List of ideas
chapter 35
Idea: What if Issei was actually Isaac from Rebirth of Isaac?
Series: The Binding of Rebirth Isaac and Highschool DxD
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"In the name of God, thou must die!"
"NO!"
(Kuoh Asylum)
A few doctors were walking down a hallway.
"So how is the boy?" Asked one of them curious.
"He's...well...the same." replied another.
"But at least he's not the same broken shell he was when first brought i.." Reminded a third doctor as they all shivered at that memory.
Soon they stopped outside the cell door. "And you see why I'm not a religious man nor I want to be one." Scoffed the first doctor.
"Shhh! Don't say that word." spoke one of the doctors.
That doctor flinched at his mistake before the remaining one said "Actually, what can't be mentioned around him is his family's situation caused by the Bible-!?"
That made the other doctors gasp in fear.
Then they saw the door in front of them being opened, revealing a young man of 17 years old that was barely at 5ยด0, with brown spiky hair that went to his neck in a feminine like fashion, hollow brown eyes as if staring at an abyss, a cute child like face with tear marks below his eyes, and pale skin as if he never saw the sun, and he wore a white t-shirt with a black jacket on top, black pants, and black shoes while holding a backpack on his back.
"Oh, visitors. How good." grinned the boy. He was Issei S. Hyoudou, formerly known as Isaac Steven Hyoudou, a patient from the Asylum that was being released today because of his recovery from a certain traumatic event that will be told later, and good behavior...at least most of the time.
Each of the doctors who knew him felt sweat on their brows while silently shaking.
"Now now, I won't do anything bad since I'm obviously reformed and I want to forget about all that was in the past and start anew." Confessed Issei before bowing to the surprised doctors. "Now if you excuse me, I must see the one that will take me back to Kuoh..."
That's when a nurse walked past the doctors. She had long brown hair, blue eyes in glasses, a cute face with regular skin and two moles under her left eye, and wore a pink-white nurse outfit with a white lab coat on top.
She was Yukio Okumura, the nurse that took care of Issei when he was first brought in by her husband, and brother, the paladin rank exorcist Rin Okumura.
Issei smiled as she took him by the arm and lead him away from the doctors. "Thanks for arriving Ms. Yukio." Issei said with a fond smile.
"No problem." smiled the nurse.
"So how is your husband?" Issei asked curious about the man that had saved him long ago.
"He's managing to juggle work with home life." smiled Yukio.
"I see, what about his sisters? And also your children?" Issei said curious.
"They're doing alright, and he manages to find time for all of them."
"Good for him." Issei said before asking, "No offense, but how did you and those other girls married him? I mean, before going to the Asylum I heard that there were debates about that kind of relationship..."
"Let's just say he has a tendency to shut them up."
Issei sweatdropped at that as Yukio continued with an embarrassed look, "Not only that but also our 'beloved' prime minister approved a law that gave all couples in Japan to have multiple partners..."
"Odd, but cool." admitted Issei.
"Yeah...but you better be careful and NEVER become a pervert!" Warned Yukio with a smile as a dark aura formed around her, scaring Issei who quickly nodded, much to her relief as the aura vanished, "Good~!"
After signing him out, Yukio drove him to where he would be living. Eventually they arrived at a familiar two floor house.
"Wait, this looks familiar..."
Yukio sighed at what Issei said before answering "Yes Issei, this is your former home..."
At hearing that, he gripped his hands and felt his blood boil. "Wasn't there any other place we could go in?" He asked hollowly.
"No." replied Yukio.
"I see..." And so with a sigh, Issei calmed himself down. They got out of the car as Issei stared at the house with dread.
Issei then shook his head and proceeded to go inside the house, noticing it clean and with several new furnitures, including a new HD TV.
"Rin made sure to fix it up."
"...Heh. Guess I owe him then." Chuckled Issei as he went upstairs to his former room. He saw the door was unlocked and went in. Upon entering, he looked at the walls where several faded remnants of his old drawings were there, with the closest one being that of a lamb like creature with giant face and horns...
'Memories.' Then he shook his head before putting his backpack on the bed and sitting down in it as he saw Yukio enter.
"I miss anything?"
Yukio chuckled at his question before saying, "Don't worry, I just came to tell you about you attending Kuoh Academy for your studies."
"Kuoh Academy?"
"That's right. After all, you're still a child on the law's eyes, so you must attend school as well." Explained Yukio.
"Great." groaned Issei.
"Don't worry about it so much. Instead look at it as a chance to not be alone anymore." Yukio encouraged.
"If you say so." he sighed.
Yukio smiled before saying "Well, right now there isn't much to do, so I would suggest you to rest since the school doesn't start until next week."
Issei nodded as Yukio left and he walked over to his bed and laid down on it. 'What a day...and I'm just out of that asylum...' Thought Issei to himself before falling asleep.
