Shin Megami tensei DxD: Another Dragon
A Shin megami tensei IV x Highschool DxD crossover.
Chapter 1: Spirited away.
It was a normal morning for the Hyoudou family, Issei (age 8) and his mother and mother were having breakfast that morning. They had decided to go shopping later that day to a new store that opened on the mall and thus they left in their car after the chores were done.
On the Mall Issei got distracted by a stuffed toy he saw on a display and let go of his parents hands.
He then went into the shop itself, he looked at the plush toy and held it against him.
"I see you are quite taken by it boy" a voice said.
Issei turned around and saw a man in a red suit, he looked impeccable, save for him being in a rather futuristic looking wheelchair.
"Are you lost?" the man asked.
Issei teared up as he realized that he had indeed gotten separated from his family.
The man got closer to the boy "Do you now your parents number?" the man asked.
Issei shook his head in negative.
"My name is Stephen… let me help you find your parents" he said as he wheeled besides Issei.
Little did Issei know that this meeting would change his life.
After a while of looking around he was able to find his parents.
They apologized to Stephen about the trouble.
Stephen assured them that it was okay. He patted Issei's head.
"Here… take this, is a good luck charm to protect you, I think you deserve it for being brave" he said as he pulled a small gauntlet and gave it to Issei.
"Wow! It looks kick-ass!" Issei said as he put it on and adjusted it with the help of his parents.
"Thank you so much onii-san" Issei said with a smile full of delight.
His parents were worried about this but Stephen assured them it was alright and it was done from his own volition.
"This trinket will help you out someday… all you need to do is continue forward" Stephen said. "Your decisions will one day change the world" he said as he turned around and left.
They went back home.
After the ordeal Issei looked at his gauntlet.
"This is so cool… it looks very real" Issei said as he fiddled with it.
"Hey… wait… is cold to the touch… this isn't a toy is it? Is made of real metal.
As he fiddled with it a part of the top of the gauntlet open up to show a screen.
In it was apps that he never heard of, one of the apps was named "transport".
In his curiosity he pressed it.
Issei begun to glow as a voice spoke from the gauntlet "Now transporting to Mikado"
It was then when Issei had vanished from his home.
It was then when Issei would find himself in a new world. Unable to comprehend what was going on he begun to worry and begun to cry… thankfully he was found by a kind nun and took him into the convent… where they took care of him.
10 years later.
It was over… everything was over… his long journey had come to an end. It had been 10 long years but he had done what people thought impossible.
He had saved both Mikado and Tokyo.
Issei looked at her… his most trusted companion, the girl he had begun to love…
"I have to go back now… it has been a short time… but thank you for your friendship and love… take care of the 2 idiots for me… please?" Issei said with a kind but sad smile.
The girl begun to cry.
"No… don't cry… it doesn't suit a strong and beautiful woman like you" Issei said as he lifted her chin and wiped her tears away.
"You idiot… making me feel like this and then leaving me… us" She said as she begun to pound his chest as she cried more.
"I am sorry… but I am not from here… I need to go back… my family… they must be worried about me… and Isabeau… don't cry… be the strong, beautiful and kind woman I know you are… I think this is it… protect Tokyo and Mikado for me" Issei said.
A portal opened behind him.
"Good bye… and I love" Issei said as he walked into the portal.
This had been the deal… once he defeated Merkabah and Lucifer, both of them defeated they used the Yamato Reactor to create the portal behind him… by using the coordinates stored in his gauntlet.
"Ready Burroughs?" Issei asked.
"Do you even need to ask?" Burrough asked.
Issei grinned. "I guess not"
And so he begun to walk towards the portal.
"Issei… I love you" she said.
He turned around.
"I know…"
With that he fell backwards into the void.
"I will never forget you!" she cried as she smiled waving him goodbye.
As Issei was falling on the void he had so many thoughts… how would his parents react after finding him after so many years? How much had things changed in his abscesses? How would be even speak to them after being away for so long?
