A.N. [New Chapter. Please remember to Review once you have read the chapter. Also read the AUTHOR NOTE at the end, it is VERY IMPORTANT]
Note:
" Talking "
' Thoughts '
( Ddraig speaking inside ) In Issei's mind
( Ddraig speaking out loud )
White Wings
Chapter 2 – Changes And Introductions
Previously on White Wings
Once Gabriel reached her room she places Issei on the bed and covers him up with the blanket. "Please wake up soon" Gabriel whispered and kissed Issei on the forehead making him have a small smile in his sleep. Gabriel stood up and walked over to the bookshelf in the room picking out a good book to read while she watched over Issei. Once she did she sat down on one of the couches and waited until he woke up.
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Now
Issei's Subconscious
Issei opened his eyes looking around. 'I remember this place' Issei thought happily as he searched. When his eyes landed on the figure his entire face brightened. There looking down at him was Ddraig, his yellow eyes watching him as he walked forward.
(Hello Partner) Ddraig spoke to Issei who just smiled up at him.
"Hey Ddraig, it's been a while since I saw you like this" Issei said happily.
(Indeed it has. There is something I want to speak to you about) Ddraig said to Issei who turned his head to the side slightly and nodded. (After you fell asleep I asked the angel Gabriel to reincarnate you as an angel, I know that you have just lost a lot but I believed that it would be best for you. As for not asking you beforehand I apologise) Ddraig spoke to Issei whose eyes widened.
"I'm an angel?" Issei asked in disbelief but when Ddraig nodded his head and Issei's smile grew wider. "That… is… AWESOME!" Issei yelled excitedly and started jumping around startling Ddraig for a moment at the outburst.
(You mean you are not upset) Ddraig asked slightly surprised but didn't show it.
"Why would I be?" Issei asked innocently and Ddraig started to chuckle lightly.
(I want to know something, do you want revenge for your parents?" Ddraig asked Issei who looked down at his feet. After a few minutes Issei shook his head from side to side.
"I don't think mom and dad would want me to do that. Besides since I'm an angel and if I do something bad then I won't be one anymore right" Issei asked and Ddraig smiled, if he could in his current state but he was happy.
(That is good to know) Ddraig said taking a taking a sigh in relief. (Only he wouldn't want revenge even after everything he has seen. He really is a very strange host) Ddraig thought as he watched Issei who was still looking down. (I think you should wake up now, we can talk once you are finished with the others) Ddraig said as his form started to vanish from view.
"Alright, see you later" Issei said happily as he closed his eyes.
End of Issei's Subconscious
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~ Heaven ~
Issei eyes fluttered open and they slowly adjusted to the bright light. He sat up slowly and looked around. He was sitting on a soft bed with white sheets and pillows. 'I wonder where I am' Issei thought as he looked to the side where the couch was. On it Gabriel was looking down at a book and didn't seem to notice that Issei had woken up. Issei yawned making Gabriel looked up at him and her she gave him a warm smile. "Well it looks like someone is awake" she said as she stood up and walked over to the bed taking a seat on the bed facing him. "Hello Ms Angel" Issei said with a smile making Gabriel laugh. "Please Issei, call me Gabriel" she said and Issei smiled. "Ok Ms Gabriel" he said and Gabriel smiled. 'Well I suppose it's better than Ms Angel' she thought as she watched Issei look around.
"Where am I?" Issei asked. "Well right now you are in heaven Issei" Gabriel explained and Issei smiled happily. "So I really am an angel" he said surprising Gabriel. "How did you know?" she asked not expecting Issei to know already. "Oh Ddraig told me a just now" Issei said watching as Gabriel nodded. "Well that makes this a lot easier to explain, yes you are now an angel. We won't know your strength until we see my brother, but I will tell you that you are very special" Gabriel explained watching as Issei turned his head to the side slightly. "Really?" he asked and Gabriel nodded. "Yes, I think my brother would be able to explain it better than me, so would you like to meet him?" Gabriel asked watching Issei nod.
