

"Hey hey... my bad, I was just making sure I didn't miss on anything. I only found out about Gaia's blessing when you told me man!" Kira responded as he went into deep thought.

'So my guess was correct, the [Game System]... was the result of Gaia's blessing. It's certainly... more diverse than Great Red and Ophis' abilities. Welp, games do suit me more after all.' Kira thought to himself. And although Great Red was right about Kira technically having unlimited energy now, the violet-eyed dragon still felt it was fucking unfair when he discovered that Ophis' infinite energy was innate.

"Whatever. So little dragon, you got any other questions? If you do then you better hurry up. I'm starting to get tired here." Great Red yawned impatiently as it continued hovering in the void.

"Eh, a question? I don't really have one to be hon-" Kira was just about to deny before he remembered that he indeed had a question. "Wait... I have one last question actually. I know you just told me that she didn't tell you much, but did your mother ever give you a description of my universe?" He questioned with interest as he went back to his usual calm demeanour.

"Hmm... Your old universe... Mother did say something interesting about it, now that I recall. If I remember correctly, she said that your universe was like a parallel to all other universes? It was a very vague way of describing it, so I just discarded it at the time." Great Red replied, kind of puzzled at Kira's choice of question, though it shrugged it off afterwards. It figured that the fellow dragon was probably just curious.

'... Like a parallel to all the other universes?! Wait a second… If I suppose that all the universes under Gaia are one huge world and my previous universe was an entirely different world from that... Then I assume that both were parallel worlds, everything would make so much more fucking sense. Holy shit.' Kira organised his thoughts and came towards a shocking, but very possible conclusion.

The 'Earth' from Kira's universe would be equivalent to 'Gaia' of this universe and all of the universes under Gaia would be equivalent to all of the Anime/Light Novels from Kira's universe's 'Earth'.

Since Great Red mentioned that Gaia couldn't feel any relation between Kira's previous universe and herself, everything basically made sense - They were two separate worlds. Kira's previous 'universe' was basically the parallel world of the world Gaia ruled, which included all of the universes in it.

Well, in any case, Kira thought it was something possible. He'd have to find a way to ask Gaia later since he was absolutely certain she knew and had the answers to his questions. He also inwardly wondered if he could travel to the other universes too. That'd be pretty fun.

"I see, thanks for answeri-" He stopped himself as he backed away from a few steps from the sudden appearance of a naked loli right in front of him. She had her hand held out, palm side up. The violet-eyed dragon noticed a silver-chain necklace with a black ring attached to it on top of the girl's hand.

"Yours. Mother, made it. She, told me to give it, to you." The Infinite Dragon God said in her usual way of speaking before she suddenly grabbed Kira's hand and placed the necklace in it. After doing so, she just stood there in front of him and stared up at him again, just like before.

Kira honestly didn't know what to say to the girl. He was seriously wondering what she got out of doing that.

'Observe.' Kira said mentally as he looked over at the necklace that Gaia had apparently given him. He saw that it was extremely well made, and the colours definitely suited him.

It was a black ring, with a white flame engraved onto it and there was the word 'Empyrean' carved next to the flame in a bright violet. Gaia was definitely thoughtful when she was crafting this. He quickly glanced over at the window displaying the Ring's Stats.

Empyrean Flame Necklace

God Tier Necklace

Bound to the user's soul.

Unbreakable.

[Celestial World Teleportation]: User is able to move to the Goddess Gaia's residence.

[Call Gaia]: Using the ring as a medium, the user is able to contact Gaia anytime.

Description: The legendary necklace crafted by the Goddess Gaia, using her own Empyrean Flames. Grants user entrance to the Celestial World and the ability to speak to Gaia herself.

'Damn. Gaia certainly bestowed upon me a great privilege. At least now I don't have to worry about my questions staying unanswered.' Kira stayed calm on the outside but was inwardly shocked.

Although the necklace didn't really give him any great boons, just the ability to contact Gaia herself made the item godly. Like, come on, which existence ever got the chance to meet the renowned Gaia in Legend anyway? Not to mention obtaining an item from her that enabled him to contact her whenever he wanted.

