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.

3. Act 2: The Hero of Charity

A/N: Well, it's been a year and finally finished with episode 2. Sorry about the long delay, my work in real life is truly a hassle and 2018 is not a good year for me. I hope this 2019, things will change anyway, let's go to episode 2 and I hope you like this especially the battle scenes. I also inserted some BGMs to the fight scene (try listening to it if you want they're epic) and also while I am writing it, I somehow picture how Ufotable would handle it, just imagine it yourselves while you read. I kind of read the reviews and some of you were really disliking the rape scene, sorry about that, I rated this story as M so some obscene scenes and violence cannot be help. Then in order to settle this I will give the warning that there would be lemon scenes (this is acceptable to all readers actually) and even rape scenes in the story, on which chapter it would happen depends on me, so pray to the Gods that you believe in that I would only do the former or just minimum to the latter.

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 individual or existing organizations.

"talking" ""talking in unison""

"thoughts" ""thoughts in unison""

Flashbacks / dreams MULTIPLE VOICES

*SOUND EFFECTS*

[Ddraig talking] [Ddraig talking with telepathy]

(Albion talking) (Albion talking with telepathy)

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Mount Meru, 18 years ago

In a place somewhere in the heavenly plane, there is a mountain with five peaks and surrounded by cosmic ocean, the place called Mount Meru, the heavenly plane where the Hindu Gods dwell. At the top of the mountain, there is a man in red clothing meditating on his chariot that is driven by seven mares; the notable feature of the man is that his divine aura glowing with radiance that is equivalent to the sun itself, this man is known as the sun god, Surya.

As the God meditates, he saw glimpses that show a dark future to the world, both the human world and the supernatural world. He stood up and was about to depart when he felt two powerful presences behind him. He turns around and smile at the two since these two powerful beings are the ones he trusted the most.

"And here I thought I would take my time finding you two, but now that you're here I will cut to the chase, Indra, Shiva." Surya said to the two powerful god and said gods smirk in return to Surya's greetings.

"It seems you are bothered by something, okay say it, we're here to listen." Indra, the king of the Hindu Gods and the Heavenly Emperor, said to his friend as he noticed a slight distress on his face. Surya nodded and imparted the things that he saw in his visions.

"It seems unlikely… but the possibility is there." Shiva, the Hindu God of Destruction, said as he thought about Surya's vision.

"So what is your next move, Surya? The others will just ignore it because it seems far-fetched and the vision is incomplete. We cannot send anyone to prevent such disaster base on your vision." Indra inquired which made Surya think of his own solution.

"Then I will send someone to the human world, He can help prevent the incoming disasters." Surya answered the Heavenly Emperor's question.

"And who would you send for this task?" the God of Destruction asked.

At Shiva's question, Surya flared his power and extracted a ball of golden light within him and the ball flew down towards the realm of the humans. Indra and Shiva widen their eyes to Surya's action and realizing his plan at the same time.

"Surya… is that?" Indra asked his friend if that ball of light is what he thought it is.

"Yes, it's time for Him to live once more in the human world and someday the world will need his aid." Surya declared with conviction while the other two Gods nodded in approval.

"I'm counting on you… My son…" Surya thought as he looked at the direction the ball went.

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(Start song: Period by Chemistry)

*Instrumental music*

The scene started showing Scathach, next is Karna, and last is Sieg. Then the scene shifted to the bird's eye view of Kuoh Town in the background and story title at the foreground.

Owarinaki tabi no tochuu tachidomari souna toki

In a windy day at the Kuoh cemetery, Sieg is standing in front of a tombstone staring at it with sadness.

Fukai tameiki kobosu bokura wa

Karna standing on a lamp post, watching the sun rising

Tsukami kakete wa mata hanarete itta

Sieg and Karna walk towards each other, only pass each other in a meter distance then Karna notice a small blue dragon perch on his shoulder.

Demo ima wa mou nanimo osoreru koto wa nai

Karna looked forward to see Asia and Scathach smiling at him. Sieg looked in front of him to see a smiling Irina and Xenovia, and then he saw Jeanne giving him a warm smile while she raised her right hand to reach him, Sieg smiled in return and reach for Jeanne's hand.

Kokoro wo tsunagu tsuyoi kizuna wa

Kokabiel attacks raining down light spears then Karna appears deflecting all light spears with his own golden spear clad in fire. Kokabiel once again attack, and then Sieg deflected his second volley of attacks then unleashes Balmung and swung it down.

Keshite hadoke wa shinai sa

Freed Sellzen engaged in a fierce swordfight with Irina and Xenovia.

Sagashi tsuzukete tadori tsuita

A fallen angel with eight wings called Ramiel conjured his light spear charging at his enemy and Scathach on the other hand turn in to her battle stance in a calm manner while her Gae Bolg is glowing violently.

Kono basho de PERIOD ni

On top of one of the buildings in Kuoh Town, a woman clad in blue dress with silver armor (Arturia Lancer) and another woman clad in red dress with silver armor (Mordred) overlooking the view of Kuoh Town.

Kanashimi ikari chikara ni kaete

The scene showing Sieg and Karna back to back

Then scene change to an elegant room with a round wooden table; and Micheal, Sirzechs and Azazel sitting on each chair.

Unmei wa sugu soba ni

The scene showing Sieg, Karna, and Scathach preparing to depart to the unknown place full of adventures.

(Song end)

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In a cemetery in Kuoh Town

The place that was called a cemetery, which was filled with tombstones in the memory of the deceased, is now degraded to a wasteland filled with craters and trenches but still despite the destruction, it was still salvageable. Currently, Raynare is staring at the back of a young warrior that someday in the future would be heralded as a hero, said hero turn his attention to Raynare which she flinched and slightly back off preparing to escape.

"So?... Where do we go from here? Are you still determined to kill me?" Sieg asked the fallen in a monotonous tone.

"Eh?... U-Uhm… No, I,m not going to complete the mission anymore but still, I'm still going to die anyway." Raynare replied in a sad and regretful tone which grabs Sieg's attention.

"Why would it lead to your death if you fail?" Sieg asked once again, he felt that something amiss is going on.

"B-Because it's Azazel-sama's order, my mission is to watch over you to confirm if you have a sacred gear and to ensure if it is awakened or not. If you are deemed out of control, we have orders to eliminate you." Raynare answered reluctantly, wondering on the young man's reaction.

"Azazel? But from what I know, he is so obsessed with sacred gears that he only wants to study them along with the wielders or perhaps recruit them. I don't think he would do that, so who gave you the order directly?" wearing a much serious expression, Sieg queried the fallen in more information which made Raynare a little scared.

"I-It was Kokabiel-sama and Ramiel-sama…" Raynare stuttered and avert her gaze from Sieg's glare.

"Ah… So it was the Warmonger and the battle-maniac angel, huh. Go figure." Sieg said in a bored tone and a less serious expression.

"Huh… You knew Ramiel-sama and Kokabiel-sama?" Raynare was surprised on how the teen in front of her was addressing her leaders.

"I did not meet Kokabiel personally but I did meet Ramiel. Let's just say that I have encountered him on one of my raids, it seems that he was making a deal with some devils that I'm hunting back then. Well I suddenly charge at them and somehow manage to kick his ass." He deadpanned, which made Raynare's mouth agape in surprise.

"W-Wait, you managed to defeat the second in command in Kokabiel-sama's army? Amazing… No! That's not it! Ramiel-sama has secret dealings with the devils without Azazel-sama knowing." Raynare was amazed by what the teen did but immediately composed herself as she thought about the other information.

"I see… so there is a conspiracy going on in the Grigori, huh." Sieg said in a deadpanned tone.

"Alright, I'm leaving… what you do from now on is your decision alone; whether you go back to your comrades or return to Grigori immediately and report to Azazel." Sieg ended the conversation and leave the area to let the devils in charge of the town do the cover-ups.

Raynare remained standing on her place thinking the best course of action, then spread her wings and flew through the dark night, moving towards the place no one knows where.

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With Kiba and Koneko

After Sieg and Raynare left, Kiba and Koneko came out from their hiding spot and glance at the direction where Sieg have gone. They have a conflicting expression on their faces regarding on what transpired at the cemetery, but there is one thing in their minds, Hyoudou Issei or whoever is a threat.

"Koneko-chan we need to go back and report immediately. Both Rias-buchou and Sona-Kaichou must know about this." Kiba said to his comrade, Koneko responded with a nod of her head and both devils disappeared to the night.

