Fate DXD: The Dragon-Blooded Knight and the Holy Maiden

by AnimeFan0216

Many years have pass after the Apocrypha, Sieg and Jeanne have finally reunited to be with each other, but fate has plans for them. Because of a wish that the two yearned from their hearts, the Greater Grail became active once again and accidentally grants their wishes and the two was once again separated and reborn in another world. OOC Issei. Sieg/Issei x Jeanne.

2. Act 1: The Dragon-Blooded Knight

A/N: Here is chapter 1, the prologue chapter and chapter 1 together is the whole episode 1 of the fanfic. Please read and enjoy.

WARNING: Some strong and obscene language, violence and adult themes in this chapter. That is the reason for rated M, there would be lemons or sex scenes in the future. Just skip the lemon part if you don't like it. There are also GARO elements included.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Highschool DXD and Fate / Apocrypha or the other fate series, It belongs to its respective creators. This is a work of fiction, it does not relate to any individuals and existing organizations.

"talking" ""talking in unison""

"thoughts" ""thoughts in unison""

Flashbacks / dreams MULTIPLE VOICES

*SOUND EFFECTS*

[Ddraig talking] [Ddraig talking with host]

(Albion talking) (Albion talking with host)

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Chapter Start

It is one peaceful morning in a certain town, the town is also as busy as any other cities, seeing people in corporate attires and school uniforms walking down the streets and some others are commuting through trains and busses. Life in this town is as normal as it should be, but despite of the surface, the town has a hidden secret that is known by few, especially if you are involved in the supernatural. The name of this town is 'Kuoh', a city in Japan that is secretly governed by the Gremories and the Sitris, the two of the 72 pillar families in Devil society. To simplify, it is a devil territory.

Within the city limits, there is a small residence that has a nameplate written with the name 'Hyoudou'. Within the residence, there is a teenage boy with white hair and icy cold blue eyes cooking a simple breakfast. He only wears a jogging pants and a naked top that shows scars came from slash marks and stab wound and a green gem embedded at the center of his chest.

"Master, stop lazing around and wake him up. I have to be kind and do all the cooking so the least that you can do is that."The teenage boy said in a calm tone.

"My oh my~ Karna. As cold as ever, is that how you treat a lady? And call me Onee-san or big sister when we are not in training." A seductive voice was heard through the living room.

On the couch, a woman was lying leisurely reading a magazine about fashion. The woman has dark purple hair with blood red eyes and a skin with a fair complexion; she has a body that all men and women would kill for, a voluptuous body with perfectly shaped curves and breast size that leans to the large side. The most noticeable about the woman is her clothing, aside from her black underwear; she is only wearing a white sweater.

"Hmph… More like I should call you mother instead, Master Scathach." Upon saying those words, a red streak of light filled with bloodlust passed by the side of his head hitting the wall. Karna looked at the object and sweat trickled on the side of his face but stayed composed. Embedded on the wall, is a long crimson spear that oozing with killing intent, the spear is his master's weapon of choice, GaeBolg.

"Oops! I think my hand slipped. Fufufufu~" The woman named Scathach said with a forced smile.

"*SIGH* If that's how you slipped your hand, then all the people in town will be dead in no time." Karna could only sigh at the antics of his mentor.

"Hmph! Fine! Fine! I'll go and wake him up okay." Scathach pouted and made her way upstairs to wake the other resident of the house.

When she reached her intended destination, she knocked on the door and call out to the occupant of the room.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

"Sieg! Wake up, today is the first day of school. You and Karna need to hurry up; I don't want to be late on my first day being a teacher." Scathach said to the occupant who was still sleeping.

Inside the room, a figure covered by a blanket was peacefully sleeping on his bed. When he heard a knock and someone calling him outside the room, he shifted and groans a little. When he settles down, eyes fluttered open showing his blue slitted eyes, he starts to stretch up a little bit and got up the bed to prepare for the day.

…

Hyoudou Residence, Dining room

Breakfast was now served, Karna who is now wearing a school uniform and Scathach now wearing corporate attire for women proceeded to eat their meals. While the two are eating, Sieg finally came down to join them. Sieg is a teenage boy about Karna's age, slightly spiked at the back brown hair with highlights of white hair at his right side and two short locks hanging on both shoulders; he is also wearing the same school uniform as Karna.

"Well, I'll be going ahead of you, just close up the house before you leave." Scathach said before she proceeds to open the entrance door.

"Leave it to us, Master." Karna said cooly.

"Take care, Nee-san." Sieg stoically said.

After that, Scathach had gone ahead while the two just continue to eat. After eating, they have locked the house and went on their way to their supposed school.

…

Kuoh Academy, Front Gate Entrance

Sieg and Karna have reached their destination; they are slightly impressed by the massive school which is designed in Victorian style architecture but suddenly they felt many energy signatures, dark signatures. They have concluded that there are devils in the school; two of them were high class. They look at each other and started to discuss their game plan.

"So here it goes, we are going to be second years here at this academy but we will not use our real names. Mine would be Ramesh Burman, and yours Sieg would be…" Karna started to brief Sieg of their plan but before he could finish.

"Issei Hyoudou" Sieg said laced with sadness in his tone.

Karna could only stare at him because the name that Sieg is using is a very sensitive subject. After a moment of silence, the two once again look at their school and walk inside the gates.

Upon entering the gates of Kuoh Academy, they plan to have a low profile and avoid the watchful eyes of the devils but that plan was thrown out of the window. Their appearances seems to be getting the attention of both boys and girls, they were receiving looks of admiration and lust from the girls while hostility can be felt from the boys.

"Hey look! Who are those two?"

"They're so hot and handsome."

"I hope they don't have a girlfriend." Some girls said.

"What are those two doing here?"

"Die! Pretty boys!"

"You're stealing all the girls from us!" The boys on the other hand said those words out of desperation.

"So much for a low profile, huh." Sieg said stoically to his friend.

"It doesn't matter anymore, they are already watching us." Karna replied calmly.

…

At one of the windows of the school, the so-called High class Devils and their peerages were watching the two. One of the two high class devils has a long crimson hair and blue green eyes; her name was Rias Gremory, the next heiress of the Gremory clan. And the other one has short bob cut hair with purple eyes and wearing a pair of glasses, her name was Sona Sitri, also known as Souna Shitori in school, the next heiress of the Sitri clan. They were watching the two transfer students because their instincts were telling them that those two were not ordinary human beings.

"So, those two are the transfer students. I can tell that those two have potentials." Rias said curiously, her hand holding her chin and seems she is thinking of something.

"That's right, but I suggest that we don't bother them. There is something dangerous to those two." Sona, the student council president, warned her friend.

"Oh Sona, you don't have to say those words if you want to add one of them in your peerage. If I ask them nicely, I'm sure they will join my peerage, I will offer them anything if that is what I have to do." Rias nonchalantly said and did not listen to her friend's warning.

"*SIGH* I see. So you are really desperate in getting out of your engagement, huh?" Sona sighed in resignation on her friend's stubbornness.

"I need a powerful piece, Sona. Strong enough to defeat that bastard Raiser, if they could grant me the freedom I want, I'll make sure they join my peerage." Rias answered with conviction.

"I hope that you know what you're doing, Rias. Be sure that you're plan won't bite you back, Good luck." Sona ended the conversation and leave the room followed by her peerage.

There was silence in the room, Rias proceeded looking outside from the window watching the two. While Rias was watching the two transfer students with greedy eyes, one of her peerage member step forward. The one who step forward was a woman with a buxom figure, has a long raven black hair tied in a long ponytail with an orange ribbon; she has purple eyes and wearing a Kuoh Academy school uniform for girls.

"Are you sure about this, Rias?" The girl with raven hair spoke to her master, worry evident in her tone.

"Yes, I'm sure about this, Akeno. I need a strong peerage as soon as possible." Rias replied to the person named Akeno.

"I see. Rias, you should know that we're always here by your side to support you no matter what happens." Akeno said to Rias sincerely.

"I know, and I'm thankful for it, Akeno. You're truly my bestfriend." Rias replied showing a smile to her friend.

And so, everything was silent once more as the day continues.

…...

After getting their class schedule from the principal's office, Sieg and Karna have finally arrived to their classroom, waiting for the teacher to instruct them for the time they introduce themselves. While they are waiting outside of the classroom, they saw a familiar woman wearing corporate attire walking on their direction. They are slightly surprise when they saw who it was.

"Oh~ you two are finally here. So what do you think?" Scathach asked her two beloved students of their opinion.

"So you are going to be are class adviser, huh. What subject are you teaching, Nee-san?" Sieg was first to talk, already figured out their current setup.

"Well to answer your question, my beloved student, I'm teaching History lessons. And also, when we're at school, call me sensei, okay?" Scathach winked at the two and walks pass them to enter the room. They took notice about the way she walks; her hips were swaying seductively making all the males hypnotically stare at her. Upon seeing this, the two could only sigh at this because they know uproar will certainly happen in the classroom.

"Whoa!"

"She's hot!"

"Damn! What a sexy body! No supermodel could have a body like that!" Some other boys said, being healthy teenage boys filled with libido, it is a natural reaction.

"Damn, perverts."

"She's so sexy! I'm so envious."

"Sensei! What is your secret in achieving a body like that?" Were some of the girls said, admiration can be seen through their eyes.

"Okay, that's enough. Class is starting." Scathach said garnering the attention of the whole class.

"Now, let me start with an introduction, my name is Scarlet Darcy, I'm your new homeroom teacher and I hope to get along with you. So please take care of me for the whole year." Scathach introduced herself.

"Hai!Hai! Sensei, let's get along… in more ways than one. Huehehehehe…"

"Yes, indeed Sensei!" Said by the two boys who were having a lecherous grin on their faces; one is a bald student and the other one is the boy with short black hair with a pair of glasses.

"And as my students, there is only one rule in my class. I don't want any misconduct here, as in anything including perverted things, if you do; look forward on your punishment." Scathach suddenly said, but the latter part has a cold tone into it.

The students shuddered at the statement especially the two perverted boys. They thought they saw their teacher's eyes glimmer for a second. Meanwhile Sieg and Karna were listening on to the commotion in the classroom. The two can only sigh and pity the two perverted boys; the two have known that Scathach was a very strict teacher.

"Moving on, I would like to announce to you that we have two transfer students. You may enter now you two." Scathach said and then instructed the two to enter the classroom.

The door slides open and the two transfer students entered, upon seeing them the class whispers to each other since the others have seen them entering the campus grounds. Beside Scathach, Sieg and Karna stand in front of the class and it resulted to another commotion similar to the earlier event.

