The sun rose over the peak of Mount Paozu the sun breaking through the window and reaching Goku's eyes. He got out of bed and put on his purple Gi before leaving his house.

You see after finding out he's a rook the amount of magic the piece holds isn't much compared to say a queen or a bishop. Which means ki-based attacks are limited. At the most, he can shoot some ki blast.

"Alright I have the whole day to myself, so let's search."

The 7 dragon balls, 7 mysterious orbs, when all 7 are collected any wish can be granted. Goku closed the door behind him before stopping.

"So, to what do I owe the pleasure, Vail."

Vail Lucifer stood in front of Goku's door, arms crossed he smirked.

"Well, a little crow told me you went and switched sides."

"Last time I checked I was never on a team."

Goku turned around and they gave each other a fist bump.

"How've you been? I haven't seen you in a while."

"A lot better than you that is for sure. So you went and became a devil."

"in my defense, it wasn't my choice."

Vail laughed then opened his hand a magic circle formed in his palm and a box fazed in. he then tossed the box at Goku.

"What's this? Goku however didn't get a response as Vail walked away giving him a two-finger salute as he left. Goku looked down at the box before opening it revealing the one-star dragonball. There was a note attached to it

Hey there kiddo, One of my men was out on a scouting mission and found this little thing being sold at an auction. Needless to say, you owe me a pretty penny. Jokes aside I hope this helps your search be careful out there.

Yours truly, head of the crows.

Goku folded the letter and then looked the ball over. He put the ball next to the five-star ball looking them both over.

Vrrr vrrr

He looked at his phone and then bolted out the door. "Nimbus!"

He jumped on the flying cloud and blasted off in the direction of the city. He landed in front of the Club and sprinted up the stairs.

"Where's Issei!" he looked around and saw everyone standing around.

"I was told he was dying, he is currently alive and well. I have been lied to." He went and stood next to Koneko, Kiba, and Akeno as they watched Issei get chewed out.

"As entertaining as this is do we really need to watch this?"

Rias got done and she and Akeno stepped into a summon circle and teleported away.

"Soooo, you all ready to go save Asia."

Kiba and Koneko nodded.

"Wait, you guys are going to help me? Even after Rias said to stay away."

"We also know that you would have gone regardless so might as well go together." Kiba crafted a Summon circle and everyone stepped in.

"Thanks guys, it means a lot to me."

They teleported in front of the church Issei summoned his Twice critical and Goku wrapped his hands. "So what's the plan Issei?"

"Honestly, I don't have one. But all I know is Asia needs me." Everyone nodded and Koneko broke down the door, everyone walked in taking a look around.

"Nothing says welcome like an abandoned church am I right." Goku chuckled before getting serious " I sense a group of people in the basement and one…"

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"never in all my years have I been beaten by some dick-sucking devils and yet here you both are rubbing salt in my wounds." Freed walked in from the darkness looking normal before adopting a crazed smile.

"But not again! Can't wait to blow my sweet holy love all over your devil face then spread your inners all over the house of God!" he loaded his gun and ignited his saber of light.

"I'm sure the man upstairs wouldn't be so happy you did that." Kiba committed Koneko picked up one of the church benches and tossed it at him.

"WHOA you're pretty strong for a midget!" Koneko didn't take that comment lightly as she threw more benches at him.

Freed jumped out of the way as Kiba closed this distance. Swinging Freed and Kiba clashed swords. Appearing behind Freed Goku swung his power pole at the back of Freed's head sending him across the room.

"No fair four against one is cheating!" Kiba chuckled "What can we say we are devils after all."

BOOST

Freed head turned to Issei who's double critical went up a charge. Scrambling to his feet Freed threw himself at Issei. Kiba stepped in front of Issei once again meeting blades with Freed. "Move out of the way filth!"

Kiba smirked his blade turning black as the light from Freed's sword got sucked into Kiba's sword. Before Freed could comment on it Koneko punched him in the jaw. Goku caught him in a full nelson and Issei ran up and gut-punched him with his double critical.

Goku dropped his limp body "Well wasn't that easy."

"No time we have to get to Asia." They ran up to the podium and Koneko pushed it aside revealing the entrance to the basement. As they ran down the sound of screaming filled their ears, picking up their speed they came across the army of priests and Asia on the cross her sacred gear floating in front of her body. Raynare took the sacred gear into her hands.

"Finally it's all mine. After all these years it's all mine!"

"ASIA!" Issei ran forward. One the priest went to stop him but Goku pinned him to the ground. Kiba, Goku, and Koneko were taking priests out left and right making a path for Issei.

Issei ran up and unchained Asia from the cross. "Asia, Asia talk to me, please!"