He then crashed into the ground.
"Gugh! Damn that hurt!' Issei yelled.
He opened his eyes and saw a kid in front of him.
He blinked.
The kid blinked in unison.
It took him 3 minutes to realize that he had been staring at a mirror.
"WHAT?!" he internally shouted in shock.
He looked at his gauntlet and checked the date and time.
It was the day after when he went to sleep after that trip.
He begun to chuckle… all his fears and worries vanished.
He didn't understood WHAT had happened, but it didn't matter... he was back and his parents where none the wise of his adventure.
This time… he would live a normal quite life, no more demons or fights to the death.
He walked around the house a bit… a bit unfamiliar with it after being gone for so long, he went to the bathroom to clean up.
7 years later
Issei Hyoudou had made it.. he entered into the exclusive school thanks to his hard work! This school was so exclusive that people who entered it had basically an assured place on many prestige us universities… it also helped that it was full of cute girls. It was his second year now.
Issei was walking around campus talking and interacting his his fellow classmates as he walked by the old school building.
He then felt someone looking at him and turned around.
Red.
It was a deep color red that it had… her hair long and silky, her eyes like jewels… one of the 2 onee-samas of the school.
Rias Gremory.
I looked at her for a scant few seconds and then turned around to leave.
Old school building
"Someone caught your eye… Buchou?" a voice asked.
A voluptuous young woman stepped forth, her long hair tied in a pony tail, she had the airs of a true Yamato Nadeshiko.
"That boy… I might be mistaken… but.." Rias said.
"Issei Hyoudou, is it…? Interesting" she said with a kind smile.
School
It had been a busy day, Issei was talking to a few people of the kendo club who were constantly trying to have him join them, but with no success.
While he liked to, all his techniques were oriented to kill not as sport.
"Hey Issei… what's with that gauntlet? Don't tell me you got that chunbon- what you may call it… do you? " asked a friend.
"No… nothing like that… is a memento of sorts, besides… doesn't it look cool?" Issei said with a grin.
His buddies just shrugged.
While he was very amicable he had a bit of a problem… he didn't have a girlfriend.
Most girls would have loved to ask him out, but due to his personality… it was hard to get a read on him, and thus the girls didn't want to "Step on a landmine" and make fools of themselves.
In the school both Issei and Kiba shared the top place of the school's hottest.
Issei sighed once again as he went to his locker to change into his outdoor shoes when he saw it.
It was a pink envelope with a heart sticker holding it close, it had a slight scent of perfume in it.
Issei blinked… it couldn't be… right?
He opppened and read the contents of the letter not once… not twice, but trice.
Main gate
There was a young looking girl, she had long black hair and deep purple eyes she smiled as she saw Issei walk by.
"I am Amano Yuma, do you want to go out with me?" she asked.
Issei agreed, he had no reason not to and it would be fun.
It was Saturday noon and Issei arrived 30 minutes before. It wouldn't do to keep a lady waiting.
She arrived a few minutes after and apologized for making him wait.
"If you came late because you wanted to look your best who am I to be angry at that, you look really beautifu" Issei said.
Yuma was taken back by his sincere and honest reply.
"Say… Issei-kun, what's that on your arm?" Yuuma asked.
"This old thing? It was a gift that I got when I was 8… I never take it off… is a precious memento of mine" Issei said.
Yuma accepted this and moved on, they went to a mall, then to an arcade where they had fun playing a lot of games and he even won her a stuffed animal from a claw game.
They spend their time sincerity enjoying their time and then they decided to go for something to eat. She wanted a crepe and thus went to a nearby park that had the best crepe stand around.
As they walked Issei asked if Yuma could hold ahead and order for him as he went to take care of nature's call.
After going to the bahroom and washing hi hands he saw a cute cosplay in girl handing out a weird panphlet.
"Take one please" she said giving him the item.