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Hyoudou Residence

Sieg has finally came back to his home after having dinner in a diner in town, he thought about the fight earlier and he was glad to have such a warm up; he felt bad though because the fight causes the damage in the cemetery, but to his relief, his parents' grave was still intact and unscathed. After drinking water, he saw Karna at the living room drinking some hot chocolate; Sieg went to the living room and greeted Karna.

"So… How was your patrol in the whole town?" Sieg started the conversation to break the silence.

"I must say, the town is peaceful but there are too many stray devils roaming around here. Perhaps, Gremory and Sitri were not paying attention to their own turf." Karna replied in a serious tone as he sipped at his cup of hot chocolate.

"They are the ones at fault from the very beginning; it's because of their arrogance and their precious caste system which they think they are still in the Middle Ages with nobility and shit; that they are suffering from a rebellion against them. They treat the lower classes like dirt and kept flaunting about their noble blood. With a master like that, who would not be pissed or rebelled on that matter." Sieg stated with a voice filled with venom despite his stoic expression.

"Are you saying that due to your personal vendetta or from an outsider's perspective?" Karna asked his friend.

"Honestly speaking, it's both. What they did to my family is one thing that cannot be forgotten, it is one of my motivation to get stronger." Sieg answered in a monotone voice. Karna narrowed his eyes staring at his friend; he thought that he would not let his friend go down in this path.

"Sieg, I advise you to control yourself when you meet the devils here in town, they have never committed a sin to you. You cannot hate the whole race just because a certain few did some despicable things to you." Karna reminded Sieg so that he could make his friend avoid making a decision he would regret later.

"I know… that is why I'm just tolerating their presence near me. I just pray that the devils in this town won't get me annoyed from them." Sieg sincerely said to his friend. Karna smiled slightly, at least, his friend knows what he means; the only problem here was the devils, particularly one of them.

"Oh, by the way… is Nee-san home already?" Sieg asked wondering if his big sister figure and mentor came back safely.

"Indeed, Master came back just minutes after I came and said that she would turn-in for the night." Karna replied and everything was silent again until they themselves turn-in for the night.

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Occult Research Clubroom – Old School Building, Kuoh Academy

Rias Gremory and Sona Sitri, together with their respective peerage, watched the whole recorded footage that came from the memory of Kiba and Koneko's familiars. Most of the devils have grim expressions plastered on their faces, few of them just hide their fear with a stoic expression, Rias' peerage has now a worried expression on their faces but strangely, Rias has a confident smile on her face.

"Good work, Yuuto, Koneko… As expected of my potential peerage member. I need that kind of strength against Raiser. Yuuto, tomorrow, invite Hyoudou Issei here at the clubroom." Rias declared her decision which made all the occupants in the room shocked; some of them thought that she is crazy because even though she watched the footage, she still wanted to recruit him.

"Rias!... Are you out of your mind!? Do you wish to risk our safety just to obtain a powerful piece!?" Sona shouted at her friend, unable to tolerate her stupidity.

"He has potential, Sona… that potential is only wasted if he is human." Rias replied nonchalantly.

"Did you not saw the footage!?... Did you not hear who he really is!? He is Sieg! The one rumored with the blood of a dragon despite being human, to us devils, he is known to his other moniker, The Devil Hunter, most of all a reincarnation of a hero. Is that not enough to back off on your claim!?" Sona raised her voice much louder than before and the tension made the peerage members sweat.

"He will not do anything to us, Sona. He would not dare to attack us within our territory plus we are both sisters of the current Lucifer and Leviathan, so if he does not want trouble in his hands, he would let us talk to him and listen to my proposal." Rias frown at her friend's outburst and replied to her in a serious tone.

"What if you're wrong, Rias? What if there is a strong reason on him that made him as strong as he is now or why he had that moniker." Sona pushed up her glasses and glared at Rias with intensity which made Rias flinched at her question.

"Excuse me, Rias, Sona-Kaichou… But I think Kaichou is right, Rias. I have researched about the Hyoudou family, about ten years ago, his parents were murdered. His father has large hole on his chest while his mother was raped first before killing with a stab on the chest. From this, we can conclude that there was a supernatural being in the scene base on how the Hyoudou couple was killed; and apparently if Hyoudou Issei knew who killed his parents then his moniker would be the answer." Akeno summarized her findings hoping to convince her master to avoid Hyoudou Issei at all cost.

"Ten years ago... Back then, Kuoh was under the jurisdiction of… No, it can't be that…" Sona thought even though she is not sure, she came to a possible answer to the mystery surrounding Sieg.

"So what you are saying is; that some devils are the culprits, it might have been a stray devil we can explain that much at least." Rias said confidently, which made Akeno to be silent and Sona narrowed her eyes.

"*SIGH* Fine then… Do as you wish, but you should never underestimate humans. They might be the weakest race but they have the most potential among the species, that's the reason why we devils were depending on them to repopulate our kind, same for the angels and fallen angels." Sona sighed in defeat and gave up on the idea of convincing her friend.

"I know… It is said that human potential is so vast to the point that they could evolve to something more when they surpassed their limits; they evolve into transcendent first which heightens their life spans and surpassed their overall limits to the power of ultimate class beings and the final stage, divine spirits, the beings that the God of the Bible envisioned as the perfect form of humans which has power that rivals God-class beings and has a life span that is close to immortal, these beings are also called as the Earth Gods… Sadly, that theory is unfounded and as the state of humanity today, it will never happens and remain as a rumor forever." Rias explained with a confident tone.

"Then I will not say anything else… I'll wish you good luck, Rias… you're going to need it." With nothing to say to her friend, Sona left the clubroom followed by her servants. Rias sighed and sat at her office chair and stared at the window and deep in thought, while Rias' servants just looked at their master in worry, wishing that everything would proceed smoothly.

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The next day

It was now a start of school day, Sieg and Karna are currently on the way to Kuoh Academy just like any other teenagers their age do, but today, they don't seem to be in the mood going to school since they are sure that they going to meet the devils who are in charge of the town. The two have already expected it to happen but not too soon thanks to the incredible luck of a certain someone. While they are walking peacefully, they heard someone fell over nearby.

"Haawaaaahh… *THUD*" A voice of a girl squeaked which grabs the two's attention.

"Why do I keep falling over nothing?" asked the girl to herself, Sieg and Karna gave her a deadpanned stare because of the way the girl fall. The girl is currently lying face down and butt rose, but the most noticeable is that her skirt was raised to the point everyone can see her white underwear.

Karna sighed and approached the girl, he helped her get up and saw her facial features. Karna's eyes widen slightly in surprise, the girl has a gentle feature and one that is represented by purity. He was actually surprised that there would be someone so pure would be born in this cruel world; and that made him feel the urge to help and protect her from anything, such is the hero of charity.

In his past life, he was a hero named Karna, the son of the sun God Surya, and a hero who was known for his charity thus his moniker. In this generation somewhere in the country of India, a boy was born and named with the same name as the hero. After the tragedy that befallen to his biological parents when he was a new born, Karna miraculously survived in that incident until Scathach stumbled upon him during her travels all over the world. He was trained by Scathach until he surpassed his human limits and after years of training, he finally able to inherit his past life's skills and name completely.

"Are you alright, Miss?" Karna asked the nun as he extended his hand to help her stand.

The nun stared at Karna's hand then look up to his face, she felt intimidated at the cold look Karna was giving her but she grabs his hand none the less. The nun felt a warm feeling of kindness and compassion radiating from Karna despite the cold look he is wearing.

"O-Oh, thank you, Mister." The nun said her thanks.

"Even if he looks scary, I can feel his kindness." The nun thought while smiling.

"As I thought, she is speaking a western language. Italian to be exact, no wonder she seems lost. Good thing I learned to cast a multilingual rune." Karna silently said to himself.

"You're from outside the country, are you not? You seem to be in need of help in this unfamiliar place." Karna asked the nun.

"Y-Yes I am. My name is Asia Argento, I came from Italy and I was assigned to a church in a certain town here in Japan." The nun who introduced herself as Asia replied.

"Which town if I may ask?" Sieg cuts in and joins the conversation.

"W-Well it's the small town named Kuoh." Asia answered, and this made Sieg and Karna look at each other as if communicating within their minds.

"There is indeed a church here in Kuoh town in the forest at the outskirt, but it was abandoned for quite some time. Are you sure it's this church you're looking for?" Sieg inquired confirming something in his mind.

"Yes! That's where I was about to go, will you help me find my way there?" Asia said happily and asked for their help in locating the church.