"I…Issei"

Issei picked her up and ran back upstairs. Raynare followed after them Goku, Kiba, and Koneko Finished off the remaining priest.

"So do we go up and help?"

"Not yet where waiting for Rias to give us the ok." Kiba sat down on one of the knocked-out men.

"Wait she's here?"

"Yeah, She knew Issei would go so she and Akeno took care of things outside. I'm surprised you didn't sense them."

Goku sat down and felt the Ki around him he felt what was the remains of Asia. Issei who's just skyrocketed and Raynares. He also felt Rias and Akeno further away.

"Yeah, I guess your right."

"I'm surprised you're not as upset as Issei was." Goku sat down on the floor taking a deep breath.

"Never got to really know her. Issei seemed to spend the most amount of time with her so it's only understandable he's the most upset. On a different topic, what going to happen now that her sacred gears have been separated from her?

"she'll die. A sacred gear is a part of your soul without it's only a matter of time before you're dead."

"Has anyone told you that you have such a way with words?" The boys chuckled while Koneko took out a lollypop. Goku began to cough.

"You ok?"

"Yeah, it's nothing. Btw Akeno's coming down the stairs."

"Rias said come up."

They all went up the stairs. Issei was holding Asia's hand. Rias turned to them "Koneko do you mind grabbing her."

Koneko went outside and dragged Raynare in throwing her on the ground.

"dammit even with twilight healing I still lost." Rias stepped in front of her glaring.

"You have something that doesn't belong to you. It's time you return it."

"Oh fuck you!" she looked past Rias at Goku. "Goku… " she began to laugh. "I see so this was all part of your plan Azazel! I get it I will happily die for your cause! Son Goku…" Goku looked disturbed as Raynare stopped laughing and adopted a blank look.

"Do you know that they hide the truth. He told me all about you. Said that if I did this this would make Azazel happy."

"Who, WHO! What are you talking about!"

"Lies, they all lie. They know why you're dying but yet they lie to you. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

That was the last straw as Goku made a Ki ball and threw it at her vaporizing her. All that was left was the sacred gear. Rias turned to him.

"What was she talking about?"
he didn't answer he walked out the church door.

"Goku!"

Ignoring her, he slowly lifted of the floor before blasting of into the distance.

One LONG Fly

He landed in front of Tao's house before kicking the door down.

"TAO!"

Tao exited his room and walked down his stairs. "And what has you so upset, Goku"

"Have you been lying to me…"

"Excuse me?"

"Have. You. Been. LYING. To, me"

"You're going to have to be more specific."

"Everything the Medicine, the tests, saying I would get better have you been lying to me!"

"Where did you hear that from?"
"Answer the question!"

"Yes"

Goku stumbled back, his breath falling short. He started panicking he couldn't think straight his eye's turning a green hue.

"Hey! Calm down!"

However, that fell on deaf ears as Tears started to stream down his face. He ran outside and blasted off to his house. The sound of his heartbeat in his ears. As he cried he coughed, and he crashed in front of his house. He punched the ground making a small crater as his cries turned into sobs.

the sound of a summon circle flashed in the background. He pulled his fist back to hit the ground again but stopped short when someone grabbed his fist. Issei's boosted gear held onto his wrist. He looked back at Issei and the whole club where there including the now alive and well Asia.

He snatched his arm back and wiped his tears. "I'm guessing you all want to know what that was all about."

No one said anything but the silence spoke volumes. " Normally I would just tell people I've only known for a few days my back story but seeing as we are all under one person for the rest of our lives might as well do it now instead of later."

Rias stepped forward. "We don't have to do it here if you don't want to."
"I'd rather not do this at all…"

"if what Raynare said is true then you need to tell us so we can help you."

"Wait here"

He stepped into his house for a second before coming out.

"Follow me." He lifted up in the air Rias, Koneko, Kiba, and Akeno all spread there wings and took to the sky.

"Issei hurry up."

"I don't know how to summon my wings let alone fly. And I could say the same for Asia."

"oh yeah, I forgot. Nimbus!"

The little yellow cloud came down and parked itself in front of Asia and Issei.

"Hope on it will follow us."

Asia climbed on the cloud. "It's so soft."

Issei then tried and fell right through. Then he tried again and again.

"Bro your cloud isn't letting me on!"

"Oh yeah, my bad dude forgot that Nimbus only lets those who are pure of heart ride it."

"Are you saying I'm not pure of heart?!"

"You are a pervert, so it makes sense." Said Koneko as Kiba came by and picked up Issei.

"Why couldn't it be a sexy chick who carries me ;-;"

"And that's why you're not able to ride the nimbus."