Issei accepted it and put it in his pocket, he would look at it later.
Issei apologized to Yuma for making her wait and begun to eat.
They had a great time.
The sun begun to set, the sky was now the color of orange, late in the afternoon… time went by and begun to grow dark.
Yuma stood up where tha fountain was and smiled at Issei.
"Thank you… I had a wonderful time" she said as she twirled around and landed in front of him… face face close to his. He blushed… her scent was mildly intoxicating and he could see she was a beautiful girl.
"Can you do me a favor?" she asked.
Bell's begun to ring in his head.
Danger
Issei nodded.
"Can you please… die for me?" she said.
"Alice?" Issei tought as he jumped back to avoid implement.
"Oh? Not bad… to think you could dodge an attack as that from such short a distance. They where correct to label you a threat" she said as she begun to change.
Her body grew tale and 2 wings of color of black erupted from her back.
Issei was worried… did they know? About his time as a Samurai in Mikado?
"If you wish to complain blame that God of yours for giving you a Sacred gear" Yuma said.
"Sacred...what?" Issei asked.
Another attack.
A spear of light embedded itself were scant seconds Issei was.
"Burrough, sword!" Issei said.
He didn't have time to equip any armor or ranged weapons, he had nor ha he expected to be attacked by this... whatever she is.
He used his original weapon… the samurai sword.
It was the weakest sword he had, but it would do.
"Tetrakarn" Issei said.
A sphere enveloped him and then disappeared.
"Die!" She said.
Issei rushed towards her.
"Fatal strike!" Issei yelled as his blade shone in a golden light.
The spear was gonna skewer him, it was going directly to his face, she could see it in her mind's eye, the look of pain and suffering as life extinguished from him.
She then felt pain.
Blood.. it was her blood.
She was bleeding.
"Interesting… what kind of creature are you? Burrough… analyze" Issei said.
"Scan complete, Classification: Fallen Angel (Datenshin) Raynare… she seems to be more of a Mook character, even with the blade you have you should be able to finish her off" The gauntlet said.
"M….Mook character?! How dare you! Gugh" she yelled as her injuries caught up with her.
As crazy as it sounded, his attack nearly killed her.
And that was his weakest weapon? And what was that voice from his gauntlet? Was that his Sacred Gear? No… it made no sense, he said it was a gift from someone.
"You bastard… I will remember this humiliation" she said as she took into the skies holding her wound close.
"Damn… that was close!" Issei said.
He fell to the floor, after many years of peace he had rusted somewhat.
He sighed, he would have to equip his old armor… wait… would it even fit him?
"Your armor would indeed fit you, do not worry about that" Burroughs said, "That being said, I noticed some particular elements in your school… there are beings classified as 'Devils' in your school please be careful on what type of equipment you use as it could make then wary of you"
Yeah… Lucifer armor would make them wary.
Rias Gremory… Gremory...
The name of one of the Devil's in the Ars Goetica.
He decided to equip Fantasia and Trumpeter Melody for the time being.
He walked back home… when suddenly he stopped.
"Burrough… dono still access to my team and the compendium?" Issei asked.
"All functions have been enabled, you have nothing to worry" Burrough answered.
Issei nodded as he walked back home.
He felt a bit sad that his date had ended so badly… it seems he had bad luck with woman.
The only woman he ever had something romantic with… Isabeau.
Just remembering her made his heart ache.
"Master Issei, I believe lady Isabeau would have liked for you to move on." Burrough said.
"I know…" Issei said as he continued his walk home.
Elsewhere: old school building
"Something is wrong… why is there no reaction?" Rias asked.
"could it be…?" the other girl said.
"I don't want to think so… but it very well be the case… Akeno… please make arrangements for the family, damn it… I didn't want things to end this way" Rias said as she gritted her teeth in anger at what had transpired… a innocent human has died due to her lack of forethought and planning.
