A Highschool DxD Fanfic.

Alternate universe.

Contains OCs.

A/N: I don't own Highschool DXD, only my OC's.

The Fortunate Ones

Chapter Three: Learn your position

"No one wants to pay the asking price…"

(Dante's POV)

We are already late for school… That's what we get for staying up late. But hell, it was worth it.

Mom and Dad left early in the morning, something about "training". Whatever. I just wanted to finish school today and get back home to spend more time with my sisters and parents. Same story as before, we all got up: showered, got dressed, and our now heading out the door with Elle once again locking up. She seems to have OCD about that.

Today was still overcast, with little rain here and there. Ahh, Tuesdays, I like them better than Mondays. Typical teenager logic, one thing that will never make sense to us later on in life. The good side of this though is, during PE, we will be inside the gym today and could probroly talk with one another again, just like yesterday. Heck we all just wanted to skip school and just spend time together. Didn't we deserve that much? We were separated from each other for so long, can't we just get some time to talk? I guess that'll be too much. So now we just had to wait for PE and then lunch.

When we got at school, a bunch of fire trucks and police cars surrounded the school. What the hell happened? One of the policemen came over and told us that some kind of gas explosion occurred and some students and faculty were injured. Behind him I could make out my PE teacher being put into the ambulance. His body looked extremely burned from the neck down. I felt really bad for the poor man. But as I saw him leave in the ambulance, I spotted my mother talking with some other teachers from the school. We decided to ask her what had happened.

"Hey mom." I called out. She turned around from the other teacher as he walked away, greeting us as we arrived. She quickly picked us up one by one and nearly killed us in a death hug. I couldn't help but enjoy it though, having a mother… finally.

She began to inform us of the explosion in the main building, something about a gas leak and some factually getting caught in the explosion. But she did inform us that it was only the cover story. Something else happened, and we are going to find out back at home because school got canceled cause of the incident. Soon uncle Azazel arrived and began to walk home with us, mom included. As we walked I realized one very important thing: we didn't eat anything. I turned to the others as Sarah was the first to call out.
"I'm hungry." She whined. We all smirked and began to chuckle at her cute little pout only to be interrupted by our own stomachs. Azazel fell to the ground laughing at us, only annoying his sister to the extreme. If it was possible, she would have kicked him straight into the underworld. After calling him a bunch of things she came to the conclusion: smiling evilly, he would pay for breakfast she demanded. He could only agree, otherwise she would continue to beat the shit out of him.

So we headed back to the diner we went to the other day when we went shopping for school supplies. Mother made a comment: something about knowing the owner of the place which resulted in us getting free food. We cheered when we heard the great news. Time for a breakfast feast! We practically ran into the building, almost knocking the door frame from its mounted position. Once again we were the only ones there… wait a minute.

We weren't the only ones here last time. There was a group of students in the booth over there last time. Who were they… oh! Akeno and her club! They were the ones who we saw here the other day. Before I could ponder any farther, the waitress we had last time came to great us.

Get ready for another large order…

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(Author's POV)

At the Gremory household in the underworld: Sirzechs and his wife: Grayfia Lucifuge, were busy organizing files of recent reports in their district. The files all seemed to be about one thing in particular: a certain male demon has appeared after years of being MIA, and has reportedly killed some high ranking devils, who later were found to have ties with Chaos Brigade.

Not every day does majority of the crime bosses and other villains end up dead. Let alone with a stack of files dealing of their convicted crimes and the others having evidence leading to their ties with the terrorist group. Their job was done for them… in just one night, everyone who was believed to have ties with Chaos Brigade, were found dead alone with others no one even expected. A total of seventeen high ranking class devils, two of which were thought to have nothing to do with the cause, ended up dead. Each one was marked as well...

A huge informed triangle was placed on their chests; the triangle was the family symbol of the great Sins clan. A clan of dragons who also had devil origins mixed in somewhere. Well to be truthful, there were only a handful of dragons ever in the clan and the one who was the head of it was the one and only Dragon Lord Vader. He was the one who was reported to be responsible for these 'self-justice' murders. The pictures really scared the devil king and his wife. It was without any doubt that someone from the Sins family was responsible.

Sirzechs put down the papers in his hand and motioned for his wife to follow suit. She did so, and immediately the files were ablaze in fire. They are not going to let anyone find out about this, for if anyone finds out, a whole new panic will rise up and no one will be able to ease the population. But they needed the rest of the Devil kings and their allies to know. Luckily no one else saw the photos or the reports.

