Dragon of Dragons: Game of the Year Edition Chapter 6: An Uzumaki In Kuoh, a Naruto + High School DxD/ハイスクールD×D Crossover fanfic

A/N: So I'm back. Yipee. Forgive my lack of enthusiasm, this is normally where I'd give an excuse for why I defaulted on my update schedule, but this is the internet, and no one gives a damn about your problems, be it someone kicking your dog or shooting your bloody cousin. Regardless of which, I finally regained a level head to type this chapter simply to provide a brief escape from reality.

Either~way, to those claiming that Issei's power-up was too sudden and too fast, please recall, that this is the same guy who got powerful enough to punch and injure Kokabiel, simply because Rias promised to let him fondle her boobs. This is also the same guy, that was able to fight equally with Vali Lucifer, someone who easily outclassed him, simply because Azazel told him that Vali would shrink Rias's boobs. So if his first kiss was to die, you don't think he would get that strong that fast? Forgive me if I find your claims highly ludicrous.

Some people hate Naruto and feel he shouldn't be in this fic. Some people love him and feel Issei should die. I'm neutral, but yet Naruto is necessary in this fic, and so, he shall be in this fic. Please note however, that if you are expecting a bubbly blond haired happy-go-lucky idiot, then stop reading. Naruto here is so different from canon you'll notice it instantly.

Now let's start the second arc shall we?

The universe was a vast place, neither constrained by rules nor bound by any entity. It was the location of every being in existence, every farmer and forager, every hero and coward, every saint, every sinner, every warlord or conqueror, every man and every god. The universe held it all, it was the platform for which all forms of life existed. Yet, since the foundation of the universe which was time immemorial, there existed always one tiny event, one inconsequential action or one small error that would serve to shake it to its core.

This time around, the reason for the universe's fragmentation would begin and it would end with the choices of one boy. One little boy, one insignificant human amongst a multitude of human beings, he was one boy who possessed the catalyst for the end, the ultimate Sacred Gear, the God Gear of Longinus, the Sacred Gear of Sacred Gears. The Exodus Switch.

Alas, to the boy, it was a game.

To the rest of the world, it was the apocalypse.

With but the action of a single fallen angel, so began the beginning of the end, the Genesis of Revelations.

Codex Entry, No. ?

~~~~~~Dragon of Dragons: Game of the Year Edition~~~~~~

Arc Two

An Uzumaki in Kuoh

Kingdom of Heaven

There was a momentary shake in the kingdom of heaven as lights flashed constantly. The lights flickered on and off, as the halos on the heads of angels where left to be the only thing illuminating the kingdom. But as quickly as it had started, the flickering vanished and the kingdom returning to its tranquil state.

In which the angels found themselves all panicking as they rushed towards the only person who might explain to them as to why or how the lights in heaven had been flickering.

Gabriel led the charge as she burst through the large golden doors and entered the throne room of the almighty, albeit, it was no longer inhabited by that being.

"Michael…"

The Leader of the Angels said nothing as he glanced to the worried expression on the face of Archangel Gabriel, before smiling.

"It seems that our fragile era of insecurity and hesitation is over."

Michael smiled "A new era is about to begin."

~~~~~~ DxD: Game of the Year Edition ~~~~~~~

Hell

Underworld

Sirzechs Lucifer sat in silence as he stared at his counterparts and fellow Satans. A minor shockwave had rocked the entire underworld seconds ago, and he had the slightest suspicion as to what it could have been.

Serafall Leviathan frowned as she glanced at him "Mou, did you feel that?"

Ajuka Beelzebub said nothing as he removed a stray hair from the side of his face. His presence there was the only indication that the shockwave had not been their imagination.

"It seems that we have a rather rare case here."

"Can we trace the origin of that energy?"

Ajuka shook his head "Whatever it was, it somehow cloaked itself. There isn't any chance of us finding it right now."

Sirzechs sighed "Just when I thought we could finally have peace in the world, this happens…"

"At the very least, we now know…" Ajuka stated slowly as he glanced into the sky.

