Location: Kuoh City, Japan
Kouh was one of cities located in the northern province of Japan. The city itself was not that large, boasting a modest population of 300,000 people, but it was considered a beautiful and quiet place for families to go hiking or to have a picnic.
Yes, there were several groups of gangs prominent in the city. However, they were small enough to the point that the local police could control them. The poverty rate of the city was only 4.57% so there was also a lack of major crime in the city. All in all, Kouh City was a nice place to live in, despite its lack of size and history compared to the local tourist hotspots like Kyoto and Tokyo.
It was on a peaceful and cheerful day within Kuoh City that our story began. The sun shone its glorious bright and warm light on a Sunday while the sounds of birds chirping and children playing painted a picture of happiness in Kuoh City. It was a picture that screamed peacefulness.
Except for one young girl.
A girl with short black hair was currently alone in a park. She sat quietly on a swing with a frown on her adorable face while her body swung up and down.
She was sad. The particular emotion was plastered all over the child's face, showing it to the world for all to see.
The girl was sad because today was the day she had lost her best friend. . . her "brother" in all but blood who would always play with her everyday and supported her at her side. She was already missing the happy moments where they played "hero" together, with both of them trying to save each other from an imaginary villain.
Their last day had been filled with crying and hugging her friend, who had also been crying, before they had been separated by their parents. Their bond had been forced to end when her friend's father had to move to Europe because he had accepted a high paying job.
Sniffing her last tears away, the black-haired girl decided that she had enough of wallowing in sadness as she stood up and prepared to go home.
That was the plan until an ominous black feather fell before her.
She ignored it, thinking it was a stray feather from a crow that was passing by and continued on walking. Besides, she had more on her plate to worry about than a crow. Yet the feathers kept falling from the sky, many of them landing on her head, tangling with her hair.
A twitch of anger coursed through the girl as today was the day her "brother" went back home yet the crow seemed to be harsh enough to not give a damn about her feelings.
Just as she was about to yell out of frustration, she heard a whoosh that rushed past her and stood before her. Her mind dripped with curiousity as her eyes scanned the being before her and doubted what she saw.
An anomaly. Something that shouldnt have existed, especially in this time and age. Yet 'it' stood there, staring at the younger girl like she was a bug that could be squashed anytime.
The older woman wielded wings with feathers as dark as the night, and a body crafted for seduction and temptation. BDSM seemed to be her theme as the clothes digged slightly into her flesh, enhancing her already otherworldy beauty. All of it however was marred by the glare the crow woman was giving her. If eyes could kill, then the younger girl would be dead a thousand times over.
The child couldn't move. Her body laid still as her mind was still processing the mythical ephiphany before her. And almost immediately, portions of information she didn't know she had flowed into her head as she stood still, trying to take it all in while her body screamed at her, to move, to survive.
But of course no enemy would waste a chance to kill an unsuspecting prey.
" Hn. Die. ", the crow woman sneered with contempt, ignoring any time for the girl to recollect herself. She seemed to have no remorse in planning to kill a child as two light spears formed at her will, levitating beside her, ready to strike at her command.
The younger girl's survival instincts seemed to win over as she flew to her side while two light spears were firmly lodged into the place she was just standing.
More information rushed into her head, as her brain furiously tried to comprehend and process them. Despite the onslaught of information banging at her head, the enemy gave no time for rest. More light spears formed and were shot at the girl to which she 'luckily' dodged, albeit a few scratches.
"Tsk. Just die already!", the fallen angel frustratingly yelled out as she fused her several light spears into one giant light javelin. It roared with waves of divine energy.
Exposed to all the raw energy, unrealistic scene in front of her and the crow woman that was tugging at her memory, a bulb lit up inside the girl's mind. A euphoric feeling overwhelmed her as time seemed to have stopped for her.
She remebered now.
Her past life as a man.
Her gruesome death.
Her wish with the annoyingly overbearing omniversal system.
An aura of violet black raged towards the heaven, attempting to charge through it. Her body sizzled with cosmic black energy as her wish was now active and in full power. It was reconstructing her body to fit the vast power that she would soon wield.
She could feel it. Ryuu Knight could feel it. Her body finally moved along to her desires as she darted to the left, just narrowly missing the light spear that would have killed her, had she missed.
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Jet lines of blue ran along her skin, effectively fortifying it. With her newfound strength, she darted forward with a speed that should never have belonged to a child.
