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Chapter 1

Akeno Himejima was, on the outside, a perfectly normal girl.

She attended a normal high school, received high marks, and had a group of friends that she normally met with. By all accounts, she was a gentle girl, if a little sheltered by her life at Kuoh Academy, but that's what attracted most of her admirers. Well, that and her looks.

She was blessed with an impressive bust, which complimented her long black hair tied up by an orange ribbon that seemed to run in beautiful ebony waterfalls down her back and her piercing violet eyes that somehow managed to seem kind and smoldering at the same time.

Coupled with her rather carefree expressions and omnipresent smile, it was no wonder that she was considered to be one of the Kuoh Academy's Great Ladies along with her best friend, Rias Gremory, who was no slouch herself in the same departments…

However, what people didn't realize about her was that she was also an extremely powerful servant of Rias Gremory, who was herself a devil.

Outside of school, she traded in the Kuoh Academy Uniform for an outfit more befitting of a shrine maiden, and her books in for powerful lighting spells that had caused her great infamy as the Priestess of Thunder. And underneath it all, lay a cunning and highly intelligent killer that was willing to do anything in the service of her mistress. Beyond that, there were still secrets more that most of her devil associates did not know.

No, Akeno Himejima was not at all a perfectly normal girl, but she preferred it that way.

Still, she had to keep up appearances to prevent people from discovering the truth about her, which is why she found herself at the mall with Rias.

They had made a big deal of their meeting today, just to ensure that everyone in the class was aware that they associated with each other like regular people, and not just inside of the Occult Research Club.

"So, Akeno, is there anything interesting you want to talk about?" Rias asked awkwardly as they strolled along the endless rows of shops, occasionally peering at a window or two.

"Do we really need to do this?" Akeno responded, still with a smile on her face. They both knew that they had nothing to really discuss, as they already spent most of their time together in the Occult Research Club.

"Well, I believe that it is important for us, as perfectly normal girls," Rias stressed, knowing that someone was likely listening, "to spend time together talking to each other about things that we enjoy, such as television programs or boys." She stressed again, to which Akeno shook her head at her friend's lack of common sense.

Obviously, no one would actually talk like that, and it was even more ridiculous to think that anyone would believe her, although, judging by the amount of idiotic rumors that she had heard lately, the girls of their school would believe anything that they were told. "Rias, let's just go inside this store right now." Akeno suggested, attempting to make their trip seem more believable.

"Good plan my queen, as expected of you." Rias noted happily before looking around for an appropriate store. "How about that shop?" She asked Akeno, pointing to a mysterious looking store that she could not remember seeing before.

Deciding that it was as good a place to start as any, Akeno nodded in agreement and followed behind Rias as she entered the store.

Inside, her nose was instantly assaulted by the scent of burning incense and various herbs that overloaded her senses. The store itself was dark, illuminated by a few select candles placed strategically around the edges, leaving most of the store in a very dimly lit state, although she imagined that the owner had been going for such an effect.

On the shelves lay a wide assortment of occult based memorabilia that Akeno knew was fake from the moment she saw it.

"Hello, welcome to my humble shop." A young red haired woman with yellow eyes said sweetly from behind the counter, which was decorated with a fake skull and a lit candle.

"Yes, do you have any sort of holy water?" Rias asked while Akeno began to explore the shop more.

She walked along one of the aisles when something sticky caught her shoe. Lifting her foot off the ground, she was disgusted to learn that it was a chewed piece of gum and decided to keep walking as she already wanting to leave the store.

"Excuse me, do you have a restroom I can clean off my shoe in?" She asked, prompting the young woman to point in the direction of the back of the store while she searched for the holy water that Rias had requested.

Following the woman's directions, Akeno found herself in front of an ordinary looking door that likely led to the restroom. However, to her right, she saw another unmarked door that she was tempted to try as well.

Deciding on the door directly in front of her, Akeno prepared to open it when she heard a faint sound coming from the other door. To a normal human, the sound would have been unnoticeable, but to her hearing enhanced by her devil abilities, she faintly heard a muffled sound.

Immediately, she turned to the right and approached the door cautiously, ready to unleash her lighting powers if need be, her smile wiped clean off of her face. With each step she took, the sound grew less muffled and more pronounced, although it was still hard to hear without her enhanced abilities.

Suddenly, the sound died out and it was completely silent. As she approached the door, she could also feel an aura of strength, although it wasn't exactly that of a devil or an angel, it had similar feeling to them. Not to mention the aura's strength was on par with the 4 Great Satans.

As she reached the door, she braced herself for an attack, as it was a possibility that the sound was used to lure her in and the silence would have served to lull her into a sense of security. Faintly, in the back of her mind, it occurred to her to call the crimson haired girl for back up, but she was too occupied with her current task to pay that part of her brain any heed.