"The future is beginning to move forward."

~~~~~~ DxD: Game of the Year Edition ~~~~~~~

You have slept on a Couch. HP and MP have been 75% restored.

Issei jumped up with a start, rapidly glancing towards his surroundings to find himself in a mansion he had never seen before. He tried to remember what had happened, and instantly the images of the events of the night rushed through his head.

He instantly glanced at his watch, and almost let a sigh of relief when he realized that only two hours had passed.

The rush of information was maddening. Images streamed through his dead like data, he found himself remembering the impossible things that had occurred, devils and angels being real, exorcists trying to kill him, and he himself, he faintly recalled utterly curb-stomping the hell out of a fallen angel. He tried to make sense of it all, his head aching as he found himself breathing hard, his chest rising and falling as he took in harsh breathes of air.

PING!

Glitch has been corrected. Gamer's Mind now re-activated.

An unearthly calm overtook Issei as he regained himself and allowed the memories, which were like a gushing tap, to flow smoothly, as though channeling oil through a funnel. He remembered now, something about a Sacred Gear, and he remembered the state of power he had attained, especially what he had used to attain it.

Mystify was an ability that stunned the viewers with actions one who was sane would not possibly think of performing. In using it, Issei had done something he probably wouldn't have thought of on his own. He stabbed himself with a spear of light, coated with the blood of a devil.

He had then used Observe, confirming that the spear of light and turned into a game item due to its contact with Issei's own blood. It had displayed itself as a crafting item, a spear of light and the blood of a devil, which could be used to craft something of value.

With that knowledge in mind, he proceeded to use Kami's Fingers, which, despite the other perverted uses, had the ability to heal wounds with a touch. The issue however, was that Gamer's Body ensured that he didn't have any physical damage to his body, except for when he had a status effect such as bleeding. There was a brief window of opportunity, in which the second he attained the bleeding status effect, Gamer's Body would deactivate and reactivate instantly. So, he had healed his stab, while the blood coated spear was still in his gut, before his body returned to its video game form. This meant that he had permanently sealed the energy within his body.

The coup de grace of the entire process was Larceny, which granted him the ability to steal, by storing stuff within his personal inventory. There was, however, no rule ever stating that he could only steal physical items. It was all a matter of taking a gamble to see, what would happen if he 'stole' energy in the form of his opponent's attack.

Issei knew that his Intelligence and Wisdom scores, coupled with his high Observe ability were possibly the only reasons he had successfully pulled off such a crazy stunt. He had lost control afterwards, the power and his rage, frustration, confusion and misery that had been bottled up by the Gamer's Mind had been completely unleashed, and he simply wanted to vent out all his emotions on the nearest possible target. Dohnaseek was simply unlucky to have been there.

Recalling his mind back to the present and blinking with no small amount of confusion, he glanced to his environment and found himself in a house he did not recognize, sitting on a couch he had never seen before.

PING!

Hard Mode has been selected. Several new features have been installed and updated. These features will be displayed after the sequence.

Several notifications have been temporarily disabled to enable maximum flow of story mode. Complete the current sequence to re-enable.

'Sequence? Story Mode? Since when has there been a story mode?' Issei closed the notifications as he calmly recalled how the entire battle had ended. After defeating Dohnaseek, he had wanted to heal Tsubasa, but he had been stopped by a man. Yes, it had been a tall blond man with blue eyes that had turned metallic purple, and could both see and interact with his game. Issei felt as though he knew the man from somewhere, there was this nagging feeling like as though they had met before, but he couldn't recall.

"Yo gaki! Awake already? Then again, I suppose it's to be expected when you have video game powers."

Issei sprang up from the couch he was in and turned to stare at the man, whose name was Uzumaki Naruto, if he could properly recall. He was now dressed casually in a dark-blue shirt, and a burnt-orange jacket, a pair of black sneakers adored his feet, and his spiky blonde hair gave way to his eyes, which were now blue.

"Want something to eat? I've got ramen~!" he stated cheerily as he walked towards him with a bowl of instant noodles in his hand.

'Observe' Issei thought almost automatically.

Uzumaki Naruto Lv. ?

'What? Just his name is displayed? Why can't I see his level?' alarm bells went off in Issei's head as his gut instinct told him that being unable to see the man's level was a very bad omen.

Observe is not high enough to view more information.

You do not possess a high-enough level to view more information.

Issei swallowed hard.

In his entire time of playing the game, no one had been too high in level for him to be unable to scan. Yet, this Naruto seemed to be the exception to the rule. Perhaps he had answers? Yes, Issei's mind thought. He could have answers to the questions he needed to desperately ask. He could have answers to why his life was a video game, and why Fallen Angels, Devils and Exorcists that were supposed to be fantasy, were all real.

"Where's Tsubasa?" Issei was somewhat surprised at himself. The logical part of him had a thousand and one questions he could possibly ask, yet, the only one he had managed to utter, was the one his heart had spoken.

The blonde man, who looked to be twenty-one at the most, slurped his noodles with a satisfying smack. "Well, you passed out after exhausting all your energy, so I brought you back to my house with your little girlfriend."

"That wasn't really an answer and Tsubasa's… not exactly my girlfriend." Issei responded uncertainly. She was his first kiss, and they had shared a passionate moment with each other, but he wasn't sure he could call her his girlfriend.

"Well she's certainly not anyone's girlfriend now that she's dead."

There was a moment of silence in which nothing but the smacking of lips and slurping of noodles could be heard Issei's mind traveled in slow motion as it tried to comprehend the information. Tsubasa was dead. Tsubasa was dead. He didn't save her. He couldn't save her. After everything that had happened? What was it all worth? What was it all for?

"Oops, I suppose that was one of those things that I'm supposed to say seriously, with the accompanying dramatic music and dim lighting… my bad. Ah well, this ramen though…" The blonde blinked as he slurped a stray noodle from his chin.

Issei didn't even realized when he had moved. A liberal use of Sprint dashed him across the room as he grabbed the blonde by the collar of his jacket and screamed into his face "What the hell in the world do you mean by she's dead!"

"When someone's heart stops pumping and their brain functions cease, their soul departs from the living world. We call the phenomenon: death." Naruto responded dryly.

Due to the effect of the Gamer's Mind, there was no actual anger in Issei's voice, but rather it was the absurdity of the scenario that ticked him off. The blonde-haired douchebag had the guts to be so sarcastic.

"First, you're an asshole." Issei bluntly stated, Naruto merely shrugged, neither confirming nor denying the allegation.

"Second, why in the world would you come in and stop me from saving her, and then fail to do it yourself?"

"Well, if I had let you back then, you'd have brought her back as a retard, which would probably be worse than death. So I decided to help out… until I realized that the Outer Path can only restore her body and can't do anything about her soul."

Issei's tried to rationalize what he was saying, and although he didn't know what the 'Outer Path' was, he was able to understand it based on the context. Was it a technique that could revive the dead? Was the blonde also a gamer like himself? Several questions rushed through Issei's brain as he decided on which one to choose.

"Why can't you restore her soul?"

Naruto gave him a bland look "Because she's not human. And hell if I know where devils go when they die."

Issei's face dropped as he suddenly recalled very clearly, that Tsubasa had wings, and was in fact a devil. The fact that his first kiss had been with a devil did not bother him in the slightest. There was no evil in her, nothing to mistrust. She was someone who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Issei slowly unhanded the blonde as he calmly sat down on the couch. Yet, he realized with bitter irony, that he could feel no sense of loss, no regret, no sadness. The Gamer's Mind disabled them all.

He could feel nothing, but total and utter emptiness.

It was horrible.

"So… she's gone..."

Naruto glanced at the teen and then calmly tossed his empty plastic bowl into the trash can.

"Here's the thing… she's not exactly 'gone' yet."

Issei's head whipped back to the blonde so quickly it was a miracle it didn't snap.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, normally, when you die, your body turns cold, you empty your bowels and basically stink and start rotting."

Issei scrunched up his nose but couldn't speak before he was interrupted.

"However, minus the cold body, nothing else implied that she's dead. Well… at least before I patched her brain back together. My only guess is that she must have had some form of interaction with you that affected her."

At that moment Issei fondly remembered their kiss. He chuckled slightly at the irony, the kiss Tsubasa gave, intending to be her last, ended up being the one thing that would save her life.

Naruto continued "Well, the best I could say, is that she somehow turned into what I can guess is a 'Quest Item'."

Issei's mind already put the pieces together "In games, Quest Items are things which can't usually be destroyed, trashed, sold or given away. Occasionally, people can become quest items, and they are given certain statuses as immortal objects!"

Naruto glanced at him vacantly "I already know all that. You already know all that. Why bother saying it at all? It's not like there's an audience watching or reading this stuff anyway." the blonde shook his head "Well, I can't bring back her soul, but you probably can."

