The Wrath Of Heaven

by Maddox139

A few years has passed since Hikigaya had graduated from highschool. Little has changed for him and his one and only companion remains to be his shadow. Thinking back, maybe he shouldn't have joined the police force since he had been assigned to investigate supernatural crimes. Well... at least he was not a corporate slave. (Discontinued)

Prologue

Highschool DXD: The Wrath of Heaven

000

Night falls, bringing along with it the pervasive darkness. The streets of Kyoto buzzed with activity and artificial neon lights illuminate the sky. Most humans remained oblivious to the unseen world they live in and continued with their undisturbed lives. Forever unknowing of the mysteries of their world and forever ignorant of the dangers that live amongst them.

Like the predators of the night, a man clad in ancient armour stalked his prey from the roofs of the urban jungle. He followed the movements of his target diligently and studied his opponent. Effortlessly, he leaped with utmost grace and landed silently on the roof of another building.

Even with years of intense training, he could not deny his growing apprehension to the coming battle with his objective. The man he was hunting was no mere human. He was a Hero… of the Khaos Brigade. His prey seemed oblivious to his presence but he knew that the battle maniac had already detected him long ago and was leading them to a more private location for their battle.

Heaving a sigh, the warrior continued to follow his opponent. 'Cao Cao, it seems like this may be my hardest battle… You crazy battle freak! But it seems like you have some honour. If not, you would have acknowledged my presence immediately when we were surrounded by people! For this, I respect you.'

The leader of the Hero faction had finally reached a small clearing in a forest and reached into his pocket to take out his cell phone. Tensing his thigh muscles, the stalker controlled the impact of his fall and landed soundlessly from a twelve story building. Taking a look at his soon to be opponent, the warrior studied Cao Cao's appearance. Cao Cao was dressed in the clothing of a normal modern day teenager and was standing casually while dialling his phone. Shocking as it was, the young man who had defeated the leader of the Grimori, the Welsh Emperor Dragon and the White Vanishing Dragon looked just like an ordinary Chinese youth.

"Yo Georg! Please transport me and my new friend to a place where we can fight! Ah! Bring along my regular battle clothes as well, thanks!" Turning around, the Chinese youth stared at his attacker before giving him a smile.

Speaking to him in mandarin, Cao Cao spoke, "Oi… What's your name?" The man clad in ancient armour looked into the eyes of his very first opponent before replying back in mandarin, "Guan Long, the descendent of Guan Yu. I have come all the way to this foreign land to complete my mission and its success requires that I defeat you, Cao Cao!"

Cao Cao eyes lit with excitement as he and his opponent spoke for ten minutes while waiting for the Dimension Lost user, Georg, to send them to a battlefield in another dimension. As they chattered, the tense atmosphere between the two men started to dissipate and they sat down on the grass talking amorously about their own lives.

"So why do you need to attack me?" Cao Cao asked. Guan Long replied with sincerity, "I offer my most humble apologies good friend, but I am unable to reveal my mission until I managed to defeat you." "Hehh… So what do you intend to do to defeat me? I mean I am called the 'Strongest human' by the Vanishing Dragon user for a reason you know. You sure you don't want to just ask me for help instead of defeating me?" was Cao Cao's reply.

Standing up, the humble warrior clenched his fist and closed his eyes while he spoke with conviction. "Again I thank you for your generosity but this must be done by my own. I will defeat you with my years of training and devotion, Cao Cao, that you can count on. So do not worry about your opponent and after all of this, I hope you find your own happiness." Opening his eyes, Cao Cao began to stand up and nodded in respect for his new found foe.

"Hey Guan Long, prepare yourself, my friend is about to send us to our fated battle. Don't worry, even if you lose I won't kill you, but there will be no holding back." Hearing this, Guan Long smiled, "That is preferable. May the best warrior win, my fellow country man."

Moments later, the two warriors were engulfed within a white mist and soon, the battle over the title of the 'Strongest human' will take place.

000

…In the eyes of a certain Chinese idiot…

When the mist cleared, the surrounding environment had remained the same, however, the ever present sounds of activity had died. Spotting a building, I ran towards it and built up my momentum. As I passed by the streets I scouted over before, I noticed that they were devoid of anyone. Using my built up momentum, I leaped up and my right foot landed on the wall of the building. Thoughtlessly, my leg muscles moved on their own and the years of vigorous training took over. With my two feet I ran up the building by leaping forward. Using one last leap, I landed on the roof of the building I had been scaling for the past few seconds.