"Uh… sure, no problem. By the way, we didn't introduce ourselves yet. I am Sieg and this is Karna." Sieg said hesitantly but returned to his normal flat tone when he introduced himself and Karna to the nun.

"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Sieg and Mr. Karna." Asia bowed in a polite manner like what a common Japanese do.

"No need in such formalities, fair maiden. You can call us by our names if you want."Karna said in a serious but respectful tone.

After making their introductions, the trio started walking towards the direction of the said church. Suddenly, they heard a cry of a boy who hurt his knee; being a kind soul she is, Asia made her way towards the crying boy and kneeled to the boy's level. Raising both of her hands which almost touch the boy's bleeding knee, the gem on her two silver rings glowed in a greenish light. While the rings glow, the boy's wound is slowly but surely closing up until it disappears with no scars or blemish left. This action did not go unnoticed by Sieg and Karna.

"Now this would complicate things, she is a sacred gear wielder just like us and she possessed a rare one at that." Sieg said in serious manner though his flat tone did not change.

"Twilight Healing huh. A befitting sacred gear to a kind soul like her, based on her actions she is not one to hurt others and unaware what lies ahead of her journey." Karna said cooly though there is a hint of pity in his sharp blue eyes.

After healing the boy's wound, they caught sight of the boy's mother making her way towards Asia and the boy; the woman pulled her son away to Asia and look at her with fear in her eyes. They could only guess that the woman saw what Asia did but before the mother and son left, the boy turned his head back to Asia and gave her a bright smile saying, "Arigato! Onee-chan!" After watching what happened, Sieg and Karna saw Asia walking back to them with a slight smile on her face.

"I'm sorry for the delay; it's just my habit to help others. All my life, I only am putting all the Lord's teachings into my heart." Asia said in a half-cheerful and half-apologetic manner.

"It's alright. By the way, the boy said "Thank you, big sister" in Japanese language." Sieg informed the nun which made her smile.

"Let's be on our way, shall we?" Karna said to his two companions and continue their walk towards their destination.

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Abandoned Church, Outskirts of Kuoh Town

Sieg and Karna continued to walk Asia towards the abandoned church without delay and after a long walk to the outskirts, they have reached the church. Both boys narrowed their eyes because they felt several auras inside the church; three came from the fallen angels and about thirty that belongs to humans but all of them reeks of malice. Unknown to the occupants of the church, Sieg and Karna were already aware that they are being watched by them and both internally commented that they did not even bother to conceal their auras and killing intents.

"We're here…" Sieg said to Asia while the said nun smiled, happy that she finally found her assigned location.

"Yes! This is the place. Thank very much. Mr. Sieg, Mr. Karna! If it weren't for the both of you, I would have lost in the town. How will I ever repay you?" Asia said to the boys with words filled with gratitude.

"There is no need to repay us, we were happy to help." Karna slightly smiled to the nun while Sieg nodded his head. The two were about to leave the premise but Asia called them out.

"U-Um, Wait!" Asia called out that made the duo turn to her direction.

"W-Why don't you stay and drink some tea, as thanks for escorting me here." Asia said in a shy manner.

"My apologies but we have school today and we're late, perhaps some other time, if we happen to meet again." Karna replied in a cool and respectful manner.

"Oh, I see. I'm sorry for taking some of your time." Asia felt sad upon the reply but immediately smile and apologize to them.

"There is no need to be sorry for. Like my friend said earlier, we are happy to help; just a simple thank you is enough for us." Sieg reassured the nun.

"Then please take care on your way back and I hope we'll meet again." Asia said with a smile.

"You too, Sister Asia, please always take care of yourself." Karna replied in a tone that hinting her to be careful, and after saying their farewell, the two boys left the premise while Asia made her way inside the church unaware of things that will happen in the following days.

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With Sieg and Karna

After leaving the church, Sieg and Karna quietly walk back to the town proper to reach the academy. The duo quietly contemplates on what they are going to do to the Fallen Angels in Kuoh town; after minutes of thinking, Sieg breaks the silence and ask his friend.

"Is it alright to leave the nun there? It seems we left her at the den of wolves." Sieg started. There is worry in his tone.

"It cannot be help; we can't start picking a fight with them at this time, too many witnesses. I think you are aware that they are watching us earlier while we converse with sister Asia." Karna replied calmly.

"Then we could only wait for the right time to confront them." Sieg said with finality.

"Indeed." That was Karna's only reply, and the conversation ends as they made their way to the academy.

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Kuoh Academy, Lunch time

After eating his lunch, Sieg is currently under a tree currently napping. It was windy and quiet; a perfect place to sleep, even though many female students were watching him sleep from a far with a dreamy look on their faces. Sieg was very much aware to the stares he is getting but he chose to ignore them and made himself at peace until sleep takes him.

But unfortunately, his terrible luck suddenly kicks-in as he felt three auras near him that belongs to the devils in the school and one of them is approaching him. He opened his eyes and look at the devil that is approaching him; and he saw the knight piece of Rias Gremory, Yuuto Kiba, who is also dubbed as 'the prince of Kuoh Academy'. Said devil is currently glaring at him with hatred in his eyes and somehow cautious of him base on his stance.

"My king, Rias Gremory, wants to meet you at the Old School Building. We would like for you to follow us." Kiba said in a stern voice as Akeno and Koneko made their presence known.

"... What if I refuse, what would you do about it?" Sieg replied in a monotonous voice wearing an unreadable expression on his face.

"Then we will do everything for you to follow us, even if we use force." Was the answer Kiba came up to Sieg's question.

"Is that a threat, servants of Gremory?" A voice as cold as ice was heard by the three devils that made them shiver in fright. The three devils turned to their back and their eyes widen in shock when they saw Karna standing behind them without their notice.

"What!?... How did he…"

"We didn't even notice his presence…"

"This familiar divine aura…"

Kiba, Akeno, and Koneko internally panicked as they got caught off-guard by a dangerous being that is currently emitting his aura and killing intent.

"So what are you three doing here? Do you want something from my friend?" Karna inquired the three servant devils while giving them the cold stare.

"O-Our master, Rias Gremory, wants to meet your friend Hyoudou Issei." Akeno replied nervously.

"Then why is a simple invitation turns into a threat? Also Ise has the right to decide whether he will come or not. If your master wants to meet Ise, she should meet him herself." Karna said in a much chilling voice while maintaining his cold stare.

"…"

"…."

"…."

The devil trio only remained silent under the harsh and cold glare of Karna. They can feel his divine aura seeping, which is as hot as a blazing sun. No one made a move until Sieg breaks the silence.

"It's fine. Let's hear what they wanted to say." Sieg said in a calm tone. Karna look at Sieg for a moment and then he sighed.

"Then lead us to your master. We'll talk to her." Karna firmly said leaving no time for the three devils to argue. Kiba, Koneko, and Akeno nodded nervously and made their way to the Old School building while Sieg and Karna followed them.

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Kuoh Academy Old School Building, Occult Research Clubroom

Rias Gremory is currently sitting on her office chair in a relaxing manner as she awaits her servants while bringing Issei Hyoudou to the clubroom. She is rather excited that she will obtain a powerful piece against the bastard Raiser Phenex and be free from the engagement. She would make sure that he joins her peerage even to offer him riches or women if she has to.

As she ponders on things that will happen in the future if things go as planned, she heard the clubroom door open and see her servants; Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko has finally came back with Hyoudou Issei in tow but suddenly widen her eyes in surprise on an unexpected situation. Her servants did not come with just Issei Hyoudou but also Ramesh Burman, the Indian transfer, came along too.

"Buchou, we have brought them." Akeno said to her master, although deep inside she is nervous on what will happen in this meeting.

"You have something to discuss with me, what is it Gremory- senpai?" Sieg asked her in a calm tone and emotionless expression which made her flinched a little but composes herself immediately.

"Yes, I have something to discuss about you. So Issei, how much do you know about the supernatural?" Rias confidently asked him as a good start of the conversation.

"Get to the point Gremory, I know you are a devil and I know that you have your servants spy on me. I have plenty of knowledge to the supernatural already." Sieg said in an annoyed tone. Everyone in the O.R.C. was shocked at what he said and they suddenly got alarmed on an incoming fight.

"F-Fine then! Hyoudou Issei, will you join my peerage and become my servant? If you join me, I will grant you-" Before Rias mention the benefits of being her servant; Sieg cut her off in the middle of her explaining.

"I refuse!" Was Sieg's quick reply which made Rias and her peerage stunned into silence.

"B-But why refuse? You did not even let me finish saying the benefits of being a devil under me." Rias stuttered at her statement still in shock and confusion at the boy's reply. She was also upset that for the first time someone refuses her and even her beauty did not work.

