NA: And here we are once more! Enjoy!
The battle of Asylia will be a short one as the Diviner had pretty much exhausted his troops at the Bridge of the Ancients.
Chapter 7: Welcome Home
Carnage was everywhere, fire was brought down as the beautiful city of Asylia was now a battleground. What was left of the Diviner's forces now held up in the city as the Mokai army mixed with Asylian defectors marched towards the city with ships bringing fire upon it.
"Since the divide, our people have lived as enemies." Rohn announced as he and his dragon flew alongside hundreds of other dragon riders. "Sworn to destroy each other. But today, we fight as one! As brethren, united against a common evil! If the Diviner and his followers are not destroyed in Asylia, their plague will consume us all! Onwards, brothers and sisters, onwards to victory!"
Everyone cheered as their army broke through the gates, granting them passage to the main city as their ships fired their long range catapults.
"Koba-Kai!" Rohn pointed to the massive tower at the center of the city, "That's the Diviner's tower!"
"Today the Diviner pays for his sins!" the Mokai general shouted, "Take out those cannons!"
Rohn and Koba-Kai then dove straight down with a squadron of dragons as the defensive cannons were firing at their Mantas. "Burn out those cannons before it's too late!"
The son of the Leviathan then charged as his dragon latched onto one of the cannons and ripped right off the emplacement, using the massive cannon, the dragon threw it right at the next one, destroying them both. "That's two down!"
"All of them are down!" Serafall said as she impaled the last one with her ice. But when they thought victory was achieved, a rumbling was heard from the mountains as magma started spewing. "Volcano!"
"We need to divert the flow of the magma or the city will be destroyed!" Rohn shouted out, "We can use the bombs from our Mantas!"
Koba-Kai and Jevin wasted no time in grabbing the bombs and immediately started hitting the areas where the magma was coming from, but all of them noticed that the Diviner's tower was taking a hit from the hail of hot magma. Minutes had passed and the magma was still hailing down from the volcano as the Burners were doing their best to divert the flow from the city.
"Rohn, we can take it from here!" Jevin said, "You and Koba-Kai should go for the Diviner."
"Alright!" Rohn nodded and told his dragon to fly straight for the tower.
"Witness the fate of those who defy God!" Roared the Diviner as he ordered a ballista to fire, hitting Koba-Kai and causing him to plummet down with his dragon.
"I'm hit!" the Mokai general said as he and his lifeless dragon went down, "You have to finish this Rohn!"
"Koba-Kai!" Sona screamed from the command Manta and immediately jumped out and flew straight for him.
"All troops, fire on the Diviner's tower!" Rohn ordered and as soon as he gave the order, the Mantas started their bombing run on the building while the ships and Burners unleashed fire. Rohn grabbed another bomb from the Manta and threw it as well, causing the large tower to buckle and crack with the Diviner at the top, cursing all the Asylian defectors and 'heathen' Mokai.
The Diviner then lost his footing and plummeted straight down onto the rocks, Issei watched and flinched as he watched the holy man's body slam into the rocks below, with his entire body turning into popped sausage, finally ending his life.
"Magma flow has been diverted!" Jevin announced, "The Diviner is dead, victory is ours!"
~oOo~
Down in a ruined building, Sona was tending to Koba-Kai's wound with Rohn just following behind them, "Koba-Kai…"
"You were right about the sunsets in Asylia." The Mokai general told Rohn.
"Are you alright?"
He nodded and smiled at Sona, "I am well."
"Is there anything you need?"
"Rebuild." He told Rohn, "Rebuild as one."
"So much has been destroyed." Rohn lamented, "It will never be the same."
Koba-Kai simply smiled and shook his fellow Burner's hand, "Let's hope so."
Sona finally removed the last arrow embedded in his abdomen and immediately applied some healing magic, "You're an idiot."
"All soldiers are to an extent." Koba-Kai chuckled, "I am honored to have fought alongside you all, thank you. I only wish my father and my dragon were alive."
"She did lay an egg back at Mokai City." Sona said as she watched his wounds close, "I hear they grow very fast."
"They do indeed." He nodded before returning his gaze to Rohn, "Thank you… I am glad to have called you brother."
"A new dawn is rising." Rohn smiled and shooks his hand once more, "You will be a great leader, and me… I am finally going home, to the family I cannot wait to know."
~oOo~
"You have done so much for us Rohn." Ren smiled at the young man as he tended to his dragon, letting her rest after the battle.
"I only did what was right."
The elderly woman kept on smiling at him, "I assume you will be going home with your mother?"
"I am." He nodded, "Although the gateway will remain open for our people to coexist with one another, and hopefully establish good relations."
"That would be good."
~oOo~
Issei sat there and stared at his hands, he found it strange that he could no longer look at women in a perverted way. He could not help but see things in a different light, he felt powerful, much more powerful, but he felt scared. He had taken hundreds of lives over the course of these weeks, he was scared, he already knew war was like this but he still felt scared.
"You look like you need some company."
The brunette turned his head to see Rohn holding two mugs of hot chocolate, "Thanks." He said as the Burner handed him one of the mugs.
"What's on your mind?"
"I just can't help but feel bad that I had taken so much lives." He replied, "How do you do it, how do you not feel scared when you go into battle?"
"What makes you think I'm not scared?"
Issei widened his eyes, "But you-"
"Each person has different ways of coping." Rohn said, "You are not a murderer, Issei. Rias doesn't think you are one, always remember the lives you have saved. Sometimes for person to save lives, a life must be taken. That's just how it is." He then poked the young man's chest, "Never forget, who or what you fight for."