"No… forget that Akeno… I will do so myself… his death was my fault and thus my burden to bear" Rias said.
"Buchou…" Akeno said worried.
Rias rose from her seat and walked out looking somber.
She then made a long walk to Issei home to explain what happened and then delete the memories of him from them to spare them the pain of losing a son.
She walked until she reached his house, thankfully she had managed to find his address thanks to her information network.
He then pressed the doorbell.
*Ding dong*
"Coming!" a voice called out.
Rias nearly fainted we she saw who answered the door.
"Hy...Hyoudou-san?!" Rias said in shock.
"R… Rias-senpai?! W-what are you doing here?! Oh… sorry I sounded rude right now,forgive me… would you like to come in? It's a bit cold, I will make some tea and bring some cookies" Issei said.
And so, Rias was in a rather awkward situation she found herself in.
Issei came back with the tea and cookies and sat down.
"I am surprised to see you here Rias-senpai, can I help you with something?" Issei asked.
"Ah… no… I was wondering what's going on, I wanted to talk to you but you were always so distant, you are a hard person to get a read of" Rias said.
"Am I really? I would have thought that a descendant of the Duke of Hell would have a better time to understand a mere human" Issei said.
"Yes, I know what you mean… still you… wait… what did you say?" Rias said in shock.
"You ARE Rias Gremory...right? From the Devil Gremory one of the dukes of Hell?" Issei asked.
"Wait… you know of the supernatural?! But… I didn't have any information of that of you!" Rias said.
"info… what?" Issei said.
"I heard that a fallen angel had gotten interested in you… how did you manage to get away? Did you use a Sacred Gear?" she asked.
"Sacred Gear… what is that?" Issei asked.
"Wait… you mean to tell me you managed to get away?" Rias asked.
"Uhmm… you could say that" Issei said avoiding to say he actually nearly killed her in one hit.
"You must be very talented… since you know what I am I propose you the following: Would you like to join my peerage?" Rias asked.
"What is a peerage? Issei said.
"Well a peerage is a group of a Devil, I am the leader of my own peerage, I would like to extend an invitation" Rias said with a smirk.
She adjusted herself in her seat in order to make her bust more pronounced and entice him.
"and how would I join?" he asked.
"You would be converted into our kind so you may serve under me" Rias said.
Issei sighed.
"I my sorry Rias-senpai… I cannot do so, I cannot discard my humanity… I made a promise and I wish to keep it, so sorry about that but I must decline" Issei said politely.
Rias took a bite from the cookie and was delighted, they were better than Akeno's! Koneko would love this.
The tea was also superb… she couldn't quite put what kind of tea it was.
Unknown to her it was a special tea from Makai that Issei had brought.
After the snacks and tea was taken she apologized for the trouble.
"Had I been fat enough to act… this fight wouldn't had happened" Rias said.
"Rias-senpai… while I will not discard my humanity… may I be allowed to be part of your club?" Issei asked.
"Uh?" Rias was taken back
"Yes… I mean you are the president of the Occult Research Club, right? May I be part of it? I would like to learn more about the secret part of the world" Issei said.
To be honest, Issei just wanted to learn about the creatures that lived in his world.
Rias crossed her legs and begun to think about this.
Normally only peerage members could enter her club, many students wanted to join only to be close to the great onee-samas… so she had this rule.
However, Issei had sincerely wanted to join and wanted to learn about the moonlit world better seeing as he was attacked by a fallen angel.
After thinking a bit she decided to accept him.
"Just do me one small favor" she said as she got closer to his face and smiled.
"call me Rias, Ok?" she said.
"Very well… then call me Issei then" Issei said.
"I will send someone to pick you up, ok? See you tomorrow" she said with a smile as se left his home.
"Well master, aren't you popular" Burrough said sarcastically.
Issei blushed "S-shut up" Issei said as he took the dirty cups to the sink and washed them.
It was an odd day for him.
Chapter end