I bring you, chapter 2! Not much to say besides please enjoy.
COMMENTS!
Souna Lucifer: The story is meant to start a few years before canon, but I couldn't find anything that confirmed Issei's exact age and my knowledge of how Japan high school works is basically nothing. So yea it was basically a lot of guess work there.
Kolt999: She's essentially Mash Alter, but better… Her design is simple, but it's defiantly good.
Commissar Baphomet: I am unsure on if Tachie will enter any relationships, I've left her sexuality blank so I can lean in whatever direction I eventually go in. If she enters a relationship at all that is.
hmataco: I plan to contioue, don't worry.
After my inner freak out over my now missing manhood (Which would've lasted much longer without the… Spirit of Galahad I guess? Helping me calm down), I had started to form a plan.
I had no memories of Tachie's (Or mine now) life, so amnesia was my best course of action. It seemed the Church was interested in me for my ability to use a holy sword, and with a bit of research they'd likely connect my family to Galahad's bloodline, and considering he found the Holy Grail, they'd probably treat me as a saint.
While that sounded like a good offer, I had no desire to be a saint. If I do anything even slightly wrong, they'll throw me away like trash. But there was something they could do for me, train me as a holy sword wielder, I have no combat experience and the instincts of Galahad can only help me so much. I won't be like Issei who relied purely on power, I'll learn how to fight with skill and technique.
I also needed to figure out how my Demi-Servant abilities work, was it like Mash where I entered a specific Demi-Servant form, or would I always have the abilities at hand? There was also my supposed Sacred Gear, The Entity seemed way too amused with whatever it had done, and I doubt that was good for me.
But what was my long term plans? Short term was training, but what about the bigger threats? I know there were tons of threats, but I only really know of Loki, Kobabiel, and Freed. Dammit! I should've fully watched the series instead of just reading different fanfiction. But another question, did I want to be involved in the main plot? That was best to think on once I've actually got some skill under my belt.
Okay so, I've got a Sacred Gear, Demi-Servant abilities, was there anything else I could do to increase my abilities? I'll admit I wanted an Excalibur Fragment, but none of them really interested me, I also remember someone saying Excalibur quickly became useless. But The Entity did say it changed the world, so maybe Excalibur was stronger now?
With my connection to Galahad, I know I can't let the Excalibur arc happen as it did! The Sword of Promised Victory in that mad-man's hands… it sickened me! But speaking of Excalibur, surely the Lady of the Lake would want it back, so why was she never mentioned during the Excalibur arc?
While I was thinking on this, suddenly a memory came to my mind. I was walking through a forest towards a lake, and kneeled before it. Was that Galahad's memory?! Okay I should've expected that, no need to freak out. Maybe thinking on certain things would bring forth Galahad's memories? That's my best guess.
I think it was time I stopped thinking, I could only plan so much without seeing the world for myself, and I haven't even opened my eyes yet! Finally opening my eyes and god, I didn't realize my eyesight was this bad! Or maybe I just had, really good eyesight now. Everything was just so… clear, it actually annoyed me with how bright and white everything was in the hospital.
Sitting up, I looked about, seems nobody was in the room with me. I got out of the bed and started exploring the room, trying to see if the Church had left anything to spy on me, and it also fit with the 'clueless teen' people expected.
Eventually however, some doctors and nurses did come visit me and well, freaked out. They forced me back into the bed and did a bunch of test.
"Miss Kyrielight, do you feel anything off? Any headaches? Any oddities in your body? Have you regained any memories?". A doctor asked me, I had already told them I couldn't remember anything, but the doctors believed I just needed rest and my memories would return slowly. Apparently I had been in a coma for around 2 weeks, thankfully not too long. But I had no family to support me, and being around 13, I couldn't live alone. However I already know who my future caretakers would be.
Eventually however the doctors did finish, and said someone wants to meet me. A man who looked to be around 20 to 25 entered the room, he was wearing a black shirt and a leather jacket, dark grey trousers, along with a silver necklace. He had dark blue eyes and short spiky black hair, and across his back was a guitar case, which likely did not hold a guitar.
