Thanks for all the favorites, follows and review. I couldn't update too soon because I began the university in March 23. I don't have that much time as when I didn't had any kind of responsibility. Besides, there's my crossover of To Aru Majutsu no Index and Spider-Man that I have been doing since December 2014. My plan is to alternate between chapters of both stories. Now, let's make a few replies before continuing with the story.

TO Jose19: Thanks for the review. If you remember, Rin was raised in a monastery/church. He was always near priests and the teachings of God. So you can guess that he won't take it as fine as Issei, who was raised in a secular family.

TO NotSoSlimSh4dy: I would be more worried about what would happen if the fact he is an exorcist is find out. He is among devils now, no? Thanks for the review.

TO Guest (1): Thanks for the review. I'm really glad that you liked my OCs. You are right. Satan and the 8 kings haven't show all their potential. You are also right about Rin. Manga or Anime, he has only practiced the control over his flames. In this fic I want to make him to improve in every aspect.

TO Guest (2): Well, if I remember, he has already accepted his flames as HIS only. Thanks for the review.

TO coronadomontes: Gracias! - Thanks!

TO Telron: Thank, I'm glad you like this.

TO Lucio BetaBlake: Thanks for the advices. I think that the problem with the word order is that I normally write, due to time problems, with my cellphone using Google Documents. Then I got to transform it to regular Word and then upload it to the site. Besides English is my second language. Please, feel free to point me out important mistakes. I chose to write using the LN style because I think that it would be funnier for the reader and for me. I have the believe that great part of the fun you get while reading Highshool DxD is due to the writing style of the writer. I want the reader to experiment a lot of fun here too, that's another reason why I am using it.

Update July 1, 2015: Fixed several grammar and spelling issues. I use the free software Gingersoftware with my word so I didn't have any format issue. Then I copy and paste the text in the doc manager instead of uploading it directly.

Disclaimer: I don't own Ao No Exorcist nor Highschool DxD, just the plot of this fanfiction.


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Chapter 3: Demon powers?

(Rin's POV)

It's nighttime, a pair of days after meeting with the Gremory and Sitri peerages. I'm currently playing Infamous Second Son in the PS4. I'm enjoying it a lot. This is something I would have never been able to do back in Assiah. As I was raised in a modest church, expensive hobbies as videogames were almost out of my reach. I could only play in Arcades or sometimes in the Old man's outdated computer. It was plainly similar after moving to the True Cross Academy.

As I am having this videogames in my life reflections, I hear the steps of the only inhabitant of the house besides me with a human form. "Master." I hear Miku's voice calling me.

"Yo, Miku." I turn my gaze to her and... Whoaaaa! Why...? Why...? Why...? I need to close my mouth and articulate words then. "What's with that maid outfit?!"

"Oh, this?" Miku says and turns to show for me to take a better look of her clothes. Black with a white apron, she is wearing the typical maid outfit that you see in the maid cafes. She is using a short skirt that reaches just half her tight. So sexy... No! Keep yourself focused. "This is what servants should wear. Do you like it?"

"NO! I mean...it is…" Oh, dammit. I can't think straight. "It looks good, but… Reasons?"

"I already told you, Master, " Miku replies, putting her finger under her lips tilting her head and leaning with her hands on her back. "This is servant's clothing special for the job."

Now that I remember, she did mention that she was raised as a servant by the Gremory Clan. That woman who was standing besides Sirzechs, I think her name was Grayfia, was also wearing a maid uniform. Still... I'm not use to see maids. The only times I managed to go to a maid cafe was the few times when Shima forcefully dragged me along Bon and Konekomaru. That's the reason of my reaction when Miku appeared in that costume.

"W-what do you need, Miku?" I want to start a normal conversation and forget about the clothes of my "servant".

"I want to notify you that Ajuka-sama wants to have a talk via Skype."

Oh, it is just one of the four Maous wanting to have a chat... Skype? Did I hear well? "Miku, did he really said Skype?"

"Oh, yes," she replies as it wasn't weird. "I advise you to go to the workplace and answer the video call in the shortest time possible. It wouldn't be good to make impatient a Maou."

Yeah, I can believe that. I would like to avoid pissing off one of the four leaders of the Underworld. "Okay, let's go." I pause the game and follow Miku to the workplace.