"Thanks, Ophis." Kira gave the naked dragon in front of him a beaming smile as he wore the necklace over his neck. The dragon nodded slightly at him without speaking a word and still kept her gaze onto him, which made the violet-eyed dragon's smiling expression quickly turn into a deadpan.

What. Exactly. Was. This. Girl's. Problem?

The user has equipped the [Empyrean Flame Necklace]. A message has been left by 'Gaia' within the ring. Listen to the message? Y?/N?

'Hmm? Gaia left a message for me? And it's in audio too. I wonder what it is about.' Kira accepted mentally and the ring attached to the silver chain glowed a bright azure colour as a hologram of a petite figure appeared in front of him from out of the ring.

He blinked his eyes a couple of times just to make sure they weren't deceiving him.

The Supreme Ruler of all Universes was a... loli?

If this was who he thought she was, the world was definitely playing with him. But then again, the figure in front of him was technically 'The World' anyway… He sighed to himself as he looked at Gaia.

Without the shiny, silver hair and scarlet, red eyes and those large… assets, he could honestly say that he was looking at another Ophis. Actually, it was the other way around. Ophis looked exactly like Gaia. The Infinite Dragon God could shapeshift and it had taken the form of its mother so when he thought about it more clearly, it wasn't too surprising. Ophis probably admired her mother more than anyone and decided to take on her appearance.

Great Red and Ophis had their eyes widened in surprise when they saw their mother appear as a hologram. They definitely didn't expect to see her so suddenly.

After giving a dazzling smile, Gaia spoke in her usual cheery and upbeat tone.

"Hi Hi Ra-Chan! If you're able to see me right now and hear my voice, Phi-chan must've found you and handed over the necklace I made for you!

If you don't already know, I am Gaia, and since you've received my blessing I'm also technically your mother now! Hehehe. You can refer to me as Mother if you like, or you can just call me by my name."

She placed her hands on her hips and winked as she introduced herself.

"Hmmm... I suppose you must have many questions you want answered, huh. Mother will be able to answer all of them for you when we meet face to face! The necklace will be able to transport you to the Celestial World where Mother lives.

As you probably have already guessed, Mother is a busy person and probably wouldn't be able to leave home for a while, so you can come to me instead. You can find me right in the centre of the Celestial World where my palace lies." The Goddess said happily before she paused tilting her head slightly. She went into a thinking pose with her left arm under her large breasts while using a finger on the other arm, which was positioned vertically next to her right breast, to tap her right cheek a couple of times.

"Hmm Hmm… Do I have anything else to add…? …Oh yeah! I had almost forgotten." The bottom of her right fist connected with her left hand, palm-side up. "You should get your big sister Phi-chan to take you to your big brother Red if you haven't met the little grumpy bum yet! He hasn't had a good fight in a while so give him a beating for Mother yeah? Hehehe." Gaia let out a cheeky giggle.

"Also, Phi-chan can be a little naive as you might have already known, so help me look after her and be a good friend to her as well. Maybe take her to experience the world since she's always holed up within the Dimension Gap and ignorant of everything. The both of your siblings are literally loners so as a final reminder, make sure to hang out with them every now and then!" The Goddess rolled her eyes. Her hands had already returned to their original position on her hips.

"Well, that's all Mother has to say for now. I'll see you soon! Hehe. Bye Bye Ra-chan! Mother... out!"

After giving a little chuckle and saying her goodbyes, the hologram of Gaia faded back into the ring on Kira's neck.

The violet-eyed dragon didn't have time to properly react to Gaia's upbeat personality and the strange nickname she had given him as his calm demeanour had dropped once again. He was speechless. His jaw was hanging open in absolute shock as he hovered in the void, dumbfounded at the sudden information he had derived from the message.

After snapping out of his stupor, Kira turned and glared intensely at the massive dragon, before speaking up.

"Oi, Red! Did you not think that my relations between Gaia, Ophis and yourself were important pieces of information I should've gotten knowledge of?! Why didn't you tell me earlier you overgrown lizard?!" Kira shouted at the colossal dragon in front of him in irritation.

"Tch, who's a grumpy bum." Great Red muttered softly to himself as he turned towards Kira to speak. "And hey! I forgot, alright? Okay Okay... You're our brother... so what? You should be proud to be the almighty Great Red's little brother! Hmmph." The dragon snorted with pride.

