Welcome dear reader, my name is _ and this is my first story of this kind. I have always been a fan of Yu-Gi-Oh! And as of recent, Highschool DxD. This is a story inspired by the two, and it can be categorized under the genre of Isekai, as it has the main character being reborn into the world of DxD, but him not remembering his life before. As such I may not even add a chapter showcasing his previous life, but I haven't fully decided. One concept for this story is based around Rise of Devil Emperor by Ronin2106. His story took an interesting turn on the story of DxD, and I wanted to try my own hand at it. In this story there will obviously by several OC characters but also several OC Sacred Gears, and potentially even characters from other stories, if I can manage a backstory that works well enough.

A.N. For important terms, the first time they are used they will be underlined, and important names or details will be in bold.

A.N. Please note that since I am not that great at character description, so any non-OC character has their information copied from the Wikipedia entries respectively.

Key notes: Writing Patterns

"Hello"- Speech/Normal talking

"Hello"- Internal Speech/Thoughts

"Hello"- Legendary Beast Speaking
"Hello"- Legendary Beast Thought/Internal Speech

"Hello"- Voice influenced by emotion, or legendary Beast

Also, for any terms of color or otherwise they are described/defined at the end of the chapter

Star of Destruction

Prelude: One Hell of an Introduction

The town of Kuoh, a peaceful little town that stuck to tradition well. It was not a very urban town, but at the same time it wasn't very much rural in nature, it is more a mix of both. The town is not a place that most would go to see as a tourist because there is not too much to see that one can't see elsewhere, at least on the surface. The only major event to happen in recent history is that it was formerly an all-girl academy recently became co-ed, and that's why I'm here.

You see, my dad thought it would be a great idea for me to attend this school for not only how it would look on my academic records, given the school's notorious standards for allowing students in, and to help me break out of my "shell." My old man seems to think that I'm not social enough so he had me transferred here to help with that. However, I don't think he was prepared for the fact that before my first week was over, I nearly died. Yes I know that sounds exaggerated, but it's true, I saw my own blood flowing steadily out of me from multiple large gashes. Let's back up shall we?

Flashback: Thirty-Six (36) Hours Ago

I was walking through the streets towards Kuoh Academy, my new school, thanks to my father who somehow got me enrolled. I honestly don't know how he did this given the school's high standards for students, and I'm only average at best. Oh that's right I should probably introduce myself, my name is Cameron Lupi, and I'm fifteen years old standing 5' 10" with a slim yet muscular build. My hair is black, but it has a single silver (NOT gray!) strand in the front, and my azure eyes match the boundless sky above me. I'm currently stuffed into the monkey suit that the school has for a uniform.

Kuoh Academy boys' uniforms consists of a black blazer with white accents over a white, long-sleeved button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, matching black pants, and brown dress shoes. Meanwhile a few of the female students that I passed were wearing the female equivalent to my attire. Kuoh Academy girls' uniform consists of a white long-sleeved, button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, a black shoulder cape and matching button-down corset, and a magenta skirt with white accents.

I walk through the gates leading to the massive school while trying to avoid attention as best I can. Entering the school, I blend in with the crowd while I try to make my way to the student council's office to receive my schedule, but unfortunately I can't seem to find my way there. After a few minutes of wandering I hear someone clear their throat behind me, so I turn to face them.

There stands a young bespectacled woman with a slim figure, black hair styled in a short bob cut and violet eyes wearing the standard female uniform. I stand a few inches taller than her. She had a mild, yet annoyed, glare adorning her face while she looked up at me, and I find it kinda funny that she is glaring at me yet has to look up to do so.

"What are you doing out here when classes are in session?" she asked with clear authority in her voice. Shocked at her tone, I rub the back of my head, a habit that I acquired when caught off guard and embarrassed. I take a step back and clear my throat.

"Sorry, I'm new here and I'm trying to find the office of the student council. You wouldn't happen to know how to get there by any chance?" I ask the girl. Her eyes quickly lose the previous glare and she takes a small breath before looking at me in the face again.

"I suppose you're in luck then as I am the president of the Student Council. My name is Shitori Sōna and if you would follow me I will have you on your way shortly" she says before turning and walking down the hall. Seeing no better option I follow her.

After roughly two minutes of walking, Sōna stops and turns to the door on her left, and getting a better look at it I see a label stating: Student Council. She looks back at me before sliding the door open and entering and I followed right after her. Inside was a wide conference (?) room with two long tables lined up with one another that had ten (10) chairs around them in total. Sōna walked into a small office space within the room and closed the door before I could follow, so I sat down in a chair to wait.