The workplace is one of the biggest rooms of the house and it is located on the first floor. Inside, it has a truly outstanding PC and a table to work. There's also a printer, three laptops and several gadgets that I don't even know how to use. It is almost a lab. I still feel uneasy about the fact that I am walking with a sensual maid. Miku notices my gaze and I quickly turn my head of her direction blushing.

"Kuku! Master is cute" Miku laughs cheerfully. "I wouldn't mind if you look. You are Master and I'm the servant after all. I'm here..." Her tone goes seductive. "...to serve you in every way you want."

Every...way...I...want? GULP. This girl. She wants me to die of a nosebleed or something. But, I'm sure she is just teasing me taking advantage that she is older than me. I better turn on the PC and call the Maou to finish this soon...

"Hello Okumura-kun!"

"Gyaaaaaaaaaa!" That almost gave me a heart attack! What's this?! You are an about to turn on your PC and suddenly wild Maou appears on the monitor. "Ajuka?"

"It's a pleasure Ajuka-sama?" Miku bows politely as she says this.

"I say the same Miku-chan."

"How do you begin the video-conference if the computer was off?" I ask trying to calm my almost going to burst heart.

"Pretty simple actually. I just add a software that enables me to contact you even if you don't want to."

And he said it just like that. What's wrong with the Maous? I take sit in front of the screen while Miku stands beside me.

"Did you get along with the Gremory and the Sitri?" Ajuka asks from his side.

"Hum, yes."

"Good, " he replies cheerfully. "There's something important I want to talk you about."

I feel it is going to be a long talk and that I won't be able to get the most of it. According to Miku, this guy is like the smartest person of the Underworld and, by the way, an inventor maniac. "About what?"

"The universe travel" Ajuka says.

This's important. "I hear you."

"When Sirzechs told us, the other Maous, about another actual universe where… let's say the supernatural works differently, I thought that he was joking. Then I managed to see Serafall and him creating a portal when clashing with strong, but equally powerful attacks. Serafall was also astonished."

Clashing attacks with equal force? That's what Mephisto and Amaimon did. The Maou keeps talking. "According to what Sirzechs told me and the data I gathered and analyzed, I can give you a basic explanation about the universe travel and the relationship between the three of them: Assiah, Gehenna and this one, which I decided to call The All-Factions Universe, due to many factions of the different religions coexisting together. You can say AFU to shorten."

"AFU? That sounds… Doesn't matter. Back in Assiah, I was told that this universe, AFU as you said, is located like between Assiah and Gehenna. Of course, we were in a hurry, so there wasn't too much time for a long explanation."

"I'm thinking of a similar hypothesis. Imagine this, there are two masses of land separated by a huge ocean, which can be crossed by boats. The lands are Gehenna and the universe you were born, Assiah. Look at this."

The Maou in the screen operates some commands with his keyboard and the image changes. His face was gone and we could see an animated ocean with two big islands. One of them has an A and the other a G. There are several boats going from one of the island to the other. We hear Ajuka voice even if we can't see his face on the screen.

"The islands are Assiah and Gehenna. The boats would be the demons who, every day, go from one of the universes to the other. The AFU would be what exists beneath the ocean. Well, remember this is just my graphic idea of the concept of the three universes being in touch."

It took me a few seconds to absorb all that information and process it properly. A lot of things, be patient with me. "And what about the travel between the universes?"

The animation banishes and Ajuka comes back to the screen. "The way of traveling between universes was confirmed yesterday. Sirzechs told me that the portal that can take you here is created when two strong powers collide at the same time. Here and in your universe or in Gehenna."

"Are you saying that I could come here because Serafall and Sirzechs made their powers clash while in Assiah was occurring the same?" I ask puzzled.

"How was the process on your side?" Ajuka is looking at me with interest in his eyes.

I jumped some subjects, but I explained that two powerful demons (Mephisto/Samael and Amaimon) clashed their powers and then the black portal was formed in the exact spot where the attacks collided.

"I see…" Ajuka puts his thumb on his chin. "Did the event happened in a specific time or place?"

"Yes," I reply. "We did it just before 10:00 and actually I was taken to some specific place inside a forest."

Too my answer, Ajuka's eyes widen. "We also did it at that time and what you said about a specific place… Yeah, Sirzechs was correct. Those are the requirements for the jump."

Requirements? "What requirements are you talking about?" I ask, getting anxious to hear this. I need to know the method I'll have to use later to return to Assiah, where my friends are.