While those two were doing that, the Occult Research club's president and vice president just arrived at their household via the Gremory train. They were summoned by Sirzechs for some unknown reason, but if one had to guess; it had something to do with this so called 'gas explosion.' They as well didn't know the details of the whole ordeal, but it seemed a little cliché that a gas explosion only did so little damage and didn't kill anyone as of yet. Rias was the first to get off as she was tackled to the ground by her nephew Millicas Gremory. She was taken back at his sudden attack, but gladly held him in a hug. They got back to their feet as Akeno finally left the train.

"So what brings you here Rias-nii?" Millicas asked as she petted his head. "Your father requested that I come and meet with him." Rias replied, smiling at the young devil. Within a few minutes, Grayfia greeted the two at the main entrance as her son ran to hug her. She in return smiled at her young son's childish behavior. One only a loving mother could give.

"It's nice to see you again Grayfia," Rias said as Akeno bowed before the Ice Queen. Grayfia led the two to Sirzechs room as Millicas went to go play with one of the young maids. Sirzechs turned around in his chair and stood up to great his sister and her queen. Rias walked over in her usual stance, her arms crossed under her large chest and looking straight at her older brother. It was time to discuss what was truly happening. A few hours had passed and from what each could gather, no one had a clue about what the other was talking about.

"Wait… You're school had an explosion?" Sirzechs asked, worried about his little sister. She quickly dismissed the question and asked her own.

"Someone has been killing high ranking devils, whom later were found guilty of having ties with Chaos brigade? All in one night?!" Rias went into a panic as Sirzechs nodded.

"Even members who we had no idea were in cahoots with the terrorists. The person responsible had a file filled with all the evidence needed to convict each and every last one of them." He showed her the last remaining photo of one of the victims. She nearly barfed at the sight, same with Akeno. The person who did this was able to kill such powerful beings with not so much of a sweat… who in the world is he?

"Each one had the same mark on them as well. I'm pretty sure you remember this from your history lessons when you were younger." He picked up a book off from his desk and tossed it onto Rias' lap. The title of the book was; The Full blooded Families. The book had every name of the full blooded devils, angels, and other beings such as Norse gods, Dragons, and the Greek and Roman gods. One of the pages was folded; Rias opened the book to that page and Akeno: who was looking along with her froze. There's a connection… her presence and the new students all linked up.

Rias began to read the passage, only to see around eight pages worth of information about the Sins clan and their leader.

"The Sins Clan: The clan of Dragons who rivaled the power of God himself. As of now, there have only been a handful of dragons in this clan, which during the great war seemed to exile themselves from all other factions, proclaiming to be neutral. The Fallen Angel known as Cynder; the Dragon Queen who was once a proud Arch Angel, fell for the great Dragon God. That is what caused her to fall from God's grace and turn into a Dragoness, once she was marked by Vader that is. As years gone pass, before the great war, the first devil, Satan came to Vader with a proposition. One that coasted the Dragons dearly. The idea of the Dragon Kings."

She skipped a few passages and continued were they talked about Vader becoming a Devil. She took another breath and began reading once more.

"One fateful night, Vader was tricked by both Satan, God and the twin Heavenly Sky dragons. They managed to capture Cynder and their first born child while Vader was away. Not much is clear about what transpired, but the outcome was the death of their son Vindel. No one knows wraith until the parents of a murdered son are baring their fangs at you. As the battle began, it was over extremely quick. Both God and the Sky dragons retreated to nurse their wounds, leaving Satan to deal with the Dragon God and his mate. This caused the very death of Lord Satan and at the same time, Vader became the Great Demon Lord Dante. The Devil known for overthrowing god and hell itself. No one has ever been able to defeat Dante as he gained the powers of a devil into his arsenal. As the first and only Devil King to take the mantle of Dante, Vader and his clan went into exile. Not to be heard from again."

Rias finished the segment as all this rushed back into her mind. Yet before she could put the book on the table in front of her, a picture fell from the book with writing on the back of it. She picked up the picture as it fell to the floor catching her brother's attention. He didn't notice the picture earlier, but it soon would be their best chance to get to the bottom of this madness.

