Disclaimer: I do not own Highschool DxD nor Magic the Gathering, just doing this for fun and because this absurd idea has been lingering in my damned mind for quite a while.

Blind eternities.

Introduction

From the æther with love.

'Consciousness awakening' these were the first words that ran across my mind, as for… wait… what is this?! Several images come across my eyes, or wait a second… do I even have eyes? It seems I do but they are not displaying this images… they come when my vision goes dark… what is this… so odd, I don't recall being able to form these sort of images, all my previous drive was to consume… destroy… oh, now I remember, a group of puny mortals tried taking me down, I guess they succeeded as I am no longer surrounded by nothing but emptiness, but why am I able to have coherent thoughts, as in, I feel like there's more to life than consuming all, and leave nothing but crystal formations in my wake.

Must have been that human was it, or elf… damn puny little thingies, you all look the same. The one conjuring those spells and actually doing some damage to me or my brethren… the one that used himself as a conduit… that must be it! We must have fused into some sort of hybrid, must have been a pathetic attempt to gain control of my body, I no longer feel like I am what I was… but I'm not the pathetic attempt of a planeswalker that he was…

'HEY!' Oh, there he is, you know you must be quite pathetic when a mindless creature has more willpower than you right? The ghastly image of the thingy that tried to control me starts fading away, his last noticeable features where that of a scowl as he, I assume was a he vanished forever… well, I'd rather be lonely in this place, rather than having a lousy partner… now… what to do…

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Meanwhile, in Japan in the city of Kuoh, a young couple receive with great joy, their firstborn, Akito Hyodou, a successful restaurant owner, and her wife Sakura Hyodou, his childhood sweetheart.

"It has your eyes" said woman spoke to his husband while gazing lovingly at the product of their love, while said man just smiled at the sight of the most valuable treasures he had, the last year has been a blessing after those rocky 5 years, but with the revival of his father's now, his, restaurant everything was improving greatly, now he had a son! A son! Words were not enough to describe the joy he felt inside, now he was able to fulfill what he promised to himself and his wife, that no matter what, he would support his son no matter what path he decided to follow on life.

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The first five years were filled with joy but pretty much uneventful for the Hyodou family, little Issei, as he was named, was full of energy, always wandering around, and much to his mother's chagrin, had the tendency to disappear as soon as she turned her eyes away from him. That was, until he met Shidou Irina, his first friend, and partner in crime, unfortunately when they were both seven, the Shidou family moved to Europe, leaving a couple of heartbroken kids, that promised to meet each other no matter what. Now Issei, or Ise, as the people in the neighborhood started calling him, didn't realize his best friend was a girl until two weeks before her departure, when in one of his family's visit to the Shidou household he saw her wearing a dress. A nervous Irina asked him what he thought to what the simple minded yet kind kid answered that she looked really cute and he'd like seeing her wearing dresses every day, something the young girl took as a marriage proposal.

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"It's no fair! Why she had to go!" cried a young Issei, as he ran, sadly in his despair he didn't notice the slope and fell right down to the river; sadly no one was around, and the poor kid struggled fruitlessly as he didn't learn how to swim, as he lost consciousness, all he could think was of his only friend.

"Guh!" Issei groaned as he woke up, his body all wet, but strangely he found himself back over the grass, he looked around and found he was still alone… until he saw a strange being staring right back at him, a featureless face, that looked like a bony mask, with several black jagged plates around him and four bisecting arms, curiously enough, he had a ghost like appearance as he wasn't there.

Issei's eyes widened in awe, he wanted to say something, but instead he managed to spit some water he'd swallowed, after coughing the rest of the water out, he was no longer able to see the strange apparition, instead he felt someone poking him on his left shoulder.

"You almost drown there" a voice said, Issei turned around to see the source of the voice, it was a kid, his age, pale skin, a little sickly in appearance, with bright blue eyes and black short hair, the only strange thing where the two jagged translucent plates floating above his shoulders.

"You! You were…" Issei stuttered.

"So you saw me?"

"That awesome giant thing!... Of course I did!" Issei answered with an enthusiasm not fit of someone who; a few minutes ago; almost drowned.

"Interesting… you should be more careful" the other kid droned "If I didn't pass around, you would have died"

"Thanks for saving me! My name is Issei! You will be my new friend!" he hugged the strange kid.