A few moments later, the door to the room opened and a young man looking down at various papers in his hands. He has short blonde hair and grey eyes wearing the same uniform as me, albeit without the blazer and his sleeves are rolled up. Looking up from his papers the boy seems confused as to why I'm here, and before I can introduce myself…

"Hey what are you doing here? This office is for Student Council members only" he said with mild annoyance on his face. Deciding to be polite as I typically try to be I respond, "I'm sorry for the intrusion. My name is Cameron Lupi, and I'm new here. I got lost on my way here to get my schedule when Shitori-Buchou found me wandering and led me here." Upon hearing my explanation the boy loses his previous annoyance and nods. He sets his papers down and sticks a hand out towards me before saying, "Sorry about that, there are rules that given my position I have to enforce. The name's Genshirou Saji, nice to meet you. Also it's supposed to be Kaichou, not Buchou that is actually used for another club's president."

I take his hand and shake it in a gesture of goodwill, and apologize for my misspoken words hoping that there wasn't any offense. Then, the door that Sōna went through opens and she walks out with a small stack of papers. She looks at Genshirou-san and then back at me before handing me the stack and asks, "Here's your schedule Lupi-san, do you need help finding your class?"

While I would prefer to not need to bother them for help, after my failed attempt at reaching this office on my own I begrudging swallow my pride. "Yes, I would like some help so I don't get lost again." Sōna nods her head and tells Genshirou-san to guide me to my class and we depart immediately. The walk was rather short and neither of us said anything, and when we arrived at my class I thanked him before he went in to inform the teacher of my arrival. Through the thin door I was able to hear the teacher say, "Class it seems as our new student has arrived. You can come in now Mr. Lupi"

Classroom (A few minutes earlier)

Inside the classroom, a young man with short spiky brown hair that had two short locks behind his head sat, the young man had a slim build that was not very athletic at all. He wore the standard male uniform and was sitting alone as he had very few friends. Sighing, he gazed out the window with his tired light brown eyes thinking about the recent change in his life. This was Issei Hyoudou and while many would view him as a useless pervert given his hobbies of trying to sneak a peek of girls changing in the locker rooms with his two friends, Matsuda and Motohama, being dubbed the Perverted Trio. However, what most don't know is that he…

His internal thoughts were interrupted when Genshirou Saji of the Student Council entered the room and spoke something to the teacher that Issei couldn't hear. The teacher then coughed into his hand to get the attention of the students before he said, "Class it seems as our new student has arrived. You can come in now Mr. Lupi."

Entering the room, Cameron looked around and saw various expressions on the faces of his new classmates. Several of the male students barely acknowledged him (which he was okay with), a few held curiosity in their eyes, and one held pure indifference towards him before he turned back to the window. The females however, all gained a slight blush and began whispering to one another, "oh great why me" thought Cameron before being told by the teacher to take a seat. Heading towards the back he decided to sit next to the male who was gazing out the window, all the while the whispering of the girls became more frantic.

The class went by uneventful as I paid attention and took my notes. However, the monotone of the old teacher cause fatal levels of boredom to rise within me, so I started to draw alongside my notes. Due to the scribbling nature of my drawing the guy next to me looked over at my drawings. They were mostly unimaginative lines just forming shapes, but I had begun to work on something more meaningful to me, and that's what caught his eye.

My current masterpiece was that of a dragon, but not just any dragon. This was a dragon that I always saw within my dreams every night. The dragon was bipedal and its arms were separate from its wings (because that is a God Damn Wyvern, fuck you Skyrim for getting that wrong) with a long tail and a horn atop its head. Its body was mostly white save for various shades of scales making up armor on it, and also one of the most prevalent features in the drawing was the seemingly unnecessary sparkle doodles around it. However, these were important as they accented the dragon's name, Stardust Dragon.

Before I can draw any further, the bell rings signifying the end of class, and that I need to get to my next one. Walking through the halls, I try to mind my own business, and I make it to my next class without any issue having looked at the map of the school during class to figure out a route.

I enter and walk to an empty seat and get my textbook and notebook ready. Hearing someone sit down to my left, I try to ignore them, but feel a hand get placed on my shoulder. Looking over I see the student who I had sat next to earlier. Before I could ask anything he says, "Hey there, the name's Hyoudou Issei. That was a cool drawing you had back there, can I see it again?"

Seeing no harm I take out the notebook holding the sketch and hand it over to him. While he looked over it for the briefest of moments I thought I saw an emerald glow appear on the back of his left arm, but since it was gone when I blinked I thought that it must have been my imagination. After he looked it over, he handed it back and looked like he wanted to say something, but class began so he was interrupted. The day continued on with class after class before I finally was allowed to leave for my new "home." Home being the objective term for the spartan apartment that was granted to me as a transfer student.

