-Start!-
The next day, sounds of wood shattering could be heard from Issei's courtyard as morning slowly approaches, Issei was currently practicing his Juken techniques and getting used to his Byakugan as he had awoken earlier today.
He had already did his usual exercises and practiced his Chakra control and was now training his Juken techniques, even though he knew that he could already use his Juken techniques quite efficiently, he wanted to ensure that he could use the moves instinctually so that he could use it anytime he needed to.
His Byakugan was progressing decently as he could now see his surroundings quite clearly, he knew that the Byakugan had a blind spot according to Neji's Memories thus he wanted to find a way to rectify it so he would not be surprised when he failed to see an attack coming due to it.
After checking the time nearby, he decided he would cook himself breakfast before heading for school.
-Hyuga of the Dxd-
On my way to school, I wondered how I should approach those people with the dark energy in them, I had originally planned to find and confront them immediately but had quickly found that it was a bad idea as it could potentially backfire.
Eventually I decided to simply find one of them and ask he/she to pass on a message to their leader so I could have a talk with them after school. As I slowly arrived at the school gate and entered it, I was initially surprised when I saw many curious looks aimed at me until I remembered that my appearance had changed after my Merging with Neji.
He walked past the many students and entered into his classroom and went to his usual seat when a girl nearby said.
''Hey! I don't think you should sit there...'' the girl said with a slight blush.
''Why not?'' I asked curiously.
''That seat belongs to Hyoudou Issei, one of the Perverted Trio of the school'' The girl answered.
''...I know, I am Hyoudou Issei after all.'' I told her and was amused by the surprised look on the girl and surrounding classmate's face.
''WHAT!?'' The students who had overheard what I said was surprised as they could not associate my appearance with that of the original me.
-Hyuga of the Dxd-
After that he ignored them and sat down while taking out a book about mythical creatures as he was curious what the people with Dark energy could be. he looked through the pages and eventually found a few that they could possibly be.
The first was the Vampires, It was possible for them to be Vampires as they looked similar to normal humans other than their natural charm and fangs but he quickly denied it as Vampires were known to burn under the sun and they would have been burned as he recalled that the energy was heading towards his location while the sun was still setting at that time.
The next was the counterpart of the vampires, the Werewolves. Another possible candidate as they did not have much differences compared to human until they transformed, but it was also not really possible as they weren't really the most inconspicuous type.
The third was the Fallen Angels. He knew it was impossible as they did not have the same feeling as Yuuma considering what he found after she told him. The Fallen angels would still have a higher amount of Light compared to Dark which allows them to use Light energy as weapons.
The final was Devils/Demons. He was not sure what to think of this as they clearly did not felt like any of the Bijuu as they did not have a Hatred-filled and Malicious feeling, yet it was still dark in nature, he supposed they could have either degenerated or was simply never the ones described in books, he guessed it was a little of both as they could have lost their maliciousness and thus became more human-like.
He closed his book as the teacher walked in, he decided to simply ask them after school was over but he would still be prepared for conflict until he knows otherwise.
-Hyuga of the Dxd-
During Lunchtime, Aika approached me as i waited for the inevitable questions she would have.
''What happened to you, how did you change so much in a single day?'' Aika curiously looked all over him.
''Nothing, I just had a makeover.'' I lied unconvincingly.
''Bullshit! What kind of makeover changes your hair, eyes and body in a single day!'' Aika shouted.
''A...special one?'' I tried lying again.
''...Why the hell are you asking me that!?'' Aika answered.
''Look, I know you are curious but I promise to tell you in the future alright?'' I said.
''Fine.'' Aika said with a pout, mollified that she would get her answer in future.
''Alright let's quickly eat our lunch now or we're not going to have time to do so later.'' I told her as I took out my lunchbox and started eating while chattin with her.
Eventually, we finished our lunch and Aika told me she had something to do and left.
-Hyuga of the Dxd-
I decided it was time to find one of the one with Dark energy in them. I silently turned on Byakugan and looked around before finding one behind the baseball field, I turned off the Byakugan before heading there.
As I approached the area, I saw a trees around the area and a girl sitting under a tree, as I got closer I realised she was Koneko Toujou, she is a petite girl with white hair and hazel eyes. The front of her hair has two long bangs going past her shoulders and several loose bangs hanging over her forehead, while the back has a short bob cut. She also wears a black cat-shaped hair clip on her hair. She usually wears the Kuoh Academy girls' school uniform, without the shoulder cape.