"Many don't know about this, but I will leave this in the hands of the only devil I could ever trust. Young Lord Gremory. You alone have the right to know the truth about us and our cause. This is for all your help in the past which I don't want to bring up… We, the dragons of Sins, are as old as time itself. We have lived at peace for many millennia and have had close ties to both devils and angels. There was a point in time where I still considered calling the man who created us father… but no longer. He betrayed me and my family. Same with Lord Satan. We were once brothers, as I was the youngest of God's children. No one ever thought about it though… everyone only focused on Michael, Raphael, Lucifer, Azazel, and the rest of his Arch Angels. True, I was never an Angel, but I was indeed born from God as one of his sons. Before I go into much detail, I must make this brief. The clan has fallen apart as my fellow dragons now seek control of the family along with the Underworld. I have made great sacrifices, killing many of my own kin, and trying to stay out of this war with the three factions. Never was it our fault for the massacres we brought upon the land, for we simply wished to leave into exile. Why should we fight in a war that had no direct ties with us? With this picture I let you know that we are very much alive, and we will be waiting for our time to come. You better not die in the war!

Thank you very much my young friend. I hope we can meet again once this war is over.

Your friend, Vader."

Rias finished up, flipping to the other side of the photo. Those in the photo were Cynder, Vader and a castle behind them. In the right corner it showed a global position, highlighting Ireland. So they went to Ireland for their escape. She handed the photo to her brother as he looked over it, placing it back in the book where it was place originally. They began to walk out of the room, towards their father's quarters. Thinking about how old that picture was, their father must have been alive when it was taken. Once they reached Lord Gremory's quarters, Grayfia knocked on the door waiting for reply.

As soon as he yelled "enter", they walked in, seeing Millicas sitting in their mother's lap, across from their father who was standing over his seat. Grayfia closed the doors as they began to sit down. Millicas ran from his grandmother's lap into his mothers. His mother started patting him on the head as he smiled in delight.

"Ah, what brings my children to see me?" Lord Gremory asked sipping his coffee.

"Well, we discovered something we would like for you to explain to us." Sirzechs took the out the book from his hands, showing it to their father. This peeked his interest as he quirked his eyebrow.

"Something in this book seems to have been very active as of late. By any chance do you know about the clan of dragons known as Sins? And how they fled during the outbreak of the great war?" Rias rushed to the point. Her father dropped his cup to the floor as the coffee splattered along the floor and his pants. Ignoring the heat from the coffee, he looked down, deep in thought.

Everyone sat in silence, waiting for him to reply. It was nerve racking. The whole event was killing Rias to know.

"Please father! What connections do you have with Vader?!" she yelled. He looked up to them, mainly his daughter and began to filter out his knowledge.

"It's true that I have connections with Vader and his wife Cynder. But I haven't heard of them in a long time. Last I recall, they went for solute in Ireland. They were really good friends… I hope they are still alive. Still safe…"

"Do you know where in Ireland? Please dad, its important." Rias begged. He nodded.

"Tell us! We need to know!"

"No." he answered. His children were taken back by his answer. No? "You don't know the sacrifices they had to make to finally find shelter. We must leave them alone. They deserve that much…" he began to tremble in his chair. Tears forming up in his eyes. The sight stunned everyone.

Their mother went over to comfort him as the others began to question what was it they were truly digging up. Their father recovered and he told them where the castle was. With that they apologized to the elder as they began to leave. Akeno was waiting by the front door, which made Rias smile.

"Where to next Rias?" she asked with her normal smile on her face. Glad to see her smiling, she replied: "We are going to Ireland. But first, I want to pick up Issei and the others. We might need them if things get complicated." With that they headed back to the human realm and back on school grounds. They quickened their pace into their building, summoning who ever wasn't there already to meet up there.

Another ten minutes passed before the last of the club members arrived. Once all together Rias laid down the details of what they were going to do. They quickly got themselves ready; deciding to leave Gasper, Asia and Kiba behind if anyone came looking for them. They gathered around in a magic circle and waved good bye to their friends.

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(Vader's POV)

I finished up what I needed to at my kids school, killing a traitor in her own territory… must have scared the poor little thing. Using the old excuse 'gas leak' as a cover up for what happened. Thinking back on it, the girl turned out to be a low class devil that ran away from her master's household and tried to join up with the terrorists. She admitted to me on her death bed that she was guilty and had actually joined the Chaos Brigade, proclaiming she was to be their spy in the school. If she ever thought she was to be accepted by them, she was sadly mistaken. A weakling like her would never make it to be one of them. No worry at all though. No one currently can cause any harm to bestow upon my family, and that's all that matters.