"Oh those two, I've seen them earlier, to think that they will be studying in this classroom; were so lucky!"

"Kyaah! They are so handsome!"

"Ah! Please marry me! No! Ravage me instead, I don't mind!" The girls said while the last one made Sieg and Karna raised their eyebrow.

"Tch! Bastards stealing the attention of the girls from us."

"Why did they chose to study here!?"

"Life is really unfair!"were the boys' response.

"Alright that's enough. If you would be dear, introduce yourselves." Scathach cut in and instructed the two.

"My name is Ramesh Burman, I came from India. That's all." Karna spoke first and introduces himself but the tone in his voice was quite cold and calculating.

"And my name is Hyoudou Issei, nice to meet you. Let's get along for the whole year." Sieg was the next to speak but his stoic expression made others unconvinced in his introduction.

"So, is there any of you who have questions for them?" Scathach asked the students, so they have to get to know the two.

A girl who has a short pink hair raised her hand; she introduced herself as Katase, a second year and captain of the kendo club. She looked both at Sieg and Karna and asked them a question.

"My name is Katase, I will have to ask if the coloration of your hair were natural or did you just dyed your hair?" She asked both the two boys since she noticed their unusual hair color.

"Mine used to be purely brown but as I grew up, some strands of my hair are turning white." Sieg answered in a stoic manner.

"As for me, I was born with this hair color but I do not mind if it is unusual to others or not." Karna said cooly.

Another girl raised her hand; she has long brown hair tied with red ribbons and a gifted bust, she is Murayama, Katase's bestfriend and vice captain of the kendo club. She only looked at Sieg and asked him a question.

"My name is Murayama, and I have a question to you Hyoudou-kun. Your name is Japanese but base on your hair and blue eyes, are you half-Japanese?" Murayama said which made Sieg thought that she has a point; his appearance does not strike to anyone as Japanese.

"Yes, I'm half-Japanese, specifically a German-Japanese. My mother is German." Sieg replied to Murayama's question. Murayama nodded and took a seat.

"I have a question too." Another girl cut in and raised her hand, this time the girl has brown hair tied in braids hanging on both shoulders and wears a pair of glasses.

"My name is Aika Kiryuu, and my question is, do both of you have girlfriends?"Aika asked mischievously to the two which garner the attention of the whole class.

"To answer your question, No I do not have a lover and I'm not searching for one." Karna replied in a cold or harsh tone, he somewhat predicted that the girls will ask him out so he said those words in advance to turn them down.

Surprisingly, instead of being discouraged, the girls found his coldness charming and sexy which Karna find it disturbing base on their expressions. To the minds of the girls, they will call Karna the 'the cold prince of Kuoh'.

"As for me, no I don't have a girlfriend." was Sieg's plain reply. The girls found hope that they could have a chance to be Sieg's or rather Issei's girlfriend.

"But there is this one person that I'm searching and I always wanted to meet her." Sieg followed up his statement as the image of a girl with blonde hair soft as springtime sunlight, flashed in his memory. He cannot make up the face of the girl because her bangs were overshadowing her eyes, but he knows that the girl is glancing at him as she smiled lovingly.

The girls however were rather surprised even Karna and Scathach, though internally, on what they are seeing. Sieg's stoic expression broke and has a small smile in his face. Some girls were really jealous to the girl that their 'stoic prince' was searching for, after all the charming smile and love that he has were for someone else already.

After the girls' question, a boy raised his hand; it was the bald student that was ogling Scathach. He introduced himself as Matsuda, a former jock and school sports star that is currently a member of photography club.

"My name is Matsuda, and my question to the both of you is…. WHY ARE YOU TWO PRETTY BOYS HERE IN THIS SCHOOL!?" The boy named Matsuda said loudly.

"YES, INDEED! ONE IS ENOUGH!" The boy with glasses that will later be known as Motohama, also said following his friend's question.

This action took the ire of the girls in the class and the duo were got beaten up specifically by the ones with the bamboo sword.

"…" Sieg could only blink at the situation and said nothing.

"Unlike most of you boys here, we're just here to study and learn. We're not here to shamelessly perv on the girls and flaunt some raging hormones that you guys do all the time. You should be ashamed of yourselves, even if you try to cover it; I already noticed that all of you were glancing at sensei's body." Karna harshly said which made the boys' widen their eyes in shock and became ashamed of themselves. While the girls find it cool and call him their hero.

"Alright, that's enough question. Hyoudou-san, Burman-san, take the empty seats beside the window." Scathach cut in to the conversation to avoid the tension and instructed the two to take a seat.

After taking a seat, the two just listen to the teacher's lessons and the whole school hour has become uneventful until the class ended.

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Kuoh Academy Grounds

Classes has finally ended, all the students were now packing up their things preparing to leave the school or go to their respective club to do extracurricular activities. Sieg and Karna were the last ones in the room and were about to leave the school, before they get out of the gates, Scathach approached them and said that they will discuss something important at dinner time; the two just nodded at this and left the school.

The two boys were now currently walking the streets silently, when suddenly they sense the presence of two supernatural beings following them. They just look at each other and continue to walk on their way home, when they arrived at the bridge, they felt one of the two presences coming near them.

"I know that we're being followed, but one of them seems to be going to make contact with us. And base on its energy signature, it's a Fallen Angel." Karna said alerting Sieg.

"So it seems, but let's just sees what they want." Sieg replied calmly, getting ready to make contact with the being.

"U-Umm…" A female voice interrupted their conversation, the two turned to the owner of the voice and they saw a girl about their age with long raven black and purple eyes, wearing a red school uniform and a letter 'P' embroidered on the right side of the uniform.

"Are you Hyoudou Issei?" Asked the girl, to Sieg in particular.

"Yes, what can I do for you?" Sieg said politely.

The girl blushed but Sieg and Karna noticed that it was forced, and the girl answered his question.

"I have been seeing you here in town in the past few days and I have fallen for you at first sight, so Hyoudou-kun! Please go out with me!" The girl said with a blush on her face.

Sieg just stared at her stoically making her feel that he is boring a hole through her, studying her in a very calculative glance finding the answer out of her, this feeling made her sweat slightly. After a minute of staring, Sieg just closed his eyes and when he opened them, there is a slight intensity on it making his slitted eyes visible to others which made the girl back away slightly.

"I'm sorry but I have to refuse; first, who would confess to a person that you just meet the first time, second, I recently came back to Kuoh yesterday so it is impossible to see me anywhere in town and third, you're lying from the very beginning even your blush is forced, so just find another person who is desperate enough to get laid." Sieg said in a serious tone, but still have a stoic expression in his face. This statement made the girl's eyes widen in shock and became daze and unresponsive for a while, not noticing that the two boys already left.

On the other hand, the other presence just watches idly on the conversation. After the Fallen Angel got rejected, the presence left to report to his master on this event.

…

Kuoh Academy Old School Building, Occult Research Club room

School has ended and night has finally come, a time when people relax and rest from a whole day's work, but not to the supernatural beings. Night is the time where the supernatural can roam freely without the prying eyes of humans. In an old building in the academy grounds, Rias Gremory, heiress of the Gremory clan, and the so-called president of the Occult Research Club is sitting comfortably in her office drinking her tea. While she was relaxing, the door opened and Akeno entered the room.

"Rias, Koneko's back from her reconnaissance work and now going to report to you." Akeno politely said to her master.

"Okay, thank you Akeno. You may enter now, Koneko." Rias acknowledged and instructed the person named Koneko.

Said person was a short petite girl with short white hair with a black cat hairpin on the right side of her head and she has golden eyes that resemble a cat. She entered the room and started reporting the event that she had seen when she was watching the two transfer students.

"Buchou, a Fallen Angel has made contact to them. She asked Hyoudou-sempai on a date but he refused, and then they left the dazed Fallen Angel alone after that." Koneko said and kept quiet waiting for her master's response.

"I see. So he was able to see through the lie of the Fallen Angel, huh." Rias contemplated on the information that she received.

"Buchou, I also sensed something on the two transfer students. Both of them have a scent and aura of a dragon but Hyoudou-senpai's much stronger. Burman-senpai on the other hand, exudes an aura akin to divinity." Koneko summarized her evaluation of the two which made Akeno worried about her master.

"Rias, I don't think it is a good idea to recruit them, base on Koneko's description of them they are strong; stronger than us. We have to report this." Akeno said in a worried tone due to a possible threat in their territory.

"There is no need for that, Akeno. I'm confident that they will join my peerage especially on what I will offer to them." Rias replied confidently.

Akeno could only see confidence in Rias' face, she realized that there is no use in convincing her master when she decided on something; the only thing that she can do is sigh and pray to the Maou that there would be no accidents happen after this.

…

Abandoned Church, Kuoh Town

On the same night, at the outskirts of Kuoh town, there is an abandoned church within the forest. The location was a very quiet place, a very perfect place to those who intrude on other's territory. In the church, there four Fallen Angels having a meeting but one of them is very angry.

"RRRAAAARRGH!" A shrill voice which resembles a shrieking banshee was heard in the abandoned church.

"That lowly human dared to refuse me! I'm a Fallen Angel! I'm more superior to him!" said by a very angry feminine voice.

"What's up with Raynare?" The male Fallen Angel asked his fellow comrades.

"Well~ Donaseek, the thing is Raynare didn't manage to hook her target because her target saw through her lie. Really, saying to him that you are seeing him in town in the past when the very fact is he just recently arrived yesterday, was a very obvious flaw in your plan." Another female Fallen Angel stated.

"Tch! The moment I see him again, I'll plunge my spear into his gut and leave him to bleed out." Raynare clicked her tongue and swore to kill her target painfully. After that, Raynare just left the meeting.

"She really hated humans, isn't she, Kalawarner?" The youngest female Fallen Angel in group asked the elder female Fallen Angel.

"More than you would ever know, Mittelt. She was a guardian angel in heaven and she was tasked to look after a sickly girl. After witnessing the atrocities done to her charge in the hands of other humans, Raynare killed them all, and that's how she fell from grace." Kalawarner told her comrade with hint of sadness in it.

"Well, let's leave this to Raynare and proceed with the plan while we wait for our other target." Donaseek said and dismissed the meeting for tonight.

…

Hyoudou Residence, Dining Room

Meanwhile in the dining room in the Hyoudou Residence, Sieg, Karna and Scathach were peacefully having dinner. While eating, they started a debriefing about the today's event.

"Well, so far so good. We blended well in this town, hopefully the devils won't notice. And by the way Sieg, what was that? It's been ten years since you live with us, and you never smile like that before so, what's the reason?" Scathach evaluated their status on living in the town but changed the subject towards Sieg.

