Disclaimer: I do not own Campione or any of its characters. I only own my OC'c.

Chapter 1

Two people was walking along the crowded streets of Sardinia in Italy. One of them was a young man around the age 16 or 17 with blonde hair with a hint of brown. He was relatively tall, as he was a bit taller than most people around him, he was slightly tanned and had a slender but well trained build. His eyes was a light shade of purple. He's wearing a long sleeved, black button up shirt and jeans.

The other one was a girl about 12 years old. She had long light brown hair and like the boy she to had purple eyes behind a pair of glasses. She was much shorter than the boy in front of her and had a slender build. She was dressed in a white shirt, a black skirt almost reaching her knees and black leggings. Both of them was carrying a backpack.

"Hey, big brother?" the smaller girl said trying to get her brother's attention.

"What is it Maria?" he responded as he stopped walking to look back at his sister.

"Do you know where the train station is located?"

The boy looked up at the sky as he was in deep thought. After thinking for nearly a minute he looked down at Maria and answered. "Nope, I don't even know if they have one here."

Maria just sighed before looking up at her big brother with a dangerous glint in her eyes.

"Dante, are you telling me that for the last 20 minutes we have been walking around, without having any idea where the train station is or if there was one to begin with?" she asked her brother sounding very pissed. Dante stepped back a little as he saw how his sister had reacted to his answer.

"Take it easy Maria. Remember, we aren't completely lost. All we have to do is find someone that is on their way there and ask for directions."

Before she was able to answer she was cut off as her brother turned around to answer a person that had tapped his shoulder.

"Yes what is it?" he asked in fluent Italian.

"Um, I'm searching for a train station" the person informed him in English. Maria just face palmed herself and walked past her brother to look at the person. It was a young man about her brother's age with black hair and eyes. He was shorter than Dante and didn't look as well trained. He was dressed in a light blue hoodie and dark blue pants. But what caught her attention was the bright golden string that was attached to his chest, over his heart. A string only she could see.

It told her about Victory.

It told her about a Champion.

It told her about a Devil King.

It told her about a-

She quickly shook it off while she pushed up her glasses a bit

"We're sorry but we are also in search of a train station." She told the boy in fluent Japanese. This shocked the newcomer as he wasn't ready to hear someone talk to him in Japanese.

"I-I see." he said as his shoulders slumped a little. Dante walked over to him and patted him on the shoulder. The boy looked up at him.

"We are all looking for the same destination, so how about tagging along. The name's Dante." He said pointing at himself with his thumb. He then pointed over at his sister. "And this is my little sister Maria"

The boy thought about for a while before giving his answer. "That sounds like a good idea, I'll tag along. My name's Godou. Kusanagi Godou."

The three started to walk together and soon started to talk with each other. Godou told them that he was searching for a lady his grandfather had meet when he was younger to give back an old stone tablet that he had gotten from his grandfather. Dante and Maria told him that they had been traveling around the world for the last couple of years with their father and was now in Italy to meet their mother.

"What does this tablet look like?" Dante asked a little bit curious.

"Like this." Godou picked up a tablet made out of stone with a picture carved into it and some ancient text at the other side. "But I have to say, it's a really weird tablet."

"Nah, I've seen weir-"

"You, over there!"

Dante wasn't able to finish as he was cut of by a Italian speaking voice in front of them. They all turned away their attention from the tablet and saw that the owner of the voice was a beautiful young woman with long blonde hair reaching her lower back and blue eyes. She was dressed in a red dress without shoulder straps, showing a generous amount of bust. She was sending a sharp gaze towards Godou, ignoring the other two.

"Me?" Godou asked as he pointed at himself.

She reached behind herself and pulled out a knife and pointed it at him.

"Hand over that grimoire immediately." she ordered him, still speaking Italian. Godou looked over at Dante.

"What did she say?"

"She wants you to give her that stone tablet."

"Eh, why does she want this?" he said looking down at said tablet. "Dante, could you please tell her that I can't speak Italian." He asked the older boy. Dante smiled as he took a step forward, catching the blond beauty's attention.

"My friend Godou here can't speak Italian and he's wondering why you want his tablet." He explained to the young woman. She seemed to understand as she was now speaking in Japanese.

"Well then. Hand over that grimoire immediately." she ordered once again without explaining why she wanted the tablet.

This just confused Godou even further. He looked down at the tablet and repeated the word she had said. "Grimoire?"

"A kind of magical text that is either contained in a book or in this case stone tablet." Dante explained to the slightly younger boy as he didn't seem to understand. The woman turned her attention once again away from the black haired boy to look at the taller boy.

"It seems that you're familiar with magic. What is your name?" she asked as she pointed the knife towards Dante instead but was still keeping an eye on Godou.

"My name's Dante."

"I meant your full name." the red dressed beauty said a little bit irritated.