I didn't really know much of her considering she was known to speak very little and the occasional comment by Matsuda.
As I got closer she looked at me warily, one of her hand guarding the plate of cookies at her side.
''Don't worry I won't steal them'' I assured her.
She looks less wary but still guarding the cookies by her side, I found her behavour amusing and it must have shown on my face as she had a tiny shade of pink was seen on her face.
I sat down at her other side and decided to tell her my purpose of coming here.
''I need you to pass a message to your leader.'' I told her directly.
She looked surprised and said, ''...What do you mean?''
''I know you people are not human and thats one of the reasons I wanted to talk to your leader.'' I replied.
''...Okay.'' Her reply was surprisingly normal considering I just told her that they weren't human.
''Tell her that I would like to meet with her after school if he/she is willing and to tell me location of the meeting afterwards if he/she agrees.'' I said.
''Okay.'' She replied.
I found her to indeed be quiet and cold as rumors said, I gave her a pat on the head and left afterwards, If I had looked back I would have saw her face to have a slight blush.
After I left, Koneko slowly finished her cookies before heading to her Buchou to pass the message.
-Hyuga of the Dxd-
School has just ended and everyone was busy packing their bags preparing to leave, I had originally thought that the Leader of the 'Devils/Demons' were not going to have a meeting as I had planned when Koneko entered the classroom and headed towards me.
''Buchou wants to meet you, follow me.'' She said before turning around and leaving.
I quickly ran after her as she headed towards the old school house which has become the Occult Research Club. I thought it was fitting for them to be in the ORC.
Koneko then entered the entrance with me following and upon entering I saw what was known as the 'Popular Club' as the people there was all considered quite famous as they were the talk of the school.
They were Rias Gremory one of the two 'Great Ladies' and Akeno Himejima another of the two 'Great Ladies' followed by Kiba Yuuto the 'Prince' of the school. I should have expected this as they would be popular considering they aren't humans and thus would often stand out more.
''Huh...I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the 'Popular Club' would not be humans...Anyways, My name is Hyoudou Issei, Nice to meet you.'' I said as I introduced myself even though they probably already know who I am due to my reputation.
''Indeed, It was surprising to hear from Koneko that you knew we weren't humans but yes, it's nice to meet you too.'' Rias said.
As that was being said Akeno brought tea over and placed it on a table as I went and sat beside Koneko who was again eating her sweets, I took a sip of the tea and widened my eyes before saying.
''The tea tastes great, Akeno-senpai.'' I complimented.
''Fufu...Thank you Kohai-kun.'' she replied with a smile.
''Anyways now that pleasantries are over, I would like to know about the supernatural, from what I discovered there are Fallen Angels and from what I can tell you people are Devil/Demons right?'' I told them.
''Indeed...though I'm a little surprised and curious on how you figured out we were Devils in the first place.'' Rias replied with a slight frown.
''First tell me about the other supernatural beings before I tell you about my abilities, after all I did ask first right?'' I said teasingly.
''Very well, however instead of telling you, I'll show you.'' She said as a magic circle appeared in the centre of the room and holograms of the different species appeared.
The Three Factions were originally made up of the forces of Heaven, consisting of the Biblical God and the Angels; the forces of the Underworld, consisting of the Four Great Satans and the Devils; and the Fallen Angels.
The Three Factions started thousands of years ago after the Bible God cast out Angels that opposed his teachings, creating the Fallen Angels who inhabited in the Underworld alongside the Devils. These three factions were all interconnected. Together, the Three Factions spawned the Judeo-Christian religion, and became part of the Bible.
The Three Factions of Angels, Devils, and Fallen Angels eventually warred against one another under the leaderships of the Biblical God, the Four Great Satans, and the Fallen Angel organization, Grigori, led by Azazel, in a conflict which came to be known as the Great War which continued.
Until the Heavenly Dragons joined the conflict, the two dragons fought with each other while the members of each faction suffered from their battle, eventually the three factions agreed to a temporary alliance to fight them and the battle eventually ended with God sealing the two weakened dragons into Sacred gears.
Soon after the Great War erupted once again among the three and the factions fought once again till a few hundreds prior to the Kuoh Treaty.
Due to a state of extreme exhaustion after the Great War and the fight with the Heavenly Dragons, along with the fact that all three factions having lost their main forces, neither of the three sides wanted to continue battling.
So while there was no peace between the factions, outright battles did not occur either.
The Factions continued in this state with occasional conflicts between members who crossed paths for countless millennia.