"Well that's… recently I've been dreaming about this girl, it's very vivid for a dream. The place in my dream is very familiar too; it felt that I've been there before." Sieg replied to his mentor's question.

"From what you say, it seems it is a fragment of your past life's memories." Was the answer Scathach managed to come up.

"Was it from Siegfried?" Sieg asked his mentor hoping that she would provide the answer for him.

"I don't know, sorry Sieg. But only you would be able to tell since you are the reincarnation." Scathach said sadly, a little disappointed at herself for being unreliable guardian to him.

"I see." was all Sieg could say at the moment.

"On to the other subject, it seems that not just the devils were watching us, even the Fallen Angels, one of them made contact to us attempting lure Sieg to them. My best guess is that they wanted to kill Sieg because of his sacred gear." Karna suddenly changed the topic and explain his concern over the Fallen Angels.

"Oh. So this is the rumored disappearance of sacred gear wielders, huh. How foolish, they claim that they are superior to us humans while in truth they resort to dirty methods to take sacred gear wielders down. Well, it doesn't matter they will fail, I'm sure of it." Scathach said sarcastically.

"So Sieg, is it really alright to go there alone this Sunday? You know they might be lurking around finding a chance to attack you." Scathach asked Sieg, worrying that something may happen.

"I'll be alright Nee-san. I will not let my guard down." Sieg reassured Scathach to not make her worry.

"Master, you do not have to worry too much on Sieg. Among the three of us, he has the toughest defense plus his swordsmanship has been honed to inhuman levels and most of all, we have encountered much tougher opponents than those Fallen Angels." Karna said sternly.

"Eeee… But as your beloved Nee-san, it is also my job to worry on the two of you. Isn't that right, Sieg-kun~" Scathach playfully said while embracing Sieg's left arm and pressing the youth's arm in between her ample mounds. This action made Sieg blushed.

"Uuuhh… Nee-san, their touching." Sieg blurted out while being embarrassed by Scathach, unfortunately, she only tilts her head and feign innocent.

"*SIGH* Thanks for the meal. Wash up the dishes if you're done, or just leave it there at the sink and I'll wash it tomorrow then see you tomorrow, I'm turning in for tonight." Karna gave grace to the finished meal then leave the dining area towards his room.

"Geez, that Karna, he's not cute at all. But seriously Sieg, even though you have an impenetrable armor; you should still be very careful. Don't always rely on your armor, think of yourself as vulnerable so that your senses and instinct would never dull." Scathach said seriously this time; she is lecturing him like a proper teacher.

"I will… Master." Sieg replied in serious expression, determination reflected on his eyes. Upon seeing this, Scathach smiled softly.

"Okay. That's all for today, you should rest now. Leave these dishes to me." Scathach dismissed their meeting for tonight.

"Alright, goodnight, Nee-san." Was Sieg's response and with that he left the dining area and went to his room leaving Scathach alone.

…

Hyoudou Residence, Sieg's room

After the talk with Scathach, Sieg removed his top clothing and just lay on his bed hoping that sleep would immediately claim him, but he was unable to sleep and kept thinking about the important matter that he will be attending at Sunday. He doesn't care if the devils or Fallen Angels tail him everywhere but he will not tolerate any interference from them.

(Can't sleep, Partner?) A very deep voice was heard on his mind. A voice that sounds very ancient and filled with wisdom.

"Oh, Albion you're awake. Well I'm thinking some stuff right now." Sieg replied to the voice known as Albion.

(About your business on Sunday, perhaps?) Albion inquired.

"Yes" Sieg said softly.

(Don't worry Partner, as you are now, we can probably find the answers behind ten years ago.) Albion said to his host and reassured him that they are ready to take on everything.

"Thanks Partner, I think I needed that." With that said, the mental link was cut off and Sieg was left thinking on his own again. After some time, he is slowly drifting to unconsciousness and finally sleep has claimed him.

…

6 Days later, Sunday- Hyoudou Residence, Kuoh town

At the foyer of the Hyoudou residence, Sieg is now preparing himself to explore the town and get familiarized with the locations and landmarks before he goes to the main reason of his trip. Karna and Scathach were also at the foyer to see him off.

"Well, be careful out there Sieg. I and Karna will also be out late at night, I'm going back to the land of shadows while Karna will patrol the town. Just eat dinner outside, okay?" Scathach said giving him a notification on what are they going to do for the day.

"Mmn…" Sieg nodded to his mentor as he turned to leave the house.

Scathach just waved her hand as she see him off, Karna meanwhile, after seeing Sieg off he just stared at his mentor or rather her suggestive clothing which made him disturbed.

"*SIGH* Master Scathach, put on a more decent clothes. Wearing only a sweater and showing off your bare thighs and legs is just asking for you to get assaulted." Karna sternly said to his mentor, lecturing her on how she should practice some modesty.

"Oh my~ I'm most comfortable in this clothing while at home you know. If someone would dare to assault me, they should be prepared to die for them to touch my body. However, if it's the two of you, I would welcome any advances and have some skin ship while we're at it." Scathach replied seductively.

"No, I'm just worried about you as your pupil and nothing else." Karna flatly said wearing a stoic expression on his face, and then he turned and leaves the foyer.

"My goodness, even though you have been with me much longer you still treat me like your mentor only. You're not cute at all, right now; Sieg is much more adorable between the two of you." Scathach said in resignation and smiled softly while watching the retreating figure of Karna.

…

Kuoh Town Proper

Sieg is currently walking through the town exploring the places starting with the spots that he remembered from his childhood. As he observes the surroundings, he noticed that there are many changes in the town. The town's current condition is that it's more modernized than the Kuoh town that he used to remember.

"So much have changed in this town just within ten years." Sieg muttered softly as he stopped by the front of a building.

"This place used to be a movie theater but now it became an arcade shop huh." After that, he went to another location and arrived to the open park.

"This park too, it's much greener and there is a fountain too. Back then, this park was full of sand and dirt and we used to play here with my childhood friend. I wonder how Irina is right now. How sad is she when I suddenly disappeared like that." Sieg muttered to himself as he reminisce his childhood days.

Sieg was about to leave the park when suddenly he felt multiple presences following him through his walk, it was the presence of the same Fallen Angel that he talked with and the other two he assumed as the devils in his school.

(So, those devils and the fallen angel still hot on your trail huh.) Albion suddenly said to his host.

"We should let them for now; I think they cannot really attack me with so many witnesses here." Sieg replied to his partner while looking at his surroundings. After assessing his surroundings, he proceeded to leave the park and went on to his business.

…

In a cemetery in Kuoh Town

"I'm back, Tou-san, Kaa-san" Sieg has finally arrived on his desired location, he bought some flowers and incense with him in order to pay respect on his late parents. He looked at the names engraved on the tomb and saw three names on it, they are; Hyoudou Takeru, Hyoudou Sofia and last but not the least… Hyoudou Issei.

"Hyoudou Issei, huh… it's been ten years since I used that name." Sieg muttered softly.

It was very quiet in the cemetery which Sieg found it to be pleasant as he reminisce the good old days of his childhood, days that he will never forget and moments when he was with his understanding father and a loving mother but he also remembered the memories of their last moments.

…

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Flashback Ten years ago, Kuoh Town

On a peaceful night in the town of Kuoh, a festival was taking place. It was a traditional lively festival located near the shrine where different stalls can be seen, ranging from food to toys all items were provided and by the end of the festivities, there would be a fireworks display that every family or couples love to watch.

After watching the fireworks display, most of the people were leaving and about to go home. Among the people that are going home, a certain family is walking together with a smile on their faces enjoying the experience of the festival. It was a couple with their child who was still energetic after the festivities. The father's name is Hyoudou Takeru, a man on his thirties who has a short brown hair with a slight spike at the back and reddish brown eyes with a slightly tanned complexion; he has a fit body which is not too muscular and not too skinny wearing a white polo shirt, black pants and shoes. He has a young beautiful wife on her late twenties whose name is Hyoudou Sofia, she has a pale long blonde hair and blue eyes with fair complexion; possessing a voluptuous body despite of having a child, she is currently wearing a white dress which is up to above her knees and a yellow cardigan over it with sandals as footwear. And finally, the child of the couple, the 8 year old boy; Hyoudou Issei, a boy with a slightly spiked at the back brown hair which he got from his father and blue eyes that he got from his mother with a complexion between tan and fair; the child wears white T-shirt and blue jacket over and black shorts and white rubber shoes.

"Did you enjoy yourself, Issei?" The young Issei heard her mother's soft voice which asking him if he enjoyed the festival.

"Mmm… I really enjoyed it! I had lots of fun, let's come back here again, Kaa-san!" young Issei nodded and said happily as his mother smiled seeing his adorable son happy and smiling brightly.

"Yes my dear Issei, we'll come back again next year and to the next and so on; as long as you're happy." Sofia replied to his son.

"Yay!" the young Issei cheered.

"Oi oi… Sofia-chan, you'll spoil him rotten you know." Takeru said to his wife.

"Who cares, Issei-chan will always be my baby." Sofia replied to her husband, and once again dotes on her son.

"Should I be feeling threatened that you'll be stolen away by my son here?" Takeru asked in a mischievous tone.

"Oh I assure you Mr. Hyoudou, I only belong to my loving husband which is the handsome man in front of me." Sofia replied in the same mischievous tone while caressing her husband's cheek. The couple was so sweet to the point that they are on their own world, while their child Issei tilts his head having no clue on what his parents were doing.

As the three walk their way to their home, the couple noticed the lack of people in their surroundings. Having a bad feeling in the place, they walked faster so that they could settle in their home early.

"Honey, I have a bad feeling in this place. It feels like something supernatural is occurring here." Sofia said worriedly to her husband.

"I know, that's why we should move quickly." Was her husband's reply as they urge young Issei to move faster.

"Tou-san, Kaa-san, what's wrong?" young Issei asked in curiosity.

"It's nothing dear, just walk faster, okay?" his mother gently said as young Issei just nodded on his mother's words.

As the family of three reached the intersection of the streets, they accidentally stumbled on suspicious people surrounding a woman, when the couple looked at what they are doing their eyes widen in shock as they saw that they killed the woman using magic.

"What in the-" before the Hyoudou patriarch could finish what he was about to say.

*CHOOM* *SPLURCH*

It was so fast that when he registered what happened, Takeru felt pain at his stomach and when he looked at it there is a large hole in his stomach. Blood started to seep out on his mouth and from his stomach, at that moment Takeru knew that he's going to die; so as he muster the last of his strength, he looked to his wife who is currently wearing a shocked expression hands covering her mouth, then he looked to his son who is currently shocked as well but looked unresponsive. In his last moment, he gave the mother and son duo his last gentle smile and said.

