A few hours have passed since I closed my eyes to get some sleep and now we were almost at our destination. How do I know that? Because I have already woken up and asked a stewardess. I could wait to visit my hometown even if I won't be able to visit the house in which I made the happiest memories of my life. I closed my eyes and leaned backward letting out a big sigh and a few seconds later I noticed Marie's head moving from my shoulder. She seemed was at first a bit confused but then noticed that she had been sleeping on my shoulder and had drooled on my jacket. From her following self-talk, I did learn that she was embarrassed and glad that I was still sleeping. She pulled out a handkerchief and tried to brush away the droll on my jacket; I decided to keep my eyes closed and acted as if I was still sleeping. While Marie was cleaning my jacket she looked up to me and I think she stared at my face for multiple seconds and then… she kissed me on the cheek. It was a quick kiss that didn't even take a full second but it took all my willpower to not open my eyes in surprise and reveal that I was awake.
"Thank you for giving me a place I can call home," Marie said quietly before she put away her handkerchief and continued to look at me.
I faked being asleep for a few more minutes before I woke up with a yawn. As soon as I did Marie looked outside of the window with a slight blush on her face. I decided to continue playing the fool so that it won't get awkward. We started to talk to each other but before we approached the airport where the plane should land. After we exited the plane we had to look for our luggage which was rather annoying due to the seemingly endless luggage that went through the airport. After we found it we had to wait for the bus that should take us to my hometown. It was kind of funny to see Marie struggle to communicate with the people around her… seriously she is France and yet she can speak Japanese but not German? That doesn't make any sense… until I asked her. Apparently, her family has a dispute with one of the most powerful Magician Families in Germany and Marie's family in extension did want to have anything to do with Germany. I hope that doesn't lead to further trouble… and she could have told me that sooner so that I could have planned for this case. I started to think about how I should deal with this if the time comes… but one thing was clear I won't sacrifice Marie to protect myself. I'm also halfway to Level 25 where I could get a new ability, but I don't have an efficient way to earn EXP right now. I consider what to do to increase my strength, but I didn't come to any good conclusion and before long Marie told me that our Bus had arrived in my hometown.
It was a small village surrounded by a forest and not too far away from a big city. I exited the bus and took in a deep breath of the good fresh air, but Marie didn't seem to like it much. As soon as she left the bus she began to complain about the smell that was coming from the small barn near the bus station. A small smile appeared on my face seeing her reaction, she clearly was a girl brought up in a noble household. I did lead her through the small village while happily looking around. This brought back many memories. Maybe it is time to tell you a bit about my family… I was the son of a normal couple, my father was German and my mother had Japanese routes. My father had been working in the military; he was… and still is my hero, just like most good fathers are for their sons. He did die in a Military Operation when I was eleven… he didn't return home. I miss him much. My mother was a normal housewife and the gentlest soul in the entire world, unlike her parents… my grandparents. My grandparents didn't agree that my mother married my dad and they showed it openly, I didn't even meet them until I was fourteen years old. My mother… well, you will know soon enough. And finally, there was my twin brother… didn't expect me to have on, didn't you? I haven't seen him for four years, I tried to contact him but he never wrote back. We walked through the village and even passed by my old home. As we walked passed it I saw a family inside sitting on a table eating lunch together. I was happy that the house was still used, but also angry that now someone else is using it and sad because it wasn't my family who was living in it anymore.
I didn't talk to Marie about it as we passed my old home and a couple of seconds later we were passed it… I didn't look back. A couple of minutes later we arrived at the place we were going to stay the next week… a small cabin near a farm. Marie couldn't believe her eyes and immediately became upset with our accommodation. She was about to complain even more but then an elderly woman came out of the farm to greet us. She greeted us in a friendly manner and asked if we were the two who rented the cabin. I told her that we were them and she immediately asked if the two of us were a couple on vacation together which I denied kind of embarrassed. She then brought us to the cabin and opened it for us. Inside wasn't really much. A simple desk with a couple of chairs, a couch, a small TV, a shower which wasn't separated from the main room and a single double bed… this will surely lead to some problems. We're about to say something as the woman shoved us into the cabin and told us to enjoy our stay, then she closed the door leaving us alone.
"Well, she was… energetic," I said to Marie.