Issei's eyes sparkled with determination "How?"

"You have the access to both demonic and holy magic in you. Using the right amount of the two, you should be able to bring her back." The blonde opened the can, and dug into his second serving.

"Well that, or you'll probably just learn a skill like 'Regroup Allies' or 'Raise Dead' or 'Resurrect' or whatever convenient plot device that usually allows stuff like this to happen- Gah how'd I get the sushi flavored ramen?" the blond frowned in distaste as he reluctantly continued to devour the noodle broth. Ramen was ramen, and it could not be wasted, regardless of the flavor.

'Would it be possible?' Issei thought silently to himself. His life was a video game after all, so would he be able to revive the dead with his abilities. Could he? Like a Cleric in the Dungeons and Dragons games, could he revive people who had died? Did the game have that kind of power? Would he take the chance?

He didn't even think twice.

"I'll do it." he stated confidently, no room for doubt, his mind steeled on the goal. He would revive Tsubasa, no matter the cost.

Naruto nodded, still eating his ramen, he gestured with his chopsticks "Alright then. Follow me."

The duo went further into the house, up the stairs, down a corridor until they walked into a room. Issei sported the familiar mop of blue hair that was Tsubasa and immediately dashed to her side. She was thankfully dressed in a long loose gown that though was transparent and gave Issei quite the view of her naked form. If he cared enough to look that is, as his eyes were transfixed permanently on her face.

Tsubasa Yura Lv. 14

Race: Devil [Reincarnated]

HP: 0/500

Current Statuses: Deceased.

If he didn't know any better, he would have assumed she was sleeping.

"So… what am I supposed to do?" he asked uncertainly as he approached her body.

"Hmm… place one hand on her chest, and the other on her head. Then… use that glowing finger technique you used to pleasure that Fallen Angel earlier today, but try using it with demonic energy."

Issei did as told and placed his hands on Tsubaki, almost flinching from how cold her forehead was, and realizing that her heart wasn't beating. Just as he was about to use his Kami's Fingers he felt as though he'd failed an intelligence check. Then it suddenly hit him.

"How did you know-"

"Shh… Talk later; for now, focus."

Issei grumbled inaudibly as he realized that he would be having a long talk with the Uzumaki afterwards. With but a thought, he activated the technique. Just as he did, he noted Naruto's eyes turned back to a metallic purple as he slammed his palm over Issei's own. Issei felt a rush of power drive through him from the action, the power boost he momentarily gained easily dwarfed what he had used to defeat Dohnaseek.

PING!

Through the aid of manipulating an otherwise seemingly unimportant skill, changing its form and purpose to be suited to your needs, a new Skill has been unlocked! Revive [Active] Lv. 1

This is a skill to resurrect the dead and fallen companions, drawing their souls from the realm beyond and fixing their mortal bodies at your leisure. They will however, become 'bound' to you after they have been revived and at the first twenty levels, it can only be used once a month.

Issei's eyes enlarged as the notification flashed itself in his vision and vanished. The room was filled with a bright, bursting light that momentarily blinded its occupants, and left a resonating powerful aura in the building.

Once the light died down, Issei noted, with no small amount of elation, that the girl's chest had regained a slowly moving rhythm, and he could feel her heart beating once more.

Tsubasa Yura Lv. 14

Race: Devil [Reincarnated]

HP: 500/500

Current Statuses: Asleep.

"I did it! She's alive!" Issei beamed as he felt a rush of joy at his achievement. Tsubasa was peacefully asleep, but she was alive. She was alive and breathing well.

"Yep, you did it all on your own. Without any help from some guy who channeled the energy needed to bring her back to life."

Issei sheepishly scratched the back of his head "Thanks for helping me."

Naruto merely shrugged "I only wished it hadn't been so anticlimactic… and after all that build-up. Oh well, I suppose if you hadn't been able to revive her, this tale would have gone pretty dark, pretty fast."

Issei promptly scowled at the man who was making less sense by the minute "Who are you?"

The blonde man laughed as he tossed his empty bowl of ramen into the air and stretched out his palm, with his eyes turning blue once more "I am the man who has walked on the moon, bitch-slapped Gilgamesh, drank Dionysus under the table and cheated on Aphrodite with Amaterasu." He leaped and spun "I walked on water before it was cool, I caught lightning in a bottle, set fire to water, made it snow in hell and rain porn in heaven… Tons of fallen angels still hate me for that one though."

He smirked as he back-flipped "I am the Sage who defied the laws of physics, the man who can shatter the wall separating the realms of fantasy and reality; My name has been on the lips of death so many times, I got bored and French-kissed it. I am the Seventh Hokage of the village of Konohagakure no Sato! I am the legendary sage, shinobi, and writer!"

"I am…!"

"Uzumaki Naruto." Issei bluntly stated.

There was a moment of brief silence that occurred after Issei sharply interrupted him, as the air grew heavy with a thick, yet highly awkward air that had the consistency of soup.

SLAM!

-200 HP!

"What the bloody hell! That hurt!" Issei yelled out in pain as Naruto had simply tapped him on the head and sent his face smacking into the floor with the speed of a moving train.

"Well next time don't ruin a dramatic monologue! Do you know how much work it takes to get those things done right?"

Issei groaned as he shakily rose to his feet "You were almost done anyway!"

Naruto scratched his chin as he caught the empty bowl he had tossed into the air with a finger "Well, I had almost reached the part where I'd usually summon a large toad beneath my feet and do my introduction with shadow clones playing musical instruments in the background. But… like the toads, most of the summon clans went extinct centuries ago."

"Shadow… clones? Large toad? Summon clans? You're not making any sense." Issei shook his head "Are you also a gamer? Did you also wake up one morning with powers?"

"Were you listening to anything I said kid? I am obviously…"

Issei's eyes widened. This was the moment of truth, the moment he'd been waiting for, was Uzumaki Naruto a-

"Not a gamer."

Issei's face fell along with the hopes and dreams of a multitude of people. "Then how can you see my notifications? How did you interact with them when no one else can?"

Naruto smirked and then pointed to his eyes "My eyes are one of the reasons." Slowly, his eyes morphed from the blue form back to a metallic purple with several rings within it.

"These eyes are called the Rinnegan. They can see the energy that exists in every living thing, and as well as do much more. Your 'gamer' ability is a massive construct that draws natural energy from the very atmosphere and solar energy from the sun. Also, it draws from two other sources I can't identify, to power itself."

Issei slowly contemplated the information, glad to have an intelligence score high enough for him to understand most of what Naruto was saying, though he looked slightly confused at 'natural energy'.

"Though the other sources mask up your presence and power, you are a walking personification of natural energy. If not for the other energy sources, even a green rookie at the art of Senjutsu would be able to sense you for miles with how much of the natural energy you consume."

"Senjutsu? Natural Energy? I've never heard of those terms before…"

Naruto groaned in exasperation, before a thought sprung to his mind. Drawing up his sleeve, he revealed his arm which was covered with several tattoos and seals. He activated a particular seal on his arm which conjured a puff of smoke. Once the smoke cleared, a large pile of books appeared in his hands.

"Here, these books should provide you with everything you need to know about the supernatural world, and about pretty much everything else. There should be a couple of skill books in there too. Once you've read it all, it'll be much easier to get all this over with."

Issei collected the books, almost groaning at the weight. He made a mental note to work on his Strength stats as he immediately deposited it all into his inventory without a second thought.

"The books still won't answer questions like how you knew about my Kami's Finger techniques, where you come from and why you helped me."

Naruto exhaled "I really don't have time to play ten questions with you. I have things to do and places to be. Someone has been supplying a certain figure of the Fallen Angel faction with ancient runes, which they have been modifying to their advantage. I'd ask you to help… but there's too much you're still ignorant about."

"Well at least try to explain something!" Issei groused.

Naruto purely beamed "You're so weak right now that even if I did explain everything to you, you'd be more of a hindrance than a help. So, here's my deal. Reach at least level thirty within the next month, and I'll answer all your questions. If you don't…"

His eyes reflected the light streaming into the room and there was an honest-to-god smirk on his face. "…you'll die."

PING!

New Main Quest!

How to Train Your Dragon!

The Mysterious Sage, Uzumaki Naruto, will answer all your questions and more, but first he has tasked you reach at least Level 30 within one month… or else!

Main Objective: Reach level 30 before the month is over using any means at your disposal!

Bonus Objectives:

Rewards: Increased Relationship with the Devil Faction, Increased Relationship with the Angel Faction, Increased Relationship with the Yokai Faction, A new Skill, ? ? ? ? ? ?.

Bonus Rewards: 3000 EXP per Bonus Objective, ? ? ?

Failure: Certain Death, Game Over.

This Quest Can Not Be Ignored.

(Y/N)

Issei swallowed the lump in his throat as he accepted the quest. The world sharply returned to color and he noted the Uzumaki moving again.

"Now, it's been a rather long night, so it's time for you and your little girlfriend to go home and go have some rest."

Issei glowered as before he could ask any more questions, the blonde sage snapped his fingers and Issei found himself blinded by a golden light. He felt all his strength leave him as the world returned to darkness.