Slowly, she gripped the brass handle of the doorknob and twisted slowly, hearing the metal creak as she did. Once the handle could not turn anymore, she gently tugged, noting that it wasn't locked.

Taking a deep breath, she flung the door open with one hand and electricity crackled in the other.

However, when nothing appeared, she closed her hand, extinguishing the electricity charged up there.

The room itself seemed to be a regular supply closet, with a broom and several cleaning products on wooden shelves. She tentatively stepped inside, searching with her foot as well as her eyes. When she did not feel anything out of the ordinary, she took another step, suddenly feeling a lump on the floor.

Instinctively, she jumped back to assume a defensive position and slowly approached the object once more. When gently tapping it with her foot garnered no response, she knelt down, skirt rising up as she did so. With her enhanced vision, she saw a black hakama, and as she followed it up, she found its owner leaning up against a wall, head slumped into his chest and limbs splayed out.

At this sight, she gasped and immediately placed a hand on the man's neck, noting that he still had a pulse. She gently reached behind his head and tilted his head upwards so that she could see his face. As she touched his right hand, she suddenly felt as if her life force was drained and she immediately moved away from him.

The black haired blinked as she took a look at the man in front of her. The man had a quite young face which suggesting that he was still a teenager or in his early twenties. His skin was pale and his facial features were foreign, clearly not Japanese. Spiky white hair and he was wearing a stunning bright red jacket. Judging from his tall appearance, he had a well-proportioned figure. Besides that, something might have happened as there were serious injuries all over him.

It might be that he had noticed Akeno's presence since the young man's eyelids moved slightly, opening his eye weakly. It was a heterochromic with his left eye being green and his right being red.

His eyes darted around for a moment, "...Where is this place?" he asked lowly as he noticed the black haired girl looked at him with confused or surprised look. "Who are you…?" He could not think clearly as his head was still dazed. Just as he was about to get up, he heard a small sound from the corner.

"Akeno! Come on, let's visit another shop! The holy water here is fake." Rias whispered as she turned the corner, surprised by the presence of the young man. "Who is this?" she asked in confusion, pointing to the teen, who looked around, confused by his location.

"I don't know, but I can sense some strange power emanating from his person." Akeno replied softly so that he wouldn't hear her.

"Is he a devil?" Rias questioned, but Akeno shook her head.

"I don't think so. The energy signature is not exactly the same, but it is similar."

Rias sighed, "Well, what do we do with him?"

Akeno shrugged her shoulders, "Maybe we should take him along with us."

"All right, take him." She replied, nodding her head.

Akeno walked over to the man's side and clasped his hand, causing him to jump back in surprise. "Just come with us." She whispered in his ear, giving him no time to respond before she pulled him along and out of the store.

As they walked outside, Akeno was suddenly assaulted by a chorus of gasps and squeals. She whipped her head to the sound of the noise, which was a group of younger girls wearing the Kuoh Academy uniform. "Akeno-senpai! Is that your boyfriend?" A girl with light brown hair asked.

Looking down and realizing that she was still holding the white haired man's hand, a blush came to her face. "Ara ara, this is an embarrassing situation." She stated, reverting to her 'normal' appearance.

"Look, he's older than her. He must go to a college." One of them whispered, while another groaned.

"I always thought that she was going to date Yuuto-sempai."

"So, Onii-san's name is?" The same brown haired girl asked, approaching the man, who still looked confused.

"Huh? My name is..." It was such an easy question and he was about to answer it, but the young man was at loss for words.

Name. His own name. Somehow, it wasn't coming out.

It's not like he never had one. It's just that his head was in such a mess. When he tried to recall it, he felt like there was something like white haze trying to swallow his consciousness. "...It's Ragna." Strongly pressing his scowling head to his left hand, the white haired young man called Ragna was able to get his name from within his confused mind.

It didn't feel wrong when he spoke of it. Surely this meant that it was indeed his name.

The girl seemed confused, "Just Ragna?"

"I-I don't remember anything else." He stammered as his voice seemed to be more distant.

"Wow, she found a handsome man with amnesia." One of the girls whispered, which led to vigorous cheers of approval from the group as a whole.

"Well then, we wouldn't want to get in your way." The girl said with a wink to Akeno before leading her friends away.

Once they were gone, Akeno and Rias grabbed Ragna, each by an arm, and led him straight back to the clubhouse.

It was already late afternoon, and the sun was setting, shading the sky a deep orange by the time they had returned. Rias took Ragna and sat him down on one of the couches across from her usual seat while Akeno went off to make tea.

