New chapter!
Warning you guys now, there is a time skip in this chapter. It's not too big though.
I'm considering making a poll on whether you want me to write this story in someone's POV or not. For example, one part is Issei's POV, the next would be Dakarai's POV.
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I know I said it last chapter but I'll say it again. *bows* So, so sorry for updating so late. Last chapter was so short it wasn't even funny. I think after the next 2 chapters, I'll get chapter 3 to at least 2k words. Still thinking about it.
Another thing I want to say is that elements from other series will be in this story. Only names and power ups though, with my own little twist.
Disclaimer: I do not own Highschool DxD.
"Talking."
'Thinking.'
"BOOST!"-power up or high grade magic being used
[Talking...]-Kiris talking
{Talking...}-Ddraig talking
DxD - Living Darkness
Dakarai and Issei were walking to Kuoh Academy. Issei couldn't wrap his head around what had happened to him last night. Surely Yuuma stabbing him was a dream, right? But he also dreamed about something else last night.
Flashback to Issei's dream
Issei opened his eyes. He was standing on the ground. There was fire everywhere, surrounding him. It was hot, scorching hot.
"I-Is anyone here?" Issei shouted. He looked around him and saw nothing except flames.
{Hmph, so I finally meet my host. It's about time you awakened me.}
Issei heard a deep, booming voice behind him. He turned around and saw a large, red western dragon with two gold horns sticking out the sides of its head.
"Wh-Who are you?" Issei asked.
{I am the dragon that resides within your Sacred Gear. I am Ddraig, one of the Two Heavenly Dragons.}
"But I thought Dragons weren't real." Issei said.
{We are. There isn't much time left. The White One has already awakened. Ally yourself with the Phantom. She is near. She can help you prepare.}
"Wait, what are you talking about? Who's the White One?! Who's the Phantom?!" Issei asked the dragon. He got no response, and instead he woke up in his room. He shut off his alarm and quickly got ready for school.
Flashback end
Issei was snapped out of his thoughts when heard Dakarai sigh. He stopped walking.
"Is something wrong, Dakarai?" Issei asked out of concern.
"Issei, give me your left arm." Dakarai asked.
'The hell?! Why does he need my left arm?' Issei thought to himself.
"Why do you need my left arm?" Issei asked nervously. Dakarai grabbed his left arm. Purple energy engulfed Dakrai's hand and spread to Issei's arm. Issei winced at the slight pain. Dakarai let go of Issei's arm and the purple energy faded. Issei rubbed his left arm.
"The hell was that for?" He would find the answer to his question. Suddenly, a green light enveloped Issei's arm. The light died down and he found a red gauntlet with a green orb on his left arm. Good thing nobody was around. The green orb started glowing.
{Kuku, to think I would be awakened by the Phantom. So, would you mind training my host, Phantom?} Ddraig asked Dakarai.
"Woah, wait a second. You're real Ddraig?!" Issei said in shock.
{Of course. I told you that in your dream, didn't I?} Ddraig replied.
"Wait, the "Phantom" you were talking about. You said that it was a "she". Dakarai's a dude!" Issei nearly shouted at Ddraig.
[He was talking about me.] Issei heard a stern, feminine voice. He looked at Dakarai and saw that his hands were now glowing a faint purple color.
{Kiris. As I thought, you've been awakened. It's good to see you after all this time.} Ddraig spoke.
[Yes, it has. I must say it's good to see you as well. In regards to training your host, you would have to ask my host.] Kiris replied to Ddraig.
Issei looked to Dakarai. He closed his eyes and sighed. He opened his eyes again. This time though, his eyes held a serious look to them.
"Issei, you can no longer live a normal life. I awakened Ddraig to help you. It's better that you have it now because you're being targeted. From here on out, it won't be rainbows and sunshine, or in your case, peeping on girls and fantasizing about oppai," Issei felt no shame from his classmate's words. "you have to become stronger to survive. It's as simple as that." Issei took in the words spoken to him and thought about them. He nodded his head.
"I understand, but I want you to tell me everything before I make my final decision." Issei spoke. Dakarai shook his head.
"You lost the ability to make a decision the second you were born. If you want to blame someone, blame God for creating the Sacred Gear that resides within you." Dakarai said. "Come on, I'll tell you everything on the way to school. Issei nodded his head. He looked and saw the red gauntlet on his arm had disappeared.
DxD - Living Darkness
Dakarai and Issei were walking through on a park on their way to Kuoh Academy.