~~~~~~ DxD: Game of the Year Edition ~~~~~~~

You have slept in your bed. HP and MP have been fully restored.

Issei groaned as he sat up from his bed, blankly noting that he was back in his room, as accompanied by his alarm clock. He cursed the sly blonde Uzumaki under his breath, and hoped that he had safely returned Tsubasa home. Before he could stretch his legs out of bed, he was immediately assaulted with several walls of text.

PING!

Sequence Complete! Notifications have been fully re-enabled!

Tutorial Mode Over!

Codex Unlocked!

Butterfly Quests Unlocked!

Bounty Quests Unlocked!

Millennium Theater Unlocked!

Factions Unlocked!

World Map Unlocked!

Sacred Gear Unlocked!

Sentient life has been found within the Sacred Gear, Boosted Gear. Would you like to enable communications?

(Y/N)

"What the hell?" Issei thought as he wondered what was going on. Reluctantly, he pressed yes.

Communications Enabled.

Butterfly Quest Completed!

For All It's Worth!

"Butterfly quest? What does that mean?"

In the Game of The Year Edition, a new feature had been unlocked called Butterfly Quests. These are quests which have an extremely large impact on the story line, but are disguised as seemingly menial chores or tasks, in which the outcome of the quest will depend primarily on whether or not you feel up to it. These quests are tricky to spot, but they usually garner large experience points and have huge failure penalties. So be sure to accept any quest you can!

Primary Objective: Your mother wants you to get some milk for her after school. Don't forget! Oh and beware of intelligent cats. Complete! Gained 500 EXP!

Secondary Objectives: Don't let a single drop of milk spill and make sure the milk isn't expired. Complete! Gained 750 EXP!

Bonus Objectives:

Let the Games Begin! Completed the Tutorial Mode! Gained 200 EXP!

All Myths Are Real! Discovered the Supernatural World! Gained 200 EXP!

Supernatural Hunter! Defeated an Exorcist and a Fallen Angel! Gained a boosted 17000 EXP!

The Devil wears School Uniforms! Sided with the Devil Faction! Gained 400 EXP!

Smiter of Evil! Sided with the Holy Faction! Failed.

Rewards: Gained 7500 EXP, Gained Increased reputation with the Hyoudous, Gained Increased reputation with the Devil Faction, Gained Increased reputation with the Occult Research Club, Gained Increased reputation with the Student Council, Gained Ally, Tsubasa Yura.

Bonus Rewards: Crafting Item: Dark Angel Feathers x 4.

"Crafting items... I really need to find somewhere to craft." As he closed the notifications, several more notifications popped up to his vision.

Hard Difficulty has been selected, new features have been installed. Would you like to learn about the new features?

(Y/N)

He couldn't push the yes button fast enough.

In hard difficulty, missions, quests and stat checks are now more challenging to complete, all bosses are smarter and wiser and the strength level of all monsters, creatures and possible opponents have been multiplied by a factor of three.

Issei gulped.

In exchange however, all enemies now drop better loot and items, all crafting attempts yield items of greater quality and experience gain is also doubled. Similarly, in hard difficulty, the response list has been altered. Time will no longer slow down for you to select a response, this'll allow greater immersion into the gameplay, and allow you to freely respond to situations as you wish, and the game system will analyze your response and place it under the right category. Failure to respond however, will allow conversation to flow as though you had remained silent.

Issei nodded as he continued to read.

Statistics correlations have been enabled; Intelligence Stat now affects MP and all available pools of energy, Dexterity stat doubly affects your accuracy, speed and flexibility while Vitality Stat now affects HP. Similarly, several statuses have been moved into the category of 'Titles', still providing the same boosts, but only a maximum of two titles can be shown active at a time, and the active titles will shape your conversations and representation.

"Huh… those statuses did look like titles to me." He thought as he kept reading.

In order to avoid excessive difficulty in selection and use of skills, all skills have been broadly classified into three categories: Combat Skills, which as the name implies, deals with skills that have to do with fighting. Social Skills, which are skills that are concerned with actions that have effects in social conversations and Exploration Skills, which are skills that have to do with interacting with the world, be it painting, crafting or even stealing. However, skills can still be used regardless of scenario, an Exploration skill can be used in a Combat Scenario and vice-versa.

PING!

Congratulations! You have gained a level!

The gamer could do nothing but widen his eyes at the experience gains. He had gained five levels from the quest and from defeating Freed and Dohnaseek!

"Never have I imagined such a cheat existed to gain strength. I suppose the annoying sounds on the floating screens should be the trade-off."

Issei startled when he heard a voice come from within his mind.

"I would say it's a pleasure to meet you, but I would be lying."

Issei furrowed his brow "Who or what are you?"

"My name is Ddraig. I am known as the Red Dragon Emperor, The Welsh Dragon. And you are my new host, either until your power is extracted from me, or until you die and the circle continues."

Issei did find it rather strange. The name of the 'game' he'd been playing for so long was 'Dragon of Dragons'. He had never really sat down to ponder as to why or how the game had such a weird name, but it just figured that the reason might be because he had a dragon in his mind.

"How did you get in my head? And what is an 'Exodus Switch?'"

"I am not exactly in your head. Several years ago, after a battle, my physical form was destroyed and I was sealed inside the Sacred Gear you possess, the Boosted Gear, as now my power has become nothing but a mere tool to be used by the mortal who hosts me."

Issei fondly recalled hearing something about boosts during his fight with Dohnaseek. "Wait, you mean to say that the reason why I got so powerful last night and trashed that Fallen Angel was because of you?"

"Yes. What did you think it was?"

"Adrenaline-fueled rage?" Issei provided weakly.

Ddraig almost snorted "No sort of adrenaline rage would give you that much power in such a short amount of time. Either way, the Exodus Switch is said to be the most powerful Sacred Gear in existence. It is thought of as a myth, a legend amongst legend, a Sacred Gear which can manipulate space, time and matter. The only thing that people do know about the Exodus Switch is that it's shape and form is different for every individual. How a measly teenage human like you attained that power is something I'll never know."

"What's with the hostility? I don't recall doing anything to you."

"Precisely. You haven't done anything to me to earn my respect. All you have done, was in your rage, channel demonic and holy energy through me, the clash of energy almost completely consuming me, in your attempt to beat a weak fallen angel."

Issei cringed slightly "That was bad?"

"Yes. It was. Channeling two opposite forms of energy through a single body is tantamount to death. It's like trying to set fire to water, or trying to blend the earth and the sky. By all rights, your body should have imploded on itself the second you tried such a stupid stunt, and your mind should be fragmented into a thousand pieces."

Issei shrugged slightly "I'm currently immune to damaging psychological effects. That and I have a body that is that of a video game character. I can't be overwhelmed by insanity even if I wanted to."

"That's… a rather fortunate ability. I suppose the only advantage lay in the fact that I was healed the second you fell asleep. Such a miracle does not normally occur… but do not think for one minute that I have forgiven you ningen."

Issei's apologized silently before a thought came to his mind "Wait, then who was the last wielder of this Exodus Switch and what could it do for him?"

"If you intend to learn anything from him, immediately abandon that train of thought. Rumor has it that the last wielder was a man who walked on water, raised the dead, could turn water to wine and exorcised demons with nothing but an utterance from his mouth, but he is no longer with the earth."

Issei scratched his head slightly as he tried to piece the clues together, there was a name at the tip of his tongue, but he felt he just couldn't recall it due to the possibility of offending highly religious individuals "Doesn't really ring a bell…"

Ddraig mentally scoffed "You're not a religious person at all are you?"

Before Issei could retort, the door to his room slowly opened as the familiar face of his mother entered into his vision.

"Issei-kun, who are you talking to? You're going to be late for-" The older Hyoudou froze as she entered the room and stared at her son.

Issei swiftly made use of Poker Face mostly because he had no idea as to why his mother had suddenly stopped talking as she stared at him. Was there a side-effect of his ability? Was something wrong? What happened?

"Issei… what happened to…"

Issei's mind traveled as he began thinking up possible excuses, he had no idea as to what she was talking about, but it would be very bad if he somehow ended up wrapping his mother into the chaos that was the supernatural world.

"…your hair? You dyed your hair?"

