Shin was walking home after the events that just happened in the ORC, however, he had other plans than just walking home. If he remembered correctly, if he stops by the fountain that Raynare killed him at, he should run into that fallen angel Dohnaseek.
Now, don't misunderstand his actions, he's not looking to stick to canon and allow Dohnaseek to nearly kill him. Shin was after something else. He wanted to fight. To experience what a supernatural fight was like. It was something he had been looking forward to for a long time now. Plus, he needed to test the limits of his powers. Not to mention, this may also give him the chance to test a theory about his powers.
When Shin arrived at the fountain, he looked around, admiring how good of a clean-up job Rias had done. You couldn't see a single trace that someone ever died here. That would change soon. Feeling a chill was down his spine, he knew it was time.
"Well, this really is unfortunate. Me running into you that is." Dohnaseek said as he slowly walked toward Shin.
"Is that so?" Shin said casually. "Please do tell, why is it so unfortunate exactly?" Shin asked.
Dohnaseek suddenly looked up, glaring at Shin, hoping to scare him. However, it was unsuccessful as Shin didn't even flinch. "Not going to run like the rest of your cowardly race?" Dohnaseek mocked.
"Why would I run? I see no point in running." Shin said as he waited for Dohnaseek to make his move. Despite the confident facade, he put up, he wasn't sure he would be able to beat Dohnaseek as he has no idea the limits of his powers or what they could accomplish.
"Very well then," Dohnaseek stated, forming a light spear in his hand, preparing for battle.
"Alright, let's dance," Shin said as he shot forward, albeit slowly due to being newly reincarnated.
"And here I thought I was in for a good fight. It appears you were just in over your head." Dohnaseek said when he saw Shin's speed and threw the light spear at him, determined to get this over with.
Shin, however, saw this coming so jumped to the side a bit, he continued running toward Dohnaseek, intent on combating him physically. Despite being able to control his magic perfectly, he still had a small magic reserves so he couldn't afford to casually throw around magic attacks just yet.
Dohnaseek took notice of this and assumed Shin to be reincarnated as a rook, which would make sense as to why he was determined to make his physical. If that was the case, his worst mistake would be to allow him to get close as he would lose in a physical confrontation.
Jumping backward, Dohnaseek was determined to make as much space as possible between the two of them. Shin, taking notice of this, focused on the area Dohnaseek was going to land and used repulsive force to knock Dohnaseek off balance once his feet got close to the ground.
Without his balance, Dohnaseek fell backward, Shin arriving not even a second later, delivering a roundhouse kick into Dohnaseek's side whilst he was still airborne. His newfound devil strength proving to be quite strong as he heard something crack as Dohnaseek was sent flying to the side, bouncing off the ground multiple times.
Dohnaseek groaned as he stopped skidding across the ground, now having several cracked and bruised ribs. However, he was aware enough to roll to the side just as Shin came barreling down on him from above, the place he was previously laying now turned into a foot-deep crater.
Shin pulled his arm out of the concrete, disappointed he missed his opportunity to strike Dohnaseek with a Chidori. There was no doubt though, the Chidori truly is an overpowered attack, a one-hit kill. If this is what it could do to concrete, what would it do to someone's body?
Sadly, by the time Shin had pulled his arm out of the concrete, Dohnaseek was already in the process of delivering a kick of his own to Shin. However, unlike Dohnaseek, Shin had enough time to successfully put his arms into an X and stop the kick from hitting his side. That, however, did not stop him from being launched backward.
Tumbling backward and doing several summersaults, Shin was able to gain his balance and land on his feet, skidding backwards still, noticing that Dohnaseek was already in the process of throwing a spear of light at him.
This would be his opportunity. Lightning suddenly came to life in his hand once again as the sound of birds chirping reached everyone's ears, including the spectators who had arrived to watch the fight, also known as Rias, Akeno, and Koneko.
Using all his strength to push off the ground, cracks were formed in the concrete as he shot forward at high speeds, the Chidori he had in his hand only making him even faster. At the trajectory he was going, he was charging the spear of light head-on.
Koneko was just about to make her move and kick the light spear out of the way when suddenly she was tossed backward by Shin's repulsive force, Shin knowing she was about to interfere with his fight. Shin had already made plans to deal with the spear of light on his path, thus shown when the spear got close to him, only to seemingly hit an invisible barrier and sent back at Dohnaseek.
Dohnaseek, seeing his spear suddenly coming straight at him dodged out of the way of it, however, Shin was right behind the spear, and Shin's attack didn't have a set trajectory. Dohnaseek looked in horror as Shin pulled his hand back, lightning fiercely whipping around everywhere.
"Goodbye," Shin said as he thrust his hand forward, a sickening squelching sound being heard all throughout the park, causing the spectators to cringe with the exception of one in particular who grew a massive blush on her face.