"Alright, thousands of years ago, there were Three Factions. These factions were made up of Angels, Fallen Angels, and Devils. Angels, as the name suggests, are the beings the Biblical God created. Their mission is to protect humans and guide them with the teachings of the Biblical God. Fallen Angels, as the name suggests, are former angels that "fell" and lost their blessing from God because they had "impure thoughts" that weren't part of God's teachings. An Angel can fall for a number of reasons, but from what I heard, most of them fell because of lust. Now, Devils," Dakarai said with a hint of venom in his voice after he said Devils. "are entirely different beings."
"The war waged on for thousands of years, until all three sides lost most of their forces. Right now, while it looks like it ended, it's more of a standstill. It's not all out war or skirmishes, but that doesn't mean there isn't tension. No side has made a move since they pulled out."
"Really? So, what are they doing now?" Issei asked.
"Hell if I know. I'm just trying to remember what my father told me. If I had to guess, the only faction that's active are the Fallen Angels. It seems they're trying to obtain Sacred Gears or get rid of some users, as they attempted to do with you." Dakarai explained. "But since the leader is a man who doesn't desire war, I think some Fallen Angels are working independently."
"So that means Yuuma-chan was..." Issei trailed off.
"Yes. She's working for or with someone. And her real name is most likely something else. Yuuma sounds like an alias to me."
"But she was real! I still have her number right" Issei pulled his phone from his pocket and opened it. He looked through her contact list and saw that Yuuma's number, email, and address were all gone. "here..."
Without looking at Issei's phone, Dakarai explained.
"Fallen Angels have the ability to wipe people's memory. Anyone that you introduced "Yuuma" to have had their memories of her wiped and have forgotten about her. To put it more accurately, she doesn't even exist."
"Alright, so where do Sacred Gears come in?"
"Sacred Gears, also known as God's Artifacts, were created by the Biblical God as a part of his system to enact miracles on Earth. But we're going to skip to the Longinus-type Sacred Gears."
"What's a Longinus-type Sacred Gear?"
"A Longinus-type Sacred Gear has enough power to kill Gods."
"Gods?" Issei asked.
"Okay, for the future of this friendship, I'm going to say this one time, and only one time." Dakarai turned to face Issei.
"I don't like repeating myself. When I talk, you should listen. If you didn't, too bad, you're on your own." Issei was slightly shocked at his classmate's words. Wait, when did they become friends? They continued walking through the park.
"Now, not counting my Longinus, there are 13 more Longinus-type Sacred Gears. You wield one of them."
"I do?!" Issei was amazed. His life quickly escalated from being a pervert to being the wielder of a weapon that can kill gods.
"Yes. You have the "Boosted Gear", also known as the "Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet". If I remember correctly, the Heavenly Welsh Dragon, Ddraig resides within this gauntlet, as you have seen not too long ago. To compare it with other Longinus Gears, yours is mid-tier."
"So, what does it do?"
"It doubles its wielder's power, or "boosts", every 10 seconds. If you train hard enough, you shave a few seconds off of that."
"Awesome!" Issei stated, pumping his fist in the air.
"Well, I should tell you about your destiny as well."
"My destiny?" Issei questioned.
"Yes, your destiny. You are going to fight the White One." Dakarai said.
"Ddraig said something about the White One. Who is it?"
"The White One refers to this generation's Hakuryuukou, just like you are this generation's Sekiryuutei. The wielder of the "Divine Dividing" Longinus-type Sacred Gear, where it's ability is the exact opposite of yours. It divides the opponent's power every 10 seconds and adds the halved power to it's user."
"So why are they destined to battle?"
"That is a question I don't have the answer to. You can ask Ddraig. The only thing I remember is what my mother told me when I was young. As far as I know, the Two Heavenly Dragons were locked in an intense battle with each other, which was interrupted because the Three Factions were at war during this time. In anger, both dragons attacked the leaders of the Three Factions. This led to their bodies being destroyed and their souls being sealed into two separate Sacred Gears."
"So it's like the hosts of these gears are continuing the fight the Dragons had?" Issei asked.
"Hmph, that's an interesting way to look at it. You're smarter than I thought." Dakarai stated.
"Hey!"
"Alright, all jokes aside, story time is over. It's time I told you what happened to you last night."
Flashback
Dakarai jumped out the tree he was hiding in. He walked over to Issei, who was slowly dying.
'Damn, that's a pretty bad wound. Perhaps I should have stepped in. He didn't awaken the Boosted Gear either. I might have to use the healing technique Isis taught me.' Dakarai thought to himself. He took his thumb and put it under his fang. Before he could bite on it, a red magic circle appeared next to him. He took his thumb away from his fang. Out of the magic circle, Rias Gremory appeared.