Issei let out a sigh of relief, apparently the only reason she was worried was because he had dyed his hair.

Wait. When had he dyed his hair?

Leaping out of bed, he quickly grabbed a mirror that lay on his desk and looked at his reflection.

His face had seemingly become sharper, losing some baby-fat, and he could still see his title on his head as the gamer. However, below that title, was the obvious fact that his hair wasn't the normal dark brown shade he was used to. It was pitch black, the shade of midnight as it possessed some luster to it, and there was a single front strand of hair that was white. Similarly, his eyes were the same color, but his left eye had gotten slightly darker in shade, while his right eye had lightened up. It wasn't noticeable though, unless someone stared directly into his eyes up-close, they wouldn't notice the difference in shade.

The most stunning and visible feature though, was his now pitch-black hair.

"Er… well there was this girl I liked who works at a hair salon and so I wanted to impress her and I eventually ended up dying my hair…" he stated weakly as he stared at his mother as she reprimanded him with a foul gaze. There was absolutely no way he would tell her the truth, which his hair had possibly dyed black because he had used demonic energy to beat up a fallen angel that was attacking his devil friend. Yet, at the same time he absolutely despised lying to his mother.

She scowled at him before sighing as she placed her hand on his hair.

"Issei-kun… if a girl can't see you for the wonderful gem that you are, she doesn't deserve you."

Issei smiled. An uneasy, cringing smile that sent a wave of guilt down his system before it was harshly eliminated by his Gamer's Mind.

"I know sometimes you do a lot of crazy stuff. And I know that if it weren't for some old lecher in a park who put all those ideas in your head, you'd be a flawless gem."

Issei's smile became somewhat strained, as he was sure that his mother knew that he was considered a huge pervert. Some of his mother's friends often avoided him, and spoke ill of her because of him. It was almost as though he was a plague on the earth. A result of his own actions, a result of his overly affectionate passion he had for the feminine form. No mother would probably be proud of someone like him.

"But... if there was anything your father liked about me, it was that I never liked flawless things."

Issei's Poker Face cracked and vanished away, as he found himself unable to hide his surprise as his mother stared into his eyes.

"Even with all your cracks and blemishes, with all your flaws and errors, you're still worth more to me than any flawless gem could ever be. You don't need to change yourself for me, or for anyone else."

Issei knew that he might not have been extremely close with his parents, nor might they see eye to eye, but if there was anything he knew about them…

"You're Hyoudou Issei, and you're perfect just the way you are."

... it was that they always had his back. Issei smiled. This time around, the smile contained unearthly warmth. "Thanks Kaa-san."

His mother smiled in turn and headed towards the door. "Now breakfast is ready downstairs, don't be long, you don't want to be late for school."

As the door closed with a gentle click Issei sighed and laid back on his bed. He knew now, what he would use his power to do. His original goal in life was to become a harem king, and he had intended to use his power to do so.

Now, he had a more pressing purpose than being a harem king. As the images of Tsubasa, Koneko and his mother passed through his mind, he knew what he had to do.

He would use his power to protect all he cherished. He would not let any harm come to them. No matter what.

For his name was Hyoudou Issei.

And he was The Gamer.

Issei swiftly went through his inventory and equipped his school uniform. He knew however, that he certainly wasn't going to school.

"So ningen… what do you intend to do now?" the voice of Ddraig echoed in his mind.

Issei grinned "The one thing every gamer who has ever power-leveled knows best."

"And that would be?"

