Arc 1: Prophecy of Three
Chapter 1: The Revival of Tiga Part 2
"...Wa...up…" Issei's eyes began to flutter open as his vision, nothing, but white. "Wake up, Inheritor of the Light." In front of him, a woman with white hair and golden brown eyes, wearing a white robe, standing in eternal light.
"E-Eh? Eh!?" Issei can only look around as he was standing in a place filled to the brim with light. "W-Where am I!? Who are you!? Am I dead!? Is this a dream!?"
"To answer it, young Issei, you are within your soul, as to who I am, I am Yuzare, a being who lived millions of years ago." The woman spoke, her elderly tone adding to how old she was.
"S-So I'm dead...?"
"No, you are not, through your wish, your Light, the Light of Tiga responded to you and saved you from your death, it is however unable to heal you completely."
"So I'm still alive?"
"Yes, you are, Hyoudou Issei. Although a woman did save you by healing you, she has since taken you to your house and is currently sleeping next to you."
"...Eh?" His face was dumbfounded. "EH!?"
"Hyoudou Issei, regardless of what is happening, the Nemesis of Tiga, the Beings known as the Ancient Evils are slowly stirring and with it, monsters are awakening from their slumber to answer its call. You are the Chosen One of the Prophesied Three, live and fight against them."
"Y-Yuzare-san!? How am...I supposed to fight it!? I-I'm just a Highschool kid...who...has never...done anything meaningful in life…"
"..." Yuzare simply smiled as she approached and carressed his cheek. "Issei, the last Bearer of Tiga I knew of was simply a man who always did his best to keep everyone safe, he has his shortcomings, but no one fights alone, do not think that you can fight on your own, with the help of others, you can fight it. No one truly fights alone."
"...But how? Tell me...Yuzare-san?"
"I cannot...you must find it on your own, I cannot help you there…" The woman simply shook her head. "...Ma Chao-san has told you, hasn't he?"
"Ma...Chao-san? You...You know him?"
"You and him...are related by blood, you are one of his descendants." Issei widened his eyes at that revelation.
"I...I am?"
"He is of your Paternal heritage, the previous bearers were all from a similar bloodline, not always the same, but still close to it. He has explained many, has he not?"
"...Yeah, but...when he said, I don't have the power to…" He trailed off, Yuzare nodded at the implication.
"The Light resonates with each descendants' soul and will always find a way to resurrect itself...the family your father had was...something that I never thought was possible."
"Eh?"
"Most of them are too weak willed, passed or worse...corrupted by their sins." Yuzare spoke slowly, letting each of her words sink in to him.
"Then...Then why? Why me!? Why!? I...I think this is a mistake, there must be someone else, isn't there?! So why? Why me?"
"...It is not of my will, it is of Tiga's. I am not responsible for such decisions. And I trust him. Your light cannot allow you to transform, but to use his light from your body...then you are the Chosen Bearer."
"Chosen? I didn't want this…"
"Want or not, you are not given a choice it would seem."
"But I don't want it!"
"You might not...but...the world is at stake, Tiga wishes you to wield his former body. He made a radical call, it is the time, you must take it."
"...I...don't get a word in this?"
"No one does, if you choose to decline, then the world will end."
"...How long does it have?"
"The King Demon Beasts, nine of them are to awaken, and with them, the King Demon himself. Of course, you will not be alone, two others shall accompany you in your quest."
"Others? People like me?"
"Yes, they all have their own choices, however they have not spoken to me about their chosen bearers."
"...I see…"
"I do not believe that you are incapable of carrying out this task, Hyoudou Issei." The woman spoke as she turned to him. "Do not give in to despair. Fight until the bitter end. Know what and who you fight for…"
"What...and who?"
"Those...are for you to find out on your own, now hurry, I am afraid that their Pawns are waking."
"Pawns? Their?"
"The Demon King Beasts do not operate on their own, Golza of the Earth and Melba of the Air have awoken, they are headed for the Pyramid of Tiga…" Yuzare turned around. "You must hasten your efforts, they will reach the Pyramid within days."
"Wait...Yuzare-san! Where is the Pyramid!"
"...You will know of it, I, myself have not been told of such a place." She began to walk away. "Fight, Hyoudou Issei. Do not give in."
"...How? How do I not though?"
"The right path is always the hard choice, you are no coward as I have seen." Then his world went white.
"Erk." Issei's eyes fluttered open, as he looked up to find the ceiling of his room. He blinked before turning to find a familiar woman with white hair and fair skin, her hair was onto her shoulders and right now, she was...naked? And his arm was between her breasts? Huh, guess that explains the heavenly feeling he's getting right now.
…
...
"Eh!?" He fell over off his bed as the woman stirred. Looking at himself, Issei found himself naked. They were both naked!? Did they do something!? Oh God, oh fuck! Plus side is that he touched a girl other than his mother.
Looking at the door, he quickly checked if it was locked. Which it was thankfully. "Errmmm, munya…" The girl yawned awake.
"Vali-san?"
"A-Ah, Issei, sorry about-"
"...A-Ahh...P-Please wear something, V-Vali-san!" He quickly scrambled to wear something before he got his shirt and pair of pants on him. He couldn't help, but blush heavily from her breasts, her oppai looked heavenly.