"Don't you realize it?" Of course not! I have never been any smart-ass boy. The only way I managed to do my homework today was with Miku's help. "There seems to be a lot of stuff that the universes share, right?" I nod. "Some of them are the names shared by the supernatural beings, but there are two most important common facts."

"Which ones?"

"Assiah, Gehenna and the Earth of AFU share the same time and coordinates" Ajuka finishes.

Alright, I need a better explanation. "What're you talking about?"

"(SIGH) I'm saying that time happens in the same way here, in the Earth, as it happens in the other universes. Also the coordinates. The Earth is the same as in Assiah and Gehenna, which are mirror universe, no? You need to collide two powers in the Earth of here and in Assiah in the shared geographical location and at the same real time. Do you understand?"

Not much being sincere, but better let him keep talking. Although, I realize now why Mephisto took me to that place to make the jump. It was because, in Assiah, that place was the same geographical location of the Kuoh Academy from AFU. Hum. Interesting fact. This entire town where I'm living right now doesn't exist in Assiah after all.

Ajuka keeps talking. "So you can conclude that the way to open the portal between Assiah and AFU, you need to make two great powers collide at the same time and in the same geographical location in both universes. Something difficult to happen by randomness is you ask me. Besides, it wouldn't work if the powers collide in Heaven, the Underworld or other realm different from the Earth you are standing right now."

So that's my return ticket. I need two guys here to clash their powers and another pair that does the same in Assiah. The problem is… "Hey, Ajuka, for this you must have had a lot of coordination. How did your group communicated with Assiah."

The guy lowers his head in dejection. I never thought I would see a Maou with that kind of expression. "Unfortunately, the only one who has that information is Sirzechs." I can hear him murmuring to himself. "What's the problem Sirzechs? Why are you hiding all this from us? If you know you can trust us."

The Ajuka's aura is like... Like the one of a dejected friend. He seems to dislike the fact that the red haired Maou didn't tell his comrades about the other universes. Now that I think about it carefully, how did Sirzechs get to know about Assiah and Gehenna? If the process of jumping is so complicated. I don't think the requirements can be fulfilled by accident. Uff, this is too much for my brain.

"Okay, Okumura-kun, did you get all I said?" Ajuka asks me.

"Some of it, but I think is okay for now." Actually, my brain can't take more information without exploding. "Is this everything you wanted to tell me?" I actually feel like wanting to go to the bed now.

"Glad you ask. You see..." I knew it. Alright, let's hear what he wants. "I would like to test the behavior of your demonic powers in AFU, in comparison with how they worked in Assiah."

That was harder to get. He wants to test my demonic powers? Demonic powers? Huh. I never heard of a term like this one back in Assiah. The demons that frequently come from Gehenna don't use any kind of magic or special ability. The things they do... Dam, why the exorcist back there never investigated about this.

Now I am remembering what Amaimon told me. He said that the demons of Gehenna have powers which they normally don't use. He didn't specify that only the Demon Kings have them. Maybe every demon has similar powers, but they have never used them against the exorcists. Would that mean that even I, demon-human hybrid, have demonic powers?

"I would like you to come to the Underworld to one of my labs and..." His smile turns diabolic. His eyes shine with interest. "...research a little about your body. Okumura-kun, would you like to come to my lab?"

Ajuka's eyes are shining as red diamonds and that's scary. Sweat falls from my forehead as an image comes to my mind. In it I see myself chained to a table, darkness surrounding me. Ajuka appears wearing doctor's gloves with his eyes glowing red and saying: "Don't worry, Okumura-kun. It won't hurt…too much. Hahahahaha!"

CHILLS

I need to escape. "I think I better...pass. Haha."

"Are you sure? We can learn a lot of your body if you come for a while."

"No, it's okay, " I say, waving my hands in front of the screen.

"Oh, what a shame (SIGH)." Is it my imagination, or he looks truly sad? How much is he interested in new stuff? Well, he is a scientist after all. Meanwhile, I have never been interested in science or researching. "In that case, Miku-chan, make sure to test his powers by yourself."

"Of course. I'll check his body properly."

Ooooooooi! A hot woman suddenly saying that can melt a man's brain. And what's that about checking my body without consulting me?

"Nice. Make sure to send me the data you collect of the test subject."

"Test subject? What I am? A lab rat?!"

"Okumura-kun, Miku-chan. Good night!" And the screen goes black before I could say something. I'm speechless.