"She certainly was, but I have a question for you. What were you thinking as you rented this place?" Marie asked mentioning to the bed and the shower.
"Actually there weren't any pictures of the inside… I just went with the cheapest," I replied scratching the back of my head.
"Seriously? Are you really that poor?" Marie asked.
"I have quite a bit of money, but because of… reasons I can't spend much of it," I replied as I placed my backpack into the corner of the cabin.
"But couldn't you still have rented something better… and in a location less smelly?" Marie asked.
"This not as bad as you make it out to be," I replied.
"Sure…" she said clearly not agreeing with me.
"Why don't you settle in while I go and… do stuff," I suggested to her.
"Wait, we just arrived in a country I'm not familiar with and neither can I speak the language, and you want to leave me alone?" Marie asked.
"Well, if you want you can take care of whatever is watching us… and buy the food," I replied.
"Yeah, I think that I better leave that to you," Marie replied.
"Since I also go shopping I will be back in a couple of hours since we don't have a supermarket in the town," I said to her as she started to unpack her stuff.
"That's all right… I guess I just read one of the Magic Books," Marie said.
"All right, see you in the evening," I said as I made my way out of the door.
Shortly after I left the cabin I was back at the bus stop where Marie and I arrived. If you wonder why I walked here without any concern of being followed or watched… well, let's just say that there was no one. I just wanted Marie to stay in the cabin while I go visit someone.
An hour has passed since I left the cabin and I finally arrived in the bigger city. I think I would have been faster if I would have run… seriously I'm already way past what a normal human can do. I used this time to think about all the stuff that happened over the last two weeks. I went from being an ordinary guy to… something similar to a Manga Protagonist. My lifestyle also changed quite a bit, before all of this I was living with my grandparents with whom I didn't see eye to eye. They never agreed with me spending all my time playing video games and wanted me to always pay my respect at the shrines.
Soon my thoughts wandered from my life with my Grandparents to my life in Germany. I thought back to my parents and my childhood friend. I wonder what she was doing nowadays. When we were little we did almost everything together, our parents even joked that the two of us would probably one day marry… why did I have suddenly a strange feeling? She should be 18 by now and grow into a woman, the last time I saw her was five years ago… I wonder what she is doing. Who knows maybe I met her again…
Now I was currently walking through the city after I used the Jutsu of transformation to change my appearance to that of Sasuke Uchiha as an homage to my new eyes. It was kind of a mistake because on the street a few girls started to flirt with me, but there was someone I rather meet. I made my way through the streets until I was close to the city hospital. Before I entered I walked into a small alley and then let Jin scan the area around me for traces of Magic. He returned and told me that there weren't any which meant it was safe for me to turn back to myself. Then Jin vanished back into my shadow and I entered the Hospital.
I entered the hospital and asked for the Room Number of the person I wanted to visit. After telling the receptionist my name and the reason for my visit she informed me in which room the person was. I went to the stairs and walked up three Floors. Then I went searching for room 319 which I found shortly after. I took a deep breath and walked into the room.
"Hey, mom… how are you doing?" I asked after I entered the room. "Me? I am doing alright… and I'm sorry that I wasn't here for three years. You must have been lonely… or not judging by the flowers by your bed."
I walked up to her bed to remove some hair from her face. A sad smile made its way onto my face… I was really happy to see my mother's face once again but I was also sad to see my mother in such a state. I continued to talk to her even so she was in a coma… it has been five years since the car accident happened that put my mother into a coma. I guess my family wasn't very lucky.
I started to tell her about my life and the recent changes in it. While I talked to her I completely forget about the time and soon two hours passed since I came here. I think even more time would have passed if the door to the room wasn't opened by someone.
"T-train is that you?" a feminine voice asked and I turned towards the person.
The person standing in the door was a beautiful young woman with long, straight silver hair and aqua-colored eyes who appears to be in her late teens. As my Gamer Abilities told me her body measurements where B96-W61-H89 cm, she was 173 cm tall and had a bodyweight of 59 kg. She was wearing a simple shirt and cheap, plain jerseys. Overall she was a very beautiful woman… and I think I know who she is. There aren't many people with silver hair I know.
"Yeah, it is me… and you're Rossweisse, aren't ya?" I asked the girl standing in the door.
