This snippet here is from TheIdeaGuy on Spacebattles who gave me permission to repost it here, it's a part of a round robin where a pan-realities social and dating site allows characters to meet and become friends or event discover love.
Bond between a Wild Card and Dragon God
In a Realm appearing as a starry night stood a grand door of intricate design, upon it was a statue of a young man crucified and bound by barbed wire to the golden door.
Across from this door, emerging from the Darkness await from the many lights that dotted the realm, was a two headed horned monstrosity born of malevolence and the desire of the End of All Things. It stalked closer to the door as it has done countless times, all before it was driven back by a woman in blue able to summon Death itself to fell the monstrosity for a time.
As it drew near it saw the woman in blue standing before the golden door, her back to the creature as her gaze was focused on the statue bound to it. However, unlike before she was not alone.
Three more who wore blue and ruled over power stood before the monstrosity, three that slew it without hesitation as the woman in blue floated towards the statue to place a gloved hand on it's chest.
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"Wake up Minato, open your eyes. Hmm, did it not work?"
Minato Arisato gingerly opened his eyes, looking up he saw the face of the velvet room attendant who aided him through his journey "Elizabeth?"
Elizabeth's eyes widen before she beamed a smile "Ah, I see it work just as intended"
Minato groaned as he sat up, rubbing his head as he did so "What work, what?" his eyes widened in panic as he looked around to see they were in a park in the middle of the day "Where are we, what about the Seal?"
Minato's mind whirled with the thoughts of The Great Seal keeping Erebus and Ny apart, if the failed then all life would-
Minato's thoughts were interrupted when Elizabeth put a finger on his lip, a smile on her lips "The Great Seal is fine, I wouldn't have tried this if I thought there was a chance the seal would become undone and undo all you've done"
Minato nodded, looking around their surroundings and started to notice he didn't see anyone else "Elizabeth, what did you do? How were you able to free me from the seal?"
"Well, 'free' wouldn't be the right word to use. I discovered a way to relieve you of your burden for a time" Elizabeth summoned a transparent screen with the Omni-Connection logo on it.
Minato read the message on the screen, and re read it to make sure he wasn't misreading it or missed anything "Huh"
"I know, lady luck must have been smiling when I received membership to this service" Elizabeth offered her hand to help Minato to his feet, his accepted in an instant as Elizabeth looked around the area "Now to show you the wonders I have uncovered here!"
Minato's stomach grumbled loudly.
"And I have an idea on where to start~" Elizabeth said as she laid Minato to a nearby food stand.
They spent much time together, enjoying each other's company as they had done so years ago when Minato gave Elizabeth tours of the Real World outside the Velvet Room. Their activities varied greatly from simple meals, amusement rides along battles both back to back and against one another.
The two last track of time but, eventually, Elizabeth and Minato reluctantly parted ways once she was certain he knew how to work Omni-Connection.
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Elizabeth found herself before the Great Seal once more, unchanged from when she gave Minato access to Omni-Connections. Elizabeth held a bittersweet smile as she looked at the Great Seal "An improvement for sure, but not enough"
"Sister, are you alright? Are you able to invite Minato to this Omni-Connection?" Elizabet's brother Theodore asked.
"Of course Theo, in fact Minato and I spent many hours together" Elizabeth turned around to see her brother giving her a confused look "Hmm. It seems events stopping while using it seems to work even here in the Sea of Souls. All the more wonderful!"
"Elizabeth. What are you planning? Saving him from this fate has been your goal, and while giving him some reprieve from his burden I can't help but feel you have other intent" Margaret, Elizabeth and Theodore's older sister, asked even as she kept her eyes on the darkness around them.
