My previous story, Highschool DXD: Return of the Darkslayer has been removed, due to me running out of Ideas.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.This is totally AU, don't get on my ass if l mess with the timelines.

{Italics in brackets means Yamato is talking}

[Bold in brackets are Sacred Gears activating or speaking.]

[Bold underlined are Sacred Gears activating Balance Breakers or Juggernaut Drive, if applicable.]

The man in blue contemplated his foes, a trio of black-winged humans, if anything left in this god-forsaken, literally, world, was truly human anymore. The Devils had burst forth from the confines of the uderworld, quickly overwhelming the humans, turning them into slaves, using them as chess pieces in a macabre game, to see who was dominant. The very thing his father had sought to prevent, the very thing he himself had tried to stop, only to be thwarted by his well-meaning brother. He almost succeded in gaining the lost power of his father, when Dante, his brother, stabbed him through the chest, allowing him to fall into the bottomless black abyss.

His name was Vergil, Son of Sparda, and he was determined that this world would not fall, not to these scum that tried to pass themselves off as devils.

His opponents charged, readying spears of light. They had not yet leared that their light magic did not work on hi. His katana, Yamato, flashed fater than perception, the ancient blade rending flesh. The Fallen, for that's what they were, Angels that had fallen from Heaven, fell, blood erupting from dozens of cuts across their bodies. Vergil sneered.

That was to easy. He thought to himself.

{They are weak. Only the strong survive in this world. I've told you a dozen times if I've told you once: Might controls everything, and without it, you can't protect anything, least of all, yourself.}

If only these humans knew that.

{Indeed.}Vergil walked past the corpses, leaving them to rot on the ground, as befitting something so weak.

One Day Later

[Welsh Dragon Balance Breaker: Scale Mail!]

[Vanishing Dragon Balance Breaker: Scale Mail!]

The voices of Albion and Ddraig roared out from inside their Sacred Gears, Boosted Gear and Divine Dividing. Crimson Armor with green gems covered Issei Hyoudou, the host of Ddraig, while white armor with blue gems enveloped Vali Lucifer, Host of Albion.

[Boost!]

[Boost!]

[Boost!]

[Boost!]

[Boost!]

[Dragon Booster!]

Issei blasted a Stray Demon with a Dragon Shot, while Vali lifted another by the the throat.

[Compression Divider!]

The demon felt it's power being halved again and again, enduring immense physical agony, before dissapearing, Vali having Divided it into nothingness.

The two dismissed their Balance Breakers, returning to normal.

Issei was a fairly average looking teenager, brown hair, dark eyes. Vali was more striking, with silver hair, and eyes that shone bright blue.. Both were two of the few Devils who'd been fighting against the Devil Faction. The others, to name a few more, included Xenovia Quarta, Kiba Yuuto, Issei and Vali's fellow Dragon Emperor Saji, and Issei's girlfriend, Rias Gremory. Issei, Kiba and Xenovia had been a part of Rias's Peerage, when the Reemergence, as the devils called it, started. Rias had been horrified that her family could be a part of something like this, and decided to do something about, rather than follow her big brother's lead. She'd led her peerage to central Europe, where the invasion was to take place. She'd gave them a choice: Fight, or let the world die. And so they'd fought, bitterly, along with a small force of Fallen, and True Angels. Issei's childhood friend Irina Shidou had fallen that day, as did Gasper Vladi and Asia Argento, Rias's two Bishops, and Koneko Toujou, her Rook. Vali had shown up, with Aurthur Pendragon, Bikou, and Kuroka. Vali fought savagely with Grrayfia Lucifuge, both being severely wounded. Issei had lost a lot of friends that day. He didn't like to think about those times.

Issei knew that they had to get back to Limbo City. It was rumored that a big push was going down, humans, with weapons taken from the Devils, Angels, and Fallen, supplemented by whatever Sacred Gears where present, where going to take the city. There were rumors that whoever'd been obliterating the Devil outposts between cities was going to be there, and Issei and Vali both wanted to meet him.

They needed all the help they could get.

A magic-circle opened behind them, startling them. A human boy of medium height, with black hair, and green eyes, a black katana strapped to his side. This was Senji Mirayuri, brother to Katasa Mirayuri, and Wielder of Twilight Edge, the Crimson Demon Blade. His sister held Twilight Abyss, the Black Demon Blade.

He looked at Issei. "We've got bad news."

Issei tried to hold down his panic. "What?! Is it Rias?"

"Issei, calm down. It's not Rias, it's Saji. He's dead. He got ambushed, outside headquarters."

Vali narrowed his eyes. "Who?''

Senji looked at Issei strangely. "Akeno. Akeno Himejima."

Issei whirled around. "What??"

"Believe me, Rias is just as mad as you. Come on, they'll need us back. I think we're going soon, and it's a long walk back."

Vali rolled his eyes. "Why walk when you can do this?"

He waved his hand, opening a his signature magic-circle.

Senji chuckled. "I always forget that you people can do that."

The trio stepped onto the magic-circle, teleporting.