"Oh, my bad. My full name is Dante Z-"

Before he was able to finish he was cut off by the earth starting to shake and an ear deafening roar. Godou had cover his ears but the other three looked fine. The world around them then completely changed color. The buildings around them turned either a light shade of purple or more of a grayish shade, and the sky turned green.

"It can't be" the blond beauty said in disbelief as she turned her head towards the direction of the roars. Dante and Maria also turned to look at where they came from.

"What's that roar coming from?" Godou asked, only to see a boar bigger than any building in the area with a flaming mane, coming out of the ground. "What is that?"

"A god… a-"

"Heretic God" Dante said as he punched the palm of his hand in excitement. This caught the attention of the young woman besides him.

"You can't be serious about trying fight that thing." she exclaimed in disbelief as she pointed at the huge beast. Dante just walked past her in the direction of the huge boar, before looking towards her over his shoulder.

"But you're going to, am I right, Diavolo Rosso: Erica Blandelli?" he asked the now identified Erica. She took a step back being a little shocked that he had probably known her identity from the very beginning. But how was that possible? Her name might be well known through all magic organizations but her appearance not as much. So how did he know? But before she could ask him he had already dashed towards the boars location. She quickly shook it off and turned her attention to the people still standing besides her.

"You guys should run"

Godou didn't hesitate as he took Maria's hand and started running away from the beast, while Erica started running towards it. A red car started to follow her and she jumped up onto the roof of the car.

"Erica-sama, where are we heading?" The black haired maid named Arianna asked as she drove the car towards the boar.

"It's still in the port. Take Rome Road south."

"Understood." Arianna replied as she turned sharply to the left. They could now see the rampaging boar more clearly now. Boats had been thrown into the air and it was destroying nearby building like they were made of paper rather than stone.

"We need to stop it." Erica then noticed something out of the corner of her eye and looked up. One of the boats that had been flung was falling right towards them. But before the boat could hit them, turned the car to the right and Erica launched herself of it, towards the god. She shouted back to her maid that this was good enough. She looked towards one of the buildings before speaking.

"Fly, Boots of Hermes." As she said those words formed a magic circle with a rose in the middle underneath her feet and sent her upwards.

She landed on the rooftop and noticed that the blonde guy from earlier also was there. He turned his head to see her out of the corner of his eye. He then gave a smile as he spoke.

"Finally here. I've been waiting."

Erica didn't like him, he was to sure of himself, he had figured out her identity as soon as they had meet and he was to carefree in this situation. She then noticed that he had dropped his smile and instead looked serious. She was a bit confused by this until he spoke.

"Is Maria safe?"

"Yes. The other boy took her with him when he started running away from the god." She answered him and saw that he seemed to have gotten a little bit calmer.

"I have to thank Godou then when this is over."

Before Erica could say anything she noticed two things. One was that the boar had turned its attention towards them and was now slowly walking towards them. But because of it's size it still moved fast enough to get to them in only a couple of minutes. The other was the runes. Around Dante in a circle was eighth runes placed on the ground. Each one of them was of a different shape but all of them was of the color silver, indicating that they were either made of silver or steel.

This reminded her what she was about to do and turned towards the beast. She was then enveloped in red light that quickly disappeared. She was now dressed in a black and red striped combat uniform. She held out her hand in front of her and in front of her formed the same magic circle that she had used before.

"Lion of steel… and he who begets you, the Lionheart." as she finished speaking those words, started gusts of wind to be sent out of the circle. Then barely a moment sooner started a lion head of steel to make it's way through the magic circle.

"Heed the oath made by Knight Erica Blandelli!" as on command opened the lion its metallic jaws and let out a roar. Erica ran towards the lion and reached her hand into its mouth. She then pushed away from the lion and spun a pirouette with red light following the hand that had been in the lion's throat. She flicked the light to the side and it fell of the blade like it had been water.

"It's time for a duel." she said as she put the blade in front of her face. She then stretched it upwards as she shouted the name of her blade. "Cuore di Leone!"

"Most impressive indeed, but I shouldn't expect any less from the Diavolo Rosso."

She ignored his praise as she swung her sword downwards, sending a wave of red energy towards the boar. But before it could hit, it was stopped by some kind of barrier.

"I knew it. This is a divine beast. The gods want to start a fight here." she declared as she saw that her attack hadn't done anything to the beast. She turned towards Dante before asking. "So tell me… what are you going to do?"

A smile spread across Dante's face as she had asked the question, Erica was shooked by this until she felt a sudden wave of power emit from him. The runes also seemed to react as they had started to give of a light blue glow.

"Come to me my soldiers. Descend from the hall were true warriors feast and stand by my side. Forward to battle to destroy our enemies before returning to the great hall once more. Come to me, my Einherjar!" He stretched out his arms like he was welcoming someone with open arms as he finished the incantation. The runes around him started merging two and two, becoming four light blue orbs of light. They then became the shapes of well trained men, before being covered with fur and armor. Each one of them was dressed in an animal skin jacket and pants. They all had shoulder guards and viking helmets in the same silver as the runes they had appeared from. Each one of them carried an iron spear in one hand and a shield in the other. Hanging from their waists was an iron sword.

