Not an angel. Not a devil. Just a human. An overtly ARMED human that could fight the later two for sure but how does that protect you from their feminine wiles? It doesn't. I'm Issei, Myrmidon. There's a reason why you never heard of us….its because we're bad at PR.
Chapter 1
Issei
I bet that monsters nowadays least expect facing a knight in a complete suit of armor coming at them with medieval weaponry. Its actually funny to see a regular axe doing the job better than an actual holy sword of light.
Me and another friend are in a warehouse in our suits of armor, about to kill this spider…person that had been trying to eat people.
Judging from the smell, I think she ate someone's pets. Specifically rabbits.
Good. I hate rabbits.
"Heard her name is Viser," informs my friend, "apparently a rogue spider demon."
"Doesn't matter." I reply, "Just kill it."
My friend sighs before walking up to the wounded Viser. She glares at him but he doesn't respond. He raises his battle axe then swings down. Viser's head rolls around on the floor.
Just then I sense a few familiar energy signatures. Damn. Too late.
"Victor." I say to my friend, "We got company."
"Great." he sighs, "and all I wanted to do is fight monsters."
Not much else to say I look to find a certain group of school mates with black bat wings flying down. A mature red headed foreigner, a buxom girl with raven hair in a ponytail, a pretty boy blond, and a petite white haired girl.
Victor is ready to toss an axe at them but I hold his hand down.
"Myrmidons?" said the confused red head, "what are Myrmidons doing in Demon Terrritory?"
"Don't say that." I shrug, "lived here all my life. Then that…"
I point to the decapitated spider monster, "..and others like it decided to make a mess in my neighborhood I did what any person would. pest control."
"Issei," says Victor, "lets go. We don't need to say anything to them."
"Damn it Victor!" I yell at him, "You just told them my name!"
Victor places his hand over his mouth. With my name out there I have no choice. I flip the visor of my helmet, letting them see my face.
"Rias-Senpai." I say to the red head and leader. "Akeno-Senpai." I say to the raven head and second in command. "Kiba-Senpai." I say to the blond. "and Koneko-san" I say to the white haired girl, "We're not here to start anything."
I gesture towards Victor who nods. He casts a fire spell over the monster's corpse and we unsummon our armor, revealing our outfits underneath it.
We leave.
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Kiba
As my underclassmen Issei and his partner Victor leaves, Rias our school club president looks troubled.
"Buchou," I ask, "what are Myrmidons?"
Rias frowns, "Kiba-kun. They're humans. Dangerous humans. My brother Sirzechs said that they fought in the Biblical War and did as much damage as the Dragons on all sides."
"B-but" I sputter, "thats-"
"Impossible," She mutters, "I know. But he keeps saying that they're dangerous even if you can't detect anything from them. A seasoned veteran alone could go toe to toe with a high class devil or angel with a fifty fifty chance of winning."
I look to the Stray Devil Viser, even though she's now just a pile of charcoal I could tell from the wounds and the inside of the warehouse that it was one-sided and brutal. Bothered, I grip tighter on the sword in my hand.
How dangerous is Issei?
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Issei
Kuoh Academy is a demon school, owned and controlled by Devils. It also happens to be a prominent Private School that just became Co-Ed from middle school to college level.
With scholarships to entice more boys I thought Victor would enroll also but he just shrugged and said, "meh."
Today I am tired.
Last night we destroyed a man-eating spider demon and I am not in the mood to listen to our far-right History teacher rag on our neighbors on the other side of the pacific. We lost. We know.
I bet that if Victor did come here, Mr. Imperialist would hound my poor American Friend with questions.
Time passes and eventually the Prince AKA the most handsome and popular guy in school Kiba Yuuto approaches me during Lunch Break. His entrance makes all the girls gush over him, some squeal, others are giddy. Besides being a Myrmidon I try to live a normal life as much as possible. He talking to me just kicks up a hornets nest.
