DISCLAIMER: The Taimanin series belongs to Black Lilith.

A/N: This first set of short stories will be detailing Wolfgang's backstory. Wolfgang is the deuteragonist and anti-hero of my ongoing Devil Factor crossover. I wanted to do separate stories detailing Wolfgang's own exploits as an MMA fighter and bounty hunter, as well encounters with Rin.

Chapter 1: From Nobody to Nightmare

In a dark room, a man is waiting for his interviewee to enter; looking sharply dressed in a fancy suit and is always wearing his fedora hat.

Once he sits in the chair ready to face the interviewer, the latter asked him to remove his hat. To which the man obliged.

It seems that the man in the suit is having a documented interview of his life and career.

[In Wolfgang's viewpoint]

"Okay, Mr. Wolfgang. Let us begin. Now, tell us of who you are.", the interviewer started cutting to the chase.

"My name is Rood Kaiser van Wolfgang. I'm a seven-time mixed martial arts world champion. I'm also a bounty hunter, having captured and killed a number of high-profile criminals and terrorists around the world. I was raised German, but fought under the Dutch flag. If you think Mike Tyson is one of the scariest fighters in recorded history, you're looking at a spiritual successor."

Since I'm telling you my story from my perspective, breaking the fourth wall has been my hobby.

My story is about going through all kinds of hell before climbing into the top of the mountain. And let me tell you, it's not going to be for the faint of heart.

-Part I: Early Life-

1920, I was found by a human couple during the days of Weimar Germany. And that was a decade before Hitler and the Nazis rose to power. My adoptive family were Jewish, and as the years passed by as Hitler became the face around the German media at the time, I had a feeling of uncertainty... of which that ultimately came to pass.

The interviewer proceeded with the next question, "So, when was your first encounter with the Nazis?"

"The Night of the Broken Glass. Kristallnacht."

1938, those Antisemite psychos began trashing Jewish business across Germany. Antisemitism had became rampant by that point with our lives in danger. We had to flee Germany to Poland.

However, the war would inevitably start a year later. The Nazis had brought Poland down to its knees. At first, everything may have seem lost, but a glimmer of hope came along when our family are fighting with the Polish resistance.

We thought we were able to drive away the Nazis from Poland in the next few years. But, we were wrong. They began fighting back, reducing everything around Warsaw into piles of ashes, and a few of the resistance fighters were captured and sent to Auschwitz, including my adoptive parents and myself.

My adoptive parents are put in a gas chamber, while I was brutally tortured by SS officers, to the point they used a cattle prod on my balls!

They kept zapping me in the balls and beating me down, they thought I was gonna break. Until my demonic powers have awakened and transformed into my werewolf form for the first time, I retaliated against my captors and escaped the death camp.

After the war ended, I was unable to find my adoptive parents' remains and I have a feeling they would be unrecognizable due to the horrific effects of being gassed. For the first time in my life, I never felt such immense grief and pain from that tragic event.. And probably that will forever scar me.

-Part II: Bloodline-

I've isolated myself from the rest of humanity in the next few years until I was found by a woman who claimed herself as the Blood Lord. Upon encountering this woman, I felt my blood started to stir.

This woman called herself Carla Cromwell, the vampire queen of the Vlad Kingdom. The Blood Lord took me in and raised her as her own son. But, this even brought me misfortune when I was told about my bloodline...

The interviewer continued after I told him about my demonic heritage, "So this means you're the son of..."

And I answered, "Edwin Black."

Yeah, I'm biologically the child of the infamous vampire king and the CEO of Nomad. The firstborn son, to be exact. However, unlike my adoptive parents, I feel nothing but animosity for him. (This makes me the Kazuya Mishima to his Heihachi) To think the man is a disgrace to other demons, and what's worse? The fact that I'm a vampire-werewolf hybrid, since both vampires and werewolves don't get along, I'm also labeled an outcast by both tribes.

Knowing my own bloodline, that my body stopped aging and I'm physically a man in his 20's while I'm currently approximately 150 years old. Vampires hate sunlight, and I apparently can take the heat. But I feel at full power during a full moon. And for someone like the vampire king being called the Daywalker, it seems sunlight don't faze him at all. And that was before Muzan from Demon Slayer was introduced!

