TheB - Yeah I agree with you on my interactions between villains, guess I gotta work on my dialogue…sorry lol. As for Uriel, I wanted him to come back later on as a Fallen Angel so I just kept him in a prison. And I wanted Loki to have a bigger part after the time skip so I didn't wanna kill him off yet. I was gonna make him the Vali to Masamune's Issei, you know? Might have done it the wrong way so again sorry ehe.
Look2019 - thank you so much, hope you keep supporting and enjoying the story :)
8"So, why did you want us all to meet here today, Masamune-Kun," Lord Gremory asked.
Sirzechs sat in his father's office, which was mainly used for meetings between High-Class Devils. A grand round table was at the center of the room with around ten people in the room. Lords Gremory, Sitri, and Phoenix all were seated, along with the four Devil Kings and Masamune-Kun himself. Kuroka, Gabriel, and Rossweisse were all standing behind him.
He looked to Falbium Asmodeous. Despite being a Satan-Class Devil, and current Devil King in charge of military affairs, he rarely ever did his job or even showed up to regular meetings. It took Ajuka dragging him out of his room in order for him to actually show up here. But Sirzechs was glad he could make it, he couldn't shake the feeling something was about to happen and they needed all hands on deck.
"It is my belief that there is a great danger about to befall this world," Masamune said. "After my battle with Loki and Uriel, I had a dream."
"You're basing this off of a dream?" Lord Sitri asked, unconvinced.
Lord Sitri was a man in his early thirties, with short but spiky blue hair and a beard much like Sirzechs's father. He was always the rational side to his father's reckless, much like his daughter was to Rias.
"Yes," Masamune said, unwavering in his declaration. "I saw a dragon. It called itself the Great Red, and it said that the Apocalypse will soon be upon us and that a creature known as 666 would devour the world."
Stunned silence filled the room. Lord Gremory rubbed his chin. "Trihexa…huh? This could be a problem."
"If you don't mind me asking," Masamune said. "What is this, Trihexa? He never really told me what it was."
"Trihexa is the beast of the Apocalypse," Sirzechs explained. "It's existence was kept a high guarded secret for eons, ever since God sealed it away using thousands of highly forbidden seals. I would understand why it's awakening would be trouble…but why now?"
"Great Red said that it was because of me," Masamune said with a saddened expression. "It appears my arrival in this world has caused it to…react, to my magic. It seems wherever I go, all I bring with me is chaos and destruction."
"You needn't blame yourself, Masamune-Kun," Lord Gremory. "But do we know how long we have until it fully awakens?"
"About eight years," The Campione said.
Sirzechs thought to himself. Eight years…that would mean that by then, if someone doesn't intentionally break those seals, Trihexa will wake from it's slumber and resurface into the world. Even by then, it's awakening would be noticed regardless of the time limit.
"This aside," Lord Phoenix said. "We have a lot more complications to deal with."
Lord Phoenix was the head of the House of Phoenix. A man in his early thirties with long blonde hair and fiery amber eyes. He was as casual and cool as he was fierce and passionate.
"Indeed," Lord Sitri sighed. "With the betrayal of Uriel, Heaven won't be able to maintain it's control over the system. Micheal should be here…but I understand his absence isn't uncalled for."
A magic circle suddenly opened up behind Masamune. He turned to see Gabriel holding her hand out.
"You needn't worry about Heaven, Lord Sitri," A kind voice said as a figure walked through the circle. A man in his early thirties with king blue eyes and pale blonde hair smiled at them. He wore heavenly armor and had a halo over his head. "Our top angels are out answering prayers and keeping the peace, everything is okay on our end."
"Dramatic an entrance as ever," Lord Gremory smirked. "Michael."
Sirzechs smiled. "That is good to hear, Lord Michael."
Michael nodded. "We will lend as much support as we can, stopping the Trihexa's awakening is our top priority."
"That isn't all, I'm afraid," Masamune sighed. "When I came to this world, through an explosion in space-time, it also caused portals to open up connecting my world with this world. Countless Divine Objects have leaked through the portal and are scattered all over the world. If humans or any Factions get their hands on even one of them, the balance of power will be entirely upset."
"Surely we can figure out a way to track them all," Lord Phoenix said.
"I'm afraid that isn't the problem," Lord Sitri said.
Masamune nodded. "Tracking them shouldn't be entirely too hard. Their mere presence in the world would cause natural disasters, they're are objects of pure magic manifesting physical form. However, they are also living sentient objects. If anyone were to touch them, or come in contact with them, I'm afraid they could be influenced or swayed, or even brainwashed by these objects."
