Disclaimer: I do not own the Campione! Series or the High School DxD series. (Obviously) They belong to Taketsuki Jou and Ichiei Ishibumi respectively. Nor do I own Type moon. So all I get from writing this is just improving my writing skill and some personal satisfaction that someone (hopefully) likes it.
Note: I got a lot of inspiration from: trung-t-rung's Campione: A new story
Holy shit I'm in a good mood, when I had started this story out, it was my first time ever writing a fan fiction. So I was expecting at best to only get like 500 hits, but now it's over 10,000! (hmm for some reason saying that didn't feel quite as satisfying as saying over 9000…).So as a thank you to everyone I will be murdering and mutilating what is left of my social life after Skyrim and Persona 4 golden lit it on fire with black flames that can burn fire (fuck logic its Amaterasu) to get this chapter and the next one done a lot faster.
Now to filler… I mean the plot
(Lol checked the poll on my profile and there's no love for Tsukune.)
Life 1- Promotion test and the beginning of the Ultimate Peerage (Part 2)
Grayfia Lucifuge can be described as a very scary woman. She is known as the Ultimate Queen, the Strongest Queen, and the Silver-Haired Queen of the Devourer. She has survived countless of battles and wars against devils and angels who have the power to destroy entire mountains with a snap of their fingers. She is fearless strict and always professional. Yet for the first time in her career she was feeling fear on the job.
Grayfia is facing something worse than ten story tall dragon king trying to burn down the underworld. Or facing an army of fallen angels invading by herself, she had to deal with the press along with dealing with a Campione who has anger issues…
To be specific she had to deal with a potential shit storm incoming. In other words she had to try and prevent the person standing right next to her, Shinji Arisato, one of the strongest people in the world, from snapping over his title then murder; no massacre the entire press while burning down the city around him. One of the members of the press, an older red head, raised her hand
"Mr. Magic Devourer" Grayfia felt a cold sweat go down her back as she felt a sense of impending dread, death, and doom coming from the person right next to her.
She quickly interrupted
"Next question!"
"But I wasn't-" Grayfia gave her a glare the lady quickly sat down back in her chair and proceeded to shut up. The sense of dread disappeared but she could have sworn that the temperature in the room just heated up for a second.
"Please refer to Shinji Arisato by his last name." Grayfia stated hastily stated. The next person raised his hand; it was a younger looking man wearing a business suit with a black tie this time.
"Mr. Arisato have long have you been a devil and what are your goals from now on?" Grayfia let out a sigh of relief. Shinji thought on the question for a little bit before answering
"I have been a devil for about ten years give or take I stopped keeping check after awhile. As for what I plan on doing now, I plan on building the Ultimate Peerage and surpassing the four Maous."
The crowd in front of him began whispering louder it seems that the statement earlier seemed to have angered quite a few people. One of the members from the press, an overweight man wearing a suit that barely fits him jumps up and shouts out.
"Don't you think that is a little arrogant of you little boy! Just because you defeated some phoenix-"
Before the man could have finished his dialogue he collapsed to one of his knees and struggled to get up. The room grew silent, a black aura was leaking out of Shinji along with a massive amount of killing intent as he glared at the man. He was struggling to breathe.
"You have seen nothing; if I were to use my true power that brat would not have lasted two seconds…" Shinji stated his voice instilled fear in the rest of the members of the press, while Grayfia was standing there sweating muttering something along the lines of
"Don't burn down the city, don't burn down the city." While Ena is standing to the left of him trying her hardest to keep a straight face, and not to burst out laughing.
Shinji suppressed his aura and killing intent the group in front of him relaxed slightly but they were shaking now. Shinji's expression changed to a smile which unnerved the group in front of him even more.
"Now next question…" The room was quiet for a few minutes before someone grew a pair and managed to raise their hand to ask a question.
"Mm-Mr. Magic—"Shinji shot him a glare he sat rocketed back down and hid his head mumbling something barely audible about his mother.
"If there are no more questions then I will be taking my leave now. Look forward to my rating game against that asshole maou Falbium in four months."
(Ten minutes later)
"I would rather fight my husband again rather than go through another press conference with you." Grayfia dryly remarked while wiping the sweat off of her forehead with a napkin.
"Oh come on it wasn't that bad…" Shinji responded
"Wasn't that bad?! You almost killed everyone in that room over the title ma—"She stopped herself for a second before continuing
"Over someone saying your title."