"There's no need for you to heal him Dakarai-kun. I'll handle this."
"So you planned this?" Dakarai quirked an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" Rias asked. She reached into her breast pocket and pulled out a pawn piece.
"Don't play stupid Rias. One of your servant's familiars gave a flier to Issei with a magic circle on it. You knew he was going to be killed at some point, so when it happened, you would be summoned and you would reincarnate Issei as one of your pawns. Am I wrong?" Dakarai asked. Rias's eyes widened slightly in surprise and shock.
'He figured my plan out that quickly?' Rias thought.
"From the look on your face, I take it I'm right." Dakarai said with a small smirk on his face.
"For you to know that, you were spying on Issei?" Rias looked at Dakarai.
"I was watching over him to be more specific. The dragon sealed in my Sacred Gear asked me to watch over him. Well, I would have had more respect for you if you had asked him and told him what becoming a Devil would entail. At this point, using Evil Pieces the only thing that can save him. The magic I would've used on him has a limit. He's lost too much blood." Dakarai looked over to Issei. Rias nodded and started the ritual, placing the Pawn piece on Issei's chest. He turned around and started to walk away. Rias was about to say something to him, but Dakarai interrupted her.
"I'll tell him everything, Ms. Gremory. I'll bring him to you at school tomorrow." He continued walking.
"You know, I wouldn't mind if you called me Rias." Rias said, looking over to the direction Dakarai was walking in. Dakarai shot her a questioning look before walking off.
Flashback end
"So wait, you mean to tell me that Rias, one of the "Two Great Ladies" of Kuoh Academy is actually a Devil?!" Issei said with shock etched on his face.
"Yep, and you're in her peerage." Dakarai stated simply.
"Okay, that's a shocker. But more importantly," Issei got in front of Dakarai and grabbed his jacket and shook him, not caring about the height difference.
"YOU WATCHED ME DIE?! WHAT KIND OF FRIEND ARE YOU? THAT WAS A SERIOUS DICK MOVE DUDE!" Issei stopped shaking Dakarai and let go of his jacket. He dusted off his jacket and continued walking to school.
"Okay, I admit it. That was a dick move on my behalf. I apologize. I thought it would help you awaken your Sacred Gear. Maybe your fear of dying in that situation would have activated the Boosted Gear, but I was wrong."
"Very wrong." Issei said, shooting a glare at Dakarai's back.
"Get over it. We need to hurry up and get to school or else we'll be late."
"Ow!" A feminine voice said. Dakarai and Issei looked behind them to see a petite, blond girl wearing a nun outfit. Issei walked over to her.
"Hey, are you okay?" Issei grabbed the girl's hand. He looked into the girl's green eyes. He instantly felt drawn to this girl.
{Kukuku, don't be alarmed partner. She has an affinity for Dragons.} Ddraig said to his partner telepathically.
'Ddraig? You can talk to me inside my head?'
{Of course. Did you think I have to be summoned to speak to you?}
'No, just a little surprised, that's all.'
"Ah, I'm sorry. I'm so clumsy." The blonde girl said, rubbing her head.
Issei could understand what this girl was saying. Wait, he could understand Italian now?
"It's no problem." Issei replied, a slight blush creeping on his face.
"Would you two happen to know where the church in this town is? I was told to go there once I arrived here." The blond girl asked the two boys.
"I do. Follow me." Dakarai said. He nodded his head towards the direction they needed to go in. "Oh yeah, you didn't give us your name."
"It's Asia." The blonde girl replied. Asia grabbed her luggage and started walking next to Dakarai. He then turned towards Issei.
"Issei, you go on ahead to school. You need to see Rias anyway. She can tell the rest of the stuff I didn't tell you."
Issei started walking towards Kuoh, but he looked back to Dakarai.
"You're gonna be late though." Dakarai waved his hand.
"Don't worry about it. I've got it covered."
'The hell does he mean he has it covered?' Issei thought. He continued on to school.
DxD - Living Darkness
Dakarai and Asia had finally arrived at the church. For some strange reason, this was the only church in town. As the two were walking to the church, Asia had told him about her past. The more she went on, Dakarai couldn't help but feel a bit of sadness hearing her story.
"Ah, thank you Dakarai! I don't think I would have got here without your help. May the Lord be with you." Asia said, looking up at Dakarai. Dakarai felt a slight bit of pain at her blessing. He was half-Angel but that didn't mean he didn't feel slight pain whenever he prayed or when someone blessed him. He smiled at Asia.