"It seems rude to say this but, are you stupid? After gaining some information on me, you still think that you can convince me to side with you devils despite being hunted by me. Do you even know who I really am?" Sieg answered the Gremory heiress with a calm but cold tone. His eyes were slitted like a dragon's eyes indicating that he is mad. The glare made the devils shiver and they gone into their battle stance with Rias at the back of her servants.

Seeing the situation, Karna stood beside Sieg and put his hand on his friend's shoulder, Sieg turned to Karna and his friend just shook his head to cease his anger which made Sieg to calm down. Sieg turn to the door and left the clubroom, Karna was about to follow his friend but he turns his sight to devils to relay what he wants to say to the Gremory devils.

"Rias Gremory, I advise you to keep your distance with us, especially with Sieg." Karna sternly said as a sign of warning to Rias and her peerage.

"Oh? Why do you think that I'll heed your advice? Both of you are in my territory?" Rias retorted back, she is upset that her pride was hurt being called stupid by a human.

"And yet it was only loaned to you devils, to one particular devil to be exact, the Shinto faction can retake this piece of land anytime. If you still doubt me, ask your brother the current Lucifer. He knows what I'm talking about, and also Sieg was born here in this town, if someone has the rights here, it's him." Karna finished his explanation and Rias narrowed her eyes upon that statement. She will ask her brother when she has the time; there are too many things that she did not know. She only received the territory on the higher ups' orders afterall.

"*SIGH* Then how about—" Rias changed the topic and was about to make a proposition to Karna but she was once again cut off by Karna's cold answer.

"I refuse." Replied by the white haired teen.

"Eh!?" Rias was dumbfounded; she was once again rejected, twice which hurt her pride. All of her life, no one could refuse her especially with the gender of the opposite sex, just by her charm she could get what she wanted with the exception of Sieg and Karna who flat out said no to her.

"If you are thinking of recruiting me into your peerage then you're wrong, I have nothing against you devils but I will appreciate it if I'm not involved into devil's politics." Karna said cooly glaring at them with one close eye.

"Hoh? Did you forget that even if it's loaned to us devils, Kuoh is still my jurisdiction? The two of you which is still unclaimed by any faction will have a hard time living here. We might accidentally attack you." Rias said in a high and mighty tone. She had no choice but to scare them something akin to a threat in order for them to reconsider to join a faction, to the devil side in particular.

"Why would you do that, princess of the Gremory clan? If that happens, those two even alone can make your life a living hell." A feminine voice was heard by everybody in the clubroom which surprises the devils but Karna knew who's voice it belongs to, he just shut his eyes while sighing.

"I see you wanted to make your presence known, Master." Karna said while looking towards the corner of the clubroom which the devils follow. At the corner leaning on her back, Scathach look at them with a smile but the devils felt a very dangerous aura surrounding her which made them stiff.

"You two really, not even a month in staying in this town and you're already discovered by the devils. Seriously you two have an amazing luck. And also, don't you think it's rude to not introduce yourself since they already know Sieg-kun." Scathach mock scolded Karna and by extension Sieg on the events happened.

"Hmph! Very well. My true name is Karna, like Sieg who is the reincarnation of the hero Siegfried, I am the reincarnation of the hero demi-god Karna of the Indian epic Mahabarata." Karna heed his mentor's suggestion and introduced his real identity. The revelation made the devils' eyes widen in shock and fear.

"K-Karna!?... I see… it makes sense due to your divine aura though it was faint." Rias said in shock and disbelief for a reincarnation of a famous hero appears in her territory.

"As for me, Scarlet Darcy is only a name I chose as a disguise. I am known for many titles but I am one that trained heroes back in the day; my true name is Scathach, queen of the Land of Shadows, I hope we get along Gremory of the 72 pillars… or were it 34 now?" Scathach introduce herself to the devils which earn some gasp of shock. The devil peerage actually knows her legend as the warrior queen and the first human to actually kill a God.

"S-Scathach! The Godslayer!" Rias said in shock and with her peerage, they get into a battle stance.

"It's now 34 pillars after the Great War and I think they are now alarmed at your presence, Teacher." Karna nonchalantly said to his mentor as he stares to the devils. Scathach followed Karna's line of sight and realizes what he means.

"There is no need to do that, Gremory. As long as you do not disturb us especially Sieg, there is no problem. That boy is kind to all but harbors hatred towards your race; he is only tolerating your presence here so it's better for us to avoid each other and go on with life, okay?" Scathach gently said to the devils and left the room, Karna followed his mentor behind leaving only the devils in the room.

"Rias, should we report this to Sirzechs-sama?" Akeno asked her king.

"No, don't Akeno… I do not want to disturb my brother from his work as the Maou. As long as we are not disturbing those three, we will be fine… I guess Issei or rather Sieg is off-limits huh? And here I thought I would gain a powerful piece." Rias reluctantly said and felt disappointed that she had failed to gain a new peerage member but Akeno on the other hand made a sigh of relief that her master has finally stopped her pursuit to recruit Sieg.

…

Hyoudou Residence, night time

After the meeting with the devils, Sieg and Karna find themselves in seiza position and in front of them is the glorious form of their mentor/ big sister, Scathach. Said woman is standing in front of her charges arms crossed while looking at them with her left brow twitching in irritation.

"Well… not even a month has passed and you two are in trouble… how did it came to be; I wonder?" Scathach asked her charges in a very sweet tone and wearing a beautiful smile on her face.

Sieg and Karna on the other hand were not deceived on their mentor/ big sister's facial expression, they were reminded that it was the face she wore during their training (torture) and they realize that they are in a world of pain.

"The devils and fallen angels were the ones at fault here. They put their noses on where it shouldn't be." Karna said in a confident tone.

"Despite wearing the necklace you gave us to hide the aura of our sacred gears, some small portion of our sacred gears' power seeps out and there is a nekomata in the Gremory peerage. So it is really inevitable to encounter the devils and fallen angels this early." Sieg gave his own opinion in the matter.

"Hmmm… well it can't be helped, I should have gotten used to it by now. Taking care of two children is a pain especially if they are magnets for disaster." Scathach sighs in defeat and resignation.

"Umm… Nee-san, I think your luck is not too different from Karna and mine. Remember back then when we-" before he could finish his statement, something passes through the side of his head in high speed. When Sieg look back, he saw his mentor's beloved weapon, Gae Bolg, impaled to the wall of the living room and this made him sweat a little. Even though his expression was stoic, he was truly scared inside.

"Oh my!~ did you say something Sieg? I'm sorry I did not quite hear what you said, I was practicing on twirling my spear skillfully then it suddenly slips through my hands." Scathach said in a sickly sweet voice that made the two boys shiver. They imagine their mentor on how the spear accidentally slips through her hands and both gulped nervously.

There is silence between the three of them, Sieg stared at Scathach and she stared back in kind, the two have engaged in an intense staring contest until Sieg broke the standstill.

"… IamsorrypleasepretendthatyoudidnothearwhatIsaidpleaseforgiveme!" Sieg did a dogeza and spout his apology in a very fast pace to the point that others could barely recognize some of the words he has said. Karna had a sweatdropped at Sieg's antics while Scathach giggled until it became a laugh.

"Ufufufufu… hahahahaha! I'm only just teasing you Sieg, you don't have to be so frightened." Scathach casually said while she ruffled Sieg's hair.

"I never heard such a teasing so frightening. If that is the standard of your teasing, then no one would actually see another day if you tease other people." Sieg retorted in his mind so that his mentor would not hear.

"Let's end this little comedy skit of ours for the night. I am going to go on patrol in the whole town so that stray devils or otherwise, will not harm any citizen here." Karna composed himself and stand up.

"You're going already? Let's have dinner first, so get into cooking, boys." Scathach said to the two.

"Very well, but before that, you should start covering up the walls where you impaled your Gae Bolg on then after that, we're going to start cooking." Karna sternly said while pointing on the hole in the wall. Scathach could only pout cutely much to her dismay.

…

Somewhere in Kuoh, Residential area

After eating a satisfying dinner, Karna left the Hyoudou residence to patrol the area. He is currently wearing his battle outfit and traversing the area unnoticed by jumping from one roof to another. Along the way he suddenly felt a different atmosphere in the area near him, so he made his way towards the area to investigate.

"I see, it's a human-repelling barrier. Why would someone do this in a simple residence and intrude someone's home uninvited?" After reaching his destination, Karna assessed the area with the erected barrier.

