I'm the Antichrist.

No, not that Antichrist. That's just a Biblical misconception with the whole anti-Jesus thing. Really I'm a cambion- a child of human and demon. People like me are pretty rare, and supposedly we're supposed to align with Lucifer. Well, anyway my power has been on the rise lately- must mean that Lucifer is back. I mean, those two hunter guys and that angel did show up randomly when I was younger to try and "train" me for supernatural stuff. But then I learned I was a cambion, so yeah.

I went to Australia a while back, tried living in the Outback, exorcising the occasional demon squadron who came after me. After a while my power seemed to wear off. For a moment back then I thought it'd be hell to be stuck in the Outback without anything. But the power is still there. It's just in a dramatically lessened form. Teleportation actually kinda takes a while- before, I could just think of somewhere, and I'd be there. Once I appeared right in the Pentagon- freaked out all the government officials. I just excused myself and teleported out before the guards could get me.

But now the power's stronger. It's coming back, and I can feel my might coming back to me. Not that I'd use it for bad things- like that hunter guy said, I need to train myself. And I distinctly remember that the angel who I turned into an action figure may or may not have said that I could kill off all the angels with a word. Sounds disgusting. After all, Heaven does need angels. And I actually respect Michael and Gabriel and Raphael and all those other guys. They're cool- sons of God and all that. Nothing like what demons are.

Anyway, there's been more demons coming for me. I mean, it's really nothing. Snap, snap, snap. Bunch of black clouds flying off to nowhere. Yawn. It's boring, really. But one time there was a guy- he called himself Crowley, and man, was he dangerous! I mean, I could still exorcise him, but it took like five tries. And then his henchmen took the poor host dude and disappeared. I shudder to imagine multiple Crowleys going after me. I mean, they could actually take me head on!

So lately I've been watching anime. It's stupid, but when you're as powerful as I am, you get bored pretty quickly. And the funniest one to watch is well, Highschool DxD.

I got the official dub a year before it actually came out, because Antichrist powers, right? It's pretty cool, especially with that killer-looking stripper angel who tried to kill the main character and died while trying to fight him off. And then I started wondering- could I transport myself into DxD?

It was a dumb thought, but lately it's been gnawing at me. More demons are coming at me- not a lot, but enough to get worried. Currently I'm shacking up in London, manifesting money to pay the bills. Once, two of them kicked down the door. It was hella surprising, even though they got exorcised a minute later. Had to get the manager out and help me drag the dudes down to the police station.

"Highschool DxD," I said to the emptiness of my flat, "should I or should I not enter you?"

Given the fanservicey qualities of the show, that sounded really wrong.

I picked up the DvD and looked at Rias Gremory on the DvD cover. Man, that Issei Hyoudou must be really good at what he does. I would love to have a harem, but no one's interested.

And to be honest, I've always liked that stripper angel lady. Raynare was her name, I think. I mean, not just because of her body. I mean, because of her intentions. Save the fallen angels, all that crap. Maybe I could manifest her right now.

But then that would be weird. Better to actually go into DxD and change things.

And so I did. Picked up the DvD and focused all my energies into the tape, and suddenly the world seems to warp! Everything is so sharply focused I think my eyes might give out, and then BOOM! All of a sudden, I'm in animation land.

So yeah, that's that.

Now if I can only find Kuoh Academy and use my magical cambion energy- whoah.

Remember how I said Lucifer powered my power?

Well, in this world, that power seems to be magnified by at least ten.

Lucifer's dead in this world, though. He got killed by the original Four Great Satans- at least, I think- and then they became the Satans. Maybe I'm drawing power from Sirzechs Lucifer. That would be weird. To draw power from a redhead guy with massive-ass shoulder pauldrons.

With a sigh, I stand up, looking around and trying to get used to the world of animation. DxD really does have a more vibrant feel to it than other animes, which makes it seem like virtual reality to me. Only, it's not virtual reality.

I wonder if I can get out of DxDland.

I snap my fingers, expecting results.

Nothing.

I snap again.

Nothing.

"Darn it!" I yell to the empty space, "I can't do anything!"

A tree blows up. Next to it, its kin start to die and rot.

"Oh," I say to myself, "Just the whole getting out of DxDland. Now to go find Raynare and set things straight!"

Well, shucks. At least Crowley and his lot can't get to me now.

I thought of Issei Hyoudou and where he was at the moment. And also, where exactly in time did I manifest myself in? Season 2? Season 3? Or am I in the light novels? I mean, I have all twenty-two of them. I paid for them, with quid I manifested out of thin air. Kinda funny really.

I look around again. Flat green fields as far as the eye could see.

Well, time to get moving again, and to find Kuoh Town. 'Cause then I can find Issei and the gang. Hope I didn't arrive too soon.

The green fields and forest had seen a boy appear out of nowhere. Now he disappeared, to wherever his travels might take him.

The fallen angel Raynare watched from afar, and she shuddered. She had felt the might that the boy had manifested, and she trembled. Nothing had made her feel fear like that, not in millennia. The energies were of devil origin, that was for sure.

What was more fearful was that the teenaged boy had literally said her name and promised to 'set things straight.' She had never seen him in all the years since she Fell, and she did not want to entreat further with him.

Raynare extended her black wings and took off into the distance, with two things on her mind- one to inform Azazel of a possible new powerful player in the war, and the fact that he wanted to set things straight with her.

Perhaps she had killed one of his friends. Raynare didn't remember. Millennia of kills had disrupted her memory of the dead. But what really disturbed her was the fact that he had spoken so cheerfully about finding her.

Maybe he was a secret admirer from afar. Maybe he simply wanted to murder her.

Maybe- no, fuck that. There were too many maybes here.

Raynare flew on into the brilliant noon sky.