"Alright, Master" Miku says like nothing had happened. "Come with me."

Wait! Can I disagree? I'm the Master after all, no? Well, maybe the Maou's orders are absolutes for everyone. Even if that's the case, I don't want my body to be checked like in an autopsy. Another image comes to my mind. This time I see myself again chained to a table, but the one who comes near me isn't Ajuka. It is Miku with a hot nurse Cosplay. That's look nice… Then she gets out of nowhere a giant syringe. She raises it above me and aim it to my rearguard… GYAAAAAAAA!

I shake my head, trying to get those half lewd half scary thoughts out of my mind. Then I realize that I'm being dragged by Miku to some place of the house. Did we have a basement? I just realized that. "This room is empty so you can choose later a use for it" Miku explains to me. "Here is where we have to go."

She pushes a certain spot on the wall. It's a switch! A big portion of the wall opens creating a one meter wide and two meters tall entrance. That's so Sci-Fi! Miku drags me there and the entrance closes. I'm having a really bad feeling and the sweat isn't stopping. We are in a closed space. Is this an elevator? The elevator goes down and ten seconds later stops. I don't know how much we went down, but I can assume is deep.

There's no door between the elevator and this room we just arrived. The lights turn on automatically and I'm able to see a big room with reinforced steel walls. "Here we are, Master." Miku exits the elevator, turns to me and extend her hands welcoming me. "This is the training facility. Your facility, where you can practice and test your abilities."


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"You can do it, Master. FOCUS!" Miku is cheering me up. I won't disappoint her.

I concentrate my flames in a spot near my hand where I was holding Kurikara still in its sheath. This is difficult. Until these last pair of hours, the only thing I ever used my flames for have been for killing or destroying. Evil demons, of course. Now, I have to do magic with them. If every demon has power, the way mine is catalyzed as the blue flames I inherited of Satan. Miku said that you can do magic with the demonic powers. That's what we have been practicing for the last two hours.

A blue fire ball forms in front of me, but then its color goes darker. I think I got it. I take a look at Miku who is nodding excited. I move my sword towards the hole that has formed in plain air. In a few seconds Kurikara has disappeared from my sight and the flames too. That was part A, now to part B. I concentrate my flames, or better say, my demonic power and a similar black hole, or blue hole, appears in midair again. I extend my hand and I manage to grab something it. Slowly, I pull my sword from the hole and soon I'm holding it as nothing had happened.

CLAP CLAP CLAP

Miku applauds at my success. I smile at her. The last two hours made its results. What I just did was sending Kurikara to a small personal dimensional space I created by magic, which was powered by my flames or demonic power, whatever you call it. Miku decided to teach me this as a basic spell for devils who carry weapons. With this I don't have to walk with my sword on my back. I'll have it with me, but in a space that no one can see and less steal from. This will make my life easier.

If only my tail could hide in a similar way. Until now, nobody from the All-Factions Universe (AFU) has seen it. I have been properly hiding it under my shirt, enveloping around my torso, or putting it in my pants.

"Congratulations, Master." Miku gives me a towel and a bottle of water. What a kind girl. "I must say that your reason to keep your katana with you always has touched my heart."

I smile wryly at that comment. I actually told her about my life. I didn't mention that my powers are half sealed inside Kurikara. I told her about my promise to the old man, which was to always have it by my side. It was what I promised before he died. Old man…

I gaze the floor. Thinking of the death of the man who raised me always takes its toll on my consciousness. Even if I have already accepted that he is no longer with me and swore to never let myself lose anyone important to me, thinking of the worst moment of my life depress me. I don't know how my face looks, but I better smile again before Miku notices...

Suddenly is soft and warm. I feel a comfortable sensation I have never felt in my life. Miku has gotten closer to me and hugs me surprising me. A sudden but pleasant hug. "Fathers are important," she says, patting my head like I was her younger brother. She must have seen my expression. I still don't know why, but she really cares a lot about me. This goes farther away from her duty as a servant. I try to compare her with all the females in my life. I can only think of Izumo, Shura and Shiemi. With the first one, there's no point of comparison. With the second, besides the curves there's nothing more.

In Shiemi's case... We can maybe say is a relationship with a few similarities, but inversed. Here I'm her while Miku is me. She is by my side trying to help me. I don't know if she wants something in return, but I'm grateful to all she has done for me. Miku… I know we have just know for a few days, but the feeling I get when I am with her is something I...actually like. Her warmth is good for my body.

