I Jigoku Kara no Koneko, hereby declare that I own nothing other than the oc's that appear in this chapter, and all credit should be given to the author Ichiei Ishibumi for the thanks of bringing us readers the original work of HighSchool DxD in the form of a light novel

"Speaking"

'Thinking'

[Scared gear communication]


Raiden POV

~Dream~

everything is black I bring my hand up to my face and see nothing I touch my eyes an feel the pain of something directly touching my eye balls so my eyes are open but I see nothing, 'am I blind I think', my thoughts eco around me, 'I guess this is my mind then but why am I here?' I think to myself, an unexpected reply resounds around me seemingly coming from a faint green glow in the left side of my vision flickering like a flame 'boy yes we are in your mind, but I don't have time to explain remember that big box that Abel gave you said it was a present from your mom that was half true, it is from you mom but Abel is the one whom acquired it upon the request of your mom he was to give it to you when the time was right I am the soul that resides it the item in that box and with you parroting near death last night our souls connected and we can now speak in your dr-a-s, it seems as I'm run-ng out of tim- open the box - you w-h to continue this talk now wake up my friend time -or -ch-l' with that the flame vanished and I woke up in my bed my vision covered with strands of aqua.

-Raiden's bedroom-

I awoke from my strange dream my vision dyed aqua, "Athena get of me we need to get ready for school", the rest of my senses started working and I could smell strawberries and feel two large almost marshmallow like objects on my back and I could hear moaning in a different tone to how my sister did blowing the hair from my face I saw my sister seemingly naked in front of me, 'okay who the f**k is that behind me?' I shifted my weight slightly rubbing my hand against what felt like I shouldn't be touching

"Kya", the voice now to my left let out a pleasured moan, "are you always this daring in the morning?" it asked in a half joking tone while sitting up, I now noticed that it was Yukina-sempai,

"Y-y-yukina, why are you naked in my bed?" I asked,

"you were so good last night Raiden-kyun" she said putting a hand to my face and one to her own with a reminiscent look on her face, 'okay really what the hell happened?', "so brave and handsome you looked really cute in your true form saving a fellow devil from a fallen angel", 'oh so that's what she meant',

"So I guess I have to explain to my sister about all this then no matter what?", I ask rhetorically

"That you do o-n-i-i-chan~" my sister's voice came from behind,

"Okay fine but can we all put clothes on first this is rather embarrassing" I say blushing like a girl.

after we all got ready we gathered in the lounge and I told my sister of our real past and that because of her amnesia after the car accident I had lied to her to make it easier, Yukina filling in the blanks that I couldn't answer myself because I only had a small amount of knowledge on devils I told her that we are half siblings with different fathers and that id didn't change that she was my sister.

After explaining we were about to leave the house when I remembered that we didn't have our instruments told them to go on ahead of me as I ran back into the house, picking up the instruments and slinging them over my shoulders I noticed a box in the corner of the room and remembered about my dream, I walked over to the box as I got closer the stronger the pull towards the box got, opening it I found a staff with a long curved blade laid across it along with an image of a scythe consisting of the two piece in the box placing the picture aside I pulled the blade and staff from the box and held them together like in the picture, the scythe then burst into green flames and I dropped it on the floor once the flames died down I picked it back up it had welded itself together and now felt as light as a feather, [hey partner how's it going?],

"Hey it's you from the dream!" I shouted,

[Right first things first I am the sacred gear of the horseman of the apocalypse 'death', and there is no need to talk we can think to each other through our connection that was established when you connected the scythe],

'Okay' I think back to him 'how's that',

[Good] he replied [now to keep my weapon form with you at all times you need to dismiss it into a pocket dimension can you do that?] I make the scythe disappear and reply

'Can we talk on the way I'm nearly late for school',

[Yeah I'll explain some stuff on the way]


Athena's POV

-School gates-

After finishing processing the information that Yukina-sempai and my brother had told me, I turned to Yukina-sempai "sempai you go ahead I'll wait for my brother hear come to the tree that is stood solo in the caught yard at break you'll see something good",

"Hai, Athena-chan I would be my pleasure to spend break with you, but why the courtyard and not the clubroom?"

"You'll see" I said "you'll see"

-After a few minutes of waiting Raiden arrived at the school gates-

"Onii-chan, your late home room just started, what's up with the suit case?" I ask pointing to the bay that made him look like he was going on a two week trip to the caiman's,

"I brought the electric drum kit, oh and here," he said handing me a guitar that was in a bag "I brought you favourite one thought it would make you more comfortable, well let's get going" he said running backwards towards the doors

"Hey wait up!" I yelled running after him,

"Nope see ya at break where we agreed" he said laughing while spinning to face forward and go through the doors.