The problem is... being the biological son of an immortal vampire means you can't die. That's the only thing I hate the most about myself and that shitty old man. What happens when you're the only one alive and while the rest of your loved ones passed away? It fucking hurts.

Even in the dark world, discrimination still follows me. However, one Incubus (or as I like to call them and most Succubi as "sex fiends") took an interest in me.

Then, Ambrose enters the room. Of note, he's not an OC (original character). Ambrose had only appeared in Taimanin RPGX, and has yet to show up in Action Taimanin. Ambrose is the guy with the magenta pompadour and flowery longcoat. Of all the sex fiends that I encountered, he's probably designed to look like a JoJo character. Hell, even his nutcase of a brother Morrigan even looks like a JoJo character!

"Hmph. Took you long enough, mate.", I snickered.

"Well, traffic is still hard to deal with. I could've teleported here if I wanted to.", Ambrose replied.

"Better late than never. At least you managed to get your arse in time.", I jested again.

The interviewer continued, "So, what was your relationship with Mr. Wolfgang from the start?"

"It's a rocky start at best. And given his own issues with other demons, as well his cold and distant personality was difficult to mingle with such a man."

Yeah, even other demons really hate me because I'm a vampire-werewolf hybrid. It's not hard to see why. It's easy to be an asshole than a good person. Hell, even Ambrose's family (except for his butler) hate me. Ever since I met the guy, he's the only one to never ever leave my sight, even I told him to beat it.

Ambrose continued, "But deep down, he's not suicidal despite being born with the same blood as Edwin Black. I wanted to be his friend and tell him to appreciate the beauty of life."

Yeah, for an Incubus, Ambrose is one of the few who loves to talk about beauty. But, there's one part about beauty that made me realize something, just like what he said; is to appreaciate the beauty of life itself. It's not because I hated my own bloodline as a result of having the same blood of a peculiar immortal vampire that I tried to pray for my own death. It's that I'm afraid to outlive everyone I cared about.

The fact I survived the Holocaust and lived to tell the tale of my harrowing ordeal, finding my roots allowed me to open the next chapter of my life. I finally know what it feels like to live, and find my purpose in life. And by meeting Ambrose helped me appreciate my own life, warts and all. And Ambrose is, and will always be, the only person who cared about me even when I'm at my lowest point.

-Part III: Early MMA Career-

Now, the interviewer went on to the question of my martial arts career. "How did you start your career in martial arts?"

"From then on, I briefly left the dark world and returned to the human world. I began a soul-searching journey. I enrolled on a Tang Soo Do dojang in South Korea. Then again, I'm an outsider among other students, I hardly spoke to anyone. The teacher was stone cold as he can be, yet is wise and understandable. Learning Tang Soo Do taught me respect and honor, finding self-awareness and balance. After graduating with a black belt, I went on to learn different styles of martial arts."

"How many styles did you learn?"

"A few I can mention - Shotokan, Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai, Krav Maga, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Jeet Kune Do. Hell, I even learned a few wrestling moves. So far, I modified my Tang Soo Do style that can synergize with MMA. And that was before I went to the big leagues."

Tang Soo Do is primarily my fighting style, but after learning a few styles after graduating from the dojang, I modified my current fighting style into a hybrid style, befitting that I'm a hybrid demon myself, that can synergize with mixed martial arts. In the amateur circuit, my style is more straightforward and traditional, but once I made it to the big leagues, I have become more unorthodox in addition to adapting different simulated moves.

I continued, "From then on, I went on to fight and dominate the amateur-class tournaments. I'm a prizefighter, and I will do whatever it takes to win. Since then, I give a whole new meaning to no mercy. That is carving a path into becoming one of the most vicious fighters in the world. Also, the second part will be my time with the big leagues and my bounty hunter career. Don't miss it!"

Footnotes:

- Morrigan is another character in RPGX and is one of Ambrose's siblings. Not to be confused with the Morrigan from Darkstalkers.

- Ambrose speaks with a French accent.