"It was no trouble, Asia." Asia stared walking to the entrance of the church.
"Hey, Asia." Dakarai called out. Asia turned her head back to face him.
"You're not alone anymore. I'll be- no, I am your friend now. Tell you what, how about you, me, and Issei go out in about...two days from now. How does that sound?" Dakarai asked with a small smile on his face. Asia felt her eyes water slightly.
"Y-Yes! That sounds wonderful! I look forward to it!" Asia said with excitement. She walked into the church, and the door closed behind her. As soon as the door closed, Dakarai's small smile faded into a frown.
'This church reeks of Fallen Angels.'
[You think she knows that the people here are Fallen Angels?] Kiris asked her host.
'No, she's much too innocent.'
[Aww, are you feeling attracted to her partner? She has an affinity for Dragons if you must know.] Kiris teased her host.
'Shut it. I'm gonna summon Kai. I need him to pretend to be me for a little bit. Just until I actually arrive at school.'
[I assume you going to scope this place out and save the nun?]
'Yeah. Why don't you go ahead and rest? I'm sure you must need your beauty sleep, especially since you're getting older now.' Dakarai said to his partner, getting her back for implying he had affection toward Asia.
[Shut up...I'm still young, need I remind you.] Kiris spat back, growling at her host. Her response was a small fit of laughter.
Dakarai walked away from the church and went behind a couple of bushes. He bit his thumb on his right hand, smeared the blood on the palm of his left hand, and put it on the ground. Black hieroglyphs in a small circle appeared on the ground. A medium-sized cloud of smoke covered the circle. The smoke died down and revealed a wolf with dark gray fur wearing a red bandana on its head.
"It's been a while, Dakarai." The wolf spoke.
"Yeah, I know Kai. Hey, I need you to masquerade as me for a little while. I need to scope out this church before I make my move."
"Sure thing." Kai raised his paw and a puff of smoke covered him. The smoke faded to reveal an exact copy of Dakarai.
"Perfect. Now I need you to head over to Kuoh Academy and act like me for about 8 hours. You'll know you've found the right school if you sense Devils there."
"Alright, I'll be on my way." Kai started walking towards Kuoh Academy. He stopped momentarily.
"Oh, before I forget. I overheard Anubis and Bastet talking. They are coming to visit you and your sister soon." Kai said and walked off.
Dakarai started walking home to prepare for his task tonight. His sister would be elated to hear the news once she returned home from school. Hearing that the last of his family was coming to visit him made him reminisce about his life when he was younger. More specifically, the time he shared with his mother. She would give him the most comforting hugs, filled with love and warmth. She would take him on visits to Heaven, showing him the many beautiful things there. He even remembers his so-called "Aunt" Gabriel. When his mother had to do something important, Gabriel would watch over him and his sister until his mother was finished with her work. She would teach him and his sister about the teachings of God, help him with his homework, and even cook for him and his sister. Sometimes him, his sister, his mother and Gabriel would all go out to on a camping trip or an amusement park, where they would have endless amounts of fun. But after his mother died, he distanced himself away from Gabriel. He felt slightly guilty for doing so, but it was a way of coping for him. He wanted to be alone. Dakarai shook his head and stopped reminiscing. He noticed a tear was making its way down his face. He quickly wiped the tear from his face. He made his way home to get his equipment.
DxD - Living Darkness
The school day was over, and the sun was setting. Issei was gathering his things. He was told by Rias that she would send someone for him. A lot of students were shocked to see her talk to him, as he was known a huge pervert and a member of the "Perverted Trio". As he finished packing away his school supplies, he felt a hand touch his shoulder. He looked over his shoulder to see the "Prince of Kuoh Academy", Yuuto Kiba, behind him.
"You're Issei, right?" Kiba asked. Issei nodded his head.
"If you could follow me, please. The President would like to speak with you."
(A/N: Gonna fast forward a little bit here. Might edit this at some point.)
"So, let me introduce you to my peerage, Issei." Rias started to speak, but was interrupted when the door opened. Dakarai walked in and closed the door behind him.
"Dakarai? What are you doing here?" Rias asked "Dakarai".
"Actually, I'm not really Dakarai." A puff of smoke appeared, and Kai walked out of the smoke.
"I'm his familiar, Kai. Dakarai is currently about to invade a Fallen Angel base." Rias paled.
"He's going to do what? In my territory?" Rias asked.