"Friend?" the creature disguised as a child asked.

"Uhn!"

"What is a friend?" the question made Issei facefault.

"You don't know what a friend is?" Issei asked curiously, the creature nodded "A friend is someone you can share things and play hero with! My father told me it is like a sibling from a different family!" the enthusiasm in his voice was evident.

"Then I don't have one" he answered with the same monotone voice, Issei's face dropped in sadness, but In an instant, the light returned to his features.

"I will be your first friend! What is your name?"

"I don't have one?" he answered, more like questioned to himself.

"But everyone has a name! Your mommy and your daddy should have given you a name!"

"I don't have mommy or daddy"

Issei was really sad for his new friend, how was it possible for someone not to have a name, even giants had to have mommies and daddies right?

"Then we have to name you!"

"…" the creature was about to answer when Issei's parents appeared, with worry all drawn over their features, scolding their son, before they noticed his wet clothes, Issei answered how the kid next to him saved him from drowning and how he became his new friend, of course his parents didn't believe the giant part, even though the kid was a bit strange.

"Thanks for helping my son…"

Awkward silence

"I don't have a name…"

That phrase alone triggered Sakura's motherly instincts on the kid, and after a little convincing (read frying pan pint negotiations) from her part, Issei's dad accepted the child into the Hyodou household. And soon he became part of the happy family they were.

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Years passed, and both kids grew together, almost inseparable, with Ise being pretty much the leader of the duo, with Takeshi following him in his antics, because as he used to say, It was more fun than watching TV and someone had to get him out of trouble, especially after meeting that weird old man in the park.

Fortunately for the Hyoudous, Issei's fascination with boobs, while became quite strong, thanks to a little enforcing done by his mother and Takeshi (Issei still can't understand why he chose such name) he was able to keep it in line.

To everyone it seemed like a regular family, but Issei knew better, with the years he learned about Takeshi's true self, and with it learned about the Multiverse, and slowly but steady he started learning magic with his brother's guidance.

Mana, he soon learned, it was the magical energy that powered spells, and that it came from the land; as Takeshi said, so in a way, he had to learn how to gather it in order to cast spells; that was when Issei was just nine years old.

"Mana comes in five different colors" Takeshi explained.

"I know, White, Green, Blue, Red and Black, you have told me that about a hundred times" a 15 year old Issei complained. "I still don't know why you bother with teaching me this… I mean, I am grateful for it, and I know the basics, and hell I can even cast simple spells but, unlike you… I'm just a simple human" He noticed the frown on his brother's face. "I don't…"

"You have potential" Takeshi interrupted "You may not know it… but you do… and not only with magic, there's something inside you… no idea what it is… but it is powerful… Humans are truly interesting creatures, one of the most common beings in almost every plane…"

"Here we go again…" Issei sighed as it started ranting about humans and praising them. "Not to interrupt your praises upon my kind… but why did you took me away from my favorite show… you do know I don't like being interrupted while it's on air"

"Your mahou shoujo anime can wait…" droned in response, while the thin line he had as mouth curled upwards in a bad attempt to smile, strangely enough the plates on his shoulders rose, as a way to extend his smile. 'Am I the only one that can notice the damn things' Issei thought in exasperation "Today my brother… we are going to find your real affinity for mana.

Now it was Issei's turn to smile. "Hell… It is about damn time… after the show! I can still reach the second half of Miracle Levia Tan!"

'Humans are interesting creatures indeed' were his thoughts as the young Hyodou stormed out of the room.

Authors Note:

As I said before, this was an Idea I got in my mind for some time, gotta blame the concussions I got on rugby, and the energy drinks I have been using at work.

Now, all constructive criticism is appreciated, English is not my native language so any help to improve is accepted. If you want to flame, you can either go and grab it and stuck it where the sun don't shine, or actually go ahead and post it… I doubt it can be as toxic as some game communities or some sore Starcraft II losers.

Decided to edit the name, to a Japanese one, because I wasn't really satisfied with the reason I gave, nor the name. Also took advantage to correct some parts, as the scene breaks were necessary, and I have to thank Richard Fern the Dragonmaster for making me notice that. Again thanks man.

That being said, any suggestions to improve are widely appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

Yours truly…

My name is next to the story.