Hey everyone, we're back with Chapter Two! I've gotten some decent feedback from Chapter One, so thanks for that. I'd like to remind everyone that my Internet situation is sketchy at best. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the Chapter, so... enjoy!

Highschool DxD

Ascension To Infinity

Chapter Two

The Shy Hyoudou

In a medium sized town, deep in the heart of Japan, the supernatural thrived. They blended in with humans, taking advantage of them, whether the humans were willing or not didn't exactly matter. They did control amazing powers capable of destroying entire mountains, after all. Permission wasn't exactly at the top of their priorities.

However, despite being active within the town, the presence of the supernatural hadn't spread, thus, only those in contact with these... beings, knew they existed in the first place. Except for the select few that weren't supernatural and were just badass humans. But those were few and far between.

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In a children's park, near the edge of the town.

A small, brown haired boy sat alone on a rusty swing set. The other children, as few as they were, avoided him. He didn't know why, but they didn't like him.
Maybe it was because he wasn't nice enough, even though he was always kind, or maybe it's because he just unnerved them.

Unbeknownst to the boy, there was one child that wanted to be friends with him. If you could consider her to be a child.

The boy sat on the swing set, not even caring that nobody wanted to be friends with him. He didn't need them. All he needed was his mom and dad. Oh, and the mysterious voice in his head. That voice was always nice. He liked it.

"Hello." Said a cute, female voice.

The boy flinched when he heard her. He tentatively raised his head, looking at the owner of said voice.

"H-hello." The boy said, not daring to look the girl in the eye. Most of the time the other girls were the ones that said the most hurtful things. He didn't want that.

"What... is.. your.. name?" The girl asked in a monotone fashion.

The boy was surprised that she even cared what his name was. That was a first.

"M-my n-name is I-Issei H-Hyoudou. I-I am s-six years o-old. N-nice t-to m-meet y-you.. um.. w-what's your n-name?" The boy, Issei, introduced himself quietly, yet with a certain arrogance. He was proud of who he was.

"My name is.. Ophis. Nice to meet you... Issei." The girl responded. "Do you want to.. be my.. friend?"
As she was talking, she tilted her head to the side cutely, making Issei fawn over her.

'S-so adorable.. I definitely want a friend like this! I accept your friendship Ophis-chan!

"Y-yes. I would like to be friends with you Ophis-chan." Issei responded. He wondered how long he'd keep this friend. All the other friends were just pity friends.. or people who were dared to be his friend.

Ophis' mouth lifted slightly, showing a cute grin. "Good. I did not want to be away... from my Issei... for long."

'Her... her Issei?! Oh no, I've encountered the rare Loli Yandere-chan... NOOOOOOOOOOOO!'

Issei was panicking on the inside. He didn't want to be someone's property... but if it meant having a friend.. he wouldn't mind too much.

And so, with a new friend, Issei started to brighten up. They played with each other, the other children ignoring them, and soon, the sun started to set.

"I have to go home now, Ophis-chan." Issei said sadly. "Let's play again tomorrow."

Ophis looked at Issei. "I cannot play... tomorrow... I am sorry... Issei."

"Oh.. okay then.. maybe on Tuesday then?" It was Saturday today, and he had school on Monday, followed by martial arts, so he couldn't play then. And tomorrow was Sunday, that meant going to the Himejima Shrine to pay respects to our ancestors.

"Yes.. that would be.. nice." Ophis responded.

"Yay! I'll see you then Ophis-chan." Issei hugged her, excited to have a friend again. "I'll see you later!"

Ophis looked at Issei's retreating form, before gently resting her hand on her beating heart.

"Is this.. what it means to.. feel? To have... emotion.. I must.. analyze.. this further. Be safe.. my Issei." Ophis said softly, before disappearing into a wisps of shadows, that faded away shortly after.

After Ophis faded away, a pair of glowing red eyes appeared in the shadows of a tree.

"Hm.. so even Ophis is interested in this kid. Ehh. That'll make this way more difficult.. I can't stand by. Within twelve years, I must act.. Hehehehehe Goodbye, Issei Hyoudou, Son of Shiva and Parvati... Apprentice to Bahamut, and future lover of Ophis... wait.. wasn't Ophis an old man? Ewww.. I might not even have to act. That's just disgusting." The shadow shuddered at that highly inappropriate thought. "Ugh.. time to head back to P92J8KL2N. Man I love that place. Not."

And so the shadow faded out of existence as well, drawing this day, to a close.

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Timeskip: 10 Years.

