Author's Note: I'd like to thank those of you who took the time to favourite/follow and review so far. Any form of support adds to my motivation, so thanks! :)

In response to some people who are concerned that this story will follow along with most clichés and become boring: I understand where you'er coming from and because of this I have adjusted the summary to hopefully help a bit. The story will be following the timeline of DxD so most of the major events will be shown through Tatsumi's perspective. BUT I plan on changing things up quite a bit so that it's not just original DxD with a new main character. That being said I am planning to include original arcs as well which will contain aspects from both universes.

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Highschool DxD, Akame ga Kill! or any of the other manga/animes that might find their way into this story.

A month has passed since Tatsumi first arrived in Kuoh and started attending Kuoh Academy. During this time he settled in rather easily. Getting used to life in this new world wasn't as hard as he thought it would be.

He thought that classes would be difficult to understand seeing as he was raised in a different world but thanks to a little gift from Ophis, he was breezing through his classes with relative ease. She repeated the process that she did when she showed him the images of his world after he died. This time however she used the technique to gift him with the knowledge that he would need to live in this place.

This helped him out tremendously. Not only did it put him towards the top of all of his classes, but it also helped him understand smaller things that most people took for granted. Things like televisions, computers and cars. There was nothing like this where he was from so he probably would have freaked out if she didn't transfer her knowledge of this world to him.

Thanks to the gifted knowledge it made classes easier for him than most people. But he still enjoyed learning about all kinds of different things. After the first month of attending Kuoh Academy, he decided that his favourite class was history and his least favourite class was mathematics. He enjoyed physical education as well, but that class had some… annoying drawbacks.

When he first had P.E class they were all out on the sports field warming up and getting ready to play sports. Apparently on that day, all the boys were expected to participate in the sports, while the girls did track running. Because the class was quite large they took it in turns by gender to see who did what during which class.

Anyway back to the main point. So it was the day that all the boys in the class were playing sports, and today's sport of choice was soccer. They did basic drills and warm ups so that they could all get a feel for the ball. After fifteen minutes of this, the teacher split the group into two teams and stated that the teams would be distinguished by 'shirts vs skins.'

Tatsumi was on the skins team meaning he was expected to take his shirt off with the rest of his team, so that they'd know who was on their side and who was not. He didn't really have a problem with this because he was rather comfortable with his body. He was lean, toned and thanks to all of the training he did with Night Raid, he was quite muscular. Not over the top like you see with some heavy weight body builders. Instead Tatsumi was well defined with a strong body and rock hard abs.

When he took his shirt off to start participating in the class activity, he noticed that most of the other boys in the class were staring at him with annoyed, jealous and even some impressed expressions. Three boys in particular, that he later learnt were known as the perverted trio, were practically glaring daggers at him. Shrugging it off Tatsumi heard giggling from some distance behind him and when he turned around he discovered that most of the girls in the class that were supposed to by track running, had stopped and were all staring at him. The girls all had flushed cheeks and lust filled eyes, some even had phones in their hands and were taking photos of his half naked body.

At the time Tatsumi didn't really think much of it and just ignored them while he played soccer with the rest of the boys in the class. By the end of the game he scored three goals and his team won four to zero. The only other person on his team to score a goal was a boy of similar height to Tatsumi with messy brown hair. He scored their final goal when Tatsumi crossed the ball into the box from near the side line. The boy, whose name he found out later was Issei Hyoudou, tripped over his feet and face planted. On his way down the ball bounced off his head and somehow managed to pass the goal keeper.

Ever since that day, Tatsumi's popularity sky rocketed with the ladies of the academy, while it went down dramatic with the males. It didn't really bother him all that much but sometimes it got a bit overwhelming. He was quite an introverted person after everything he's been through and was still having trouble coming to terms with the deaths of most of the friends he made in his previous life. On top of that he had trouble sleeping most nights because he kept having various nightmares which would remind him of just how much he had lost.

While sometimes it was nice to be fawned over by attractive girls, there were times he needed his space. That's what led him to joining the Kendo club. While the club was completely made up of girls, they weren't as bad as some of the others in the academy. They blushed a lot when he talked to them and he often caught them looking at him when they thought he wasn't watching. But for the most part they respected his boundaries and didn't impose on his need for personal space.

Tatsumi's last class had just finished for the day and he was heading to meet up with the girls in the Kendo club. Murayama asked him earlier that day if he wanted to go out with them all after club practice to get some dinner and socialize for a while. He couldn't make it to the club practice because he had class while they had a free period, but he agreed to go with them to hang out for a while.

