Hey guys Kurama here with another chapter of DXD: Like A Shadow and I hope you will enjoy this as much as I will.
"Talk," someone says
"Dragon, Game Talk/thought/spells, Quest/Rewards! Someone says.
"Thoughts," Someone says
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Let's begin!
-Timeskip-
It's 5 in the morning and I'm waiting for Rias and the others to show up so we can start training.
A thought occurs while I'm waiting for them...
What if I add Issei and Asia to the group?
I mean, those are Rias' canon Peerage members, and the latest two additions to the group will be able to provide support while the others focus on dealing damage to their opponents.
All I would have to do is somehow convince Issei that joining Rias' group will grant him the status he's looking for and that stamina is important if he wants to please his girls.
Okay, that's one down but what about the nun?
How can I convince her to do everything that she's learned in her life to help someone else?
Well first, I would have to find her and who knows where she could be?
"Jin! There you are. I've sent your bodyguard to pick someone up at the airport." Azazel says, stepping outside to sit next to me.
"And who is it this time? Another hooker? I thought we agreed on the fact that you would at least wait until I'm out of your reach for you to fuck." I reply.
"It's not a hooker, it's a nun. She's from Italy and will be staying with us from now on. Her name is Asia Argento by the way," He says.
"I'm guessing you're gonna have her attend school with me to give her some chance at a normal life?"
"Exactly, with you going to Kuoh Academy as well, there's no threat that'll be able to touch Asia."
Okay, so that's one down and this means I can shift my focus on getting Issei on board with joining Rias' Peerage.
"By the way, what are you doing outside so early? It's not like to be up and about at a time like this." He asks, looking at me with suspicion in his voice.
"Rias Gremory asked me to help her and her Peerage train so that's what I'm gonna be doing for a while," I answer.
"That's interesting... who's in it? Since she's the little sister of the Maou Lucifer, she must have some pretty powerful members." Azazel inquires.
"Akeno Himejima, who's her queen. Yuuto Kiba or Isaiah, is the sole survivor of the Holy Sword Project. Koneko Toujou or Shirone, the younger sister of Kuroka, an SS-rank Stray Devil, and last but not least, Gasper Vladi, who's sealed up inside of the ORC building and is a Dhampir and holds the Sacred Gear Forbidden Balor View." I list off each of her current members to my Father, whose eyes widen in shock.
"That's... she could easily surpass her brother and his Peerage so why does she need your help?" He asks.
"Because she's incredibly lazy and it wasn't until I saw Akeno again that she wanted my help," I answer.
"Hmm... if you do it right, you could be the bridge to us being able to form a peace treaty with the Devils."
"Well... I think it would do some good to have them as our allies, even if getting Akeno to cooperate with us is going to be harder than what I initially thought." I say
"Jin, we're here!" Rias says, joined by Akeno, Koneko, and Kiba.
"Alright then. Let's get started and remember the deal at all times." I say, my eyes looking at all of them before they set on the Fallen/Devil hybrid.
Now that they're all here, let's get this training montage started.
I cast [ID: Create] as we're then teleported to the lands of the Orcs as the Rias and the Devils' reaction is immediate.
All of them flinch simultaneously, with Koneko more evident than the others, no doubt feeling the transfer between dimensions thanks to her Nekoshou senses.
"What happened? Where are we?" Rias asks me.
"We arrived at my training grounds," I point at the small group of orcs and they gasp.
"What are those creatures I have never seen them before?" Yuuto asks me, quickly summoning [Flame Delete] thanks to his Sacred Gear.
"They're not real," I reassure them.
The reason why I chose the Orc [Dungeon] is that the zombies are too weak, as they are under level 25 and the Goblin [Dungeon] could be perfect for them, but I feel like they can handle the Orc [Dungeon] 'cause of Rias and Akeno.
"They're simple projections of this dimension. They feel and look otherwise alive, yes, but I promise you that they're not." I tell them.
"So we just have to kill them? Just like in a video game." Rias questions, flaring up her aura of destruction.
"Yup," I respond and spread my dragon wings.
"Keep killing and you'll feel the difference. Anyway, I'll stay out of your way for now so call me if you need some help."
With that, I fly to a nearby building, monitoring the group as they get to work. I'll stop once they reach a high enough level to go to the next [Dungeon].
I'm confident enough that they'll be able to quickly level up and once that's over, I'll send them to the Demon [Dungeon] so they can get stronger and possibly get better rewards.
Regardless, when I'm done training them, Riser's gonna wish he never met Rias.
This is gonna be fun~
-Timeskip-
"Okay, I'm gonna be splitting you up to focus on overall skills as fighters when you're not together. The rest of you can spar if you wish or meditate to increase your mana. Kiba, you're up." I explain as the swordsman follows me a bit further into the training area.
I'm kinda glad Azazel made it so spacious 'cause I don't know how well I would've done this next part of the plan.