"Ah, sorry, I guess I fell asleep after healing you." She spoke with a bit of soft tone, quite bashful of herself. She soon enough wore her uniform that she set aside and tidied up her discarded clothes and placed them into her bag.
"R-Right...I-I...why are you here? How did you heal me?" He asked, he was still surprised and still recovering from his dream.
"Well, I just found you at the park and well, you were wounded gravely. I brought you back here to heal you after finding out where you lived."
"...Wait, how did you find out where I lived?"
"The details aren't important, the reason you're alive is well...my magic."
"Your...magic?"
"Yes, magic exists, are you...scared of me?" She looked a bit unsure of herself.
"...N-No, I'm not, I'm just...startled…" Yuuma-chan had killed him, she got close to him and killed him the moment he let his guard down, but why did Valiana-san didn't kill him when he was down? Was she different? Was she...plotting to break him? Again? His mind was paranoid, it was never going to recover from the trauma put against his own mentality.
"I-I can understand, since it was a grave wound you were inflicted." She looked downcast. "E-Either way, I'll leave if you want me to-"
"N-NO! It-It's alright, I...I just need to calm myself down."
"...Mmmm, I see…" She nodded slowly. "So are you aware of the Supernatural?"
"The...Supernatural?"
"Let me...show you." She spread a pair of black bat wings, different from Yuuma-chan's black raven wings. "...I'm...a Devil as you would call our species."
"...A...Devil…" He was speechless, it was happening very fast and he could barely process any of it. He quickly felt a huge wave of information come to him as his mind rebooted to find Valiana hugging him.
"I'm sorry! I...I think all of this was too much for you…" She spoke with a sad tone, albeit guilty one as well.
"...I...no, it's...it's fine, Von-"
"Ise…just call me Vali."
"...alright, Vali-san...It's just kinda hectic for the past…" He rubbed his hair. But looking at her and then below…
He could see her cleavage…
"Ise? You're bleeding through your nose…" Her eyes were a bit lost.
"I...sorry. I'm alright, I...your...oppai…"
"Oh these, sorry, they're just...big…" She sighed as she looked down on her breasts, her face looked a bit uncomfortable about it.
"...Ah...they are…" Was she being clueless about it? Or was she just...not...that bright? He didn't know about either, but she was beautiful and caring...he just didn't want to be...betrayed...again…
"Ise, you're crying…" He was turned back to reality as he felt his cheeks, wet from the tears.
"A-Ah...I...I am, huh?" Overwhelmed by what he was experiencing, he hugged her, the girl just smiled before patting his back.
"It's alright, Ise...It's alright…I'm here for you...if there is anything you need...don't be shy to ask me…" Her voice was soothing, it was very soothing…
"...Thank you, Vali-san."
"Issei? Vali-chan? Are you two in there!?" His mother's voice came through. Issei blinked before he asked.
"...You told her your name?"
"Yeah…"
"...What did you tell her?"
"We're friends and I found you unconscious…" He can feel his heart being pierced. Well, friendzones...he shouldn't expect her to instantly be his girlfriend, so he can't blame her there...though it hurts like hell to be friendzoned.
"So, Issei, you never told us you had a friend." His mother smiled at the two children in front of her.
"Well, he was a kind person when we first met…" Vali shyly answered.
"K-Kaa-chan…"
"...You two...I expect you two to have babies at one point, I want grandbabies."
"What?" The two children asked as they blushed.
"Kaa-chan!" Issei cried out, he was shameless, but to just be told to have babies right off the bat? She was definitely in the part for his shameless behavior. "W-We're still-"
"I don't care, Issei, Valiana-chan seems to be the best girl for you, if you ever get to have another girl as a friend." She huffed at her son.
"W-Well! Anyway! We're going to be late for school! C'mon, Vali-san!"
"R-Right." The two quickly got up and took their bags before crying out. "Kaa-chan! We're going!"
"Be safe! Also bring some protection!"
"KAA-CHAN!" The woman motherly chuckled at him as the two exited the house.
"...Anata...if only you were here to see how little Ise has grown." She turned to a picture of a man in a GUTS Uniform, a big grin on his face. By the bottom of the portrait were the words, 'In memory of a loving husband, a great father and a proud GUTS member, Hyoudou Gorou'.
"...So you're a Devil...a Devil…" Issei muttered that part over and over, incapable of going through with it. "So, Angels, Fallen Angels are real…"
"Yes, they are."
"Tell me, Vali."
"Yes?"
"...Are nekogirls, real?"
"...I-I mean, yes? They exist...so…" Issei fistpumped mentally to himself, but then again, he really just didn't want to go that far off.
"So, err, Vali…" Issei began to form up something as his introverted personality came through when discussing subjects.
"Yes?"
"...Are you engaged or anything?"
"No! I'm not! What made you think I was!?"
"...Just a hunch." He shrugged the matter off. "...S-So, a Devil...do you...take souls?"
"Ah, no, that's been outlawed, we're not the same as we used to be back then. Now we just take in money and anything we find useful."
"Oh, I see…sorry for assuming."
"I mean, you're new, so I can't blame you for thinking of it like that." Vali shook her head. "...You're taking this well for a human…"
"...I...well, I guess life is kinda unexpecting…" Issei laughed nervously.