(1 week later)
Now we can see Issei wearing the male version of Kuoh Academy's uniform as he was heading towards said school to start his classes.
It had at first been an all girl academy, but now they were accepting male students. And while other guys would see this as a godsend, Issei merely hoped that he wouldn't get dragged into anything weird or that he ended up bullied for no reason...at least not again.
He stopped walking as he felt like a pair of eyes were directed at him. He quickly looked around before looking at the building and seeing a red haired girl with pale skin, blue-green eyes, and wore the female uniform of the Kuoh Academy, which showed off her impressive body.
Instead of staring, he felt uneasy under her gaze. He didn't knew why, but something about that girl was...very unsettling...just like...back then.
He shook his head to focus and rushed off to class.
Meanwhile, the red haired girl was surprised at how darkly the new student looked at her before she felt a presence near her and turned around to see a black haired girl with short hair, pale skin, purple eyes behind glasses, and wearing the same uniform as her looking worried.
"He's different than what I expected." replied the black-haired girl.
"Indeed, I wonder why..." Said the redhead before asking her friend "What do you know about him?"
"I found out that during his childhood, him and his mother lived by themselves and for some reason, his mother began to act strange.
"How strange? And his father?" Interrupted the redhead curious.
"Perished before he was born." Upon seeing the redhead flinch, the black haired girl continued, "Anyway, for your other question, apparently that woman began to hear a voice, which called itself God-!"
"Impossible." replied Rias.
"I know, just let me finish." Replied back Sona before continuing, "The so called voice told her that her child was corrupted, and that he had to be...cleaned."
"How exactly?" Rias asked with a frown.
"Taking away his toys, his belongings, and even his clothes...as if preparing him for some sort of...sacrifice." Muttered Sona the last part.
"That sounds like the sacrifice of...Isaac..." realized Rias.
"Indeed, and it gets worse..." Sona said before continuing, "Afterwards, one day she tried to kill him when he was barely seven years old, and while some details are unknown, the ending is that the mother died due to head trauma caused by multiple falling objects and a traumatized child, who was then sent to the Asylum of Kuoh."
"And that same child is him?" asked Rias for confirmation.
"Yes, he was recently released for successful recovery and good attitude, yet from what I found out he has a deep trauma against religions, mostly the biblical faction." Said Sona as Rias flinched at that.
"Then approaching him will be tough."
"In fact, you shouldn't approach him for any recruitment idea, y'know?" Said a third voice as both girls flinched and looked at the newcomer, who was a young woman with blue hair and eyes, pale skin, and wore a swimming uniform with a jacket and a skirt underneath.
She's Egyn Pheles Okumura, the swim teacher of Kuoh Academy.
The girls stared at her in surprise. "How do you know him?" asked Rias.
"My husband was the one that found him shortly after the death of his mother." Answered Egyn with a cold look on her face.
"Why the cold stare?" asked Sona.
"Listen to this, because I'll say things only once..." Began Egyn, "I know that despite your...quirks, you're both saints when compared to devils of older generations yet I must warn you both this...Hyoudou Issei is OFF LIMITS!"
Both girls were a little stunned at the sudden harsh tone.
"And if you don't heed this warning, my husband would be really mad." Said Egyn.
Both girls tensed up a little as they knew Rin was really dark when it came to those on the receiving end of his anger. A VERY good example of this was what had happened to his...sperm donor, Satan...or what had remained of him once Rin was through with him, which had caused even the Maous themselves to shiver in fear.
"I'll be going now." spoke Egyn before turning and leaving them alone.
And so the two heiresses were left shaking in fear of what could happen to them if they tried to recruit Hyoudou Issei.
(Timeskip)
Now we can see several students getting out of Kuoh Academy as a bell rang, signaling the ending of classes for the day.
Issei sighed in relief as he was free from this place as he headed out to go home.
"E-Excuse me?" came a timid voice behind him.
Issei froze up before looking back and seeing attractive young woman around the same age as Issei with long black hair down to her hips and violet eyes wearing a different school uniform, which consisted of a dark red jacket with the letter "P" embroidered in gold, a white undershirt, a red bow, and a green skirt with a thin white strip around the lower end of it.
'She's kinda cute.' he thought. But then Issei shook his head upon feeling a similar yet different sensation of WRONGNESS from the girl in front of him, which was like that red haired girl had.
"Uh, can I help you?" responded Issei.
"Um...a-are you Issei Hyoudou?" Asked the girl shyly.
"Yes."
"W-Well, I was wondering if...umm...wouldyouliketogooutwithme?!" The girl said the last part with a red face.
Issei was take back as he never really interacted with girls his age, plus the feeling he was getting seemed to get worse.
"W-Well, no offense...eh...what is your name?" He suddenly asked as the girl mentally kicked herself for forgetting that part.