Raiden's POV

-In front of the tree in the courtyard-

As I were setting up my drum kit and connecting it to the speakers the voice in my head spoke up [so partner what's happening here I may have access to you memories but they don't explain anything in detail and I've been sleeping since the Great War so do enlighten me on this subject] he said in a curios manor,

'Here look through this' I thought sending him some more memories of books that I had read, 'this should help'

[Thanks partner, by the way your sister is coming over]

'Thanks I'll talk more later on after school, by the way I didn't catch your name' I thought to him

[Oh right I never did tell you did I? I am the God and personification of death, in fact I am the only God and personification of death all the others are just how other religions see me sort of split personality's but I am the main one if that makes sense and the name I prefer is Thanatos, boy pleasure to make your acquaintance now if you don't mind I have information I need to look at] he said and cut our connection before I could reply.

"Hey onii-chan got an amp" my sister asked in a slightly angry tone

"here" I said tossing it through the air "I put it in my pocket by mistake, get ready people will start noticing soon we're play ing song 13 from playlist 6" I say finishing connecting the kit to the speakers

"Okay" with that she leapt onto a branch of the tree and started tuning her guitar.

Yukina showed up just as we started to play an smiled at us as if she knew that we would have been doing something like this meanwhile I started singing after all the practice I had I could sing pretty much any song perfectly unhindered by how much stamina the drums took and still breath perfectly fine like nothing had happened afterwards so I thought why not? (Athena singing the parts I couldn't because of the timing requiring two people)

Lost in stereo, lost in stereo
Lost in stereo, lost in stereo

She works for the weekend, mixtape of her favourite bands
Tearin' up the radio lost in the stereo sound

She's trouble in a tank top pretty little time bomb
Blowing up I'll take you down
Living in the radio lost in the stereo sound

She's dancing alone, I'm ready to go but she's so
(Lost in stereo, lost in stereo)
She's out of control, so beautiful
(Lost in stereo, lost in stereo)
And I've been waiting for so long but she'll never know
I'm losing hope 'cause she's so
(Lost in stereo, lost in stereo)

Shake down on a Saturday
Sit back gotta catch my breath
'Cause every time I see her I know she's gonna take it back somehow

Tattoos and a switchblade attitude
Snakebite heart with a bubble-gum smile
Sex in stereo don't turn the radio down

She's dancing alone, I'm ready to go but she's so
(Lost in stereo, lost in stereo)
She's out of control, so beautiful
(Lost in stereo, lost in stereo)
And I've been waiting for so long but she'll never know
I'm losing hope 'cause she's so
(Lost in stereo, lost in stereo)

And I'm just like cellophane 'cause she sees right through me
I know she's glitter and gold
And that's just the price I pay when I don't even know her name
She's slipping away

She works for the weekend, mixtape of her favourite bands
Tearin' up the radio lost in the stereo sound

She's dancing alone, I'm ready to go but she's so
(Lost in stereo, lost in stereo)
She's out of control, so beautiful
(Lost in stereo, lost in stereo)
And I've been waiting for so long but she'll never know
I'm losing hope 'Cause she's so
(Lost in stereo, lost in stereo)

She's dancing alone, I'm ready to go but she's so
(Lost in stereo, lost in stereo)
She's out of control, so beautiful
(Lost in stereo, lost in stereo)
And I've been waiting for so long but she'll never know
I'm losing hope 'cause she's so
(Lost in stereo, lost in stereo)

I looked up as we finished and was shocked at the amount of people that had gathered around it was at least three times the amount I was expecting everyone just stared as me then Yukina spoke up giving a small round of applause "Raiden-kun that was amazing how doesn't that affect you breathing at all?", a few people in the crowd nodded as if wanting to ask the same question but were still frozen in amazement

"Oh, that, it's just practice" I said while pulling the drum kit apart placing it back in the suit case as I went

"We'll be in the clubroom at lunch we can talk more, then" Athena spoke up jumping down to my side from the tree as I closed the zip and stood up

"Well I'll see you then" she said then leaned into my ear, "get there before your sister I have something rather personal to ask you" she whispered and walked of smiling at my sister

"Onii-chan what was that about?"

"I'll tell you in the club room at lunch its related to this morning's talk I had with you" I lied. And walked of just as the bell rand for the start of class.