Kira just rolled his eyes at the dragon's antics. Of course. Great Red just had to forget about that specific piece of information.

The Apocalypse Dragon had definitely already known from the start and was probably just waiting to make a big reveal or something, knowing its personality.

'A family, huh. Feels kind of strange to be honest. Never experienced being in a family before. I certainly didn't expect Great Red and Ophis to suddenly become my siblings though, not to mention Gaia herself being my mother.'

Yeah, he found it really weird. Kira just couldn't picture a loli being his mother so he decided to stick to calling Gaia by her name for now.

The violet-eyed dragon would visit his mother after finishing his own errands. He was just about to respond to his now recognized big brother when he felt a tug on his right sleeve and look towards the source.

"Mother said friends, help each other. Mother also said that you, are my friend. I, need your help. Help me remove Red out of the Gap, my home. I, want silence." Ophis stated in a dull tone as her coal coloured, emotionless eyes bore into his violet ones.

'So that's why she kept staring at me... Why am I not surprised.' Kira sighed as he placed a hand atop of his newly acquired sister's head and rubbed it softly, to which Ophis tilted her head slightly in curiosity for a second before closing her eyes, leaning into his touch.

He chuckled slightly as he spoke up. "Hehe alright then, I'll see what I can do for you Ophis. I was going to ask him if he wanted to have a little spar with me anyway. Even if I can get him out of the Dimensional Gap though, he'll eventually come back. After all, Gaia did entrust him with the job of keeping this universe in balance and he needs to stabilize the three worlds from here. You okay with that, big sister?"

The quest Kira had to complete was basically satisfying Great Red's lust for battle anyway.

He initially thought it was going to be a match where they'd be trying to kill each other, but since he had just found out that everyone here was technically siblings, he figured a friendly duel would be the better way to complete his quest.

Quest: A dragon's lust for battle.

Quest Requirements: Level 400. Look for Great Red and give him a fight he'd remember. Satisfy the dragon's battle lust.

Reward: User's locked EXP bar will be unlocked. EXP gain re-enabled.

"Yes. It, doesn't matter. Whenever Great Red, is out of my home, I, am happy." Ophis responded with her eyes still closed. Apparently, the little dragon enjoyed getting her head rubbed.

Great Red had instantly perked up at the mention of a fight.

"Hoh? We're going to have a little spar now?" He asked Kira, to which the violet-eyed dragon nodded in confirmation. "Interesting… I accept! You must be really certain you can remove me from the Gap. Overconfident much? Although Mother said you're supposed to be my rival… hmmph, I'll be the one to judge that!" Great Red let out a snort.

"This dragon hasn't had a good fight in ages. Ophis is simply too boring to fight with. Hopefully, you'll give me some enjoyment. Come… my brother... show me your power! Hahahaha!" The Dragon of Dragons' golden slitted eyes glowed in excitement, anticipating the upcoming spar with his little brother. He started flaring his energy as a golden white translucent energy came out from him.

The energy was still the power used by dragons, but it felt different from regular draconic energy. The power radiating off Great Red felt divine, and it represented the dragon's status as a God. Kira remained unfazed though, as he began harnessing his own power.

"Hmm... It's been a couple of decades since I've used my dragon form… I wonder how much power I have now…" Towards the end of his sentence, his tone of voice became more aggressive as his violet slitted eyes glowed brightly, glaring up at Great Red.

Ophis backed away from the other two dragons, getting a direct view of the upcoming fight between her fellow brothers. Like Great Red, she was also a bit interested in their fellow dragon's power.

Both of them knew Kira was powerful, but he still felt less powerful than them. They had only felt regular draconic energy coming from him after all.

What the Infinite Dragon God had initially meant when she asked the violet-eyed dragon to help her kick Great Red out of the Dimensional Gap, was for both of them to fight Great Red at the same time.

She could do it herself of course, but it would take too long. It would've been easier with two. What exactly gave Kira the confidence to fight the Dragon of Dragons head on by himself? Well, Kira was about to show her.

A black violet aura suddenly erupted out from Kira in all directions and shook the space within the Dimensional Gap. His draconic energy went berserk as he started chanting an incantation.

