Author's note: Chapter 2 has arrived in all its unbeta'd glory.

To Avarize: That's not a constructive criticism man. That's a demand.

Overlord Laharl: There is a reason why Kazuya cannot hear the Lord's name.

Disclaimer: Highschool DxD and Devil Survivor being to their respective owners. This fiction belongs to me alone.

EDITED: It has just come to my attention that the spell Lucifer used was not the one I intended.


"Thank you for shopping here, have a nice day." Kazuya said for what seemed to be the umpteenth time to a leaving customer and sighed heavily.

Retail is a really exhausting job.

Still, it was a welcome to Kazuya when events of yesterday had not left his mind alone. He couldn't forget a single detail. The horror on Asia's face, the fearsome sneer of Raynare and the boy - what was that red glove he wielded?

Something told him that it wasn't just another fancy looking punching glove. Kazuya wasn't sure exactly what but he knew that it was dangerous.

There was something awfully familiar about the glove too. Not in a closer sense like with how the word 'demon' felt attached to Kazuya, but more like he had seen it somewhere before. Kazuya inwardly sighed, he had another puzzle in his head to figure out with his muddled memories.

Videogames made recovering memories seem so much easier.

"Hey Minegishi, done over there?" His manager asked, approaching the teen and sliding an envelope over to him. "Here's your payment for today. You did alright."

"Thank you, sir." Kazuya said, exiting the store as quickly as he could. Once he was out, he peeked inside the envelope and grumbled to himself. Retail wasn't worth being paid for so little. The amount of human interaction was staggering.

He's definitely going to find another job.

With a click of his mp3, his headphones began to drown out the outside world for Kazuya, replacing it for music instead. Not the cheerful questionable songs that played on Kuoh's radio every morning. He'd never listen to that garbage again.

Events of yesterday ran through his head. That woman, Raynare. She most definitely wasn't human, especially since she had wings like a crow. She could also summon light spears that apparently could cause mass destruction.

Then there was that period. The time when everyone looked like the air had been sucked out of their lung and that they were suffocating on the spot. All but him were suffering it.

'Maybe it doesn't affect humans?' Kazuya assumed before shaking his head, 'No, then Asia should've been fine too then.'

His lips thinned into a grimace. That meant that something was very off about Kazuya himself. Not that he didn't have his suspicion earlier from when he awoke, but this only confirmed it. Kazuya either was immune to the previous sensation, or he was not the human he thought he was.

Kazuya had been lost in his thoughts that he hadn't noticed where he was going until he had collided with someone.

"Ah- Sorry! I wasn't watching where I was… going." Kazuya blinked, staring up at a familiar trench coat and then the face of its wearer. Kazuya has seen him before. In fact, it was just yesterday when he saw that face. "It's you again."

The fear on his face was still there.

The man' scrunched his face up in scrutiny. "I don't get it."

Well, Kazuya certainly wasn't expecting that question. "Um, excuse me?"

"I don't understand you." The man repeated, pointing a finger at Kazuya's chest. "You smell human, yet there's something very dark within you… Enough to be under heavy watch by the other Devils too."

"What do you mean?" Kazuya asked incredulously.

"Haven't you noticed being watched by others?" The man in the trench coat fired back with a raised brow. "I'd assume someone like you would at least notice that you were stalked by at least one Devil."

Well, Kazuya hadn't been certain about whether or not he was being stalked, especially by a Devil of all things but this had certainly explained the strange customers that loitered around near the convenience store during his shift. There was never more than one person loitering around, but after one left the store to go somewhere, another would take his place and so on.

Kazuya cursed inwardly. He should've noticed such an obvious detail and yet he completely dismissed it, thinking it had been something pointless.

"I did notice but I didn't think that they were watching me." Kazuya muttered sheepishly.

Understandably the man gave him a flat look. "You didn't think it was the least suspicious? At all?"

"Not really." The teen shrugged. "For all I knew, they could've really just been hanging around for their own reason." He paused and recalled something the man had said earlier. "Earlier you mentioned devils. Did you mean like a gang or the actual.. Devils?"