Arriving home, I put down my bag and began to unpack the few boxes that I brought with me. Like I said, I didn't bring much, but that which I did was important to me. I clean off the desk in my bedroom and place down a photo of my family. It showed me when I was only three (3), not much has changed other than me growing up, but back then I didn't have my silver strand of hair. My mother was a beautiful woman standing 5' 5" in the photo with gorgeous onyx hair and golden irises. Her frame was thin but she was endowed well, but not overly so. My father however, was of the same height as I am now, 5' 10". He had the silver hair that my single strand is styled after, and I was born in his azure eyes. My father has slim, but he was clearly well built.

The only other thing that was put on my desk was my journal that I offhandedly tossed there. Upon landing on its spine, the journal's lock snapped open and the pages split to a certain page showcasing a unique dragon. However, I hadn't noticed this, and lied down for bed.

The Following Day: Twelve Hours until "Death"

I woke up rather early today at 6 A.M., and I prepared to get ready for the day. After taking a cold shower to truly awaken myself, I get dressed in the damn monkey suit for school, and begin my walk towards there. Walking through the deserted streets as I make my way towards the academy, I reflect on my inner thoughts. Unaware of my surroundings I walked right into a girl and we both stumbled to the earth below.

Opening my eyes, I see the girl that I unfortunately ran into and saw her stunning beauty. She had violet eyes that belong to a slender body that was endowed with a large bust and long silky black hair. She wore a female uniform which consisted of a dark red jacket with the letter "P" embroidered in gold, a white undershirt, a red bow, and a green skirt with a thin white stripe around the lower end of it.

Unfortunately, at that moment an emerald circle appeared on the back of my left hand. "A Fallen? Here?" I thought to myself. Just as quickly as it appeared the emerald glow was gone, and I reached out my hand to help the girl up. "Sorry about that I wasn't paying attention" I said to the girl. Taking my hand I helped her up and her eyes rested about at my chin, so roughly she was 5' 6"-ish. She blinked a few times before slowly rising from the ground and looking me in the eye, her magenta eyes held a light that shone brightly.

"Oh… hello" she said quietly while gaining a slight blush. She took a step back and quickly walked off due to her shy nature. After she rounded a corner her shy demeanor shifted into a cruel face. "Another Sacred Gear wielder? He was wearing the same uniform as Issei, what the hell! We weren't informed about him, then again I never saw him at all during my infiltration of the Academy, so he could be new. He didn't seem to notice his gear, maybe we can steal his power too" she thought. She began to walk away before a magenta light encompassed her and she vanished.

That Evening:

I made it to school fine today and went about my normal day while minding my own business. I manage to go through the day without drawing any suspicion towards myself despite many people trying to make me socialize. It isn't until I'm walking home that I realize that something is definitely wrong.

I was cutting through the park between the school and my apartment to hasten my return when I noticed it, the silence. Given the time of day and the general location of the park, it should have several people here. However, there is not a soul in sight, and that's when I feel it. The slight disturbance in the air, Magic. Someone has set up a barrier around this place for reasons unknown to me. That is until I feel the air drastically rise in temperature.

"Fuc-" I begin to say before a massive explosion fills the barrier with me at its center. I try to move to avoid the blast as best as I can, but it is all for not. The explosion goes off, and while I am not directly hit the flames flood over me as the blast sends me flying. I hit the ground on my left arm with a sickening thud, and I let out a scream of pain. Rolling over onto my back I try to move, but I can't seem to find the energy to do so. "Well great, caught in a magical explosion, seemingly broke my left arm, and now I don't even have the energy to get up" I think. Feeling the barrier begin to vanish, I take note that my heartbeat has fallen to near standstill, "If I want to survive, I will have to use that" I think before falling unconscious, unaware of the crimson glow that filled the area after my eyes closed.

My Soul:

A.N. I thought the idea of the inner world in the work of Bleach by Tite Kubo was simply magnificent as it gave someone a way to reflection of who we are really are. For Each character who this will happen to, the "soul" will appear differently as no two beings are identical in every sense of their beings. I decided to use that to a degree here, and many fans will see a reference to another widely known work.

I appear in a spartan, white void that is seemingly empty in all directions for as far as the eye can see. Well, I suppose that spartan isn't the best word given the massive gates to my left and my right. To my left, the gate is an outstanding pure white color with many jade gemstones adorning it in eight sets of star-like shapes. The other gate is a solid black with numerous crystals across it, but that lack any true color. "Still asleep I see" I think to myself before the white gate opens slightly.