Once Akeno returned with two steaming cups, which she prefaced with a warning about the temperature of the drink, she sat down beside Rias. For a moment, the two parties stared at each other wordlessly before Rias spoke up. "You said that your name was Ragna back there, and that you don't remember your last name?" She asked, blowing softly on her tea.

Ragna nodded slowly, "I think so, at least, I'm pretty sure that's my name."

Raising an eyebrow in interest, Rias continued on, "Do you remember anything else?"

Ragna shook his head, "No, not really... By the way, who the heck are you?" Not understanding the situation at all, the white haired man stared at the girl. She seemed to be in her teens. Her white skin was without any suntan and she had a refined look which make him thinking that she was a student in some good school.

"Oh, right. I've yet to introduce myself. I'm Rias Gremory." Rias introduced herself with polite and elegant of a high class lady proving his theory further more. "And behind me is my friend, Akeno Himejima." She gestured at the black haired girl which she nodded back and smiled gently at them.

"So that clothes of you, where did you get it from?" Rias asked, noticing his manner of dress, "It's seems not from this area."

He shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know. I just woke up with it on."

Nodding, Rias looked at his long black gloved right arm, "And your right arm," she said as the white haired man looked at his right hand. "I don't mean to pry, but what exactly happened?" Slightly leaning her head, Rias glanced at Ragna while he felt his right arm.

Ragna started to remove the glove which covered his right hand.

The hand that appeared looked similar to a solidified shadow. It was dyed pitch black, and there were claws on the end of it. Stroking it, he knew that it was human skin, but there wasn't any sensation whatsoever when it was touched.

It was as if a totally different person's arm had been attached to him. "...I can't remember why."

"You mean the reason why your arm is like that?"

"Nope. Not just that." Ragna sighed. It was about time he finally admitted it no matter what. He was well aware that his arm was not like the others. "How did I get here? Where did I come from? To begin with, what kind of person I am...?" As he talked, his voice seemed to be more distant. He had a bad feeling about his questions. "Except my name, I can't remember anything else."

A brief pause. It seemed Rias had finally understood what Ragna was trying to convey. Closing her eyes, Rias nodded her head as she turned to Akeno. "Do you think he's lying about anything?" She whispered into her best friend's ear.

Akeno shook her head, "No, I don't think so. He doesn't really have any reason to lie to us."

"Do you think he's aware of his powers, whatever they may be?" Rias asked, and again, Akeno shook her head.

"He probably would have exhibited them by now, although I suspect that they have something to do with the symbol he remembers."

"Well, what do we do with him?" Rias whispered.

"What can we do with him? I think it would be a good idea to observe him more if we could." Akeno whispered back.

Rias agreed. If he could discover his powers, he could very likely become a very powerful ally, or better yet, a member of her peerage. "All right then, we will help you try and rediscover your memories. Until then, you should attend Kuoh Academy with Akeno and I." The crimson haired girl announced proudly at the confused white haired man. "We will try our best to help you as much as we can." she announced while standing up out of her seat.

"Also, because you do not have anywhere to stay, I want you to go and stay with Akeno for the time being, at least until we can find you somewhere more adequate to live." At this, Ragna's eyes widened in surprise, while Akeno merely giggled.

"Ara ara, how interesting." She commented with her hand on her cheek.

Memory loss. It sure was easy to speak of, but it's not as if Ragna forgot everything. For example, the world had air, water, and soil. This kind of knowledge was implanted within his brain. He had already understood any common sense that didn't require any thinking process. The memories he had lost were mainly anything that concerned his own background. He barely remembered his name, but he forgot who had given him that name. Did he have parents? How about siblings? Where was he born? Where had he been raised? What were his friends' names? He knew this information existed within his brain, but he couldn't find them. Consequently, he couldn't guess the reason why he collapsed inside an occult store. "...Hey, hear me for a bit, will ya?" Ragna called out Akeno who walked in front of him. By now, the sun had almost finished setting, and the sky was getting darer by the minute. If they didn't hurry, they would be stuck out in dark in the forest. "Say, are we almost at your home?" Ragna asked while looking around.

"Ara ara, is Ragna scared of the forest?" Akeno giggled, leading Ragna to look away in embarrassment.

"Not at all. I was just wondering how much farther we would have to walk." He replied, not wanting to show her the pink that dusted his cheeks.

"Well, we are here now." Akeno replied, causing Ragna to look up.

However, all he saw in front of him was a Shinto temple, made up of two rows of small buildings lined up along the sides of an enclosed stone courtyard. At the center of the courtyard lay an old looking building that he assumed housed the main shrine. "But this is just a temple." He said, confusion plastered on his face.

"Right. I live here since the last priest passed away." She responded happily, leading him to one of the buildings on the right of the shrine.