"R-run…" the Hyoudou patriarch said weakly as his body fall to the ground and the life in his eyes disappeared.

"N-Noooooo!" Sofia screamed and attempted to run towards her husband but someone restrained her, when she looked at her assailant, it was one of the suspicious people.

"Excuse me Madam but how did you 'Humans' got in here? There is barrier currently erected here to repel humans so answer me, are you aware or even affiliated to the supernatural?" one of the suspicious people asked her.

"Who or what in the world are you?" Sofia shot back with a defiant glare which made her interrogator wear a sinister grin.

"Hah! Brave I see, to answer your question we are 'Devils' my dear." The interrogator said as he unfurls his black leathery bat-like wings, the two other devils followed suit.

Sofia's eyes widen in shock that they had accidentally made contact with supernatural beings and 'Devils' of all beings which is one of the worst of them all. One of the devils that are holding her suddenly gropes her breast which broke her stupor.

"You've got nice tits, Madam. Despite having a child, you still have maintained that luscious body of yours. Hehehe… Lucky!" one of her assailant said in a lustful tone and licked his lips while playing with her left breast.

"Hey, we should enjoy this hot momma here before we kill her along with the kid." Suggested the other devil.

" Sorry Madam, it's been decided that you'll become our pleasure toy for tonight." The interrogator of the group said which made Sofia's expression turned that of horror and fear. She tried to force her way out of their clutches but their hold into her were so strong and their touching her on sensitive places.

"Nooooo…. Please anything but that.. Ah!" Sofia pleaded but it was all on vain as they kept assaulting her and ripping her clothes apart.

In young Issei's situation, the boy was still in daze processing what just happened, earlier they were walking with smiles on their faces then after that this happens. In normal situation, this is the scene that is absolutely not for children to see, but Issei just witness the death of his father so it's natural that the boy got frozen stiff in the situation. The boy's daze was broken when he heard his mother's pleading voice; he turned to his mother seeing that three men are assaulting his mother.

"Hey! Bastard, let go of my mother!" young Issei said as he dashed towards his mother and tried to defend her by punching one of the assaulter, unfortunately, one of the devils just hold young Issei's head and kept him at arm's length while the boy is struggling on punching the devil.

"Whoa! Someone wants to be a hero! Sorry kid but this is reality, the strong will always devour the weak and you humans are on the weak side so you're all meant to be devoured by us the strong!" the arrogant devil said to the kid and then kicked him at the face, which made the poor boy sent flying until he bounce to the ground like a thrown stone to a stream.

The kick to the face made the boy disoriented and his consciousness is slowly fading, the poor boy struggled to get up but it was futile, he felt weak, helpless and most of all powerless. Then the boy looked to the direction where his mother is and then reach out his hand until he blacked out, the last thing he saw is that the three devils are tearing his mother's clothes away.

…

Several minutes later

Several minutes have past and the boy's eyes fluttered open, he had hoped that the recent events that he witnessed were just a bad dream but reality was so cruel to the boy. After waking up, the boy felt pain all over his body and struggled to get up but suddenly he felt that he can't use both of his arms, when he looked at it, he realized that both of his arms were tied together by a strange circle with symbols on it.

"So you're finally awake. I thought that you would never do." a voice filled with amusement was heard beside him, and when he turn to the owner of the voice, it was one of the devils.

"Yo kid! It seems that you had a nice nap. If you're curious where your mother is, just look over there." The devil said while smirking as he is pointing somewhere.

Young Issei followed the direction that the devil is pointing and he was shocked at what he is seeing. The scene made the boy froze as he saw his mother and the other two devils doing something that will scar him for life. He is now seeing his mother's naked form, sucking the manhood of one of the devils while the other is fucking her from behind and the worst of all is his mother's expression, her eyes were glazed and half lidded and the way she sucked the devil's manhood, as if she liked the taste of penis and was very eager to do the deed. That scene will forever be remembered by Issei for the rest of his life.

"You have a fine mother kid; all of her body is high quality goods. At first, she is really defying us and keeps calling 'Takeru' but when we used our magic to turn her body into erogenous zone, her iron will started to crumble to her body's sensitivity, in the end, she was beaten by our cocks. That shows that all women including your mother were sluts. Take a good look, she became our bitch after minutes of ravaging that delicious pussy of hers." The devil beside him said but Issei just ignored his ramblings, as he watched them ravage his mother; he is wallowing up to his despair and self-depreciation.

"Uoohhh! You're mouth feels good! I'm cumming! You better drink it all, bitch!"The other devil shouted as he release his load inside her mouth. Sofia responded by gulping down the fluids that the devil releases while expressing the face of the one in ecstasy.

*GULP* *GULP* *GULP*

"Hah! As I thought, she was born to pleasure us men with a body like that." Said the other devil who's ravaging her from behind.

"Fuuaahh! Ah! Ahn!" Sofia releases the penis in her mouth and started moaning and panting due to the pleasure.

"Now then, come over here and let your son watch the place where we are connected!" the devil said as he grab the back of both her thighs and lifted her up which made her legs spread wide open for the world to see.

"Nooo! Please don't! My son, Issei's watching!" Sofia due to embarrassment has to cover her face with both hands but her expression betrayed her words.

"Whoa! You're pussy just got tighter! Are you really that turned on from being watch!? What a bitch!"The devil said with glee as he continuously ravaged her woman part much faster which made her moaned in pleasure.

"Now kid! Watch me and your mother fucking. Feeling good with each other!" The devil said to the dazed Issei showing him the parts they are connected but Issei seem unresponsive.

The devil kept thrusting his hips ravaging Sofia's womanhood, with every thrust some fluids seems to gush out from it. Minutes later, the devil feels that he was about to release his load so he thrust his hips faster gaining some momentum.

"Here it comes, Madam! Take this!" the devil said doing one last hard thrust and releases his load inside Sofia's womb.

*SPLURT* *SPLURT* *SPLURT*

While the devil kept releasing his seed continuously inside her womb, Sofia's eyes were rolled back and her tongue was hanged out of her mouth while drooling; an expression that others could say lewd, an expression reflected when experiencing intense pleasure. Semen can also be seen leaking at her womanhood while the devil was still releasing his seed overflowing her womb.

Young Issei can only watch all this as the devil bastards defiled his mother again and again. Inside he is feeling a mix of anger, despair and regret. He questioned himself as to why was he so weak or why did this happen to them, they were happy a while ago and now his father has just been killed and his mother was defiled by them, the 'damn devils'. He aspires to become a hero together with Irina but right now he was just so weak that he can't save just one person. At that day, at an early age, Issei Hyoudou had witnessed the cruelty of reality and he realizes himself that he is nothing special.

"Damn! So good! I'm totally dry. What a delicious pussy!" the devil said as he pulled out his manhood out of Sofia's womanhood and drop her to the ground. Sofia was still weak on the legs and panting to catch her breath while semen is leaking out of her pussy.

The devil grabs Sofia by the hair and lifted her up and now she is kneeling in front of her son. Issei can still see his mother's expression on how broken she is now and surrendered herself to those devils' whims. He wanted to go beside his mother and hug her but he could not move an inch and his body is not listening to what his rain commands.

"Now, as for your reward on having a great job pleasuring our dick, your reward is this!" the devil said while he forming a dark energy in his right hand and forming it to the shape of the sword. The next thing the devil did is that he stabs Sofia from back which had gone through her heart then through her chest.

*SHIINK* *SPLURGCH*

Sofia's eyes widen when she felt something plunge through her body, she choked and blood poured out of her mouth. Issei witnessed as the devil plunge a makeshift sword through her mother, when he saw it; he became wide-eyed and dazed once more; first his father and now his mother. With a sinister grin in his face, the devil pulled out his makeshift sword on Sofia, and when he did, blood gushes out like a geyser and Sofia's body fell to the ground as blood pooled out of her body.

(B.G.M. Start: GARO Honoo no Kokuin O.S.T.- Leon)

Issei looked at his mother's felled form, he slowly got up and walk limply towards his mother. He knelt beside his mother and started shaking her like waking a sleeping person. Even though Issei was smiling while waking his mother, his eyes were the opposite, it was teary and tears threaten to drip down his face; even if he wanted to not cry in this situation.

"N-No! Kaa-san! Wake up!... Please wake up, don't leave me alone! Kaa-san!" Young Issei pleaded to his mother as he shook her awake hoping that his mother will wake up.

"…" Sofia's eyes fluttered open when she heard her son's pleading voice, she looked to her side and saw his son crying urging her to wake up.

"Ah! Issei, my dear boy… thank goodness you're alright." Sofia happily said to her son, relief can be seen on her face and the tone of her voice. Despite her condition, Issei's wellbeing is still her priority, this reason is what made Issei cry more.

"Kaa-san… *SNIFF* I'm sorry! I failed to protect you… I'm just too weak to become a hero. *SNIFF*… I'm not special at all! I'm just a failure!" Issei said in between sobs telling his mother on his powerlessness.

"No Issei… Don't say that, every person… is special… even you, you're special in your own way… and don't belittle yourself… have confidence, you're still young… there is more to you than what you are now… live free Issei, be strong… be a man that me and your father would be proud of… find a reason, for you to aspire for your dream… to become a hero, once again… find something, or someone to protect… and never, let it go… *COUGH* COUGH*" Sofia said to his son while caressing his son's cheek, so that he would never hurt himself again which made Issei put his mother's words to heart but suddenly she coughed out more blood, a sign that her condition is worsening.

"Kaa-san, please don't talk anymore… *SNIFF* I,m going to carry you to the hospital so please hold on!" her son pleaded once again, refusing to give up his loving mother to her cruel fate.

"It's alright, Issei… it's already, too late… always remember that, Me and your father… loves you very much…you are, the best treasure in the world for us… we'll always be watching you, My son… and we'll always be in your heart… and also… I'm sorry because, we'll never see you grow into a fine man… Issei, find someone to love, and have a happy family… Ah, it's dark… I can't see anything." Sofia imparted the words of wishes of a parent for their child while tears are falling on her cheeks. Sofia's feature was now pale due to so much blood loss and the light in her eyes are slowly fading. Issei noticed these signs and it made him cry even more.

Before dying, Sofia's life flashes through her; memories of her parents and her little brother in a certain village, memories when she left her home village to experience life on the outside world, memories when she met her husband for the first time, memories when Issei was born as she remembered how happy they are when Issei joined the family, and finally the memories of the times that she took care of Issei. After the memories, she finally sees her husband extending his right hand beckoning her to come; Sofia smiled and took her husband's hand.