As Issei combed his hair back, he smirked and clenched his fists before raising them up in triumph. "Grinding."

~~~~~~ DxD: Game of the Year Edition ~~~~~~~

As soon as Issei left his house, he headed down the road as though heading towards Kuoh Academy, but quickly diverged down the path, as he headed to the town.

"Let's see… I leveled up to level ten, so I should have enough points to allocate my stats into… as well as some new perk points. It's about time I checked my statistics."

Statistics

Name: Hyoudou Issei

Level: 10 [31.39%]

Current Titles: The Gamer

Race: Human

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

HP: 260/260

MP: 750/750 [LM/DM: 400/400]

"Well that's new- what the hell? Why are my Hit Points so low and my Mana Points so high?" Issei scratched his head as he stared at the stats, looking to the casual observer as though he was touching the air.

"If you were paying attention, there was something about this that came up earlier." Ddraig supplied.

"Yeah…" Issei recalled the notifications he had read earlier "…so my Hit Points are now based entirely on my Vitality stats. Let's see…" he scrolled down to read the rest of his stats.

Strength: 15

Vitality: 13

Dexterity: 52

Intelligence: 30(+3)(+2)(+2)

Wisdom: 25 (+1)(+1)(+2)(+2)(+2)

Luck: 10 (+1)(+3)

Charisma: 10 (-1)(+1)(+1.4)(+2)(+3)

"My vitality is thirteen, which means that one single point of Vitality now gives twenty HP? That's insane!" He pondered on it before he quickly did some more calculations in his head.

"This also means that a single point of intelligence now adds twenty five MP. It only adds the base stats though, and nothing else, Good thing I'm smart." He ignored Ddraig's snort of disbelief as he continued. "Alright, I'll have to work on increasing my vitality. And… why is my dexterity so high?" He blinked before he recalled his perk.

"The Ambidextrous Perk adds an extra five points to dexterity with every level up! Awesome! Now let's see what else is new…"

Statuses:- Gamer's Mind [Immunity from all psychological effects] Gamer's Body [Gives the ability to live life like a game.]

Titles:-

On the Fence [+1 Wis, Bonus EXP to all neutral actions]

Infamous [+2 Wis, + 2 Char, boost to social actions when active].

Anarchy's Incarnate [+1 Luck, Bonus EXP to all Chaotic actions, randomizes the level and type of one enemy per encounter]

True Loner [+3 Int, -1 Char, boost to crafting actions when active]. Confused Emo [+1 Wis +1 Char]

Dark Poet [10% of total Luck to Charisma, grants boost to poetic actions when active]

Gambit King [+2 Int, +3 Luck, 25% Chance to guarantee success of any social interaction]

Patron of the Arts [+2 Int, +2 Wis, boost to all actions when active.],

Reluctant Gentleman [+3 Char, +2 Wis, grants extra boost to social actions with women when active.]

Active Titles: The Gamer [Grants 10% Chance of success in all actions], None.

Issei noted the difference in the status and title bars. "So… several statuses became titles… they provide the same stat boosts when passive, but have an extra effect when active."

Points Available: 50

Perk Points Available: 2

Perks: Mr. Renaissance, Gutsy Pervert, Ambidextrous

"I currently have fifty points to spend on my stats, and I also have two new perk points to add. Hmm… let's see, Intelligence can be trained by reading books. Strength should be able to be trained by training with weights, dexterity should be trained with exercise. So that leaves Wisdom, which can't be trained easily, Vitality, which is now a must, Charisma and Luck. Gah… I'll come back to this later…"

Money: 71,519 Yen

Achievements: Karma Demon, Sound of Solitude, Renaissance Man, Two For The Price Of One, Perversion Potential, Perverted Sage, Uplifting The Fallen, Will Of Fire.

"Nothing seems different here… so what's next…"

Skills:-

Combat Skills:-

Beginner Level Iaijutsu [Passive] Lv.1 [2.14%]

Beginner Level Kenjutsu [Passive] Lv.1 [49.71%]

Beginner Level Taijutsu [Passive] Lv.1 [1.62%]

Blunt Weapon Mastery [Passive] Lv. 1 [14.01%]

Critical Strike [Active] Lv. 1 [1.23%]

Dodge [Active] Lv. 1 [4.18%]

Parry [Active] Lv. 1 [0.41%]

Exploration Skills:-

Art Mastery [Passive] Lv. 3 [0.89%]

Crafting [Passive] Lv. 1 [24.89%]

Dance Mastery [Passive] Lv. 1 [3.04%]

Gamer's Body [Passive] Lv. Max

Gamer's Mind [Passive] Lv. Max

Kami's Fingers [Active] Lv. 2 [9.46%]

Larceny [Active] Lv. 1 [98.07%]

Major: Arts [Passive] Lv. 21 [34.09%]

Musical Mastery [Passive] Lv. 1 [1.21%]

Major: Science [Passive] Lv. 19 [23.10%]

Observe [Active] Lv. 12 [31.40%]

Sense Danger [Passive] Lv. 9 [75.41%]

Science Mastery [Passive] Lv. 2 [15.07%]

Sprint [Active] Lv. 1 [95.90%]

Social Skills:-

Blackmail [Active] Lv. 2 [3.14%]

Bluff [Active] Lv. 7 [45.90%]

Fallacy [Active] Lv. 1 [21.04%]

Mystify [Active] Lv. 1 [2.91%]

Poker Face [Active] Lv. 10 [81.07%]

Special Abilities:-

Forbidden Skills:-

Hallowed Eclipse [Active] Lv. 1 [0.02%]

Revive [Active] Lv. 1 [0.01%]

Sacred Gears:-

Boosted Gear [Active] Lv. 1 [3.14%]

"Well this is definitely new." Issei muttered as he stared at his special abilities. The Boosted Gear was listed under the Sacred Gear, and apparently he could still use his Hallowed Eclipse ability. What bothered him slightly was the fact that Revive was a forbidden skill. Other than the use once a month requirement, why was it considered forbidden? He then glanced at his Sacred Gear list once more.

"Wait, does this mean I can get more than one sacred gear?"

"You already have more than one Sacred Gear. Now you wish to get more? Your greed will be the end of you."

"Simply sounds like someone is jealous."

"What? I am simply stating that you already have the potential to become immeasurably powerful with the aid of the Boosted Gear and the Exodus Switch. Of what use is there to acquire more power?"

"…You still didn't deny the fact that you're jealous."

"…shut up ningen."

Issei chuckled to himself as he continued to scroll down.

Equipment:-

Basic Kuoh Academy Uniform [+10 Defense]

Allies:-

Sitri Sona: [500/1000] Liked

Toujou Koneko: [250/1000] Liked

Yura Tsubasa: [300/1000] Honored

Reputation:-

Kuoh Academy: [355/1000] Disliked

Hyoudou Residence: [500/1000] Liked

Kendo Club: [455/1000] Disliked

Student Council: [555/1000] Liked

Occult Research Club: [666/1000] Liked

Devil Faction: [999/1000] Neutral

Fallen Angel Faction: [400/1000] Neutral

Holy/Angel Faction: [300/1000] Disliked

Yokai Faction: [499/1000] Disliked

Hyoudou Issei is a lonely, neglected boy whose goal was originally to become a Harem King. Upon discovering his ability as the Gamer, and activating the Boosted Gear as he stumbled into the chaos of the supernatural world, he now has a new purpose, though he still pitifully wants to be a Harem King. Lost and confused as he is, Issei finds the man known as Uzumaki Naruto, who seemingly has all the answers. Who is the mysterious blond? And how is he connected to everything?

"Huh, even my character description changed. And it's about that blond asshole. It's like his only purpose for existing is to outshine me in my own video game!"

"Well he's a certainly more likeable character than you anyway." Ddraig added glibly.

"What! No way!"

"He has charisma, strength and experience. If your life was a novel, people would only read it because he was going to be in it."

Issei sweatdropped "Like that would ever happen. There's no way people would gloss me over for a taller, smarter, stronger, more charismatic… blond with whisker-marks…"

There was a moment of silence in which Issei stood in the middle of the road as he realized what he was saying.

"Let's not forget, said blond will probably kill you and take away your ability once you fail his quest."

"Gah! Damn it!" Issei cursed as he Sprinted off without looking in any particular destination in mind "I hate those no good, spotlight stealing blond-haired pretty boys." He muttered under his breath.

"In which case, didn't he give you a bunch of books and tell you to read them?"

Issei blinked as he stopped sprinting and recalled the fact that the blond had in-fact done so.

"Alright, let's see what we have here. Inventory."

Inventory

Books

Ars Goetia x 1

An Idiot's Guide to the Supernatural x 1

Basic Chakra Theory for Morons x 1

Intermediate Chakra Theory for Morons x 1

Advanced Chakra Theory for Morons x 1

Basic Fuinjutsu for Dropouts x 1

Intermediate Fuinjutsu for Dropouts x 1

The Nature and You – A Beginner's Guide to Senjutsu x 1

The 'I' in 'Chi' – Energy Manipulation for Dummies x 1

'He's mocking me isn't he…' Issei's eyebrow twitched in annoyance at the thinly veiled insults in the form of books.

Selecting them one after the other, he grabbed the book titled Basic Chakra theory for morons.

You have obtained a skill book – Basic Chakra Theory for Morons.

Would you like to learn the skills within this book?

(Y/N)

Issei blinked in surprise. "A skill book?" He hit the yes button and froze as a rush of information engulfed his head.

PING!

Through the understanding of your physical and spiritual energies, you have gained the ability to call forth a new pool of energy, you can now use Chakra. Your available Chakra pool is heavily determined by your Vitality and Intelligence.

Issei could feel himself suddenly gain extra strength and durability. He could feel the energy bubbling within him.

Chakra has been unlocked!

Gained +2 to vitality!

Gained +2 to strength!

Gained +2 to dexterity!

"Yes! More stats! More boosts! Bring it all on!" Issei laughed as he quickly grabbed the remaining books.