"A Wild Card's power is born from the bonds they make with others, it's my hope that either he or I would gain the power needed to free him from the Seal. Since Omni-Connections connect us with those from other realities there is a chance they would have such a power among their countless number, or perhaps nature enough bonds to bring the power of the Wildcard to a new level" Elizabeth smiled at the thought "It's worth an attempt, regardless"
"We hope that this plan of yours works, sister" Lavenza, Elizabeth and Theo's little sister, said as she put her book under her arm "If you have need of us again, do not hesitate-" Lavenza paused as she saw a blue butterfly pass by her line of sight "I'm sorry, it seems I'm needed at the moment. Excuse me"
Margaret chuckled as she saw Lavena run "She has certainly grown over the past year"
"Indeed. Although, perhaps we should visit her trickster when we gain the chance" Theo said, glancing at the direction his little sister left by "I mean, if there is another situation like with those Phantom Fields and converging dimensions they will be instrumental in defending against such threats as would Narukami"
"Are you worried about such events, or for Lavenza?" Margaret asked, saing her brother's reaction she smiled "I wouldn't worry too much. The master has confirmed that this Omni-Connection is safe, as is Lavenza's trickster"
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Minato took a while to get used to using Omni-Connection, he used it sparingly as the fear of the Great Seal coming undone while using Omni-Connection was ever present.
For now, he was content to see what was recommended for him. So far his experience with the service has been interesting.
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Minato looked up at the giant of a man in golden armor, the man in question looked at Minato with an unreadable expression.
"You acting as a cornerstone to prevent Humanity from being screwed over?" Minato nodded, the man gave him a sympathetic look before sitting down cross legged to get to eye level "You want to talk about it? Also, don't take this the wrong way, how did you end up like that because you seem like a normal emo teen to me"
Minato thought about the best way to explain his situation, following his gut he summoned Messiah and gestured towards it "Well, the power I have is known as Persona which gave me the power to save my world. Though if your looking for how the crisis that put my world in danger-"
Minato was caught off guard as he noticed The Emperor's intense gaze on Messiah, slowly that turned to Minato "I need to know about this power, EVERYTHING you know" The Emperor rubbed his chin "Depending on how similar it is to what I have in my world, it might be a key in saving the galaxy" The Emperor gained a thoughtful look "Might be able to teach you something, depending on how similar it is"
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Minato looked around the classroom he found himself in with several other users, he looked around the class to there was a range of reactions with everyone. Ranging from an apathetic to excited and to confused.
A blast from the front of the class draws everyone's attention, standing there was a woman wearing a tracksuit.
"Okay, to give you all the rundown on what's happening you'll be given 30 minute to interact with your classmates afterwards we'll begin lessons with regular breaks between subjects. Try and be considerate for the school experience of the others besides yourself" turning around she wrote on the blackboard introduction in large bold letters "Now then, who would like to introduce themselves first along with an interesting fact about yourself"
"Oh, Oh! I'll go first" a girl with shoulder length dark hair jumped from her seat and skipped to the front "I am Konno Yuuki, it's nice to meet you all" Yuuki bowed before putting a finger to her chin "As for an interesting. Well, I'm currently the best Swordsman in the VRMMORPG Alfheim Online"
"Thank you, Miss Konno. Would anyone like to go next?"
A boy wearing a pink jacket got up from his seat and took Yuuki's place as she returned to her seat "I'm Steven Universe. And I guess an interesting fact about me is, uh" Steven paused, not due to having nothing to say but rather not being certain on what to say "Well, I've been homeschooled all my life and this the first time I've been in a classroom"
Next was a spiky haired teen with a crown neckleash "Hi, I'm Sora. As for something interesting, I became the apprentice to a rat chef who taught me how to cook by pulling my hair"
"Seriously? Hope they didn't touch the food" a white haired man with a green and red eye said.
"Mr Bloodedge, would you like to go next" the teacher said from their desk, scrolling something on their tablet as they did so.
Bloodedge sighed and stood up from his seat but didn't move to the front "Name's Ragna The Bloodedge, Bloodedge being more of a title I inherited then an actually name" Ragna sat back down.
