DRACO'S THIRD ASCENSION HAS RAISED ME FROM THE REALM OF WRITER'S BLOCK! It's given me new ideas, and I shall hopefully be back to updating this fic at a regular schedule!
COMMENTS!
Asharzal: I WILL NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY!
Amerikkan786: Dude did someone piss in your cereal or something? The Mc is a DEMI-SERVANT, technically human but not. Not that I agree with your bullshit about humanity being the weakest race.
Humans can be strong in DxD, or have you never heard of Vasco? You know the STRONGEST human who most of the supernatural world was afraid of? Don't give me bullshit about humanity being the weakest race, there is no weakest race only idiots who don't realize that.
There's also the STORY reasons to use a human protagonist. Aliens and non-humans are fun but boring as hell, because after a while they become 'just another bullshit non-human'. It also lets readers connect to the protagonist more.
I'll tell you what I tell everyone who insults my work, if you don't like it just leave, don't comment about how much you hate the fic or something, just leave and avoid making yourself look like an idiot grasping for attention.
battnta7: Eh, difference in opinion. To me it's always felt like brainwashing. I get the strength attracts strength thing, but the way all Issei's relationships with the exception of a few felt less like relationships and more like they're being mentally fucked with. Which is why I believe the dragon aura brainwashes people thing.
SolSparda369: I mean, it's Fate!Okita, can you really blame Kiba? I always felt it was stupid they never tried to help with Rias's peerage trauma until Issei came along. Sakura won't instantly fix Kiba's trauma, but he will be a bit more mentally adjusted… and stronger.
Because Kiba was training under DxD!Okita who was in the peerage of LUCIFER. The only thing I can think of for why Kiba isn't wrecking everyone, is the fact DxD!Okita was just too strong and couldn't really spar with Kiba in a way that'd help him improve. But with Sakura there, Kiba gets a training partner who is stronger than him, but not unreasonably so.
Or maybe DxD!Okita is just one of the most shit mentors ever, that'd make sense as well but I like my idea better.
xbox432: I hope everyone will like how I use Jack. Marie is cinnamon roll and needs protection. Gareth is adorable and I'm sad people don't use her a lot.
keybladelight: Matou Sakura? Did you misunderstand, Sakura is the name of Fate Okita here as we already have a DxD Okita (It's a reference to Sakura Saber). I'm mainly using the fate characters as world filler, this is a crossover so it'd be a bit weird for Tachie to by the only Fate character here.
Rios: (Just going to, do all your comments together).
Already know that but thank you for trying to help.
Tachie has a vague idea of Shirou's 7 steps for tracing, but she can't remember it perfectly nor does she see the point in trying to learn Shirou's tracing right now.
Harem sizes should never go to big, the biggest I'll accept is 6.
Evils of humanity in Fate are a bit weird, but I wouldn't really call them the Instincts of the World as most of them don't give a shit about the Gaia or Alaya.
IAmJustAndIdiot: Writing is hard, especially when you have writer's block.
World building is fun, I tend to do it sometimes just for fun. So writing lets me actually use those ideas.
DRMAK: JACK IS BEST DAUGHTER AND DESERVES HEADPATTS. I cannot promise Jack will show up again soon, but I am writing ideas for her appearance and plans involving her.
Idiot444: I… That is both one of the amusing comments I've ever read but so far off that I can't even… I can't even write a reply without breaking down laughing.
ShineX (Chapter 2): I like female MC's, we don't have enough of them. I'm iffy on writing harems anyway, so very unlikely for any harems besides for characters like Issei.
ShineX (Chapter 3): No idea what Bootstrap is, but supernaturals do seem to be supernaturally attractive…
JtBlack-Hawk3198: I mean that's a good in world reason and I can see it being the actual reason, sadly we know the irl reason.
I assume in the past a Longinus Wielder must have killed some type of god level entity because otherwise I can't see people hyping them this much.
Tachie sacrificing a limb to Draco? I'm not sure if that's a dragon only thing or not, so I can't say if that's even possible. If it is, I can't see Draco being the entity sacrificed an arm…
Jack is best murderer!
To the Guest who kept insulting my work: I have nothing to say to you, if you don't like a fic that's fine, but don't waste everyone's time insulting it.
Codepercy: Don't worry I'm staying positive, some people are just going to hate for the sake of hating. I could really care less for them. I'm just having some writers block on most of my stories currently.
The meeting was pretty boring to be honest, I could barely understand half the stuff Olivier and Odin talked about. I had never seen my mentor as a good politician, but with how he spoke I was clearly unaware of a lot regarding him still.
Odin seemed careless with his words and agreements, but from the frown on Olivier's face, I have the feeling he was far more cunning then I was realizing.
I understood enough of politics to know I knew nothing about politics, nor did I want to know. Thankfully, a reprieve to my boredom would come soon.