…...

Then I actually realize what is truly happening. A sexy onee-san maid is hugging me! I'm, without realizing, resting my head on her breast. Uuuuuuuuuh! This would be paradise for any high school student. However, my brain is about to escape from my head again! A pair of seconds later she stops and we separate. I wouldn't like to see my face right now. My cheeks must be red as an apple. Miku is also a bit flustered and her cheeks have a low pink tonality.

"Sorry, " she apologizes bowing politely.

"No-no-no, it is okay" I stammer glancing to another direction. "I actually needed it. I was getting a bit depressed. Sorry and… Thanks. For that and showing how to do magic."

"It was a pleasure, Master" Miku says smiling. "I must say, Master's powers are really outstanding. I think that with that high amount of demonic power you have, after a proper practice and a few lessons that I'll be happy to give you, you'll be able to use the abilities of the level of a high-class devil."

"Oh, nice."

"You don't look too much happy, Master."

"I'm...just…" This is difficult to say. "Not too long ago, I was truly afraid of my power."

"That's common for hybrids. At least that's what I heard."

Her words bring me to when Izumo told me that there were others human-demon hybrids and that some were exorcists. When she said that, I felt a lot of happiness and renewed to control my powers. My flames have been a source of fear for many ones, including me. Even if I had already taken them as my flames and not Satan's, I know they are dangerous and I must be careful to never let them control me. That's why it's hard for me to accept that I can use them so much freely.

"I'll get use to the idea that there's still too much I can do with my power" I promise the girl in front of me. "However…" I scratch my cheek. "...I still need you to teach me."

Miku's face lights up. "I'll do my best!"

"Hey, that's what I should say" I laugh. "I'll do my best. Hahahaha!"

"Hahaha!" Miku also laughs.

And with a good mood, we call it a day. Now, that I remember, one of the Gremory Peerage is going to show me the town. Wonder who will.


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(Issei POV)

Looking at my clock I guess he should be here by now. The trees give a good shade from the bothersome daylight. We, devils, are better in the night. I stretch my body in the park bench where I'm currently sitting, waiting for the guy who I have to give a tour.

"Yo!"

"Okumura!" I wave at Okumura Rin, who is coming my way walking on the park's road. His two-tailed cat familiar is by his side.

"Sorry for the delay, " he apologizes standing in front of me. "I skipped a class and went to rest on the school's rooftop. I didn't realize when I fell asleep."

"Hahaha! Don't worry" I tell him trying to maintain the best possible mood.

"Thank you for doing this."

"It's fine, as I said." Yesterday, Buchou asked in the club meeting for someone who could show the town to the new boy after school. I was the first one who volunteered. I still feel I owe something to this guy. Let's see if I can start to make things better being his guide around the place. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah, you lead, we follow."

I get my ass from the bench and open the march. The pair of black haired man and cat follow me while I tell them about this town where I have lived since my birth. "This park is a common meeting place for both boys and girls."

"I can see that." Who wouldn't? Even if it is just after school, there is more teen activity than what you would see in a regular park like this.

We exit the place and go into the streets. I point him where's the karaoke, the convenience stores, the cinema and other places of common interest for a teen.

"I heard you had a difficult situation in the school" Okumura says.

"I wouldn't call it difficult" I say scratching my head and smiling uneasily. "I would say it was a life or death situation."

"Well, I don't know too much your group, but…" He gives me a look like I was crazy. "… I wouldn't peek that girl of your group for the sake of my integrity."

Today, what happened in the school was that I decided to peep the first years when they were changing for gym class. I know I shouldn't peep on my kouhais, but some of them have good oppais. No, every oppai is great. It doesn't matter whether they are big or small. How could I forget that? The problem was that Koneko-chan was also changing her clothes. As expected, she discovered me and broke 103 of my 206 bones. Asia had to heal me after that beating.

Okumura laughs. "I already knew it, but I'll say it now. You are total pervert."

A part of me gets offended, but my honor is stronger and I speak proudly. "I live for the sake of oppais."

"Hahaha!" The guy laughs again, then he mutters something I barely hear. "He's worse than Shima." Who's Shima? Maybe someone of his universe. We continue with the tour and I try to help Okumura memorize the town the best he can. We walk by a food stand and…

"Takoyaki!" Kuro, the familiar demon cat, looks at the stand drooling and with his eyes shining. I didn't know cats could drool. "Rin, buy me some!"