You have obtained a skill book – Intermediate Chakra Theory for Morons.

Would you like to learn the skills within this book?

(Y/N)

"Yes!"

Through the understanding of your physical and spiritual energies, you have learnt new ways to use Chakra. You have obtained the skill Tree Walking [Active] Lv. 1.

This grants you the ability to walk up on vertical surfaces and even upside down, granting you the sneakiness of a true shinobi.

"Walking on walls? This just keeps getting better!"

You have obtained a skill book – Advanced Chakra Theory for Morons.

Would you like to learn the skills within this book?

(Y/N)

"More skills please!"

You do not meet the requirements to learn this skill; Requires 60 INT.

Issei's smiling face switched over to a scowl in the blink of an eye. "Okay… so I can't learn the Advanced version until I gain more intelligence. No problem… I'll just have to get the next one."

You have obtained a skill book –Basic Fuinjutsu for Dropouts

Would you like to learn the skills within this book?

(Y/N)

Issei pushed the yes button with much less vigor than he previously had.

You do not meet the requirements to learn this skill; Requires 90 INT.

"Tsk… so I'm not exactly as smart as I thought."

"If you assumed even once that you were a genius with your measly double digit intelligence score, you were never smart to begin with."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Issei retorted to Ddraig sharply.

"I'm simply curious if your Intelligence stat, does in fact, display your Intelligence Quotient. If it is so, it would explain so very much."

Issei's eyes twitched in annoyance at the echoing boisterous laughter of the Welsh Dragon before he simply selected an option from a menu.

Communications with Sentient Life in Sacred Gear has been disabled.

"Finally, some silence. Now where was I…"

You have obtained a skill book – The Nature and You – A Beginner's Guide to Senjutsu

Would you like to learn the skills within this book?

(Y/N)

Once more, Issei pressed the yes button with slight annoyance.

You do not meet the requirements to learn this skill; Requires 150 INT.

"What was the point of giving me all these books if I don't have a high enough intelligence stats to learn the-"

Issei paused, as he could swear, that the blond was laughing his ass off wherever he was.

The reason for giving him the books where obvious, it was like screaming into his face "You're not as smart as you think you are, so don't get a swelled head."

"Well played blondie… well played." Issei grumbled under his breath as he selected what seemed to be the last of the skill books.

You have obtained a skill book – The 'I' in 'Chi' – Energy Manipulation for Dummies

Would you like to learn the skills within this book?

(Y/N)

"Here goes nothing."

PING!

Through your understanding of the multiple forms and types of energy in this world, you have gained a skill which enables you to manipulate the inner energy within you and give it shape or form to create a technique. You have gained Energy Manipulation [Active] Lv. 1.

You can now Manipulate Chakra.

You can now Manipulate Mana.

You can now Manipulate Demonic Energy.

You can now Manipulate Holy Energy.

"Now this is useful!" Issei beamed as he realized just how versatile the ability was.

He skimmed over the remaining books in his inventory, aptly supplying his mind with information on issues he had no idea about. The Great War between Factions, the names of the 72 Pillar Clans of the Underworld, the names of the leaders of the Fallen Angel Organization Grigori, and several other notable figures from religions he had assumed were mere myths.

Intelligence has gone up by 5!

Issei closed the notification and his inventory as he realized the fact that there were names there he could recognize.

Gremory and Sitri were two prominent clans in the underworld. He also knew two people at his school that bore those names. It was clearly no coincidence.

There was also the issue of Evil Pieces. A way devils used to increase their numbers, as well as the entire façade of rating games. It was amusing, but it didn't really interest Issei. Well, the Evil Piece system did however draw his attention, he wondered if he could manipulate that system and incorporate it with his gamer ability, without having to lose his humanity for it. It was an idea that struck him as possible.

Of course the books had also filled him in on the legendary beings of the world. Ddraig was listed amongst the names as well as his counterpart Albion, as the two Heavenly Dragons, but they paled in comparison to some of the more awe-inspiring figures like The Great Red, the Dragon of Infinity, the Four Great Satans, the Archangels, the gods of other myths and religions. Before all these mighty figures, he was like a tiny gnat.

He was starting to understand why the Uzumaki had considered him too weak to be worthy of receiving any worthwhile information.

"Well staying here and lamenting all day won't make me any stronger… I need to find ways to gain experience quickly in other to fight tough opponents. And if I'm going to fight tough opponents, I need to be even tougher."

Opening his Status menu, he rapidly allocated points to his stats. He put thirty points into vitality, five points into dexterity, five points into strength, five points into intelligence and two into wisdom, two into luck and one into charisma. Thus changing his stats as he suddenly felt much lighter on his feet, noted how his body suddenly gained a small amount of muscle mass that wasn't previously there. Issei almost yelled in disbelief when he traced his hand on his stomach and could feel the faint outline of six packs of abs that he knew wasn't there before.

Statistics

Name: Hyoudou Issei

Level: 10 [31.39%]

Current Titles: The Gamer

Race: Human

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

HP: 900/900

MP: 1000/1000 [Chakra: 525/525] [LM/DM: 510/510]

Strength: 22

Vitality: 45

Dexterity: 59

Intelligence: 40(+3)(+2)(+2)

Wisdom: 27 (+1)(+1)(+2)(+2)(+2)

Luck: 12 (+1)(+3)

Charisma: 11 (-1)(+1)(+1.5)(+2)(+3)

Issei shook his head in disbelief "Unbelievable. Freed had been level 25 and he had one thousand hp. Dohnaseek had been level 30 and he only had 850HP. I'm only at level 10, but with a high enough Vitality, my HP is almost equal to their levels."

Before Issei could rejoice, he aptly remembered a painful fact. "But… that was on the Easy Difficulty. On hard, they will be three times stronger which means… they'll have a total HP of more than four thousand."

Storm clouds appeared over Issei's head as he realized that he still had a long way to go before he could be considered truly strong.

Issei sighed as he stared at his watch. He was more than two hours late for school, but he had no intention of heading to school in the first place. So his issue remained that he wanted to grind to get stronger, but he had no idea as to how he would do that, or what he would do next. So the question was simple, what did one do when one was lost?

"Hmm… well, let's see if this will work. World Map."

PING!

A large map instantly became available to Issei as it appeared on a floating screen. Several areas were grayed out, while others were obscured. In the middle, was a blinking icon which displayed his current location.

World Map

Welcome to the world map! This map displays locations you have been throughout your vast travels in the world of DxD, it can be used when your dumb self eventually gets lost while wandering, and you can even fast travel to certain locations! However, only locations you have visited will be available to fast travel, and this applies to other realms.

Issei almost drooled at the concept of fast travel.

Available Locations:

Japan – Kuoh:-

Hyoudou Residence

Kuoh Academy

Kuoh Train Station

Kuoh Bus Station

Neku Supermarket

Deciding to test it out, Issei selected the Neku Supermarket.

Would you like to fast travel to this destination?

[Y/N]

He selected the yes option as he waited for it.

You do not have any of the skills required for fast travel.

'Of course… like it'll be that easy…' he sighed in disappointment as he set his gaze elsewhere. Curiosity did pique him, as he selected an icon labeled 'realms'.

Available Realms:-

Underworld – Hell

Heaven

Dimensional Gap

God Realm

Note: You do not have any skill that can enable you to visit any of these realms.

'Thank Goodness! Like as though I'd want to visit any of those places, I'd have a lesser chance of being instantly killed if I stood upon a skyscraper during a thunderstorm and yelled "smite me o mighty smiter!" ' Issei shook his head at the thought, before selecting another option under his current realm, the mortal realm.

Available Countries:-

Japan

China

India

Greece

Paris

Rome

Egypt

Note: You do not have any ability or enough money that enables you to leave your current country.

"I knew that this game was vast… but I never imagined it was this vast." Issei closed the countries option, and set a destination for himself in town. He still had perk points to allocate, but he decided to do it at a later time.

With a button, Issei closed the map and got into a pose for himself. "I can't run out of MP while using Sprint so… let's see if I can max it out in a day!"

His feet departed from the earth in a rush of speed as he activated his ability and found himself dashing through the streets of Kuoh. Thus leaving the populace who saw him to question the sanity, of a black haired teen running through the town and laughing like a man possessed.

Sometimes, it was good to be the gamer.