He was slightly regretting his decision though. The previous night he had an extremely emotional nightmare that brought back some horrifying memories. Memories of the night that he found his close friends Sayo and Ieyasu murdered. He didn't get much sleep after that and spent the entire day reliving the memory in his head.

He didn't show it to anyone, but he was extremely depressed right now and he just wanted to go home and try to get a decent night's sleep. But he had promised Murayama that he'd join the girls for a while so he decided to suck it up and suppress the emotions.

Tatsumi was walking towards the Kendo club to meet them when he rounded the corner and felt someone bump into him. Reacting on instinct he reached out and caught the arm of the person who was falling backwards away from him. Stopping the person from falling to the ground he took in her appearance.

The girl standing in front of him was a beautiful girl with light skin and blue-green eyes. She had a rather buxom figure with long legs and a generous chest, but the thing he noticed above everything else was her hair. The girl had beautiful long crimson hair that reached down to her thighs, with a single strand sticking out the top. She had loose bangs covering her forehead and side bangs framing her pretty face.

She was wearing the standard Kuoh Academy girl's uniform which consisted of a white long sleeved button down shirt with a black ribbon on her collar. She wore a black shoulder cape and a matching button down corset. Her skirt was magenta with white accents and she wore brown dress shoes with white crew length socks.

Tatsumi knew this girl as Rias Gremory, one of the 'two great ladies' of Kuoh Academy. Considered to be the most popular and most beautiful girl in the school. She was practically treated like royalty and held the respect and admiration of every student at the academy.

Well that was all according to the information he'd overheard those idiotic perverts discussing during class a few weeks ago. He had to admit though, she was rather beautiful. Once she steadied herself she looked up at him with a small smile on her face.

"Sorry Senpai, I didn't see you there." He apologized sincerely, although the smile on his face was forced.

Before she could even reply, he let go of her arm and he was walking down the corridor away from her again. She watched him walk away with a concerned expression on her face, before she turned around and continued on her way with her usual friendly smile.

"Murayama's jugs, they're freaking huge!"

"36, 22, 34!"

"And Katase's legs are crazy sexy!"

"34, 22, 36!"

"I found this yesterday! I call it the tit whole!"

"Good job Matsuda!"

Two students whose voices were could be heard admiring the bodies of the female kendo club, currently had their eyes glued to a small hole on the outside of one of the school buildings. Through the whole, the members of the kendo club could be seen changing their clothes.

Matsuda and Motohama, two second year students, also members of the infamous perverted trio were writhing with excitement at what they were seeing. The third member of the perverted trio was Issei Hyoudou, and he was currently trying to pull his friends away from the 'peep whole' so that he could get a good look in.

"Come on guys! It's my turn to appreciate their beautiful naked bodies!" Issei said with a bit too much enthusiasm to call normal.

"Yeah guys it's Issei's turn, move over." A calm voice came from behind them.

"You're damn right it's… my… turn." Upon recognizing the voice Issei and the other two boys turned around to see a blank faced Tatsumi standing behind them.

"E-Enemy of all men!" Motohama shouted while pointing a shaky finger up at Tatsumi.

Tatsumi simply chuckled at this. Ever since the P.E incident, these three had been declaring him as an enemy to all men. They were saying that, it was because of him that the girls in Kuoh Academy would never go on dates with them. He found it amusing because of the fact that during the entire month that he'd been there, Tatsumi had only been on a few dates and only with one girl. That girl being Murayama. How that made him the enemy of all men he didn't know, but he still found it amusing that these three were so far deep in denial about the real reasons that they could never get any dates.

"Well well, what a surprise." A new voice came from beside the three perverts who were now all sitting on the ground. They turned around in fear to see that the voice came from Murayama herself. They started sweating dramatically when they saw that the rest of the kendo club was behind her, all holding their bokken in their hands.

"This is the third time this month that we've caught you pervs peeping on us! Looks like the punishment last time wasn't enough." Katase growled as the started clapping the bokken against her hand in a threatening manner.

"H-He was peeping too!" Issei shouted nervously while pointing at Tatsumi who was still just standing a few meters away from them observing the scene.

"Tatsumi-kun?!" Murayama said in shock, only just now realizing that he was there. "Were you really peeping on us while we were getting changed?" She asked disbelievingly.