"Not only do we have to worry about a looming Apocalypse, but also countless sentient weapons that could brainwash anybody who touches it," Falbium sighed. "This day get's better and better."
"Munecchi," Sera said. "Do you have some sort of plan?"
"Well…" He seemed hesitant. "I didn't want it to come to this, but leave the Divine Objects to me. Once I find them, I can use one of my Authorities to seal them in a parallel pocket dimension, where no one can touch them."
"You can do that?" Ajuka asked.
The Campione nodded. "Loki's chains, Enkidu, is chanted with Nordic magic that connects it to a separate dimension. The chains themselves are infinitely long, which means that the dwarfs must have created a separate dimension to hold them, only coming forth when the caster calls them. I can put the Divine Objects away there, safe from harm."
"But tracking all of them down…" Sera said.
"You're leaving, aren't you?" Sirzechs looked to Masamune-Kun, but his eyes wouldn't meet Sirzechs's. "That's what you meant, when you said you wanted to go explore the world."
"Yes," Masamune said. "I had planned to go look for them a long time ago, but…"
Gabriel placed a hand on his shoulder. It seemed to give him some courage as he looked to the others. "These Divine Objects are relics of my home world, it's my responsibility to recover them."
"I saw we let him go," Lord Gremory said. "The kid's already made up his mind right? We can't in good conscious keep from going."
"But Father…" Sirzechs couldn't produce the words. He didn't want him to go…he had just found a brother in Masamune, and just like that he's going to leave.
"Sirzechs," Masamune said. "I can't thank you enough for taking me in. If it weren't for you, I don't know what would have happened to me."
He balled his fist and kept his emotions in check. Sirzechs looked to Gabriel and the others behind him. "And what about you guys?"
"It is a knight's duty to stay by her master," Rossweisse stepped forward.
"Like she said," Kuroka smirked. "I'm not leaving my master's side."
"Gabriel," Michael said, facing his sister. "If this is what you want to do, if your place is truly with this young man, then by all means go with him."
"Brother…"
"I'm sure Griselda can handle your work load while you're away, no matter how long it takes."
That meant that all of them, except one, were going with Masamune-Kun on his adventure. However Sirzechs looked to Sera, who seemed lost for words.
"Sera…" Sirzechs said.
"I….I…" Sera stuttered her words.
"Serafall," Lord Sitri said. "I've always taught you to follow your heart, haven't I?"
"But…Father, I'm a Devil King," Sera said. "I can't just forsake my duties and go off with Munecchi…" She balled her fists. "No matter how much my heart is telling me to go."
"Silly girl," Lord Sitri smiled. "Do you remember what I told you when you became a Devil King?"
Sera looked to Masamune. "Compromise where you can, and where you can't, don't. Even when everyone is telling you something right is wrong. Even if the world stands in your way and is telling you to move…"
"It is your duty to plant yourself like a tree," Lord Sitri walked over to his daughter. "Look them in the eye, and tell them 'no, you move'." He rubbed his daughter's head with affection. "I am so proud of the woman you've become, Serafall."
"Father…" Sera cried in her father's arms.
Sirzechs smiled and looked to Masamune. "Do you know how long your journey will take?"
He shook his head. "There's already way too many Divine Objects out there, more than I can count. It'll take years, maybe five or six at the least."
"That long, huh…" Sirzechs felt his heart break. He looked to his father. "But Father, without Masamune-Kun here, what will we do about the Trihexa?"
"We have 8 years until it fully awakens," Michael said. "We'll have to find out as much as we can on how to stop it in that time." The archangel looked to Masamune. "Asa Masamune-San, with Gabriel by your side, you will have our divine protection with you. Please be sure to retrieve every last one of them." He smiled.
"I promise," Masamune smiled.
"And while you're at it," Lord Phoenix said. "Make sure to make some allies along the way. If Trihexa really does wake, we'll need all the help we can get from as many as we can."
"I understand."
"You know that means the same for us, as well," Lord Phoenix asked Lords Sitri and Gremory.
Lord Sitri sighed. "I can't believe we'll have to be friends with all those arrogant slackers."
"Oh come now," Lord Gremory said. "Maybe this will be fun. Who knows, it'll good for Rias to have some more friends from the other Pure-Bloods."
"And what of Lord Odin?" Sirzechs asked the Lords.
"Oh, the old man?" His father asked. "He's rounding up the other Mythologies as we speak. Zeus is already on board, and Izanagi is more than ready for a fight. But I'd imagine convincing Ra and the others will be a pain."