"It seems your finally awake eh kid". The man stated, his voice calm and it seems he's familiar with me? Have I met him before, seeing my confused expression he frowns "Guess you really did get amnesia from the fire, man that sucks. But maybe that's a good thing not remembering parents who are gone now".
"Who are you?". I asked. I'm not sure how I know, but I'm certain this man is telling the truth of knowing me. But from what I overheard earlier, the Church official guy (who I nicknamed Broody), had no prior knowledge of me.
"My names Olivier Sharpe, I was a friend of your parents. I was also there when they… died". Olivier explained, his expression pained. When they died? So it wasn't a random fire, but something specific.
"It wasn't a natural fire was it". I said, not a question but a statement. Olivier nodded and sat down on a table, guess he doesn't care for the doctors here.
"You're parents never wanted you involved in this life, they were hoping the Church would never discover your ability to naturally wield a holy sword. Buckle up kid, I've got a lot of explaining to do". Tachie's parents were hiding her from the supernatural? At least it seems I've got someone on my side.
"Okay so, supernatural? Folklore? All those different religions? Those are real and very much still kicking today, your parents were once exorcist, 2 of the best. But they retired once they had you and hide the supernatural from you, probably hoping you'd never get involved with it. The day your parents died and you fell into a coma, your home was attacked by a devil, we're not sure why yet. Your parents fought bravely and I was honoured to fight with them, however even they couldn't defeat an entire group of high class devils". As Olivier explained things, I tried thinking of why devils would attack. Maybe they thought since we're descended from Galahad, my Sacred Gear was the Holy Grail? That's my personal theory at least.
"So, what now?". I asked, Olivier frowned and sighed.
"I'll train you, the Church has taken an interest in you. Your family is descended from the knight Sir Galahad, it basically has the Church salivating at the thought of getting you. He was a holy knight among holy knights, even got the Holy Grail. He's also the son of Sir Lancelot, an equally legendary knight. The Church would jump at the chance to brainwash you into being a loyal pawn". Olivier explained, and I found myself nodding in agreement. While I wanted to believe I was strong enough willed to stay myself while staying with the Church, I'm sure things would change within me, I had no loyalty to God or Heaven. "We'll tell the Church I've personally taken you in as an apprentice, and I'm training you to be an exorcist and holy sword wielder. Well I will be teaching you those skills, but I won't be drilling the love of God into you like the Church would try".
From this conversation I've deduced a few things about Olivier Sharpe, he has no fondness for the Church and seems to outright distrust them. He was good friends with Tachie's parents and wanted to take care of me to repay a debt? At least that's how it seems. He's ether currently an exorcist or a former one at least, not a stray if the Church would trust him to train me. And he was also likely a…
"Are you a holy sword wielder then? I don't think that guitar case holds an actual guitar". I asked, and with a smirk Olivier opened the case to reveal a sword I recognised, Excalibur Nightmare.
"Excalibur Nightmare, 1 of the 7 Excalibur's. The original was broke years ago and it was turned into 7 different Excalibur. It basically lets me cast powerful illusions in the short term". He explained, but something inside me felt disgusted by the sword, its existence was wrong. Was this Galahad's influence? While I did want to just march over and try breaking the sword, I pushed the urge down. As much as its existence disgusts me, it wouldn't look good to have me try destroying an Excalibur Fragment. I needed to get back to the conversation.
"When will I be able to leave?". Honestly this hospital was already annoying me, I wanted to get out. I didn't agree to a new life just to spend the first few hours in a hospital.
"I've got to sign some papers to make me your legal guardian, a small bit of hypnosis can make it quicker but we'll probably be here for a few hours. So how about instead I get a Church lackey to do it instead and we go out for some fast food, I could kill for a burger right now!". Olivier stated, and with that, we went out to get food (with me realizing just how hungry I actually was), while some poor Church lackey was forced to sort out Olivier basically adopting me.