Tatsumi chuckled as a smile crept onto his face. "Murayama-chan, do you really think that I would stoop so low?" He asked in a mock hurt voice. "Besides you girls change in front of me all the time after kendo practice so why would I need to peep with these three idiots." He finished with another chuckle as he saw the three idiots he was referring to laying on their backs crying.

"They get changed in front of him?!" Matsuda cried out.

"And they just let him watch?" Issei asked no one in particular as tears continued to stream down his face.

The female kendo club members looked at the boys on the ground with disgust before looking back up at Tatsumi. As soon as their eyes met his bright smiling face, all of their faces flushed a bright red color.

"Of course I don't think you were peeping on us Tatsumi-kun. As you said, there wouldn't be much point. Besides, I-If you wanted to see anything outside of practice all you'd have to do is ask." Murayama said shyly with blushing cheeks as the wrapped her arms around his arm and started leading him away with the other girls.

Upon hearing Murayama's final statement the three boys lying on the ground all cried out in pain and jealousy.

Rias Gremory was sitting on a couch in the Occult Research Club's clubroom. Behind her was another young woman with a buxom figure. She looked to be around the same age as Rias with very long black hair and violet eyes. Her hair was tied in a long ponytail, reaching all the way down her legs with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backwards. She wore an identical uniform to Rias except for the orange ribbon keeping her hair in place, and instead of the white crew length socks Rias wore, this girl was wearing knee length black socks.

Her name is Akeno Himejima.

Also known as the other half of Kuoh Academy's 'two great ladies.' Akeno is known as the second most popular and second most beautiful girl in the entire academy. She is also the vice president of the Occult Research Club.

"Check mate." Rias said as she mover her pawn to threaten Akeno's king on the chess board in front of her.

"Ohh, Sorry. I did my best to make it harder on you." Akeno responded in a disappointed voice as she looked over the chess board.

"Thanks." Rias laughed as she got up from the couch and moved towards the side of the room. She started taking her clothes off while continuing to talk. "What can you tell me about that boy we suspect is in possession of a sacred gear?" By the time she finished answering the question, she was completely naked and standing on the other side of a curtain. Moments later, running water could be heard to indicate that there was a shower behind the curtain.

Akeno sat down on the couch, seemingly unphased that her friend just stripped in front of her and got into a shower. "Well he's in class 2B, and if I remember correctly, his name is Issei Hyoudou." A few moments passed and there was no response, so Akeno continued. "Why do you ask Buchou?"

"Koneko-chan has informed me that a fallen angel, taking the form of a teenage female, has made advancements toward him. If that is true then it means whatever his sacred gear may be, it must be powerful." She answered from behind the curtain.

"What do you think we should do?" Akeno asked.

"We need to make our preparations as soon as possible, after that, everything depends on him." Rias answered as she turned the taps off and reached past the curtain for a towel. "What about the other boy I asked you to look into."

"In the short amount of time I've had since you bumped into him earlier today I haven't been able to find out much. His name is Tatsumi. There was no family name on his school records. He transferred here around a month ago and just like Issei-san, he is in class 2B." She informed her crimson haired friend.

"Thank you Akeno." Rias replied while putting her clothes back on now that she'd finished drying off from her shower.

"Why the sudden interest in Tatsumi-san?" Akeno asked. "I must admit that he is rather cute, but I can't sense a sacred gear or anything out of the ordinary power wise."

Rias paused for a moment to collect her thoughts before answering. "When we bumped into each other earlier today, his smile was so forced. It wasn't obvious but I could tell that it wasn't genuine. Also his eyes were so empty. It was as if they held no emotion at all, that or there were simply too many emotions to distinguish between… There was something else in his expression too. It was as if he was trying to hide a hardened expression, one that has seen so much loss and tragedy. The other time I've seen an expression similar to that was when my family told me all about the Great War." She finished with a frown on her face.

"What are you trying to say?" Akeno asked curiously.

"What I'm trying to say is that I think there is more to Tatsumi-san than meets the eye. I don't think that he's just another normal teenage student. I think that there is a lot more to it than that and it's a mystery that I'd like to solve." She answered with determination in her voice.

"Ara ara, I haven't seen you this passionate in a while Buchou." Akeno giggled into her hand. "Are you sure that you don't just have a crush?" She teased.

"Very funny Akeno." Rias glared at her before leaving the room.

Tatsumi was walking home after hanging out with the kendo club members for most of the afternoon. They went out to a family restaurant where they ate dinner and socialized for a few hours. Despite not being in the best of moods due to his lack of sleep, Tatsumi actually found himself having a pretty good time. He like hanging out with the girls and they were a pretty good distraction from his thoughts.