It appears to be a video as it showed and explained the different species and their factions, it also explained that the Devils eventually created the 'Evil Pieces' System which allows them to reincarnate humans and other species into Devils.
This caused me to feel anger and curiousity as according to the video the 'Evil Pieces' System made use of Chess and it's pieces and was known as a Peerage, it also shows that the reincarnated were servants or worse slaves to their 'King' Piece. I was curious as it was nothing like the Edo Tensei which sacrifices one to resurrect another yet it was capable of resurrecting other beings into their race.
Eventually I accepted that even though I was angry about the Reincarnated being essentially slaves to their king at least not all of them are treated as such as shown by the surrounding Devils and they were even granted a second chance in their lives.
''That was interesting, so even now the three factions are in conflict?'' I asked.
''Yes, that's why we haven't attacked the Fallen in our territory as it might cause a war if we attacked them without knowing their reasons for being here.'' Rias replied.
''I see...do you know where the Fallen are located at?'' I asked.
''Yes, but why do you wish to know that?.'' Rias asked.
''I simply wish to know so I can avoid them.'' I replied.
''Okay then, they are located at the abandoned church.'' Rias told me
''I'll make to sure to avoid there then.'' I said.
''Now that the explanation is over, It's time for you to tell us how you knew we were Devils'' Rias asked.
''I was wondering if I could have a spar with one of your Peerage it would be easier to explain my abilities afterwards.'' I told them.
''Hmm...Very well, let's go outside, Kiba will be the one fighting you.'' Rias replied.
-Hyuga of the Dxd-
Outside the ORC, Issei prepared himself for the fight against a Devil with enhanced capabilities.
Issei stood in a stance as he awaited the starting signal, he saw that Kiba had a sword in his hand and thought it could either be an ability or a Sacred gear, he mentally adjusted his plans just in case he could summon more.
''Begin!'' Rias said.
Kiba had rushed forward immediately upon hearing the signal, Issei was slightly surprised by him as he appeared in front of him so quickly, he quickly dodged backwards and turned on his Byakugan and noticing his opponent's surprise at seeing his Byakugan, he immediately launched multiples Juken strikes at his opponent.
The Juken strikes hit and had momentarily immobilised him before Kiba quickly jumped backwards and dodged the last few strikes. Issei followed up on his momentum and rushed forward when a sword was slicing towards him.
'Kaiten' He quickly spun and pushed Kiba back before sliding back into Kiba's guard before using 'Hakke:Sanjuunisho' and finished with a palm towards his stomach which sent him flying towards a tree.
As Kiba slowly recovered he summoned another sword and unleashed flames towards Issei who used 'Kaiten' again to disperse the flames and jumped away to avoid a sword cutting through where he was just at, he noticed that Kiba was injured and was breathing quite heavily from his thirty-two palm strikes.
Kiba summoned another sword with ice properties which froze the ground and launched ice spikes towards Issei who jumped aside just in time to dodge them. Issei quickly used his chakra to attach to the ice and began running forward planning to end this but had to jump back to avoid a lightning blast from another sword.
Kiba suddenly appeared at Issei's back and tried to cut him with a flame sword but Issei turned and launched 'Hakke:Kusho' which sent Kiba backwards.
He then released a burst of chakra towards the ground which launched him towards Kiba and quickly did a 'Shunshin' before hitting Kiba and appeared at his back and then slided into his most commonly used stance 'Hakke:Rokujuuyonsho' He striked out sixty-four palm strikes at Kiba before launching him away with the final one.
Kiba once again hit a tree and fell unconscious this time. Issei was glad that he finally had the chance to fight a Devil and had won without showing his full skillset.
-Hyuga of the Dxd-
The ORC was surprised when they saw Kiba lost the fight but they had quickly went to help Kiba and was looking at Issei in slight awe and fear of how quick he defeated Kiba without a sweat.
''Ara Ara...Issei-kun is so strong.'' Akeno said with a slight blush on her cheeks.
''That was impressive Issei, What happened to your eyes and what was those moves you used?'' Rias asked.
''The eyes are known as the Byakugan and they allow me to see details better and different types of energies and the techniques are known as Juken.'' Issei gave a half-truth about his Byakugan as he did not want all his abilities to be known yet.
''He used Chakra.'' Koneko said slightly in awe at the feat.
Issei was surprised on how she knew that and quickly deduced that she might be a species sensitive to Chakra as he had seen Chakra in her as well.