"Issei-san can you come with me?"
I nod. Already I hear yaoi fangirls mumbling.
Ew. Not even the gay people I know do what they're describing.
We don't talk on the way to the old schoolhouse, the place where the Occult Research Club is. Kiba Yuuto I believe is a swordsman judging from his stance and how he tightens his fist like he was holding an imaginary sword.
"You a swordsman?" I ask as we near the ORC club room.
"how did you know?" he says, narrowing his eyes.
"You look like one."
"and you?"
"same."
We don't talk again until after we enter the room.
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Kiba
We enter the Club Room. Issei is still an enigma to me. I just feel uncomfortable around him like he could kill us at any time. People so powerful with no known motivations sitting right next to you is unsettling. Its tense.
"Sigmar. This is a nice room."
Sigmar? I know the room is well decorated and furnished, giving off a Victorian/1920's feel but what kind of reaction is that?
"who is Sigmar?" I ask.
"Someone all Myrmidons try to be more like."
Issei frowns and mutters something before looking up. Rias, Akeno, and Koneko enter the room from the back door.
"Issei-kun," smiles Rias, "glad that you agreed to see us."
He nods, "Senpais how are you?"
"Fine." smirks Akeno, flirty as ever, "Not as much as you are Issei-kun~3"
"Anyways…" Rias hand waves, "Would it be a problem if you could explain yourself?"
The air get tenser, I'm ready to summon my swords but he starts chuckling.
"Ask away," answered Issei.
"Fine. what are your goals here?" Rias asks.
"Get an education. College. Get a good job and start a family. Fight bad guys."
"Fight bad guys?"
"Stray Devils, Evil mages, aggressive Vampires, rogue exorcists...bad guys. Our whole schtick is that we go after those who hurt others."
"Can you tell me about Myrmidons?"
"Humans who train and are equipped to fight bad guys. Otherwise we just live normal lives."
"Thats it?"
"Thats it."
"Really?"
"Yeah really."
"Then what about Victor."
"Him? He's married."
"What!? but he's…"
"Okay." he says, hands out, "The one thing I didn't mention is that we marry young."
"how young?" I ask.
"I'm supposed to have already popped the question already." he shrugs.
That is young.
"Baka Victor," he mumbles, "him and that dragoness making me look bad."
what.
"WHAT!?" we all yell.
"How did he manage that?" said a wide eyed, still stoic Koneko.
"Family finds egg." Issei sighs, "Dragon Egg. Adopted. Human Form. Bro-con. Sis-con. Should I say more?"
We shake our heads.
"Good." he say before looking in his watch, "uh Rias-senpai since we're done here may I please leave. Lunch breaks almost over."
Rias smiles, "sure thing. Oh and Issei would you like to join our little club?"
He looks into space in thought before nodding, "sure. but let me think about it first."
He exits through the front door and I walk towards the three girls.
I just don't feel right about him even if he explained everything.
"Buchou," I ask, "why do you want to bring him in?
"Thats because I've been observing for some time. He seems nice."
"Ara Ara." Akeno purrs, "You're into younger men aren't you?'
"No he just caught my eye one day and he showed promise."
"Promise to be your boyfriend…"
"I never said that!" she glares, face red.
"Cute." the raven hair pouted, "our President has love at first sight."
"No! I don't!"
huh. She does. Rias Gremory is crushing on a Myrmidon.
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Victor
As a friend of Issei I try to answer his phones calls as often as possible.
"Nii-chan! Lunch is almost ready!"
"I'll be there in a minute!"
Barring my time with Ryuki. I never understood why our parents name her something so asian since she's a western dragon from Italy but I doubt she'd change.
Given her heritage she's taller than me, she's above six feet, I'm actually a runt just a few inches above five. Everywhere we go people gawk at her very adult, sensual form, again because she's a dragon.