"D-Damn," Dohnaseek said weekly as he coughed out blood, Shin's blinding Chidori dying down, showing Shin's hand completely imbedded through Dohnaseek's chest, going straight out the back. Putting his hand against Dohnaseek's shoulder, he pushed Dohnaseek backward as he pulled his hand out of him.
His hand covered in blood all the way to his forearm. Drops of blood constantly dripping off his fingertips and onto the concrete below him. "You put up a good fight, but this was destined to happen the instant you saw me," Shin said down to Dohnaseek, who was now laying on the ground with a humongous hole in his chest.
'And I thought the hole in my stomach was big. Damn, this makes that look like nothing.' Shin said as he noticed Dohnaseek had died mere seconds after being stabbed by his Chidori.
"That was quite the attack, Shin. But did you have to throw Koneko?" Rias asked, knowing Shin had noticed they were there when he used his powers to stop Koneko from interfering in his fight.
Shin looked at Koneko who was now covered in leaves and sticks, a rip across her shirt exposing part of her bra. "Sorry about that Koneko, but you were about to interfere in my fight. I couldn't let that happen. Not to mention, if I hadn't, I wouldn't have been able to stop my attack in time and I likely would have killed you instead of Dohnaseek." Shin said.
Koneko just glared at Shin, not happy in the slightest with what he did. "Well, I'll dispose of the body now," Rias said as she charged up her power of destruction and launched it, however, the attack was repelled, sending it off in an entirely different direction.
"Do not touch that body," Shin said dangerously, his hair overshadowing his eyes. Even now, he could still feel the holy energy being emitted by Dohnaseek. This was exactly what he needed to test his theory.
"And why not? We can't just leave the body of a fallen angel in a park. We have to destroy it." Rias said angrily.
"Because I said so. I need his body to test something." Shin said as he stepped in front of Dohnaseek's body and turned to look down at it. Rias, Akeno, and Koneko seeing he was about to do something shut up and took some steps back, giving him some room.
Taking a deep breath, Shin focused solely on the holy energy being emitted from Dohnaseek's body and nothing else. Closing his eyes, he could still feel the energy, even stronger than before as well. He could feel it being emitted into the air, cycling around Dohnaseek's entire body. Then, he drew it towards himself, welcomed it into his body.
Almost instantly, Shin dropped down to one knee as he absorbed some of Dohnaseek's holy energy, the most harmful substance in the universe to a devil. However, Shin didn't stop absorbing energy. Ignoring Rias' protests and demands for him to stop whatever he was doing, he continued absorbing more and more holy energy, until he finally couldn't handle anymore and fainted.
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When Shin opened his eyes, he was in his bed, seconds later his alarm clock blaring to life. Reaching over, he turned it off, taking notice that his body felt very weak at the moment. Feeling something shift on his side, he looked over to find Rias naked in his bed once again.
"You're lucky to be alive you know. You absorbed so much light energy that by all accounts, you should be dead. However, thanks to your sacred gear, you adapted to it and grew a resistance to the holy energy." Rias lectured Shin.
Shin, however, knew different. That's simply what Rias thought happened. Rias was correct in assuming his body adapted to the holy energy and grew a resistance to it, but she also wrongly assumed that his body fought it off. No, he made sure it didn't do that in the slightest. He welcomed the holy energy into his body, using his complete control over his body to keep his demonic energy, and light energy completely separated, not allowing it to invade his magic reserves.
Instead, he created a second magic reserve, this one entirely comprised of holy energy, and even as he thought of this, he could feel his body changing, adapting to the holy energy. Welcoming it, making it his own.
"Rias," Shin said, stopping her from ranting as she had been doing this whole time, which he had been ignoring.
"Yes?" Rias asked aggravatedly.
"I have a sneaking suspicion about something that I need you to confirm," Shin said, standing up, taking notice that he was completely naked once again, and turned around, showing Rias his back. "There is a new symbol on my back. Correct?" Shin asked.
Rias, surprised, sat up and crawled to the edge of the bed, taking notice that what Shin said was true. Not only was there the symbol for unity and control, but now directly below unity was an entirely new symbol. This was one she recognized as well.
"Yes, there is a new one. This symbol, it's a very common one and means spirit. Any idea what that means?" Rias asked.
"Yea. I had my suspicions ever since you first told me about my sacred gear, but now I'm sure. You said when I awaken my sacred gear that its power was to adapt and grow resistance to things. Although that is correct, that is only half of the truth." Shin said.
"The second half of the adaption is when you allow your body to acclimate it into yourself, become one with it. That's what the spirit symbol stands for, allowing things to become one with yourself. That holy energy I absorbed, it isn't being expunged from my body, it's becoming a part of me." Shin said, shocking Rias.