"I, am the strongest amongst the strong…

His draconic voice penetrated through the void and reached the ears of all supernatural beings in the Three Worlds.

"... The one who is above the Eternal Sky, and roams throughout the Sacred Earth."

Kira's form was barely visible anymore as all that was left was a black shadow beneath a bright violet.

With their superior vision, Great Red and Ophis quickly noticed the figure within the still growing energy slowly becoming bigger in size, his clothes no more and the colour of his skin darkening.

"I am the Hidden Dragon who wields the Empyrean Flames…

The chant continued.

Every supernatural being in the 3 worlds felt a huge suppression strength befall them as they all gasped for breath.

Weaker beings with low-class strength have already fainted while the mid-class were currently struggling on their knees against the heavy pressure.

Beings with high-class strength were having trouble standing and even the superior beings with ultimate-class or higher were sweating profusely.

Only ordinary humans and animals, who lacked the ability to sense Kira's power, were completely ignorant to whatever was happening within the endless void.

... The God impervious to all curses, and the entity indifferent towards fear."

Kira's black-violet draconic energy suddenly glowed a burning white. Ophis and Great Red widened their eyes in surprise at the feeling of [Divine Power] and both became shocked as they witnessed a familiar flame.

Yes, as Kira reached level 400, he was able to fuse his [Empyrean Flame Essence] with his draconic energy, forming his [Divine Power]. A new god had been born.

"All barriers within my path shall be crushed…

The now tri-colour of white, black and violet divine energy started condensing into a transparent sphere, enclosing the shadowy figure within like a cocoon.

…and all obstructions will be removed."

The shadow of the figure inside started resembling a giant dragon as its shape distorted, the torso growing wider and neck lengthening along with bulkier arms and legs. Two large appendages were seen suddenly appearing out of the back with claws and talons appearing on the end of its hands and feet respectively.

"O Ancient world…

Kira was still increasing in size by the second, the sphere of [Divine Power] expanding to match him as his power still continued to amplify along with the resounding of his deep voice.

...Tremble before my presence!

The Three Worlds shook in response to his voice.

It was like they were within the presence of their natural predator. Apart from a certain amount of people who had a little clue to whom it was, every race from all mythologies had one question in their minds as they withstood the heavy pressure originating from the Dimensional Gap. 'Who?'

Well, they were about to find out as the last words of the chant resonated within their trembling hearts.

For I…"

Cracks appeared along the external of the cocoon made up of divine energy, which was now at the titanic size of Great Red itself, as Kira's power started reaching its apex.

"… am the Black Empyrean Dragon God!"

As the last line to the incantation was completed, the gigantic sphere of [Divine Power] exploded outwards as the light generated from it illuminated the gloomy Dimensional Gap.

It was so bright that even Ophis had to close her eyes, while Great Red stubbornly kept his focus on the form of his brother without blinking, completely ignoring the slight ache in his eyes.

The Apocalypse Dragon's eyes expressed shock, anticipation and an excitement that was difficult for it to describe.

Grigori headquarters. By the lake with Azazel…

"The hidden dragon has awakened, huh…" The fallen angel murmured as he looked up into the sky, sweating profusely at his best friend's power.

The Familiar Forest. Tiamat's home...

"Mmmm… that's definitely his power, how arousing… Has husband finally decided to let himself be known to the world? Hahahah! Oh... I wonder how much chaos it would cause within the supernatural world."

Tiamat licked her lips in arousal and then suddenly laughed aloud as her eyes displayed a mischievous look with a hint of lust in them. She was always thinking of ways to create chaos it seems. She wasn't affected that much by Kira's power due to the link that connected her and Kira together.

Not far from Tiamat's home. By a lake with Vivienne…

"A familiar feeling… Just like the Apocalypse Dragon and the Ouroboros Dragon… I suddenly sense the power of Gaia… What relations... does he have with Gaia…?" The Lady of the Lake had her eyes closed in confusion as she muttered out her thoughts.

Leviathan Household, Serafall's office…

"Mou… Kira-chan's going overboard again… letting loose his power like that… Hmph Hmph! He better have a good explanation for this! All devils from low to high class are currently knocked unconscious. *Sigh* I just hope he's safe..."