Murayama was a bit more flirtatious with him than usual but he didn't mind. She is one of the only people that he actually considers to be a friend in Kuoh. He wasn't really all that interested in a relationship at the moment but he didn't mind the casual flirtation. He even flirted back a bit sometimes. He thought she was kind and funny. Not to mention beautiful. She wasn't on the 'Kuoh's great ladies list,' but that didn't make her unattractive by any means. She was good company and a good friend, so he didn't mind if she wanted to flirt with him.

That being said he didn't want to lead her on either. Sure he liked her, but he didn't know if he liked her like that. It was hard to figure out when he was still trying to get over all of the people in his previous life… Some more than others…

That's why he'd agreed to go out on a couple dates with her over the past month. To see if the feelings developed into anything more substantial. Unfortunately he was still confused about his feelings. Was he attracted to her? Yes. Did he like spending time with her? Yes. Did he have feelings for her? Kind of. Were those feelings enough for him to want a proper relationship? Not quite sure.

While he was pondering on his thoughts, he didn't even realize that he was wondering through a park. He was brought back to reality when he heard voices ahead of him. He wasn't sure why, call it instinct or something, but he darted off the path and hid behind a tree to observe what was happening near the fountain ahead of him.

Standing down the path, facing the fountain, was the very same pervert that he had caught peeping on the kendo club earlier that day. Issei Hyoudou. Standing closer to the fountain and facing him was a cute girl with strait black hair reaching down to her lower back. She was wearing a pink top with a black skirt and had a red scrunchy bracelet on her wrist.

Tatsumi was about to leave his cover and continue on his way home when he heard them start talking. He was some distance away from them, but he could still barely make out their words.

"Can I ask you a question? In honor of our first date there's something I'd like you to do, to commemorate this special moment." She asked him in a sweet voice.

Issei seem taken aback by her words but an eager smile came across his face. "S-Sure. You can ask me for anything at all."

The girl moved closer to Issei putting her face past his neck so that he couldn't see her expression any more. However from where he was, Tatsumi could still see her face plain as day, and he was shocked at what he saw. The cute girl's expression went from a sweet and innocent smile to a very dark and sinister grin.

"Hmm… Would you… Die for me?" She asked in an icy tone.

Issei took a nervous step back and asked. "Huh? What did you say? Something must be wrong with my ears haha. I don't think I heard you correctly. Could you maybe say that one more time please?" He finished with a nervous chuckle.

The girl took a few steps back from him and repeated herself. "I want you to… Die for me."

Issei froze in shock as he watched his date jump into the air. Her clothes shredded to pieces and her naked body was revealed.

"Oppai!" Issei shouted pointing at her making Tatsumi face palm.

She seemed to grow taller, her body became more mature and her eyes took on a darker, more evil look. Out of nowhere a new outfit seemed to appear, instead of the pink top and black skirt the girl turned woman was now wearing a black strap like bra which barely covered her nipples, leaving the rest of her breasts for the world to see. She was also now wearing a black thong that only just covered the important parts. She had black gloves trailing up her arms and black shoulder guards with three spikes on each shoulder. The most notable difference though were the two large, black feathered wings coming out of her back.

With the transformation seemingly completed, Issei continued to just stand there, frozen in shock.

"Well I have to admit, I did have some fun today. Considering how naïve and childish you are things could have been much, much worse." She snickered as she raised her arm up to show off the red scrunchy bracelet on her wrist. "Thanks a lot for the gift too, it was very sweet of you. But even so…"

As she stopped talking, she raised her hand out in front of her and conjured a pink spear like object that seemed to be made from pure light.

"Y-Yuma wait, please…" Issei pleaded.

"It's time to die." She interrupted as she threw the spear directly at the still frozen Issei.

He barely had time to react as he saw his life flashing before his eyes. There was no way that he could move out of the way in time. Yet somehow he fell to the ground and the spear whistled through the air passed him.

Wait a minute, he didn't fall, he was pushed.

"What the…?" Issed wondered out loud as he looked up to see the back of the figure who had just saved his life.

"Leave this place now. Nobody needs to get hurt tonight." Tatsumi said in a cold voice.

The woman he now knew as Yuma glared at him from her position above the fountain before conjuring another spear of pink light.

"Who do you think you are? Interrupting my business like this." She hissed.

"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that you were trying to kill this guy for some reason. The reason doesn't matter to me but I can't just stand by and as watch someone gets murdered in cold blood." Tatsumi answered in a calm voice.