Standing up Gabriel helped Issei off the bed, when he looked down his clothes were covered in dirt while his feet had mud. Looking back to the bed he saw some brown marks on it making his eyes widen. "I'm sorry I made your bed dirty" Issei said bowing his head slightly. Gabriel looked at the bed and smiled. "It's alright, just watch" she said as she raised her hand. Issei watched as the stains started to fade away until it was completely new and the bed made. "Wow" Issei said in amazement. "Now I think we should get you cleaned and dressed" Gabriel said seeing the state Issei was in. He nodded his head in agreement.
After a few minutes Issei came out clean and wearing a long white shirt with white pants underneath. He looked up at Gabriel who smiled. "Here look at your hair" she said bringing a mirror. Issei's hair was now completely blonde with clear blue eyes. "What happened?" Issei asked and Gabriel smiled. "It's just shows that your becoming an angel, most of us have blond hair and either green or blue eyes" Gabriel explained putting the mirror away and taking Issei's hand. "Come let's go" she said and the two walked to the door heading towards the Zebel where Michael was waiting for them.
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The two walked along the corridors while Issei continued holding Gabriel's hand. Many angels greeted her while Issei decided to stay as hidden as possible behind Gabriel's legs. 'He must be very shy' Gabriel thought as they finally reached the hall where Michael was busy working with Uriel and Raphael at his sides. When Gabriel entered all three angels stood up. Michael was the first to walk up to her. "Gabriel, I see that he has woken up" Michael said looking at Issei who moved back behind Gabriel's legs with only the side of his face showing as he peeked at them. Gabriel looked down seeing Issei hiding and sighed. "It's alright Issei, this is my brother Michael" she explained and Issei slowly stepped out from behind her but stayed close.
"H-hello, I'm Issei Hyoudou. Very nice to meet you" Issei said with a small bow while his hands were at his sides. Michael smiled at Issei then bent down to his level as Issei lifted his head. "As am I, my name is Michael, I'm the current leader of heaven" Michael said and Issei nodded. "Now, come let's see" Michael said as he stood up and looked at Gabriel. She looked down at Issei who seemed confused. "Go stand in front of him" she said to Issei who nodded and walked forward until he was standing Michael who had moved back. "Now, I suppose that Gabriel told up that you are an angel" Michael asked and Issei shook his head. "Nope Ddraig told me" Issei said happily surprising Michael who looked up at Gabriel who nodded. "Well that simplifies things greatly" he said as he placed his hands on Issei's shoulders.
"Now I'm going to send some power to you so I can see your strength, I might feel a little strange but it won't hurt you" Michael explained and Issei nodded. The two closed their eyes as Michael started to glow a golden colour as he focused his power and pushed some of it into Issei. 'This boy really is powerful, he will need a lot of training to be able to control such power' Michael thought as he put some more power in so he could bring Issei's wings out. The whole room shone brightly making all the others close their eyes from the intensity. When the light finally died down and everyone opened their eyes, they all widened in shock.
Issei and Michael were standing in the same position as before, but coming from Issei's back were 10 large white angel wings. When Michael opened his eyes he smiled. 'He really is as special' he thought as Issei opened his eyes. Issei looked around when he noticed something from the corner of his eyes. 'I have wings' he thought as he looked at the wings from his back. "Hey I have wings" he said happily then lifted his left arm "Ddraig, look I have wings" Issei said as the red gauntlet appeared on Issei's arm. As it did all the angels took a step back. Issei's wings had turned red as soon as the gauntlet appeared. "WOW!" Issei exclaimed happily as he jumped up and down.
(Indeed, it seems that because of my powers your wings would change colour) Ddraig explained with chuckle. Issei looked to Gabriel who had a smile on her face with her hands clasped together.
"This is incredible" Michael finally spoke as he walked forward. "Issei can you make you sacred gear disappear for a moment" Michael asked and Issei nodded. After a few seconds the gauntlet vanished and Issei's wings turned back to their pure white. "I see it only changes then the gear is active" Michael said turning to the other two male angels who were grinning. "Well it looks like we have a new student" Raphael spoke looking at Issei who was confused. "Student" Issei asked turning his head to the side. "For training of course" Uriel said happily. Issei turned to Gabriel who was glaring at the other two angels. "He just got here, you should introduce yourselves before telling him something like that" Gabriel said to the two angels who nodded their heads.