"… For someone who has a terrifying presence, you really are an ignorant lamb aren't you?" The man shook his head, heaving out a heavy sigh before smirking, "And to think I was afraid of you."

Kazuya had no idea why but getting called a lamb had grated on his nerves.

"Don't call me a lamb." He snapped, crossing his arms. "Why are you here anyway? You were with that woman earlier and Asia."

"Me? Well I'm here to, you know, scout you out to see what kind of being you are, evaluate how dangerous you are and finally, kill you so that you won't be a nuisance in the future." The man in the trench coat had said it all in a completely nonchalant and cheery tone that Kazuya had thought the man was being sarcastic.

Kazuya stopped thinking that when all the sudden his entire body started hurting and his vision gradually blurring. His legs gave out under him and the last thing he could make out was the man in the trench coat picking him up and whispering words he could just barely hear.

"Nothing personal, lamb."


When Kazuya returned to the realm of the living, he noticed three things.

One, he was on the ground.

Two, something heavy was on his wrists.

Three, four people stood before him in all of their winged glory.

Kazuya recognized Raynare and the man in the trench coat. The other two, a blue haired woman dressed in a red outfit and a blonde girl wearing a black Gothic Lolita dress.

"So Dohnaseek, instead of outright murdering him on the street like we had planned earlier, you decided to bring him inside our base and let him stink up the place with his stench?" Raynare stared unamusedly at the man in the trench coat, her arms folded to emphasize her displeasure.

"I saw capturing him was a much better option than simply killing him, that's all." Dohnaseek explained, gesturing to Kazuya. "Besides, surely what I've told you earlier is enough to explain why it's more beneficial to keep him alive rather than eliminating him."

"Why are you guys making such a huge fuss about him anyway?" The Lolita girl questioned with a frown, "He's just a human. He doesn't even have a Sacred Gear in him."

"I have to agree with Miltelt. I don't understand why are you two concerned over one human." The blue haired woman piped up.

"Because Miltelt, Kalawarner, neither of you two were there at the park when we felt his essence." Dohnaseek started, waving his hands in the air wildly as he tried to emulate what he had felt that time. "It was just for a moment but I felt it. Raynare felt it. I'm certain you have all felt just a fraction of it when it briefly appeared. The intense presence, the suffocating atmosphere from its very presence and the darkness that lingered – they're the signs of a filthy underworld creature."

He paused, adding weight to his words. "Yet none of the devils we've met in our long life had ever exuded such an energy before. A darkness possibly greater than a higher class devil."

Kazuya had no idea that Dohnaseek was such a drama queen.

"So then why're we keeping someone like that in here?" Kalawarner inquired with a raised brow. "Why haven't we already eliminated him yet then?"

"That's what I was asking him." Raynare said with a huff. "I believe your orders were to scout, evaluate and eliminate. If you can't fulfill such simple orders, then why are you even still here?"

"Because I don't trust myself to be able to destroy it." Dohnaseek answered with a serious tone, frowning slightly. "You felt it. We all felt it. Even if you weren't up close to feel the brunt of it, you can tell that we cannot deal with this darkness with just one Fallen Angel." He turned to look at Raynare, "Raynare, do you recall what happened when you attempted to destroy him yourself?"

"Of course, I do." Raynare hissed, glaring down at Kazuya. "He brushed aside my light spear before it could shred his heart."

"And considering how powerful you are Raynare, did you honestly think I'd fare any better?" Dohnaseek said unabashedly. "You want him to be killed? Then we're doing it this way. All at once. He won't be able to ignore all of our spears."

Miltelt frowned at Dohnaseek and turned her gaze down at Kazuya. She walked up close to the teenager, inspecting him up close.

"What?" Kazuya couldn't help but blurt out anxiously.

Within a second, Miltelt had summoned a light spear and drove it through Kazuya's stomach. Blood splashed out from the inflicted wound and Kazuya threw up a mouthful of blood.