The view from up here was breath taking; the twinkling of the stars light years away and the silence of the buzzling city night seemed to soothe my aching soul. Even if this was all an illusion, the Dimension Lost sacred gear worked wonderfully in recreating the scenery with extreme precision. However, I am not here to enjoy myself, truth be told, there is little value of the existence of a world such as mine right now. A world where humanity blames our righteous God for anything that goes wrong is not a world where I wish to live in. This world endorses itself in sin, forgetting much of the values that were passed down from the creator. Even the church seems to have forgotten their role as the protectors of the human race. How pathetic.

Returning from my loathing of this world, I surveyed the city beneath me. It seems like Cao Cao wants to fight by hunting the hunter. Tsk… In times like that, I returned back to the teachings of my training back when I was in Shao Lin temple. I sat down and meditated, burrowing my eyes in intense concentration. Soon, I was able to access what my master called the 'third eye'. Using this new found vision, I was able to detect the vibrations in the air caused by an immense power that has been generated from a source, much like how a bat uses its sensitive hearing to conduct a miniature sonar scan of its surroundings.

This 'third eye' is nothing but an exaggerated term when the mind locks itself in intense concentration such that my senses of touch, hearing, taste and smell become highly enhanced and I am able to 'read' the difference in vibration patterns in the wind. About a minute had passed and soon my 'third eye' has picked up an irregularity in the speed of the wind. Locking on to the direction of where this irregularity came from, my spine shivered when I felt a faint surge of power coming from there. Hmm… I know that Cao Cao is smarter than what many perceive him to be and like his ancestor, Cao Cao is an excellent strategist. However, my ancestor was the one that managed to defeat the ancient Cao Cao in the past and I intend to repeat that as well.

Knowing that this could indeed be a trap, I decided to take the silent approach. Taking a few steps at a time to move forward to my objective, I waited and scanned my surroundings again and again with my 'third eye' technique. It does not matter if this may take hours to even begin the fight with Cao Cao, for I have the time to fight a war of attrition with him.

After three hours have passed, I was finally in view of where the irregularity had come from. What I saw made me tenser than I already was. My first battle would occur with the man before me right now. Mother, father, your son will not fail you!

"Let us begin this fight Cao Cao!"

000

The warrior in ancient Chinese armour shouted and the two Chinese men began to draw their weapons. From his back, Guan Long unhooked his Chinese Halberd or Guan Dao and began to move in a circular motion around his opponent. Cao Cao called forth his sacred gear, True Longinus and activated the spear's deadly holy blade, casting it into the same shape as that of the Guan Dao.

Cao Cao was a man of strategic planning and fought most of his battles with his mind, Guan Long on the other hand fought with his spirit and thus he charged first.

With his battle cry that depicted his spirit as an aggressive celestial dragon, Guan Long charged towards his opponent whom he had come to respect. The Guan Dao's blade was constructed with a resilient green mineral which was formed from the life essence of the Chinese dragons. In the moonlight, its alluring reflection brought along with it, elegance and authority. As the warrior crossed the battlefield in mere milliseconds, Cao Cao quickly prepared his sacred gear to thwart away his opponent's move.

His precise calculation enabled Cao Cao to effectively block each blow and stab from his opponent. Both of the warriors fought with extreme speed, their spirit for battle clashed with one another. They traded hits with their staff while each warrior managed to block or evade every lightning fast hit that came. As Guan Long began to use the blade of his weapon to slice at his opponent's rear, Cao Cao used his agile legs to kick away the offending weapon from attacking him while he leaned forward to deliver a stab with the True Longinus. Guan Long reacted instantaneously and used his left arm to block the True Longinus from making any damage.

Deciding that their stalemate was enough, Guan Long jumped back thirty feet and landed with a stance prepared to charge in once again. Realising that Guan Long had decided to fight with more subtlety, Cao Cao began to spin his Halberd with both hands and created an impenetrable wall created from the rapid movements of the spinning Halberd. Seeing that Cao Cao had built up an incredible defence, Guan Long charged in without hesitation and he too, rotated his Guan Dao with an intense speed that matched his opponent's. Guan Long charged in again with his own spinning halberd and clashed, hilt against hilt, blade against blade with Cao Cao. The intense force from their battle generated sparks as metal clashed against metal, each trying to cut the other. With a sudden move, Guan Long spun 360 degrees with his Guan Dao at his waist as he began to spin. This forced Cao Cao to duck from the sudden cut that went for his lower abdomen; however, it also gave him an opening to attack from above.

