2017

Hey guys, MT here!

Oh my goshhhhhhhh! I barely made it on time for this. I meant to finish and post last week but I caught my brother's cold and I finally started feeling well enough to write. T_T

Anyways, this chapter is...crazy, to say the least. I hope you guys enjoy it and that it is well received.

Also, I received a request to post the date but I'll just post the year. Hope that's okay~~!

ENJOY!

Life.1

Rias POV

We appeared inside of one of the rooms of the Old School Building after Onii-sama had helped with the Castling. The room was dark since the lights were off but my attention was drawn towards the window where I could see the main school building suddenly explode. I hope everyone's alright…

"What's going on…?" I heard Issei say, sounding frustrated.

"What's going on, Issei? Do you feel something with your ki?" I asked.

"I can sense Akeno, Valerie, and Koneko-chan but Gasper isn't here. I don't sense anyone else in or immediately around the clubhouse either," said Issei. I was surprised but not very much.

"Let's go and talk to the others," I said before running from the room. Issei followed me and we made our way upstairs to the clubroom, bursting through the doors.

"Ise-sama!"

"Senpai, Buchou!" said Valeria and Koneko, respectively.

"Akeno, Koneko, what happened? Where is Gasper?" I asked, looking around. There wasn't any evidence of a struggle. "And how are none of you affected?"

"I used my Holy lightning to protect Koneko and myself, but it won't last long. Valerie said she used her Sacred Gear, though I don't know how she used it," explained Akeno. "I'm sorry, Rias. They took him right out from under us. Koneko thought something felt off and was using ki to monitor the area when a magic circle suddenly opened up. An arm came out and pulled Gasper through before we even had a chance. They must have known there were too many of us to restrain quickly so they just took him to wherever they are."

"I don't sense him anywhere nearby but all the magic is blurring everything out. Koneko-chan and I won't be able to find him properly with our ki. Rias, can you feel Gasper's piece?" asked Issei.

"Barely. When I was inside the main school building I couldn't but now I can. There must have been too much magical interference. It feels like he's nearby. Maybe…the forest? The forest behind the school building might be a good place to hide," I said, feeling around. Gasper's piece is definitely in the direction of the forest. How far, I'm not sure, but the edge of the barrier isn't far from here so it couldn't be very far away.

"Valerie, please take care of Akeno until she recovers more. Koneko-chan, come with us. We need to protect Buchou in case the magicians try anything," said Issei, seriously.

Ah~…Issei has the same look in his eye that he had last time an enemy hurt one of us. Honestly, this cute servant of mine has the same kind of love for his comrades as any member of the Gremory household. He was truly a good person to make my servant.

"Ise-sama, Rias-sama, Koneko-san, please save Gasper. I just reunited with him and I don't want to have to separate from him again. Please…bring me my little Gasper back," said Valerie, her eyes glassy.

"Of course!"

"Yes!"

"You can count on us," said Issei, Koneko, and myself, respectively.

"I won't let these people do as they like with my precious servants. Let's crush them into dust," I said, my power surging.

Gasper…we're coming for you.

Issei, Koneko, and I were currently running into the small forest behind the old school building and I could feel more magic as we ran through it. After running for a few minutes, I could see a dim orange light coming through the leaves and I prepared myself for a fight.

We broke through some bushes and found ourselves face to face with a group of about ten magicians as well as Gasper who was being held down by a large, complex orange magic circle.

"Gasper!" shouted Issei, sounding angry. I was too.

"B-Buchou…Issei-senpai…Koneko-san…I'm sorry. They caught me by surprise…" said Gasper. He had tears in his eyes and it looked like his Sacred Gear was being forcefully activated.

"Gya-suke doesn't have the strength to break out of that magic circle," said Koneko, releasing her cat ears and tail.

"What are devils doing here?"

"They shouldn't have been able to use magic circles to get over here so quickly."

"We need to eliminate them before they interfere."

The magicians were talking amongst themselves as if we couldn't hear them.

"You all," I said, my aura flaring up. This seems to have gotten their attention. "How dare you attack one of my precious servants and use him as some sort of tool. I hope you weren't hoping to live through this."

"You won't try anything," said one of the magicians as they moved towards Gasper. "Or else, we won't hesitate to hurt him."