"You mean your body is actually changing in order to house holy energy," Rias asked as Shin went over to his dresser to put on a pair of underwear.
"Yes, that is what I mean," Shin said. 'However, there is a flaw. Despite the holy energy becoming one with me, my body is still that of a devil, not an angel or fallen angel, meaning my body won't produce any holy energy. I only have the holy energy that I absorb.' Shin thought but decided to keep that to himself. Besides, he was already coming up with solutions for that problem.
"That's so simple. How come no one else has unlocked this ability of the sacred gear." Rias asked, confused.
"I don't know," Shin said but considering this is the same world that seemingly doesn't understand how broken the concept of completely doubling one's power is, it's not surprising. "Anyway, I'm going to get my day started," Shin said as he left the room to start his day, feeling too weak at the moment to flirt.
Rias came downstairs a few minutes later to find a plate of breakfast ready for her. "I'm surprised you didn't try anything like last time when you saw me naked in your bed." Rias teased as she sat down at the plate of eggs and bacon. "Thank you for the food."
"Yes, I just can't be bothered to do so at the moment. Even though my body has adapted somewhat to the holy energy, it took a lot out of me to do so. I feel really weak and tired right now." Shin said as he sat down and started eating his breakfast as well.
"That's light poisoning. It's what happens to a devil when holy energy enters their body. They get light poisoning until the holy energy is completely gone from their body or in your case until your body fully adapts to the light." Rias explained to Shin.
"I see, that makes sense. By the way, what did you do with Dohnaseek's body after I passed out?" Shin asked as he went to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of Franks Red Hot to put on his eggs.
"After you fainted, I destroyed it," Rias said.
Shin sighed in disappointment. He was hoping he would be able to absorb more holy energy from Dohnaseek. However, that was only a tiny setback, one that could easily be replaced. Besides, there are currently three other fallen angels in Kuoh right now.
Finishing his breakfast, Shin rinsed his plate before putting it into the dishwasher and moved onto meal prep. "You really eat fast. You know you don't have to inhale your food, right?" Rias said as she hadn't finished neither her bacon nor her eggs.
"It's a subconscious thing. If you eat faster, you won't realize your full until you're already done with your food." Shin said as he started grilling his meats.
A few minutes later, Rias watched as Shin left to go upstairs, no doubt to get in his running clothes. She knew his daily schedule from when she had Koneko watch him. However, she was surprised when he came downstairs in a pair of shorts and a blanket.
"That doesn't look like running clothes," Rias commented as she rinsed off her plate.
"As I said, I can't be bothered. I feel too weak and tired to run right now, so I'm just going to laze around and watch TV for the next two hours." Shin replied, laying down on the couch in the living room and turning on Flixnet. 'Now, let's see what movies this world ripped off Netflix has.'
"Mind if I join?" Rias asked as she leaned up against the couch.
"Go ahead," Shin replied.
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"Wake up please, would you please wake up now? Or, you could just stay in bed, but I'm not going down on you. Wake up mister. Wake up mister. Wake up mister." The mantra was stopped when a hand pushed the button on top of the alarm clock.
Issei Hyoudou groaned as he wiped the sleepiness from his eyes. He had stayed up all night watching a new porno with his friends and was now very tired.
Getting out of bed, he put on his school's uniform, whether it was clean or not the world will never know. Walking into the hallway, the smell of his mother cooking breakfast assaulted him. Looking to the side, he sighed when he saw his older brother's room.
Shin was always up before anyone else, left for school before anyone was up, and never gets back home until late. He knew his brother liked to be in good shape but did he really have to be gone for the whole day? He and his parents very rarely got to see him.
Releasing another sigh, he walked down the stairs, he sighed at his family's normalcy. Mother in the kitchen cooking the family breakfast, father sitting at the table reading the newspaper, older brother cuddling with the hottest girl he'd ever seen on the couch. Everything about his life was normal. Wait.
Issei stopped dead in his tracks by the couch and slowly looked to the side. 'What the hell?! No, this can't be happening. I'm just sleep-deprived. Yea, that's it. There's no way this could be happening!" Issei yelled in his mind. Wiping his eyes, he blinked several times, expecting the scene he saw in front of him to be gone, but it never disappeared.
"What the fuck?!" Issei yelled as he pointed down to Shin and Rias in utter shock.
Shin and Rias looked at Issei. "Oh, hey Issei," Shin said blandly, taking notice that Rias seemed to be amused by this situation. "This is Rias Gremory, a person in my class." Shin introduced Rias to Issei.
"Of course, I already know who she is! She's one of the great ladies of Kuoh Academy! What I want to know is what she is doing here?! With you!" Issei yelled.