"Ah, dear… I have imparted, the words that both of us wanted to say to our child… our little Issei would be fine from now on." Were Sofia's last words as her eyelids drooping and the light on her eyes lost its shine, her breathing stopped and the hand caressing the boy have gone limp.

Issei, for lack of better term, is crushed. A while ago, he was living on a life where he is surrounded by parents who love him very much. The death of his father made a crack on his world, and worst, by the death of his mother, the world he used to live has crumbled apart. The poor child has been unresponsive to his surroundings, only staring at her mother's lifeless body; he also looked at his mother's face, she has a relieve smile that says that she died content. He reminisce the times with his parents and the memories flashes through him; memories when his mother cook his favorite food, memories when his mother treated his wounds, memories when his mother was reading stories to him about heroes, another memories followed when his father taught him how to fish, when his father brought toys for him, when they are in the festivals and amusement parks with both his parents, and finally the memories of the warm smiles of his parents.

(B.G.M. end)

The boy concluded that he had a good life and he wanted living like that but now, it was destroyed by the 'devils', the accursed creatures that killed his parents and erased his peaceful life. When he thought of the devils, something dark have arisen from him, a very dark feeling aimed to the devils. Issei gritted his teeth, the sadness he felt earlier turned into hatred. The boy glared at the devils, eyes filled with hatred and desire to kill. The devils noticed the killing intent and unfortunately, they just laughed at him and mocked him.

"Oh look! Mama's boy is really pissed! I'm scared. Hahahaha…" mocked by one of the devils, this action made Issei even angrier.

"RRRRRAAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!" Issei roared as he dashed towards the devils ready to pounce on them.

*SHIINK* *SPLURGCH*

As he was about to reach them, he suddenly felt an intense pain through his chest; he looked down to see what is the cause and hid eyes widen, a tip of a sword made of dark energy was protruding from his chest. Issei looked behind him to find that one of the devils was the one that stab him with a sinister grin on his face.

"Sorry kid, but we have no time to entertain a lowly human like you." The devil who stabbed Issei said in a cold voice as he pulled out his energy sword.

Blood gushes out like a geyser as Issei fell lying on the ground bathing on his own blood. At that moment, Issei realizes that he is dying too; a part of him is happy since he thought that he will going to see his parents again but the other part of him is frustrated because he's going to die in a pathetic way without doing anything, without accomplishing anything. He wanted to avenge his parents against those arrogant devils and remove those shitty grins off their faces, but Issei felt that his strength is slowly fading and cannot move anymore; he mustered his remaining strength to move his head to look at his parents one last time and then everything went black.

…

Issei's subconscious

After losing his consciousness, Issei finds himself surrounded by darkness, it was deathly silent, no light, no everything. He can see nothing even if he tries to look at his hand, he felt that he was not himself anymore or even identify himself. Issei thought that this is the feeling when a person dies, you feel nothing.

"I guess I'm dead, huh." Issei said to no one.

"So this is how it feels to die, just nothing. I guess there is nothing after death, huh." Issei concluded to himself as he surrenders himself to eternal rest.

(So, you're just giving up like that?) A voice made itself known, from the tone of the voice it was an adult then he saw light shining through the darkness and the surroundings turned all white.

Issei inspects his surroundings and he could see nothing but white, he looked at himself and to his surprise he can see his body now. As he looked straight, his eyes widen at the sight he was seeing; in front of him was a large white western dragon with a beautiful white scails, it has two golden horns and one white horn on its snout extending backwards, two slitted eyes with blue sclera, and a pair of large feathery wings.

"… A-A dragon!?" Issei said in awe, it's the first time he personally see a dragon, he could only see these kinds of creatures in a t.v. shows so right now, he is looking into the dragon with both fear and admiration.

(Yes, I'm a dragon but don't worry, I won't hurt any of my host because I am connected to a part of your soul. My name is Albion, one of the 'two heavenly dragons', our breath can annihilate Gods and capable of destroying the world if we ever so wish.) The dragon that was named Albion introduced himself to his host which only made the boy frown and question the dragon.

"…T-Then what would an almighty dragon like you want with a miserable child like me?" Albion would have raised his eyebrow, if he ever have one, to his host's question.

(I'll get straight to the point, as of right now, you are dying…. And yes, you're still alive and not dead yet, just in a crossroad between life and death. On the entire host that I have been, you may be the first and last host that I would propose this offer. Do you want to live and give you the power to avenge your parents from those good-for-nothing devils?) Albion proposed to his host an offer, this was the first time the dragon would interfere on his host's life. In the past, Albion would never do anything if his host died whether in a fight or without awakening him at all, but when he saw Issei's life and aspirations, the dragon became interested since he knew that his new host is a reincarnation of a hero. But when he saw his host like this, let's just say he refused to be bored and somehow he pity the boy that he will die without leaving a mark to the world, that's why, he offered Issei a second life.

"….Really? You would do that for me?" Issei asked the dragon, he was slightly hesitant on taking the offer since he has no reason to go back to the land of the leaving.

(But there is a catch, kid. Upon agreeing, you would never be normal ever again. I will use your sacred gear and convert it into particles that will patch the hole in your heart and by extension turn it into a dragon's heart the excess particles would mix with your blood to turn it into a dragon's. You will become a part dragon as a result but you're still human in most part, you will only have the heart and blood of the dragon plus the increase in strength it entails. Now, would you agree in this condition?) Albion asked once again, explaining the consequences the transformation entails.

"Y-Yes! I accept, there's nothing for me to lose now. All I wanted is to prevent creatures like them do what they please like they did to us!" Issei declared to the dragon with a determined glare which the dragon glared back testing his host, seeking any hesitation in his eyes.

(Very well, Partner. Let's proceed to the transformation so that you could avenge your parent's death.") Albion replied as everything turned black.

…

In the real world

The three devils were all laughing as they put on their clothes. They were all talking about their activities they did with Issei's mother, one of them brag that he was the one who manage to broke the housewife into their obedient sex slave and bragging about who has the biggest manhood. All in all, they only throw insults on human race pointing on how weak they are.

"Whew… That hot mom's cunt felt great! I manage to cum five times." Said one of the devils, spouting vulgar words on the dead female.

"Too bad really… that bitch is a rare find you know, we cannot bring her back with us or else they would give us trouble on what they witnessed." The other devil said somewhat regretting on what they did to the woman.

"Heh! That's what the humans are good for… to breed whether they are with their fellow humans or non-humans, they slept with them. The hybrids are the proof, the Nephilims for example angels who slept with humans." The lead devil said his share of insults to the human race.

Unknown to the three devils, Issei is slowly recovering from his damage, light particles patching up the hole in his heart and other particles were mixing with his blood. The wounds that inflicted on him was already close while the spilled blood that bathe him was absorbed by his skin, and finally a glowing crest appeared on his chest which extends to his right cheek. After the transformation was completed, eyes fluttered open which shows his slitted icy blue eyes.

…

In Issei's subconscious

In the vast white void, Albion was standing staring at the non-existent sky; he has sent Issei's consciousness back to the living realm and once again observing at the sidelines watching over the second life of his host. Suddenly, he felt two presences behind him. Albion somewhat smirked recognizing the two behind him because they resemble his host's spiritual structure.

(So…. When will you two going to meet Issei?) The heavenly dragon asked the two entities.

"Not yet… it's not the time to do so." Said the one entity, base on his stern voice he is an adult in age. The entity made his presence known, it was a man with long silver hair and blue eyes, he wore a black open chest shirt and black pants, he also wear a silver armor at his shoulders, a silver gauntlet and silver greaves. His most noticeable feature is the glowing crest on his chest which extends to his right cheek.

(Are you sure?...Dragon slayer?) The white dragon emperor addressed the newcomer.

"Yes, I'm sure, White Dragon Emperor. I'll meet him when he's ready." The dragon slayer replied back to the dragon.

"It's enough for now, what's important is that he's alive and well." Another voice said which grab the two's attention. The second entity showed himself. He appears to be a teenager with short brown hair which is slightly spike at the back and crimson eyes, his skin has a fair complexion. The teen is wearing a white long sleeve with black vest on top of it and black pants and shoes.

"There is a time for him to know the truth, but for now he must live and become strong until then." Said the second entity.

Silence took over them as they stare once again to the non-existent sky.

…

In the real world

The devils could not believe what they are seeing, they made sure that the child was dead; one of them actually pierced the boy through the heart, but now they are witnessing that the boy's injuries are recovering and the blood on him disappeared like nothing happen. They noticed in a short time on what was different with the boy, they saw a glowing crest on the child's chest and his eyes were slitted like a reptilian animal which made them shiver because the glare radiated with killing intent. Their instincts were screaming at them to run and move as far away as possible.

"What's with this kid!?... I thought he's dead… and you killed him right?" one of the devils said in a panicking tone.

"Alright kid, I don't know how you did it but let's see if you're still alive after being disintegrated." The lead devil cackled with glee as he charges up a stronger attack which is enough to destroy a human without a trace.

*PSSHOOM* *PSSHOOM* *PSSHOOM*

*CHUGOOM* *CHUGOOM* *CHUGOOM*

The devil fired his attack to the boy without mercy intending to destroy everything. As he fires of his demonic power, clouds from explosion keeps on getting thicker until nothing can be seen in the area. Then the devil stops firing seeing it was enough, expecting that when the smoke dissipates he would expect scattered body parts and organs in place of the boy. When the smoke faded, the devils' eyes widen at the sight that they are seeing, the said boy was still standing eyes shadowed by his bangs and most importantly unscathed like nothing happen.

*SHINE*

The crest on the boy's chest shines brighter and the boy's body was surrounded by a bluish green aura. The aura suddenly cause an explosion of wind that almost blew the three devils away but while this phenomenon is currently occurring, a pillar of light appeared between the boy and the devils. When the light faded, a great sword was seen floating in the sky and slowly descending. It is a two-handed silver great sword which is shape like a cross, it has a golden cross design on its rain-guard and a blue jewel embedded in the hilt; the sword boasts a magnificence and enormity that makes it seem as if created by inhuman hands.

"W-Wait! T-That sword….. That's…" the devils looked at the sword in shock, as if they recognized the said sword.

Before they utter the name of the sword, the said sword suddenly turn its point to the direction of the boy and fly towards him. Issei stared at the speeding sword; his right hand twitched and prepared himself to the incoming sword. As the sword flew pass Issei, he suddenly grab the great sword's hilt; at first, due to the momentum of the sword, it seems that Issei would be dragged backwards but instead he managed to regain his footing and made a crouching position.

"RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!" with a roar, Issei dashed towards the three devils leaving a large crater behind, this action startled the devils as they prepare a magic circle on their hands and charge up an attack.

"D-D-Don't come any closer!" the devils shouted in panic while firing their attacks but it did not fazed the roaring boy as he made his way through the rain of magic blasts then swing his great sword towards the devils.

…

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Flashback end, Present day, Cemetery in Kuoh Town

After reminiscing the tragedy that befell him ten years ago, Sieg felt something wet on his cheek; he wiped it off and look at the liquid. Tears, the liquid on his cheek was tears; which means it came from his eyes and that only means one thing, he's crying.

"I see… I'm still capable of crying when I feel sad, huh." Sieg muttered softly as he examined the tears that he wiped by his hand.

"I really missed you so much, Kaa-san, Tou-san… I really missed those days, our happy family back then. But it's fine now, because I have met people that I considered family too." Sieg paused for a moment to think of a word to say next to his parents.

"They are strange people but despite that… Scathach nee-san was like an older sister that I never have while Karna, despite his cold exterior and comments that easily misunderstood; I felt like I kind of understand him because we were the same… They are good people and I enjoyed the times we trained and travel together." Sieg continued.

"Right now, I'm stronger than before. I undergone a harsh training under Scathach nee-san's guidance and now I could protect anyone that I cared about and this time I will not fail. I will also find the truth behind your deaths ten years ago, that's I've been training until now." Sieg said in a determined tone then he touched the tombstone.

After minutes of touching his parent's tombstone, he stood up and leave the cemetery with a harden resolve. After he left, the two devils that following him made themselves known; one is Koneko, Rias Gremory's rook and the other one is a male about Issei's age, he has a blond hair and gray eyes and has a mole under one eye, he is also wearing Kuoh academy uniforms for boys. The boy's name is Yuuto Kiba, so-called 'Prince of Kuoh' and Rias Gremory's knight.

"I see, so his parents were not here anymore, huh. He's an orphan." Kiba said in a solemn tone, feeling pity for Issei on his lost.

"Mmm… but still he is with the Indian transfer student and possibly related to the new teacher in Issei-senpai's class. We still have to follow him and investigate." Koneko replied as she looked towards the tombstone of Issei's parents. When she looked at the tombstone, her eyes widen in shock and her body stiffens, this action did not go unnoticed by Kiba.

"What's wrong Koneko-chan?" Kiba asked Koneko on what is bothering the white haired girl, said girl just raised her right arm and point her index finger towards the tomb of the Hyoudou couple. Kiba looked at the thing she is pointing and his eyes widen in shock as he look at the names on the tomb and what surprised him was the third name.

"T-That's, no way…" Kiba muttered in disbelief.

…

It's already evening and Sieg was now finished exploring the town and visit his parent's grave. He is now making his way to the exit of the cemetery in order for him to find a diner and eat dinner. But, before he could proceed on leaving, he stopped and felt the change in the air; the sky turned red while the clouds were black and there is one thing it can only mean.

"A barrier…" he thought to himself knowing that someone erect the barrier.

(It seems that the fallen one has made her move. I think you can handle this one, but don't get cocky, okay?) Albion said reminding his host on some rules in battle.

"…Roger that." Sieg replied in a monotone voice.

*SWOOOSH* *BOOOOOOMMMM*

After a short discussion, Sieg felt a spike of power coming from behind; he turn around and found himself face to face with a pink light spear then an explosion occurred. After the successful ambush, Raynare left her hiding place with a smug grin on her face mocking the human.

"Hah! That's what you get for refusing me, human trash! I thought that I would give you a good time before I kill you since you're cute, but you're outright refusal changed my mind, too bad. Hahahahahaha!" Raynare mocked the human before laughing evilly. Satisfied with her work, she turns around and about to fly until she heard a voice that made her shiver in fear.

"Sorry to ruin your fun but that attack was mediocre at best. Not threatening enough." A voice was heard by Raynare and suddenly frozen stiff as she felt a chilling aura coming from her back.

Raynare turns and looks at the smoke where the human stood before, when the smoke dissipate, her eyes widen in shock as she saw the human that was supposed to be dead is currently standing holding a silver great sword in front of him. But not just that, she also noticed the change on the human; he is now wearing a black sleeveless collared zipper shirt which is unzipped up to his stomach, black cargo pants with two reddish brown belts tied at his right thigh and a black waist cape, a pair of black combat shoes and he is also wearing a pair of silver gauntlets and leg armor. Other changes on his appearance were his glowing crest on his chest that extends to his right cheek and a black tattoo of a dragon on his left arm near the shoulder.

"…I-Impossible!... How did you survive my attack!? You're just a lowly human!" Raynare said in disbelief, and what surprised her more is the sword that the boy was holding.

"…Wait! That sword… the cursed holy sword, BALMUNG! According to the intel, Hyoudou Issei was only supposed to have a sacred gear… and Balmung can only be wielded by Siegfried and its current wielder… Who the hell are you, human!?" Raynare demanded wanted to be sure if the boy in front of her is who she thought he is.

"… It's true that Hyoudou Issei WAS my name, but I have another name and known to the supernatural as Sieg, the dragon-blooded knight." Sieg brought his sword down and replied to the fallen angel.

"N-No way… You are that Sieg!?... The rumored reincarnation of the hero Siegfried and sought by both the church and Siegfried's descendants." Fear gripped at Raynare's heart when she realized that the person in front of her was dangerous.

"So? Where do we go from here? O, so mighty, fallen one." Sieg taunted in a sarcastic tone as he raised Balmung and point it to the fallen.

"Bastard!" angered by his taunt, Raynare cursed as she charge up another spear of light which is more dense and concentrated and throws it towards Sieg.

*SWOOOOOSSSHHHH*

Sieg on the other hand, stared at the incoming attack with a calm expression and to Raynare's surprise he just smack the spear of light with the sword which the spear change its trajectory and fell to the forest then explodes.

*CLANG* *CHOOOM* *BOOOOOMMM*

"My turn…" Sieg muttered silently as he raised Balmung overhead and swing down the sword which create a force that cuts through the air, a slash of wind making its way towards Raynare.

*SLASH* *WWWOOOOOSSSHHH*

Raynare's eyes widen in shock as she saw a slash of wind and dodge the attack just barely; the attack managed to nick her left arm as blood leaked on 's face contorted in anger and looked at Sieg who wore a very calm expression in his face that made her blood boils in rage.

"Y-You!... You're gonna pay, Human!" Raynare conjured another spear and dived towards Sieg. She readied her spear to stab the human while Sieg assumed a kendo stance position and calmly wait the incoming attack of Raynare, when the fallen made contact on her target an explosion occur resulting in a cloud of smoke.

(B.G.M. Start: GARO Honoo no Kokuin O.S.T.- Battle 4)

Sieg immediately got out of the smoke followed by Raynare lunging at him with a light spear in hand and made a multiple thrust with the intention of boring holes to her enemy. Unfortunately, Sieg is only assessing the situation calmly while moving backwards and parrying the attacks. Raynare got impatient and changed tactics by making some swings and twirls to her spear in order to confuse and find an opening to her enemy, but Sieg kept on parrying with ease following the different angle of attacks; amidst the barrage, Sieg found an opening on her attacks and made a full swing of his great sword in sideway motion. The fallen tried to defend but the impact of the attack made her spear shatter and she ended up skidding backwards in a few meters.

Raynare gritted her teeth in anger as she conjured more spears of light floating by her side setting each spears as a projectile. She fired the spears all at once, raining them on Sieg but he calmly assumes a defensive stance then starts parrying the projectiles with a speed like a speeding bullet, in every swatting a projectile would be deflected to another direction exploding somewhere but he did not manage to deflect all the incoming attacks, he just only dodge the other projectiles that he cannot deflect by twisting his body or doing flips or any acrobatic moves like deflecting while in decided to break the situation by channeling some mana on to his sword and swing it down then the force creates a shockwave of mana towards Raynare deflecting all the projectiles. The fallen found the attack very dangerous so she flew up dodging the attack in process.

While the fallen angel is distracted by the attack, Sieg started running like a ninja;Raynare saw this and hovered to the ground following Sieg while she fires four spears of running, Sieg deflected three incoming spears but he dodge the fourth one by doing a side flip and make a dash towards Raynare. Raynare doubled her efforts and conjured eight spears of light and fired simultaneously, Sieg countered with his deflecting swings and then dashed forward in a burst of speed which left a crater and a gust of wind behind. Shocked by his actions, the fallen widen her eyes but she composed herself and readied her spear to defend on his attack, in a single swing of Sieg's attack her spear shatters again and sent her flying in a long distance; she kept bouncing to the ground until she managed to regain her footing.

"Tsk!... So much power… how a human can do this!?" Raynare thought as she glared at Sieg who is assuming a Kendo stance again and waiting for her next move, she also noticed that he was still calm and did not even sweat on their brief exchange which got her even madder.

"RAAAAAA!" Raynare roared and dashed towards Sieg spear at her side preparing to stab him; after making contact, the two clashed once more spear against sword. Both combatants were swinging their weapons intending to disarm each other; even though Raynare was skillfully swinging and twirling her spear like a skilled spearman, Sieg was just calm swatting every attack that the fallen throws.

They kept clashing until Raynare made a strong thrust of her spear towards Sieg's head but the teen swatted it sideways and then he countered with a diagonal slash which Raynare managed to dodge but the second swing in sideway motion manage hit her spear that sent her flying once more with her spear crumbling after the impact.

(B.G.M. end)

"What happened?... Did his attack got stronger than earlier?" The fallen thought as felt her fear welling up in her, she felt that she is facing an apex predator and she was his prey; but Raynare shook off her fear and glared at Sieg with anger evident in her eyes.

"Why?..." Sieg finally spoke after a moment of silence.

"Huh?" was Raynare's dumb reply.

"You seem to hate us humans; I can see it from your eyes… So why?" Sieg asked in a monotone voice.

"WHY!?... You ask me why?... You humans are selfish creatures, worse than animals! You commit atrocities which even a devil will be disgusted from it… All you lot, are willing to put down your fellow for your own benefits… making fun of the weak and defenseless even though they are weak themselves… just like what they did to my charge in the past while I was a guardian angel of heaven!" Raynare shouted out all her anger and frustrations subconsciously, even she doesn't know why she was blurting it out to him but for some reason she thought that the human in front of her will listen.

"Dammit! Why am I blurting this out on him!?... He is just a trash… but his eyes, they are pure of curiosity and no malice from it."Raynare thought as her will to fight starts to wane even slowly.

"I see. I'm sorry…" Sieg replied in a sincere and apologetic tone.