''Yes, Juken uses Chakra to attack it's opponents.'' Issei gave another half-truth.
''I see...How are you capable of using Chakra anyways, humans are not capable of using Chakra, only Youkai's were known to be able to use Chakra.'' Rias asked.
That allowed Issei to deduce that Koneko was a Youkai of some sort though he was curious on why humans wasn't able to use Chakra.
He quickly said, ''I don't know either, I was practicing meditating as a child and unknowingly felt a light in my navel and tried to pull it and the result was that I could use Chakra after that.'' Another half-truth as that was how Shinobi unlocked their Chakra.
''Hmm...if that's all you may leave for now, we still need to tend to Kiba.'' Rias told Issei.
''Okay, I have other plans later on anyway.'' Issei said and bid farewell before leaving towards his home.
''That was interesting, a human capable of using Chakra.'' Rias mused, she knew that it was not yet time to attempt recruiting him as judging from his reaction to the 'Evil Piece' System, he was not happy about it but was willing to accept it, she needed to wait until he was more comfortable with them before attempting it.
-Hyuga of the Dxd-
Upon leaving the school, Issei felt satisfied that the Juken can indeed injure other species, this allowed him to have more options in the future against supernatural opponents.
As he was thinking he didn't notice as he collided with someone which broke him out of his thoughts before looking at who he collided with and saw a nun sprawled on the ground, he quickly helped the nun up with a smile and apologised.
Asia had long blonde hair and green eyes. Her hair flows all the way down to her back, with split bangs over her forehead and a single strand sticking out from the top, sloping backwards.
Her main attire consists of a dark teal nun outfit with light blue accents, a white veil over her head with light blue accents, a brown satchel slung on her right hip, and brown boots with black straps in an X-shaped pattern. She also wears a silver cross necklace around her neck.
''Sorry about that, my name's Hyoudou Issei.'' Issei told her.
''It's okay, nice to meet you Issei, my name's Asia Argento.'' She said happily.
''So Asia, where are you from?'' he then asked her.
''Oh...I'm from Italy!'' She said.
They were interrupted as they heard a child crying, Asia walked over to the crying child who had a cut along his knee and smiled, '' A boy like you shouldn't cry over a small scrape like this.''
Issei was surprised as he saw a green light around Asia's hands as she placed it near the boy's injuries which quickly closed itself up. His first thought was that it was the 'Shosen Jutsu' but quickly denied it after checking the girl with his Byakugan and noticed she didn't have Chakra so he believed her to have a Sacred Gear.
''There you go, the wound is gone, it's completely fine now.'' Asia assured the child.
The boy upon seeing the wound was really gone, wiped his tears and smiled up at her, ''Thank you Onee-san!''
The boy then quickly ran off as Asia turned back towards Issei before looking down and said with a sad smile , ''I must have surprised you.''
Issei gave her a smile and gave her a pat on her head which caused her to look up at him, ''A little, I just wasn't expecting you to have a Sacred Gear.''
Asia blinked before staring at Issei and asked, ''You know about Sacred Gears?''
Issei nodded his head and decided to change the topic so as to avoid explaining how he knew about it, ''Asia, you have quite an amazing power.'' Issei complimented her.
Asia gave a pained look before fading into a sad smile and said, ''They are fantastic powers, bestowed upon me by God.''
''But your expression doesn't say the same.'' Issei noted with a frown and saw Asia flinched a little.
Issei seeing this gave her another pat on her head before saying with a warm smile, ''Asia, It's fine if you don't want to talk about it, but remember that I'm always willing to listen to you if you need it.''
''Thank you Issei, I'm really glad to have met such a kind and nice person like you as soon as I arrived in Japan.'' Asia said as a grateful smile spread across her face.
''Oh? Is this your first time here then?'' Issei asked only to smile and quickly grabbed her hands as Asia nodded in reply.
''Then let me show you around, I'll bring you to the best places around here.'' Issei offered trying to recreate the happy atmosphere they had before.
Issei smiled as Asia nodded and brought her to the shopping district and wondered just how she grown up after noticing Asia looking at every common thing in curiosity and therefore decided to show her different things and explain what they were to her, It was kind of amusing seeing her face lit up everytime she knew something new. He also found that Asia did not know how to read any Japanese, much to his surprise.
Issei eventually brought her to a fast-food restaurant and ordered a burger for her and taught her how to eat a burger before heading towards a park.