"I guess it is huh?" Vali laughed back at him. "Anything else you want to talk about?"
"Hmmm, how many Devils are there…? In this town, I mean…"
"Oh, about that...the entire ORC and Student Council."
"...What?" So that would mean...that the Student President was a Devil? What? What the fu-!
"Ise?"
"...Would that mean that the entire school is under jurisdiction of Devils?"
"...I guess?"
"This is...oh my God-" Vali winced, surprising Issei with her reaction. "Vali-san?"
"Err, please don't say the word...it really stings my head…"
"Ah, I got it, sorry…"
"No, it's fine, I should've told you either way…" The two faced opposite of each other. "...I...in either cases…"
Issei wasn't listening as he was silently cheering for himself. 'You got a girl! With a smoking hot body too!'
'But what if she's like Yuuma-chan?'
'Screw Yuuma-chan!'
'Don't be naive, you fool.' Two personas clashed within him, the paranoia within him came through as a response to his first death. His...first death. It dawned on him that he did indeed survive, but was close to dying if it wasn't for the light.
Speaking of it…
Pyramid of Tiga…
Where is it though?
Become light? How can he become light?
Many things didn't make up.
Hachimantai.
A word came up to his head, a thought, but not that of Ma Chao-san's voice, it was flat, it was feminine, possibly a girl's assuming her high pitch tone.
Hachimantai.
Hachimantai...was that where it was? He had to go there!? How!? He was at Kuoh! How could he go that far!?
Urgh, it was hurting his head now, but the main thing he had to focus on was school. He had to…
Hachimantai. Golza on its way to Hachimantai, currently in Mongolia. Melba slowly stirring up within Easter Island, South America. Capable of flying and getting to Hachimantai in hours.
Doom is approaching. You need to reach Hachimantai.
HachimantaiHachimantaiHachimantaiHachimantaiHachimantaiHachimantaiHachimantaiHachimantai-
It repeated itself like a broken record player, constantly and endlessly placed on a loop with its dead and flat voice.
"Ise?"
"...Hachimantai…" He couldn't stop it from repeating itself that he uttered the location.
"Eh?"
"Vali, I...I need to get to Hachimantai…" He turned to face the girl.
"Ise? Why are you-?"
"There's no time to explain…l-look, I...can't trust anyone else, especially many others, my parents will take me as a trauma'd kid or something, you know what they don't know. I had a...dream, a vision, something!" He pulled her to an alleyway. "T-This dream...it told me to go to Hachimantai...I need to find a Pyramid…"
"A...Pyramid? Then they're in Kairo-"
"It's not a Pyramid of the Egyptians, no, it's…" Issei shook his head, he knew what it was. It was...
A Pyramid of Gold, the Land of Tiga Pyramid. The Pyramid of Tiga.
"...The Pyramid of Tiga…"
"Tiga...Tiga...I…" Her face looked completely worried and nervous. "...I'll get Sitri-san to pardon both of us for a few days...or a week or two."
"V-Vali?" Issei looked surprised by her change of demeanor.
"Tiga, I've read about him, he was a legend like dragons are to humans, he was from before Devils and Angels, the Warrior of Light, the Titan who vanquished the Darkness." She looked dead serious as she thought about the matter.
"Y-You're going to help me?"
"Issei, if you don't know about the Supernatural, then the Prophecy is true." Prophecy?
"The...Prophecy?"
"...The Prophecy of Tiga, you were lucky that I was the one who found you, the knowledge of Tiga isn't widespread, this must be an obvious sign to it." Vali sighed at the explanation.
"H-How were you able to get to me then?"
"...Well, a dream." She reluctantly answered, like an embarrassed child.
"A dream?"
"Similar to yours where this woman told me to guide a boy named Hyoudou Issei, you. I didn't think much of it, but then here we are…"
"...T-This is…" Too much for him to handle. They were both given a destination and had a similar dream? No, not a dream, it was possibly a contact with the woman herself. "...Yuzare-san spoke to you?"
"She was there, wasn't she?'
"..." He wasn't dreaming, this was the truth now. The Earth will be doomed if they don't get there in time.
"Issei, I'll trust you. We will go there. And from there...I'll...follow your lead."
"...Thanks, Vali-san...Thank you…" He really bit his lips as he hugged her. "W-When are we going?"
"...Tomorrow, is that alright?"
"The faster we get there, the better." Vali nodded at him in affirmation. "And thank you so much, I...can't even repay you for this…"
"No need, if this is truly the Prophecy, money should not be counted in…" She gave him a smile, Issei really can't hold back his tears at this point. "O-Oi, you're gonna get my clothes wet, we'll need to get to school and get the permission needed."
"A-Are you sure this wouldn't make you suspicious?" He asked.
"Suspicious or not, we can just really leave and say we have a major emergency. Let's just consider this a thing between us, alright?"
"I...Alright, I understand."
(Play OST - Ultraman Tiga OST - Giant Monster Roar)
By the Plains of Mongolia, a massive earthquake began to shake the ground as a massive creature of a reptilian nature broke through to the surface of the earth from its ending slumber.
Its body was mostly a darkened ash hue on its unarmored hide and silvery grey on its upper parts, its chest and arm joints were given armor-like hides, its head had a crest of similar material that connected to its armored neck, its jaws were obviously a pointer of its nature as a carnivore.