"Eh?" again, she was once again dumbfounded by the boy's reply.

"I will not deny it. It's true, humans can be worse than devils, I have seen it myself so as a human, I'm deeply sorry. But…" Sieg said his apology to the fallen but he did not finish his statement because he suddenly vanished from her sight; she looks around and prepare for any surprise attack.

*CLANG*

She heard the clash of steel against steel; Raynare turned around and saw Sieg fended off a shadow creature wielding a black spear. The creature's appearance has armor like a knight and the helmet was themed after a wolf or a fox and its emitting an ominous black could tell the creature's power, it has power that can be rank as a high class being, but the difference is that the creature is stronger in a large margin than the high class devils in this town and even stronger than the high class angels and fallen known to her.

"I see, a creature from the 'Land of Shadows', huh." Sieg identified the assailant which was heard clearly by Raynare.

"The Land of Shadows! But that place was being guarded by the 'Immortal Witch' right? So why would a creature from that place here in the human world?" Raynare said in disbelief, never in her life that she would see one and attempted to kill her.

"That was the case; somehow they found another way here so that's why we're hunting them. They prey on humans but they prefer supernatural creatures more as sustenance. So stay back if you want to live." Sieg said sternly while Raynare nodded and reluctantly do what the boy say.

Sieg and the creature stared at each other as they enter in their battle stance, the creature prepared its spear pointing at its enemy while Sieg assume a new battle stance, his legs were in a crouching position which his left foot at front while his right at the back, then he raised his sword with two hands at shoulder level and sword was position that the sword is pointing at the enemy. The two warriors stared at each other until they make their move, both dashed towards the other leaving a sonic boom of wind and craters on the ground. As they clash after they moved in a burst of speed, an explosion occurs.

(B.G.M. Start: GARO Honoo no Kokuin O.S.T.- Battle 2)

After a single explosion, it was followed by multiple explosions all over the place. Some tombs in the cemetery were being destroyed by the clash; after one last explosion, Sieg and the creature can be seen clashing with their weapons, to the onlookers, their swings and footwork can be seen as a blur to them. Every clash of steel gouges out a chunk of the ground; the creature was masterfully wielding its spear with every twirl and swings, each swing of its spear were intended to slice its target while at the same time, Sieg countered by parrying every swing and going on offensive in full swing when he find an opening. Suffice to say that every swing that both warriors did were intended to injure their target but it only resulted on more clashes of later, the two warriors break away from each other for a brief respite and suddenly they vanished again and multiple explosions occurred once more.

After some brief clashes, the creature distance itself from the teen and conjured seven black energy spears hovering above Sieg. The creature brought down his arm signaling the spears to rain down to its enemy; Sieg turn his head to the incoming spears on the last moment then another explosion occurs once again but this time it's much more devastating than the last. The creature looked at its handiwork but the smoke suddenly swept down by a strong wind and in the middle of it is Sieg charging up his attack with his sword is being enveloped by a pillar of blue light which served as an extension of the blade,Sieg swung his sword down resulting to a beam of light carving through the surface of the earth and the creature having a hard time defending against such an attack that could demolish an army.

Meanwhile, Raynare was watching the fight in shock and awe; she was now seeing a glimpse of the teen's power. She thought that the teen that she called trash can easily kill her anytime and all this time he was holding back against her. From this day on, Raynare concluded to herself that the humans cannot be underestimated and not a weak race after all.

"A-Amazing… So strong~" Raynare muttered to herself and strangely there was lust filled in her tone.

On the devil's side, Kiba and Koneko have the same reaction as Raynare but there is also fear gripping into their hearts but in Kiba's case there is hatred that focused towards Issei (Sieg) and his sword. Kiba is sure that the sword that Issei (Sieg) held in his hand was a holy sword. At first, Kiba and Koneko supported their master's decision but now, they are against it, to them, Hyoudou Issei is dangerous. This is really a bad day for them; first, a shadow monster that has a power to take them on even the whole O.R.C. club and Student Council work together and second is the mysterious, Hyoudou Issei who seems to be hiding his real strength which is also posing as a threat to them.

"Koneko-chan, did you manage to record what happen here?" Kiba said in a stern voice.

"Y-Yes, I manage to use my magic on my familiar to record this event." Koneko stuttered due the fear she feeling.

The struggle between the two continues, but the continuous clashing of energies cause an overload which resulted to a big explosion. The creature emerges from the explosion and conjured two black spears hovering at its side and then fires it towards the teen,Sieg responded by doing a side-flip to the left and charge his own attack and then swing his sword upwards which carves through the ground once more but the extended blade of light managed to hit the target causing an explosion in the sky. The creature fell to the ground but it manage to regain its footing, meanwhile, Sieg dashed in a burst of speed towards the creature and started swinging his sword with a barrage of slashes; this made the creature go to defensive actions, with the twirl of its spear, it manage to intercept some of the attacks but the creature is having a hard time due to Sieg keeping on the pressure.

The creature was now getting desperate to break away from the stalemate they are in, it thought of a way and it found a solution; so he waited for the teen to do a particular attack, when it saw the teen attacking by a sideway swing, it crouch down and swing its spear in turn to slice the teen's legs but the teen leap over the spear dodging the spear. While in mid-air, Sieg raised his sword preparing for an overhead strike; at that moment, everything was so slow in the two warriors' perception and the two managed to glare at each other's eyes before Sieg swung his sword down in full force while the creature defend with its spear.

"RRRRRAAAAARRRGGGHHH!" at first the clash was a stalemate but Sieg roared putting more pressure in his attack; as a result, the creature was sent flying backwards due to the shockwave which managed to leave a crater on the ground.

*BOOOOM* *CRACK* *ZOOOOOOMMM*

The creature managed to regain its footing once more skidding backwards, the moment that it stopped skidding; the creature used that chance to run through the saw this and run to the same direction following its trail; when he reached the forest, he ended up sliding through the slope, he suddenly felt an incoming attack so he prepared to intercept and once again they clash, they managed two exchanges and then they break away. Because of uneven terrain, the two warriors use the trees to maneuver around the forest and then they would meet and clash in two exchanges and then break away, this kind of fight has been repeating for some time until they reached an open field.

(B.G.M. end)

After the clash within the forest, the two warriors reached an open field in the forest; Sieg and the creature glared at each other. Looking at their condition, the creature seems to be roughed up; cracks appearing on parts on its armor and from its posture it seems that the creature was quite exhausted. Sieg on the other hand, only has some dirt on his clothes and a little sweat; all in all, the teen is in good condition to fight more battles. Sieg find the creature more challenging than the fallen but it is already time to end this battle.

"The next move will end this battle, prepare yourself." Sieg said in a serious tone, not knowing if the creature understood what he said.

(B.G.M. Start: GARO Honoo no Kokuin O.S.T.- Leon Garo Shoukan)

Sieg turn into another battle stance preparing to finish the battle; the stance is unique in its own way. Sieg is now in his usual crouching position then he raised his sword with its blade pointing forward and his left arm guard touching the blade of his sword. He pulled the sword backwards like he is unsheathing the sword as the blade grinds to his left arm guard; at the same time the blade of the sword was now coated with blue fire which gave some enchantment to the curse holy blade.

Sieg ran towards his enemy, fast and steady, the creature responded by conjuring twenty energy spears hover his sides and fires them all at once speeding towards the teen. Sieg was unfazed by the creature's action and kept running straight; once the spears were about to make contact on the young man, Sieg dashed in a burst of speed producing a sonic boom in the air avoiding all the spears as a result. The creature turn in its battle stance readying itself for impact; short moments later, Sieg and the creature clashed creating an explosion.

Amidst the smoke caused by the explosion, grinding of steel can be heard as the smoke fades; two warriors grinding their weapons engaging in a competition of strength, after glaring at each other, they break away forcefully which sent them both backwards. Sieg, after regaining his footing, dashed around the creature assessing the timing of his attacks while the creature looked around searching for him in the blurs. Then, Sieg started his attack and dashed towards the creature; the creature sense the air shift and turn only to see the teen close to him ready to bisect him but the creature manage to swing its spear to avoid the attack then followed by another attack from the teen until it became a high speed clashes of swings. The balance between the two broke when Sieg manage to land a roundhouse kick to the creature's face sending it flying but the teen relentlessly followed and attack once more and engage in few swings to each other. The creature lunge at the teen as it saw an opening but Sieg crouch down avoiding the spear thrust then he swung his sword upwards swatting the spear, the creature staggered at the teens counter but it was deck once again to the face by a metal gauntlet and sent flying once more. The creature manage to regain its footing but when he looked at Sieg, the teen suddenly vanished leaving a gust of wind and a crater on the ground; shortly, it sensed an incoming attack from above and raised its spear to defend. Sieg is now at mid-air ready to swing down the sword; he saw the creature raised its weapon to defend but it unfazed him as he swung Balmung down with a speed as fast as a guillotine and much to the creature's surprise, the sword slice through to its spear and at the last moment manage to move backwards to avoid being sliced. Even though it managed to avoid the killing blow, unfortunately, the creature receive a grave injury at its torso; when it compose itself, it saw the teen raised his sword in front of him.

"Let thee be filled…" Sieg muttered as he twist the hilt of sword and the jewel embedded on it shone brightly followed by a pillar of blue light that extends to the sky.

Upon seeing this, the creature dashed towards Sieg in desperation, hoping that he could take the teen with him but Sieg saw through its action and he thought that the charge time would not be in time.

"Absorb…" Sieg muttered another word and all residual energy in the air made its way towards the teen, Sieg felt that he got stronger and the light on his sword intensify. He raised his sword to the air as he prepare for the final strike.

"BAL-" (Phantasmal Great Sword)

"MUNG!" (Felling of the Sky Demon)

Sieg utter the name of his sword as he swung it down with full force, the creature did not move away as it knows that it was futile so it wait for the light to fall on him and be enveloped within it. The creature was disintegrated within the light and explosion occurs followed by a pillar of blue light.

(B.G.M. end)

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Somewhere in Kuoh Town

Karna turn around as he felt a familiar spike of power coming from somewhere, what he saw was a pillar of blue light rising to the sky. He could only huffed as he figured out what happened; with this event, their cover has been blown not even a month has past; curse their luck for attracting troubles. Karna was actually exploring the whole town just in case they detect a denizen from the land of shadows. He is currently wearing his battle outfit which consist of a black sleeveless zipper shirt which is open at his chest area exposing the green gem embedded on it, a fit black cargo pants, black leather gloves and gold bracers with a sun symbol on it, a steel-toed belt-buckled boots and he is also wearing a red scarf which is tattered in both ends. While exploring the town, he encountered a stray devil along the way targeting him as its dinner but unfortunately, said stray was now a lump of flesh that is now being burned by fire to ashes.