The two walked towards Issei. On the left was a man who had ginger coloured hair which was tied in a low ponytail, he was dressed in golden armour with a red cape connected at the top. At his side was a sword with a red hilt that seemed to be glowing underneath the sheath. The man on the right had dark brown hair which reached down to his shoulders, he was dressed in red armour with golden plating, on his back were two spears with a shield. The two stood in front of Issei who wanted to hide behind Gabriel again. The man on the left bowed slightly. "My name is Uriel" he said then stood up letting the man on the right bow slightly "I'm Raphael" he said then stood up to look down at Issei who just nodded.
Michael looked at everyone and smiled "So how about we decide who would be training Issei with what, then afterwards we need to introduce him to everyone else" Michael explained seeing Gabriel nod along with the other two. The five walked to the table and took their seats. Michael at the head with Raphael to his left and Uriel at his right. To Raphael's left was Gabriel and then Issei's to hers. Once everyone was comfortable Michael leaned forward. "I think we should start training him from now, when I was checking him I noticed that his magic reserves are almost the same size as mine" Michael explained making everyone's except for Issei's eyes widen. "Incredible" Uriel muttered looking at Issei who was confused.
Uriel sighed "I guess I'll teach him how to use fire magic, and some archery if needed" Uriel said looking at the others who nodded. "What do you mean?" Issei asked Uriel who smiled. Raising his hand he created a ball of fire and started playing with it throwing it from side to side in his hands. "I could teach you something like this" he said and Issei's eyes widened. "COOL!" Issei exclaimed excitedly nodding his head. Raphael smirked "I'll teach him how to use a spear and also flying" Raphael said watching Issei as he turned to face him. "Will you show me how to fly really fast" Issei asked with anticipation in his eyes. Raphael laughed and nodded his head. "I guess that leaves me with teaching him the sword, and maybe some lightning magic" Michael said turning to Gabriel.
"Well you three can teach him how to fight, I'll make sure he can use healing and protection magic. I will also be the one who does his schooling, I don't want you three teaching him that stuff, you train his body I'll train his brain" Gabriel explained looking at her brother. "What's that supposed to mean?" Michael asked Gabriel who raised an eyebrow. "It means that you three when it comes down to it prefer weapons not books" she said and the three nodded in defeat. "Besides I don't want him to be a battle maniac, he needs to be smart" she said huffing in annoyance as she remembered what her brothers were like when they were learning.
"Alright. Now we need to call everyone so we can introduce Issei to the others" Michael said standing up. Issei looked down nervously. "Do I have to do it right now?" he asked softly but they caught it. "Well, we can wait until you are ready, in the meantime maybe you can show him around and let him get familiar with everything" Michael said to Gabriel who nodded and Issei smiled thanking him. The others stood up while Gabriel took Issei's hand and the two headed towards the elevator so that she could show him where everything is.
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Issei and Gabriel walked together along the stone path. The two came to the ground floor, as Issei looked around he noticed that there were large golden gates at the far end, stone paths leading all over with floating islands most with buildings while others just covered in grass. Surrounding everything were clouds as far as the eyes could see, there were many angels flying above and others walking on the paths around them. Gabriel watched Issei as he observed everything and smiled. "Alright I'll explain how everything works" she said as the two walked along one of the paths.
"There is one thing I do need to tell you first" Gabriel said to Issei who looked up at her and nodded. "1000 years ago, God died" she said and Issei stopped in his tracks. "Really?" Issei asked and Gabriel nodded. "Yes, it was terrible, during the great war between the three factions he died along with many other angels. It was chaotic at first here, but when Michael was chosen to lead things started to get better. You see, heaven and angels rely on the beliefs and prayers of those on Earth. If they knew that God had died then heaven would no longer be able to survive and would perish, that is why very few actually know that he has died, those who were in the war know and most of the angels, but only higher ups in the other two factions know this" Gabriel explained to Issei who nodded. "I promise that I won't tell anyone" he said and Gabriel smiled. "Thank you" she said.