I get a text talking about his talk with the Gremory girl. I'll contact him later. I live alone with my wife as I get a stipend from Myrmidia as the representative and guardian of the city. Our parents are in the Himalayas training the next generation of Myrmidons.
I sit down with Ryuki at the table, she holding her breath as I try her first attempt at japanese cooking.
I take a bite of the tempura. I smile, "its good."
Giddy, she hugs me over the table. I reciprocate.
We start eating, everything seems fine until she says something I wouldn't want to hear for years.
"Nii-chan when can we have babies?"
I collapse dead.
"AHH! Nii-chan! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Sigmar what did I have to do to deserve this? Wait. Don't answer that.
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Issei
In some ways I'm lucky that I don't have a girlfriend yet. Myrmidon are old-fashioned and believed that fifteen is the age of consent based on how kids that young fought in wars centuries ago. Sigh.
My cell phone rings all of sudden. Its a number that I don't want to answer.
"yes Cuz?," I struggle to say to my otaku Cousin.
"For the love of Sigmar why didn't you tell me you slept with the Gremory clan's daughter?!"
"I did not sleep with her." I growled.
"Then what about that psychic Aigis?"
"How could I even have intercourse with a psychic robot? Besides I heard she's taken."
"Tsunako?"
"I am friends with a mafia princess, even holding hands would get a stick dynamite shoved up my ass."
"Saika?"
"I'm not gay."
"Madoka?"
"She's gay."
"Then what about that girl Iri-something…"
"FOR SIGMAR'S SAKE I WAS SEVEN! I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS SUCH A THING CALLED SEX!"
I hang up to see people in the street looking at me.
"What are you looking at!?" I growl, making everyone disperse.
Except one. A black haired girl with purple eyes and an aura that read fallen angel.
"Myrmidon." I glare, "don't even try."
She gulps and walks away stiff. Someday I'm going to get that get that hikikomori...
Someday...
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Victor
"Nii-chan! Nii-chan!..."
Ugh….
I wake up groaning. The clock says I was out for a couple hours. A familiar killing intent woke me up.
"Issei sure hates his cousin doesn't he?" I grumble.
"Nii-chain you're alive!"
"Of course I am."
"Thank God!"
"Ryuki…"
"Sorry." she pouts, "Thank Sigmar."
"oh and Ryuki."
"hmmm?"
"any calls while I was out?"
"just one. More stray devils."
I get up. This is serious.
"where? what kind? how many? why?"
"City outskirts, humanoids numbering twenty, they seemed to be after an ex-nun with a sacred gear."
Sacred Gears. Why did god give random humans supernatural items?
"Ryuki did you send anyone?"
"Issei was close."
I nod. Good.
"thank you Ryuki," I smile, "I've always loved that dependable side of you."
"Thank you nii-chan, anyways back to the topic about babies…"
I died again.
"AHH! Nii-chan! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
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Issei
Holding my hands is a European girl, a thin blond slightly younger than me. I had arrived just in time to prevent her from getting cut to pieces. Asia Argento, ex nun with healing power derived from her sacred gear. I killed as many as I could with a bow before making off with the girl into the forest surrounding the city.
"Give us the girl!" one screams.
I answer with smacking him to the side with my longsword's pommel.
"stay behind me!" I yell to Asia.
I materialize my armor as well as my shield in time to block a heavy handed fist. I respond by chopping off the offending limb. The stray screams in pain as I finish him off with a swipe of my shield to the monster's neck.
After a sickening crunching sound I look to see that the remaining ten circle us, some holding weapons, others wielding magic.
The first to come at me raises his sword far to high. I stop him mid swing by swatting the arm with my shield before stabbing him between the ribs.
One down.
The second charges me from behind. I elbow with my sword before throwing the body of his comrade at him. He loses balance before exposing his back. He dies through a stab in the back.
Two down.
A third and fourth throw magic blasts at me. They miss. Another set. Glances over me shield. I toss my shield at one before using the now free arm to throw a tomahawk at her skull. She dies followed by the other through another tomahawk.