"I am," she said before she approached me and we hugged each other. "I thought you were in Japan, what are you doing here?"
"I have three weeks until my new school starts and I thought since I'm finally away from my strict grandparents I decided to visit my mother again… I haven't seen her for far too long," I replied as I looked at my mother and then saw the flowers again. "Did you bring these flowers? I don't think that nurses bring flowers for patients."
"Yeah… she was like a second mother to me when we grew up," Rossweisse replied.
"Thanks for visiting her sometimes, Rose," I said to her, calling her by her nickname.
"Yeah, so tell me what have you been up to after I have last seen you?" Rose asked me and I began to tell her about the stuff I did.
I told her about the time I spend in a church orphanage. I wasn't very good at making friends my age… I was going through a phase back then and was rather by myself. I did only grow worse when my twin brother was adopted into a new family, they also wanted to adopt me but I didn't want to be part of another family. I didn't get close to anyone until an exorcist, what was an idiotic profession in my opinion at that time, but he was a nice guy and even went with me to visit my mother which I wasn't allowed to do without a supervisor. Rossweisse seemed very sad when she heard that, but she was happy to hear that I made at least one friend.
Then I told her about my time with my grandparents in Kyoto, which was in my opinion even worse than my time in the orphanage. First, there was the time when they tried to convert me to their belief, fail I had lost my belief when my mother was sent into a coma… I'm still part of the
Protestant Church even if I consider myself an atheist nowadays. Anyway, I kept even more to myself especially since I didn't speak Japanese at that time. It was a hard year trying to learn a new language and dealing with strict grandparents. I started to spend all my time playing video games when I wasn't doing part-times jobs. Finally, I told her about me moving to Kuoh Town, but I left out the supernatural stuff she wouldn't believe me anyway.
Then I asked her what she did in the time I was away and her answer shocked me. She told me that she had already finished school and now was working for a very important person. I was really impressed and asked her how she did it… something I better hadn't asked. From what she told me her school life was completely academic, to the point that she did not have a social life this contributed to Rossweisse's rapid grade skipping through high-school and college… but this resulted in her not getting a boyfriend in all that time for which she was made fun of by her classmates. I had conflicted feelings about that. Then she also told me that she now got the nickname Servant Girl because of her job which made me kind of angry.
Time flew by and soon it was already getting dark outside. A nurse came into the room and told us that visiting hours are soon over. Rose and I said our goodbyes to my mother and then we left the hospital. Outside we were greeted by an elderly man with long, grey hair, and a matching beard. He wears a gold and white monocle over his left eye, without the addition of the chain. He was wearing a shirt and a cap.
"It seems like you're done with your visit," the man said to her before he noticed me. "And who is this? Is this your boyfriend?"
"H-he is…" Rossweisse stopped blushing slightly as a smirk appeared on his face.
"Sorry, of course, he isn't. You are the girl whose age is equal to the number of years without a boyfriend," the man said before he started laughing and Rossweisse teared up.
"I would like to get a boyfriend but… but," Rose said before she got depressed… and did she look at me blushing?
"So who are you boy?" the man asked me.
"My name is Train Ritter," I said to him as suddenly Jin informed me to be wary of the man and I had the same feeling.
"Nice meeting you lad. My name is Odin," the man said as he reached out with his hand.
"Nice to meet you too," I said to him as I took his hand.
I wanted to activate my ability to check his stats because I had a bad hunch, but then a screen popped up which was kind of annoying.
[System Update]
[For the period of the update you won't be able to update your stats, check out others stats or access any other abilities… that includes your healing abilities.]
Great timing… shit, I should have used the 15 points I saved for a sudden burst in power. Suddenly Odin pulled me closer to him… we were looking into each other's eyes with only a few cm between our faces.
"You have interesting eyes," he said to me.
"Yeah… I'm not gay," I said to him which caused the man to laugh and to bring a bit more distance between us… much to my relive.
"You're a pretty interesting guy," Odin said as I heard some beeping from Rose.
"Mr. Odin, it seems we have to go… there is an issue with which we have to deal," Rose said to the old man.
"Oh well, I actually wanted to visit some Oppai Clubs to have a bit fun, but I guess that has to wait," Odin said before he turned away and walked away into the crowd.