"Oh, that. Yea, she's my girlfriend." Shin said, getting a subtle elbow into the ribs from Rias that he ignored.
"What?!" Issei yelled as his soul seemingly left his body from his mouth, Issei and Shin's mother coming a few seconds later and dragged Issei into the kitchen.
"Why did you call me your girlfriend?" Rias asked shyly, a giant blush covering her face down to her neck.
"Because it's easier and easier explanation than what you actually are," Shin said as he turned back to watching the movie Rias and he were watching.
"Oh yea. And what would that be." Rias whispered huskily as she pushed her body up against Shin.
Shin, seeing her game, decided two could play at that game. Flipping her over, Shin turned the tables as he took control. "I don't know Rias, what do you want to be." Shin said as he traced his hand down her side, causing her to shiver in arousal.
Rias bit her lip as she tried to think of a response. She didn't have time to think though as she felt Shin's hand stop rubbing her side and make its way up to grabbing her breast. "S-Shin. Your parents!" Rias said. A blush, unlike one Shin has ever seen on her face.
"Guess you'll just have to keep your voice down," Shin said as he looked over into the kitchen, seeing no one was currently watching. Rias let out a gasp as he Shin's hand suddenly squeezed.
"S-Shin! I-I can't keep my voice down." Rias said, panicked, not knowing what to do in this situation.
"Then I'll help you," Shin said as he brought his face down and smashed his lips into hers. It didn't take more than a second for Rias to respond in kind, giving into her lust and arousal, tracing her hands up and Shin's abs.
"Kids, breakfast is ready." Shin's mother called from the kitchen, causing him and Rias to groan and disappointment as they were forced to separate from one another.
"Coming," Shin said as he got up off the couch, expertly using his perfect control over his body to make blood stop rushing to certain places. He was certain there wasn't a single situation in which his control didn't come in handy.
As everyone sat around the table, they ate breakfast, with the exception of Rias saying she was still full of the breakfast Shin made her.
"So, Shin. You are usually at school by now. What's so special about this morning." Shin's mother asked.
"I just felt really tired today. Yesterday was exhausting." Shin said as he started drinking the glass of orange juice his mother had given him.
Shin's father glanced at Rias. "Yea. I bet it was really exhausting." Shin's father chuckled at his own joke, to which Rias blushed.
"Shin, I shouldn't be expecting any grandchildren. Correct?" Shin's mother asked, sweating coldly. In most situations, the accused would usually become flustered and stammer around. However, when it comes to Shin, nothing is normal.
"Please mom, don't be ridiculous. Rias is a Christian." Shin said sweetly, smiling.
"That's good to hear. My baby's still pure."
"And since she's a Christian, we only do anal. That way it's not premarital sex." Shin said, causing everyone, including Rias, to choke on whatever was in their mouth. Be it liquid, food, or just air. "Well, that was a good breakfast, thanks, mom. I'm going to be leaving now." Shin said as he left and went upstairs to change into his uniform, leaving the dumbfounded Hyoudou family plus one Rias Gremory at the table.
"I-I should probably go too," Rias said awkwardly as she quickly rushed out the house, already wearing her school uniform. All the while mumbling something about stupid idiots.
Once Shin reached his room, he stopped and looked out the window, watching as Rias walked to school. With his theory tested and confirmed, his whole plan was just thrown off the rails. If his sacred gear had the ability to not only adapt and grow resistance to things but also adapt qualities as well, then that opened a lot of doors that were previously closed.
The one that plagued his mind the most, is something he swore to himself he would have to try, it was just a problem of how he was going to. This thought was that if he could absorb magic and acclimate it to himself fully and all that was required was something that gave off a magical a signature, then what about the nothingness, aka, the dimensional gap.
It was stated that Ophis, the Ouroboros Dragon God was born from the nothingness. If this was true, could he become a life-form similar to Ophis, could he really adapt to such magic, and what adverse effects would it have on him.
What about sacred gears? Could he absorb the aura emitted by a sacred gear and adapt the powers of that sacred gear? If he went to Olympus and absorbed the energy of one of the God or Goddess', would he too become a god? Was there a limit to his sacred gear, or is it just as the name implies?
A body that truly has no limits, a body that can adapt and adopt qualities of anything with a magical signature. And the scariest thought of all was that he only had two symbols currently. Could there possibly be an even stronger power within his sacred gear? What was his sacred gears' balance breaker?
With all these thoughts plaguing his mind, it only brought one more thought. 'How is it that this can actually be a sacred gear? Not even a Longinus at that. And what makes me the most curious. If this sacred gear was made by God, the head figure of the Christian religion; why are the symbols Greek? Is this really a sacred gear, or is this something else entirely?' Shin thought as he watched Rias turn the corner, out of his sight. At the moment, nothing about his sacred gear made sense to him currently.
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