Minato turned to the only other person who hadn't introduced themselves, a girl seemingly around his age with red hair tied into pigtails. Once they made eye contact he knew she was a bit nervous, without a word he got up and worked up to the front of the class with his hands in his pockets.
"I am Minato Arisato. Me and my friends, who includes a dog and a robot girl, worked together over the course of a year worked to undo the damages a doomsday cult had done to destroy the world" Minato bowed to the assembled class "I am in your care"
Minato walked back to his seat, as he did the red haired girl stood up and took her place in front.
"Um, hi. I'm Sari Sumdac, and" Sari lifted her hands as they seemed to fold out to reveal machinery "I'm a techno-organic. Basically half human half machine" her hands folded back in so they appeared human once more "And no, it's not a cyborg thing"
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So far he's been enjoying himself, as he was searching for an event to join or person to meet he got a message from an admin about a match.
Minato found himself in a barren land with little to no plant life around him, not even a gush of wind, merely dirt and a cloudy sky above. He looked around the area to see who he was meant to meet in this area, he sensed her before he saw her.
Looking up Minato's eyes meet another's whose gaze reminded him of himself before he joined SEES, he understood why an admin recommended they should meet.
The second thing he noticed was the girl's questionable state of dress.
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Ophis was pleased.
She began using this 'Omni-Connection' to recruit more allies to her cause after a bug gave her access to it, though her attempts have met with only failure. Those she met were either too weak to be of any use in her battle against The Great Red.
She still didn't understand their problem with the way she dressed.
But now, she has found one who was powerful. One she felt held tremendous powers of angels, devils, dragons and so many others. All she needed to do now was have him join her, the question was how?
He didn't say what he wanted nor was he tempted by power, she will need to meet him again but there must be something else to help gain his loyalty.
Ophis mind remembered the headphones and MP3 he held.
Teleporting to one of her minions Ophis gave her orders "I want an MP3 and headphones?"
The Devil paused and gave her a confused look "Um, I'm sorry?"
Ophis frowned, why were they apologizing "I want an MP3 and headphones, one that plays popular music from the human world"
"May I ask the reason why?"
"No" Ophis said, leaving that moment and returned to her room. She began thinking of other means to gain Minato's loyalty as she waited for the MP3 to be delivered.
Ophis held out the MP3 player and headphones to Minato "Here, it's filled with songs from my world"
Minato looked at the MP3 with interest "Any songs you'd recommend?"
Ophis shook her head, she hadn't listened to the music on the device after it was handed to her. A large puff of smoke appeared beside them to show a large record player with massive speakers, a small camera-like device popped out that scanned both Ophis and Minato's MP3 players before receding back in.
The LED screen lit up with the words "Minato X Ophis Playlist"
Minato looked down at his and Ophis's MP3 players and looked back to the record player as it began playing Lotus Juice "Guess we can listen to the music together without our headphones"
Ophis frowned at the record player before another puff of smoke drew their attention, Ophis looked at the building with windows filled with clothes with a curious expression.
Seeing the look on Ophis's face reminds Minato of Elizabeth when he showed her around Tatsumi Port Island, he turned back to the store as he explained what it was to Ophis. With not much else to do the two entered the shop to look around and try on new clothes, both finding new clothes to add to their wardrobe.
And both were confused at why there were wedding dresses and suits in their size on full display.
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"Why are you nice to me?" Ophis asked as she stared intently at her cone that still had a little ice cream left before finishing it off. She turned to Minato as he ate his own ice cream "You don't want my power or to aid you in defeating an enemy, why are you nice to me?"
"Because we're friends" Minato answered without hesitation.
"We're friends?" Ophis asked, confused at what made him think they were friends.
"Well, we hang out all the time when you're online. I think that makes us friends"
Ophis pondered over the idea. Were they friends? She repeatedly visited him to gain his loyalty in fighting the Great Red and reclaiming her home, as she thought about it she realizes she hasn't attempted to convince him to join her in awhile. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that she actually seemed to like spending time with him.