A few hours later…
Olivier had spoiled me, that's the only thing I could say. For food he had taken me to some super high class restaurant and let me order whatever I wanted no matter how expensive, although his expression when I ate a burger, salad, and an entire pizza will forever be burned into my memories! I was shocked by my new appetite, but I guess Demi-Servants need to eat a lot? Or maybe it's just I'm a heavy eater now.
He had also taken me clothes shopping, and it was… a bit awkward at first. However I quickly figured out how to actually get dressed in female attire. I did consider just ripping off Mash's outfit, but I'm not just going to copycat her! I'm my own person.
For my new attire, I had chosen a simple black sweater with a red skirt, grey leggings, and black shoes. I also had a red ribbon choker around my neck. While it wasn't a perfect outfit (and wearing a skirt was weird, but I'd need to get used to it if I ever get involved with Kuoh High School), it at least looked like an outfit a normal person would wear. I wonder if Tachie's body was effecting my clothing sense. Eh not like it's a big issue anyway, clothes are clothes.
I had brought other clothes as well, but those could be covered later. Olivier had also brought camping and survival supplies, enough for both of us. Watching him use magic to put them into some kind of pocket space honestly was absolutely amazing! Sure it was just a pocket space, but it was real life magic! I had also gotten him to agree to teach me that spell as soon as possible.
However eventually the fun times had to end, Olivier was sent a… text? Huh, I guess some of the Church uses phones. Anyway the text basically told us to come back and sign the papers to officially make Olivier my care taker, he probably did all of the stuff today in order to try and gain my trust to make signing the papers easier.
We signed the papers, and now Olivier is officially my guardian. He also started explaining his plans to train me.
"Hero Descendants like yourself always have a natural skill towards fighting, so we shouldn't need to spend too long on the basics, you won't be a master fighter any time soon, but you're not going to be a blubbering newbie. First few weeks we'll be drilling the basics into you, and figure out what kind of weapon your best suited for, the Church wants you trained to be capable of wielding Excalibur Blessing, but fuck that. That thing is absolutely useless in combat, only thing it's good for is rituals". He explained, while packing supplies into a RV, my future home apparently.
The RV was coloured white with black and blue details, and the inside had 3 beds, a kitchen, a seating area, and a bathroom. It also had a storage containing all of Olivier's holy weapons, it honestly reminded me of the Rust Bucket from Ben 10. I was a bit confused why Olivier had brought camping supplies if we had a RV, but he had explained that it was in case we needed to abandon it.
"We'll be travelling around France for a few months, and then head to a sea side town called Foyki, its actually inhabited only by supernatural and considered a neutral zone, we'll train there for 3 months and look for anything of value we could buy. After that we'll mostly be travelling around the world, sometimes going on missions for the Church, but mostly focusing on your training. After around 2 years of training, we'll take you to the main headquarters of the Church to get whatever holy weapon they give you. We also need to check if you've got a Sacred Gear, I'm fairly certain you probably do with how high your magical energy is, but I've got no way to tell if you've got one". Olivier finally finished explaining the plan, it was a pretty good one in my eyes at least.
"So, when are we going?". And with that, we started our journey. I had no idea what was awaiting me, and while it scared me a bit, it also really excited me. So from this moment, the journey of Tachie Kyrielight begins!
Yes! We meet Tachie's personal trainer, Olivier Sharpe, wielder of Excalibur Nightmare. What secrets is he hiding and what is his connection to the Church, why does he distrust the Church so much? All shall be revealed in the future.
Foyki is not an actual place that exists as far as I'm aware, I just created it for… future plot. But where do you guys think Tachie will go to train? And who shall she be training under? I will say this she will have a few teachers who are characters from Dxd, along with original characters.
So before we end chapter a question, would you like a couple things focusing on Tachie's training, or just time skips to when important stuff happens to her?