The magician pulled out a dagger and help it up to Gasper's throat, furthering angering me.

"You…" said Issei. I could feel his aura flaring up as well, though his was much greater than mine. "…are you threatening one of my precious comrades?"

"Comrade? Pfft…this thing is just something that could be a useful tool. You all haven't been using it correctly but we have and will," said the magician, sneering at us.

"Issei," I began, absolutely furious. "Show our guests what happens when they attack my lovely servants and our precious comrades."

"With pleasure," said Issei, simply, before disappearing. He reappeared next to the magician holding the dagger to Gasper and slapped her away such that she smashed into two other magicians and they all flew through a nearby tree, said tree toppling to the ground.

"W-What was that?"

"He must be the dangerous one they warned us about."

"Damn, was the restraining field not enough for someone like him?"

The remaining magicians were in disarray.

"Gasper," said Issei, turning to him. He bit his thumb hard and then held it over to Gasper. "You have to break out of this yourself. Show your resolve and take my blood. A dragon's blood."

"Issei-senpai…" said Gasper, looking happy to be saved by Issei. Issei held his hand over Gasper and a drop of blood fell from his hand. I was surprised when the hemophobic Gasper opened his mouth wide to accept the blood. The moment it entered his mouth, his eyes suddenly glowed brightly and he disappeared from the magic circle he was on.

"What?!"

"But we were controlling his Sacred Gear! How did he escape?"

"Ah look!"

One of the magicians pointed out a large group of bats flying around.

"He transformed, the damn monster!"

The bats flew around each of the magicians who tried to swat them away by shooting beams of light from their foreheads. The bats continued to swarm and purple hands began to extend out around many of the magicians.

"Agh! What is this?"

"He's trying to suck our blood?"

"No, our energy!"

The magicians were in even greater disarray now and they tried shooting more beams of magic to try and get Gasper away. Some of the beams flew towards Koneko and myself but were stopped in a glowing purple light.

"He can even stop things like this?" said one of the magicians.

"You can't escape from me. I can see all," said Gasper, ominously. Truly, Gasper is the best type of person to receive Balor's Eye. In his multi-bat form each of the bat's eyes work independently, meaning his sight range increases exponentially. "Everyone, I can finish here. I will suck out their energy and meet you all afterwards. Please go and protect the school."

"Gasper, are you sure?" I asked, feeling unsure. One of Gasper's bats flew over to me and his bat eyes glowed.

"I'm sure Rias-buchou. Thank you for believing in me. I have to act properly as a man of the Gremory and defeat the ones who attacked us," said Gasper's bat. I smiled and pat the bat.

"We'll see you soon," I said. The bat made a nodding motion and then flew back to continue assaulting the magicians.

When did Gasper grow so strong? Since Issei joined us, all my cute servants have gotten so impressive. I'll have to keep up or I'll be put to shame.

"Buchou, Azazel-sensei seems to be fighting with the others," said Issei.

"Yes, I saw an explosion at the main school building. They must have been attacked," I said. Issei nodded and we three ran off again, this time to fight a larger force.

Issei, Koneko, and I arrived at the scene to find Yuuto and Xenovia fighting off groups of magicians. I also noticed that girl, I believe her name was Irina, fighting alongside them. Off to the side, Onii-sama, Michael, Serafall-sama, Sona, Onee-sama and the others were inside a dome shaped barrier created by the three leaders inside. Azazel was off fighting someone strong and was mostly ignoring us.

"Kiba!" shouted Issei before shooting a Dragon Shot that defeated two magicians. They were about to attack Kiba in his blind spot while he was distracted with other magicians.

"Thanks, Ise-kun!" said Kiba before jumping back in.

"Issei! Loan me Ascalon!" said Xenovia, holding out her free hand. Issei pulled Ascalon from his gauntlet and threw it towards her. She caught it and then quickly decapitated a magician.

"Rias, this won't do much good unless we can take care of all those transportation circles," said Onii-sama.

"I can help with that," said Issei, coming up from behind me. He lifted up his hands and created a medium sized light spear in mid-air, receiving an impressed 'Oooh' from Michael. "Multiply!"

[Multiplication!]

The light spear then became two without either changing in size or brightness from before.

"Ooooh!" said Michael, sounding more impressed than before.

"Again!" shouted Issei.