Meanwhile in the background Ena was laughing her ass off.
"Well at least I didn't kill them… "
Grayfia let out a very long sigh before Shinji's phone vibrated. He took it out of his pocket and saw that it was a text from Rias saying she needs him in the club room. Shinji motioned to Ena who stopped laughing then walked over to him. Shinji takes out a piece of paper with a circle drawn on it.
"Well looks like Rias needs me to come back for some reason." Shinji grabbed onto Ena then threw the paper on the ground, a crimson circle materialized beneath him.
"See you next time Gray-Chan"
Grayfia exploded, a crimson aura began leaking out of her body while a rapier made out of ice began forming in her hand she was about to charge Shinji before the crimson circle engulfed him and he disappeared.
"One of these days…" Grayfia muttered darkly
(Only a Campione could make the Strongest Queen snap)
(Occult Research club room)
A crimson magic circle materialized in the middle of the room, it glowed for a few seconds before Shinji, along with Ena appeared from it. Rias was sitting at her desk while the rest of the club was quietly standing.
"Good you're here." Rias said before getting up and walking to the two.
"So mind telling me what is going on Rias?" She points to the door, and it opens two girls walk in. The first girl, who had on a black outfit for lack of better word, it looked more like a very kinky type of combat outfit with a cross in the middle of it, her long blonde hair, was tied back in a pony tail fashion. She stood there with a katana sheathed on her left leg.
The other girl, wearing the same outfit was slightly taller; she had short blue hair, Shinji blinked for a second.
"What the hell is that natural? I thought only people in anime have blue hair." He mumbles under his breath, Rias heard him and chuckled.
The blue girl, who had an over sized great sword sheathed on her back was staring at Asia with cold eyes, Asia shifted uncomfortably.
"So mind telling me why members of the church Executors are here?" Shinji broke the silence
The blonde took a step forward
"My name is Irina Shidou, member of the church Executors." She pointed to the blue haired girl who was still glaring at Asia
"This person here is my partner, Xenovia."
"So why did the church decide to pay us a visit?" Rias asked
"The Excalibur swords have been stolen." When the word Excalibur was mentioned Kiba shifted into battle mode and eagle eyed the Executor who in turn just ignored him.
"So you are here to ask us for help in tracking them down?"
The blond shook her head
"No we already have, we are just here to warn you stay out of our way and not interfere. Because if you do we can't promise that it will end well with your group." She said while taping on her katana.
Rias was offended by what she said and was about to say something before the blue haired girl began walking toward Asia. For the first time since she entered the room she spoke up.
"I had my doubts but now I'm sure. You're that witch Asia Argento aren't you?" Xenovia hostilely stated. Shinji glared at her she ignored him
"Ridiculous the former holy maiden who was said to have the power to heal both devils and fallen angels, I heard that when you were exiled you were sent somewhere but I never thought that you became a devil… It's disgusting." A tear glided down Asia's cheek.
That bitch…Shinji thought as he struggled to keep his anger in check. Ena who was standing next to Shinji not paying attention to the conversation noticed Shinji's shift and snapped to attention.
"Honestly if it were up to me I would have you killed. But it's not, however accidents do happen so you might want to watch your back witc—"
SLAM
A gold aura leaked out of Shinji's body as he muttered a quick sentence. He grabbed Xenovia by the throat and in a bright gold light disappeared with his god speed then slammed her to the wall still holding onto her throat.
Irina reached for her katana before stopping when she felt something at her throat. Ena sprung into action the moment she sensed that Shinji was about to do something, she materialized Ame no Tsurugi, then enhanced her feet with a small amount of magic, and with lightning speed dashed to the blonde Executor putting the black long sword at her throat. Ena's usual easy going expression was gone, replaced with a completely cold emotionless look. She was prepared to kill the Executor on Shinji's orders. The blonde stopped trying to grab her weapon a cold sweat went down her back.
"You son of a bitch just what do you think you're-GAH!" As Xenovia shouted at him Shinji tightened his grip on her throat. The Gremory group had a shocked expression on their face.
"You do realize how easy it would be for me to crush your throat now don't you?" His voice was full of thorns.
"You think you'll get away with-"The enraged Campione tightened his grip even more the blue Executor let out a louder scream.