"Oh, hello, little cat" the old man attending the stand greets the cat smiling. This confirms it. Okumura told me that only devils can understand Kuro because he is a demon from the universe of Gehenna. Meanwhile, humans can't communicate with him.

"Alright, you pig-cat." He says with a sarcastic smile. "Oji-san, three takoyakis, please."

"Right now!" In less than we thought, the old man prepares us the order. Okumura pays and hand me one of the plates. How nice of him.

"Thanks, " I say as we find a place to rest. It has been like two hours since we began this tour. The sky is going orange and soon it will be dark. I should be leaving soon to meet with the rest.

"Itadakimasu!" Kuro says with his eyes shining as stars and begins to eat his plate on the floor. That's a really glutton cat if you ask me.

""Itadakimasu""

Okumura and I also begin with our plates. "Did you like the town?" I ask the boy sitting beside me on this bench. We just have returned to the place we began the tour, which is around that fountain where Raynare kidnaped Asia in front of my eyes a pair time ago.

"I like it. It reminds me to my old town" he replies. "But it is better because is more pacific."

I smile to his comment. "Even if there are devils controlling it."

"Yes" Okumura says and laughs. "Ironic, no?"

"Yeah, I know what you are talking about." As I lean my head on the back of the bench, I tell him about my first days as a devil. "Learning that the hottest onee-samas of the school were devils was a big shock for me. I have to think that the kindest people and most important for me are devils. Although, Asia could be an exception because I met her when she was still human."

"She died and Rias-senpai reincarnated her as a devil, right?" He asks me with seriousness.

Uh. I don't feel very good knowing that Asia actually died because I was weak. "Yes, Buchou revived her as a devil with the Evil Pieces and she is now our cute [Bishop]."

I couldn't help it but smile. Nobody could understand how happy I feel knowing that Asia is able to have a beautiful life now, after being reincarnated into a devil.

"If I remember what your Buchou told me…" He wears a thinking expression that almost made me burst in laugh. "Asia is the [Bishop], Rias-senpai is the [King], Himejima-senpai is the [Queen], Kiba is the [Knight], Koneko is the [Rook] and you are the…"

"[Pawn]" I tell him proudly and he sheds tears of laugh. "O-oi! I worth the eight pieces of [Pawns] to be specific. And also I'm the Sekiryuutei."

"Sekiryuutei?" Now that I think about it. He doesn't know I have a Sacred Gear. Is there anyone around? No? Nice.

"Ddraig, let's show him" I call and Okumura looks me puzzled.

[You got it, Partner.]

Okumura's eyes widen as he glances at my Boosted Gear. "Awesome, no?" I comment cheerful at the expression in his face.

"I-is that one of those Sacred Gears everyone is talking about?" He asks.

I nod. "This is called Boosted Gear. It lets me double my power every ten seconds. Inside it is sealed… a powerful dragon." I better don't boast around that I have inside a dragon that used to give God a hard time. With strong dragon is enough.

"Really? That's so cool!" Okumura's eyes shine and I think there are stars around his head. "I want a Sacred Gear too."

I don't know how to answer that so I just laugh. Asia and I, we both had difficulties because of our Sacred Gears. I was killed because of it and Asia suffered even more. In Kiba's case, I don't know anything about his past, so I can't tell. I could ask him, but better don't meddle in other people's personal stuff.

"I want to see what you can do with a dragon sealed in your interior" Okumura says, taking a closer look at my Boosted Gear.

"I can show, if you want" I tell him.

"Really?"

"Sure, just let's go to a more separated place where there isn't anything important to destroy." We move to a wooded area. It's nice to live in a town full of forests.

[Boost!]

The first count activates and I just have to wait a 10 seconds more for the next one. Okumura looks excited like a kid. Hilarious.

[Boost!]

There goes the second one and eventually I reach the sixth boost. I think it'll be enough with that quantity. Currently I think I can boost up until fifteen or sixteen boosts. That's my maximum without putting my body in clear danger. However, I do would lose consciousness if I go that up. With six is okay. I don't want to freak him out and lose the good mood I have managed to maintain until now. Ready, Ddraig?

[Let's do this, Partner.]

[Explosion!]

I feel how my power increases by six times and my body releases a field of energy around me. Okumura has an expectant face. Let's not disappoint him. I run towards a tree, raise my gauntlet and strike it full force. With the power of my attack, I rip the tree from the ground and send it flying against another one.