[Multiplication! Multiplication! Multiplication!]

The two spears then became four then eight then sixteen. It seems like this power can multiply any number of attacks by two, just like how the Boosted Gear doubles Issei's power.

Issei continued his [Multiplication] until there was an uncountable number of spears floating in the air.

"HAAAAAAHHHHH!" shouted Issei as he suddenly thrust all the spears out, each flying at high speed towards the transportation magic circles. There was thousands of small explosions at once and…all the magic circles were gone!

"Impressive, Issei-kun," said Onii-sama.

"To think he's come this far in using his angelic powers! The Lord must be watching over his growth!" said Michael, sounding much happier than I expected.

"Good job, Issei. Now we can end this more quickly," I said, creating a magic circle above me. I released large amounts of demonic energy mixed with the power of Destruction. The magicians who were caught up in it were all exterminated and I smiled. I can't do the crazy things my precious pawn can do, but even I can clean up this enormous pile of trash!

After a while of clearing up more of the magicians, I felt a surge of power and turned to see someone dressed in golden armor. I could tell it was Azazel from his Fallen Angel wings before he promptly put them away. I noticed that Issei's Boosted Gear was glowing a bright green but he seemed to be ignoring it in favor of defeated another group of magicians.

Azazel and the woman he was fighting clashed again and he gave her a mortal wound. I'm not sure who she is, but it seems she's no match for this new power of Azazel's. The woman's arms stretched out, suddenly, and multiplied in a strange way before taking hold of Azazel's arm. Her body began to glow with strange markings and she screamed out something unintelligible. I'm not sure what she said but Azazel then promptly cut off his arm, causing Issei to flinch and look over at Azazel. Azazel created a magic circle to stop the bleeding before throwing his glowing spear at the woman, killing her and causing her to disappear into ash.

After defeating her, Azazel released his armor and put away a purple jewel. Issei flew up to his with his devil wings, swatting away any attacking magicians as he went. I followed him, mostly out of curiosity.

"Sensei, you didn't have to sacrifice your arm to defeat someone weak like that, right?" asked Issei, pouting.

"Bah, it's nothing. I have that mechanical arm I've been designing so now I have a use for it. Anyways, things seem to be a little boring for guys as strong as us, right?" asked Azazel, grinning as he watched Issei swat away two other magicians with ki.

"Just a bit, I actually wanted to mention. Something happened earlier with Akeno," said Issei, deciding now was a good time to have this discussion. I guess for people of his level, he's decided that these magicians aren't dangerous enough to even worry about.

"Akeno? Is that why she didn't come to the meeting?" asked Azazel, looking concerned.

"Her ki was suddenly disturbed and she started crying. Her emotional state and touki are still unstable so I asked her to take it easy as much as possible. I don't understand what could have caused something like that," said Issei.

"Hmm…that's strange. I'll have to- Guh!" said Azazel, shocking me. He suddenly had tears streaming down his face. Issei looked troubled and Koneko flew up using her devil wings, her ears and tail out.

"Senpai! Again," said Koneko, looking worried.

"Sensei, are you alright? Your ki just had the same reaction. What's going on?" asked Issei, panicking. A magic circle suddenly appeared enxt to my ear and I heard a voice.

"Rias, what's going on? I felt Azazel's energy become disturbed," said Onii-sama from the other side of the line.

"I'm not sure. It seems to be the same reaction as to what happened with Akeno. One minute, they're talking to Issei and the next, their ki, according to Issei and Koneko, is disrupted. They said that they can't feel anyone within range that could have possibly done such a thing so we don't really understand," I explained before waiting for Onii-sama's answer. Before I received it, though. I saw Issei and Azazel suddenly become blurry. I tensed up for a moment, confused. I rubbed my eyes and saw they were doing it again. I glanced around and could see everything else clearly so why…?

"Senpai!" shouted Koneko, causing me to turn back around. Issei and Azazel blurred more than before until they suddenly disappeared. I stare wide-eyed, wondering just what in the world was going on.

Ise POV

Everything changed so strangely. I was on the battlefield and then everything around me blurred out and I was in this strange place. I could tell that I was in a room but everything, the ceiling, the walls, the floor, was pure white. It was so bright it burned my eyes to stare too long. The only defining features of this place was the long dining table that had ten seats, five on each side, and the simple doorway that was dark. I looked around and then at Azazel-sensei who seemed to still be reeling from his ki suddenly going out of control.