The other Fallen Angel watched in sick fascination when the deed had been done and look up at Miltelt who was smiling triumphantly.

"Your spear can hurt him?" Raynare murmured to herself quietly.

"You guys worry too much. Why bother throwing everything when you can just-" Miltelt summoned another spear and drove it through Kazuya's thigh, eliciting a pained gasp from the blue haired teen. "- do this?"

Kalawarner turned to face Dohnaseek who looked surprise. "Well it seemed you have wasted our time creating a fuss over a human."

"No no, he's not human." Dohnaseek shook his head, running fingers through his hair. "I saw it, Raynare saw it – her light spear disappeared before it could hurt him and now how can Miltelt hurt him? She's weaker than Raynare!"

"Or maybe Raynare's gotten weaker." Miltelt supplied teasingly but flinched under Raynare's glare.

"Don't ever think that. You know perfectly well that I can crush you before you know it, Miltelt." Raynare glowered at the girl.

Miltelt's face twisted to an ugly frown but she remained silent. Raynare was right, Miltelt is admittedly weaker than Raynare by a margin but no way in hell would the Fallen Angel admit that.

"This was rather anticlimactic. Still, it's better than us needing to expend our magic reserves so early." Kalawarner said.

Kazuya shut his eyes tight, trying to withhold the noise crawling out in his throat while unconsciously curling his body up from the agonizing pain. The spear in his stomach hurts so much. Tears were pricking at the corners of his eyes.

This was it.

Kazuya was going to die before he could fix his distorted memories. He thought he would at least learn something about himself that lead him to the hospital before dying, but apparently not.

In the midst of his pain, Kazuya had almost not noticed the ground shaking vigorously, an explosion occurring from somewhere above him that was strong enough to make the earth shake.

"Wh-What? What was that?" Miltelt demanded, glancing around nervously.

Raynare narrowed her eyes up at the ceiling and her smile grew wide. "It seems that we have some stray devils breaking in, and that stupid exorcist is failing at his job." The black haired woman glanced at Kalawarner. "Is the ritual ready?"

Kalawarner nodded, "Yes. Twilight Healing is ready to be extracted from the human girl." She briefly looked down at Kazuya's curled form. "What should be done about him?"

"Leave him. He'll die anyway." Raynare answered flippantly, turning around to leave the soon-to-be corpse. "I'm certain none of the devils here are capable of reviving him anyway, nor would they bother."

With that said, all the Fallen Angels in the room abandoned Kazuya to his demise.


This had to be the most Issei has ever ran in his entire life.

Even more than the time he peeped into the Kendo club's changing room and was hounded by more than half of the entire school's population, which was saying something. It was only thanks to his reincarnation into a devil that he had a significantly higher stamina and didn't show up to the abandoned church exhausted.

Beside him were Kiba and Koneko. The two of them had agreed to follow Issei on his quest to save Asia, mostly to ensure that the brunette wouldn't get himself killed in the process.

Issei could barely keep the snarl off his face when they arrived at the church. Something about the place simply repulsed him but he couldn't figure out what.

"Issei?" Koneko's quiet voice called him from the side, an inquisitive look in her eyes.

"I'm fine." Issei replied, exhaling slowly. "Just something bothers me about this place."

"It's the holy aura, Issei." Kiba explained from his other side. "Most churches have them naturally, but it's unnaturally strong here, especially since this church has been abandoned for a very long time. We're Devils, so we instinctively feel uncomfortable in the presence of the holiness." He flashed a reassuring smile to Issei, "Don't worry though. You'll get used to the feeling in time."

"If you say so." Issei said uneasily, staring up ahead at the church. Asia was in there and so would Amano- No, Raynare. Raynare would be there too waiting for him too but to kill him once again. Except this time, Issei wasn't going down without saving Asia first.

Kiba swung his sword against the lock on the church's fence gate and the three devils made a mad dash to the church's entrance. Without so much of a thought, Issei pulled his fist back to summon his Sacred Gear into reality and punched the wooden door right off its hinges.

