~Chapter 2~

Rias and Akeno arrived just after Issei activated the magic seal she gave him earlier. The Gremory heiress thought it would be quick and made haste when Akeno spoke up.

"Buchou, wait. Something is not right."

"What do you mean –"

A sound of weapons clashing stopped her track. The duo hid behind the bushes and observed. There was a Fallen Angel fighting a man. Judging from his uniform, Rias suspected that he was from her school but strange, no human could go against a supernatural being without a Sacred Gear. She thought that he was from the Church. She told his to Akeno which the girl shook her head.

"The Church would not enter our territory without our notice of their movements. That theory is out of question, Buchou."

"Is that so? Then, do you have any ideas of who he is, Akeno?" Rias asked. Akeno peeked to have a good look on the man. She then chuckled.

"Oh dear, Erston Kisaragi. Never thought that such a gentleman like him can fight a Fallen Angel on ground."

"What?! Are you sure?"

Akeno nodded at her. Rias gulped before resuming at the battle.

-With Bloodedge-

He effortlessly dodged and countered every attack from the crow girl. Her stance was so predictable that he regretted summoning Muramasa to deal with her. Hell, even his old fighting style was more than enough.

"Stay still so that I can kill you!"

"That line is so cliché and old, crow. Can't you say something new?" Bloodedge said, parrying another stab and hitting her with the hilt of his katana. The Fallen Angel coughed up blood and backed away, a furious look on her face.

"You will PAY for that!" She created more spears and sent them at him. He caught one of them and used both it and Muramasa to deflect the others. He drew back the spear, now was tainted black due to the aura of his Azure Grimoire, and then threw it at her. It was so fast that she could barely escape death with the cost of it piercing her left shoulder.

"Hm? Missed? Err, maybe I should retry." Bloodedge mocked her as he slowly walked toward her, his katana gleaming in bloodlust. The Fallen Angel crawled back in fear while holding her injured arm.

"NO! Stay away from me you monster!"

"Eh? First ape, now monster? What's the beef wrong with you anyway?" Bloodedge asked. He stood before the shaking Raynare and brought his sword high, ignoring her pleads. "You brought this to yourself, ya crow. Die and rot in hell for you sins –"

A blue spear nearly impaled his head if he hadn't blocked it in time. A winged fedora man descended and kicked Bloodedge away. He stood protective front of Raynare.

"Hm? Another crow? Tch, you sure know how to waste my precious time eh. Two on one is unfair ya see. But oh well, guess I will have to use it."

Bloodedge threw the katana to the ground and held his right hand up. The shell at his forehand opened up and released the seithr within it. He spoke the activation sequence of the Azure Grimoire and then finished with.

"Engaging the Sankishin: Susanoo. Blazblue, activate!" The seithr began flowing around Bloodedge, forming the armor that called Sankishin: Crimson Susanoo. Normally it looked like that of Hakumen sans the red color theme, but for some reasons, but now, it had two Black Beast head-like shoulder parts and more spikes appeared on the body armor.

"Oh hell, it actually works! So Susanoo also got revived eh? And you have a new look, too. Heh, interesting. Well, no time for fooling around." He took a minute to examine the new Susanno before turning to Raynare and her comrade. He picked up the Muramasa and prepared his stance.

"I am the Dark Abyss. I am Apocalypse. I am Hope within Despair." The aura around Bloodedge flared up. "With this blade and hatred shall I devour and return all Evils to Hell." The face mask covered his head, making him look more menacing. "I AM BLOODEDGE! Your end is NIGH!"

That was fast, Bloodedge thought. As soon as he called out Susanoo, he wiped them out very quickly without resistances. When he was about to stab the female crow, the male one managed to bind him with a blue chain before running away with her in tow. He stared at the feathers they had left behind for a moment for disabling Susanoo and walking to the still-breathing boy. He kneeled beside the boy.

"Hang in there kid. I think I know some healing spells here." He used two fingers to draw a rune formula. After a second, a warm aura enveloped Issei. But it was not enough.

"E…Erston-senpai. It's…no use…" The boy muttered Bloodedge's 'name' while smiling weakly. "Thank…for defending…for…me…I really…appreciate that…"

And with that, Issei closed his eyes and left the mortal plane. Bloodedge shook his head, yet again he couldn't save a person. He was about to leave before hearing a noise, footsteps to be specific. He turned around to see Rias and Akeno approaching him, a solemn look on the former's face.

"Ah I mean no harm, Erston-san." Rias assured him. She looked at Issei. "I can save him. Leave it to me."

Bloodedge eyed her and her companion, who was smiling at him. He shrugged off and stood there to see what's next.

….

"Oh…shit" Bloodedge muttered. She really did it. She revived the kid using a strange object that looked like a..chess piece. That's no matter now. Rias stood up and looked at him with a triumph grin. "Told you I can do it."

"Meh, whatever. As much as I want to ask for more details, I am really tired now. See you tomorrow at…school." He waved at them before heading to his house.

-At Bloodedge/Erston's apartment-

After changing his clothes, Bloodedge entered his room and sat front of the mirror nearby. He took a good look on his face.

"Definitely a younger me, no doubt here. But how did I end up here? Eating that blast is more than enough to send to Heaven. Damn it, as I thought I can be with Ayame again…" He said in frustration. He closed his eyes as he tried to collect the memories prior his 'awakening'. It seemed that him in this world, Erston Kisaragi, was some kind like a parallel to him apparently. Erston grew up with two siblings in an orphanage. A terrible accident stole the Sister and his younger brother's lives and his sister had been adopted by the 'people in priest costumes'.

"Too many unclear things. Guess tomorrow I have to act like 'Erston' and find those girls."

That's for today. As I am still new to this, I can't write longer. Please forgive me for this. Please leave constructive reviews to help me in improving this story.