Issei Hyoudou: Freshmen at Kuoh Academy.

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In the wonderful and peaceful town of Kuoh, a young man roughly fifteen years of age, was walking alongside the street to one of the most prestigious schools in the town. Kuoh Academy. It was recently an only female academy, but was converted to co-ed when the school started to have budget cuts. It was a large, three story school covering more than 350,000 square feet of usable space. It had a newer, remodeled school building and an older school building that was the headquarters for the the Occult Research Club, an exclusive club run only by the most popular and influential students.

It was also rumored to house both of the Great Onee-sama. Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima.

'I can't believe I got accepted to Kuoh Academy though. I know my grades are worthy, but that's not all they look at. Other than grades I have zero merit. Oh well, this is a great opportunity for me. I can spend more time with Akeno and I can advance further in my studies! This year is gonna be great!'

The boy, Issei Hyoudou, was pumped for his first year at Kuoh Academy. He'd heard so many great things about it from Akeno, one of his childhood friends.

'I remember the first time I met Akeno. She was so mean, even back then..'

Flashback

A family of three were walking up a path, towards a beautiful shrine. It was the Himejima Shrine, the place where Isse's adoptive parents had gone when they were young. It's even where they got married.

"Mooom, are we almost to the top? My feet are tired and they hurt." Complained a six year old Issei.

The two adults just looked at Issei, chuckling. "Yes, Issei, we're almost there. Just a little more and you can rest." His mom promised.

They walked for another two, complain filled minutes, before they finally reached the top. The shrine was filled with flowers, and had an amazing koi pond infront of the main temple, where one prayed to the gods and honored their ancestors.

"AH. Finally. You're here." Rumbled a deep voice from within the main temple. "I was wondering if you were ever going to show up."

Out of the temple stepped a monster of a man. He stood 7' 3" and was pure muscle. He had jet black hair and green eyes that seemed to radiate the power of a thunderstorm.

"Barakiel, it's good to see you. It's been too long." Issei's dad said, giving the man a hug.

Barakiel chuckled. "That it has. That it has Kai. So who's the shrimp" He said, gesturing to Issei.

"This is my son, Issei." Kai said. "Say hello Issei."

"H-hello." Issei said, bowing towards Barakiel.

Barakiel ran a critical eye over Issei, as if he sensed something, but then passed it off as nothing. "A good head on this one, if a bit timid. He'll grow up fine."

"Barakiel! Invite our guests in or I'll have to punish you~" A sing-song voice said, ringing throughout the entirety of the shrine.

Barakiel shivered... in anticipation? Eh.. let's not go into that.

"Yes dear. Come on in, Kai, Xueyue, Shrimp. I'll show you around and introduce you to someone." Barakiel said, leading them inside.

He gave a tour of the house, before stopping infront of a door that had a cute pink flower painted on it. He knocked gently asking for permission to enter.

"Come in." Said a cute voice.

Barakiel opened the door and stepped in. "I have some people I want you to meet. This is Kai, a friend of mine, and his wife Xueyue. Oh, and that's his brat Issei."

A small, seven year old girl was sitting at a desk, practicing calligraphy when they entered. She had long black hair, like her parents, tied into a ponytail. She also had purple glowing eyes that seemed to personify mischief.

She bowed towards them. "Hello, my name is Akeno."

"Issei, why don't you and Akeno go play outside, us grown ups need to catch up." Kai said, dismissing them casually.

Issei was lead out the back of the temple to a zen garden, where Akeno proceeded to be Akeno and started to tease him.

"So, what do you like to do for fun, Ebi-chan?" Akeno asked, watching as Issei blushed a furious red out of embarrassment. (Ebi means shrimp, shrimp=small. She's teasing him about being small. -chan is a feminine honorific. Talk about insult to injury.)

"I-I like to read. I don't r-really d-do much else." Issei replied, keeping his head down.

The children sat there and talked about meaningless things until the adults came and gathered them for lunch. After that, Issei and his family headed home, but promising to return soon.

And they did. Every Sunday from thence on they went to the shrine.

End Flashback

'Those were the days. Especially since Akeno's only gotten crueler ever since... Muu. She's so mean to me.'

"Alright. Time to do this. I'm gonna make new friends. But most importantly... I'm going to study hard so I can succeed." Issei said to himself, before walking into the school's gates, prepared for his first day at Kuoh Academy.

So here it is. Another... chapter.. if you wanna call it that. I hope you liked it, don't blame you if you didn't.

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~Xurofall, the not AS bad Author.~

(But still pretty bad.)