Serafall complained with a pout before letting loose a deep breath as her eyes portrayed some worry over her husband. Like Tiamat, she also wasn't affected by the pressure her husband gave off.

A hidden place in the underworld…

A middle-aged man looking to be in his 40's with dark silver hair sat at his desk within his hideout. His eyes displayed uncertainty and beads of sweat were running down the side of his forehead as he felt the foreign power for the first time.

"Hmm… This astonishing power… If I can feel that power from all the way here, I wonder how it'd feel if that existence was right next to me? Black Empyrean Dragon God? Interesting… Haha! You have gotten the attention of I, Rizevim Livan Lucifer!"

Within a certain Red Gauntlet Longinus…

[Oh? Is that...? Damn. I can't believe it! It took less than 100 years for him get this powerful?] Ddraig's disbelieving voice resounded within the space of his seal as he sensed the powerful radiating off Kira. The dragon then recalled the last few words his friend had told him the first time they had met.

'You will be I, Kira Rose's first friend here in this universe. When my name shakes the world, you better remember this day and be proud as my first friend! Hahahahaha!"

[This guy… Hahaha! I can definitely say I'm honoured. I don't even qualify to be your equal anymore, friend.] Ddraig sighed to himself as he remembered his earlier days, when he still had his own body and wasn't sealed, spending his days trying to get stronger to overcome his rival Albion. He wondered if he and Albion would've ever reach the altitude of power than Kira had achieved.

Back in the Dimensional Gap.

It took awhile for the light to die down and when it did, Ophis re-opened her eyes to see a black, colossal dragon, who was equal in size to Great Red, surrounded by a glowing tri-colour of black, white and violet aura.

The dragon open its eyes, showing bright violet coloured irises that were radiating purple light. There was a bright aquamarine glow surrounding the black slitted pupils.

The head of the dragon was sharp and triangular, with two large, dagger-like horns in the colour of white extending backwards. Its mouth was full of razor sharp teeth.

The dragon's entire upper body was covered in pitched black, round scales, which in turn are decorated by spiraling, white flame markings.

It's lower body, specifically the chin, muscular torso, and inner tail are gray in colour, appearing to be rather smooth.

It's pitched black wings were large and feathery in appearance and was also decorated by spiraling, white flame markings.

The scales of the dragon disappear at the end of its tail, which in itself ends with two stingers protruding out of it.

Kira had finally used his true dragon form. This was the second time he had used it, as the first was when he was all alone in an [Instant Dungeon] and was curious as to what he looked like in dragon form.

He was surprised at first when he saw his appearance in a dragon body. Apart from the blunt head, horns and blank white eyes, he basically looked like Acnologia from Fairy Tail.

Kira was also a lot bigger in size compared to the dragon. He had initially wondered why he looked slightly like Acnologia and the conversation with Great Red from before had cleared his doubts.

Gaia's blessing had definitely adapted to what suited him most. Kira could honestly say he liked Acnologia's appearance, if the dragon didn't have a round head.

"Hmm... I think I went a little too overboard as I was transforming. It's been a while since I've been in this form, so I couldn't control my power properly." Kira finally spoke up scratching his head with his claws embarrassingly as he used his senses to scan the three worlds.

Although he wouldn't be able to know everything that happened, he could kind of guess the consequences of losing control of his power from whatever he had noticed when he utilized his senses.

He figured that after the final release of his divine energy, all supernatural beings under ultimate class strength had lost consciousness.

"There… that's better." Kira quickly regained his control as he stopped utilizing his power to penetrate the Dimensional Gap and into the three worlds.

Only beings powerful enough, like Great Red and Kira, were able to have their power felt within the three worlds from the Dimensional Gap whenever they wanted to. Otherwise, even if they used their full power within the endless void, no one outside the Dimensional Gap would be able to sense them.

"You… You have [Divine Power]? And those flames… how are you able to control the Empyrean Flames?! Don't tell me the other thing that Mother Gaia gave you was this? Wait, even if Mother Gaia gave it to you, the flames of the Celestial World would have to approve of you. That means…" Great Red looked at Kira in shock, while Ophis widened her eyes when she remembered what her mother had told her when she handed over the necklace.