The door fell to the ground with a massive thud and revealed a very familiar male sitting atop of the altar, a gleeful deranged smile on his face.

"Well well well~ Ain't this a good time for a reunion, eh you shitty devils?" Freed Sellzen the exorcist sneered down at them with a dangerous delight.


It's so dark.

He can't see a thing in front of him. That is, if there is even anything in front of him. His entire body feels like lead.

Is this the end?

"No, it is not."

He blinked. There was a ghost in front of him. At least he thinks it is. It's completely pale and featureless, save for the faint lines of a smirk on its blank face.

"Are you going to stop here?" It asked.

He doesn't reply and the ghost brings out a small rectangular device – his COMP. That's weird, he remembers having it elsewhere.

"Your answer?" The ghost asked him again. He shakes his head. The ghost's smirk grew wider and for a moment, he could see a pair of red eyes staring back at him. "Turn it on. They're waiting for you."

'Who is?' is the question on his mind but he can't bring himself to say it. He obeyed the ghost and switched it on.

HUMAN MASK DISABLED

DEMON SUMMONING PROGRAM READY TO BOOT.

NOW BOOTING.

Peaceful days died.

Let's Survive._


"Koneko!" Issei cried out frantically as he watched Raynare hurl several light spears at the Rook's direction.

Koneko shielded her face with her arms, reducing the amount of damage she received but her face was twisted in silent pain. Her clothes had torn where the light spears passed her, leaving her wounds exposed to the stinging air. The holiness that the church was permeated wasn't helping either, making the wound sting more in passing second.

They had been too late.

Raynare had extracted Twilight Healing from Asia, killing the nun in the process and was full on abusing the Sacred Gear's ability. For every blow Koneko and Issei inflicted on her, and the gashes Kiba's sword would leave on her skin, Raynare would call upon Twilight Healing's power and have her flesh reknitted every single time.

It was probably a good thing Raynare insisted on fighting them alone. Even Issei could tell that his friends would not be able to take on another Fallen Angel or three more in this case.

Issei cursed as he tapped into his Sacred Gear again, doubling his power once more before moving in to drive Raynare away from Koneko. "Get away from her!"

His punch was never enough though. Raynare easily took the blow and returned it in exchange. She quickly summoned one of her light spears and rammed it through one of Issei's thighs. Raynare let out a sadistic cackle while Issei screamed in pain.

"Issei!" Kiba exclaimed, momentarily taking his eyes off Freed to glance at the brunette.

"Oi, you shitty devil! Keep your fucking eyes on me or else you'll die!" Freed giggled madly, aiming his gun at the swordsman and fired.

Kiba hissed as he reacted by a few miliseconds too late, the bullet grazing his skin and hitting him with the Light. "Don't you worry, I don't plan on dying to you of all people anyway."

"Aw, feeling a bit confident there? That's what makes you fucking devils soooo annoying. I love putting hopeful pieces of shit like you down like the crap you are." Freed said, swinging his arm down and clashing blades with Kiba's sword.

Koneko gasped painfully as Raynare kicked her hard enough to send her flying in the air, landing in front of Issei in a bloodied mess. Her white hair was matted with blood, her blood and it made Issei feel even worse than he was already.

"I-Issei…" The white haired devil whispered out so softly that Issei could've missed it. "S-Sorry…"

"No no, Koneko..!"

Tears were starting to trickle down his cheek. He screwed up. He didn't get to Asia fast enough to save her so she died from his mistake. Now he was going to get Koneko and Kiba killed because he made them babysit him for a mission Rias didn't approve one bit.

When he noticed Raynare approaching them, a light spear in hand, the brunette pulled Koneko into his arms and turned his body so that he'd shield his friend. He glared up hatefully at Raynare, teeth barred in aggression.

"Such resistance.. Oh why couldn't you be like this back then?" Raynare whispered ecstatically, only sadism evident on her face. "You would've made that date so much more enjoyable, instead of being killed just like that."