They all stood in attention, waiting for their orders.

"Now my warriors, I want you to send that beast back as best as you can. Do not kill it!" He ordered his fur clad warriors and they instantly pointed their spear heads towards the rampaging boar. Sending beams of the same kind of energy that Erica had fired before, but stronger, much stronger. The god felt the force of the approaching attack even at this distance and braised itself for impact. As each beam hit it's barrier of divinity it was sent back a couple of meters before stopping, leaving huge traces where its hoof had been dragged over the ground.

Erica couldn't believe what was happening in front of her. There were only supposed to be six Campione. Six! But right in front of her was someone using the power of a god that wasn't one of the six god slayers. But the only explanation for this is that he is a Campione. But there hadn't been any reports about Heretic Gods recently. She was cut out of her thoughts as he spoke to her.

"Erica, you can leave, I've got this."

Erica didn't know how to react. She knew that a Campione's words were absolute. But she was still not sure if he was a god slayer or just a powerful mage, an impossibly powerful mage. No there wasn't any other explanation, this guy is a god slayer. So she had to obey.

"Yes!" She responded before running in the opposite direction from the boar, jumping from one building to another. As she left the battlefield, Dante raised his hand in a stop sign. The warriors in front of him all stopped their attack, waiting for their next orders. The boar was quickly regaining its strength and was soon ready to make the boy one with pavement.

"Do you wanna continue, avatar of Verethragna?"

He was answered as the rampaging boar immediately started to run straight towards him, crushing everything in its way. Dante smiled as he saw it stampede towards him and gave his soldiers their command.

"Fire"

With Godou and Maria

Godou was running as fast as he could while dragging Maria with him. She wasn't nearly as fast as him so he couldn't run at his top speed. He looked back at her to make sure that she was okej.

"Is everything alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine."

"That's good-" he responded before his foot kicked some rubble, catching him off balance and fell to the ground dragging Maria with him, making him drop the grimoire and Maria to lose her glasses.

"Jeez… hey Maria, are you alright?" Godou asked as pushed himself off the ground. He looked around him, searching for the tablet.

"...Yeah, I'm alright." She responded as she stood up, her eyes were closed the entire time as she looked for her glasses. She stopped searching as she felt someone tap her shoulder.

"I think these belongs to you" the new voice said as she felt her glasses slip into her hands. She fumbled a little as she hurriedly put them to face, before opening her eyes. When she opened them she was meet by sight of a 15 year old boy with blue hair and green eyes. He was dressed in a dark blue robe that covered the most of his body and what looked like a long sleeved toga underneath. He also had some kind of tattoo on his forehead. In his hand was Godou's dropped grimoire. He looked at the older boy and asked. "Does this belong to you?"

"Y-Yeah. But we have to get away from here there is some kind of monster."

The young boy just laughed a little before responding. "This is funny."

"Funny?" Godou asked, not really sure what the boy meant. "Actually, who are you? Your Japanese is kind of strange..."

"I am the Victor. I am the strongest and that which will defeat every enemy."

"Victor?"

"Though I don't think it's necessarily bad to have a taste of defeat. I tried to revive the king of the ancient gods, in order to fight them, but I have yet to be defeated."

"You make me feel like I'm talking with my grandfather…"

"Now tell me what are you doing here with this grimoire?"

"Uh, I'm here because my grandfather asked me to deliver it."

The boy looked down at the grimoire. He then started laughing, more than he had done before. "How nice, how nice. It seems you're a good kid, a good warrior. This thief has told me so!"

Godou didn't understand what he was saying and just stood there. He then felt Maria tug at his sleeve, catching his attention. Her expression looked like a mix between worried and scared.

"Are you going, warrior?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry but we have to get of here. So could you please give that back."

The boy looked down at the tablet before handing it over while saying, "Very well. I shall let you hang on to it."

"Hold on to it? This is supposed to be mine…"

He then noticed light coming from behind him and he turned around. There stood a white horse with a blonde mane that appeared to radiate light. Maria also saw it and just stared in awe.

"Pretty" she whispered to herself while Godou was more choked about it. His grimoire then started to glow and created a powerful flash of light, forcing both of them to close their eyes. When the light had faded they opened their eyes and saw that both the boy and the horse had disappeared.

"What was that?" He asked to no one in peticular.

"I finally found you two."

Godou and Maria turned around as they heard the voice of the blond woman from earlier. This confused Godou a little as she had ran towards the beast to fight it. And it wasn't dead as he had just heard its roar.

"Wait, if you're here then who is it that has been keeping that monster away."