"I guess I have to go now," Rose said as she walked up to me and hugged me, I did hug her back.
"Yeah… I'm still here until the end of the week… maybe we can do something together like we did when we were little?" I asked.
"Yeah, that would be nice," she said before she pulled out a piece of paper and wrote something on it. "Here is my number so you can call me."
"I'll be sure to do that," I said as I put the piece of paper into one of my pockets.
"Bye," she waved at me before she also disappeared in the crowd.
I guess it's time to get groceries and then go back to Marie… Nah, I'm way too interested to see what is going on and I want to be sure that Rose is safe. I let Jin follow the scent of Rose and Odin while keeping myself hidden, but I had the feeling that Odin noticed me. I followed them through the city until they arrived at the edge of a forest. Then I witnessed something I didn't believe. Rose's attire changed into some kind of armor, which consisted of a white breastplate with gold and pale blue accents and matching, fingerless gauntlets, boots, hip guards, and wing-shaped hair clips. She also wore black leotard underneath her breastplate, black thigh-high stockings, and a pale blue cloth wrapped underneath her hip guards, all of which are clad with pink lacing along with her hair clips. I was watching at her with wide-opened eyes and open mouth. I think I heard Odin chuckle for a brief as I made that face.
A second later both of them started to fly further into the forest. I guess it's time for me to show my tree running skills I trained. I jumped onto a tree focused my chakra into my feet and then jumped from tree to tree with incredible speed. I had to actually use my full speed to keep up with the two, at some point they slowed down for a reason unknown to me. Three minutes later I got to a clearing on which Odin and Rossweisse were standing across from some… I have no clue what they are, but they look dead… well, they aren't dead, but they didn't look like zombies. Rose seemed to try to talk to them as one pulled out their weapons. Rose then summoned a magical circle from which she fired a magic attack at the monsters.
I kept watching from the tree I was standing on how Rose defeated these things easily, but they were many… too many. Why doesn't Odin intervene? If he is who I think he is then he should have no problems obliterating them… wait where did he go?
"Aren't you going to help you childhood friend?" a voice behind me asked and I turned around in surprise. When I turned around I came face to face with Odin. "Hey there, young one."
"How did you get up here so fast?" I asked him.
"I'm sure you figured out who I am really, so it shouldn't be all that surprising," Odin said to me.
"I guess that's true… but I'm still pretty surprised that Rose is involved with the Supernatural," I replied scratching the back of my head. I stay calm because I remembered that Odin was one of the gods who seemed rather nice.
"The correct term for what she is is Valkyrie," Odin explained. "Didn't you know that growing up together?"
"Not really. It has not even been a year since I got involved with the supernatural," I replied as some screams came from the monsters.
"Then you're quite the monster to have grown as strong as you are now so quickly," Odin said to me. "By the way don't you want to play the knight in shining armor for Rossweisse? She could need one and maybe you can get some action after this… if you know what I mean."
"She is a close friend! I'm not helping her so that I can bang her!" I replied with a red face.
"Sure…" Odin said with a smirk.
"Screw this I'm going to help her now," I said as I summoned a blade from my shadow and Odin looked interested, probably figuring out what my Sacred Gear was.
I turned to the fight where I saw a monster was about to strike Rose with his sword and she had not time to dodge and so I threw my sword at it. Rose turned around shocked that she was about to be hit by a sword but then suddenly a sword pierced through its head. The out of nothing I appeared grabbing the handle of the sword before pulling it out of the monster's head and throwing it into the next ones. Then I landed on my feet right in front of Rose.
"Hey Rose mind if I join the party?" I asked my shocked childhood friend.
"T-train, what are you doing here?" Rose asked me.
"I followed you and the old man because I had a feeling that something was off… and I was right," I said to her with a smile.
"But still you… these monsters are…" Rose didn't know what she should say.
"Don't worry, Jin and I can handle ourselves," I said.
"Jin?" Rose asked confused.
"That's the name I gave the avatar of my Sacred Gear," I replied as Jin appeared out of my shadow. He barked at the confused Valkyrie and then she looked at me as my eyes changed from black to red.
"Train, you are Slash Dog?" Rose asked surprised.
"Slash… Dog?" I asked confused.
