"Regular Speech"

[Sacred Gear/? Abilities]

"Abilities/Spells"

"Earth-Rumbling Beings Speech"

Internal Beings Speech

Thoughts

"Hey! No, gah!" The boy danced around in a panic. He started hopping on one leg, kicking the other out rapidly until a squirrel came flying out and ran up the tree Yuu was leaning against. "Yeah! You better run you stupid rodent!" The panting boy yelled at his attacker. In response a barrage of heartnuts came from the tree, hitting the teen as he tried using his bandaged right arm to block the attack.

Remind me again: why do you 'hang out' with this mortal? A deep voice rumbled through Yuu's mental plane.

Yuu smirked as he watched the black haired teen pick up the discarded heartnuts and throw them back at the attackers. The unusual scene scared away any pedestrians that came near them.

He amuses me. That and he's one of the few humans that and he's not so bad when compared to most humans, maybe because he didn't shun me when you first awoke. Even if it was because he used to be as nutty as Uncle Sheo.

And whose fault is that? An amused snort resounded through the silver-haired teens mind, I've never had a container going around shouting about 'an evil voice in my head' before. It was quite amusing to watch.

Yuu scowled at the reminder of his years in Junior High when he'd first 'spoke' with his partner. It was quite embarrassing when he realized that his 'delusions' were making him seem like he was suffering from chuunibyou, thus driving away anyone who had previously interacted with him. The only exception being Yuuta, who, at the time, had thought he was five-centuries old and a master of what he called 'The Dark Flame'.

Thankfully, when his delusions faded away, as did Yuuta's belief in Yuu's 'partner'.

You certainly didn't help matters, going on about 'powers beyond imagination' and the 'Koganrii, Vulrii, and Sinrii' coming for me. How did you expect me to react? Hell, who knows? Maybe this entire conversation and everything I've learned is nothing but me falling deeper into insanity.

Before a response could be made, Yuu's attention was drawn back out by Yuuta, the squirrels finally having run out of nuts to throw.

"Hey, Yuu!" Yuuta called out as he approached. "You zoning out again?"

Yuu frowned in annoyance. "No, I did not 'zone out'. I get lost in thought. There's a difference."

The brunet smiled in amusement, irritating his prone friend. "Alright then, what was so interesting that it cause you to get 'lost in thought'."

Yuu opened his mouth to give an excuse before a stray thought cause him to pause. Even though Yuuta had long since gotten out of his chuunibyou phase, he was still quite obsessed with the arcane, adamantly believing that magic was real and that it was out there, just waiting to be rediscovered.

If only he knew just how close he was.

Nowadays though, Yuuta would often research everything he could on the arcane and occult, from gag-books on summoning to tracing mythology back to their origins. Anything that would give him even the slightest idea on how to 'rediscover' and use magic. Perhaps Yuu could do something nice for Yuuta, just this once.

"I was actually thinking about magic."

That gained Yuuta's full attention. Yuu always found his delves into ancient Japanese myths and legends about magic 'pointless' and 'a waste of time'.

"Oh? What about it?"

"Well, you said you were at a dead-end right?"

"Ye~s."

"Well, I remember reading somewhere" -Yuu's eye twitched when It snorted in amusement- "that Western magic was often tied into Arthurian Legends. Maybe you should try tracing the roots of Merlin? After all, you can only do so much with Eastern myths before hitting a dead-end."

Yuuta's eyes widened in surprise. "Merlin?" He muttered, before facepalming. "I am an idiot! How could I forge about magic not native to Japan?" He removed his hands and started pacing. "Of course there's going to be more branches of magic! It'd be idiotic to think there'd be only one with how diverse humanity is. It's no wonder I hit a dead-end with how narrow minded I've been. Thank you, thank you!" Yuuta gave Yuu a face splitting grin. "I haven't been able to find a new lead for weeks. Now that you've opened my mind, I've got to get to researching, immediately." He turned away and started walking, mumbling to himself along the way. "I'll see you tomorrow!"

Once he was out of earshot, Yuu grinned in amusement. Have humans always been this gullible?

I once told a Container that I was the voice of his God. In an attempt to please me, he then went on to build the Crystal Pyramids that now rest at the bottom of the Bermuda Triangle. So, what do you think?

Well, that's one question answered.

I don't understand why you did that for him.

What? It's not like I was lying for my own amusement.

Yes. You were.

No, I wasn't. I never said that tracing the roots of Merlin would help him find out how to wield magic. I merely mentioned that he should do so after telling him that Arthurian Legends are often tied in with Western Magic.

There was a moment of silence before it grudgingly admitted, I suppose that is true. You had best be returning to your domicile before you uncle decides to come looking for you. I doubt you wish to be on the receiving end of his temper.

Yuu glanced up at the sky to see the sun starting to set, he hadn't even noticed how fast the time had flown by watching the Battle of the Nuts. He shuddered at the thought of being caught coming home late by his uncle, ironically his uncle was the one that was strict about him being home on time while his father, the exact opposite of him in almost every way, was fine with letting him come home at just about any time he wanted, so long as it didn't affect his grades.

"Yeah," he muttered out loud now that he was alone, "we'd better hurry." He stood up and glanced around for a moment to ensure nobody was watching. Once he was reassured that he was alone he vanished. The only trace of what happened being a whisper on the wind.

[Wuld Nah]

(A/N): And that does it for Chapter One. This chapter was just to introduce the protagonist and his companion.

One things for certain, if I do any romance in this, there will be NO HAREMS, not even a three person one. Can't stand them. Call me traditional or what have you, but I find it impossible to believe that girls would be fine with sharing a guy, especially the more obsessive girls (I don't care how good you are, there's no way to make that believable). It's even worse with the 'Main Girl' ones because it implies that he (Let's be honest, almost all harem stories revolve around a guy) doesn't really care about the others (I suppose DxD girls MIGHT be an exception due to it apparently being common amongst Devils, but I'm still not making it a harem).

Next chapter will be introducing some of Yuu's family and a bit of home life, I'm thinking Chapter 3 or 4 is where we'll be getting into the DxD stuff, or at least Kuoh Academy.

When I put '~' in a word, it typically means its being drawn out like 'Yeeeeeeees', it will also be used in sing-song voices (If I ever do something like that), but you should be able to tell which one through context alone.

And, for those that don't know, when I put a hyphen like this: "Hello" -he smiled- "it's nice to see you again.", it means they did the action while saying it. If I put it like this: "Hello-" he smiled "-it's nice to see you again.", it means they said the first part, paused to do the action, then continued speaking. Just thought I'd explain it since some people might not know this. I certainly wasn't taught it in English Class and was confused as hell when I first saw it used in a fanfic.