After walking around town, I decided to listen to my gut and get something to eat. Thinking back on it, I don't think anyone ate breakfast today. I decided to go to the diner near our house, suspecting my family to be there. As I walked in the building, I immediately picked up the scent of my mate and kids along with some delicious food. They were sitting down on at a table with an extra seat, which I began to walk over to.

Dante was the first to spot me, which I waved at the young dragon. He smiled and waved back. The others were busy looking over the menus as the waitress came back with their drinks. I couldn't lie; the young lam had a nice body. But it failed in comparison to my true love's body. Truly, no one could ever match Cynder's beauty; her appearance put most women if not all to shame.

I snuck up on her as she giggled once I put my arms around her in a warm loving embrace. She raised her hand, greeting mine as I reached in for her to kiss me. By my name; I swear I never will love anything as much as I love her.

"Welcome hun. Did you finish what you had to? I all ready know so don't worry." I quirked my eyebrow but quickly nodded. She is a smart one; after all she had to be if she once was one of God's Archangels. She turned her head, gesturing for me to sit down next to her and across form Dante. I took my spot at the table as the waitress came back asking if I would like a beverage.

"Simply water please. Oh and with a lemon too miss." She left and came back quickly, ready for our orders. Cynder filled me in on our old friend taking care of us so I didn't feel the need to save change. Yeah, she is a good friend indeed. I must thank her when we see each other again, Athena. It must have been over twenty years?

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After breakfast I walked with everyone back home. One thing was bothering me so once we walked in I requested Cynder to come with me to our room so we could talk. What I had in mind was for the best of the kids, but it might be too soon to get them involved. Cynder went to her side of our bed and laid down, starring at our wooden ceiling. I had to have her permission first though; after all she alone had the power to get things moving.

I moved to my side of the bed and took my place next to her. She smiled lightly as she reached out for my hand. I turned to face her as she just closed her eyes, bringing her head into my chest and listening to my heart beat. I loved the smell of her scent. No one else could ever smell as good as her.

She lifted her head up after awhile and kissed me on the lips and broke away slowly.

"I know what you're thinking… You're only waiting for my approval aren't you?" She saw right through me. Heck we knew each other for millennia, we know each other better than we knew ourselves. I smirked and only continued looking into her beautiful eyes. "Well it's true they're still so very young… but with things progressing as fast as they are, we are left with a few choices. So I will agree to have them train. We will have them go into the Era Hollow. There they will gain twenty years worth of training with in one day." I nodded in agreement. She had the same thought process as me which explains why she also would agree on it. The kids needed to get the basics of their powers down. At least with the camber they could muster their abilities quickly… wait a second.

"But it will cost them something in return. They will not age much do to their blood ties, but they will indeed change. They will become: bigger, faster, stronger." She couldn't resist saying it. She loved to joke about things almost any time. It was true though. Anyone who isn't a dragon, demon, angel, etc. would age twenty years. That way, humans wouldn't dare enter it unless they found their short lives worthless.

The Era Hollow was created by my mate Cynder and a few of the other Archangels who wanted to gain extra training before a battle. It was a simple looking building; more like an old Romanian castle, that had an odd feature. It was built underground, underneath our castle in the underworld. But the only way there is from our castle in Ireland. The one that was destroyed by those weaklings and by my hand as well…

"Time to bring the kids to their home... Their true home." Cynder said as we decided it was best to leave now, no more wasting time. We walked out of our room, finding the kids in the living room, watching some anime. I heard explosions and music from it, and couldn't help but see something that reminded me of…

"Hey dad! That guy looks a lot like you." Jessica sang. I noticed it as well. The show had a character that indeed looked like me when I was in my dragon knight form. Heck he even had a few of my own attacks… I'll be damned. As I stood still watching the screen till the credits popped up, I spotted two names that I knew. I smiled.

"So they do remember me…" I smiled to myself as I almost forgot what I needed to inform everyone about. I grabbed the remote and turned off the TV, grabbing their attention.

"Ok kids. First let me explain what happened today." I went about the spy within the school and how I used the 'gas leak' as an excuse. Then moved straight to them going back home to train. They dropped their mouths; stunned.