"I recognize that expression, you bored to kid?". Brynjar, our Einherjar guide asked at the most quiet I had heard. I gave a nod, not seeing a point in giving a worded reply. "Perhaps I can show you more of Asgard's glory? Lord Odin and your teacher seem focused on their conversation".
I turned to look at Olivier, who met my eyes and nodded, guess he was listening in. I looked at Brynjar and gave him a nod of agreement.
"Hahaha! Brilliant! Come then little one, I shall introduce you to the glories of Asgard!". The giant of a man laughed and walked out of the room with me following along.
The next few minutes we walked through different areas of the castle, rooms filled with masterpieces of art, ancient weapons, at least five different kitchens, and even a room filled to the brim with cats! Apparently Freya really liked them (I wonder what the Queen of Asgard was like, was she anything like Odin? or was she a crazy old cat lady?).
Finally, we came to a very large room, a board filled with weapons near the door. Of course the battle crazy Norse would have a sparing room… and Brynjar wanted a spar didn't he?
"I see you've figured out my master plan eh? What'dya think kid? Want to have a go at a true Einherjar?". The man grinned down at her, grabbing a training axe, the edge blunted.
Nobody's pov.
"Are you sure you want to fight a warrior of the Church?". Tachie asked with a grin, it was fun to use her powers for something interesting like a spar. It hadn't been fighting to the death against that cult, but a friendly spar? She certainly wouldn't deny an opportunity to test her power.
"Hah! Let's see if you can pull out any of those fancy Church techniques against me then!". Brynjar walked over to the other side of the arena, while Tachie grabbed a sword of similar size to Aestus Estus. Giving it a very practice slashes, she was happy with the weapon and walked to her side of the arena.
Both warriors were silent, Brynjar had long learned that talking in battle was foolish and arrogant, while Tachie was focusing on her target with no time to waste on trash talk. They both waited to see who'd make the first move, Tachie twitched and that's all the older warrior needed to charge in.
Axe raised, Brynjar brought his axe down upon the hero descendent who hastily raised her sword to block, but-
CRAAACK! Tachie's eyes widen and moved back quickly, in just a single attack Brynjar had caused cracks along her training blade. It wasn't shattered, but it certainly wouldn't last too long if she blocked Brynjar again.
"Oops! Sorry kid, I forget my own strength sometimes! Now the fight's a bit unfair, we could just get a new sword… or you could stop holding back and use whatever abilities ya possess, you Church kids always have some trump card, especially if you were sent on an important political mission". Brynjar said with a grin, his axe resting over his shoulder.
Tachie frowned, this was weird. Brynjar had damaged her weapon too easily, and was now letting her use more of her abilities to make the spar fairer? On one hand this could all be some big plot to learn her abilities, but on the other hand maybe she had watched too many detective movies lately and was seeing plans were there were none.
Fine, the Norse weren't her enemies, so it wouldn't matter if they have knowledge on her abilities. With a though she shifted into her Demi-Servant form… or at least tried. The rush of strength didn't appear, the feeling of defence the Shielder possessed… none of it was there, looking at her hands, the bodysuit hadn't appeared.
'What the hell? I thought I had this figured out!'. Tachie panicked, she had been practicing this form and could shift into it with a thought before, so why wasn't it working now!
If her Demi-Servant wouldn't work, then she'd have to use her Sacred Gear. Red scales formed across her arms and legs, around her left eye which had turned purple, along with a few patches across different parts of her body. She let out a sigh of relief, at least her Sacred Gear worked, and she'll have to figure out why her Demi-Servant wouldn't work later.
"Interesting, that's a real vile aura you're releasing now. Bit odd to see an Excorist use something like that, but guess Sacred Gears are random. Now, let's see what you can do". Brynjar smirked, rushing at Tachie.
She raised her blade and slashed at Brynjar, who leaned to the side to avoid it and slammed the training axe into Tachie, launching her to the ground. However Tachie managed to recover with a roll and get back up quick enough to dodge another axe slam. Brynjar wasn't just strong, he was fast and skilled.
Aurea Poculum was powerful, but against someone who possessed no negative feelings towards Tachie or despair, it was worthless. Tachie considered bringing out her true sword, but this was a spar, not a fight. So her best choice was…
"Flame Burst!". Tachie cried, using a burst of flames from her feet to launch herself towards a surprised Brynjar, who blocked with a laugh.
"Interesting! I don't think I've seen such a strange use of fire in a while!". The Einherjar laughed, swiftly moving his axe and dragging Tachie's blade with it, and sending a punch towards her.
The hero descendent managed to avoid the punch with a sideway leap, victory was seeming further and further away in this fight. It… frustrated her, she didn't want to lose.
Unknown to Tachie, the red scales of Aurea Poculum started fading away, while pale white lines started spreading across her body, looking like tattoos. Tachie's left eye reverted to its original colour, while her nails turned black.