"I think I can handle that," Masamune said to everyone's surprise.
"W-What do you mean, Masamune-Kun?" Sirzechs asked.
"I spent quite a bit of time in Egypt in my world, and got to know many of the gods there." He smirked. "I'm sure convincing that stubborn old man won't be a problem."
"Uh…Masamune-Kun, I don't think you-" Sirzechs was cut off by his father.
"We'll leave it to you then, Campione." Lord Gremory smirked.
"Father…" Sirzechs glared at his father. Always scheming something up his sleeve.
"Then I suppose this meeting is over with," Lord Phoenix stood up. "Oh, I almost forgot." He walked over to Masamune. Using a magic circle, he produced a black box with the Phoenix insignia on the lid. "Masamune-Kun, this is a present from my family to yours." He handed the box to Masamune. "It's vials of Phoenix Tears, I don't know how much help they'll be to an immortal god slayer, but think of it as a token of our new found friendship."
"T-Thank you, Lord Phoenix," Masamune accepted it and bowed.
"Well, I'll be off then," He turned to Lords Gremory and Sitri. "I'll see you two later." He winked as he vanished with flames.
"That show off," Lord Sitri stood up. "Serafall, be safe okay? And look out for Masamune."
"Yes, father," Sera wiped her tears and smiled.
With a smile, Lord Sitri vanished into a magic circle.
"I suppose I should head back as well," Michael looked to Masamune's group. "I wish you all the best of luck on your journey. Once you come back, we'll be sure to have a plan to deal with the Trihexa."
"Thank you, brother." Gabriel smiled.
Michael smiled before vanishing with light.
"I can finally leave!" Falbium stood up, stretched and yawned.
"You lazy bastard," Ajuka sighed and stood up. "Masamune-Kun, I'll see you off when you leave."
"Sure thing, Ajuka," Masamune smiled.
"Ajuka, you wanna go eat anything?" Falbium asked.
"Shut up," Ajuka grabbed his collar and teleported away through a magic circle.
Masamune giggled. "I suppose we should head back home as well." He turned to Sirzechs and his father and bowed. "Thank you both so much."
"It's nothing," Lord Gremory smirked. "Be safe out there, all of you. I won't be seeing you for awhile so make sure you kick some ass out there and come back in one piece."
They all smiled and teleported away through Sera's magic circle.
Sirzechs was left alone with his father. Lord Gremory walked to his window and looked out into the territory as Sirzechs joined.
"Are you sure we shouldn't have told him that Ra is actually a woman?" Sirzechs asked.
"He'll learn soon enough that the gods he's dealt with in his world are nothing like the gods here," His father smirked. "Besides, if he's going to expand his harem even more, he'll need all the women he can get his hands on."
"You're horrible, you know that?" Sirzechs sighed.
His father laughed. "It'll work itself out, somehow."
Sirzechs looked up into the sky. He wondered how things were gonna change in eight years…
…
Masamune stood on the veranda of their new hotel room, looking out into the city of Kuoh. This city had been all he had known since coming to this world, that and the Gremory manor. He had began to consider this city his new home, and Sera and the others his new family. He hadn't expected to leave so soon, but things were going to get worse for everyone if he didn't.
"Why so gloomy so early in the morning?"
It was Kuroka. She joined him on the veranda and smiled. She had started to wear casual clothes and only using her nekoshou form whenever the situation called for it. She wore a simple black crop top with blue jeans and boots. Her long black hair was unkept and flowing behind her back. She rested her cheek on her hand and looked at him.
"Just thinking what we're going to find out there," He admitted. "There's one Divine Object out there that I'm worried about, things could get complicated if anyone were to find it."
"I'm sure everything will be fine," She smiled. "You have all of us after all, don't you?"
Masamune looked behind him to see everyone in the living room. While Rossweisse was bring everyone snacks, Gabriel and Sera were having a video game tournament on the T.V. He smiled. He never would have thought that such a wide variety of people could coexist so easily. An Asgardian valkyrie, a Devil King, an Archangel, a nekoushou, and an immortal god slayer.
"When should we leave?" Kuroka asked.
"Tomorrow morning," He said. "By the way, how is Shirone?"
Kuroka was surprised. "S-She's fine…Lord Gremory said that he can take her in and she can be friends with Rias. I'm happy for her, she'll grow up surrounded with so much love."
"You sound like you won't go see her," Masamune said.