Within the gate held a medium sized landmass before expanding into the cosmic wonder of space. Stars were littered throughout the scenery and a nebula off in the distance made it all the more stunning. A loud roar sounded through the void coming from a giant white star in the center. Emerging from the star was a giant beast that was covered in scales that were a beautiful pearly white and had various turquoise scales making something akin to armor on it. The monster had a massive forward pointing horn atop its head with two horns extending back on the sides, a long tail ending in a halberd-like shape, and long claw-like nails lining its hands and talons. The hands were human-like with three fingers with an additional opposable thumbs, and the feet split into three individual talons in the front and one on the back of the heel. The most stunning aspect of it though is the stardust that flowed from its wings as it flew towards me. (Please look up Stardust Dragon to visually compare, I think I described her right)

This was the Stardust Dragon, the being that resides within my soul and helps control my rage through its sheer beauty. The dragon is known for its nature of protecting others, and that is something that has changed me greatly since I met her. Yes, the dragon is a she unlike how most would assume that such a powerful creature is male.

As I pass through the gate, she landed on the rock and leaned her long, slender neck down, and I scratch at the scales beneath her jaw causing her to let out a quiet rumbling roar akin to a purring noise. I then wrap my arms around her head in a hug and take a large relaxed breath, as I always feel at ease around her. However, I know that this moment cannot last forever.

"You ready partner?" I ask her and she nods. I step back towards the gate as she draws in a massive breath. I steady my own breath and present my left side to her as she unleashes a massive stream of white flames that look like the stardust that fell from her wings. The flames encompass me and meld with my flesh before vanishing quickly, and leaving a white gauntlet with turquoise gems covering my arm. I give her my thanks and stepping back through the gate, I prepare to save my own life.

Suddenly the white void begins shaking violently, and Stella, yes that's her name, reaches through the gate to catch me as I stumble back and fall. Regaining my footing, I rise from her claw as I try to understand what happened, this is my soul, so that has never happened. Then, the lands shakes again leaving noticeable cracks across the floor. Confused, I try to move towards the cracks until the shaking begins again stronger than ever and the cracks grow more pronounced and a crimson glow begins to shine.

From the cracks emerge a massive structure of energy that immediately towers over myself and even Stella, so that's fucking big. Even more confused than before, I take an unsteady step towards it with Stella right behind me charging a breath attack. Before we even get close, the structure shines crimson and a scarlet chain erupts out towards me, but before it can get close Stella blasted it to kingdom come leaving a massive smokescreen present. However, before she can charge another attack, a second chain surges forth and pierces me through the heart, but strangely not causing any pain. Hearing another chains rattling, I look at Stella with fear I mouth scream one thing to her, "Run!" She roars and takes flight back towards the gate with the chain closing in fast. Just before the chain can catch her, she passes through the gate and an invisible barrier stops the chain from following.

Stella turns to face me with clear concern as the gate begins to close, and I shout to her, "It'll be fine girl. I'll try to figure out what's going on." She lets out a soft roar before nodding as the gates closes completely. With her gone, I finally let out the massive scream of pain that I had been holding inside as crimson lightning flies from me and I pass out on the "ground" of my soul.

Outside:

A female figure rising from my side and a small smile takes form on her face, her crimson hair blowing in the wind. The eerie crimson glow illuminates the night; obscuring everything from sight, and when it fades, neither my body nor the unknown female were present.

A.N. Thanks for reading and I hope all the potential readers enjoy. I am going to try to get one chapter out each month. However, please note that is a very flexible rate depending on the chapters and circumstances in life.

Term Corner

Sacred Gear- for those of you new to the works of Highschool DxD, a Sacred Gear is an object of power bestowed upon humans to defend themselves in the supernatural world. Most are simple in their powers, but others can be quite complex. For example, there is a standard Sacred Gear known as [Twice Critical] that doubles the user's power once and the boost only remains as long as the Gear is active. In contrast, there is another one known as [Divine Dividing], it is known as a Longinus, that are various gears that can either gain or already have the power to kill a god, and every 10 seconds it can drain half of the power from those around the user and add that power to himself/herself until the being can no longer hold the power.

Azure- A shade of Blue that is dark in nature but not as dark as a sapphire would be. Think between Sky Blue and Sapphire and that is where Azure would be.

Emerald- Emerald is a color that is a shade of green. It is light and bright, with a faint bluish cast.

Stella- My favorite Synchro monster from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds, and for the longest time the dragon that I thought represented me the most. Stardust Dragon is known for its ability to sacrifice itself in order to protect others. She in my opinion was the most beautiful Dragon of the group and I decided to input her into my story.