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Man this story blew up SOOOOO damn fast. I really wasn't expecting it.

Thanks so much for the support and the ideas are flourishing for this story!

Also, for this chapter, the deviation begins!

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Life.3

Michael's POV

"Ah~, heaven is so peaceful and beautiful just as my Lord left it," I said as I sat at my desk and watched the screens that showed each of the levels of heaven. I then looked down at the stack of papers on my desk and sighed, knowing that it would take me at least four or five days of constant working to go through all of them. I was just about to go through another report when one of my messengers ran into my office.

"Michael-sama! It's terrible! Ascalon has vanished!" shouted the messenger causing me to jump from my seat.

"Excuse me?" I said in shock. The holy sword that has the magnificent power of dragon slaying, Ascalon, was a very difficult sword since receiving it after St. George's death. It refused to be wielded by anyone, even myself, and it annoyed I and the other Seraphs. "Did you just say it disappeared?"

"Y-Yes, my lord. The guardian of the sword came to us when the sword suddenly began to glow and we watched it vanish into thin air. We can't even seem to locate it," said the messenger. I slapped my hands to my face and groaned. Oh Lord! Why did you create such a strange and free-spirited sword! "Michael-sama, do you think it's possible that Ascalon is with its new wielder? Its new wielder man have finally appeared!"

"…Yes, yes that may be a great possibility. We are unable to track a holy artifact if it merges with a person's spirit. We will have to wait until the person tries to wield it and track where they are then," I said, calmly. Another messenger ran in, looking even more distraught than the previous, and I sighed. "What is it Thomas?"

"Michael-sama! I-It's the other Seraphs! They require your assistance!" shouted Thomas. My eyes widened and I created a magic circle behind me before I disappeared through it.

I appeared on the other side of the magic circle and it faded away. I looked around and found myself in the seventh heaven where God's 'system' was located. The clouds in this place where golden and the overall energy was so holy that if any unholy object or person walked into this place they would be destroyed instantaneously.

"What could they be doing here? Is something wrong with the system?" I said before releasing my twelve golden wings and flying around in search of them. I found a small gazebo, where we usually met, very close by on a golden cloud and found Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael arguing about something. I flew down and landed on the steps of the gazebo before walking in. "What's going on?"

"Ah, Michael! Maybe you can talk some sense into them!" said Uriel, annoyed. I looked at him with a confused expression and he stared at me. "You couldn't have missed such an important thing could you? The system is acting up!"

"Pardon?! What could possibly be causing it to act up?" asked Michael, shocked.

"We believe something on Earth has influenced the system. We are unsure exactly what has caused it but believe someone or something has begun to awaken their powers. Whoever it is, though, is suppressing their powers," explained Raphael. "Also, the system isn't in any danger, Michael, so relax. It's still running as per usual but with a very minor anomaly."

I sighed in relief that my Lord's system was safe and then remembered something Uriel said when I first arrived.

"What exactly is the problem then? If we are unable to locate the cause of the anomaly and it isn't having any kind of dangerous effects then we should wait until said cause reveals itself," I said, wondering what they could be arguing about.

"Seeeeee~ I told you Michael would take my side! You're such a dummy Uriel!" said Gabriel in her usual upbeat attitude. I could see Uriel frown and cross his arms and sighed.

"I'm just saying, if there is someone or something that can have this kind of effect on the system then they are a threat and should be dealt with," said Uriel, annoyed.

"Of course, but how per say do you expect to find them? If you would like to attempt to discover the cause of this anomaly then please do so, Uriel, but do not let it affect your ability to perform your duties," I said, calmly. Uriel glanced at me and nodded.

"If all is settled then I will return to my position in the fourth heaven to guard Eden," said Raphael before releasing his fiery 10 wings and disappearing in the distance. Uriel left to begin his search and Gabriel decided to follow me back to my office to talk about the present situations.

Ascalon disappears and the system is having an anomaly…why do I feel like this is connected?

Rias' POV

"Sirzechs-sama! Lady Grayfia has gone into labor!" shouted one of the servants after barging into my room while Onii-sama and I were playing chess. Onii-sama literally dropped his Queen piece after hearing that and it knocked a bunch of the pieces on the board over, some even falling to the floor. He all but leapt out of his seat, knocking it over, and squeaked out a high pitched 'What?'.