The question was how to make sure he was geniunie in his words.
"I'm not a little girl, nor am I human" Ophis said as she got up and stood in front of Minato. Transforming into her former form of an old man
"I have taken on many different forms throughout the ages, longer then you could even imagine" Ophis said in their old man form before cycling through others, some that appeared humanoid in nature and others far from it.
"I am Ophis, The Infinity Dragon God" taking on the form of a massive winged serpent Ophis looked down on Minato, their gaze never leaving his "So, do you still consider me your friend regardless of the form I take?"
Ophis expected a number of different reactions from Minato, him smiling as he rubbed her dragon form's nose was not one of them.
"Of course. It's still you, after all"
Ophis returned to the form she used most when interacting with Minato "I see" Ophis looked down at the ground, refusing to look up "We're friends then" Ophis looked up to Minato with a smile "So, do you have any ideas for other fun stuff we could do?"
The two spent a good deal of time hanging out before going their separate ways.
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Ophis looked up at the sky as lightning streaked across it and gathered around a hammer held aloft, with a thunderous roar the war hammer struck it's target sending the small plastic ball racing downward towards a pink shield.
The shield's wielder was unharmed but was pushed back leaving a trench in the ground, a loud whistle rang out through the field as the one overseeing it all gave their judgement.
"Mr Universe is out of bounds, please take your place on the bench" The teacher said with a bored expression.
"Ah man" Steven said as he picked himself up.
"Come on, how is that fair the guy is firing lightning enhanced throws with that hammer!" Ragna called out as he pointed to Minato wielding Mjölnir as Thor lowered him to the ground.
"And you use Ether enhanced throws with that arm of yours and Ms Konno uses her magic and sword arts" Looking over the teacher finally noticed Ophis "Alright class, we got a late arrival. Ophis here will be joining us for the remainder of the school day, be sure to make her feel welcomed"
Ophis wonder if this was how all schools worked.
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"Asia Argento, you wield the healing Sacred Gear Twilight Healing. Correct?"
The former nun turned devil blinked at the sudden question "Uh, yes. Why do you ask?"
Those of the Hyoudou Residence looked confused by the sudden question from the Dragon God, including those who came with Ophis. Kuroka and Le Fay shared a puzzled look, neither knowing about any other reason for them being at the Hyoudou Residence other than observing Issei Hyoudou's growth.
"Recently, I've begun having signs that I may be ill. So I want you to use your Sacred Gear to cure me. I've made my form as human as possible, by using knowledge I was able to gain from some gods, in order to aid in finding the cause" Ophis said as she continued to stare at Asia.
"Wait a minute, is THAT why you beat up several gods last week?" The valkyrie turned devil Rossweisse asked aloud.
Ophis didn't answer, merely waiting for Asia's response.
"Um, okay. What is happening that makes you think you're ill?" Asia asked, wondering if there was anything she could do to help Ophis.
Ophis was silent for a moment as she organized her thoughts "My face gets red and it becomes harder to focus on things, I can force it to stop to some degree but it always comes back" as she says this Ophis's cheeks being to light up with a blush, everyone focused on the Dragon God as she looks down and points to her chest "I've also noticed my heart beats faster as well"
Kuroka and Le Fay shared a shocked look between, one looking curious while the other sported a growing cat-like grin.
"Ophis" Asia said carefully "Do these things happen when you think of someone or certain people?"
"?" Ophis was silent for a moment as she thought it over "Yeah, my best friend"
Azazel looked at the Dragon God shock written clearly on his face.
Asia nodded, her own blushing beginning to form as well "Ophis, I think you have a crush on your friend. Maybe even-"
"Ah~!" Kuroka hugged Ophis causing the smaller girl's head to become buried in the cat girl's chest "I never thought I'd see the day little Ophis fell in love with anyone, though I guess that explains some of the changes" Kuroka looked down at the little Dragon God whose head was firmly between her breasts "So, who won your heart? A dragon, a diety, maybe someone from the three factions?"