~~~~~~ DxD: Game of the Year Edition ~~~~~~~

Unknown Location

A tall, dark, spiky-eared man walked into a laboratory with the gait of a royal king. He frowned as he heard the pathetic screams and yells of test subjects and victims, but nonetheless ignored them as he continued his gait. These days, he had been making plans that would change the outcome of the world, and that would shatter the fragile truce between the factions.

One of his agents, Dohnaseek was supposed to perform an action that would have spurned the war into action, but almost as he had expected, the man had failed.

It was no matter, Dohnaseek was but a test run, he was not foolish enough to place all his hope into that man's hands. Better yet, Dohnaseek had confirmed that the runes he had acquired were working in perfect condition.

Null Void as it was called, created an expanded field of Holy Energy that weakened devils and ensured that no one not using Holy Energy could teleport in or out of the range of the rune, as long as it was active. At the same time, it ensured that any wounded Angel or Fallen Angel within the vicinity, would be instantly teleported to safety as an ultimate fail-safe against devils.

It was both efficient and versatile, it would safe them a lot of energy and stress as the Fallen Angel faction had the lowest population amongst the three factions, thus, every Fallen Angel mattered. Though the man he had attained the rune from was a shady fellow with ambiguous purposes, ultimately it was rather useful in the long run.

Now, the most pressing issue he faced was finding a way to increase the current population of Fallen Angels he had at his disposal. Devil's had their Evil Pieces, and even the Angels of Heaven were slowly developing a method to rival the Evil Pieces. Azazel might have been laid-back and relaxed about it, but he would not let the Fallen Angel race become obsolete, or worse - extinct. Thus, generating a way to turn humans into Fallen Angels was a challenge in which he had tasked a man who was called the "Genocide Archbishop", who was working with another Fallen Angel of the Grigori in order to attain a solution to said problem. Despite his reputation as an insane priest who had tried to increase the available number of Holy-Sword through less than stellar methods, what people did not know was that in his younger days, he had been a genius and he even had a Ph.D in Genetic Engineering. It was a skill that came in handy for the task he had currently been assigned to.

Valper Galilei stood at a computer system, rapidly analyzing information as he stared at a silver-haired test subject who was heavily gagged yet frothing at the mouth.

"How are things going here Valper?"

The priest blinked as he turned "Ah, Kokabiel-sama, we are making considerable leaps and bounds in progress. It took a while, but after we were able to re-generate most of Test Subject J from the dilapidated severed head. We introduced him to the substance and it seems to be progressing at a steady rate. However, we have lost Subjects A through I."

Kokabiel scowled "So the current success rate is one in every ten individuals. That isn't what I was expecting to hear."

Valper simply furrowed his brow in slight annoyance, yet he carefully chose his words "I am afraid that is the best we can do for now. Though, if not for Subject J's… particular features… I'd say that he would have died along with everyone else. It seems mortal bodies instantly breakdown and cells are rapidly destroyed with prolonged contact to Chemical X."

Kokabiel glanced at the man with a flavorless expression "So we're calling it Chemical X now? Are you that defunct in the concept of originality?"

Valper merely chortled "Perhaps, but it would be highly amusing if you called me Professor-" Valper's smile vanished as he felt the warm chill of a blade of light press against the back of his neck "Ah, never mind then. Either way, communications with the subject have been rather… limited."

"Limited how?"

"Well, when I do unbind him… the only thing he does is, er… swear."

"Swear?" Kokabiel asked in slight confusion, was Valper getting soft?

"Yes. He swears enough to make Selzen of all people sound like an actual priest."

Kokabiel found that somewhat hard to believe "Show me."

"Are you sure sir… he's rather… uncouth."

"Did I stutter?"

"If you insist." With the reluctant push of a button, the gag on the man's mouth was lifted.

"You motherfucking pieces of watery ass shit! You irritating, cock-sucking, circle-jerking pussy-assed bastards! When I fucking get out of here, I swear to Jashin-sama I will tear off your fucking ball sacs and make sure you choke on your limp, uncircumcised, puny dic- Mmmhph!"

To Valper's surprise, it had been Kokabiel himself who had pushed the button that re-gagged the silver haired man. Kokabiel stared at Valper, almost daring him to make a comment. The scientist wisely kept shut.

"If this is our only surviving experiment, we might as well scrap the entire project. Is there any way to increase the chances of success right now?"

Valper paused and hummed "There is a way. During my days working for the church, I heard of a nun that possessed a Sacred Gear which could heal all forms of wounds, be it human, devil or angel."

Kokabiel was not amused "And…?"

"Well, the name of the Sacred Gear is called Twilight Healing. If we were able to gain that Sacred Gear to our side, it would…" he did some quick calculations "…increase our success rates by at least sixty-five percent."

Kokabiel's lips twitched into a small smile. "Excellent. I will inform Selzen and Raynare at once. What is the name of this nun with the ability?"

Valper calmly tried to recall the information "I think her name was…"

"Asia Argento."

~~~~~~ DxD: Game of the Year Edition ~~~~~~~

Kuoh Town

Kuoh Academy

"This is still all… rather unbelievable." Sitri Sona pinched the bridge of her nose as she sat in her office, the Student Council alone to her thoughts. Several hours earlier though, she had been surrounded by her peerage, in which they were all affectionately hugging and cheerfully greeting her Rook, Tsubasa Yura.

Or rather, should she say, her former Rook.

Tsubasa Yura had died, and when she did, Sona had felt it. Her Rook piece had appeared within her hand, confirming that the girl was gone, that she was dead.

Sona had been angry and upset, the thought of a member of her peerage dying was not what she had expected when she sent Tsubasa to follow and if possible, seduce Hyoudou Issei over to her side.

But, somehow, someway, Tsubasa had returned. She had returned, alive and well, still as a devil, but without a master and without an Evil Piece in her. There was no logical explanation for it that Sona could devise, and even worse still, Tsubasa herself couldn't remember what had happened. The last thing the girl claimed she could remember was entering into a Supermarket where she met Hyoudou, and then it was all blank from there onwards.

Tsubasa said she did however faintly recall fighting against a Fallen Angel, but nothing else.

Sona had hoped that she could question the Hyoudou on the matter once he arrived at school, but he was suspiciously absent from class. If that wasn't damning, Sona didn't know what was.

It seemed that both she and her rival Rias were having issues with their respective Rooks. They both had the idea of using their Rooks to win over the Hyoudou's favor, while Tsubasa had reluctantly accepted, Koneko had flat out refused.

Sona didn't know why, but she just had a gut feeling in her that said several things were going to change.

"Kaicho, are you in here?"

Sona blinked as she heard the voice of the Vice Principal of the school. It wasn't often the man left his office, and for him to come to her domain meant it was on official duty.

"Hai. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"No troubles, I just wanted to introduce you to someone and show him around the school."

Sona's eyes flashed slight annoyance, but her otherwise serene face did not change. "Is it a new student? Such a task is not exactly fit for the Student Council President."

"No no, it's not a student, it's a new member of our staff."

Sona's eyebrow rose in slight confusion. She was certain, all teaching positions at the school were fully occupied, and there was certainly no available staff position that she could think of.

Her eyes flashed over to the dashing young man who had entered her office, she estimated his age to be twenty-one at most, and nineteen at least. Dressed loosely in an elegant white dress shirt that had its sleeves rolled up and unbuttoned, a vintage tie painting a vivid image of an orange sunset, a dark brown belt with the kanji for vortex used as it's buckle and skinny dark black pants coupled with brown suede shoes.

His blond hair was left in a wild yet smoothly falling way as the long strands generated bangs that obscured the top of his forehead, he sported a pair of slim, square-framed glasses that added a foreign appeal to his manner, and there were thin, barely visible markings on his face. His eyes were closed behind his glasses, and he sported a cheerful, yet somehow well-mannered attitude.

Every instinct in her told her to run, to run and flee from this man as fast as she possibly could.

"Yo! My name is Uzumaki Naruto…"

He smiled and generated warmth that Sona tried to ignore, yet the warmth had a chill to it that screamed danger. Regardless, even if she did ignore that fact, she couldn't ignore the fact that the presence of this man would be something that would instantly shift the tides of the school.

"…And starting today, I am Kuoh Academy's new Guidance Counselor."

And she had a feeling that it wouldn't exactly be for the better.

~~~~~~ DxD: Game of the Year Edition ~~~~~~~

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