"The person who is in possession of Canis Lykaon and has these special eyes that are one of the hottest topics in the Supernatural World," Rose explained.
"Yeah, that's me… I didn't know that I already had a nickname," I said as I pulled out a revolver and shot one of the monsters. "Why don't we talk after we took care of these… things?"
"These are called draug, but yes we should talk after we took care of them," she replied and we started to fight the draug.
I had no idea how strong they were, but I was rather easy to take them out. I utilized the Taijutsu moves I learned from Sasuke to defeat them with kicks and punches while occasionally throwing a Kunai at one. Then I teleported to them and mostly used a Chidori, because it doesn't cost as much the Rasengan, to finish them off. Jin and I did some combo moves, but Jin also was more than able to take care of them alone, even without transforming into his full-grown form. Rose wasn't bad either… in fact, she easily killed more of them as Jin and I did combine. We easily took care of them; one even wasn't able to draw his sword… I decapitated him. Not even 10 minutes later we were done after I finished off the last of them with a Getsuga Tenshō.
"Huh, they were weaker than I thought," I said to Rose.
"I still can't believe that you are able to do these feats," Rose said to me as she walked up to me.
"I should have involved in this Supernatural Stuff way sooner… maybe I would be strong enough to take on a god," I joked.
"You shouldn't joke about something like this. The gods should be respected," Rose said to me in a stern voice.
"Alright," I replied not wanting to talk back to her.
"You two did some fine work out there," Odin said as he joined us.
"Thank you, Mr. Odin," Rose said to the old man.
"I didn't expect a god to actually compliment a human, even if he is an old man," I said to the god.
"Train, you can't-" Rose was about to lecture me until Odin laughed.
"You don't need to lecture him, he is right I am an old geezer," Odin said. "You're alright, boy."
"You too, old man," I said and we both laughed.
"How can a guy like you be friends with a Valkyrie who isn't even able to get a single boyfriend?" Odin asked which resulted in Rossweisse getting depressed again.
"She probably just didn't find the right on yet and the one who will be with her will be a lucky guy," I said to Odin which seemed to make Rossweisse lighten up and blush a little, and Odin smirked hearing this.
"Rossweisse maybe he agrees when you tried to do your Valkyrie thing… and maybe you should let him bang you," Odin suggested before he disappeared leaving a completely red Rossweisse and Train, I mean myself, alone on the clearing.
We looked at each other for a brief second before looking away from each other. There was an awkward silence between the two of us until I asked her something.
"Uh, what did he mean when he said that I would maybe agree to whatever meant?" I asked Rose, still a bit red.
"He meant that you… you would maybe agree to… to let me bring your soul to Valhalla… making me your Valkyrie," Rose said and I immediately knew what I had to answer.
"I'm sorry Rose, but I can't," I replied and Rose looked a bit sad.
"Yeah, if I were you I wouldn't want someone like me as your Valkyrie," Rose replied looking to the ground.
"It isn't because of you," I said to her as I grabbed her hands which made her look me into the eyes. "If I would be able to choose my Valkyrie even among thousands of others… even if I didn't know you before, I know that I would choose you," as I said that Rose blushed and had tears in her eyes.
"But I just can't… you see I have a goal and I doubt I would be able to achieve it if I bound myself to one faction," I explained to her.
"May I ask what your goal is," Rose asked.
"Sure, I know I can tell you. My goal is…" I began and started to explain to her what my plan was… you guys still have to wait.
"I think that your plan is really great… but achieving it won't be easy," Rose said to me.
"Yeah… it will be hard to achieve," I replied with a smile.
"Yeah… but I would still like to be your Valkyrie," she said the last very quietly.
"And I would like to have you as my Valkyrie," I replied as our faces were only inches away from each other.
A few seconds later we distanced ourselves from each other with a blush. I told her that I was staying in our old hometown and that we should meet again before I go back to Japan. She remembered that this weekend was the yearly town festival which the two of us always visited. I too remembered it and we agreed to meet again on Friday when the festival starts. We both then went our separate ways… I still have to buy our food and the shops are only open for 15 minutes and I need 10 minutes to the city… I better get going.