"Now, heaven is divided into Seven Heavens. The First Heaven is where low-level angels reside as well as some of the Brave Saints, also our defence for the front lines are there. The Second Heaven is where we watch the stars, we also keep angels that have sinned and are close to falling, we cleanse them so they are pure there. The Third Heaven is where all the souls of those who have died and are worthy go. The Fourth Heaven is my favourite, the Garden of Eden is there" Gabriel explained and Issei's eyes widened. "Really, so those trees from the bible are real" Issei said smiling and Gabriel laughed. "Yes it is, now anyway. Now the Fifth Heaven is where all our research institution is, also the Heavenly Armoury is, legendary weapons are there" Gabriel explained as they two decided to sit down on the grass.
"The Sixth Heaven is where we just were. It's also called The Zebel and that is where my brother's and I live, it is the core of heaven where many important meeting are also held. You have to have special permission to go there so it's mainly high-level and ultimate class-level angels only" Gabriel explained to Issei nodded as he looked down. "So does that mean I'm not allowed to go there anymore?" Issei asked and Gabriel shook her head. "Nope, since you are part of my family you will also be living there with me" Gabriel said and Issei's head shot up. "Thank you" he said as he hugged Gabriel. A few minutes later he let go and smiled up. "You said there were Seven Heavens, what is the Seventh one?" Issei asked making Gabriel smile.
"The Seventh Heaven is where the Sacred Gear System, and God System are. I'll explain what they do when we start the lessons. So what would you like to do?" Gabriel asked Issei who put his hand under his chin thinking. "Do you have anything to eat?" he finally asked and Gabriel smiled. "Of course" she said standing up and taking Issei's hand as the two walked towards the eating quarters. After the two ate Gabriel took Issei back to the Zebel where the others were waiting for them. "So, do you think it's alright if we introduce you now?" Michael asked Issei who looked up at Gabriel for her answer and she nodded. "Alright" Issei agreed and the other two Seraphs smiled. "Good, Raphael, could you call everyone to the ground floor" Michael asked Raphael who nodded.
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Ground Floor
An hour later all the angels in heaven and many of those that were on earth were gathered chatting amongst themselves. Most didn't know what it was about while others just stood quietly. When Michael noticed that everyone was there he stood up and the entire crowd went quiet. "I thank you for all coming at such short notice. But we have someone here that we wanted to introduce to you all" Michael said as he looked to the side. Issei was hiding behind Gabriel like before. "Come on Issei" Michael encouraged and Issei slowly stepped out from behind Gabriel and walked to Michael's side. "This is Issei Hyoudou, he is the newest angel that was reincarnated" Michael said and many of the angels gasped surprising Issei as he now jumped up and hid behind Michael's legs.
Gabriel noticed the nervousness and stepped forward. "When I went down to earth I found this boy. Issei has become my Joker" Gabriel said and more gasps were heard throughout the crowd. "He must be really powerful" "But he is so young" "What is that boy" where many of the whispers that the crowd spoke amongst themselves. Michael bent down to Issei "Show them your wings, just don't show them your Sacred Gear" Michael said and Issei nodded stepping out from behind Michael. Issei closed his eyes and his 10 white wings appeared from his back. Nearly all of the angels gaped in shock and others were startled. "Well, welcome to the family" Michael said Issei.
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~ Until The Next Chapter ~
I want to thank all those who reviews for the first chapter, I'm glad they were positive feedback. I haven't read the manga for Highschool DXD so I don't know if Raphael and Uriel where introduced, so their appearance is just what created from different sources.
For the next chapter I need for you to decide whether I should show the training of Issei or have those in flashbacks and goes straight to Kuoh Academy. He is only going there for a request, Rias and Sona will be introduced when he does go but it will be very different.
Please tell me what you want in a review, also if you liked this chapter and what you did about it. Hope I get good responses.
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