"So... I see that you're still holding onto that crystal I gave you yesterday. Why aren't you using it to its full potential?" I ask him.
"Because... I can sense something inside of it. Whatever it is that you gave me, its power isn't worth it." Kiba responds.
"You mean not worth destroying Excalibur with, RIGHT?!" I respond, watching his face contort into pure rage.
He then rushes in to try and swing as many swords as he can but the difference in our speed is too overwhelming to be ignored.
In the short term...
"You can't hit me so stop trying to," I say before jumping over his head and retaliating with a powerful [Firebolt] that he manages to cut with his Flame Delete sword.
Grabbing him, I throw the swordsman a few hundred meters away from me to gain some distance and egg him on a bit.
"If this is how you're gonna destroy then maybe I should fly over to Rme and destroy the swords 'cause it's looking like a dead dream right now."I taunt, dodging another sword swing.
"SHUT UP! Excalibur is mine to destroy. I will be the one to shatter this acursed blade." He roars out, swinging his sword a few times as he resorts to create a plethora of swords and aims them at me.
"You know, you're not even doing your revenge right. Why go after the sword when you can go against the people that allowed the Holy Sword Project to happen? Wouldn't seeing their look of fear and shock at your hands be more satisfying?"
"I'll destroy Excalibur. Once that's done, I'll be able to live my life comfortably." Kiba says, putting his hand forward as the wave of swords are all launched at me.
"Oh really? 'Cause I'm fairly certain that you'll become a high-ranked Stray Devil once the Maous discovered that you destroyed a weapon of the Church. Even if not, you'll be the catalyst to second Great War, causing the Church to make projects like Holy Sword or maybe even worse." I explain.
"I... I... I don't know what to do! Ever since that day, all I did was blame that sword for ruining my life. I can't just let that go." He responds weakly, dropping his guard down as I do the same.
"Let me ask you this, why did your friends help you survive that day? It wasn't so you could waste your life away with revenge. It was so you could live a good life despite the pain you endured."
"What about my revenge?"
"Then let's target everyone that was involved with the Holy Sword Project. I'm the son of Azazel so I'm sure I at least have some political leeway in that regard. Heck, my dad must know who the person in charge was. We find that guy and you can enact your revgenge on him." I explain to him.
Massive REP increased with Yuuto Kiba for helping him on his path to revenge as well as giving him a newfound joy for life.
Yuuto Kiba [25/100]
"Sounds like a plan to me." Kiba says after a moment, taking out the Holy Element crystal from his necklace as he then crushes it in his right hand.
A lone tear can be seen escaping from his eye as he's covered in a dark blue aura.
"Jin, what's going on with Kiba?" Rias shouts, flying towards us with Akeno and Koneko flying in close.
"Just the start of our training/therapy session. He's starting to break free from his shell." I reply cryptically.
"I understand it now..." Yuuto mutters, summoning a few swords with his Sacred Gear or is it Sacred Gears since he probably has Blade Blacksmith now?
"These swords..." Rias mutters in astonishment.
"They have both Holy and Demonic energies flowing through them. Pretty sick, right?" I say looking at Kiba twirling his swords in awe as he sprouts his two Devil wings.
"How dare you..." Akeno mumbles angrily as lightning dances around her body.
"Akeno, remember the deal, we can't get mad at him no matter what happens." Rias tells her friend, who in response has her lightning hit the wall next to her King as a warning shot.
"I don't care if this was part of the deal. You agreed to this without consulting any of us or your brother, Gremory!" The daughter of Baraquiel growls angrily at her best friend.
"Akeno, I'm not in any danger. If anything, Jin helped me see the road I was going on was a bad one. He made me realize that I didn't lose my family. I gained a new one!" Yuuto says, turning off his Sacred Gears though he looked pretty drained.
"Shut the hell up! You're a fool for even accepting this deal Rias! We should've just gotten the help of Hyoudou instead of his! I'm leaving." The Nephilim yells before walking out of the training room.
"Akeno, wait! Jin, I'm sorry but we're gonna have to cut this training session short. See you later!" Gremory says in a hurry as she, Koneko and Kiba all run out the room in pursuit of Akeno, causing me to sigh in exasperation.
Akeno's self-loathing is starting to become a real problem for the Peerage to grow indefinetely.
If I don't find around this soon then there's a high chance that she'll become a high ranking Stray Devil.
The problem with that is the amount of knowledge she has both on Gremory and Sitri families.
If she ever were to find someone high in political power that has the Devils as heir main enemy like the Old Satan Faction then all it woukd take some words and those old farts could launch a full on civil war with their descendants.
I need to see Shuri's corpse and maybe attempt to revive her as that could help steer Akeno in the right direction.
With that, I sigh and get back to training the moves that Yoruichi taught me a while ago.
Though I feel like I forgot something...
Eh, I'm sure it's nothing important.
The muffled screams of someone wanting to introduce themselves could be heard outside but eventually, it falls into complete silence.
END!
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