After that, they took to the skies. Asia flew up to Goku. "Uh, Mr. Son"

"Asia please, where the same age."

"Right, sorry. I was wondering since I am a Devil now wouldn't that mean I couldn't ride the Nimbus since devils are depicted as evil?

"No, I said that Nimbus judges' character. If you're still the same person even after changing what you are then it doesn't matter what you become."

"Oh, I see."

"where here…" they all landed in the forest.

"And where is here exactly?" asked Rias, Goku walked up to a pile of leaves and moved them aside revealing the Saiyan pod.

"Where it all began."

"is… Is that a spaceship!?"

"Yes Issei, it is."

After that, Goku punched down logs and made a small camp for everyone to sit at. The crackling of the flame filled the silence as they waited for Goku to explain.

"17 years ago that very space shit crashed here on Earth. An old man named Beat had come to the crash sight and found a crying baby boy with a monkey's tail. Beat adopted the boy and raised him teaching him all he knew. The boy was a quick learner picking up everything Beat taught with ease. One night on a full moon the boy was up later than normal. Training and had seen the full moon for the first time. The boy had become a monster known as a Great Ape. Losing all sense of mind the boy went on a rampage."

"Beat along with a few other individuals had subdued the Ape. While distracted a mystery person appeared. They cut the great ape in two leaving one half of the ape to turn back into the boy and the other half fading out of existence. The boy lost his tail in this process. From there the boy lived his life as he normally did made some new friends and aimed to get stronger."

"Eventually The boy's grandfather passed away his final words being onwards and upwards. The boy did just that he trained harder until one day during a spar with an old friend the boy fell to the ground. Unable to move he was rushed to a hospital. The doctors said they didn't know what was wrong and sent him home. Every time the boy tried to train, the same result would happen. So through some connections, he was brought to a new doctor, this one said that he was slowly dying due to his body rejecting its own energy. He was put on a medication that slowed the process greatly but in turn, suppressed his energy basically making him human."

"So this is how he decided to live his life until one day the boy met this pervert who was in danger. Deciding to help save his life he fought off a fallen angel but since he was so much weaker now than ever he died in the process. He was then reincarnated as a devil and felt good for the first time in years. He could use some of his Ki without dying. When he went to his doctor. His doctor said that the magic fused with a part of his energy. Making it so that he can use a certain amount of Ki and not dye."

"And until recently the bot thought this was the first step to getting better… then Raynare said something to him and when he confronted his doctor he found out it was true. There is no getting better, the only thing keeping me alive is the peace but too much energy put into it, and not even that could save me. I'm going to die and there is nothing I could do about it… or so I thought."

Goku pulled something out from behind him.

"Before Granpa Beat passed away he left this. It's called a Dragon Ball, the legend goes if you collect all seven then you can have any wish granted. At first, I didn't believe it until I received another. They're scattered all around the world and I plan to search for them."

Goku looked up at them they were shocked, to say the least. "Too much?"

"Sorry man, it's just that, that was a lot to unpack." Kiba was in awe I mean other than the fact that aliens are real he just heard some unbelievable shit.

"I know it's a lot…"

"Do you know where you're from?" Rias asked eyeing the ship.

"No after the great ape incident, I lost quite a bit of my memory when it comes to anything before I got to Earth."

"So like if we collect these dragon balls they can grant any wish right," Issei asked looking over the five-star ball.

"Yeah, that's how it goes." Issei suddenly got a perverted smile. Koneko the gut checked him.

"I've decided as one of my servants I can't allow you to die! Going forward I promise to do everything in my power as your master to collect the remaining five!"

Goku looked up stunned before smiling sweetly "Thanks president it means the world to me,"

In Space

Two pods flew throughout the stars

ETA: 365 days

"So long, are we sure he even remembers us?"

"How could he forget us after all we've been through together."

"Well seeming as if he was sent first that would make him the Goku of the story what if he hit his head on a rock just like Goku did?"

"Doubt it, he's too smart for that."

"… would that make us the Vegeta and Nappa?"

"surely not…"

"lets just not think about it."

The Pods blast forward before becoming specks in the void that is space.

Hi, the author here! This chapter took longer than expected because it went through many and I do mean many edits. but i think i'm happy with the result. this chapter serves as the first real break from the OG DXD time line and i can't wait to show you all my vision.

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Saitama1155: Dude IDK I don't know how to get rid of it.

Some1call4MR: the point of fanfic is to take the story and write it in your image. i doubt the creator of DXD is going to care if one dude uses the first season of the anime as a template. Not bashing you but I don't want you to have to type it out every time you comment i saw and it's only the first half of season 1.

Also, Goku could ride Nimbus, Nimbus judges based on character, not race this is stated in early Dragon Ball.