"Sensei, do you have any idea…?" I asked.

"No, not even close. I couldn't even feel any magic being used, though I'm not myself right now. I mean, I'm missing an arm and that strange feeling from before…Ise, stay close to me. I don't know what we could be up against," said sensei, seeming nervous. I'd never seen him so nervous and worried before.

We suddenly heard the loud clacking of footsteps and followed the sound with our ears. It was coming from the dark doorway but we couldn't see anyone through it. The sound got louder as time passed and we finally saw a white shoe pass through the darkness, though the rest of the person was hidden in the strange darkness.

A man walked through the doorway made his way across the room to us without saying a word of even much of a facial expression. The man had fair skin and a white, pointed beard that extended a few inches off his face. He had thick white brows and his neat, white hair was covered by his white top hat. He had a white tuxedo on and a white bowtie. His shoes were also white. His cane, which he held up at his side, was also white, but at the top was a round, golden object that almost looked like a clock face.

He stopped a few feet from us and looked us over with his golden eyes that seemed to stare right into my soul. He licked his lips, looking like he was going to say something, but instead too his cane out from under his arm and then put both his hands on the end of the cane. He paused for a moment and then slammed the cane down onto the ground, causing a loud 'Boom' that echoed in the room. At the same time, giant transparent clock faces formed around him, one for each of us. He glanced up at them, then at us, and nodded as if he had understood something.

"Hello there," said the man in a deep, but strong voice. "I apologize, you must be confused."

"Who are you, and why did you bring us here?" asked Sensei, looking annoyed.

"Ah, well, why we brought you here is quite the complicated matter. It is not something I can explain simply. Ah, yes, and my name. I cannot even remember the last time I had to give someone my name. Well, to put it simply, my name is Father Time, he who has all authority and knowledge of time itself."

I stared in shock, since I had never heard of someone like him existing. I know that, as someone who is now a big part of mythology, I shouldn't be surprised, but Father Time is just some character from books isn't he? Not actually a god or anything.

I glanced over at sensei to find he was just as shocked, confusing me. I thought sensei knew about these kinds of things?

"Y-You're Father Time? That's impossible. He doesn't exist. There's no such person as Father Time," said Azazel-sensei.

"And yet here I am, in the flesh. Well, figuratively of course. I've existed long before 'flesh' and 'life' ever existed," said Father Time, confusing us. "Come and sit, we have much to talk about."

He began to walk towards the dining room table and we followed him with our eyes. The two clocks in the air disappeared but Father Time just kept walking. He made it to the table and sat on the other side before staring us down.

I looked towards sensei, wondering what to do, and he nodded before walking to the table. I followed him and we both sat across from Father Time.

"To begin in the simplest terms I can fathom, dragon child, you've been a naughty boy, filling my time stream with such entropy," said Father Time, confusing me.

"Entropy is chaos, Ise. To be filled with it means that thing has become chaotic. I assume he's angry with you for going back in time and mudding up the time stream," said sensei, seeing that I didn't understand what Father Time meant.

"Ah, I'm sorry about that. I didn't think it would cause you trouble, I just didn't want to die at that point since I had a lot to live for," I said, honestly. I did and still do. All of my loved ones and for all of my dreams, as well as for the future of the Underworld as a devil with 'great potential' as I was once told.

"I do not enjoy it, and I would normally punish it, though this has never happened before," said Father Time.

"No one's ever gone back in time before? If Ophis knows the spell then it must have been known by others at some point," asked Azazel-sensei, looking like he was excited for new information. Well, he is a research nut.

"Of course not. All who are aware of the spell know inherently to never use it. It is a mystery to me why the spell exists at all. Also, the spell is known and only usable by a select group of beings," said Father Time. "My annoyance with your use of the spell aside, it wouldn't have made much a difference either ways. He would have saved you either ways, though I do believe another way may have caused less issues."

"Issues? Does that have anything to do with the unexplainable feeling I had earlier?" asked Sensei.

"Quite," said Father Time, seriously, before sighing. "Agh! This is so inefficient. Honestly, I cannot fathom how some of the others have become used to communicating with you lesser beings. Not being omniscient must be so very inconvenient."