Erica didn't answer and just looked down at Maria with a sharp gaze.

"He showed you, didn't he?" Maria asked the blond knight.

"Wait, showed what?" Godou asked as he was completely lost in this discussion.

"We don't have time for that. Look!" The blond woman responded as she pointed towards a nearby building. On its roof stood Dante with only two of his Einherjars left. It was a stalemate between the two of them as neither of them was about to give up.

The boar knew this was its last chance to attack the boy, so it was pushing every ounce of its strength into this last action. It had lost it barrier, but it's hide was enough to protect it from most of the damage.

Dante was also pushing himself to the max to push the beast back, even as he felt the after effect of his Authority slowly weakening him.

The boar was closing in. It lowered its head and lifted it with all its might, turning the building its opponent had been standing on into rubble. Sending Dante flying and his warriors turned into light blue particles of light. The boar was then surrounded by a tornado. It was impossible for it to move as it didn't have any strength left

"A tornado..." Godou said a little shocked that a tornado had just appeared right in front of him out of nowhere.

"That's a avatar of a god!"

As she said that started the boar to glow brighter and brighter with the same kind of light from before. It then glowed so bright that everybody had to close their eyes. And when they opened them again was the boar gone and the world had returned to normal.

"What in the world just happened?"

"Aaaaahhhhh!"

"Huh?" Godou looked up at the sky as he heard the screaming getting closer. Up in the air was the falling form of Dante, quickly approaching the ground. As he made contact with the ground made the force of his fall a cloud of dust to get kicked up, blocking everyone's view. When the the cloud subsided could they see that he had made a human sized crater in the pavement. Godou ran over to the crater and looked down into it. There was Dante lying still, his body was covered in bruises and his clothes had been torn.

"Hey are you okay?" He asked as he helped the older boy sit up. He was a little bit shocked that he didn't have any worse wounds than those bruises.

"Yeah, it's just I'm really…" before he could finish was he cut out by a growl that almost rivaled that boar from before. This made Erica and Godou to tense as they looked around them, but they couldn't see anything that looked like it could have made that noise. They then understood what it was when Dante finished. "Hungry."

Later…

Godou, Erica, Dante and Maria had as soon possible searched for someplace to eat before continuing towards a train station. Right now was Godou and Erica sitting outside waiting for the train while the other to was inside talking about the train's departure times. Erica was just done explaining about Heretic gods and why he was able to see one.

"You have such a powerful grimoire, but you don't even know that much?"

"I've been telling you, I'm only here to return this."

"To whom?"

"Uh, let's see…" he said as he started to search his back pocket for the note with the name and address of the person he was gonna return it to. "Lucretia Zola."

"Lucretia? The great mage, the Witch of Sardinia? Why would she give a grimoire like that to a Japanese person?"

"I don't really know, but my grandfather got it when he was young. It sounds like he dated Lucretia-san a long time ago." He informed her.

"You're grandfather is quite sociable, then."

"Why are you looking at me?" he asked before remembering something that he wanted to ask. "Back then when Dante was fighting that... god. How come he was able to fight back?"

Erica looked at Godou as he had asked her the question. After a short pause she answered. "That was the power of one that has slayed a god and become a King. A Campione."

"Slayed a god? How is that possible?"

"It isn't. It's impossible to kill a god." She responded as she looked him deep in the eyes.

"But then how come…" Godou tried to ask but couldn't get the words out of his mouth. Erica was about to answer but stopped as she saw Dante and Maria returning.

"By going against the world's logic itself or have an absurd amount of luck." Dante explained as he stood besides the bench they were sitting on. "And we have some bad news. All trains today has been canceled."

As he said that, stopped Godou to care about the news about his new friend and shoot up from his seat. "What, why?"

"Because there has apparently been a hurricane that has swept over the island." he said as he scratched the back of his head before continuing. "So we will have to get a new means of transportation. "

"That won't be a problem. After all, I do have access to a car. All you have to do is tell me where you wanna go." She offered with a smile as she stood up from her seat on the bench.

"Oh… alright, thanks." He thanked her with a small bow. She gave him a smile and turned her attention towards Godou.

"Godou, could you please carry my luggage to the car?"

"Huh? Why in the world would I carry your luggage? And why are you coming with us anyway?" He asked her as he hadn't been told why she was tagging along with them.

"I can't leave you guys now can I. After all, you possess a powerful grimoire and he is a an unknown Campione that wasn't revealed until just recently." She informed them as she pointed at Godou and Dante respectively. "It is my duty as a knight of the Copper Black Cross to keep an eye at both of you. And regarding you Godou, you should feel lucky. Under normal circumstances, would I have taken that grimoire from you at swords point."

Godou, Dante and Maria just stared at her as all of them remembered how their first meeting had went. After almost a minute of silence decided Godou to speak. "Didn't you threaten me with a knife as soon as we meet."