With intense force, Cao Cao leaped two meters in the air and used his sacred gear to stab downwards. Anticipating this, Guan Long leapt while he was spinning, resulting in an extremely high velocity attack that Cao Cao had difficulty in evading or blocking. GONG! The hilt of the Guan Dao smacked the left side of Cao Cao's face and he was sent flying towards the glass windows of a stall. Recovering quickly, Cao Cao leapt out of the window and they resumed their intense battle.

As the hour passed, they battled their way across from street to street and had left a trail of destruction along their paths. However, neither warrior was ready to give up as they continued the battle of their lives.

Three hours has passed and the sounds of clashing metal still resonated through the empty streets of Kyoto. With a heave of effort, the panting warrior stood up again as he climbed out of a crumbled building. His amour had lost its original shine and was covered in blood and dirt as he endured the everlasting battle with his enemy, Cao Cao. Cao Cao had begun to grow desperate as his stamina continued to deplete, as such he employed more powerful tactics and moves against the opponent he respected the most, Guan Long.

Another three hours had passed and the battle was now taking place in the palace grounds of Kyoto. Whatever ground that used to surround the palace had been devastated beyond recognition as the earth was scarred from the damage of the True Longinus. Trees were cut or uprooted while cars were burning and fallen buildings dotted the land scape.

BANG! The sounds of battled continued and Cao Cao had employed the use of the destructive capabilities of his True Longinus more frequently. BANG! Another blinding blue wave of destruction was sent from the True Longinus and again, it missed its intended target, destroying the palace walls and causing the entire left wing of the castle to crumble and fall. Guan Long hid within the ensuring chaos of the raining blocks of the castle, the dust that enveloped the surroundings gave him time to regenerate his stamina and allowed him to come up with another strategy to defeat Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was never happier in his entire life than this day, his pride as a human shimmered with ecstasy as it was a fellow country man that had given him the hardest battle of his life time. Not Hydou Issei, nor was it Azazel and neither was it Vali Lucifer, but Guan Long, a mere human. This also meant that he was contented to give his new found opponent/friend his all without fear of him dying.

When Cao Cao's range of vision could no longer detect him, Guan Long leaped four meters in the air and dived downwards with the hilt of his Guan Dao, ready to knock his opponent out.

However, with lightning fast reactions, Cao Cao evaded his surprise attack and charge forwards. As Guan Long defended against the relentless attacks Cao Cao was delivering, Cao Cao spoke while panting. "Hey I said no holding back but you still did so! That insulted my pride you know!"

"Still having time for jokes I see. Hahhh! Cao Cao you crazy battle maniac, how are you ever going to settle down one day?" Guan Long replied in a joking manner while they continued to push the offensive against the other.

"Really?! Talking about marriage when we are fighting like this… Guan Long! You really are my best friend!" Tears of joy streamed from Cao Cao's face while he delivered multiple fast paced attacks. "… Cao Cao… You must have had a sad childhood. I am truly sorry." Were it not for the intense battle, Guan Long would have shaken his head in disbelief.

Another twenty four hours had passed and destruction continued to plague the land. By now, the whole of Kyoto had been reduced to ashes and ruin. The sounds of fighting continued to rage on what remains of the streets of Kyoto. The war cries of two individuals coursed like thunder as they fought battle after battle against one another before they retreated and resumed their battle once more. By now, Cao Cao had started to use the balance breaker ability of his True Longinus. The seven divine spheres of power revolved around him as he attacked. One by one, Cao Cao called forth abilities of the spheres but none of which had managed to end the battle as of yet. On the other hand, Guan Long was at his limits as he had to duck the sphere of destruction's unending pursuit while also pre-emptively blocking Cao Cao's sudden attacks as he used the True Longinus to teleport to his exposed flanks.

Deciding for the fifth time that the battle would be concluded here and now, Guan Long charged in once again and deflected the sphere of destruction with his Guan Dao. Uttering under his breath, "God give me strength…" the warrior fought with renewed vigour and delivered fast hitting kicks, stabs and hits which Cao Cao no longer have the stamina to counter.