''Asia, who taught you Japanese anyway, they must be pretty bad if you don't even know how to read and write Japanese.'' Issei scoffed.
''They decided that I was only required to learn how to speak it and so they didn't teach me to read or write.'' The nun answered with a sad smile.
''Don't worry! I'll teach you it then.'' Issei said before teaching her to write basic Japanese letters and how to read them.
Issei spent the next hour teaching Asia the basics as they enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere until Asia gave a soft sigh, ''Issei...Can I tell you a story?''
''Of course Asia, I told you I'll listen if you need me.'' Issei said curiously and frowned upon seeing her sad expression.
The nun looked sadly at the setting sun, "There once lived a girl who wanted nothing more than to help others. One day she found that she had been granted a power from God in order to help those who needed it."
"Filled with gratitude the girl devoted her entire life to serving God. Her fellow believers, who believed her to be a miracle from the Lord, hid her away from others so that they couldn't hurt their Holy Maiden. Preventing her from helping those she wanted to help," Asia continued as Issei kept silent.
"Day after day left in isolation, her only comfort was found in praying to her Lord. But not even her faith could fight off the depressing loneliness that slowly consumed her, having no one to talk to and no friends to have fun with. She eventually gave in, leaving her shelter to see the outside world, sadly her faith was not strong enough to pass that trial," said Asia and Issei saw as her eyes begin to water.
As a single tear rolled down the nun's cheek, "After she left, she found an injured man...no an injured Devil, someone who was meant to be her enemy…yet she healed him. Her fellow believers saw this and were shocked, they believed that there was no way any gift from God would be able to heal a Devil. So they cast her out, believing her to be a witch and a heretic even though it wasn't her fault she just wanted to help others."
Issei just stared at the nun and his eyes slowly widened as the image of the crying Asia was replaced by the sight of a girl with featureless white eyes with tinges of lavender and dark blue hair.
Hinata was raised to be the Hyūga clan heiress and her family had expected great things from her. But even at a young age, it started to become clear to some of the Hyūga that Hinata was not suited for the role of heiress, as she struggled against her father in their training sessions and her timid personality prevented her from excelling.
She was also kidnapped by Kumo's Head ninja but was saved when her father saved her by killing the Kumo Ninja, this event caused what would come to be known as the Hyūga affair.
But when Hinata's younger sister, Hanabi, started displaying superior talent, Hiashi began to reconsider Hinata's selection as heiress, eventually Hinata and Hanabi were pit against each other to determine who would one day lead the Hyūga. Because Hinata was unwilling to harm Hanabi - an unwillingness Hanabi did not share - she was defeated, thus disappointing her father.
Hinata's dream was to help unite the Main and Branch families together. But the branch family who she wished to help had looked down on her due to her supposed inferior talent and her reluctance to hurt her family she was not able to gain power in her Clan and her position of Heiress was on the verge of being replaced.
She had only wanted to help unite her family.
Issei frowned upon seeing the memories from Neji before shaking his head to clear the images and focusing on Asia. He crouched next to Asia before wiping her tears away and giving her a warm smile.
''That girl has nothing to be ashamed of Asia, no one should suffer through torment like that. It's human nature to want to be with others after all, in fact you should be proud of yourself. You, who decided to fight against your fate instead of just simply accepting it.'' He replied using the words Naruto said to Neji, which caused Asia to look at him with a surprised expression.
''Let them call you a witch and a heretic and let them waste their breath, they aren't you and therefore will never understand the kind of pain and suffering you've gone through. But I do and I know that you're none of those things, you're simply a person who wants to help others. That fact alone makes you a better person than those so called 'Holy men'." Issei finished with a warm smile.
Asia stared at him in shock before embracing him in a hug as she cried on Issei's shoulder, Issei returned the hug and slowly comforted her the crying nun.
''Thank you Issei! For everything you've done, I'm glad to have talked with you, I really needed that.'' Asia said as she slowly wiped her tears.
''You don't have to thank me Asia, I only told you the truth.'' Issei said.
Asia then clasped her hands together in prayer as she closed her eyes, "Oh Lord! Please bless this man's kind soul and shield him from the dark."
''Thank you Asia, I might need that blessing soon.'' Issei said with a laugh.
''I have to go now, the others will be waiting for me.'' Asia informed with a sad smile.
''Don't worry Asia, we'll definitely meet again!'' Issei assured her as she gave him another hug before walking off towards the church.
'Oh yes...we will definitely meet again.' Issei thought as he saw the direction she was heading in.
-End!-
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