Afterwards, Cynder picked up where I left off; explaining how it will be only a day of training in the human world, but it would turn out to be twenty years actually. She even went off about her being in there for six months… which they literally fell out of their chairs on that one.

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(Dante's POV)

My father and mother came to us right after an hour of getting back home from the diner: telling us we were going back home. To our real home. After another hour, we packed a few of our clothes, which mother suggested since we would only be gone for three days. We got back into the living room as she prepared a magic circle for us. I was stunned… my family is full of magical beings, and somehow I was one as well. I never knew we could teleport from anywhere! I thought it had to be just like it was in animes and other shows. This was amazing; I couldn't wait to learn this stuff so I could try it out!

We stepped into the magic circle and were instantly transported to a location unknown to me. The sky was filled with emptiness, only the moon could be seen. The moon's light pathed a path in front of us, which lead to what seemed to be a stone road. Mother continued to move forward, which we all just fell in behind her. Father was in the back whistling a tune, and I just felt a little uncomfortable.

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(Author's POV)

The group made it back to Ireland. Lady Cynder led the way to their destroyed castle, unknown to the kids. Vader; holding back much emotion started whistling a tune to keep him calm. It took them twenty minutes to reach their old home. The place where they were forced to separate and grow up alone… They are going to make sure nothing separates them again.

As they came in visual range of their home, the kids just stared on in shock. Before them laid their home: a huge castle that was over viewing a large river, on top of a cliff. Well one could say it looks like a castle… one that was ripped apart. The only distinct that made it look like a castle was the ten towers; easily reaching over eight stories, that were connecting the surrounding outer walls around the territory. Each one was in pretty bad shape, with cracks and huge holes covering each one. One looked as though it was ready to fall over any second…

The kids all fell to their knees as all their earliest memories came rushing back at them. Tears forming in their eyes, signaling that it was very hard for them to see this. Who wouldn't be scared of seeing their home destroyed? Dante was the only one who didn't fall to his knees; he couldn't look weak in front of everyone now! Yet he wasn't afraid to show his tears.

Jessica stood behind their father who was now next to Cynder. They didn't seem to notice the others fell behind. She turned around and stared at her older brother… his presence and whole demeanor changed. A mixture of dark and pure ora filled the air around him. Soon it was the same for the rest of the older siblings. Their sadness turned into anger, into hatred. Vader and Cynder stopped moving and noticed their kids behind them. They slowly rose to their feet as they could see sparks start to welcome them. A crater formed underneath them in a huge forty foot diameter and a few feet deep. This made both Cynder and Vader raise their eyebrows, truly this is what they wanted to see. A smile crept up on their faces, they really liked what they were seeing. Jessica turned to her parents who had their teeth out and smiling with much pride.

She again turned back to the others as she noticed their appearance had changed. Now before her, her siblings now had their dragon teeth out along with their wings. Each one of them had the same dark black wings as their parents did. They all looked up at the moon and let out a howl that made all the birds in the radius of six miles fly away. She decided to join them in their family howl. Every one of them; the kids and parents were now howling up at the moon.

The sensation felt so good that each one of them began running to their home at breakneck speeds. They soon jumped off the cliff they were on to reach the bridge on the other side. It just came naturally to them, as their natural instincts took over. The parents were the first to land, far away from the others, already at their destination. They howled once more, signaling to the others where to meet up. Their kids howled back and soon flew in one by one.

They now stood in the center of what would have been their courtyard. Rubble littering the ground. The smiles they just had were quickly replaced with frowns. Vader sighed and began to lead them into one of the few remaining structures on the plateau. It was a catacomb that had a dragons head on the top of it; looking down on all those who enter. Vader lifted his hand up, a few feet away from the statue as Purple flames began to ignite from his palm. The dragon's eyes started to glow the same color and the door it watched over began to slide open.

Once inside they noticed there was a spiral stair case leading what appeared to be hundreds of feet down below. Astrea and Elle gulped at the sight, while Dante just took the initiative and jumped down; his wings catching him as he flew down to the bottom. Vader smirked at his son's boldness and quickly followed his lead and jumped down after him. Cynder laughed as she pushed the remaining dragon younglings off the floor and down the hole, jumping down as well with a loud laughter.