"What are you talking about?" She asked him with an innocent smile. This pissed Godou of. But before he could respond, felt he a hand on his shoulder. He looked back and saw Dante with a reassuring as he slowly shook his head. Telling him it wasn't worth it. He then proceeded to take one of Erica's bags before walking past her, towards where the car was parked. Godou looked at the older boy before turning towards the smiling beauty. He then took the other bag and followed Dante towards the car.

Meanwhile turned Erica her attention towards Maria, her smile dropping slightly. Maria gave her a nervous smile as the two stared at each other. Maria didn't know what to say to break the awkward silence. They just stood there quiet before Erica decided to break the silence. "I have two questions to ask you. My first one: what are you? You give of the same feel as a Campione but at the same time you don't. So tell me what are you."

Maria looked down at the ground, her glasses slipping down the bridge of her nose. She looked up as they were now at the edge of her nose. She could see them. The strings sprouting from where Erica's heart was located. Some of the strings shout of into the distance towards people far away while others drifted towards people nearby like Godou, Dante and herself.

"I am not a Campione but I'm not human either. I am human but a Campione at the same time. This is what mother Pandora told me when I was given the power of a god."

This just confused Erica as she didn't really understand what she was saying. So she just kept quiet and Maria continued.

"I am the world's first half Campione. While I can use the power of the god I slayed, without a strong enough seal I would drop dead on the ground after using it just once. This is one of the reasons we have to meet our mother."

Erica just stared at Maria shocked. This little girl had said it like she was ready to let death embrace her at any moment. She was cut out of her thoughts as she heard Maria speaking once more. "So what is your second question?"

Erica was quiet for a bit before responding. "I was never answered before when I asked for your and your brothers full name. "

As Erica said that noticed Maria that one of the strings that had shootout into the distance started to move, like a wind that only it could feel had blown over it. Maria smiled as she responded. "I don't need to tell you. You will find out soon enough." She then proceeded to follow where the two older boys had went, leaving Erica there confused. Erica then just shrugged it off and started walking towards her car where the others were waiting for her.

They then sat down into the car. Arianna asked them where they were going and Erica told her that they were going to the Witch of Sardinia's mansion.

Erica was sitting besides Arianna as she was driving the car towards their location while the other three was sitting in the back. Dante was sitting behind Arianna's seat while Godou was behind Erica's, between them was Maria.

As they were driving towards their location was Godou, Maria and Dante sitting there frozen in fear of Ariannas driving. Dante was experienced with fighting monsters and sometimes even gods without fear and Maria was always aware that one day death might claim her, but they couldn't help but feel fear as they were driving along the road. For Godou it was a lot more understandable as this was his first day with these kind of life threatening dangers, and Erica was experienced with how Arianna was driving so she didn't worry at all.

After a couple of hours driving had they arrived outside Lucretia's mansion. Godou almost jumped out of the car and Erica stepped out calmly. "Arianna's only flaws as a maid is that she can't make a good stew, and she can't drive."

"I think I noticed." Dante responded from inside the car as he tried to make Maria let go of her seatbelt. She had been clutching it for her life during the entire ride here, and she wouldn't let go even after the car had stopped.

"I thought I was going to die." Godou said between pants as he tried to breath normally.

"I haven't seen you before. Who are you?" A voice said from the mansion's direction. Erica and Godou turned towards it's source and saw a black cat sitting at the top of the roof looking down on them.

"A cat?"

"We are here with a delivery from Kusanagi Ichirou, Lucretia Zola-sama"

"Ichirou…"

"Did somebody call?" Dante asked as he peaked out from the car. Erica turned her head towards him, not understanding why he would have responded to that. The black cat turned it's head towards where Erica was staring and looked at the figure. Wait, that brown blonde hair, those purple eyes, the aura of a god slayer, it had to be.

"Dante…" the cat whispered to itself as it recognised the young man. Dante looked up at the cat. But before he could say anything stepped Maria out of the car as fast as she could. The cat followed the movement of the youngest in the group before whispering. "Maria…"

Erica didn't know what to say as Lucretia had recognized both Dante and Maria as soon as she saw them. She didn't complain, it just confused her to no end.

As they were lead into the house by the black cat and followed it into one of the rooms they were meet by the sight of a lady from around her late twenties to early thirties. She was dressed in purple lingerie and was lying down in the rooms couch. She had light brown hair and purple eyes. And a body that would put most models to shame.

"Sorry… I shouldn't be lazy just because I can use magic." She apologized while she stroke the head of the cat that had lead them here. Godou was looking down on her with a blush across his cheeks.

"S-She's young."

"Hmm? What's the matter?" She asked as she looked up at the blushing boy.

"N-No… It's just, my grandfather said he met you when…"

"Well, I might be pretty old, compared to a normal human being. But I'm nowhere near starting to decline… Or what do you say… Dante?" She asked the oldest of the group. He could hear as Erica muttered the word lewd and let out a sigh.