"You heard me. He's going to invade a Fallen Angel base. I'm going to take the Red Dragon Emperor back with me. It's highly unlikely, but him and his brother may need some assistance." Kai stated.
"My peerage and I will go with you. I need to speak with your master." Rias said with a little bit of anger in her voice.
"Very well. Let's get a move on then." Kai said.
DxD - Living Darkness
Dakarai and Spike had been staking out the abandoned church for an hour. It was nighttime and they were hiding in the trees, they had been formulating a plan to rescue Asia. She more than likely didn't know, wait, scratch that, she didn't know that the people here were Fallen Angels and were planning to extract her Sacred Gear. Dakarai wore a black tank top, black cargo pants and black combat boots. He was sporting a metallic electronic eye patch with a red lens over his left eye. He had a finger pressed up to the side of it. Spike had opted for more casual attire, wearing a white baseball tee with blue sleeves, dark blue jeans and a pair of light blue sneakers.
"How many guys are inside the church?" Spike asked, looking over to his brother. Dakarai tapped the button on his eye-patch. Multiple yellow flashing symbols flashed on the eye-patch. The flashing stopped after a few seconds.
"Multiple enemies inside. 2 exorcists at the entrance. From the auras I'm sensing, they are possibly 150 Fallen Angels inside, and maybe 100 exorcists."
"That's it?" Spike asked curiously. Dakarai nodded his head.
"Well, this is gonna be easy." Spike jumped down from the tree and landed on the ground, with Dakarai following him. Spike cracked his knuckles. He looked at the strange tattoo on his brother's neck.
"Hey, I know I asked this before but you never answered. How did you get that strange tattoo on the back of your neck? You've had it ever since we've met." Dakarai looked down to the left side of the back of his neck. A black mitsudomoe¹. Dakarai looked back at Spike.
"Don't worry about it. I'll tell you some other time." He answered. Dakarai walked towards the church.
"Let's go save Asia already. Something tells me they're about to start the ritual." Spike followed him.
"Yeah, alright." Spike said.
As they arrived to the door, the exorcists guarding the entrance saw the duo approaching and started to attack. It would be in vain. Dakarai dashed and punched the exorcist in the gut, leaving him winded. He finished him off by smashing his face into the ground, knocking the exorcist out cold, if not dead. The remaining exorcist took out his sword and charged for Spike. As soon as the sword was about to impale him, Spike sidestepped and delivered a chop to the exorcist's neck, knocking him out. The two advanced and kicked the door down, alarming everyone inside. The Fallen Angels and Excorcists prepared for battle. Dakarai's hands became covered in black energy, forming long claws on his fingers. Dark gray wolf ears appeared on Dakarai's head and a dark gray tail with a white tip sprouted out of his body. A wolfish grin appeared on his face. He charged for a group of Fallen Angels. Spike got into a fighting stance as a group of exorcists surrounded him.
"Well, looks like someone's excited. Now, if you exorcists think you can kill me, let test that idea, shall we?" Spike said.
4.5k words. That is a milestone for me lol. Woohoo! Ddraig is here! I was dying of laughter when he was crying on DxD Born. Yeah, it's pretty sad going from the Red Dragon Emperor, striking fear into the hearts of your foes, to being know as the Oppai Dragon. From a feared dragon to the titty dragon. That's quite a few notches down lol. I'd be crying too. Okay, it's 4 in the morning. I should rest but I might start the next chapter which is gonna be the start of the Riser Arc. Alright, let's clear some stuff up.
Yes, Gabriel is gonna be in this story. Not too many fics with Gabriel. It's kinda sad lol.
¹: Mitsudomoe is pretty much what Sasuke's Curse Mark is. It has the three tomoe, but mitsudome is the pattern they go in. I had a serious "The More You Know" moment when I found that out lol.
Dakarai's eyepatch is the same as Wolf O'Donnell's eyepatch. I just changed the color of the lens. Hmm, seems I have many secrets about Dakarai's past. Yes, he's wolf yokai. How, you may ask? Sorry, I gotta keep secrets. Explanation might come around next chapter though. Though it was kinda expected since I DID say he sounds like Wolf O'Donnell. Huh, I kinda dropped a big hint there didn't I?
Also, I have an announcement. I'm going to try and grind out the next chapter after this one but no promises. Whether or not I upload the next chapter after this one, there might be a gap in updating. I'm going to be traveling shortly so I have to prepare(do my laundry, pack, etc). It won't be too huge a gap though I hope...
I can make short omakes if you guys would like that. Just until after I finish my trip.
Anyway, that's it for now. Please review!