Author's Notes:

Anywhooozies, this is going to be my first published fic! I hope you like it! Im going to have a few beta-readers before I post each chapter to get feedback. Review or PM me if you want to help!

A/N 4NGEL: I'm the Beta! Nice to meet you also check out my Rosario+Vampire fic Psychotic Love

Faith: Haha.. This guy.. But yeah! Check his stories out! He's been a great help to me so far too!

Disclaimer: I do not own DxD!

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Chapter One

"Leo! Hurry, or else you're going to be late for the flight!" I heard my mother yell at me as I struggled to get my items through TSA. ( A/N. Where they scan to make sure that you don't bring certain items that can possible be harmful to other people.) Though to my incompetence, I had my shampoo and body wash confiscated for them being too big. Yeah, a 17 year-old is definitely going to blow up a damn plane killing himself and everyone on it. I couldn't help but laugh as they took it away, but carefully hiding my sarcastic thoughts. I didn't need to be in more trouble than I already am.

I was stopped by a man, and was told to hold my arms out so I made a "T" and began to wave a wand over probably seeing if I had any metal items on me or not. As he got to my left knee cap, it began to beep. As I rolled up my pant leg, I explain how when I was in the 3rd grade, I dislocated my kneecap, so I had to get steel plates and staples in to reinforce the injured tissue. Luckily, he did not question me further and I was on my way to flight 407. My cell phone rang.

"Honey, this is your mother, be safe baby. Call me when you get there!" my mother yelled into the cellphone.

"Yeah, I will don't worry, its just a 13 hour flight to japan, im sure it'll be fine. Hell, I'll even catch a few hours of sleep!" I replied.

"But remember honey, keep good hours, I wont be in japan to watch you, and make sure you eat healthy, and no video games-"

I cut her off.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll be fine I'll call you when I land," and with that I hung up the call. My plane was boarding in an hour, and I had a lot of time to kill.

I walked around the airport for about 10 minutes, looking at how overpriced the food was, and laughing at the occasional tourist trying to pay with foreign money. As I walked by a Subway (sandwich shop), I saw a cute girl dressed in a maid outfit with bat wings sprouting from her back. Probably cosplay, I thought.

When I tried walk pass, she politely stopped my, and handed me a flier. I thanked her, but I really didn't want one. She insisted, so I took one. Stepping away, I read the leaflet, 'I will grant your wish!' it read. I stuffed it in my back pocket, and continued to hunt for an affordable place to eat.

It was currently around 3:30 pm, and my flight left at 4:00 pm, not wanting to settle for airplane food, I rushed to the nearest Panda Express. I ordered, and sat down shoveling down the food hoping to finish before my boarding time. As I took my last few bites, my phone began to vibrate. I looked at the caller ID, but this person wasn't in my contacts. Deciding against all my instincts to answer, I did curious to who would be calling me on a time like this.

"Um... Hello?" I hesitantly said.

"LEO!" the voice yelled causing me to real back almost dropping my phone.

"Who is this..."

"Its Irina, who else dummy, where have you been? Don't tell me you forgot about me... But, can't wait to see how much you've grown." she said.

As I racked my mind for memories, it dawned on me.

FLASHBACK

"Leo, today's my last day I am moving tomorrow." a little girl with brown hair whispered into my ear.

"... Does that mean I won't see you again?" I regretfully asked in a low tone.

"Yes, probably my family and I are moving to Europe to further follow our belief in god. But I hope we do see each other in the future." Irina choked out, I could tell she was holding back tears.

"Its okay, you can cry. I wont leave you, we can stay like this if you want." I said patting her head as she crawled onto me sobbing into my chest.

"I'm g-going to miss you Leo.." She sniffled.

"Me too... me too..." I said as I hugged her tighter. "I-I love you Irina..."

She paused and look up at me with teary eyes, but this time with a smile.

"Really? Do you really love me?" She asked, and I nodded stroking her hair.

"I love you too, Leo." She whispered to me, so only two of us could hear.

Soon, she had to leave and I didn't see her since. We were 7 at the time, and we, well I really missed her.

When we were little, we would spend all our time together, school, free time, goofing around, you name it. She was the closest thing to a best friend I had and I was truly going to miss her. I remember being with her as far as I can remember, and letting go of her was very hard for me. But the world still turns with or without God...

FLASHBACK END

"Oh hey Irina, how have you been? Sorry it took me a minute." I quickly replied.

"Its okay. And good, I am in Europe still." She stated. In the background, flight 407 was announced to be boarded.

"Irina, sorry this is a bad time. I need to leave now, my flight is boarding." I said while walking. "I hope I can see you soon, bye bye."

"W-wait I need to warn you abou-" she was cut when I ended the call. I quickly turned off my cell and stood in line to be boarded.