Somewhere in the warzone America became:

The man in red spun the massive claymore, it's skull and crossbones grinning as he sliced through the ice knight Serafall Leviathan had hurled at him. Her abilities were almost as annoying as she was, with her voice chattering away, and her dumb costume. She wasn't really that powerful, he was just playing with his food, so to speak. The blonde woman next to him, with a ridiculously large sword strapped across her back, grimaced.

"Dante, you have to hurry up. We have to get to Limbo City before the attack starts."

The now named Dante looked at her over his shoulder, effortlessly dodging the Ice-spears Serafall sent at him.

"Relax, Trish. We'll gget there in time. You think I'd miss the family reunion? Me and Vergil have a lot to catch up on. Besides, Issei owes me a pizza."

"Die!!!"

The last came from Serafall, who'd used the opportunity to create a sky-scraper sized hammer of ice, bringing it down on Dante's head. She lifted the hammer, expecting to see a mashed-flat Dante, when a slow clapping came from the head of the hammer. Sitting upon the head, legs crossed, was Dante.

"Hey, kid, that wasn't half bad. But. playtimes over."

Sera was confused. This was playtime...?

A black handgun appeared in his left hand, bellowing smoke and fire. A bullet slammed into her stomach, causing her to wail in agony. She shook a fist at him, using a magic-circle to flee.

"Well, that wasn't so bad, right?"

Kuoh Academy(Reclaimed territory) Headquaters of DxD

Issei, Vali, and Senji stepped from the magic-circle, Rias immediately running into his arms, kissing him. She reluctantly let go, looking into his eyes. She was extraordinarily beautiful, with silky crimson crimson hair down to her waist, amazing blue eyes, and a figure most women would kill for. Issei woke up every morning grateful for her. Senji walked over to his sister, talking to her quietly. Vali went over to Kuroka, and Authur Pendragon, Wielder of Caliburn, the ultimate Holy Sword, and Excalibur Ruler.

Issei finished conferring with Rias, turning to the assembled fighters.

"Everyone, I know it's early, but get some sleep. We're taking the city in six hours! Be ready to move!"

Five and One-half hours later

"Senji, Katasa, you two will move into the city first, accompaniend by Kiba and Xenovia, by the way, Xenovia?"

"Yes?"

"Try not to blow up the city unless absolutely neccesary, 'kay?"

"Got it."

Issei paused, deciding which group to send out next. "Kuroka, Arthur, you two take the bulk of our forces, move right up the main street. Arthur, you see anything that moves, I want it either tied down, or cut down."

"Understood."

"Vali, you're with me. We're gonna make sure that we win.''

"Whatever you say."

"Rias, your job is to stay close to me, and don't hesitate to use Crimson Extinct Dragonar."

"Sure, Issei."

"LET"S MOVE!"

Inside the city

All hell had broken loose. Issei and Vali were tied up in a fight for their lives, against foes they hadn't known were there, namely Sirzechs Lucifer and Grayfia Lucifuge, the latter having immediately singling out Vali. Issei stood alone against Lucifer, boosting to the approximate power of a Satan-Class devil. Lucifer loosed a tight beam of Power of Destruction, the very air roiling around it. Issei dodged, barely, when chains of golden light encompassed the Lucifer. This was Arthur Pendragon's doing, the ability of Excalibur Ruler.

Issei Boosted, Boosting until the world around him got dark from the sheer light of his power.

[Dragon Booster!]

He flew forward, faster than light, slamming an Overboosted fist into Lucifer, sending him into the ground, in his own personal crater. Arthur waved.

"Thanks, Arthur!"

Vali was not having such an easy time with Grayfia. Despite being immensely more powerful physically, she held the edge in magic. The wo threw blasts of Darkness at each other, canceling each other out. A magic-circle opened beneath Vali, vomiting a stream of Primordial Power of Darkness. Albion's voice came from the stream.

[Divide!]

[Divide!]

[Divide!]

[Divide!]

Vali Divided the power down, saving himself from immolation. His helmet looked at Grayfia, chuckling evilly.

With Senji and Katasa Senji knew they were screwed. They were fighting Venelana Gremory, aka The Brunette Madame of Extinction. She kept throwing blasts of Power of Destruction at them, only for his sisters Sacred Gear, Twilight Abyss, to suck the power in, the black runes on the red blade pulsing. Venelana threw her arms out, a blast of Power of Destruction erupting. Katasa yelled in defiance, her blade sucking almost all the power. Except for what slammed straight into her after Twilight Abyss had reached it's limit. It hit her with the force of a cannon-ball, slammin her into a wall, out cold. Senji swiped his blade through the air, sending a wave of dark energy at Venelana, who responded with a blast of her own. Both were negated by the blast that resulted. Senji got tired of waitng for this bitch to kill him, and decided that, well, if she wanted a fight, he'd goddamn give her one!

"Crimson Demon Emperor Balance Breaker: Shadow Archfiend Promotion!"

Demonic-looking Armor encompassed him, and a mask with glowing red eyes materialized over his face. He rushed forward, only to be thwarted by... was that a Angel? A fallen? Yeah, a fallen.

It was clad in a gold Scale Mail, with twelve Fallen wings jutting out of it. A golden trident was grasped in it's left hand.

That armor looks familiar, Senji thought. Where had he seen it before?

Then it hit him. It was Azazel.

Duh-duh DUN! Let me know how you guys like the story.! I own Nothing.