"You said 'we' before and now 'others'. Are there other beings like you? That aren't supposed to exist but do?" I asked, curious.

"Hm? Ah, yes of course…Are you just going to watch? You are the one who was interested in him to begin with," said Father Time, not talking to anyone in particular.

A magic circle, well, one in the shape of a door, appeared behind Father Time, on his left side. The magic door was a golden color and was very complex, more so than one I had ever seen before. In the center was a golden cross that made my devil senses go wild but made my angelic senses calm down. The conflicting feelings were unsettling and I wondered in the world was going to come through that door. Someone walked through the door, just phasing through it rather than opening it. The moment they came through, Azazel-sensei was on his feet, his chair knocked over behind him and on the floor. His face was such a mix of emotions that I couldn't understand what sensei was thinking. The only emotion that really stood out was complete and utter disbelief. Like he was seeing someone even more ridiculous than someone who wasn't supposed to exist, like Father Time.

The one who came out was clearly a man from his body type, but I couldn't see his face. There wasn't anything blocking it, I just couldn't see it. Like my eyes were seeing him but my brain wasn't registering it. I could at least tell that the person in front of me was someone of incredible power considering the barely suppressed holy aura around him. Although I couldn't see his face, I could see that there was a glowing, golden aura behind his head that reminded me of a halo but was filled in rather than being a ring.

"L-LORD?" asked Azazel-sensei, in complete shock. I could feel the warmth of a smile on the man's face but I still couldn't see it.

"Hello, little Azazel," said the man in a warm voice.

He spoke with sensei like a parent would speak with their child and I felt shock as I began to put the pieces together.

"But how…you were…?" asked Azazel-sensei, still in shock.

"There are many things to think of little Azazel, but first, shall I be introduced?" asked the man.

"O-Of course," said sensei. "Ise, this is exactly who you think this is. This is God from the Bible."

"E-Ehhhh?!" I said in shock. "B-But, I thought God from the Bible died in the Great War along with the old Maou?"

"That's what I thought, too. I'm more confused than I've ever been," said Sensei, now glaring at the two across from us.

"Sit and we shall speak. Time does not flow here so we could speak for an eternity if you wish," said God from the Bible.

Sensei was more tamed than the time I saw him with Zeus and Poseidon during the Rating Game of Rias versus Sairaorg. He turned to pick up his chair that he had knocked over but it was already standing normal again, ready for him to sit. He sat down and pulled in his seat, looking over at the two across from him.

"Now to begin. Issei," began God from the Bible, surprising me. "You are probably conflicted on how to call me. Using LORD as little Azazel does would be strange for a devil such as yourself. Please refer to me as Elohim."

"O-Of course Elohim-sama! I'm honored to be able to speak with someone like yourself," I said, nervously.

"He is such a kind-hearted fellow. I enjoy those with pure hearts and honest desires. What do you think, Time?" asked Elohim-sama.

"It irritates me that he caused entropy in my time stream but it is interesting to witness a second timeline. Every change he has made has had an impact on the future so I have been able to see an alternative," said Father Time.

"LORD," said Azazel, breaking into the conversation. "How did you survive? Everyone thought you died. Michael and the other Seraph, they miss you, you know?"

"Of course, I am aware. I know all that goes on with my children," began Elohim-sama. "It is believed that I 'perished' after exhausting all my energy to seal away the apocalyptic beast 666 but in reality I merely sealed him away and left the material world."

"But why? Why leave everything behind?" asked Azazel-sensei.

"Because I was no longer necessary," said Elohim-sama, simply, surprising Azazel-sensei. "I had perfected the very delicate workings of the System such that the world could continue to function without my presence. Of course, it continues to draw holy energy from myself however that is all that I continue to do. The ideals of the old demon lords and myself were no longer valid in the future to come. I wiped out the demon lords who polluted the minds of the younger generations of devils and then removed myself. Originally, the Apocalypse was to occur nearing the end of the Great War, however I decided against it. I could see that my children and all other beings were coming together in ways I did not believe possible with the stubborn ways of the other mythological groups. I realized that my own ideals would prevent all my children from becoming a part of this blossoming world so I removed myself. I instead gave my love and support from a place unseen. Even now, I have manipulated factors in the world to allow for the best possible outcomes."