ACHHHHNOOSKREEEEEEEEE!
It's roar sounded as the citizens of the surrounding civilization began to flee with all abled policemen on duty being sent to organize the evacuation. A pair of Jet Fighters had been sent to the skies as the creature began to make its move.
Its eyes blinked as it looked around, it continued its wandering before it snuffed the air above it then it's mind was filled with some thoughts of foreign sources. It's intent was now clear.
Destroy the Pyramid of Tiga, prevent His Awakening. It roared before the Jet Fighters fired off their pair of respective missiles, which did little to no damage as its hide was too thick.
It simply groaned before wiping off the excess alloy stuck to its skin, snorting, the being gathered energy throughout its body in the form of a purple aura before it unleashed a beam of energy towards the aircraft which narrowly avoided them.
"Holy shit! What the hell was that!?"
"That damn monster can shoot us down!" The pilots radioed in as armored divisions of the Mongolian Ground Force gathered their surplus of T-54/55s with a few T-72s, a few BMP-1s and 2s with BM-21 MLRS began to level their weapons towards the monster.
Being within range of a close military base, the Armed Forces opened fire. The 100mm, 125mm, 73mm and 30mm cannon shells were lobbed against the monster.
Yet none of them looked like they were doing notable damage against it. Rockets simply splashed and dirtied it with grime and smoke, but they were simply just scratching its bare outer hide.
Then it turned its attention to them with a bit of a hint of amusement before it charged up. "Fall back...Fall back!" It was too late as the creature blasted the entire formation of armored vehicles with its energy beam. A stream and a simple turn of its head laid waste to the vehicles that were built to defend the Mongolian Motherland.
"That bastard!" The MiG-29 Fulcrums turned their aircrafts and fired another salvo of missiles that made contact and did jackshit to the beast's hide, but it did get its attention as it narrowed its eyes and roared at the two flying machines.
It charged and fired, the purple beam blasted one MiG-29. "Ahhh!" The tail caught fire and exploded. "Eject!" Its sole pilot ejected from the falling aircraft as it crashed into the plains and turned into a pile of scrap metal.
"Damn you!" The second turned before it fired off its 30mm autocannons as its payload had been all, but used up.
"Fall back! You can't beat it!"
"Like hell I will!" The pilot recklessly barked back. The plane was then turned into a fireball as the creature blasted it out of existence.
"...No way…" Survivors weren't capable of accepting the swift blow to their Armed Forces, the two aircrafts were quickly shot down, their deployed armed forces crippled in a near instant and had dished out a blow that didn't seem to harm the creature.
(End OST)
The beast roared victoriously, having destroyed its obstacles and having fun doing so began to dig away through the ground before it burrowed before anyone could do anything else to it. A lone GUTS Wing 1 came too late as the dust cloud picked up.
"We're too late…" The front pilot muttered out as he looked below onto the remnants of the Mongolian Army.
"The kaiju...isn't that the kaiju that was sighted back a few years ago?"
"...It is, isn't it? We really need to retrofit the Wings to go up against them…" A few patrol circles were done before the GUTS Wing couldn't do anything else, but leave for their Headquarters.
"A week off?" Sona Sitri, a senior schoolmate, the President of the Student Council raised an eyebrow, her amethyst purple eyes looked a bit confused, her hair was a black ebony bob cut.
"Yes, that's right, the both of us."
"With...Hyoudou-kun? Are you sure about this, Valiana?"
"Sona, you need to trust me on this one. It's an emergency. If needed, I'll cash in your debt, because it's that serious right now…"
"You just met him, Rias would be suspicious of what you would be doing, your family isn't that trusted in the Underworld." Issei could barely make sense of the conversation needed to get him and Vali out of here. Family? They were Devils, right? Then...why would her family be not trusted?
"Look, Sona...I need to do this, it's now or never…" Vali basically pleaded to the President, who was conflicted by her friend's decision. Her face in a serious thinking manner.
She turned to Issei, who recoiled under her authoritarian glare. "...Hyoudou-kun, Valiana is a very close friend of mine. Her wellbeing is my top priority, bring her dead and you will be in a hell worse than death. Understood?"
"U-Understood, K-Kaichou!" The aura was palpable, he was slowly suffocating, the air was stiff, he felt like he was being slowly choked.
"...Good." Sona sighed before glaring at the whitenette. "I'll make this the only exception."
"Thank you...Thank you, Sona." Vali looked immensely grateful at the gesture of the Student President.
"...You will both be taking two weeks off, anymore I can't guarantee repercussions."
"I understand." Issei nodded before bowing. "Thank you, Kaichou-san!"
"...You should be thanking Von Lucinfeld, she is the only reason you're not going to be kicked off for going off into thin air."
"I...thank you, Vali-san!" He bowed to the girl.
"It's nothing, well, we'll start from today, alright, Kaichou?" Vali asked with a nervous smile.
"When you two get back, expect a mountain of homework waiting for you." Sona got both her arms on the desk, hands knitted in front of her lips.
The two classmen winced before nodding in acceptance of their fate. "U-Understood."
"Well, the two of you are dismissed from school until two weeks later, starting today."