"If you say things like that people will start to misunderstand." He said as he scratched his head. "And yes, you're not starting to get old, Mom."

""Wait, what, Mom?"" Both Erica and Godou asked at the same time, their eyes going between Dante and Lucretia. They could see some similarities. They shared the same eye color, except for that Dante's was of a lighter shade. Dante even had some of Lucretia's facial features. They then turned towards Maria who was standing besides Dante. They could see that Maria and Lucretia was related now when they were right in front of each other. Maria had almost identical facial features, the same brown hair and purple eyes.

"Yeah. Is it really that shocking?" Dante asked.

"Yes." Godou almost shouted at him. "Especially when she has dated my grandpa. MY GRANDPA!"

"Ah, I can still remember those days when Ichirou and I would spend our days and nights together." She told them as she sat up in the couch. Her gaze then sharpened as she looked up at Godou. "And then your grandmother made him promise to never see me again."

"Well, ehm, I" Godou stuttered under the older womans gaze. Lucretia's gaze softened a bit before continuing.

"I'm not mad about it if that's what you think. After all…" she turned her head towards her children. "If he hadn't left me I would never have meet their father. Oh, I still remember our first night together."

Both Godou and Maria blushed as Lucretia hugged herself as she was reminded of the old good days. Dante excused himself and said that he needed some air. Leaving the others with his and Maria's mother. Lucretia stopped with what she was doing and picked up the stone tablet lying in front of her.

"The Secret Book of Prometheus… That also brings back memories."

"Prometheus!" proclaimed Erica.

"Yes." Lucretia responded as she looked down at the tablet. She could feel it. The heat of the sun. The flame of the heavens that brought forth victory.

"So what do you plan to do with it?" Erica asked the older woman.

"I'm not sure… It would be terrible if bad people began gathering because this was around. If possible, I'd like someone to look after it. I could possibly have Dante and Maria look over it."

Erica's smile quickly turned into a light frown. She couldn't disagree that having a King looking over it would be the best way to make sure that it didn't get stolen. But if she could get her hands on it and send it to the Copper Black Cross, it would be a great benefit for them. She didn't think much farther as Lucretia continued.

"Tell me Boy… Did you run into anyone else on your way here?"

"Not really… Oh, I ran into this kid with Maria. He had a weird manner of speech."

"Hmm, very well. I'll give it to you." She declared, before throwing the tablet to the boy. This shocked the boy as he had just returned it, but he caught it as he didn't want it to break.

"Wait just a second! He's a beginner at magic! If you give it to him, he'll just…" Erica protested.

"Yeah, I came all the way here just to give it back." Godou agreed with Erica.

"The god wishes for it to be in the hands of that boy." Lucretia explained.

"No way." Erica said in defeat.

"What happens by chance is inevitable. All the strings of fate are spun together. Do you not understand?"

A blush appeared on Erica's cheeks before she responded. "O-Of course I don't understand! A precious grimoire from the era of the gods… I can't believe this foolishness!" She turned around and walked out of the room leaving Godou and Maria with the Witch of Sardinia.

With Dante

Dante had walked out to the houses backyard to get some air. He stood in the middle of the backyard and was stretching a little. He felt the wind blow making the leaves rustle. He opened his eyes and looked up at the orange sky as the sun was setting. He then turned his attention to a nearby tree.

"I know you're there."

As he said that could rustling be heard from it, then in the blink of an eye had a girl with long purple hair appeared in front of Dante. She was kneeling with both of her knees at the ground, her left hand at the ground and her right arm across her chest with her hand over her heart. She was dressed in what reminded a lot of ninja attire, except that it was white and had more of an egyptian design. She had a white face mask that half of her face and her neck as well. It had a golden band over the bridge of her nose. She had an impressive figure and had tanned skin, more so than Dante. She looked up at him with yellow eyes, much like those of a cat.

"I wouldn't expect less from you, Lord Dante." The girl said humbly before she looked down at the ground again.

Dante just sighed before asking. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to deliver what you asked for." She informed as she took out three vials from her cleavage. Each of the vials was filled with green powders of different shades, indicating that each one was different. Dante walked closer to the girl and took the vials. He opened each one of them and took a sniff.

"This is what I asked for, thank you." He thanked the girl as he inspected the content of the vials. He then looked down at the girl again. "Now tell me why you're really here."

"I guess you knew then."

"It has to be more when I have been feeling your presence all the way from the city." He answered. "But I still don't understand how you were able to hold onto the bottom of the car."

The girl's expression instantly became scared at the mentioning of Arianna's driving. "I regret that I decided to do that." She whispered to herself. She shook it off and looked up at Dante and stared him straight in the eye.

"I have gotten some interesting news from the headquarters, Lord Dante." She began. "There is apparently three gods here in Italy at the moment. Two of which will most likely be fighting each other tomorrow."

