It's dark…

Where am I? I can't see anything. Just what's going on? The last thing I remember, I was on my bed playing Amayui on my laptop… Did I somehow fall asleep while playing? Then, perhaps I'm dreaming right now.

But if it's really the case, then it must be the weirdest dream I ever had in my life. I can't see, hear or smell anything. I can't feel anything either, and because of that, I don't know if I can move my body or not. Speaking… isn't something I'm able to do apparently. It looks like that thinking is the only thing I can do right now.

Am I Kars or something?

Well, the fact that I'm seemingly in a situation similar to the birdy aside, that lucid dream is starting to give me the creeps. Alright, me, it's time to open your eyes. Wake up before anybody enters your room and sees you sleeping while playing some eroge!

Rise and shine already!

Damn… it doesn't seem to work. I guess I have no choice but to wait until I wake up naturally. At the very least, I know that I was in the middle of a dungeon, farming for some materials, so there is no chance that I'll be seen sleeping in front of some random sex scenes. But still, I hope that nobody enters my room in the meanwhile.

Alright… I don't know how long exactly it's been since I got myself in this awful situation, but I'm starting to think that this isn't a dream at all.

If it isn't then… Either I managed to fall into a coma or… I don't really want to consider the possibility but I may have died… However, if it is the case, then how? I was in perfect health, if only a bit tired since I've been playing for sixteen hours straight. I didn't jerk off at all so death from technobreak isn't what happened.

Perhaps, it sounds really stupid, but I may have fallen asleep with my face buried in my pillow, prompting me to suffocate to death in my sleep… Yeah, it must be the most idiotic death I've ever imagined…

But if it's really what happened, then what will happen from now on? Well, I suppose what comes after death is the afterlife, logically speaking. But what kind?

Will I cease to exist and simply fade away into nothingness? Or perhaps, just like in the afterlife depicted in religions, I will be judged and then go to either heaven or hell, or instead, I will be reincarnated through the cycle of rebirth.

If I had the luxury to choose, I want to take the reincarnation option. I don't want to stop existing yet, if anything, just thinking of it scares me. And as for heaven and hell, I don't think favorability of both of them. Obviously, there is no way that I want to go to hell and I don't really have a good image of heaven. I can't only think of that place as a boring one with nothing to do.

Meh. No matter the outcome, the only thing I can do for now is to be patient and wait until some kind of changes happen but… How long do I have to wait…

It's not time yet? I know that being patient is a virtue, but I'm starting to get tired of waiting, especially when I come to understand my current situation.

I don't really know when it exactly happened, but a miracle occurred as I started to regain my senses one by one, my sense of touch being the first. I was quite surprised when I felt my body being fully submerged in warm water.

I was really confused by this change, believing at first that I finally went insane from the long time spent in the dark with only my thoughts, but it was only after I regained my sight that I started to slowly understand what happened.

But to be honest, I would have liked to not regain it immediately.

When I first opened my eyes, my vision was a little fuzzy and I could only see in red, but it was still clear enough for me to see and feel disgusted at the sight as the first thing I saw was a wall of flesh which moved periodically.

For a moment, I first thought that I was in some kind of eldritch location or in hell, but after observing my surroundings more closely, I discovered that I was trapped within a thin but transparent bag. No, I guess 'coated' is a better word to use in this case. But what really surprised me was my tiny body and the long tube growing out from my belly which was connected to the wall of flesh.

From what I can gather, it looks like I'm a baby in what seems to be inside a womb, no doubt my new biological mother's. But again, the inside of a person's womb really does seem like an eldritch place so my first guess wasn't entirely wrong. It just looks disgusting that I may have thrown up should I be able to.

That aside, that little discovery made me think for a bit, I must have really died if I'm to be reincarnated in this manner. Well, it doesn't matter since it already happened but it just feels weird.

In any case, I suppose that I have to wait for at least nine months or maybe less for the delivery. For the meanwhile, I'll try to not move as much as possible. I don't know what will happen if I tear that bag by accident, but I don't want to do anything that could lead to a miscarriage or a premature death, so I won't do anything.

'Curiosity killed the cat', as they say.

"▂"

…Hmm? What was… that sound?

"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!"

Wha–What the?! What's going on?! Just a few seconds ago, I was sleeping peacefully and this happened!

"▅▅▃▅▄▄▅▅!"

Don't tell me that voice is my mother's… Is she going into labor or something?!

The moment the thought crossed my mind, I felt the liquid submerging me leaving, as if it was siphoned away.

Did the amniotic sac get pierced or torn apart?! In any case, it can't be anything but good!