They all reached to bottom nice and safely. Elle was wick to yell at their mother as Cynder continued to laugh at her daughter's misery. With a quick 'sorry', they continued to the cambers doors. The doors were around twenty feet tall and wide, with a solid wood base and silver trimmings all over the markings.

Above the door was once again in the ancient language of the dragons, was their family's motto.

"We shall neither conquer nor be conquered by another. That is our vow. For the weak look up to the strong for protection, as the strong look at the weak for reason. No matter how invincible you may believe you are, if you are an unwanted demon forcing yourself on our world, we will purge your existence."

And below it in a more modern language, English it read:

"To to the winner, glory is just a few shades deep. To the loser, glory is deeper than one's own soul. With this gateway, the power and knowledge you seek can be unlocked… Only if thou is willing to make the greatest sacrifice. If time is truly the answer most wait for, then the cause of that query is lack in one's own power. Use your time wisely, for no one can repeat the past."

"What could that imply, other than the fact that time is precious and shouldn't be wasted on your selfless doubt?" Asked Dante, who wasn't asking anyone in particular. Vader came up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder. His face had the signs of an understanding man who would like to give the answer, but it would be best for one to find it out on their own.

"Well everyone, now as we depart from this world, I would like it if you all come here and get ready to go into the Era Hollow. Like I said and explained before, once inside, there's no going back until the twenty years have passed. But remember, only a day will pass here, in the real world. Plus you won't have to worry about aging, for you all are dragons. Just like your father and me." Cynder finished as she opened up her wings again and flew to the door. She turned back at her children with a sly smile on her face as she closed her eyes.

"Now you get to see mommy in her dragon knight form." With that a bolt of red lighting came in out of nowhere, striking her as a bright flash revealed a dragoness in her solid black and red steel armor. Just the same as Vader's, but her armor was fitted to that of a woman. Her wings also had a tint of red in them, not much though. Now standing before her children, who looked up at their mother who was around sixteen feet tall, she spread her wings and began to cast a spell over her children.

Their bracelets began to glow and started to burn their insignia into their arms. The children began to howl in the pain, but recovered quickly and noticed something very different. Their mother looked down at them and began to explain the difference in their being.

"I released the spell I put on you when I sent you's off all those years ago. Now you will have all your natural abilities returning to you. Come. It's time to begin your training." Vader then changed into his dragon knight form as well and took his place next to Cynder.

"Go my children. We will meet up with you on the other side." The young dragons walked through the doors and into the Era Hollow. On the other side, it appeared to be nothingness.

A huge void of nothing. Everywhere you looked, excluding the door they came through was white. Yet one person no one expected to see there, Azazel stood in front of them with a smile on his face. He was holding a sword positioned down towards the ground.

"Let's get things started shall we?" he asked. Waiting for no reply he lifted the sowrd up a few inches and brought it straight down causing a bright light to flash. Everyone closed their eyes and opened them a few minutes later. Now before them, laid a whole world.

There was running waterfalls, wind brisling the grass plains and a sun beating on the ground behind a few clouds. The sight was beautiful.

"This is how our home looked like hundreds of years ago." Vader walked up behind his children who he was towering over. The image before them wasn't real. It was an imaginary world created for their training over the next twenty years. They are going to have a hard time, but it will pay off in the end. By the time this session is over, their power will be far higher than any of the new devil kings.

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Elsewhere; a group of devils began talking about a strategy before they commence their reconnaissance of the Dragon Lords castle. They arrived on the far-outer wall of the castle. Deciding since it was already nearly morning, they would find shelter in a local town. They all turned their backs and headed down the only man-made road towards what appeared to be a very active town. As they got closer, they took note of the unique structures and buildings in the town, which was more of a city.

Akeno was very cautious; everywhere they went she could feel more and more dark ora. Above them flew a devil who was wearing armor. He landed in front of them with his weapon drawn. They took their defensive stances as even more devils wearing similar armor surrounded them.

"What is the meaning of this?!" Asked an enraged Rias Gremory. Her household forming around her in a protective matter.

The leader of the group moved forward to greet the heiress of the Gremory clan. His overall appearance was frightening, well if he was your enemy. "I am Vance Sins. I am the leader and protector of this territory." He spoke with a heavy baritone voice. "May I know why the heiress of the Gremory family is here?"

Rias trembled a little, but moved forward. "Well it seems you already know who we are, so you must know why we are here?" She asked in her usual manner, with her arms again crossed under her huge cleavage.