She opened the door to reveal a rather ordinary looking room, with paper sliding doors and tatami mats laid out upon the ground. A small shrine was set up along one of the walls, while the wall directly opposite to it housed a closet. Aside from that, the room was completely empty save for a lamp on the roof of the room. Akeno dropped her bag down at the entrance and removed her shoes, prompting Ragna to remove his shoes as well. With a skip in her step, she waltzed over to the closet and slid it open revealing that there was a large assortment of clothes inside. She grabbed a futon from the bottom of the closet and slid it out, laying it out in the middle of the room. "There is a shower in the building next door in the men's bathroom." She replied before also grabbing a towel and happily shuffling out of the door, presumably to the women's bathroom.

Ragna looked around at the room once more, confirming that nothing else was in the room before heading to the closet to grab a towel of his own. He entered the men's bathroom to find it completely spotless, which he was not at all expecting. 'She must take good care of this place.' He thought to himself before he began to take off his red jacket and unbuttoning his shirt, revealing a slightly tanned skin with lean muscular body that packed an eight packs, he could not remember. He took a look in the mirror, searching for any clue at all for what had happened to him, but he could find nothing. Aside from his right arm, his physical health was perfectly fine.

After taking a relaxing shower, he wiped himself down with a towel before looking at his red jacket. He looked at his red jacket for a moment as he felt something was weird from the jacket but alas he couldn't remember it. He heard the noise that calls him from out as he walk out of the back room with a towel to dry his head and hair. He dried his mop of white locks before looking up to see Akeno was waiting for him, dressed only in an undershirt and her underwear.

"Thanks for the shower and what's with that clothes?" Ragna asked as Akeno looked at her clothes and smiled mischievously.

"Don't you like it, Ragna-kun~?" Akeno said mischievously as Ragna sighed and bobbed her head lightly with his left hand.

"Don't be stupid." Ragna scolded lightly as he gave her his jacket. "A woman shouldn't wearing a clothes like that." he said as he scratched the back of his head and Akeno blinked at the white haired man as she asked.

"It's not good?"

"It's obviously not, you idiot! What are you gonna do if some weird guy started hitting on you."

"But isn't if something like that happens, Ragna will save me?"

Akeno and Ragna looked at each other as Ragna shook his head, "Idiot."

"Eh? What's with that?! Why did you call me idiot? Speaking of, you've called me idiot before, too!"

"Finally realized it, huh? You're a hopeless idiot." While saying that, Ragna was actually surprised. What Akeno said probably was true to him. Even when he didn't know who and where he came from, perhaps as Akeno had said he would save her if she were in danger. If he saw someone being attacked, he would draw his sword to help. At that time, thinking about what to do first would be a meaningless argument. That was probably what Akeno wanted to say. "So where am I going to sleep?" Ragna asked, hoping that she would point him to where he could find more sheets.

"I only have one futon, so you'll have to share with me." Akeno answered, as if it was obvious.

"What? I can't do that!" Ragna replied while looking at Akeno who was slipping under the covers of her futon

Akeno smiled from her position under the covers and lifted them up until they covered everything but her head, as if to cover her body, "Ara ara, is Ragna thinking of erotic things right now?"

"Of course not," Ragna responded with slightly flustered look as he trembled. An emotion that was neither irritation nor shock appeared. Unsatisfied, Ragna walked to her with a trembling functional left hand, wondering if he should hit her.

Akeno looked at the white haired man as she smiled mischievously again, "Come on! If you're really a man then climb in." she responded, challenging him.

Ragna gritted his teeth in annoyance as he threw his red jacket away and lay himself down next to the black haired girl, who shifted over, giving him more than enough room to sleep, as the futon was rather large. However, the middle stayed empty as the white haired man immediately turned his back to her and tried to keep a good distance from Akeno.

He heard rustling behind him and suddenly felt two soft objects press up against his back, making him gulp in a mix of nervousness and excitement. Then he felt her hand lightly touch his shoulder and he could feel her hot breath tickle his ear.

"Good night." She breathed before returning to her side of the futon, leaving Ragna's heart beating at a million miles per hour. With some difficulty considering that he didn't want to even graze Akeno, he rolled onto his back and stared up. He would try and remember more in the morning.

Please read and Review.

Hello everyone, I'm AKs and I hope you guys will be satisfied with the chapter now that it is grammar mistake free.

Current time place it takes after fallen angel arc and from Blazblue perspective it takes place during Xblaze: Lost Memories.

Also, I know that Ragna is OOC in this chapter, but that is due to him not having his memories. As he begins to regain them, he will start to look more and more like the Ragna that we all know and love.

Please leave any and all feedback you can! I would really appreciate hearing your thoughts and ideas about this story so far. Is it interesting? Or should I just give up on it? Please leave any thoughts or ideas you can, either in the form of a PM or review!