Just as I felt my body being moved, with my head entering into some kind of wet and gooey tunnel and a really tight one at that, I kept my eyes closed and started to brace myself for what's going to happen.

I couldn't help but to wince when I felt my head, and then whole body, being crushed by my mother's vagina. After spending what seemed to be a long and agonizing time, I felt the cold air brushing against the top of my head before something else touched it.

Are those fingers? Maybe it's the doctor's hands…

"▂▂▃▃▅!"

"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!"

Little by little, I could feel my body being pulled out as more and more of my body started to get in contact with the cold air, making me miss a bit the warmth I kept feeling inside my mother's womb, even though it was a grotesque place to be in. And as I kept my eyes closed, my entire body was slowly but eventually pulled out from my mother's vagina before it got wrapped into something, my guess being a towel.

"▂▂▂▂▃▃▃▃▅▅"

"▅▅▅■■■■."

I have trouble hearing what they are saying, but I guess I was born safely…!

Out of nowhere, I suddenly started to cough and I felt some kind of mucus coming up from the back of my throat.

Damn... Was there some liquid left in my lungs or something? I feel a bit sick. Shit... I need to breathe…

Breathing for the first time in a long while, I could feel the cold air entering my body. It has been such a long time since I have done this, especially since I didn't have to when I was still in my mother's womb, but now that I can do it again, I really feel... alive.

Then I started to slowly open my eyes, wanting to see what was going on around me as I kept hearing people talking, and the first thing I saw was the faces of two people, even if my view was still a bit blurred.

One of them was a man with short brown hair and light brown eyes behind a pair of glasses. He had an overjoyed expression on his face as he looked at me with a dopey smile and teary eyes.

The second person was a beautiful woman with long dark brown hair and warm hazel eyes. Just like the man next to her, she also seemed happy but also looked disheveled and exhausted. But despite her current state, she was staring at me with a gentle expression on her face, sweetly smiling at me as she softly touched the right side of my head with her hand, caressing it.

Judging by their appearance, they must be my new parents… they both look kind.

"▃▄▄…"

I could see the woman's lips moving but I couldn't properly hear her words. Nonetheless, seeing her smile that happily, I couldn't help myself but to do the same, mainly out of gratitude towards her.

She has carried me for over nine months and must have suffered a lot in order to deliver me. If I could, I would like to thank her… Mmm… It's not good, I'm starting to get drowsy… and my eyelids feel heavier. I'm sorry but… I'll be taking a little nap now...

Slowly closing my eyes, even though I was wrapped by a towel, I could feel my body being hugged.

It's warm...

It has been almost six months since I was born and started my new life, but I never thought that a baby's life would be so arduous.

Compared to being an adult, being a baby had its own advantages and disadvantages but the latter were more prevailing than the former. Although I could slack off and sleep as much as I wished without having anybody frowning at me for doing so, I also have to live with a frail body that could do practically nothing.

I can't move properly, at best, I could only sit up or crawl on my belly which was quite tiring because of my weak muscles. I can't even talk and have to rely on my parents for nearly everything, especially my basic needs like taking a bath, feeding myself or even cleaning my ass after shitting on my pants.

It's just humiliating.

If only time could pass faster, at least, to a time when I can clean my own mess myself without needing somebody's help, I would be grateful. But my own misfortune aside, I discovered a few surprising things during my time here.

The first one being that I was born in Japan, a news that gave me mixed reactions. While it's the holy land where anime and manga originated, I also heard that it was a harsh place to actually live in. Well, it's not like it's a poor country or one with an oppressive government so it's better than nothing. I'll just have to make do with it.

But if there was something I didn't expect at all, it's that we are currently in 1991 which is nearly a decade earlier than my previous life's birth year. If anything, I would have thought I would be born during the 21st century or after since I've been reincarnated.

Maybe it's because I'm used to modern times, but I feel really old every time I see those really big TVs instead of the plasma ones or the cell phones my parents use. I also kind of miss having my smartphone in my hands or pockets. It will take a while before I get used to it, and it could have been worse for me if I had been reincarnated in an older era, like during the Warring States period, so I'm not really complaining about my current situation.

At first, I thought I had traveled to the past when I reincarnated but that theory quickly fell apart when…

"Are you still playing with your blocks, Sakuya?"

Interrupting me in my thoughts, I blinked when I heard a voice behind me prompting me to look back, only to fall on my back.

I hate this body. I can't wait for the day I will be able to move smoothly. And Sakuya, huh… I know that it's a unisex name since I've seen it being used for both sexes, be it in anime or real life, I can't help but to find that it does sound a bit effeminate to my taste.