"...Something worse than Fallen Angels and Angels...I never thought that monsters would be appearing like in a tokusatsu show." Vali smiled wryly as Issei was packing his things for two weeks of basically investigation.
Coming home with the announcement for the Pervert's two parents, Vali was able to hypnotize the two into letting him leave with her. Then the news came up, a Ground Monster appeared in the nation of Mongolia, the Mongolian Air Force composed of only barely any Fighter Jets sent their only MiG-29 Fulcrums were then destroyed by beam attacks.
The monster soon burrowed down below, the monster has not been sighted, Chinese, Russian and other Asian Armed Forces were put on active duty if the monster surfaces in their borders.
"Golza...damn it!"
"We're leaving tomorrow...let's just...stay with your mother and enjoy the day before we leave, alright?" Issei blinked before nodding in agreeance.
"Yeah. That sounds like a plan. So how are we going to Hachimantai?"
"Teleportation Magic, it helps a lot." Vali shrugged at her companion.
"Ah...I see, where do we stay though?" Issei asked, having not expected where they were going to sleep in.
"Ah, don't worry about that. I've got us a hotel that belongs to my parents."
"Your parents own a hotel?"
"They own an Enterprise, mostly on some goods and car industry, but that might change when more monsters arise." The two of them knew how important Issei was and how more monsters may come out from the earth and possibly even outer space.
"Issei! Vali! Dinner's ready!"
"Ah, dinner…" Their stomachs growled at the mention of the meal time. Having parents really was a gift from the one above them.
The day came for the two as they finally had to leave for Hachimantai. "Stay safe you two. Don't let anything happen to Vali-chan, okay, Ise?"
"Yes, kaa-chan." Issei gave a big wide grin.
"And Ise." His mother gave him a serious look that gave Issei the prompt to put on his manly face before her.
"Yes?" He asked, awaiting the advice.
"Do you have protection?" Of course, it was that again, his serious face broke into a stupefied face before sighing.
"...Kaa-chan…" He pouted. He was a pervert, but he wasn't going to have sex immediately like a sex fiend!
"Ufufu, well, protection or not, I'll be expecting babies." The two youths blushed.
"W-Well, kaa-chan, we'll be off." Vali changed the subject quickly before the two headed out, going to a nearby Alleyway as they got out of her sight, Vali formed a Dragon Gate of White. "After you."
"No, ladies first." Issei smiled as the girl rolled her eyes with a smile.
"Fine then, see you on the other side." She passed through before Issei followed suit. The two came out in an alleyway, Issei checked his phone to ensure the location was right. "...Hachimantai...yeah, this is the place…should we go to the hotel first?"
"Hotel first or...hmm, yes, I think going to the hotel would be a better option."
"Alright then, let's go!" Issei grinned as Vali stifled a giggle on his exclamation.
Issei and Vali had finished checking up on the front of the hotel, the two entered their hotel room before Issei sat on the chair that came with the room, putting their suitcases on their places. Issei took out the map of Hachimantai, something that he prepared immediately. "So any clues to where the Pyramid would be?" Vali asked as she looked at the map from the other side.
Issei's pen went around as he boxed in cities. "I'd wager around the mountains, somewhere that the locals wouldn't go to without something they need."
"Yeah, good call. In other cases...have you gotten another clue?"
Issei looked hard, he searched his thoughts. Pyramid of Tiga…
Pyramid of Tiga.
"...I need to try something. It might be like the Ouija board or something. But...I don't know if it will work or not."
"Give it a try, if not then we'll have to go with nothing." He closed his eyes.
"Pyramid of Tiga. Lead me to it. Where is it?" His hand began to feel numb, it continued on until he couldn't even feel his entire right arm, but he kept biting his lip to get the stress out. "Lead us. Lead us to it." A gasp from Vali came to his ears as well as...
The sound of the pen scribbling got his eyes to open, where he found his right arm already limped. "...Ah…"
"I-Ise?"
"...AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I can't feel my arm!" He screamed bloody murder, his entire arm went dead on him as he did so, limping lifelessly. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Ise! Calm down!" He quickly see her take out a vial of pinkish red liquid before rubbing it on his arm. His arm glowed before Issei could feel his fingers again.
"A-Ahh?" He looked surprised, shocked and speechless. "V-Vali-san…"
"That was a Phoenix Tear, I have three more vials, don't worry. But more importantly…" The two turned to the map from his recovered arm. "Mount Hachimantai." The scribbles were actually the pen going for a pinpoint spot on one of Mount Hachimantai's valleys. "This is where it is."
"Yeah, we should go! Now!"
"Alright! Let me pack my things before it!" Vali quickly took out her backpack that was equipped with the necessary items and tools. "C'mon!"
"Right ahead of you!"
Coming to Mount Hachimantai, they began to hike their way through the steep lands. "So, Issei, which way?"
"Still to the West." His right arm now served as a feeler for the Pyramid, call it something, but it was most likely either Yuzare's doings or his inner Light guiding him. "This feels weird…"
"...Yeah…"
"Should we just fly?"
"I believe so. Hold on, I'll grab you, so don't let go or anything." Issei felt her arm go around his, with her bringing the bag, Issei felt completely useless, since he only brought himself and only a wallet, a cellphone and his wristwatch equipped with a compass.