"I'm Yuuma Amano."
"Well, Yuuma-san, I can't say that you're not beautiful or anything, but I don't think someone like you, who has many chances in life, should go out with someone like me."
"Eh?" gasped Yuuma who was surprised since she figured a boy like Issei would instantly be on board. Then she looked at his eyes, and couldn't help but flinch upon seeing the look on his eyes, which reminded her of what several shell shocked veterans from the great war, including her beloved Azazel-sama, had from time to time because of the trauma caused by the war itself.
"Sorry gotta go!" he spoke running past her. And before Yuuma knew it, the boy that she was assigned to watch was gone like that!
'Damn it!' she thought.
(Next day)
Now we can see Issei walking around town to get familiar with it since there were no classes today, which gave him a lot of free time to adapt to the city.
He was impressed with how much had changed around since he was younger. But then he heard a shout of pain and he turned to the source, only to see a blonde haired girl with fair skin, green eyes, and wearing a nun outfit rubbing her head as a luggage near her was opened with some clothes thrown around.
Acting on his good nature, he ran over and began to pick up some of the clothing. Although he blushed upon picking the last piece, which happened to be a pair of white panties, which the now embarrassed Nun took quickly.
"T-Thank you!" she got out.
Issei nodded, which surprised the nun since she spoke in italian, which the boy in front of her seemed to understand, which was true because Issei studied several things on the asylum, including several languages like italian.
"Will you be alright?"
"Y-Yes, um...w-who are you mister?" She asked cutely.
"Issei Hyoudou."
"Ah, it's a pleasure Ise-san. I'm Asia Argento." Introduced the nun herself with a smile.
"Nice to meet you. You going somewhere?"
"Ah yes, I was recently transferred to the church in town..." Asia spoke while passing Issei a paper with the direction, which he took and read before frowning, "Is there something wrong?"
"Let's just say, me and religion don't go together." he spoke. But before Asia could ask why, he then added "Also, the church in this direction has been abandoned for quite a while now..."
That made the cute nun frown in sadness.
Issei sighed before speaking again, "But luckily for you, I know where the new church is located, so I could bring you there."
Asia smiled and couldn't help but glomp him in the moment. "Thanks a lot! God bless your soul!" She said happily, unaware of what the last part did to Issei's mind.
He tensed up and frowned. "Asia-san, I would thank you if you don't mention your god in front of me." He said seriously.
"But why? The lord's name is meant to be loved." replied Asia in confusion.
"Tsk...let's just say that your lord is not loved by everyone." Issei said with a frown as he began to lead her to the actual church.
Asia looked at Issei in confusion as to why he would think that. "Why would you say that?" Asia asked curious.
"Let's just say I had a rough childhood."
Asia flinched at that, but before she could say anything, she noticed that they had arrived at the church.
"Here we are." spoke Issei.
"I see...thanks for your help, Issei-san." Said Asia while bowing.
He nodded before leaving her be so he could get home.
"W-Wait Issei-san!" Called Asia, making him stop.
"Yes?" he responded turning around.
"D-Do you want to have a cup of tea? I-I can give you one as repayment for bringing me here." Offered the nun with a blush.
Issei mulled it over and found the idea rather nice. "Alright then." Issei said with a smile before they heard a shout of pain and saw a child near them holding his bleeding knee.
Asia gasped and ran over while Issei watched. Then he saw her kneel in front of the boy as her hands glowed with a green light, which surprised him, as she put those hands on the bruised knee, which healed soon like nothing.
"There we go." smiled Asia.
The boy and Issei looked surprised before the boy thanked her as his mother arrived looking skeptical at Asia.
As the mother took her child away, he couldn't help but turn to Asia with a smile. "Thank you, Onee-chan!" The boy said before he went away with his mother, leaving Asia and Issei alone.
"That was odd." remarked Issei.
"Ah! S-Sorry that you had to see this Issei-san!" Apologized Asia.
"How'd you do that?"
"I-It's a...gift from God..." Answered Asia with a pained smile as Issei frowned.
"Then why are you making a fake smile?"
Asia flinched before telling Issei to follow her inside the church, which he did reluctantly. She sat down with him taking the spot next to her. Then she told the boy besides her of how she was abandoned by her mother when she was a baby and was raised in a church. Some time during her childhood, she gained the ability to use her Twilight Healing and became known as The Holy Priestess. It was during that time that she saw a hurt Devil, which caused her to heal him despite the fact that said Devil was supposedly an enemy of the church, yet the act was witnessed by an exorcist, which caused chaos among the church members and caused her banishment from the Church with people labeling her as a "witch". With no place to go, Asia had to come to Kuoh to supposedly meet a contact from her mentor, who was one of the few that supported her even now, and then she meet with Issei and thus, the rest is story.