Dante thought about what he had heard. Three gods so close to each other, it wasn't surprising that at least two of them would fight each other. But what kind of gods they were, he wasn't sure. No, that was a lie. Some of his Authority's had been reacting ever since he arrived at Sardinia.

"One of them is a god of storms." He stated calmly.

"Yes, after doing some research we were able to find out that they had fought before. The god of storms that you mentioned is Melqart, a King of Gods. And the god he fought was the Persian god of War and Victory: Verethragna." She informed him, seeing that he already knew that there was Gods not to far away.

"So it will be a fight between a King and a Warlord." He put his hand under his chin as he started to think. A toothy grin then spread over his face as he thought about the possibility to fight two gods known for their strength. "This will surely be interesting."

The girl gulped as she saw the grin. While Dante was mostly calm and didn't search for a worthy opponent, when one appeared in front of him it was like throwing a lamb into the lion's den. He would be more than happy to fight and the last time it happened was when he slayed his second god while he was in Egypt. "Don't tell me you're going to fight them. Last time you went serious we had to erase many people's memories. We almost exposed a Heretic god to the other organizations and our existence."

"Oh, how could I forget. I support a magic organization that has been keeping all the other organizations outside their country in the dark. But I guess it's for the best, considering what's going on inside your organization. For example what they did with your older brother."

"Lord Dante, I would appreciate if you didn't bring up my brothers condition." She said now a little bit irritated. "But I do agree that the Red Sands organizations methods can sometimes be… questionable."

Dante raised an eyebrows at this. "Questionable? If I remember correctly was your brother forced to read the Book of Thoth. It's a miracle that he is even alive. Don't you agree, Ebony?"

Ebony frowned as she was reminded of what had happened to her older brother. "I know very well that their methods can sometimes be cruel, but remember that without those... 'experiments' we would have disappeared long ago. And it would also mean that your sister would have been dead long ago."

"I know and I am forever grateful. Now what about the third god?" Dante asked as he had a feeling that the others started to wonder why he took so long.

"I'm sorry, my Lord. But we haven't got any information regarding the third god. But we have some speculations that tell us that it might have some kind of connection with Princess Alice's profeci of the starless night. I'm sorry my Lord but I have to go now." She told him before standing up and bowed. She then disappeared in the blink of an eye. In just that moment walked Godou out of the building.

"Hey Dante, what is taking you so long? Lucretia is about to offer us something to eat." Godou told him. Dante smiled as he walked over to the other boy.

"Well that's something I don't want to miss. I haven't tasted my mom's cooking in forever."

"It still feels a bit weird knowing that you're her son while also knowing that she dated my grandfather."

Dante thought about about it for a bit. He then responded. "Yeah it is weird. But I'm not complaining." Dante responded to the younger boy. He let go of Godou and walked into the house, leaving Godou in the backyard. Godou soon followed the older boy, but before he entered the building turned he to look at the empty backyard.

'Weird, I could have sweared that I heard him talk with somebody.' Godou thought as he thought he had heard another voice before. He shook it off and entered the house.

Later that day

Godou, Dante, Erica and Arianna was currently in the living room. Maria had gone to bed as it had gotten pretty late and Lucretia was by herself in her room. Erica had found Lucretia's wine collection earlier when they were going to eat. Right now was several bottles of Nepente DI Oliena lying on the table in a mess. Erica was currently trying to make a decoration mask pour her another glass of wine, thinking that it was Godou.

"Hey, Dante how come you're not drunk like Erica. You have even been drinking almost as much as her and Arianna combined." He asked the only other boy in the entire building. Dante was currently taking a long sip from his glass of wine as he was asked the question.

"I think it has something to do with my genetics, or the fact that I'm a Campione." He answered as he finished drinking of his wine. Godou had been lectured by Erica about what a Campione was. He still couldn't believe that Dante had slayed a god. But what was the most shocking was when Dante had told him that he had the potential to become a Campione. He didn't know why but it felt like he spoke the truth when he told him about it.

"Do you really believe that I can become a Campione?" Dante looked over at Godou as he asked the question. Godou looked straight into Dante's eyes. What was different was the fact that his right eye was currently giving of a light blue light from his iris. Dante had told them earlier that it is one of his Authorities.

"I don't believe, I know that you can become one." He answered Godou with certainty. It shocked Godou a little, but ever since Dante's eye started shining had he spoke with some kind of power behind his every word. Godou looked into the blue eye and in the next moment was he lying on the ground outside with rain falling from the dark clouds above. Floating in the air above him was the boy from earlier, with a golden sword stabbed through his chest. The body of the boy soon disappeared and was replaced with the ten incarnations that Lucretia had told him about earlier. The Gale, The Bull, The Camel, The Boar, The Youth, The Bird of Prey, The Ram, The Goat, The Warrior and The White Stallion that was currently residing inside the Book of Prometheus. Each one of them was represented on a disk that was attached to a much bigger disk, making them go around in a circle. They then started to float towards Godou and he felt as they pushed into his chest. He was then suddenly back inside the house.