[Perhaps this is robbery in a supernatural style.] A voice said jokingly. Said voice came from the blinking emerald gem embedded to Karna's chest.

"I see you're awake, Ddraig." Karna said to the owner of the voice.

[Yeah, I got tired of sleeping and see if there is something interesting happening.] The voice that is now known as Ddraig, the Welsh Dragon and the Red Dragon Emperor, said sounding really bored.

"Well long story short; several days after you slept, we finally transferred residence here in Kuoh town with the help of Amaterasu but Kuoh has been a territory loaned by devils since ten years ago. And now some fallen angels sneaked into this town and targeted Sieg for having a sacred gear." Karna summarizes the situation to his partner and sacred gear.

[Heh! That host of Albion is really a magnet for conflict, but I do not pity him. I pity those who would pick a fight with him; you of all people know that.] Ddraig said in amusement.

"Indeed even if you outwit him in battle; if your weapon could not pierce that blood armor then you're dead. All those creatures and other supernatural beings that he fought ended up dead or if not, traumatize. The only way to win is having a dragon slayer weapon or a God-level weapon."Karna replied to the dragon.

[That's why I'm lucky to have you as my host, a part human part God due to being the reincarnation of the hero demigod, Karna. You have both the spear and the bow that the original Karna used when he was alive; with those weapons combined with my power, you are offensively destructive that rivals Sieg's impenetrable defense.] Ddraig said to his host in a very competitive tone.

"That rivalry would be on hold after we reach our full potential; but for now, this suspicious barrier comes first." Karna said to Ddraig and jumped off the roof until he landed at the front of the house.

When he entered the boundary of the barrier, he sensed three presences. One is a devil but the energy signature is weakening, the other is definitely human but the presence was malevolent and filled with taint and the other caught his attention, a human with a very pure aura that he had felt earlier.

"I see, Asia Argento is here too. But she is farther away from the two others." After analyzing the auras, he entered the house and made his way towards the only room that is barely lit.

When he entered the room, what he saw was a site that can be seen on some horror movies but more terrifying but Karna did not flinch in a slightest and look at it in an unreadable expression. He saw a corpse of a human male crucified at the ceiling and there is much blood on the floor; he looks around the room and saw Rias Gremory's rook, Koneko Toujou, lying on the ground with cuts around her petite body and to the other side is a man with white hair and blood red eyes wearing a deranged expression on his face, he is also wearing a priest clothing.

"~Oya!~ another devil worshipper to cut down, lucky me! Hehehehe!" Said the deranged priest and laugh evilly at the end.

"No, I'm not. I'm just a warrior that happens to pass by this area." Karna replied in a calm tone.

"Hah!? Just a warrior!? Bullshit! Nevermind, you're going to be cut down into pieces by me anyway." The crazy priest said as he launched himself to Karna and kills him using his sword skill.

The priest was about collide at Karna preparing himself to do a series of slashes but Karna summons his weapon as fire appear out of his palm while the gold arm brace on his right arm disappeared into motes of light. The fire shaped itself into a long weapon and Karna swing his weapon in one sweep which made the priest defend himself from the swing. Upon impact, the priest felt how heavy Karna's attack was, so he redirects the swing to a slightly different angle but much to his surprised Karna made a series of twirls and swings attacking with both ends of his weapon and the priest tried his best parrying all the attacks. Unfortunately for the crazy priest, the other end of Karna's weapon landed a hit on his left cheek. The blow was so strong that it made the priest spinning midair, and then Karna followed with a roundhouse kick making the priest flew backwards hitting the wall and made cracks on it.

"Guhack! The hell! You're overpowered you little shit!" The deranged priest coughs up blood then throw some profanities at Karna. He actually felt that he lost a tooth and broke some ribs from Karna's attack.

Karna glance at the downed priest with his sharp blue eyes, while flames on his weapon subsided showing its true form. The weapon is a golden spear with unique ornamental designs; it has a long bladed spear tip that is attached at the circle with three short blades protruded at both sides and the design resembles the sun.

"Can you move?" Karna talked to Koneko without glancing away from the priest. Koneko could only nod and stood up weakly.

"Umm… Father Freed, I heard a loud sound just now. What is goi- Aaaaaahhh!" A voice belonging to Asia Argento was heard by the occupants of the room until the nun entered the room; but what she saw is a bloodied corpse crucified on the ceiling making her scream.

"Ah! Thank you for the wonderful scream, Asia. Now come over here and heal me so that I can cut this piece of shit and the devil scum." The crazy priest that is now known as Freed said in a jolly tone.

"W-What is going on here? Who did this?" Asia said still in shock.

"Well that's my handiwork, isn't it great? This is what he gets for worshipping a devil!" Freed replied full with glee.

"That's horrible! No one deserves this kind of fate even if they are involved with the devils!" Asia said in a remorseful tone.

"What? Are you seriously showing mercy to the devils and their cohorts? Look Asia, you're a nun and I'm an exorcist despite being strays; it's our job to cut down those shitty devils and their worshippers too." Freed said wearing a crazed smile on his face which made Asia flinch and taken aback.

"Is it really as you say, Stray? It seems to me that you're using that as an excuse to indulge yourself in bloodshed. If you call those devils shitty then I might as well call you trash." Karna cut off to their conversation saying his blunt observation.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU LITTLE SHIT!? I'LL TEAR YOU APART LIMB BY LIMB!" Freed angrily snarled at Karna, the crazy priest took offense on his honest observation.

"Then prove it with actions, not with your vulgar words. You are just all bark and no bite." Karna retorted to the crazy priest.

Freed was about to get up to crush Karna but unfortunately for him, his whole body ache especially the chest area on where he was hit and then he collapses and sprawled on the floor.

"I see, so that's your limit huh? I could tell, you are skilled and any inexperienced fighter will see you as strong but against me, it's impossible. I have faced monsters much worse than you could ever imagine, to tell you the truth, I have been fighting most of my life so don't be ashamed if you are pathetically defeated." Karna said in a calm tone.

"Y-Y-You!" Freed could only say those words as he succumbed to pain and lost consciousness. Karna stared at Freed for a moment then approach the nun.

"I'll be taking you with me, Miss Asia Argento. You are accompanying a wrong group of people." Karna sternly said to Asia, who in turn could only nod her head then he looks at Koneko.

"And you Miss Koneko. Hurry up and go back to your master, I can feel the Fallen ones are on their way here. You are in no condition to fight." Karna said to the white haired devil.

"B-But what about you?" Koneko worriedly said. The girl still can't believe that she would be saved by the ones whose existence is their antithesis.

"Don't worry; I am capable of fighting them on my own. To tell you the truth, I do not mind if I'm fighting an army or a whole faction; I will fight as long as people have the desires to live their lives and pursue their dreams. Some heroes fought for that reason including the original Karna." Karna said in a gentle tone and gave Koneko a small smile.

Koneko could only stare in awe on Karna's attitude, true to his legend; he is truly the 'Hero of Charity'. Koneko was about to thank her savior when a crimson magic circle that has the crest of Gremory in it and in the circle, Rias and her whole peerage appeared.

"Koneko! Thank goodness you're safe. We have tried to contact you when you did not come back at the clubroom in time." Rias ran towards Koneko and hug her. The Gremory girl was worried and in a panic.

"I'm okay Buchou, it's thanks to Karna- senpai that I'm still alive." Koneko said which shock Rias as she looks at her rook's savior.

Rias is currently having mixed feelings on Karna, she is thankful that he saved Koneko but he is also a potential threat to them and the devil race, him together with Sieg and their mentor Scathach. Karna stared at the Gremory, he can discern her intentions and feelings, such skill he inherited to the original Karna. He currently understands the Gremory girl's predicament; after all, the existences of heroes and the devils are always at the opposing side of the equilibrium. So it is only natural that she distrusts them and vice versa.

"You do not need to thank me, Gremory. I can tell on the look on your face that you distrust us, so take your servants and get out of here." Karna said to Rias which in return she nodded and teleported out with her servants, leaving Karna and Asia alone.

"Now then, Miss Asia. Stand still, I will make a barrier around you so that they could not get you." Karna instructed Asia, which she willingly obey.

Using the tip of his spear, Karna started writing symbols around Asia, those symbols are runes which is a requirement in using runic magic. Karna has knowledge on runes due to him under tutelage of Scathach who is also a master of runic magic aside from wielding a spear. After writing the last symbol, the runes around Asia glowed but faded immediately.

"Don't cross beyond those runes, you'll be safe there." Karna said to the nun as he faces himself to the direction where the fallen angels will come from.