"He's human" Ophis said.
"Well, I'll be damned again. I never thought it could happen" Azazel said under his breath, unheard of by everyone else save Issei.
"What'd mean by that?" Issei asked the Fallen Angel, glancing towards the others as they seemed to focus on Ophis's love life.
"Well, how do I put it? Ophis has never really shown an interest in anything besides what could be used to defeat the Great Red. Add in the all the past failures of love and fertility deities alongside powerful incubus trying to gain their power through what they know best, strongly hinting that Ophis is Asexual on top of being technically Genderless" Azazel turned to fully face Issei with his head tilted towards the constantly blushing humanoid Dragon God still stuck between a pair of breasts "Meaning whoever this mysterious person is, their strong enough to draw Ophis's personal attention and smooth enough to have her fall genuinely in love with him. This isn't a crush, I believe it's true love"
"Seriously, true love?" Issei turned back to the group as Ophis seemed to mention going to school with this mystery guy "Well, congrats on her then. Finding true love has to be a blessing"
"I'd say miracle would be more fitting" Azazel said as he kept his attention on Ophid and what she said, so far she told them he has blue hair, likes music, goes to school and knows WHAT Ophis is.
"Say, how about we visit this friend~ Of yours? Get a look at him ourselves" Kuroka asked Ophis, everyone around them were accepting of the idea. Everyone except Ophis.
"No" Ophis said resolutely, easily pushing Kuroka away and separating from the Stray Devil, her blush gone Ophis's expression returned to a blank look as she fiddled with the MP3 around her neck.
"Jealousy, protectiveness or both?" Azazel said as his eyes focused on the MP3 and headphones Ophis had taken to always have as of late.
Behind the Scenes
Later… With the Admins
Aphrodite nervously bit her nails as she monitored Ophis, she knew Ophis was meant to be poisoned by Samael's poison and becoming depowered to an extent as a result. There were rules in place that limited the amount they could interfere with other worlds, bringing joy and happiness to individuals was one thing but altering the fate of a world was another.
"Ah, screw it"
With those words Aphrodite sent a message to Minato about the situation and opened up a path for him to help Ophis, he could be gone for a week before needing to worry about the Great Seal.
"Dite" a barely restrained voice could be heard from behind Aphrodite, slowly turning around she saw her supervisor. And they were pissed "What did you just do?"
"And so, due to the unethical intervention of Former Admin Aphrodite, we will like to remind you that Omni-Connection is for enriching the lives of everyone by meeting new people and not altering the fates of realities" Tired Lawyer said to Minato, as he held Ophis in a bridal carry.
"Due to the chaos it would create?" Ophis asked as she had her arms around Minato's neck.
"Yes, and we'd be painting pretty big targets on our backs" Tired Lawyer looked over the papers with details of the current situation "Now, since her actions have caused the fate of this world to change I need to ask you two to help ensure this doesn't end with their reality's destruction" Flicking through the passages Tired Lawyer found what they needed to do "Okay, says here we need to kill Rizevim Livan Lucifer to do that"
"Oh, him. I knew I'd have to kill him one day" Helel said as he towered above Minato along side Messiah, Satan and Ouroboros "Brat had crazy eyes the minute he was born, I told Lilith we should have killed him"
"We will be offering all the help we can to accomplish this goal, do you believe any locals will be open to the idea of helping?" Tired Lawyer asked as they looked at the frozen World and the numerous expressions on everyone's faces, many focused on the Personas above them
"I don't think that will be a problem" Minato said as he looked over everyone to double check if they were alright, his eyes drifting to a partial summoned Archangel.
Author's Note:
Thinking of writing new snippets for Minato X Ophis after the positive reception, they'd be new ones without not related to other fan works so a bit more room to work with.