Brynjar raised an eyebrow but assumed this was just another function of her Sacred Gear. Tachie rushed at him with a far faster speed and thrust her blade forth, Brynjar slammed his axe into her blade, but instead of shattering like he had expected a rainbow coloured aura protected the blade. Eyes widened the Einherjar had to lean back to avoid a sword swipe.
Tachie followed it up with another sword slash, but Brynjar was prepared this time. He avoided the attack and used this opportunity to slam his axe into Tachie, sending her flying into the air. But she recovered mid-air and managed to land on her feet.
Rising to her combat position, Tachie's right eye started turning red. Her magical energy was rising, but her mind was elsewhere.
'Destroy the enemy'
'Bad civilization'
'Conquer, ride, and destroy'
'Connecting with ####'
'I shall not take your life, only your civilization!'
Her head hurt, her eyes stung, but she wouldn't take her eyes off her opponent (Prey, conquest, destruction), her magical energy was skyrocketing painfully, and her hands and feet stung. But she would not stop fighting, not until the spar was over (Civilization was destroyed).
She ignored the whispers of Draco in her head, trying to grab her attention. It did not matter, all that mattered was defeating (destroying) the enemy.
What did it matter if an embodiment of desire told her to stop? What did it matter if even the Gods of Asgard got involved? The Church? She was destruction, the King of Destruction and the Herald of the Star, the absolute end to any civilization.
She raised her blade, ready to again charge towards her current enemy and destroy it.
However, before the hero descendent could do anything. A loud explosion echoed through the ear, followed by screaming. This was enough to shock Tachie back into control of herself and deactivate her Sacred Gear.
"Shit! Come on kid, looks like shits going down!". Brynjar grunted and rushed to grab his actual axe, leaving the training axe on the ground. It took a few seconds for Tachie to properly sort her mind, but she summoned her own blade and followed after the running Einherjar.
Heey guys, so I've decided on something. The childhood arc is taking a while and I've realized I may be trying to get to much stuff done while Tachie is young. So after the Asgard arc, I will finally have that time skip (Age 17-18).
I also have some things to say regarding Tachie's Sacred Gear, as while I've stated there are multiple entities, I've never said how many. I figured now would be a good time to say.
Aurea Poculum – The portion of the Sacred Gear that Contains Draco, the Whore of Babylon.
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You can probably guess what the second is, as for the third… Who knows? Maybe I've not decided at all, or maybe I have and I'm just messing with you guys.
I also want to speak about Tachie's 'destruction' thing. Like how when Tachie first absorbed negative emotions using Aurea Poculum, she's being influenced by her Sacred Gear.
Omake: Mash Alter 4.
Ritsuka breathed heavily as Tachie tied a bandage around his knee, he had scrapped it rather badly during against some Demonic Beasts. Thankfully he had started carrying medical supplies ever since he had started randomly appearing in Singularities during his sleep (Thanks to the fact his uniform always appeared with him, even when it was damaged or something new had been added).
Tachie had also apparently been trained in medical techniques (By an angel of all things! He was really starting to get curious about her world), so he'd be fine in a few hours.
"As long as you don't put too much pressure on the leg, you should be fine. If we need to run, I'll carry you". Tachie said with an embarrassed look, she'd rather not carry Ritsuka but if she had to choose between that and Ritsuka dying, it was an easy pick.
"Thanks, you're a pretty amazing Servant. You've learned how to fight with that shield really fast". Ritsuka complimented with a smile, standing up with a bit of effort. Tachie smiled back with pink cheeks (While mentally asking why she was so embarrassed with such a small compliment, she's fought naked yet THIS is what embarrasses her?).
"No problem, now let's get back to searching for that Servant signature". Tachie said, earlier Da Vinci had detected a Servant signature, likely an Assassin with how they kept disappearing and reappearing. They had ran into the Demonic Beasts while searching for said Assassin.
"Alright, let's go!". Ritsuka agreed with a smile, he had found himself enjoying Tachie's company more. She wasn't bright and positive like Mash, she was very straight forward and secretive, but she had been kind and had a very strict sense of honour.
They walked through the area, eventually coming across something neither expected.
"…Ritsuka, is that a ramen shop?". Tachie asked with wide eyes, unable to believe what she was seeing.
"Yep… and I recognize the girl ordering everything". Ritsuka sighed, so this was one of those sort of Events? He walked over to the Ramen Shop and listened to the Servant talking.
"Eeeh!? What do you mean my Space-Bucks coupon doesn't work? It's valid everywhere else!" The blond Assassin demanded, waving her coupon in the face of the store owner.
"I don't know who you're trying to fool here young lady! That coupon is three weeks out of date!". The store owner replied.
Ritsuka and Tachie just watched the two argue, one with a weak smile on his face and the other with an expression of absolute confusion.
"She's… not very bright, is she?". Tachie said, with Ritsuka slowly nodding before walking over.
"Don't worry, I can pay for this MHX". Ritsuka smiled at Mysterious Heroine X, who blinked confused and then smiled.