Asia was about to say something to Karna when suddenly the ceiling collapses on them. The runes around Asia shone brightly and a transparent dome covered the nun, defending her against the falling debris. Karna on the other hand, use a fire element mana burst; the fire was so hot that it actually burned and melted the debris.

After clearing the falling debris, Karna looked up at the sky and see two figures floating in the sky. The two figures have a pair of black feathery wings that could be compared to a crow's wing.

"Hoh!? Not bad human…" A voice that belongs to a male said. The man has a black fedora hat and gray trench coat.

"Oh! He's cute, I'll give him that." Another voice that belongs to a girl said. The girl beside the man has blonde hair and blue eyes and she wore a gothic Lolita outfit.

"So you're here, Fallen Angels… how can I help you?" Karna said as he stared at both fallen angels.

"Well, we would like you to hand over the nun to us." The male fallen angel said.

"I shall respectfully refuse your request, since by just looking at you; you're up to no good." Was Karna's blunt reply which irked the fallen angels especially the male.

"Hoh! You have some guts saying those blunt words. Do you have a death wish, human?" The male Fallen said with a smirk though his tone sounds angry.

"No, I have none. I am just being honest and pointing out my own observation, discerning the intentions of people is one of my valuable skills." Karna replied as he assumes a battle stance ready to lunge at his opponents.

"And that will be the cause of your death, HUMAN!" The male fallen angel declared, as he conjured a blue spear of light.

"I will let you know the name of your murderer. My name is Donaseek." The male fallen angel now known as Donaseek said.

"And my name is Mittelt cutey! Too bad, you will be full of holes." The fallen angel girl introduced herself with a sadistic grin on her face.

"Hmph! Then let me introduce myself as well, my name is Karna. I think you are familiar of the name?" Karna followed suit on the two fallen angels.

""….. What!? Karna? As in the Hindu demigod!?"" Were the thoughts of the two shocked fallen angels who widen their eyes upon hearing the name.

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"… En Garde…" Karna said to the fallen angels which made them snapped out of their thoughts. In the blink of an eye, Karna vanishes from their sight leaving crimson light and all of a sudden Karna shortens the distance between them and already in mid-swing of his golden spear.

Scene change: Kuoh Town, in an abandoned construction site

While the battle between Karna and the two fallen angels continues, another battle is raging somewhere in Kuoh town, in an open abandoned construction site. There are sparks appearing everywhere and the sounds of steel clashing with steel can be heard. Within this battlefield were two combatants engaged in a fierce battle of blades; one combatant wields a silver great sword, the way he wields the sword surpasses the skill of even humanity's best swordsman could wield a great sword. He swings the great sword like it was just a broad sword disregarding the weight of the weapon; the swordsman wore a black sleeveless open zipper shirt which shows his toned chest with the crest engraved on it, he also wore a pair of gauntlets that resembling a dragon's scale but his whole left arm was completely covered with armor while his right arm has his shoulder to elbow exposed. He also has black pants with a uniquely designed silver greaves with a waist cape attached on his hip and his black shoes with a sabaton with two nails protruding on it (AN: look for elsword game, Raven's 3rd class after Reckless Fist called Rage hearts. That's the design of his footwear similar to that even the greaves but in silver color). He also has a short spiky brown hair with streaks of silvery-white and a pair of blue reptilian eyes, this young warrior is Sieg, who was known to the supernatural as the 'Dragon-Blooded Knight'.

He is currently facing the second combatant; a black bipedal creature that is very inhuman in appearance, it has a tail like a scorpion but what is disturbing for Sieg is that the creature's weapon. Its claws have a shape of the spear he is very familiar with, it was his mentor's spear, the Gae Bolg. Each finger was the spear itself with the spear tip as its nails, they are currently in an intense dance of blades, their arms were a blur due to their high speed swings and only mirages or after images of the swings can be seen. Whenever their blades clash, a chunk of land is being ebbed away because of the strong blows they throw, both warriors attempting to break the stalemate they are currently in. As the heated battle continues, the creature found an opening and thrust its claw forward aiming for Sieg's head but he barely dodged it by tilting his head only receiving a scratch to his cheek drawing blood.

"…Just like nee-san's Gae Bolg, it managed to pierce my blood armor." Sieg thought to himself, calmly analyzing his enemy.

Sieg made a crouching position and lunge at the enemy with high speed and executes an uppercut slash in a speed of the guillotine but the enemy immediately backs away receiving a light scratch on its torso. The creature lunges towards Sieg and thrusts its spear-like claw which Sieg blocked with Balmung making them in a state of a deadlock. While they are in a contest of strength, Sieg enveloped himself in a greenish blue aura and made a mana burst which made the creature flew back in several meters away and then the dragon-blooded knight made an energy slash towards the disoriented creature. The creature noticed the attack and did a side flip evading the slash, upon seeing his enemy dodge, Sieg did not waste any time and lunge at the creature leaving a crack to the ground while Sieg can be only seen as a streak of light speeding towards the creature. When he reached his target, Sieg made a sideway slash attempting to cut the head of the creature but only dodges by crouching down, unfortunately for the creature, the attack does not end there because Sieg performed a roundhouse kick and the creature tried to block the attack by crossing his arm into a cross guard. Upon impact, the creature was once again thrown back to another several meters but it manages to regain its footing and stab its claws to the ground in order to stop itself from skidding further. After the creature manages to stop itself from skidding, it immediately looks to its enemy only to see Sieg in front of it and currently in mid swing and then there is an explosion.

Scene change: Kuoh Town, Karna vs. Dohnaseek and Mittelt

In the other part of the town, Karna is currently dodging a rain of light spears conjured by Dohnaseek and Mittelt, whenever Karna hops to another direction the rain of light spears persistently following him but he skillfully evaded every attack without much effort making the two fallen angels frustrated.

"Argh! Puny human, stay still and let me hit you!" Mittelt said, her tone laced with frustration.

"Hmph… If you want to hit me, you should work on your accuracy first." Karna nonchalantly said while dodging the incoming light spears and parried the attacks that come close on hitting him.

"Mittlelt, I'm going in close quarters combat and distract him while you provide a ranged support. With this, we can find an opening and he cannot defend both of us at the same time." Said Dohnaseek. Mittelt could only nod since the plan has much chance of success.

"Don't get so cocky human! Know to respect your betters!" Dohnaseek arrogantly said as he charges towards Karna with a light spear in hand.

Karna calmly prepared himself on his collision with Dohnaseek and when they are at their range of attack, the contest of wielding spear has started. Both warriors skillfully twirling their spears parrying and confusing each other to make an opening, Mittelt on the other hand, is watching in the distance waiting for the opportunity to attack Karna. When the opportunity presented itself; Mittelt conjured a light spear and throw it at Karna on pinpoint accuracy, most warriors will surely be hit with a projectile that came from their blind spots but Karna prove them wrong when he suddenly spins around and deflected the light spear which also happens to redirected to Dohnaseek barely hitting him in the process.

"Guh!" Dohnaseek grunted, he was definitely shock that his opponent could actually parried a coordinated attack that targets his blindspot.

"Tch!" Mittelt could only clicked her tongue in frustration. They have truly underestimated their human opponent.

After parrying, Karna resumed facing Dohnaseek in a dance of spears putting pressure to the male fallen angel. Mittelt has no choice but wait for another opportunity and moments later she found an opening, and this time she is planning to execute a deceptive attack. She threw her light spear once more at Karna and just like the first attempt, it was parried and redirected to Dohnaseek but after deflecting the attack, Karna saw another light spear aiming at him just after the first one. Mittelt is starting to celebrate in her mind that her attack is a success and believed that no human could possibly dodge two simultaneous attacks from the same direction; but it was short lived when what she saw greatly shocked her, Karna just grabbed the light spear and simply threw it at the distracted Dohnaseek and this time the male fallen was hit on his left shoulder.

"GAHH! FUCKKK!" Dohnaseek cursed due to his misfortune of being attacked by a friendly fire.

"What the!? How can he react so fast!" Mittelt yelled in disbelief. She was also in shocked that her teammate Dohnaseek has taken a hit from her attack.

"Throwing a simultaneous attack, not bad, I commend your efforts. But it will not work to me, it will take more than a surprise attack to defeat me. So come at me with all your might." Karna challengingly said to the two Fallen angels; which prompts both Dohnaseek and Mittelt to engage him in melee, with spear in their hands, they charge towards Karna.