"Don't interrupt me I was not done…" Shinji sent a massive amount of killing intent to Xenovia whose eyes have now lost all will to fight.
"Your first mistake was coming here acting like you own the place. Your second mistake was threatening our group. And your last mistake was threatening to kill a precious friend of mine… I should kill you were you stand but I am not without mercy. Beg for forgiveness and apologize to Asia or I will kill you…" Rias moved to stop Shinji while he was speaking before freezing in fear.
"Fuck you heretic! You dare to pick a fight with the churc-"Before she could have finished Shinji's magic power exploded in a blinding aura with blue and black the aura proceeded to crush Xenovia's body with pressure enough to crush a car in seconds. Xenovia let out a screech of pure agony. Ena moved her long sword dangerously closer to Irina's throat a drip of blood glided down it.
"I'm not asking again… Do it or die…" Shinji stated as a matter of fact as he flared his magic energy.
"I…I'm sorry…" Xenovia muttered
"I didn't hear you louder!"
"I'm sorry! Forgive me!" Tears were flying down her face now. Shinji loosened his grip then casually tossed Xenovia to the side.
"Never ever insult or threaten my friends in front of me again! Next time I will show no mercy… Now get out of my sight…" Shinji stated as he suppressed his aura along with the killing intent. He motioned to Ena who then retracted the blade from Irina's throat. She disappeared then reappeared at Shinji's side the black sword no longer in her hand, her expression returned to her usual demeanor. Xenovia started to cough heavily before Irina walk over to her side to help her up. The two Executors hurried out of the room.
"We will never speak of this again… Asia I hope you are feeling better, I had a long day so I will be heading home now." Shinji announced while heading toward the door. The Gremory group still stunned from the scene early only nodded their heads at the Campione's announcement.
(Lol wonder how Shinji would treat a therapist trying to solve his magic devourer complex… Gah that's a scary thought…)
(Three days later)
Shinji along with the Gremory group plus Ena were standing in front of a large building in the underworld. It has been three days since that little 'incident' in the club room; everything has gone somewhat back to normal between Shinji and the group. Although Asia seems to be clingy… whenever she is alone with Shinji. Surprisingly the church hasn't tried to kill Shinji for that incident earlier; the two Executors probably didn't report him.
Since his debut in the underworld, the press went wild calling him insane, a sociopath, and other things demanding he be executed or exiled. Shinji found the situation to be absolutely hilarious to say the least. They were too afraid to say it to his face so they resorted to something like that.
A red magic circle materialized in front of the group and Grayfia appeared from it. She took two steps forward before stopping.
"From this point on you will only be allowed to bring three people with you." She states
"Why is that?" Shinji responded
"The Ultimate class test is split into three parts. The first part is the evaluation of strength of the peerage, meaning a test of how strong each member of your peerage is. The second is an evaluation of leadership; you will lead your peerage into battle against another group in a rating game. While the last part involves one on one combat between yourself and another ultimate class devil. Since you are a special case being a low class in all and you don't have a peerage, the test is being modified. So pick three members from the group and you will then lead them into battle." Grayfia takes a deep breath after stopping.
"So who will we be fighting?" Shinji asked nonchalantly before Grayfia handed him a small vial.
"Before I answer drink this." Shinji showed a confused expression.
"Why, and what is it?"
"Adjuka-sama created it. For the next hour it will negate your ability to shrug off any magic under divine level. Why you have it drink it? Your ability to negate magic gives you an insanely unfair advantage during the test seeing as how you can just fight the opponents by yourself and just let your group sit around."
"Fine… I think I'll be paying Adjuka a visit after this and have a nice long chat as to how the hell he managed to create this…" Shinji chugged the small vial. A few seconds later he began coughing before dropping onto one of his knees. A white aura began radiating from him before disappearing.
"Gah damn it that hurt. So I can still use my authorities' right?" Grayfia nodded her head up and down.
Shinji stood back up.
"So you said opponents earlier, who am I facing?" Grayfia smirked
"Myself and the former Dragon king Tannin."
"Oh that doesn't sound so… What the fuck! Seriously?! You're still mad from losing to me even though it's been years now aren't you?"
"EHH!" The group behind him excluding Ena exclaimed out
"Shinji-Nii and Grayfia fought and he won?!"
"Just barely…." Grayfia added in darkly
"Victory is still a victory." Shinji responded
"If it weren't for your ridiculous magic resistance I would have won."