"*SIGH* Sieg and his abysmal luck…" Karna could only mutter those words as he looke at the pillar of light.

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Unknown Location

In a dark place which is unknown to all except few notable beings, there is a place exist where there are shadows exist wherever you go, a place where sunshine barely shines due to the thick fog and the atmosphere is gloomy and dead. Many would say that this place is the perfect depiction of hell, in this place exist many ghost or evil spirits and creatures that lives within the shadows. In a certain place near an old ruined castle, there is a mountain of corpses which belongs to demonic beings; on top of these corpses was woman seated like she was sitting on a throne. The woman was beautiful, so beautiful to the point that it was deadly to look at her beauty; she has a long dark purple hair, a fair complexion of skin and blood crimson eyes, she was wearing a black veil and a purple tights suit and a dark purple armor which consist of pauldrons, breastplate, a pair of gaunlets and greaves and a faulds and most importantly, the blood red spear resting on her shoulder. The woman was known in many titles but her most famous one in the supernatural was 'Godslayer' and her name was Scathach, the one who guards the land of shadows and the queen of this realm.

"And here I thought I would enjoy this fight… How disappointing, you were just numbers and nothing noteworthy." Scathach said in a bored tone.

"Well, let's just wrap this up and sleep on a comfortable bed." Decided on what she would do next, she stood up and made her way down on the mountain of corpses and walk towards the old castle. While walking away, she cast a rune spell of fire burning the corpses that piled up after the battle.

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In a forest at Kuoh Town

Raynare is currently flying and watched the battle from there, she had realized that the boy named 'Issei Hyoudou' or also known as 'Sieg the Dragon-Blooded knight' in the supernatural world, was a very powerful and dangerous being; she thought that if he were serious, she would be long gone by now. She shuddered at the thought of it but strangely she felt arousal towards the teen, she clearly witness his power specially his last attack which is the same as the original 'Siegfried' had. As she landed near the boy, she looked at the destruction, there is a large trench and a large crater where his enemy used to be, and then she shift her focus to the teen's valiant back, sword at hand by his side, standing straight proud on his victory.

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Flashback Ten years ago, Kuoh Town

In a quiet night at Kuoh Town, in a certain place there is a boy standing amidst the destruction of the surroundings, head bowed down and the fringe of his hair shadowed his eyes; there are rubbles everywhere, craters and gouge out surface too, there is also the carnage that can be seen in a butcher house; severed limbs and body parts littered on the ground with blood splattered everywhere. In the midst of destruction and carnage, there are two bodies near the boy; one is a male with a large hole on his chest and the other was a naked female that has a stab wound on her chest, both bodies are deceased and they are being stared at by the boy with empty eyes.

"So this was your handiwork, huh… A bit sloppy but has potential… base on this mangled corpses they're devils… hmph! That's what they get for being arrogant! They even lost to a piss off child." He heard an unfamiliar feminine voice, as he turned towards the owner of the voice; he saw two people one beautiful woman with dark purple hair and a boy with white hair and icy blue eyes that can see through a person wearing a stoic expression. Those people were Scathach and young Karna.

"So boy… care to explain what happened here?" Scathach asked the boy as gently as possible.

"They killed my parents, so I killed them all." Young Issei answered flatly.

Scathach stared at the boy with a serious expression, she thought how hard for this boy to see what's on the hidden side of the world and forcefully watch his loved ones killed in front of him, let alone to kill someone at an early age. She observed the child's condition, aside from his strange glowing markings, all in all he is okay but mentally and emotionally that will be a good question for her since she cannot read the boy due to his emotionless face. Then she shifted her focus to the weapon that he used to kill the devils and she was slightly surprise at what it was; the size of the sword were not fit for the child to wield it but the most important detail is the sword itself, the cursed holy blade, Balmung. After the death of Siegfried, it was said that no one amongst his descendants was able to wield it including the current 'Siegfried'. In the end, it was concluded that the only one who will be acknowledged by the sword are those with the same spirit or the very spirit of Siegfried himself if he were to be reincarnated into someone. And now, Scathach has come into a realization that perhaps that the boy in front of her might possess the same spirit or the reincarnation himself.

After a minute of silence, Scathach has decided on what she would do, and offer the young boy her proposition that will change young Issei's life forever.

"Say boy… do you want to get stronger? I am offering to train you under my tutelage." Scathach said in a happy tone which surprised Issei including Karna.

"You see, I am a teacher in the art of combat, I can teach you whether it would be sword, spear, or even martial arts. I am also well versed in magic too, in runic magic to be exact. So what's your answer?" Scathach continued her statement from earlier, Issei just stared at Scathach with an impassive gaze which she did the same.

"Okay, please teach me, Master!" after a moment silence, Issei has finally decided on his own path. When Scathach looked at Issei, there was no change on his expression but she noticed the light in his eyes, despite flickering it was there, the swirl of emotion from the boy.

"Good… now I welcome you to our small family. So boy, what's your name?" Issei blinked on what Scathach said. The word family stirred some emotion to the boy, and deep inside he was happy that he found people that will be his second family.

"I-Isse-… No that's wrong. I think Issei Hyoudou died the moment my parents were killed by them." Issei said in a sad tone.

"Then if you're not going to use your name anymore, what should we call you then?" Scathach asked the boy with a serious expression.

The boy returned her stare with conviction and utters a name that will be the start of a tale that will mark a change in the supernatural world.

"Sieg…"

Chapter end

Act 1: The Dragon-Blooded Knight

(Background: Fate / Apocrypha episode title screen- Sieg's command spell)

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Credits

(Start song: Period by Chemistry)

*Instrumental music*

Owarinaki tabi no tochuu tachidomari souna toki
Fukai tameiki kobosu bokura wa

Tsukami kakete wa mata hanarete itta
Demo ima wa mou nanimo osoreru koto wa nai

Kokoro wo tsunagu tsuyoi kizuna wa
Keshite hadoke wa shinai sa
Sagashi tsuzukete tadori tsuita
Kono basho de PERIOD ni

Kanashimi ikari chikara ni kaete
Unmei wa sugu soba ni

(Song end)

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:

And that's a wrap for chapter 1… sorry if it takes me almost 2 months to finish. You see, I'm a working man in real life and I have more time writing during weekends. So I do not know when is the next chapter would release. And also, to all who review, follow, and favorite… thank you very much, it was really unexpected that my story looks promising and I hope this chapter 1 would be worth your wait.

Moving on, the whole chapter was all about the introduction of our main characters especially about Issei / Sieg and his past why his current character came to be. While Issei/ Sieg was in battle, he has three stances; the kendo stance (defensive), the Ochs stance (Offensive) and the famous GARO stance (when dealing the decisive/final blow). And now I also have a corner here at the end author's note about the character stats sheet, the system here is like in the Fate series so let's show this now.

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NAME: Sieg, Issei Hyoudou (former name)

ALIAS: The Dragon-Blooded Knight, the White Dragon Emperor or Hakuryuukou, the Devil Hunter

GENDER: Male

POWER RANKING: A++ rank Ultimate class (Base form)

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Good

Strength: A+

Agility: B

Endurance: A

Mana: C

Luck: E (EX)

NP: EX

Note:

Divine Dividing is his main NP and all longinus gears are in rank EX.

Issei's luck parameter is actually canon if you translate it to parameter rules.

PERSONAL SKILLS:

Bravery - A

Battle Continuation – A

God slayer – B- ( he has a longinus gear obviously )

Dragon slayer – A++

Primeval Rune (Knight)- B (due to being Scathach's student)

PASSIVE SKILLS:

Magic Resistance – N/A (Lost because of Blood Armor of the Heavenly Dragon)

NOBLE PHANTASM:

Blood Armor of the Heavenly Dragon: A (Alternate to the skill, Armor of Fafnir)

Issei was bathed with his own blood so when he undergoes transformation all of his blood including the spilled one was converted with the blood of a dragon.

It can defend to any weapon whose rank lower than A.

Physical and Magical resistance are rank A

The rank becomes A+ if he is defending against a noble phantasm.

Dragon slaying weapons and magic can pierce through the armor.

Balmung, Phantasmal Great Sword- Felling of the Sky Demon: A++ - EX

Anti- army type noble phantasm

Divine Dividing: EX

Anti- unit (self), Anti- Divine type noble phantasm

The usual function of this sacred gear has been change ever since the transformation and it doesn't appear as a pair of wings anymore.

The sacred gear has become particles with the DNA structure of Ablion that was mix through his blood vessels and a part of his heart that cover the hole on it until.

The sacred gear functions with the blood armor at the same time, Issei cannot divide his enemies powers but instead, whenever he takes damage whether from magic or physical attacks, the said attack will be halved and he will only receive half damage of the attack plus the halved damage will be added on his own reserves as his power.

Aside from DIVIDE, there is also another skill called ABSORB (Another version for Galvanism), which is whenever he activate it; all the residual energy particles left in the air which came from the battle, will be absorb into him to become his power. (Issei can use ABSORB the same way Sieg used GALVANISM.)

Note: This not the full list, it will updated as the story progresses. Siegs appearance in the battle outfit is a combination from Ravens outfit from his Reckless Fist class (zipper shirt) and Veteran Commander class(pants, shoes and leg armor ) in the game Elsword. He wears gauntlets similar to Siegfried from Fate / Apocrypha.

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NAME: Raynare

ALIAS: -

GENDER: Female

POWER RANKING: B rank Low class Fallen angel

ALIGNMENT: Lawful Neutral

Strength: D

Agility: C

Endurance: E

Mana: C

Luck: D

NP: E

PERSONAL SKILLS:

Instinct - E

Natural Body - D

PASSIVE SKILLS:

Magic Resistance – E (can resist magic from low class rank)

Territory Creation – C (creation of barrier or bounded field)

Item Construction – B- (creation of light spear)

NOBLE PHANTASM:

Light spear: E

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NAME: Shadow creature (Spear weilder)

ALIAS: -

GENDER: -

POWER RANKING: EX rank High class

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Evil

Strength: C+

Agility: B

Endurance: C

Mana: C

Luck: E

NP: -

PERSONAL SKILLS:

Instinct - C

Natural Body – C

Monstrous Strength - B

PASSIVE SKILLS:

Magic Resistance – C (can resist magic from high class rank and below)

Item Construction – B- (creation of black energy spear)

Note: the shadow creature's appearance is similar to Makai Knight Zem in GARO movie: the divine flame the antagonist in the show.

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That's all folks!

Next Chapter: The Hero of Charity….