All the while Issei gritted his teeth at hearing how the church labeled her. What was it with religious people harming others without a second thought?! Why couldn't they let people like Asia and him live in peace?! Why did they have to suffer?! WHY?!
He was so busy with his thoughts he hadn't noticed his fists were clenched.
But Asia noticed that Issei's fists were leaking blood, which worried her. "Isse-san, you're hurt." she spoke placing her hands on one of his own.
Issei then noticed his bleeding hands as Asia used her Sacred Gear's power to heal them. He watched the blood race back into them before her hands stopped glowing.
"There, all better." She said with such smile that made him think again why would the Church banish someone so...pure like her.
"Thanks." he smiled.
"Yes...now if you want, you may leave..." Asia said as her face changed into a resigned look.
"But why?"
"Because I'm an excommunicated nun who didn't believed enough in God, so I don't think you would win anything by being at my side." She answered sadly.
"Asia-san, trust me when I say that my life is just as rough as yours." replied Issei in seriousness.
"W-What do you mean, Issei-san?" Asked Asia in surprise, not expecting that.
"It all began when I was a kid..." he started.
He told her how he lived as Isaac, a normal boy with his mother since his father died before he was born and then she got married to another man, a religious one, who had a child named Irina that became his step-sibling, yet they lived together in peace...at least until for some reason, his step-father separated from his mother and took Irina with him and left the country, which was for some reasons, but it involved that Isaac's mother wasn't that much of a religious believer unlike her second husband.
Then his mother started to hear the 'Voice of God', which told her that her son was corrupted by evil and had to be cleansed, which she did as told by taking away all of Isaac's belongings, including his clothes, and sealing him in inside his room, which only had a chest and some objects held upstairs.
But sadly things just got worse from there as Isaac overheard how his mother spoke with the so-called voice, which told him that to prove her new faith, he had to be sacrificed, which she decided to do as she got a knife, which caused Isaac to seal himself in the chest in panic, yet suddenly he found himself in some strange place with hundreds of dark deities, demons, devils, and even angels trying to kill him but that he managed to survive through it all.
Yet when he got out, he saw his mother dead from a head wound as blood went outside her body, and that was when a man in white and black robes, who he would find out was the Paladin Rin Okumura later, found him like that and comforted him.
"...Afterwards I ended in the Asylum of Kuoh until I was released recently..." Finished Issei hollowly.
Asia was stunned to hear that he endured all that.
"To be honest, at first I didn't thought much of God except what all children thought about him at my age..." Began Issei, "But after seeing my family destroyed like that because of faith to that God...I just...I just cannot even think of him without feeling hatred for he, who despite having all the power to change everything, never came to help people that needed his help the most like me and you, but instead is letting corrupted people like the ones that banished you take all the glory...and thus, no matter what, I'll never be able to trust or even care about God..."
"Issei-san..." muttered Asia quietly. But then they heard the flap of a wing, which confused them as they went outside, but froze up as they stared at a man with a coat and fedora that had two black wings on his back!
"What the hell is that?" muttered Issei who felt that feeling from before, but much worst.
"A fallen angel..." Whispered Asia, which as heard by Issei, who then had a brief flash in his head to a copy of himself with gray-black skin, red eyes, hair in form of spiky horns, and two demon like wings from his back...
'Azazel...' Issei thought grimly as he turned his attention to the new arrival.
"Well, this just made my mission easier." chuckled Dohnaseek.
"D-Dohnaseek-sama! W-What are you doing here?!" Gasped Asia nervous as she went closer for Issei, who was looking at the fallen angel hollowly.
"I came here to simply end the lives of two little children before they become a hindrance."
"W-WHAT!?" Asia cried out in horror as Issei's eyes began to water.
'No...no...not again.' he thought feeling fear creep up his spine.
Then both of the presents saw as how tears began to fall from Issei's face, which oddly enough looked still hollow.
"Never again. NEVER AGAIN!" he shrieked looking at the fallen angel with blazing fury.
Then to their shock, the tears themselves began to levitate as if somehow having a mind of their own before they combined into water balls and shot themselves forward the fallen angel at bullet speed!
Dohnaseek managed to avoid them from years of experience, but was stunned. Was this the kid's sacred gear being used?
"Issei-san..." Whispered Asia in shock of what she watched happen in front of her, which made her think that...could Issei also have a Sacred Gear?
"LEAVE!" roared Issei as more tears came out only to shoot straight at the fallen angel.
The fallen angel growled but then he saw a gray bomb with a skull coming at enough speed to hit his head and then explode!
Asia was stunned while Issei stopped crying and glared at the spot the fallen angel was just at.
"I-Issei-san...W-What was that?" Asia barely managed to ask.
"What I can do."
"...Issei-san...was your old name Isaac?" Asked Asia upon remembering the story told to her before looking at the knocked out fallen angel and flinching.
"...yes." he replied after a few seconds.