"Sure sure that's what they all say." Grayfia sent him a glare
"I was planning on holding back a little but now I won't after you select your group head on in the building then proceed down the hallway until you reach a door. Once your there open the door and walk into the stadium and we will begin the battle." A magic circle materializes beneath her and she disappears.
"Damn I should have added in Gray-Chan to piss her off even more…" Shinji muttered under his breath.
Shinji stood there for a few minutes thinking.
Asia's twilight healing would be very useful however against people like that they will target her first. She lacks any actual combat experience or any offensive spells so she a no for this.
Rias has the power of destruction which could be very useful but she lacks the experience to use it properly. Her abilities beside that are very lacking, she can't use a sword nor does she have any defensive spells. So she is a no.
Ena is a definite yes, aside from the Ame no Tsurugi, she has a high amount of training and combat experience. Plus she is willing to follow my orders without hesitation. I should give her the [Youth] blessing before the battle starts so we have a better chance. So that's one down I need two more members.
Kiba is a wild card. Under stress he can improve very rapidly, which could be boon if he and Ena work together. His Sword of Birth ability can be very useful as an offensive tool as well as a defensive tool. His skill with a sword can be considered near genius level. Guess I will have to trust him, so he's a yes. Now for the last member.
Akeno has a high amount of magic power but lacks physically wise. So if she were to face against someone like Tannin who could shrug that amount of magic easily she would be screwed since she has nothing else besides her lightning. Since she can't fight she would be useless during the fight so she is a no.
That would leave me with Koneko, she has little to none magic ability. However she makes it up for having a ridiculous amount of physical prowess. With her recent training I'm sure she should at least be able to survive a battle with help against Tannin.
So I have my group now, I should trust Ena with leadership of the group, while I take on Grayfia. Ame no Tsurugi should be able to handle a dragon king. Screw it I'll think of a plan on during the walk to the stadium.
Shinji stops his train of thought before taking a deep breath and letting out a long sigh.
"Kiba, Koneko, and Ena you are going to help me out."
"Alright senpai." Kiba agrees as he materializes his holy eraser on his left hand.
"Okay Arisato-senpai." Koneko stretches a bit before taking a combat stance.
"Just like old times eh your majesty?" Ena replies while materializes the black long sword and grabbing it with her right hand.
"The rest of you head home, I promise that with my skills that we will return victorious." Damn it Verethragna your making me act out of character...
The remaining members of the group mutter some protest before turning to leave.
"Oh Rias wait up for a second!" Shinji yells out causing Rias to stop and turn to face him.
"Yes Shinji-Nii?" she asked
"I would like your permission to use promotion."
Promotion the pawns ability to temporarily use the other abilities of the other evil pieces. The requirement for use is that the pawn must be in enemy territory and has permission from its master. Shinji rarely uses the ability seeing as how most of the time it would result in overkill or an epic overkill. But seeing as how he is now up against two of the strongest beings of the underworld and his magic resistance is gone it would be a smart idea to promote now.
"Alright Shinji-Nii good luck we will be waiting at the hotel near here." She turns away from him and hurries off to join the rest of the group.
"Promotion Queen…" Shinji mutters, he felt his magic reserves, strength, endurance, and speed increase by a good amount.
Queen, unlike the other promotions giving a massive boost to one stat queen gives a fairly good boost to all of his stats but nowhere near the other single boost. So it is great for versatility. Shinji turns to face his group.
"Alright guy and ladies! Let's go kick a dragon king and the silver queen's asses!"
Shinji's group entered the building, a ridicules battle called the promotion test will begin soon.
Author Notes:
Hope you enjoyed the chapter next up the actual promotion test. Ha, ha, rematch against Shinji and Grayfia, now that his magic resistance is gone I wonder how the fight will go.
You know how I have only revealed two out of the four authorities that Shinji gained from Loki right? I'm kind of in a stump as for what the other two abilities are, so I could use some suggestions, PM if you got anything. As for why Xenovia is such a bitch as of right now, it's due to how the church is structured similarly to Nasuverse version meaning they have less 'patience' with non humans. That and the fact that the two didn't go to Issei's house and meeting the group earlier didn't help much. Will she stay a bitch? Oh I'm sure natural harem magnet EX will probably work on her.
Ah Shinji has been too angry lately, he really needs to get laid (again)… Err till next time.
