Hatred Gear: The Beginning of the End
By theschwa72
A/N: This is a shameless self-insert fic (sort of) based on Dis Lexic's self-insert fic. (Read it and look at the similarities) I'm taking a few of their elements from their story, but this work will be my own. I'm going to follow canon mostly, but there will be things that differ. Irregardless, here is the first chapter. Oh, and in case it wasn't obvious, I don't own High School DxD.
Chapter 1: A Death, a Life
I was walking down the sidewalk when I saw it. The stray dog I'd grown to have an attachment to, crossing the street, with a car coming. Thinking fast, I ran out to get it out of the path, since I couldn't feel life was worth living without the tiny ray of hope this dog represented. The last thing I knew was the screeching of brakes and the honking of a horn.
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Where am I? I wondered. I'm floating in nothing? Is this what being dead feels like? I would've tried harder to stay alive if I knew it was this boring.
"Don't be like that," a man in a business suit said, popping up next to me, and suddenly, I was in a hard-backed chair, with the man sitting across from me. "If you think this is boring, check out the Fields of Asphodel. Standing in wheat fields for eternity? Now that's boring."
"Um, who are you? I thought I was dead," I said, confused.
"Oh, how rude of me. I'm Bill. I'll be your Grim Reaper."
"I'm Will," I said. "Now, what happens? Do I go to the Fields now?" Then I thought, What the heck is going on? A Grim Reaper named Bill? What kind of joke is this?
"Well, here's the thing, Will - we weren't expecting you to die so soon, so we don't have any place in our schedule to judge you. So, you have two options; we reincarnate you, or we send you to the Fields for eternity."
"I don't want to be bored for all eternity..." I said, shaking my head. "So I just get reincarnated into the same life? That sounds like hell, too."
"Well, what we could do - my brother Dave suggested this, by the way - is reincarnate you into what you call a fictional world. Seeing as we already successfully did it with one world, we'd like to put you in the same piece of fiction, but without the... other person in it."
"So, what you're saying is that I can go into a fictional world and have fun? That sounds great!" I said excitedly. "But wait, what's the catch?"
"Well, funny you should ask. The 'catch' is that you'll be reincarnated into a female body, since we want to see how many of the main characters you can turn not straight."
"Wait, which piece of fiction is this?"
"High School DxD."
"WHAT THE FUCK!" I screamed, and Bill covered his ears. "I probably shouldn't have seen that anime... but to think that I'm going to be reincarnated into that world... WHAT THE FUCK!"
"So, you accept?" Bill asked after uncovering his ears. I nodded, and he replied, "Good luck, Kasumi Kurosawa."
"What the - that's my name? Will I remember my old life?"
"Yes, once you become aware that you shouldn't talk about it with other people. Goodbye, and if you die prematurely in this world without doing anything good, you'll go to the Fields."
"I'd better not die then," I snarked to myself. "Bye."
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I, sixteen-year-old Kasumi Kurosawa, woke up with my brother, Takumo, yelling at me.
"Sis, get up! You'll be late for school!" I groaned and sat up, brushing my black hair out of my eyes and looking at myself in the mirror.
God, I look terrible, I thought, seeing my long black hair all tangled and my brown eyes looked like I hadn't slept in weeks. I really need to get more sleep. But I couldn't, because I was anticipating the start of the canon shortly. Issei Hyodo had started going to Kuoh Academy, and it wasn't going to be long before Rias took him in - after he got stabbed in the stomach, of course.
"Sis, I'm coming in if you don't get up!" Takumo threatened, and I hollered back,
"I'm getting up!" Takumo had taken care of me since our parents died, even though he was only three years older. He had a good-paying job that he did from his computer, and I was thankful that he could work and still be able to get me up, because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to.
I started getting ready, and once I was done, I grabbed a piece of toast on my way out the door. I ran to school, and went to my first class.
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After club time began, I was walking home, not having a club, when I saw Issei talking to a girl I recognized as Yuuma. I overheard,
"Will you go out with me?" and then smirked as I turned to go another way.
Finally, canon is beginning! Now I'll just tell Takumo I'm going for a walk around sunset, and then go to the park they go to, and hide to see what happens, so that I can catch Rias when she comes. Yes, that will work.
I went back home, and then explained to Takumo that I was going out a little before sunset, and he smirked, saying that he was glad I finally got a date. I stuck my tongue out at him, and went to my room to do homework while I waited for the sun to go down.
Finally, canon will start, and this boring life will cease to be boring! That was the reason I saved that dog, wasn't it? Because I felt attachment to him, and he was the last thing I loved. I began to tear up, remembering my past life. Shit, I can't cry! Not when canon is about to start! But... I don't think that I could have made it another day if I hadn't seen that stray. Not when - shit, I'm rally going to cry - he died.
I loved him so much! Why did he have to get killed?
But who's the one that almost killed themself afterwards? And then literally got killed? asked a treacherous voice inside me.
Shut up! I... I... I didn't mean to, though - so, there. The other voice shut up. I held my head in my hands for a while, allowing myself to grieve for what I'd lost.
Finally I reasoned that it was late enough, and went out the door, Takumo making a snide comment about how I couldn't get a boyfriend before and that he was so proud, and me retorting that I didn't see him with anyone.
I got to the fountain, and Issei and Yuuma weren't there yet, and there was no pool of blood on the ground, so I assumed I was early. I hid in the bushes, and sure enough, Issei and Yuuma were walking down the path, hand in hand, until they came to the fountain. They hugged, and I knew what was coming, as I overheard,
"Will you die for me?" I saw the transformation and Issei's shock, and then winced as I saw the spear of light pierce Issei's abdomen. "I suppose you'll die now, won't you? Pitiful human, blame God for putting your Sacred Gear in you. And you should blame -" Yuuma, or rather, as I knew her, Raynare, whirled around to look directly at me, fury in her eyes. "Stand up, Outsider! You have no place here!" I stood up, looking directly at Raynare, and asked,
"Outsider? Is that your name for a human with no Sacred Gear?" She shook her head violently, and replied,
"You... shouldn't exist here! You're not of this world!" I gulped, wondering if I would die, and how Raynare knew I wasn't part of the world. Then I remembered Bill's parting words about the Fields of Asphodel.
I can't go to the Fields! I can't be bored for all eternity! So now, what do I do? Wait, there should be a summoning slip in Issei's pocket. If I can get it and make a wish, Issei might be able to be saved - and so might I.
I ran over to Issei, looking in what was supposed to be mock horror that quickly turned into quite real horror as I saw the blood and gore coming from him. I slipped my hand into his pocket, and found a slip of paper. I looked at it and smirked inwardly.
Checkmate, Raynare. After I summon Rias - I had no more time to think as a spear of light pierced my abdomen as well, and I crumpled in pain. Shit, if I can just get Rias here, with her red hair, pale skin, and huge boobs - screw this, Rias Gremory, I summon you! I was about to pass out when I saw a magic circle appear, and as my consciousness faded, I saw Rias step out of it. I'm saved.