"That was so awesome!" I hear Okumura's voice filled with excitement.

[Show him, that's not everything we got nor close.]

As always, you read my mind, Ddraig. I point my Boosted Gear to the sky. "Check this out." Smiling, I blast a Dragon Shot and, even if I didn't hit anything, the wind generated blew up our hair. Then I turn around to face my public.

Okumura has the face of a little boy meeting his favorite superhero. He isn't scared at all. He is more amazed and excited than anything else. "That's the coolest thing I have ever seen!"

I'm about to cry. It feels so good to have someone praising your powers. Until now the only ones who have taken me as someone strong are the gang of the Occult Research Club. Meanwhile, enemies like Raynare or Raiser never took me seriously. Nevertheless, I should thank that. If they had taken me seriously, probably they would have defeated me. They lost to me in part because they underestimated me.

"That's nothing" I say, trying to look modest and not arrogant. Seeing my enemies I have learnt to never be arrogant because it can easily be your ruin. "Koneko-chan would have ripped off four trees in a row. And she doesn't need to increase her strength like me, who needs his Sacred Gear. Akeno-san could easily fry an entire army of devils with her lightning magic."

"Still is cool, Hyoudou!" Okumura says, giving me a thumbs up.

I scratch my head and laugh at his comment. Not because the comment itself, it's because the mood right now makes you laugh just for the sake of it. I'm having a good time.

"Hyoudou, you know..." He begins to say looking at the sun as it hides in the west. "I'm glad that I found you guys. The Gremory and the Sitri clan have been really nice with me and helped me. And Miku has been by my side since the beginning."

I put myself beside him. We both look at the sunset as he speaks. "When I first come to this universe, AFU as Ajuka calls it, I was going through a hard time. I thought that everything was wrong. That things shouldn't have been this way. I wanted to return to Assiah in the shortest amount of time. Well, I still want to return. I left very important people for me there. But now, before going back, I want to become stronger to protect them this and..." He smiles. "Spent some time with my new friends."

Okumura... Dammit! I need to go to that familiar thing that Buchou told me about after getting all beaten up by Koneko-chan. It is supposed that tonight, Asia and I will look for and make a contract with a familiar. But... I don't want to ruin this scene!

"Hyoudou" he calls my name looking at me. "If you ever...feel like hanging around or anything, give me a call and I'll go to tag along. I know it'd be fun."

Smiling sincerely, I reply. "It'd be indeed funny. But... What about if you call me just Issei?" His eyes widen a bit. "I don't have problems with my true friends calling me by my name."

He nods before speaking. "You call me Rin. I'm the same as you. If I have a real friend he can call me with freedom."

My eyes also widen, but then I laugh. "That's nice. In any case, it's a pleasure to be your friend. Rin."

"I think the same" Rin says. "Whether situation you are into, if you need my help, say and I'll be there, Issei."

As we say these kind words, we bump each other fist like signing our friendship.


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OUT OF THE STORY

Issei: That was a touching scene. Sob.

Rin: Is nice to get along, don't you think?

Issei: That's clear. Hahaha!

Things are better right now with you two. I'm glad.

Rin: I want to ask. What's wrong with Ajuka? Why I felt like I was about to be dissected? You wouldn't let me get dissected, right?

….. Of course not.

Rin: Why don't you sound so convinced?!"

Now to the readers. A lot of explanations in this chapters. In summary, to go from Assiah or Gehenna to AFU (I know it isn't a good name for a universe, but I didn't want to just invent some random name) you need to have two pairs of powers clashing. In the side of the AFU, the clash has to be done in the Earth where humans live. The events have to happen at the same time and at the same geographical coordinates. For the ones who haven't read the DxD novels, the familiar thing that appears at first season actually happens between the battle with Raiser (Volume 2) and the one with Kokabiel (Volume 3).

The other important point I wanted to show here is that Rin will be able to use the powers of his flames just like regular demons use their demonic powers to use spells, magic circles, barriers, etc. It means that if Rin gets one, his Evil Piece wouldn't be Rook or Bishop, it would be Queen. Balance between magic power and physical power.

This chapter occurred in a different way I wanted first. The last touching scene of friendship wasn't planed. I was just a bit tired and without noticing it was there. After reading it again I just couldn't erase it. Next chapter we may take a glimpse of the beginning of the events of Volume 3. However, Rin will be….

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