"I…I don't think I can face her," Kuroke leaned on the railing. "I let Felix do so many awful things to her…he experimented on her so much that her whole personality changed. She used to be so outgoing and kind…now…"
"Don't give up on her you idiot," He placed a hand on her head. "You're family right? Stay by her side no matter what and look after her, even if it means you have to look from afar to start with."
"Master…" Kuroka hid her face.
"Kuroka? You okay?" He asked, but was surprised by a sneak kiss from out of no where. Kuroka leaned forward and landed one on his lips before he could react.
She parted. "I really do you love you, master."
Masamune felt the blood rushing to his face. The screen door came crashing open. "You stupid cat! We agreed to no sneak attacks! What the hell do you think you're doing!"
Kuroka stuck her tongue out. "All is fair and love is war."
Gabriel and Rossweisse joined Sera. "W-Why…you, little…" Sera was fuming.
"E-Everybody just calm down…" Masamune smiled awkwardly.
"If it's like that, then," Gabriel pushed Sera and Kuroka aside and grabbed Masamune's face. She leaned in and kissed him.
"G-Gabriel!" Sera, Kuroka, and Rossweisse shouted in unison.
"I…I love you too, Masamune-Kun." The angel smiled.
"What do you think you're doing to my king!" Rossweisse slapped Gabriel's face so hard, her head slammed into the veranda.
The valkyrie stood guard with her sword out pointed at the other two.
"R-Rossweisse, I don't think you need to-"
"My king…" She turned around and leaned closer to him. She kissed him too, but parted quickly. "I swear my loyalty to you, even if Lord Odin recalls me."
"R-Rossweisse…" Masamune touched his lips.
"You're all horrible!" Sera shoved all of them aside, grabbed Masamune's arm and dragged into the house, up the stairs, and into her room.
Masamune was out of breath…consecutive attacks like that, he didn't know if his heart would take it all.
"T-Thanks, Sera, you're a-" He heard the sound of the lock on her door. He looked to her, standing by the door with her hands behind her back. "S-Sera-San…what are you…"
"Y…You're not fair…Munecchi…" She looked at him, blushing heavily. "It hurts…so much."
"W-What does?" He backed as she kept moving towards him.
Sera placed her hand over her chest. "This feeling in my chest…it feels like my hearts going to beat out my chest…" Masamune reached the bed and tripped, landing on his back on her bed. Sera crawled on top of him and looked down at him. "I got so worried…when you were fighting Loki and Uriel. I know you're immortal, but I still worry about you!"
"Sera…"
"I don't know what I'd do if something happened to you…" Tears began to fill her eyes. "I miss it when it was just you, me, Sirzechs and Ajuka. Now…you've got so many girls around you, and you go kissing them so casually…"
"T-That's not my fault! They kissed me!"
"It still hurts!" Sera cried, crying now. "I…I…I…I love you, Munecchi. I love you so much my heart aches every time I don't see you."
Masamune was at a loss for words. He gulped, not knowing what to say or how to respond. He could feel his heart beating faster and faster.
"I…I know you're a king, and a king must have his subjects, so you can have however many girls you want, but…" She took his hand. "I'm your number one, okay? Say it!"
"Y-You're…" His hand reached for her cheek. "You're my number one, Sera."
"Munecchi…" She leaned in and the next thing he knew, he leaned in to kiss her. It felt like fireworks were going off in his head. Everything was white, he couldn't think. All he knew was that he had to protect her, protect the others, everybody.
From the corner of his eye, Masamune could see the door creaking open and the other three girls fell into the room.
"W-What are you guys doing here!" Sera cried out, blushing.
"As I thought," Gabriel sat and crossed her arms. "Sera is a fearsome opponent after all."
"We'll have to step up our game, don't we?" Kuroka sighed.
"What should we do…" Rossweisse looked panicked.
"Get out!" Sera jumped out of bed and chased after them. Suddenly, Masamune had a flashback image in his head. He saw his friends doing the same thing, always laughing and having fun. Before he knew it, tears were falling from his eyes.
He giggled as he wiped them away. "M-Munecchi, are you okay?" Sera asked.
"Master, what's wrong?" Kuroka asked.
He shook his head. "I just..really love you guys."
Gabriel began to tear up and charge at him. "Masamune-Kun!" She jumped ontop of him, plunging his face into her breasts. "I love you too Masamune-Kun!" She weeped.
"Master!" Kuroka joined her.
"My king!" Rossweisse jumped ontop of him.
"You guys are killing him!" Sera jumped in.
Suffocating between the four of them, Masamune found himself laughing. He didn't feel like his life was just a meaningless existence anymore. He had lost so much, sure, but it didn't mean he hadn't gained much more. He smiled as the girls fought over him, laughing as they fought with each other.