I used the sword that I left in the cabin as a teleportation point to return to the cabin after I got a bit of food. As soon as I did return I was rewarded with the view of a nude Marie who just came out of the shower. I immediately turned around since she hadn't noticed me yet and started to act like I didn't see anything… this probably kept me from a lot of trouble. The trouble should come tomorrow when I have to go shopping with Marie. This week is going to be quite stressful.
That's chapter 11. He returned to Germany and you guys got to know a bit about his past. Also in this chapter, he met his childhood friend again Rossweisse. I thought she would be a good fit since she should come from that Region and she is one of my favorite girls in DxD. Also, what do you think about the Gamer System doing an update right now and will he have his abilities back in the next chapter? Also, I want to introduce a character based on a friend of mine, also that way there is at least one more male character in this story even if he won't get much of the spotlight and be more support for Train.
My friend's favorite Sacred Gear… or should I rather say Sacred Gears? Anyway, they are the Sacred Gears of Vritra. That would mean that Saji would get another Sacred Gear. I also would like to give him Vritra's Sacred Gears because I could, to make it more diverse from the story, have Train and the new OC go and collect the other Sacred Gears while Rias and her Peerage are training in the Underworld or during some other time. To ensure that this is possible he will get one Sacred Gear from Grigori at best.
Concerning Saji's Sacred Gear… I would like to give him a Dragon-Type Sacred Gear or to be more precise an Evil Dragon Sacred Gear. I already have a few ideas but nothing concrete yet, that's why if you have an idea please PM me or write a Review. I will then choose the three Sacred Gears I like the most and leave it to a poll. This would also mean that Saji will be stronger in the beginning and Sona will need seven Pawns instead of four which at least gives her three pawns she never used a purpose.
Now concerning Canis Lykaon, I have multiple ideas on how I could make its Balance Breaker. First would be the same as Tobio used, Night Celestial Slash Dogs, which eventually turns into Perfectus Tenebrae Lykaon et Fortis Densus Laelaps, an Abyss Side Balance Breaker. Another idea would be that Train and Jin would become one resembling Naruto when he first used Kurama's chakra which then evolves into the mode where Naruto can summon this golden Kurama, Train could do the same than with a giant version of Jin. I would like to hear your opinions about these two versions of BB.
Finally, there is the Poll concerning Marie's Magic. Right now the votes are 9 for Celestial Spirit Magic, 6 for Jewel Magic and 2 for No new Magic. The Poll will be open until tomorrow evening German time.
Now on to the Review replies:
Bearticguy7: Well, the eye soul thing has much potential and I already have an idea what Train is going to do after he gets acquainted with a certain someone.
Anmjiel: Thanks for pointing out the mistake. I already fixed it and I'm glad you like my story.
Guest: Who knows maybe I start breaking the 4th wall from time.
Vendre: Kido might be a useful weapon in his arsenal in the future, but right now he hasn't the necessity to learn a new type of magic or anything similar and instead focuses on his Jutsus and Magic. He will probably start to learn it when an opponent appears against which it will be more useful then what he can do right now. I choose UBW over GOB because of the necessity to buy weapons for the second. With UBW I could implement it into Canis Lykaon which would allow it to copy weapons he sees and later create a Reality Marble. Another problem with GOB would be that people would start to wonder if he suddenly starts throwing legendary weapons that are already in the possession of someone else… just think of Durandal, Excalibur, Gram, etc. He will get a base but I haven't decided yet. I like your idea of the Hanging Garden of Babylon. He basically has already Minato's teleport powers because he can just like Minato teleport to any of his weapons the only difference is that he can't put a seal onto opponents. I don't know if I give him a Zanpakuto since I want to make a Scythe his main weapon.
nickarn22: Never noticed that, thanks for pointing it out.
Ivanaccco: Yes he can, but until now he was desperately trying to get onto a higher level so that he can survive with Devils that are around Level 30 and still have a lot of problems in the story. He still isn't on their level and because of that he will continue to focus on reaching it.
Ivanaccco: I tried to make the paragraphs less long in this chapter. Is this better? (This question is directed to everyone.)
Kaxhi: Yeah, my approach wasn't the best in that chapter, but I won't change it. I'll just have to do things better if a similar situation arises in the future.
I'm also done with my Archery Competition and only have one gig next week meaning that there will be another update before next Sunday… if there aren't any complications.
Until next time!