"It is unfortunate that you stumbled upon this exchange. It seems that you will have to die now as well." She snickered darkly before raising the spear behind her head. She threw it directly at Tatsumi's chest with a smirk.

Her eyes narrowed slightly when he dodged the fatal attack simply by leaning to the left. She conjured two more spears and threw them at him. Again Tatsumi dodge them with ease by leaning to the right and then jumping to the left.

The woman floating above him growled in annoyance, but her expression quickly changed to an entertained one. "As a reward for still being alive I shall allow you to know the true name of the person who will end your life. My name is Raynare." She said simply with a sinister smile growing on her face.

Tatsumi didn't bother responding so she just conjured another pink spear and threw it directly at him. Easily jumping out of the way he looked to her with a smile. "You missed again… Raynare."

Her response caught him off guard. Instead of conjuring more spears or even growling in anger like before, she simply laughed at him like an idiot.

"Are you sure that I missed?" She asked with an evil laugh.

Tatsumi's eyes widened in realization and he turned to see what she was referring too. Issei had still been on the ground behind him when she threw the last spear. In dodging the attack he had allowed it to go straight at Issei, puncturing his gut. Tatsumi watched as the spear disappeared and blood started gushing from Issei's wound.

"You lose."

Those were the words Tatsumi heard from directly behind him. He looked down when he felt a strange feeling in his chest. His eyes widened even further when he saw the pink spear of light puncturing the centre of his chest. His clothes were quickly becoming stained with blood and he fell backwards when he felt the spear being ripped out of his body.

Aniki would kick my ass for losing focus like this...

He collapsed onto his back, unable to move. He heard footsteps approaching where he knew Issei lay dying in a pool of his own blood. The footsteps stopped and he heard that voice again.

"I'm sorry, but the fact is you were far too great a risk to us. I had no choice but to dispose of you. If you're looking for someone to blame, why not blame him. He gave you the sacred gear after all." Raynare said in her cold tone before her voice regained its innocence. "Oh and thanks for the lovely date, it was fun." She finished with a giggle and her wings flapped sending her high into the air, disappearing into the night.

As Tatsumi laid in the dark park, surrounded by a pool of his own blood, with a gaping hole through his chest, he couldn't help but chuckle to himself cynically. It had literally been a month since he died and was saved by Ophis, who gave him a second chance. A single month was all it took, and he was back in that same situation. Although the conditions were different, he was still about to die for the sake of somebody else. He had tried to save Issei's life and in return both of them were now drawing their last breaths.

He thought about Sayo and Ieyasu, the childhood friends he lost to the evils of his previous world. He thought about Bulat, the brother he never had, who gave his life fighting for his. He thought about Chelsea, Leone, Lubbock, Shelle and Susanoo, the friends he couldn't save. His breathing hitched as he thought about Mine… The girl that died moments after professing her love for him. He wondered how Najenda was going now that the corruption had been dealt with. Finally he thought about Akame. The girl he promised that he would survive alongside her. The girl whose promise he broke when he died in her very arms. His fists clenched in rage thinking back to all of the death and trajedy.

Tatsumi coughed up blood and was drawing his last breath when he saw a bright red light in the corner of his eyes. His vision was blurred and he was slowly losing consciousness. He could barely hear soft words being spoken as his life was slipping away… again.

"Since death is upon you, I will gladly take you in." Spoke a feminine voice. "From this moment forward, you will live your life for my sake."

The last thing Tatsumi saw before completely losing consciousness was familiar crimson hair.

'Beautiful, long, crimson… red… hair.'

Those were his final thoughts, and that was the last image he saw before everything turned to black.

Author's Note: Well that bring us to the end of chapter 2! I hope you enjoyed it!

I randomly got the idea of making Murayama more of an active character in this story and thought I'd use a bit of this chapter to see how she'd go with a bit more of the spotlight. Let me know if you like Murayama as a character and want her to play a more active role in this story.

I know some of you may have wanted Tatsumi to stay human, but I just feel like it would be a lot easier to write him as a devil. If he were to stay human he would be left out of most of the major events and wouldn't have as much of an impact in most of the arcs. Don't worry though, he isn't just going to be another ordinary devil!

Also I've been thinking a lot about what other characters I want to integrate to the DxD universe from AgK. Thoughts?

If there are any grammatical errors, I apologize, and will do my best to make sure I fix them all.

All questions are welcomed and feedback is appreciated so feel free to PM me or just leave a review.

Until next time!