In response, Karna prepared himself to intercept all the attacks that are coming to him. He deflected Dohnaseek's thrust attack and dodges Mittelt's attack, then the three combatants engaged themselves to another dance of twirling spears. The three have been in a stalemate with the two fallen never landing an attack to Karna who was simply swatting their attacks and unfortunately to Mittelt, she was being kick around by the white haired spearman in the whole exchange which made her lose her temper.

"Arrrggghh! I've had enough of this! I'm going after the nun, stall him until then!" Mittelt said in an angry tone as she flew away towards Asia. But Karna just stood still with a calm expression on his face, Dohnaseek notice this and ask him.

"Why are you so calm? Aren't you going to go back and stop her from getting the nun?" Asked the male fallen.

"That wouldn't be necessary." Replied Karna as he put himself in a battle stance. The two warriors are staring each other until a tower of fire flared from afar. Dohnaseek was shocked and then realized something.

"I put a barrier around Ms. Asia Argento, it would react to any intruders that I deemed to be my enemy. Defeating me is the only way to cancel the barrier." Karna said cooly as he pointed his spear at the fallen angel. This made Dohnaseek angry, being made a fool by a human no less.

"Y-You lowly human!" Dohnaseek roared as he propels himself towards Karna. He thrust his spear towards Karna's head but Karna dodge the attack simply by tilting his head to the side and the clash of weapons has resume once again. The battle looks like in a stalemate, but as time passed, one warrior was slowly getting the upper hand. Dohnaseek has started to tire himself due to not being calm in battle, he is frustrated that his opponent which is a human no less, just gracefully deflecting all his attacks and base from his expression, He is not showing signs of being tired.

"it's no shame to retreat so that you could fight in another day, don't worry, I will not attack you while your back is facing me." Karna said to the fallen but Dohnaseek interpreted his act as an insult.

"Then I'll destroy you along this part of land!" Was the fallen's angry reply while he levitates to the air and conjured a large light spear that can destroy a chunk of land. Karna frowns at the fallen angel, he could see that he lost his rationality due to overwhelming pride to his race. The white haired teen dismissed his golden spear and transformed back into a brace on his arm while the other brace glowed and transformed into a weapon. It is a gold dual blades that has a sun ray ornament as its cross guard. Karna put both the dual blades' hilt together forming another weapon, it is now resembled a bow. (AN: its appearance is kind of similar to proto gilgamesh's enki)

The bow is no ordinary weapon and as much destructive as his spear, the legend says that it is a celestial weapon that the original Karna received from his teacher Parasurama who was given the bow by Shiva, the God of Destruction; the bow provided him supremacy and victory against Arjuna and Krishna. The name of the bow is Vijaya, the bow of destruction. Karna put his thumb and index finger towards the bow and an energy string and arrow appeared, he pulled the string and arrow and aim it at Dohnaseek. The energy arrow is coated with fire with a mix of gold lightning crackling at the tip.

"NOW BEGONE! HUMAN!" Dohnaseek roared and brought down his hands and the large light spear descended towards Karna.

"*SIGH*" Karna just sighed as it seems its hopeless to reason out with Dohnaseek, as he releases the energy arrow. There is a booming sound as the arrow launches from the bow making its way towards its intended target, the light spear collided with the energy arrow and the arrow tear through the spear without any resistance which made the fallen froze in shock.

"Eh?" Was the fallen's last word as he was enveloped in Karna's attack not having a chance to scream as he disintegrated to ashes.

"Hmph… They are always the same." Karna said as he dismissed his weapon and walk off the battlefield back to where Asia Argento is.

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Scene change: Kuoh Town, Sieg vs. Shadow beast

(BGM start: Nier Automata OST- Bipolar Nightmare with vocals)

Sparks fly as the clashing and grinding of steel can be heard in the desolate area that used to be an abandoned factory, the sounds were also followed by explosion after explosion which destroys the surrounding area leaving some craters and destroyed building. From the last explosion, a figure emerged jumping away from the explosion, it was the young dragon-knight, Sieg, as he flips his body midair gracefully landing on the ground but he was also followed by the shadow beast that is chasing him like a predator hunting his prey.

Upon seeing the beast's relentless attack, Sieg raised his sword in front of him and twist the hilt which prompts the sword to release a pillar of greenish-blue energy light which form as an extension to the sword.

"HAAAHHH!" Sieg grunted as he swung his sword down.

The shadow beast saw the pillar of energy is falling towards it as it stops running and raised its arms to defend until it was struck by the pillar of light. The fight is in stalemate as the Dragon-Blooded knight put more pressure on his attack while the beast is pinned by the said attack like it was carrying a huge load that made the ground below it cracks from the pressure.

After a moment, the shadow beast managed to push itself to the side to avoid being crush by the energy that the sword is emitting, and resumed his chase for Sieg. The beast lunge at the knight and swipe it's left claw at him but Sieg with his inhuman reflexes manage to block the swipe then the beast tried again with its right claw which is obviously blocked once more. The beast tried again alternately with both of its claws which Sieg blocked with caution, the exchange went faster and faster until their arms were a blur. In order to break the stalemate, the beast made a tail swipe which Sieg did not expect as he block it the flat of his sword, upon contact, the force made Sieg flew backwards as the beast gave chase.

Sieg regained his balance but the beast was already behind him ready to make another tail swipe, the knight did not manage to notice as he was hit making him fly upwards.

"GAAHHCKK!" Sieg grunted in pain as he was hit at the back. He tried to look at his enemy but the beast is not on the ground anymore; and suddenly, he felt a presence besides him only to look at the beast flipping in the air as it whips its tail downwards hitting him in the process. The impact of the attack has produce a sonic boom that propels the knight to the ground resulting to another explosion and a crater to the ground.

The beast did not stop its attack, as it landed besides the smoke produced by the explosion and stab through the smoke with its right claw. The beast was expecting to pierce flesh but unfortunately it was met by steel, the smoke dissipated and there is Sieg blocking the attack with the flat of the blade.

"My turn…" Sieg uttered these words and he swing his sword to deflect the outstretch claw, he jumps into action as he swings his great sword horizontally attempting to cut the beast in half; however, the beast manages to dodge the attack.

When the beast found its balance, it looks for its opponent only to see that the young knight is about to attack again with the sword raise and holding by two hands. Sieg swings his sword down with full force while the beasts defended with its claw, although the attack was blocked, the beast felt that the attack is much heavier than their earlier bout. The attack did not end there as Sieg made a flurry of slashes swinging down his sword in every angle while the beast barely blocks some of the attacks due to the force behind the swing.

After successfully blocking the last sword attack, the beast felt being hit with a metallic object to the face, it then realized that it got punched by the Dragon-blooded knight. Sieg continued his relentless assault swinging his sword at the beast although the attack is being defended by the beast, he will proceed on punching the beast to its face in an unpredictable timing. This exchange continued until the beast had enough and have gone into offensive, it manages to avoid being punched or backhanded but Sieg just redirects its attack and started pummeling the beast with the hilt of sword, and the cycle continues.

After some intense beatings, the beast backs away from the relentless dragon-knight and stared at its enemy, formulating a new strategy to tear apart the young teen. Sieg felt that the beast is intensely staring at him so in return he stared back. After the intense stare off, the beast decided to attack with all it has making a flurry of swipes with its claws adding with its tail but Sieg made a battle stance and raise his sword with both hands and defended himself by swinging a flurry of slashes hitting both the claws and tail of the beast to deflect the attack. Their attacks were once again so fast that a human eye could not follow it anymore and will only see blurs and sparks.

In the heat of the exchange, Sieg swings down his sword but the beast dodges by flipping into the air. The beast saw an opening as it stepped onto the sword adding its own weight so that the young knight would be unable to pick up his sword. Now that it had pinned the knight in place, it proceeded on swiping the knight's head with its claws, the beast thought that it had won, however in to the last minute, Sieg loses his grip to his sword and leans backward dodging the swipe in a hair's breadth much to the beast's surprise and then he perform a series of kicks that the beast barely defended due to its shock; first, Sieg did two backflip kicks after leaning back from the attack, followed by a butterfly kick, then three mid roundhouse kicks and finally with one high roundhouse kick that hits home to the beast's head that makes it fly back away from the knight. After the almost impossible stunt, Sieg picks up his sword casually with one hand and pointed it to the beast that starting to regain its balance after the damage it took.