Vali opened up, instead of black bat wings, a pair of pure white wing humerus and carpus with blue translucent sails. "Eh? What happened to your wings?"
"I never practiced with my Devil Wings, I had these to use, I just sprung my Devil wings to just prove my Devil heritage."
"Ah…" Issei nodded. "So you're a Dragon?"
"...Well yes, but actually no…"
"Which one is it then!?"
"N-Not actually a Dragon?" Vali winced at her partner's question, obviously when she answered with something that's not very much a direct answer.
"Okay then...I...I think I see it!" A golden pyramid of light surrounded by the foliages.
"Alright, we're landing." The two landed within the forests.
"...Mmm…" Issei looked a bit in a trance as he thought of something.
"Ise?" Vali looked at the pervert with a worried look.
He shook his head. "Nothing, sorry for worrying you." He simply smiled, it looked a bit fake, but it was the best he could do.
"Alright then, let's go." The two made their way through the forest before getting up to a clearing when they saw the Pyramid's base. Running up to it, the two stood in front of the Pyramid before looking around it. "This light...it feels...warm...it doesn't...hurt…"
"Is it abnormal?"
"We, Devils, are weak against light. Remember, Angels are Beings of Light and Devils are Beings of Darkness."
"Ah...right…" Issei nodded before he tried touching the pyramid's wall of golden light, as he did so, his hand phased through it. "Wha-?"
"...It's...not solid…?"
"Hold on…" He reached out his two hands before they phased through. "...You try?"
"...I...this might hurt me...so…"
"...Touch it with your hand first…"
"I...nothing found if not tried, huh?" She gave a pained smile, hesitant on doing so, before she reached out slowly, her hand was shaking, she closed the gap and had her hand phase through. "Eh?"
"...The light...it's not Holy Light…" He deduced. "...The Titan of Light is not created by the big man…" The big man, being God, wasn't the creator of Tiga. Which was a relief as the fact if Devils were real, he could guess that the Church could still be as zealous as from the Crusades and everything he heard in movies and anime if they ever get anything right.
"I wasn't...expecting...this…"
"Well, let's enter it." The two made their way through before finding a staircase of white light, probably hard light? They didn't know as light wasn't supposed to be solid-looking or shape into staircases. "Issei?"
"...Titans…" Issei was looking upwards towards the top.
"Titans?" Vali looked where he was seeing before her eyes widened, easily 50 meters tall, all of them were humanoid, three in total, the middle was one that Issei was looking at.
"Tiga…" He muttered out. Then the sound of the earth shaking came to their ears. "Golza…" He muttered out before he looked a bit panicked. "W-What do I do? Become light? How the hell do I become light!?"
"Issei, I think we should go!"
"V-Vali, we can't, if we go...they'll be destroyed and…"
"I know, but we're not gonna accomplish anything if we die here as well!"
"I...I...damn it! I'm useless...again…" He gave a pained look.
"Let's just go."
"...No...you know about it as well as I do, you go first...I'll...I'll see what I can do to become this light, you need to get out of here, Devil or not, these aren't your simple enemies who are weaker than you or something!"
"...Be safe and don't die on me." Vali spoke to the boy as he simply nodded and gave out a reassuring smile.
"I won't...just get to safety, Devil or not I'm not sure you're up a good chance against Golza nor Melba alone."
"I...understand...good luck."
"Thanks...I'll really need it…" He turned to the statues of the titans. Vali turned before he looked back at the Titans.
"Please protect him…" She whispered before getting out of the pyramid.
"...Tiga...Tiga...lend me your strength!" He reached out his right arm towards the titan. "Please! Y-You needed me for this! I need you for this! Please!" Issei gritted his teeth as he hopelessly pleaded to the body of the titan. Not knowing well on what he had to do to become light.
Golza emerged from the thick and tall foliage of the forest that surrounded the mountains, having dug relentlessly through the Mongolian plains, beneath the sea and emerging right to Hachimantai, its hard work paid off by presenting Golza the golden pyramid.
ACHHHNOSKREEEEEEEEE!
It gave out a deafening roar as it turned to the golden pyramid of light, ignoring the girl who just avoided it due to the size difference.
She wasn't even sure if her body would be able to take it head on without some plan as it simply stood a whopping 50 meters. Golza, however, had no interest in her as it gathered its purple energy before it shot out its purple beam from its head. The beam quickly began to tear off the top of the pyramid. "No!"
The girl turned to where the pyramid was as it dissipated slowly, but surely from its fading top.
"C'mon! Become light! What do I do!?" Issei yelled out in frustration. "Become one with the titan, how do I do it!?" Completely frustrated by the lack of a response. His right hand didn't even help him like previous times. "C'mon! Become light! AHHH!" He saw that the ceiling began to dissipate and show off the light blue clouded sky.
"Golza! Damn it! C'mon! What do I do to become light!? Answer me!" He yelled hopelessly at the titan. "Tiga! Tell me!"
As the ground shaking monster blasted the last bits of the pyramid, it gave out a loud screech as Vali had to shut her ears to avoid bleeding her ears out from the sheer intensity of said screech.
The beast roared once more victoriously, before approaching where the titans were.
This was officially his 'all or nothing' moment in his life, Ise had dragged himself here and a friend...acquaintance of his to Hachimantai and it wasn't going well.