"You won't hurt her anymore, you bitch." Issei spat defiantly, holding Koneko closer to him. He would be damned if he let the Fallen touch his friend one more time.

"So futile… If it wasn't you devils, this scene would've been so much more heartwarming." The Fallen Angel sighed mockingly before grinning savagely and raised her light spear, "Oh well. All the more reason to end you here right here and now. Say goodbye to your life, worthless trash! Die for me!"

Issei's eyes shut tight and his body turned more to hide Koneko's body underneath his, awaiting for the fatal blow that'd end his second life. But it never came. Rather, something else did.

In a split second, the entire atmosphere had changed from being chaotic into downright pure dread. All fighters paused in their battles, anxiety and fear on their mind as a blue haired teen climbed up the stairs under the altar. Each step he took seemed to echo throughout the entire church, and further forcing all eyes to be focused on him.

"H-How..?" Miltelt said in hushed whispers, "I killed you..!"

The boy looked up to the blonde haired girl and at that very moment, Miltelt had wished she had kept her mouth shut. His eyes, they were so dead. Devoid of life, compassion, personality and humanity.

And his essence – was it the pure darkness that was practically originating from him?

"You're the one who stabbed me in the stomach." The teen pointed out and raised a fist in her direction. "It's only fair that I return the favour." The fist opened into a palm. "Maragiodyne."

Blazing flames engulfed the blonde Fallen Angel. She couldn't even scream as the spell disintergrated her on the spot, leaving not a single trace of her existence remaining.

"Miltelt!" Kalawarner shrieked in horror once her mind had processed what had occurred to her comrade. She glared down at the boy who stared listlessly back and summoned a light spear. "You will pay for Miltelt!"

Kalawarner threw the light spear, expecting it to drive through the boy's head and splatter his brain on the ground. No such thing happened. Someone else had intercepted the spear.

A dark green skinned male humanoid had grabbed the light spear. Two long horns protruded from his forehead, while long blonde locks flowed freely on the back of his head. A long white sash was the only thing that made the humanoid just barely modest.

He grinned wickedly and swiftly crushed the spear in its palm, the shattered specks of light fading in nothingness.

"Well now what do we have here?" He chuckled darkly, "Three naughty children of the Light and three creatures of the night. What a scene we seem to have arrived to, hm?"

"You don't seem all that surprised." The boy pointed out.

"And neither do you." The creature countered, folding his arms and looking down at the three remaining Fallen Angels. During some time, the Fallen Angels had all landed on the ground, all with shock and fear showing on their face.

"W-What are you?" The trench coat one, Dohnaseek managed to find the courage to stammer out loud, sweat beading down his forehead. "No one can just brush off the Light like that! Not even us Angels!"

"You mean the True Angels." The creature corrected mirthfully, "You Fallens wield the tainted version of the Light, hence why you can injure even a Fallen Angel with a spear made by your kind. As for who I am…" Two pair of wing began to unfurl from his back, stretching out and giving him an even more intimidating figure, "I am a Tyrant far greater than all who claims to be so. I am the one who has crossed the paths of Heaven and Hell, and succumbed to neither."

Another two pair of wings appeared, eliciting gasps from all who saw.

"I have lived through the trial Heaven had set upon humanity on the seven days of Judgement and the day of the Choice."

A fifth set of wings had everyone staggering under the sight.

"I am Lucifer. And I serve the King of Bel until the seven days of Judgement is to occur once again."

The last pair of wings finally revealed itself, causing all of the Fallen Angels to pale in cold fear.

The blue haired teen briefly glanced at Issei, Koneko and Kiba before mouthing a single word.

Run.

"Megidoladyne."


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GooD moRning. Here iS today's NEWS.

Around 10:00 am, two new students will arrive in Kuoh Academy.

At around 11:45 am, the leaders of the Devils will arrive in Kuoh Academy to learn their place.

At around 2:00 pm, a civil war will occur in Kuoh. The cause is unknown.

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