Athena's POV

-Classroom at lunch-

Just as I was about to exit the room Koneko grabbed my sleeve "Athena-san I didn't know you played the guitar what you did at break was amazing and your brother seemed like he was actually having fun the only time I've seen him like that in the few times I've seen him was when he entered from the window or when he played that prank on Issei-sempai", she said in the same apathetic tone as normal but with an intrigued look in her eyes

"yeah he's been like that since an incident three years ago when he put about 17 people in the hospital 4 of them ended in hospital and one of the 4 was a teacher that tried to stop him, he's in a wheelchair he can't walk any more he fell on a table and broke the base of his spine since then my brothers had problems relating to people because of how people were scared of him afterwards, and he sort of sealed of his emotions whatever you see is fake but he slips up when singing he still hasn't noticed so please don't mention his smile looking like a real one I'm afraid he'll stop if he knows"

"You truly care about you brother" she replied wiping a tear from my face,

"Yeah" was all I managed before crying into Koneko's shoulder as she pulled me into a hug


Yukina's POV

-Chess club's clubroom-

I was playing chess through the computer against the supposed highest difficulty and winning waving only lost one pawn "and Checkmate" I said as I surrounded the king and had won yet another game of chess "ha~a that was boring"

"What was?" came a voice from the door it was Raiden

"nothing in particular" I said "now let's get down to business, I want you to become my 'Queen' Raiden as you problem already know the 'Queen' in rating games is a piece that holds power second to no other than the 'King' and in some cases the 'Queen' can grow to be stronger than the 'King' you have great magical talent and I have only seen lightning magic that strong performed by one other person and she is Rias' 'Queen' so she is out of the question you might be even stronger than her and I can sense you hole heritage you would be a great ally so I request please Raiden become my 'Queen' I don't think I'll find anyone more suited to the position" I ask practically begging

"Unfortunately I must refuse, Yukina I have trust issues and as good of a person you seem to be I don't fully trust you." He said flatly his eyes held no emotion

'just what happened to him to make him so cautious of every one he never seems to drop his guard and he only becomes more protective when his sister is around?' I think just then his sister steps into the room and he becomes pretty much furious like he was a different person I could taste the anger and resentment in the air

"Athena you're late and you've been crying who did this? Tell me, now" he said the anger now held in his voice.


Raiden's POV

-Chess club's clubroom-

"Unfortunately I must refuse, Yukina I have trust issues and as good of a person you seem I don't fully trust you." I said flatly remembering what happened the last time I trusted someone,

-Flashback-

"What the hell is this about I trusted you and you betrayed me, you said you were out casted from the fallen angel's group because you refused to falloff orders!?" I shouted at the one person that I had trusted that was outside of the family, "Answer me Kalawarner!" I shouted

"Well I lied who would ever want to be friends with a half breed like you?" she laughed manically "being me his head I need proof he's dead" she commanded the multiple stray exorcists that surrounded me, that flipped my switch big time

"fine you can all die" I said flatly as my wings spread from my back and my appearance changed like it did last night but my full form was visible with Nekomata form blend in ears and tail the same coloured silver as my hair "perish in a thunder clap!" I shouted as the biggest bolt of lightning you have ever seen struck the ground just as Kalawarner teleported away, when the lightning died down I looked around at the destruction I had caused I was stood in an extremely deep hole and not even the ashes of the priests remained "f**k she escaped" with that my mind returned to the clubroom

-Flashback end-

As the door opened I saw my sister enter the room her eyes were red from crying and the fact that I was angry at the memory of that day didn't help "Athena your late and you've been crying who did this? Tell me, now" I said the anger present in my voice

"Onii-chan your scaring me", that was all it took to snap me out of it,

"Sorry" I said pulling her into a hug, "but I still want to know what's wrong"

"I told Koneko-chan about our past and it made me upset remembering about it, so she kept me company till I calmed down you can ask her if you want she'll tell you the same thing"

"It's okay I believe you now let's have some food." I said and we started to eat.


So chapter three is up what do you think? I added another glimpse of Raiden's past showing the reason he always seems so on guard and untrusting to hope fully give you a better understanding of his character, also due to the request of a guest's review from my other story, I tried cutting down the lager blocks of text but in some places it still seemed like it was unpliable, please review and tell me if I should keep righting like this.

Reviews welcome, this is Jigoku Kara no Koneko biding you farewell, I hope you to be reading your reviews and that you continue reading.