"If you want to remain here under good circumstances, I suggest you answer properly." He stood firm with his answer. Issei nearly fell on his ass, scared of the giant in front of them. True the man wasn't that tall: around six five, but he was indeed a huge threat to them if things turned ugly.

"We are here to visit a friend, but he seems to have left not that long ago. So we plan up to meet up with him again in the morning." Akeno answered for Rias. This made Rias hesitate, but she caught on quickly and agreed with her queen.

"That's correct. He seems to have left earlier than expected and now we want to stay the night. There's no problem with that, right?"

"Hmph. Looks like you're here for someone indeed. Very well, you may take up residency in my cabin lodge on the over side of town. And don't worry, it'll be free and you'll be safe. I apologize for our behavior. It's just that recently, a bunch of devils and fallen angels have been coming into our town and causing some problems as of late. Many of which didn't see the next night."

"Oh? Why is that?" Rias asked. Vance just realized he spoke too much, but there was no going back on it now. He sighed and explained the disappearances of a few high ranking devils and angel's alike. He named a few, which Rias's and Akeno's eyes blinked at. The same names of those devils were on the list of those who were murdered. Everything was connecting, but still made no sense to them.

"Oh, thanks for the info. It's getting late so let's head to your lodge. Lead the way Mr. Sins." He nodded as his men went back to their patrols. It was weird; so many devils out this late and flying above a town filled with humans. This kept ringing in Rias's mind.

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The next day, everyone of Rias's household got ready to once again go see the now infamous castle of the Dragon God. They waited till the evening to arrive at their destination. Once there, they all walked together in a group, deciding it was too dangerous to split up in pairs. They reached the courtyard and noticed how the structure of the castle was truly ripped-apart. Statues and other stone made substances laid everywhere, broken and unrecognizable. Only a few structures still stood, each though was heavily damaged.

Among the rubble, weapons and shields laid scattered on the ground. Though with a closer look, they appeared to have been there for quite some time. Vines and other weeds grew around most of the ruins. Depending on how you might look at it: it appears to look like a mysterious and old folk tale type of castle. The kids began to walk around more and spotted someone who they didn't expect to see at all… Azazel.

He was now exiting the catacomb, followed by Cynder and the rest of the gang. The members of the Occult Research club froze at the sight. Before them now was their mentor Azazel, and besides him were the great Dragon Queen and her mate, the Dragon Lord himself, Vader. Luck wasn't on their side as what surprised them the most was the fellow students who came up behind the others. Every one of them seemed to get along very well, so there was no need to jump in and save them, but just then they saw the dragons change back into human form. The similarities between the kids and them were uncanny. They had to be the offspring of the Dragon Lord and Queen.

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(Dante's POV)

After what seemed to be a long twenty years, we finally exited the chamber. Now we had a good enough understanding of our power, along with who we truly are. We learned what it meant to be the offspring of a god. Truly, our power now was off the charts. It seems to me that I even surpassed my sisters in our training: becoming even stronger than them. I laughed at the thought of it. After all, isn't the brother supposed to be the one to take care of his sisters?

Now I can truly say with much pride, I am no longer the shortest member of my family! As of now: I stood at six one, even taller than my sisters. Only my mother and father were still taller than me. But I didn't mind that one bit. We began to exit the catacomb, flying up the hole in the middle of the spiral stair case. When we exited, only then did we take notice of our clothes. Our clothes didn't fit us anymore… shame to, I really liked this shirt.

"Well I guess we can head to town for new clothes before we head back to Japan." My mother said as she looked us over. I noticed when she began to look over me her mouth started to swirl. Was she finding me attractive? Eww mom!

"Mom! Stop looking at me like that!" I said embarrassed. Which to my dismay, it grabbed the attention of my sisters as well. They all began to look at me in the same way.

"Sorry hun. It's just that you remind me of your father soo much…" My father blinked a few times, and nodded at the fact. I indeed looked like him, only younger. Plus his muscles where much more well defined compared to mine.

"It's not their fault sport. It's mating season as it is." Dad said as he picked up mom in his arms. She gave him a playful growl and snuggled against his chest. I then notice the familiar smell of someone… It felt like it had been over twenty years since we last met. And now we'll get too met up once more. The only girl I ever thought I would want to date: Akeno Himejima.