Four down.
The last six decide to just rush me all at once. I grip my long sword with both hands before channeling my power to it. When they are about to each me I swing. Making deep cuts in all six. Soon after I drop the sword as it glowed a hot red.
Three more down.
The remaining three struggle to lift themselves as I conjure a lance. It isn't a holy light spear but I'm pretty sure it will hurt.
"NO!"
Asia rushed and stood in front of the stray devils. Compassionate, sweet, too innocent for this world. She tries to find the good in everyone and everything.
Now I know why she was kicked out of the church.
It would be impossible to convince her. She is the kind that hates violence.
"I'm not going to…"
"Asia" I say softly, "I understand."
I dematerialize most of my weapons and armor. Keeping something hidden in my hand just in case.
Sure enough one taking advantage of my 'hesitation' lunges at me but is stopped by none other than Rias Gremory and her group, holding a red ball of energy.
"You let down your guard to easily." she says.
I pull out my revolver, hanging it up in the air on the trigger guard.
Might as well impress them.
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Rias
I never thought Issei was that powerful or that dangerous. To hunt Rogue Demo-er Stray Devils in such large numbers I'm surprised.
As we take the ex-nun to Victor's house, I keep glancing at Issei. I admit that he fascinates me. Akeno looks at me.
"What?"
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Akeno
"Nothing."
Ara Ara Buchou has a thing for Issei-Kun. Oh dear I'm starting to like him that way too. and that way. and the other way…
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Koneko
candy….
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Ryuki
Nii-chan and I are happily married. I want kids. He wants kids.
…
I think.
Then Issei-nii came with the most adorable girl ever.
"Nii-chan can we adopt her?"
*THUD*
AHH! Nii-chan! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
"AHH! Nii-chan! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Oh wait wrong person.
*THUD*
AHH! Nii-chan! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
"AHH! Nii-chan! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
There you go.
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Issei
Never saw that coming. Oh well.
"Sorry about that." I cough, "Ryuki these are my Devil Friends from Kuoh Academy, Rias, Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko. Guys this is Ryuki. Mr. Drop Dead's Dragon Imouto-Wife."
"Imouto…" started Rias.
"...Wife?" finished Akeno.
I nod, "don't let it bother you."
"Hey!" pouted Ryuki, "what's there to be bothered about? We're grown adults I'm fifty, Nii-chan's fifty-two."
*THUD*
"AHH! Akeno-nee!Rias-nee!Koneko-nee!Kiba-nee! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
I face palm.
Wait. Kiba-nee?
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A/N: My First (mostly) Non-Crossover Fanfic. Just thought this up and said….sure why not? My idea was of a completely human faction with their own culture and abilities. Be warned i'm not going to make him OP where he just has loads and loads of power. Issei is going to be strong because he is skilled. The Myrmidons are about skill, strategy over raw force. Best comparison is Jojo's Bizarre Adventure versus Dragonball.
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OMAKE: Cut Content
Kiba
Today I saw a man come back from the dead.
Victor got up and was unassuming. The house was well decorated but otherwise seemed normal…Save for the skull of a xenomorph hanged up as a trophy.
"Uh Victor-san what is that?" I ask pointing to the skull.
"Oh that? Killed it a couple years ago, so many of them."
"I know right?!" Issei chuckled, "Couldn't have done it without Megatron though."
"did you say Metatron?" I say to Issei.
"Megatron."
"Metatron."
"Megatron."
"Metatron."
You know what? forget itIS THAT A FUNCTIONING KAMEN RIDER BELT!?
"Kiba," frowned Victor, "don't try to steal my gift from Takeshi."
"You should listen to him." Issei added, "someone tried to steal his Evoker and ended up getting DeRezzed. Or was he hit with an Overdrive?"
My brain is now shutting down.
*THUD*
"AHH! Kiba-Nii! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"