I wonder why I was given that name. Maybe there is some kind of meaning behind it. I'll try asking my parents once I will be able to speak properly. In any case, it's another thing I'll have to get used to. It's not like I have a choice in the first place, and I don't dislike it. Again, I could have received a worse name than Sakuya.

With a sigh, I looked up to see the smiling face of my mother who chuckled at my antics.

If there is something I learned during those six months I've spent with them, it's that she and her husband are nice people, even though I spent most of my time sleeping. They are caring and pretty nice. I don't really think I can ask better than them for parents.

However, maybe it's because I still remember about my previous life, it's hard for me to see them as parents. I know very well that they are my biological parents and I really feel bad for thinking otherwise, but I can't help but to see them more as my caretakers.

In any case, I'll try to get along with them. That's the least I can do to thank them for giving me birth in this world and raising me.

And as I watched her sit on the sofa, I turned my gaze to the bundle in her arms which was a sleeping baby, and I couldn't keep myself from frowning.

That day, I wasn't born alone but with a twin brother and his identity enlightened me about a few things. About the fact that I didn't travel back in time but instead, I reincarnated into another world.

To be exact, I reincarnated into an anime. Honestly, even though I love anime and the isekai genre, the very thought that I may have been reincarnated into another world never crossed my mind. After all, it's just fiction. But the very fact that I was reincarnated, nevertheless with my memories intact, should have been some kind of clue to my mysterious situation.

"Just don't be too loud, okay. Issei just fell asleep." She said with a smile as she hummed a lullaby while I stared at the baby in her arms.

My little brother, Issei. When I first heard his name from my parents' mouths, I didn't really pay much attention until I learned about our last name which came as a shock.

Hyoudou, which would make my brother's name Issei Hyoudou, the same name as the famous protagonist of High School DxD.

At first, I first thought that it was only a coincidence, but when I learned the names of my parents, Gorou and Miki respectively, which were also the same names as the protagonist's parents and that we were living in Kuoh Town, I immediately discarded that thought.

Seriously, I wanted to cry out of distress. Not because I was reborn into an anime I disliked, in fact it was always one of my favorites in my previous life, but because I am currently in the DxD world and the brother of Hyoudou Issei of all people.

Even though it's been a few years since I haven't watched the anime or read the light novel, this work written by Ishibumi isn't one I can easily forget. Although it is infamous for its gratuitous fan service, especially in the anime. It is also a dangerous place where deities and dragons are present in the world along with some living calamities, even if they're hidden from the people not affiliated with the supernatural.

Damn… just thinking about it, my stomach hurts.

However, the real problem is my little brother. For one, he's the main protagonist which also means he's also tied to the plot… or should I say the fate of this world. And as his sibling, I can't help but worry that I would end up being dragged into it, like how his parents got kidnapped by Rizevim in the light novel.

Well, there is some chance that my presence in this world somehow changed the plot, akin to a butterfly effect. I mean, the person named 'Hyoudou Sakuya' isn't supposed to exist in the first place so something may have changed. For example, perhaps I was born with the Boosted Gear instead of Issei. Or maybe he just doesn't have it, neither do I.

In any case, it doesn't really matter since in the end, the very fact that I'm living in a dangerous world hasn't changed at all.

Kokabiel… Loki… Cao Cao… Hades… Rizevim… Trihexa… All of them in the span of one year, just what I expect of a shonen world. Damn it… Why was I reincarnated in this world? In this family?

Is it because I died playing a porn game? Well, thinking about it won't help right now. I guess I'll focus on my new life for now... If I do that, well, everything may become clear one day...

And it is possible that it is really just a coincidence and a misunderstanding on my part. But, one miracle has already happened so maybe there is a possibility that another will happen.

For God's sake, I just want to live a hassle free and peaceful life…

A/N: And that was the prologue chapter of High School DxD - The Hallowed Blade.

Hi to all, I'm an amateur writer of fanfiction, SkyLuong.

English isn't my main language so please, don't expect this work to be a masterpiece, you'll just be disappointed. If there is any punctuation or grammatical error, please feel free to either ignore them or correct them in your mind or review. I can also take on criticism so feel free to speak, especially when it can make the story better.

Also, don't expect long chapters. I'm not that good at writing so I'll probably take a lot of time if I were to do so. I don't know what else to say more so I'll stop for now.

Until next time, see you later.

P.S: If there is anybody who is willing to be my beta-reader and fix all the mistakes I make, feel free to contact me. I'll be happy.