About half way through the flight, we experienced severe turbulence. It felt like I was on a roller coaster that was on loop forever. A storm had appeared out of no where and we were caught in the middle of it. The fasten seat belt sign blinked on and off constantly and the cabin reeked of urine and vomit. I felt nauseous, but I was quickly jerked out of my trance when the plane jolted. Something had struck the plane. When I looked through the window, my fears were confirmed when half of the wing was missing off the side of the plane and was now smoldering slowly.

As I began to panic, oxygen masks descended from above me and I quickly brought it over my face. The pilot said over the intercom that lightning had struck one of the plane's wing, and we were going to have to touchdown in the middle of the ocean. I felt my stomach churn as we were losing altitude, the plane was slowly gliding to a halt. I saw a flash, and another crack. The cabin jerked then split in half, the cockpit away from the tail. I was in the tail section. Seeing this I frantically fastened my seatbelt as tight as it could. But I noticed the girl sitting next to me was unconscious, and didn't have her oxygen mask on.

I cursed the kindness in my heart as I quickly undid my seat belt to secure her oxygen mask and strap her in. As tail began to spiral into a freefall, I was thrown across the cabin before I was able to secure myself back in my seat. I cursed the situation and clung to the nearest armrest fearing for my life.

Soon I realized that the chances of survival were slim… I found myself apologizing to my mother, she had sacrificed everything to send me to study abroad whether it'd be tutoring me, or taking up extra hours and jobs to support us. Then I began to apologize to Irina, I would never be able to see her again, the girl I loved.. No, still loved. I would do anything to see her one last time, if just to say goodbye… I wanted to blame anyone, or anything, I began to curse God, why me? Out of all the flights why mine? Was it fate? Was I doomed to die? I had so many outrageous and stupid questions, but I ended up praying to him. I was desperate, I made deals that I knew I would never be able to fulfill, like going to church every sunday, or reading the bible… I braced myself for impact.

You see, I vaguely remember my dad, and from what my mother says, he left at a very early stage at my life. I always disliked him for putting my mother and I in a situation like that, but she said that my dad was a wonderful man. I couldn't bring myself to believe her, after all he did leave us with little money, and forced my mom to raise me alone. But whenever the topic about my dad arose, my mother would always ask that I forgive him, and that it wasn't my fault that he left. They were truly in love, and if I ever would meet him in the future, I'd give him a piece of my mind in his actions.

The plane sunk lower and lower until I heard a splash and mist spray wetting my face, this shook me out of my trance and woke me up. How I wasn't thrown out of the cabin is beyond me. I unhinged the nearest seat and used it as a makeshift flotation device. The water was cold, very cold. I could see people desperately looking for something to keep afloat, and I saw many bodies floating in the water, those of the people who did not survive initial impact. I shuddered looking at how the bodies were consumed by the waves one by one, never returning them to the surface.

I heard a scream. I turned to see that it was the girl that I had helped earlier. I did not think twice before I swam in her direction, she was still on the plane, the tail was sinking fast. Using all my strength, I pulled myself up out of the water and ran to her location, my wet clothes slowed me down, but I had no time to complain. I quickly undid the seat belt and removed the oxygen mask, she was freaking out. I pulled her into a hug trying to bring some sort of comfort to her.

We stood for about 2 minutes locked in a hug, forcing her to calm down. Though, the universe was not done with surprises. The roof of the plane groaned as a steel support pillar came crashing down. I was a second too late to react. I abruptly ended the hug pushing her away at the same time, making sure she avoided the falling beam. I however, was not so lucky, I looked up just in time for me to be pierced by a piece of shrapnel ejecting itself as the supports collapsed on each other. The shrapnel was probably 3 feet long, and 4 inches in diameter. The young women ran back to me, mouth open in shock as she stared at the piece pinning me down. I was bathed in my own blood, and I slowly began to lose consciousness.

I took out my passport, and the leaflet from my back pocket. In my passport, I kept photos, one of my mother and I at the park, and one when Irina and I were little. I looked at them, and I felt tears trickle over my eyes as I blacked out from blood loss and exhaustion still pinned to the floor of the plane. The last thing I saw was a flash of white, and red light. Is this death? Is this where I die? Am I going to die? I asked myself, as I was pulled into a void of darkness, eternal sleep.

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A/N:

Leo: Yo bro, why you gotta kill me off like that.

Faith: Hehe.. Who said you were dead? *Smirks*

Leo: Oh wait…

And that concludes the first chapter! Cliffy? Maybe... But that's what makes it so fun! If ya liked it, don't forget to follow and review! If ya don't, please PM me your reasons so maybe I can improve it. Will probably be updating once a week, twice if I have opportune moments to write! Well hope you have a good day! And don't forget! R&R!