"This life…is interesting indeed."
…
Masamune stood by the doors to the hotel the next day with Sera, Gabriel, Kuroka, and Rossweisse by his side. Everybody was packed and ready to go, facing Sirzechs, Rias, and Lady Gremory.
"So you're really leaving," Lady Gremory said. "I'm said to see you leave."
"I'm sorry Lady Gremory, but it's something I have to do," Masamune smiled.
Sera placed a hand on his shoulder. "Yep, and we're gonna be by his side through it all. So leave it to us, we'll make sure he stays out of trouble."
Lady Gremory giggled. "I suppose that makes me feel a bit at ease."
Rias walked forward and pulled on his shirt. "Big Brother…are you really leaving?"
Masamune crouched down to face Rias. "I'm afraid so." He rubbed her head.
"But you said you'd play with me more," She began to cry. "You said you were gonna play with me!"
"I'm sorry Rias," He smiled and held out his pinky finger. "I promise we'll play all you want when I get back, okay?"
"Promise?"
"I promise," Rias pinky promised him, and smiled.
Masamune stood up and faced Sirzechs. "I'm leaving the rest to you, Sirzechs."
"You can't count on me," Sirzechs smiled. "Do you guys know where you're going first?"
"Kyoto," Gabriel said. "Apparently a powerful relic was discovered there by the youkai. We'll try our best to retrieve it without causing an incident."
"Try our best," Kuroka sighed. "Sirzechs, thank you for taking Shirone in. It means the world to me."
"Of course, once you come back she'll be a bright and brilliant girl." Sirzechs smiled.
"We'll be off then," Masamune extended a hand to Sirzechs. "Thanks for everything, I really do appreciate it."
Sirzechs smiled and returned his handshake. "Just make sure you come back soon, brother."
Masamune blushed. Brother…he never thought he'd hear someone call him that again. But then again, he and Sirzechs had become much closer in the past few weeks.
"Yeah," Masamune smiled back.
Masamune and the girls began to walk towards the exit of Kuoh, waving at the Gremory family as they left. He felt a tugging at his heart, telling him not to leave. He wanted to stay and watch as Rias grew up, to protect her and see her mature and start her own peerage. He wanted to have a normal life with Sera, Gabriel, Kuroka and Rossweisse. But he knew that that life, the normal one that his friend always sought after, wasn't one that was meant for him. He was a warrior, he was a king, his place was on the battlefield…
"Are you sure we shouldn't have just warped there?" Gabriel asked. "It's quite a distance till Kyoto."
"We'll be fine," He smiled. "Besides, I've always wanted to see this world." But he stopped. "Actually, there's somewhere I'd like to visit before leaving. Do you guys mind?"
Sera raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"
He walked over to the girls and wrapped his arms around them, to their surprise and blushing faces. He used Hermes's Speed to flash them all to a neighboring town…a town completely decimated as a result of Felix Naberius's attempt at getting the Sacred Book of Prometheus.
"Oh my…" Kuroka said, looking around.
"Munecchi…" Sera looked to Masamune as he walked to the town square.
Masamune crouched down and pressed his hands into the ground. He used Hephaestus's Authority over alchemy to erect several stone crosses that filled the square.
"What is this?" Rossweisse asked. "I sense so much death…"
"These lives were lost, because I couldn't arrive in time to save them," Masamune stood up and faced all of them. "My biggest regret, was letting all of these beautiful lives end so quickly." He clapped his hands together. "May your spirits find their way to Elysium, and rest in eternal bliss."
Reluctantly, the others joined him. He was shaking. He knew he should have come sooner…
"Let's go," Sera took his hand. "We shouldn't stay here for too long."
"Yeah…" He turned away and began for the forest.
Masamune looked up to the sky as he listened to the sound of nature, as well as Sera and Gabriel bickering with each other and Kuroka and Rossweisse talking about what they'll see in Kyoto. He wondered what lay in store for them in this adventure, but he couldn't wait to find out.
Author's Note - So I'm gonna do the Kyoto Arc and then do a time skip till the present DxD story, BUT I'm gonna rewrite a lot of events so I hope you guys bear with me, I promise I'll make it as unpredictable but enjoyable as possible. I was also thinking of making an OC based after Jeanne D'Arc from Fate/Apocrypha since I always liked Ruler. I was just thinking about rewriting the actual character of Jeanne in DxD and making her the reincarnation of Joan of Arc so I hope everything works out okay. Anyways, hope you guys liked this early chapter :)