It wasn't a good situation at all.
"Fuck! Fuck! Become light! Tiga! What do I do!?" He yelled as rubble came through and smashed around his area. "C'mon! You can't tell me I can't do this shit!" He swore, never did he swear this much in his life as now.
Yes. He swore on anime scenes. Yes. He swore when he lost a game. Yes. He swore when TV commercials played when he was getting to the good part of a show.
But never at this rate. "Fucking hell! Tiga! What do I do!?" He demanded an answer. "I don't want to give, but like hell what am I doing here!? Am I a mistake!?"
The titan stood still even as a giant dragon, Melba descended and destroyed the body of his second companion. "Answer me…" His bangs covered his eyes. "Answer me, Tiga!" He yelled excessively at the titan.
"WHAT DO I DO!?" He was thrown backwards as an explosion blew him away. "ARRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH! TIGAAAAAAAA!" That was it.
That was the moment when his life was at its near end that his vision was enveloped in light.
A light came out of the explosion before it reached the statue's chest. Golza and Melba had soon desecrated and destroyed the remains of the two fellow titans of Tiga.
Golza immediately reached and fell Tiga as Vali got to safety. "Ise…" The girl muttered out.
"I should've stayed by him…" She was threatening to pour out tears. "Damn it! Why!?"
"...Se...Issei...Hyoudou Issei." Issei's eyes jolted open as he turned to find a blazing field of a possible warzone. "Good you're awake."
"...Eh? Who's there?!" He turned to find a massive silhouette of a giant western dragon. "AHHHH!" Said dragon was while not bigger than the giant, was far larger than himself, green emerald eyes met brown hazel eyes.
"Why are you screaming your head off, child? I cannot kill you within this realm." It snorted out and huffed at him.
"I-I...you're a...you're a...dragon?" Issei spoke out, hesitant on offending the being.
"So what if I am?" It snorted as its eyes of green glinted before it lowered its head. "I am Ddraig, the Red Dragon Emperor, you would know me as Y Ddraig Goch of the Welsh Legends…"
"...So...am I dead? Again?"
"No, but close...what? Do you have a death wish? If so, that would mean you are by far the weakest Dragon Emperor I've seen…"
"...I...just wanted to…"
"Help? For all I know you caused quite the trouble to the Wielder of Albion."
"Albion?"
"The White Dragon Emperor, my rival or the White One as I usually call him. But that is beside the point, you have made a rather...unpleasant decision to stay."
"Then why not stop me from doing so!?"
"I wanted to see how fearless and callous you can be in making decisions, disregarding your own, but not your partner's when that monster came across you...this Tiga...I've heard enough of him...Now do you wish to live or not, my host?"
"...I...I want to live. No, I must live! This world...I want to protect it! Please!" Issei begged, shaking his head, tears threatened to leave his eyes. "I don't want to...be a burden...not anymore, I want to protect them!"
"Who? Who will you decide to protect? Your own life? Your family's? Friends?" Ddraig's eyes narrowed. "Even strangers? Who is it?"
"EVERYONE! Those who I hold dear! Those who deserve to live!"
"...Hmm, and what of your own?"
"If I die then…" He hesitated. "...I don't want to die...but I...want to save them...I want to save them all and live happily! It's stupid...it's naive, but please! I want to live and protect all of them!"
"...Hehe...Gahahaha! Good choice, boy. Then gladly will I be to lend you the Strength of the Red Dragon Emperor!" He roared as Issei's world was engulfed in white. "NOW ASSERT YOUR DOMINANCE AGAINST THESE FOOLS!"
As Golza was about to step on the Titan, the Titan's stone arms moved, it quickly blocked the stomp before Golza sneered and tried to apply more force, only for the Titan, Tiga to awaken and throw him off to the ground.
(Play OST - Ultraman Tiga OST - Revived Giant)
Rising from his fallen form, the Titan, Tiga, stood up, standing tall and mighty against the aggressors. His head was silver with a mohawk style head, a crystal on his forehead, a pair of oval, yellowish glowing eyes, and a solid mouthpiece. His chest was ornamented with a glowly teal blue orb with a silver piece that kept it in place, a golden yellow band wrapped around his chest and shoulders, bordered silver and a silver border that also went in the middle of the golden bands.
His body was colored in red and purple with a few bits of silver, the red is mostly placed in the middle of the body with the purple outside of it. Silver laced his inner parts of his arms, a batch on his acromial, on his feet and on the front of his knees.
He adjusted himself as Golza and Melba both screeched at the being, nodding to himself, Melba scurried off, leaving Golza to deal with the Titan for the moment, Tiga quickly ran before leaping, he glided towards the ground kaiju before doing a chop on Golza's head.
The kaiju cried out of pain before Tiga held on to both its clawed hands and then threw the beast onto the ground with a judo flip. Melba screeched as it began to run up, only for Tiga to dodge its claw and sidekicked it to the ground, making it yelp as it came crashing down.
Golza got up before it cried out and began to run, the earth began to shake from each of its steps, Tiga did the same before he did a flying kick that pushed back the kaiju, causing it to fall over once more before he began to jump on top of the kaiju.