"What was that?" He asked in disbelief. That had been too real to be a dream but at the same time it had been too unreal to be reality.

"That is one of the many paths that you have a choice to take." Dante informed as he stood up and started walking up the stairs. He dragged Arianna with him to her as she currently in a laughing frenzy from all the wine. Leaving Godou alone with Erica who was scolding 'Godou' for hurting her finger. Godou sighed before standing up and went to Erica to get her to her room.

When they got to the room, mistake Erica Godou for Arianna and had him undress her. As he was about to leave noticed he that the door was locked. He knocked on the door trying to get either Dante's or Lucretia's attention. Just on the other side was Dante standing there with a smile. His eye showing him that everything was now in motion. He walked away from the door to bid Lucretia good night. As he got to her room could he see her holding the key in her hand.

"Tell me what do you think of him Dante?"

"To get the favor of a god is almost unheard of in this day and age and he did it without even realising it. He posses one of the condition that is crucial to become a King." he began, knowing that she already what he was talking about.

"Absurd amounts of luck." She finished knowing what he was hinting at. She then picked up an object which was wrapped with a piece of clothe. "Care to explain what this is?" She asked her son as she pulled off the clothe. Under it was a broadsword that appeared to be completely made out of silver. Along the blade was several flames scribed into the metal that was perfectly symmetrical. Dante's gaze sharpened a little as he saw her hold up his sword.

"I have created that blade in hope of it working with my latest Authority. As it tends to destroy anything that I wield that isn't of divine origin." He informed as he took back his blade and wrapped the cloth around it once again. He walked over to the door but stopped before walking out. "Good night mom, see you tomorrow."

He then walked out of the room and towards one of the guest rooms. He didn't even bother to undress as he knew it would be an early day tomorrow. But as the cloak struck twelve started he to feel agonising pain in his chest. It felt as if he was impaled not to far from his heart. He panted slightly as the pain disappeared and he soon fell asleep.

Meanwhile, Red Sand Headquarters

Inside one of the magic organization's cells was a young man in his early to mid twenties. He was dressed in a straitjacket, some kind of shorts of unknown material and his eyes were covered by a blindfold. He was just standing there in the center of his cell, mumbling to himself. The cell was completely dark as it had no openings to let in any light and was completely sound proof to make sure that no one could hear him as his constant mumbling was spells that would turn most people that heard them slowly insane.

"...And so five days was added" he said the last words more clearly than the others before he became completely silent. He just stood there in the middle of his cell not moving a muscle. A smile then spread over his face. A smile that belonged to a maniac. He then started to laugh a little. His laugh turned more and more hysterical until his laugh matched with his smile. He soon calmed down his laughing but his smile was still there.

The blindfold that covered his eyes then fell of from his face and landed by his naked feet. His eyes were not yellow like his little sisters but was instead a deep shade of green. He then stretched out his arms without trouble even with the restrains. The restrains then snapped and he could now move his arms freely. He walked to the only mattress in the room and picked up a journal. He rolled down the right sleeve of his straitjacket, showing his pale hand. He then bit into his index finger, making it bleed before he proceeded to write the journal with his own blood. As he finished writing healed the small wound almost immediately.

'Two Campione will be born. One tomorrow and one soon after the starless night' It stood in big bold letters of blood inside the journal. He then proceeded to his muttering once again.

Used Authorities.

Dante.

The Warriors of Valhalla: Einherjar - This Authority makes Dante able to summon the Einherjar, warriors that died in battle and was brought to Valhalla. The drawback for this Authority is that they most be 'made' out of some kind of metal and their strength is depending on what metal was used as this will become their weapons and armor. The second drawback being that Dante can only create four of them while he is on a normal plane of existence. If he uses this for example in the Astral plane would he be able to summon many more. The side effect to this Authority is that for each one that disappears in some way will Dante become much hungrier.

Incantation: Come to me my soldiers. Descend from the hall were true warriors feast and stand by my side. Forward to battle to destroy our enemies before returning to the great hall once more. Come to me, my Einherjar!

Knowledge of the Runes Origin - With this Authority can Dante create several different kinds of runes. The runes can be made of either earth, fire, iron, steel, silver, bronze or wood and will have different effects depending on which one he's using . He can create how many he want to but it can only be used for one and a half hour each day. At the end of each day will he feel anguishing pain that will be worse the more he used it during the day.

Incantation: I will accept pain in my search of answers. I will accept hanging outside the world in my search for knowledge. Now appear before me, the power of knowledge and I shall bear this pain.

Author's note.

Please review and give tips or thoughts about the story. Also I'm wondering if I should start reading the light novel so please tell me if I should give it a try.