The shadow beast snarled at Sieg showing its fury to him but the knight didn't seem fazed by the beast's intimidation. Sieg made battle stance similar to Ochs stance but with one hand holding the sword while the back of his gauntlet at the forearm is placed at the blade of his sword, he started sliding his armored forearm through the blade like unsheathing a sword from its scabbard then followed with the appearance of blue flame coating the blade. (AN: Garo stance of Leon Louis in the first Garo anime) The beast did not want to prolong the fight as it launches itself towards Sieg with great speed, and lash out a barrage of claw attacks which Sieg defended with caution, each swipe deflected by his flaming sword. The beast resorted using its tail once again as a surprise attack but this time Sieg was ready since he is actually waiting for its tail. He dodges the tail attack, avoiding getting impaled to the heart and then he twists his body to gain momentum as he made a very fast side swipe of his sword severing the monster's tail. The beast shrieks in pain and distracted, Sieg did not waste any time as he raises his stance to the actual Ochs stance and twists the hilt of his sword, then he thrusts his sword forward and a beam of greenish-blue energy is unleashing from the sword soaring towards the beast and envelops it. (AN: similar to Saber Arthuria Pendragon's strike air) The beam attack was so strong that it creates a trench to the land.

(BGM end: Nier Automata OST- Bipolar Nightmare with vocals)

The battle was over and Sieg allowed himself to relax but still on guard, after the chaos subsided, the young knight saw nothing in the aftermath of his attack neither the presence of the beast nor a sign that it was dead. Sieg came in the conclusion that the shadow beast escapes and has no way to trace its aura, so he walks towards his home to report it to his mentor/ sister figure and let the devils in charge to fix the damage.

Kuoh Town, Hyoudou Residence

"I see…" Scathach said as she was now in deep thought on the report that Sieg brought. It was truly disturbing to her that one denizen of the Land of shadows has a weapon similar to her own, the Gae Bolg. There is one person that could wield the weapon but it was still a hypothesis or theory and they lack evidences to arrive on such conclusion, but the possibility is there, after all the Land of shadows is a place for otherworldly beings such as demons and ghosts or spirits.

Ending her thoughts, she turns to Karna and the nun that was with her, after looking at them she could only sigh in resignation and nurse her head feeling a headache coming. What Karna brought with him is literally trouble itself and now the Fallen Angels has their attention to them.

"Are you sure about this? Now the Fallen angels would be onto us and they might attack this place." Scathach said to his student about the consequences of his actions.

"I'm very well aware of it and I am prepared to fight them on my own but I am asking a favor to you master and you too Sieg, to guard Asia Argento." Karna replied and sincerely ask his mentor and friend's help.

"*SIGH* Never mind that… We're family and we're all in this together." Scathach said with a smile.

"Don't worry Karna, I'm with you on this. I guess it is inevitable." Sieg added.

"Thank you." Karna said his gratitude.

[Heh! At least neither the devils nor the Fallen knows that both of you are the host of the heavenly dragons] Ddraig said after his long silence.

(There is no reason for them to show our power to them, they do not even pose as a threat to our host.) Albion added.

"Wait, whose voices are those?" Asia asked the three. She was startled hearing two gruff voices suddenly speaking out of nowhere.

"Don't worry about it girl, Sieg and Karna are both sacred gear wielders like you though theirs were special because they have beings inside their gears. Alright! Let's call it a day and rest, follow me girl I'll guide you to your room." Scathach said and ushered Asia to follow her so that they could finally rest. Sieg and Karna waited for several seconds until they themselves turn in for the night.

Chapter end

Act 2: The Hero of Charity

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

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Credits

(Start song: Desire by Garnidelia) (The closing theme has similar scenes in Fate/Apocrypha except at the end scene at the beach, when Jeanne walk off, she is heading to where Irina and Xenovia were waiting for her to start their journey.)

*Instrumental music*

Donna ni nozondemo

Kanawanai ashita ga aru to

Me o tojite

Soredemo arukitsudzuketa

Ikutsu yoru o kasanetemo

Kesenakute hikari o motometeru

Furikaeru michi ni wa

Mou modorenakutemo

Sekai wa mawaru kiseki o inotta shunkan ni

Hoka ni wa nanimo iranai koko ni aru no wa

Negai negai todoketai yo

Kizutsuite kizutsukete subete o nakushita to shitemo

Kanawanai kanaetai omoi o nigirishimete

*Instrumental music*

(Song end)

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:

And that's all folks! In this chapter, the episode introduces Karna who also happens to be the Sekiryuutei. Were some of you surprised? Most actually theorized that Karna would hold the true Longinus, honestly that was my first plan but I settled with Karna having the two divine weapons he used from his past life in addition with the boosted gear and it sounds really overpowered and an overkill but since I'm the author, I placed a limit on how many times he could use his NP and how long is the cooldown. Next is Sieg's encounter with another denizen, if you are wondering about the appearance, it is similar to Cu Alter's form in NP and I think some would already realize it base on the description and finally, this creature manages to escape! Well that's bad… I assure you that it will appear in far future chapters. Take a guess to which arc it will appear, and here is the stat sheet corner.

NAME: Karna

ALIAS: The Hero of Charity, the Red Dragon Emperor or Sekiryuutei

GENDER: Male

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

ALIGNMENT: Lawful Good

Strength: B+

Agility: A+

Endurance: B

Mana: B

Luck: D

NP: EX

Note:

Boosted Gear is his main NP and all longinus gears are in this rank.

Karna's parameter is slightly higher than his Fate counterpart due to the influence of the sacred gear same with Issei/ Sieg.

PERSONAL SKILLS:

Discernment of the Poor - A

Mana Burst (Flame) – A

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

Clairvoyance – C (he is an archer in the myth)

Primeval Rune (Knight)- B (Being a student of Scathach, who is a master of runes)

Uncrowned Arms Mastership - ?

PASSIVE SKILLS:

Magic Resistance – C

Divinity – C (rank down due to being a reincarnation or spirit inheritor)

NOBLE PHANTASM:

Brahmastra: O Brahma, wrap the earth: A

Anti-army, Anti-Country noble phantasm

Since he has a bow, the NP will manifest in this weapon, the Vijaya.

Karna can only use this NP 3 times in a battle with a cool down time of 5 days (if used up).

Brahmastra Kundala: O Brahma, Curse me: A+

Anti- Country noble phantasm

The projectile weapon Brahmastra combine with the sweltering heat of Karna's element and then fired.

Has a power comparable to nuclear weapons due to its power and wide range.

Can manifest to both spear and bow.

Karna can only use this NP twice in a battle with a cool down time of 2 weeks (if used up).

Boosted Gear: EX

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

The usual function of this sacred gear has been change and has the appearance of an emerald gem embedded to his chest.

In the base form of the sacred gear, he can specify how many boost he needed and the gear would boost him up without announcing "Boost". The downside is that he cannot boost until the current boost is released.

The Transfer ability and Penetrate still remain.

Vasavi Shakti: O Sun, Abide to Death: EX

Anti-army, Anti-Divine noble phantasm

A one-shot only spear of light that takes down even Gods

Karna can only use it once in a battle with a cool down time of 6 months and drains his energy that will take him to rest for a one whole day.

NOTE: If you are wondering how Karna obtain both weapons, it was simply that Indra and Shiva personally visit Scathach who is Karna's guardian and give her the weapons in their accessory form. Both Gods requested to her to give the weapons to Karna in the right time to aid him to his destiny.

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NAME: Dohnaseek

ALIAS: -

GENDER: Male

POWER RANKING: A rank Low class Fallen angel

ALIGNMENT: Lawful Neutral

Strength: C

Agility: C

Endurance: D

Mana: C

Luck: E

NP: D

PERSONAL SKILLS:

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

Item Construction – B+ (creation of light spear)

Natural Body - C

PASSIVE SKILLS:

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

NOBLE PHANTASM:

Light spear: D

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NAME: Mittelt

ALIAS: -

GENDER: Female

POWER RANKING: D rank Low class Fallen angel

ALIGNMENT: Lawful Neutral

Strength: D

Agility: D

Endurance: E

Mana: B

Luck: D

NP: E

PERSONAL SKILLS:

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

Item Construction – B (creation of light spear)

Natural Body - E

PASSIVE SKILLS:

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

NOBLE PHANTASM:

Light spear: E

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NAME: Shadow Beast

ALIAS: -

GENDER: -

POWER RANKING: B rank Ultimate class

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Evil

Strength: A

Agility: A+

Endurance: B+

Mana: C

Luck: D

NP: -

PERSONAL SKILLS:

Battle Continuation – A

Monstrous Strength - A

PASSIVE SKILLS:

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

Note: the shadow Beats's appearance is similar to Cu Alter's form in NP.

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That's all folks!

Next Chapter: The Witch of Dun Scaith….