"What is the best possible outcome? What's happening in the world right now that you needed to intervene? What about what Father Time said about another timeline?" asked Sensei.

"Did you think the other timeline just disappeared when you left, dragon child?" asked Father Time, surprising me again. "Even now that timeline continues forward, without you."

"Are these strange effects a part of that? Was my theory correct?" asked Azazel-sensei.

"Your theory, based on the humans' idea that every action creates an alternate timeline. An alternate universe. The…multiverse theory, I believe is what it is called. Your theory is that if one were to go back in time, something the humans had deemed impossible, then they would suffer 'temporal backlash' from the original timeline that they were from," said Father Time.

"Yes. I assume that it affects us and not Ise because we inherited memories from the previous timeline," said Sensei.

"Yes. It is correct," said Father Time before sighing at my confused expression. Child, imagine that in all the universes that could exist there is a being who exists in all of them, in this case both universes. For this explanation, let us use this man here as the example. One of him exists in both universes but that does not mean that there are two of him, correct? He is still himself in both universes. When you think of it that way, you would think 'there must be something that connects them' otherwise they would not be considered the same despite being separate. The thing that connects them is their spirit, their soul. The soul is the basis for every life and connects a being to their other selves across the multiverse. What do you think would happen, though, if something were to happen to one of their selves? Well, normally nothing. Except the connection this man has with the other universe is significantly greater due to him having a copy of all the memories of his other self up to the point where the timelines were suddenly changed."

"So then, sensei and Akeno had that strange reaction because something happened to their selves in the other timeline?" I asked, beginning to understand.

"Yes, Issei," said Elohim-sama, taking control of the conversation. "I even gave you a glimpse into the other timeline as a foreshadowing of the dilemma to come. Your time travel has caused an even greater ripple than we originally anticipated. Since we beings are not normally allowed to participate in the workings of the world directly we are using you as a means to rewrite the wrongs."

"Not allowed to participate? You formed an entire religion and changed the flow of the world," said Azazel-sensei sounding annoyed.

"Only after great restrictions were placed on myself. I was only allowed to occupy the world with power equivalent to the strongest in the world at the time. Any more than that and an imbalance would have occurred. It is another reason I left," said Elohim-sama.

"So, what exactly am I supposed to do? I've become a lot stronger than I was before but I'm not even as strong as Sirzechs-sama or and of the god-class beings on Earth. If you need someone strong to help take care of this, I may not be enough," I said, worried.

"The threat will not become apparent for some time so you should be fine. Continue to train as you have been and you will be on track," said Father Time.

It is time for us to send you back. I hope you are prepared," said Elohim-sama.

"Eh?" I said.

"What? Wait, you can't send us back yet. We have so much more to understand about the situation," said sensei.

"You both have just taken in an enormous amount of information. Sort out your thoughts first. We plan to bring you back later on to help you understand how everything really works. Maybe more of you, though we'll have to be careful with how much interference we cause," said Father Time.

"We plan to send you both back five minutes after we took you. This will make things less abnormal when you return suddenly different than you were when you were last there. Take care and be sure to not speak of this to anyone until we give permission," said Elohim-sama.

"Wait!" said sensei and I together before suddenly finding ourselves back on the battlefield.

Sirzechs-sama, Rias, and everyone looked shocked to see us suddenly back but I couldn't even react. What in Maou's name did I just witness? What in Maou's name is going on?!

So? What did you guys think?

I decided to write in Rias POV for the beginning because I really wanted to change things up from the constant Issei POV. Hope you guys liked it.

As for the later part...omg I finally wrote it. I've thought about this scene since near the beginning of the story and I've wanted to write it so much.

Some of you probably thought 'you brought God from the Bible back? why?' and I mean...it's not like I didn't do it because it would be cool...I mean, it's not like I wasn't a little sad that the god from the religion I practice is dead and gone in the DxD universe...

Anyways, enough being Tsundere. I seriously do hope this interested you guys and I hope that Father Time wasn't the hated being you guys remember from Gunmare's version. I want to build on this whole idea I have but I want your guys feedback first. Please let me know what you think. If you don't like it well...I'll try not to write as many scenes with them as I want to appease you guys but it's too late to take them out since they're pretty integral to the story.

The next chapter should be up by mid-November. Until next time...byeee :D