"Rohn!" the voice of Serafall was heard from a distance, "Where are you?"
"Over here!"
Serafall walked in to see her son and Issei sitting together, "It's to pack your things Rohn."
"All I have is with Nassa." He replied, "I'm ready to go at any time."
"We'll be leaving shortly." Serafall said, "It's time for us to go home."
He nodded and stood up with a smile on his face, "I can't wait."
~oOo~
"I'll keep in touch, hopefully once Asylia is restored, we can find a way to set a gateway to your world." Jevin said as he hook his best friend's hand, "We'll be there for the leader's summit."
"That's good." Rohn nodded, "Well… I guess this is it, but not goodbye. We'll see you in a month."
"Thank you." Koba-Kai said as he said his goodbye to Sona Sitri, the only woman to have ever made him feel at ease, "I will see then, but first I would like you to have this…" he then took the necklace around his neck and placed around hers, "This belonged to my mother, I would like you to have it."
Sona stood there surprised that he would give her something so precious, "I-I couldn't…"
"I want you have to have it."
"I... thank you."
~oOo~
Earth
Sitri Manor, Underworld
It had been two weeks since Serafall and Son had left for the world their grandson had been mysteriously transported to, two weeks since and they hadn't heard any word from the two. But that all changed when they heard commotion from outside, "What is that?"
"My Lord, My Lady!" a servant came through the door, "You need to see this!"
~oOo~
"So this is…"
"Yes Rohn…" Serafall said as she held her son's hand, "home."
"Serafall, Sona!" a woman with black hair that looked very much like Serafall and Sona walked out of the door with a man.
"Mother!" Serafall called out to her parents, "I would like you to meet someone."
Lady Sitri gasped at the sight of the young man with jet black hair and striking blue eyes, "By the Maou, is he…"
"H-Hello." Rohn bowed to her, "My name is Rohn… you must be my grandmother."
Lady Sitri slowly walked up to her and cupped his face, "Oh my… you look so much like him, and you've gotten bigger. Husband… look, it's our grandson."
The man simply nodded and held his arms, "Welcome home."
Rohn smiled and nodded, "I am home."
Nassa roared that caused the two heads of the Sitri to gasp in shock, "Oh my goodness, that's a…"
"This is Nassa." The Burner said as he introduced his grandparents to his dragon, "My dragon, but most of all, my friend."
Serafall could not help but giggle at the shocked faces of her parents. "We have quite a story to tell you."
~oOo~
"My grandson…" Lord Sitri whispered in pride as he smiled at the young man, "A soldier, a knight, and a dragon rider… you truly have your father's blood within you to have such charisma."
"Mother has already told me that many times." Rohn said with his own smile before looking around the large living room, "I still can't believe that I'm actually royalty, I mean… being in a place like is only something that I could dream of… what's more difficult for me to comprehend is that the people are calling me 'milord'."
"Who raised you?"
"Captain Talan was the one who raised me after he found me in the orphanage." He told them, "He raised me around dragons and the Sky Guard, ever since then being a Sky Guard was all I could ever think of. Being a soldier is all I've ever known."
The family was proud that he had grown up to become a fine young man but were also sad because war was all he knew. "We are just happy that you are back home with us, where you belong."
"I will be in your care from now on." Rohn said with a respectful bow. "Though I will find it difficult to… adjust to such a luxurious life, I have grown up doing things by myself and I don't think I will stop doing so."
"That is fine, grandson." Lord Sitri said with an amusing chuckle, "Although to get you to learn the many things of this world, you will be attending school alongside your cousin."
Roh nodded, "I find no objection to that, Captain Talan once told me that I should always look at life and treat it as a learning experience wherever I go."
"He is a wise man, we should thank him for watching over you…" Lady Sitri's gaze then softened at the sad look, "Grandson… what's wrong?"
"Captain Talan… is no longer among the living, grandmother…"
"Oh dear…" Lady Sitri gasped, "I am so sorry."
"There is nothing to apologize." He young Sitri said as he shook his head and waved his hand, "His death has already been avenged."
"I see."
Lord Sitri then clapped his hands to get their attention, "Well then, dinner is just about ready, tonight we are having a feast for the return of a long lost family member!"
~oOo~
Dinner was like nothing he had ever had before, it truly was a feast for nobility as the food was none like he had ever had before. Night had already fallen and he was out in the back of the manor where Nassa was quietly resting in a stable that had been built specially for her. "Hey there girl…"
The dragon immediately recognized her master and saw that he had brought a cart of meat for her, "I brought your favorite."
Nassa huffed approvingly as she walked over to the cart and immediately started eating as Rohn patted the side of her head. "This is our new home, girl. New places to see, new adventures to have… and maybe a few fights here and there."
The dragon simply growled in agreement as she kept on eating her fill.
"I thought I'd find you here."
Rohn turned to the direction where the voice came from and smile to see his mother approaching the stable, "Just came here to feed Nassa."
"The servants told me that they had a hard time approaching her."
"Well she's in unfamiliar territory, she was only being cautious." He replied as he sat down the bench within the stable, "I'm surprised they built the stable within a day."
"That's magic for you." she said as she sat down beside her son, "So you will be starting high school next week, excited?"
"I cannot say that I am excited but I am curious as to what it would be like. This world has many things I will need to learn, the technology especially."
"Give it time." She said as she leaned onto his arm, "You will get used to it soon enough."
"I wonder what this world has in store for me?"
Serafall could only smile, "Those were the exact same words your father asked me when we first met."
NA: And done! Wooh! Finally done with the War Arc, now onto DxD!
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