He began to pummel the being with light covering his hands, each punch quickly made sparks fly across the beast's body before he was interrupted by a diving Melba who rammed him off Golza. Tiga quickly rolled over before his forehead crystal glowed a weak ultraviolet where he crossed both his hands over and stretched them out, changing all the red on his body into purple.
Tiga quickly put his hands above and below his chest diamond, his right hand above it and his left below it, a flash quickly blinked before he stretched his right arm to shoot a beam of blue light. The light went over Golza before it exploded into a thick white mist of presumably nitrogen as it quickly froze the beast.
With that dealt with, Tiga quickly took to the skies after Melba as the winged dragon soon began to fly expertly, dodging Tiga's hand slashes, before it went into the clouds. Flying through it, Tiga lost his target before it reemerged behind him, firing off its eye beams that the titan quickly dodged.
The two engaged in a fast paced dogfight of the speeds above Mach 1 around and around, the G Force didn't even kick in as both contenders were well adapted with this type of combat. That was until Golza defrost itself and broke out of its cold prison.
It cried out before noticing its partner in crime dog fighting with his target, charging up his beam, he quickly gathered an immense amount of energy before screeching and fired a beam that quickly shot Tiga out of the air.
ARGH!
The titan soon landed with a mass of dirt rising out of the earth, shaking his head, Melba had already fled the area, leaving his buddy behind.
TITUNG! TITUNG! TITUNG! TITUNG!
His color timer began to blink red, realizing his situation, Tiga clenched both his hands. Adamant on not letting Golza go, his forehead crystal blinked a strong infrared light, Tiga, crossing his hands once more, rose up and stood up straight as his purple coloring turned to red.
Golza snorted as it fired off its energy beam to which Tiga merely held his hand out to block it, the energy simply got blocked off, he quickly stretched his arms out as the energy beam stopped, Tiga made his way to the beast before smashing its skull in, Tiga's red form had already proved that it was a powerhouse that was while slower, packed far more power than his previous ones.
Performing an uppercut, Golza was left dazed as Tiga began to gather strength and light into his next attack. A red aura gathered around his right arm as Tiga lifted his left leg and pulled his right arm before putting down his foot and threw the punch.
The punch alone sent Golza skidding back a solid 100 meter distance immediately. The punch had additionally caused Golza to form foam in its mouth, its lungs being wounded by the force before it tried to get up. Tiga quickly stretched his arms, heat from the atmosphere gathered around his palms as he slowly brought it upwards and then to his chest, a sphere of heat formed, colored a crimson and orange hue. He pulled his right arm behind him before throwing the sphere of fire at Golza, the stream of orange light came thundering down as Golza got hit head on by it.
Orange electric currents made their way through the beast's body before Golza began to double over and fall to the ground, its weak cries faded into silence as it lay motionless and lifeless. With the job done, the Titan began to fade into light that soon shrunk in size.
(End OST)
Melba had gotten away, but Golza was now eliminated from the equation. And the Giant? He had gone somewhere as the cameras within the area had captured the sudden event.
"Issei!" Vali ran around where the Giant had disappeared at, as she called out his name, she could see the young boy limping over through the stream that went by the mountain. The boy sported a weak grin before slowly falling over and landed face first on the stream, bleeding grievously. "Issei!" She ran over, splashing water over her clothing before getting to the boy. "Hang in there!"
The stress and injuries that Tiga sustained had been sent over to his body it seemed, she didn't know whether this was supposed to be something that all Bearers of the Light had to go through, but it was obviously harmful for him to use it if that's the case.
"He's barely alive…" She bit her lips, trying to prevent tears from spilling over. She quickly reached out into her backpack before pulling out a vial of Phoenix Tears. "C'mon!" She poured it all over his wounds, the wounds began to close rapidly, however his blood less was nothing to scoff at.
"I need to bring him back to the hotel...hang in there, Ise." The girl brought both arms around his body before she helped him get up, his arm placed around her neck and shoulder before she formed a Dragon Gate. "You'll be alright..." Then the two entered the Dragon Gate, the awakening of Tiga and the first Prophecy had been fulfilled.
16,000 Words in total of two Chapters huh...well, that was not too much of a shocker, this was supposed to open up a bit slowly, but well…
What can I say?
What does this actually mean? Am I putting my other fics on hiatus…?
Perhaps, I have no drive for them, just yet as I just ignited passions here and there, as well as my own Original Fictions, so obviously, I am not going to upload as frequently anymore, added to the stress given by the current pandemic and my nation still rising in terms of Infected…
Prayin' for those in the USA, idk, bruh, but the situation's still damn high, even if they knew of it like from January…
And people are protesting about the damn lockdown?
Well, I'll leave it at that, I know not all Americans are like that, I'm just venting about the matter…
Well, Issei is Tiga, I think you know where I'm going with this…
Well, on to the other two chapters, I am still unsure of when they will come out…Sporadic Updates everyone, welcome to my new Upload system as I also have life to work with and lemme tell you how much she is a bitch and how much I hate my current situation of losing drives and all that…
Hopefully I can end the Arc and then move on quickly unlike what I did with my previous works…
Also as a sidenote…
I'm trying my best on the onomatopeias, but damn do the kaijus and ultras have weird grunts and sounds for me to word out…
I mean…yeah, I'm venting again. Alright, I'll see you guys in a while, crocodiles.