"Oi, oi don't get all panicky now. I told you to just relax and everything will go smoothly," said Souji-chan, Onii-sama's knight, as he walked past the servant and into my room. Onii-sama watched him walk over to him and smacked him on the back with a bright smile. "You should be more happy than anything! You're about to become a father! And you, little Rias, are about to become an auntie."

"A-Ah, yes! I want to see my baby nephew after Onii-sama says it's okay," I said, trying to hide the excitement I had for seeing my new baby nephew. I think I was as excited as Onii-sama when we found out Onee-sama was pregnant.

"Y'hear that 'Onii-sama'? If you don't go and see your newborn son and then tell little Rias here it's okay, you're gonna disappoint her," said Souji-chan after throwing an arm around Onii-sama's neck. Onii-sama visibly flinched at the thought of disappointing me and I sighed as he suddenly ran out of the room. Souji-chan gave me a thumbs up as he went after his King and I sighed before picking up the chess pieces and rearranging them on the board. I finished and walked out to ask one of the maids to please bring me a snack and I climbed onto my bed before pulling out a book about the rating games. My father and Onii-sama told me that I should start catching up on the ins and outs of the rating game so that when I can start participating in them I won't have any problems.

As I did so, I could feel a kind of energy emanating from my drawer. I wondered what it could be and thought about what I had in that drawer. I had all sorts of little magical tools my Onii-sama lent me since I always liked figuring out how they worked. I even almost blew up my room one time because I put too much demonic energy into one of the magical tools. It wasn't a fun experience having to explain it to mother and father.

I thought some more about what I had in that drawer and remembered that I had put my Evil Pieces in there until I needed them. I rolled to the edge of my bed and opened the door to see that the pouch I had them in was glowing. My forehead scrunched up in my confusion and I picked up the bag before carefully opening it. My Evil Pieces all suddenly flew out of the bag and began to float around me in a circle. I could clearly see my Queen piece in front of me and picked it out of the air with no resistance before putting it back in the pouch. I did the same thing with my two rooks, bishops, and knights. I didn't find anything odd until I reached my pawn pieces. Firstly, four of them were glowing a dull red, the way they do when they resonate with a person's soul before they enter the person's body. The other four, though were glowing a very bright crimson, one that might even put my hair to shame. Those four pieces also had red sparks coming off of them and I decided against trying to touch them for the moment.

Instead, I reached out to the dull glowing pieces and tried to pull it out of the air. I tugged and it didn't budge at all and I became confused. When it refused to move after another budge, I stood up on my bed and began to yank it hard, finally getting it to budge a bit. After several more budges, though, the red sparks on the crimson glowing pieces turned into lightning and shot through all the pieces, connecting them in a ring of lightning and startling me. I ended up falling down onto the bed and gasped when I saw what my pawns were doing. They formed a ring and began to spin around me at high speed, releasing lightning as they did so and causing small fires on my bed sheets and drapery. They finally stopped, suddenly, and their glowed dimmed significantly before falling down onto my bed as if nothing had happened. I looked down at the pieces, shocked by what had just occurred, and could do nothing but stare.

"Rias-sama, I've brought you your- Oh dear me what's going on in here!" shouted the maid who I had asked to bring me food. She ran over to my dresser and dropped the tray down before using water spells to douse the flames on my bed and drapery. "Rias-sama, what happened?!"

"I-I don't know," I said, still shocked. The maid saw me looking at my pawn pieces, which were still faintly glowing, and she turned and began to walk towards the door.

"I'm going to inform Gremory-sama. He may want to call Maou Ajuka-sama," said the maid as she exited my room. I picked up all of my pawns and looked at them, wondering what this strange and nostalgic feeling I was getting from them was. As I held them, I felt so safe and secure and I couldn't understand why. What was going on with my pawns?

So? What did you guys think?

I got an idea from another fanfic and I plan on adding it to this story via God's system's anomaly. Also mixed in Ascalon's disappearance to be with Issei since the two work well together.

As for Rias' scene, I thought I should input it since I want to begin the strange happenings with Issei's pawn pieces.

Review to let me know what you guys think and any ideas you might think I should incorporate and until next time...byeee :D