Each kick shattered the resilience of the man before him, each hit with his Guan Dao eliminated the resolve of Cao Cao's will to continue fighting and with one final stab through his left arm, Guan Long had dissolved Cao Cao's spirit in battle. The aggression of the celestial Chinese dragon had won. After two days, Cao Cao had been defeated.

Guan Long helped Cao Cao get back up on his feet as the leader of the Hero faction continued to cough out blood. Cao Cao looked up to the man whom he had come to respect the most in the world as he said, "So you won… never thought this day would come. Thank you for the best fight of my life good friend. Now tell me what you want from my defeat."

"For my mission to be completed, please use the most powerful ability of the True Longinus on me, the Truth Idea." Was Guan Long's reply. "Hah hah! I don't know what you are thinking if you are asking me to do this but I will honour my word. Very well then!"

As he raised his sacred gear towards Guan Long, Cao Cao begun to chant, "

O Spear. The true Holy Spear which pierces through God.

Suck the ambition of the King of Domination sleeping within me and pierce through the gap of blessing and destruction.

You. Announce the will, and turn into a glow."

000

With the end of the chant, the True Longinus glowed intensely with a holy aura. God's will was spoken and through the will of man, His will was done. When the True Longinus finally stopped glowing, it disappeared from the hands of Cao Cao. Guan Long closed his eyes and the rhythmic beating of his heart slowed, after a few moments, his heart pumped harder and the warrior felt the pulses of the holy spirit coursing through his veins. With unspoken joy, he called forth, "True Longinus!" As he commanded, the most powerful sacred gear appeared in the hands of Guan Long.

"Huh so this was what you were after all along… well you deserve it since you beat me with only your determination." Cao Cao spoke. Feeling uncertain, Guan Long asked, "Are you sure you are fine with this my friend? This is after all your weapon…" "Keep it, since God himself wants you to have it, however, answer me this. How did you avoid the ability of the Wheel Treasure sphere? It was supposed to destroy your weapon." Cao Cao questioned with sincere curiosity. In response, Guan Long smiled and with a tinge of pride he answered, "The blade of the Guan Dao I use has the protection of the celestial dragons of China, it was merged with the life essence of the dragons themselves. The weapon was not shattered because it was seen as 'life essence' instead of a weapon by the True Longinus, therefore it is immune to the Wheel Treasure ability."

"hmph… I see. So what will you do now? You said that you would tell me what your mission was after you defeated me, now shoot." "Of course fellow country man. I am aware that God no longer exists in this world. For some reason, God of the bible has been explaining much of the world's history to me through my dreams and it was His will from the True Longinus that called me here."

"Ho… so what next?" Cao Cao asked with feigned disinterest. Guan Long narrowed his eyes at Cao Cao's casual remark before replying in conviction, "Now I continue in my plans to revive the creator of the world and for that I need to find a lot of power, specifically, power from a dragon."

Seeing his friend's resolve, Cao Cao decided to play nice for once and gave him a tip. "Hmm there is one thing I can help you with, before all this I managed to use the ultimate dragon killer to drain the three quarters of the power of the second most powerful being in the world. You know… the infinite dragon!" Guan Long stared at Cao Cao in disbelief. Continuing, "-anyway the being which had stolen that power now resides in the Greek underworld with Hades, also if you can, please help me punish the Hindu God Indra would you? That bastard tried to steal the True Longinus after he betrayed me." Cao Cao ended with a pout.

Guan Long sighed in exasperation, it was going to be long and bloody journey ahead. "No worries my friend, I will help you to fight for the justice you seek, it is my debt to you." "Heh… nice guy eh? Well, all the best fellow country man! If you need help, give me a call. Until then, I bid you farewell." Cao Cao replied.

'So two fake gods and a long journey huh… For the righteous God, I will do it.' Looking at the sticky note Cao Cao had mischievously pasted on his back, he read: "First step, Kuoh Academy. Target: Issei Hyoudou. Objective: Information gathering."

'To Kuoh academy it is then. Till we meet, Hyoudou Issei.'

000

End

Afterword: Hmph… I have been planning whether I should continue this but eventually I managed to rediscover my muse which has been collecting dust for quite a while. Well, my fellow readers, continue on if this catches your interest. Also my thanks to Excorsim/Spyro and Frog-kun for translating Oregairu. It has been a really bombastic time reading it.