I could smell her along with the girls around me but there were also another three girls I could smell, and they were close. As my hope got lifted, it quickly fell when I notice she wasn't the only one nearby; the rest of her club came as well, including that piece of shit pervert. They followed us here, why?

My father quickly noticed the unexpected visitors as well and disappeared in a blink of an eye. He later showed up right behind them: making them fall on their asses scared shitless, and grabbed the pervert by his arm, which appeared to have a boosted gear on it. They quickly scrambled off the ground and recovered themselves. Rias was the first to speak, who are they? And why did they follow us here?

"Please Lord Vader, spare us! We only came here for an observation purposes and mean no harm to you." She went to her knees, begging for my father not to kill them. He seemed to listen and decided to hear them out. After listening to their story he lowered Issei who appeared to be talking to his arm. They then decided to walk over and explain to us why they came here.

My father admitted to the murders of the traitors, which didn't surprise anyone of his family members, but it did scare the devils in front of us. They suddenly relaxed when uncle Azazel came over with a smug look on his face.

"Yo kids. What brings you to our family gathering?" this stunned them as my mother put him in a headlock, blaming him for their arrival, which he had no clue of.

"Your-Your family gathering?" Issei asked as he pointed at us. Man I just wanted to knock his head clean off his shoulders. Hell I know I could do it.

"Yep! These are my nieces and nephew. And this is my sister and brother-in-law." He said now returning my mother's headlock. Yep, definitely siblings. We went on about a bunch of things: who we are, what happened to us and what brought us to Kuoh Academy. All seemed to be going well until someone came in out of nowhere, and made an attack on Jessica.

I turned and saw a devil with his black wings spread out wide as he failed in his attack. I merely looked at him as lighting struck him. His body being sent plummeting to the cold ground below. I flew to his side, holding him up by his collar. He coughed up blood as he said in a very weakened voice:

"Fu-ck you..." He died as I pierced his heart. His voice wasn't worthy of reaching my ears nor that of anyone else's. If anyone made an attempt to attack anyone I cared about, their fate would be the same as his.

"Did he just…" Issei began to speak but was cut off by Rias.

"He just killed Vance…"

My father walked over towards me and put a hand out for me to grab. I took it and smiled back at him. He was proud of me… that's a bonus. I just really wanted to protect my family…He then put his hand on my head and lifted it back up for a bump on my head. The reaction surprised me but he just continued smiling at me.
"Next time, let's let them talk." I blushed in embarrassment but Sarah knocked me out of it. She ran over to me, lifting me up in the air, saying how cool I was. Geez, thanks for making blush even more sis. And then right on cue, the rest of my sisters rushed me, giving me a huge hug. I almost passed out with the lack of oxygen coming into my lungs… But I managed to break their hold and created some arm space between us.

My father walked over to the others, explaining how Vance was supposedly an excommunicated member of our clan, and other details I couldn't quite catch. It was news to me though: last I heard, we were the last members of the clan and everyone else is either dead or a traitor to us. This caught Rias and her group by surprise. Looks like there's going to be much more explaining to do…

Jessica asked me to go for a quick walk with her, which I followed her to one of the towers. Once there she told me something that really caught me off guard. It was about our cousin… One which I recall seeing a lot when I was younger. Raynare… She used to visit me and Sarah at the orphanage where we grew up. Her and two of her lady friends that is. She was a very nice person and was the daughter of one of my uncles, but I didn't know that at the time.

"She was killed by those over there…" Jessica whimpered. I pulled her into a hug and began to join in with her; tears falling from my eye sockets. According to my uncle, Raynare along with a few of her friends were tricked by an unknown being, to kill Issei and the blonde nun in their group. True, I couldn't blame them for protecting their friends, but somehow, I knew that Raynare had to be alive somewhere… She was too powerful to be killed by those weaklings. Unless the dragon emperor and Rias where the ones to do it… I will talk to them about this later, now it was time to get going before more of those traitors show up.

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That's the end of chapter three.

I hope everyone is enjoying it so far.

A/N: Once again: this will go along with the third season of High School DxD. Just with some minor changes, but it will still be mainly about my OC's. I might skip out on the stupid stuff (fights that last no more than two minutes. etc.) But I will attempt to make larger battles that last much longer.

So far we have a few votes for whom to have in Dante's Harem. Message me who you want, and I'll see what to do.

I look forward to improving my work as a writer, and I hope some people are willing to support this series.