'He's surprisingly the only one other than me who uses the flames from my Celestial World after all.'

The [Divine Power] of Great Red and Ophis were superior to the [Divine Power] of the Gods of other mythologies, due to having their draconic energy as a supplement and their heavy relations to the Goddess Gaia.

Kira's [Divine Power] on the other hand came from his [Empyrean Flames], flames which had originated from Gaia's Celestial World. With these flames, you could say his relation to Gaia was even closer than Great Red and Ophis themselves and the quality of his [Divine Power] was better, only under Gaia herself.

So even though he was currently lower level and weaker than Great Red and Ophis, his Dragon Transformation and [Divine Power] made up for his slight disadvantage.

"Mm, I don't really know. I had these flames from when I first woke up in this universe. They're pretty cool right?! And yeah, I just recently became a God, that's why I initially wanted to challenge you to a duel. How about it? Are you surprised? My power enough for you? Haha." Kira laughed as he looked over at Great Red.

He knew his older brother had looked down on him because Great Red didn't sense any [Divine Power] coming from him when they had first met. Kira could toggle in between regular draconic energy and his [Divine Power] at will. It was as simple as wanting to fuse his draconic energy with his [Empyrean Flames] or not wanting to.

Great Red just shook his head in exasperation at Kira's ignorance. These were legendary flames only their mother could use and the guy just shrugs it off casually. At least now the battle with his fellow dragon wouldn't be boring and would prove to be a challenge!

"Hahaha! Good good! You have enough power that rivals even me! But I wonder... How do you fair in combat exactly?! I'll even let you have the first move. Whenever you're ready of course! Hahahah!" Great Red let out a massive roar, tightening his muscles in preparation for the fight.

"Oh yeah? Well, don't mind me! Guess I'll start us off then! Roar of the… EMPYREAN DRAGON!" And with the end of that statement, Kira fired off a large, cylindrical beam of deep violet flames from his mouth towards the True Red Dragon God Emperor, beginning the epic duel between two brothers and new rivals.

And that's the end of chapter 5!

I know everyone expected a clash from the start between Great Red and Kira and I apologize for that, since I needed to add a bit more things. It'll definitely be happening in the next chapter ;)

For the lot of people who seem to complain about Kira not having a purpose... well, I just haven't gotten to writing that yet. Great Red will mention it in the next chapter after their fight. It was the real reason Gaia sent him to the DxD-verse specifically.

How do you guys like the addition of Gaia? And before you guys say anything in the reviews, I want to say that this isn't the Gaia from Greek Mythology, so no, she is not the 'Ancestral mother of all life.' I'm just going to make her Ophis, Great Red, and Kira's mother in this story.

She is also not really type-moon's Gaia either, although similar, since they are both the 'World', and there's no Alaya. She is mainly there so I can get away with a lot of contradictions if they ever occur in the future. Like maybe getting Kira to go to another universe to collect materials to build his [Fantasy Gears] or maybe like in this chapter where I use her as an excuse to explain how Kira received the [Game System]. Just a little twist I guess?

Do you guys like the incantation? It took me a while to think of it. Haha, the first line was from Verethragna's chant (Campione anime) because I thought it was cool.

I also made Ophis' level close to Great Red's just to balance things a little bit.

Oh yeah, I made the Dragonball and DxDverse equal to each other. Why? Well, there are a lot of reasons actually... but mainly because Great Red and Ophis are related to Gaia, who lords over ALL UNIVERSES. Plus, I'm a huge DB fan and DxD fan, so I thought, why not? Deal with it *puts on shades*.

Look I know the DB-verse has bullshit characters and all this other destroying universe stuff.. blah blah. But for this SPECIFIC story, I will be buffing the DxD characters and nerfing the DB-verse a bit okay? So don't be complaining too much :P

Some spoilers for the next chapter:

Battle with Great Red, New costume for Ophis, Creation of a new world within the Gap, and The Ancient Phoenix Clan (No, not the Phenex Clan of Devils) :D Just some things to anticipate hehe. So many ideas but I can't fit everything I want in.

Thanks for reading! Keep the suggestions up in the reviews!

- Cabbages :3