The fallen angel, surprised at the sudden rise in power, could only block the punch with the two of her hands. She grunted at the strength behind it.
Yet, she was still a fallen angel, a mythical being. She created several more light javelins which formed behind her and shot them at the child-demon as she took a moment to compose herself.
Ryuu dodged each and every javelin of light, gracefully twisting and spiralling away from any spear of vaporising light. If one didnt know any better, they would think she was a prodigy dancer.
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An unknown flow of energy coursed through her body while her body immediately digested the delectable energy. The jet streams of blue on her body faded away as her cerulean blue eyes turned bright red accompanied by strange eldritch symbols.
"This is it, you damn brat!",The fallen angel felt unnerved at those eyes that promised to show her true pain. She speedily flew to the kid, summoning more spears of light around her body. They acted both as defense and for offense.
In response, two orbs of mystic red glared at the light spears, analysing them as she tried recreating them. Her mana and body compiled after the analaysis was done. Two spear of similar light, albeit small, formed at the childs hand as she used it to block the crow's attack.
" What?! A mere child of man possesses the divine energy of light?! Blasphemy!", the fallen angel exclaimed in shock as her brain tried to digest the balance breaking anomaly in front of her.
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Ryuu's eyes now morphed with a devil-like horror. Absolute black sucked in the white sclera as rings of red appeared, replacing what was once bright red eldritch pupils.
Void-black Shadows rose from the ground as they hugged the young girl's body, transforming into a pitch black dress, with two "tails" that draped low and thigh high stockings that covered the milky white skin as a scarf of red embraced the girl's neck.
Ryuu willed her shadows as they latched onto the light spears, devouring them in a matter of seconds. The fallen angel, relying on pure instinct and some training, kicked the girl(with no effect) and stayed her distance.
It was only then she took the time to fully assess the chil-no-the being in front of her and cursed at her bad luck and greed.
The fallen angel had been strolling past the place when suddenly a chill rang down her spine and instantly knew that a sacred gear was lying somewhere near her.
She weighed the pros and cons. On the one hand, she would gain immediate fame and her master's attention if she managed to obtain it. But on the other, if it turned out to be something of the longinus class, screw fame, she'd be lucky to fly with her life intact.
And, to her surprise and luck, the sacred gear that gave her chills had been possesed by an ordinary mortal child. She blessed her luck and thank every gods and goddessess in existance as she swooped in to get the juicy treasure.
Looking back, she cursed again before focusing on the malevolent creature of darkness before her. She shuddered. Even the high class devils did not possess malevolence of this level and god knows she had met many.
A twitch of shadow caught her attention as a twisted head of a beast was now looming over the child's head as it hungrily gazed at her like the highest class of food. It opened its maw, salivating its tar-like goo and roared.
" ROARRRRRR! " , The abomination let out a blood curdling roar, announcing the world of its first meal. The fallen angel stood there dumbly, her instincts blaring at her to run and never look back.
This! This was no longer a situtation that a low rank fallen angel like her could solve! She needed to flee and report this to her master, Azazel. Flapping her wings, she tried to fly away when the head jutted out at an incomprehensible speed and registered itself on her lower body.
" Kgh! Ahhh!", The fallen angel could only let out an undignified screech as flesh and blood tore from her once pristine skin, her broken organs now in the belly of the beast as it let out a satisified growl.
The creature smiled with delight. It was twisted and disfigured, enjoying the pain she was inflicting on her once feared fallen angel.
The tables had turned.The predator became the prey.
The black crow tried to slither away to her escape as she no longer had legs. . .or any of her lower anatomy for that matter. Tears and sobs trailed down her face as a trail of crimson blood followed her body.
Tap.
Tap.
She could hear the incessant soft tapping of feet behind her. It encouraged her to speed up her movement, to use whatever was in her disposal to flee the hell out of there. But because of the mind numbing shock, she was wildly fumbling around, desperate for survival.
" Eheh." That twisted giggle of death signified her doom. Her judgement stood behind her. She took one last look at her soon to be murderer who had an expression of sadistic pleasure.
' Ah. I'm dead.' Those were her last thoughts as her body was consumed by the abomination.
Meanwhile, streams of light energy entered and assimilated within Ryuu's body, further strengthening her affinity with light as she relished in the warm encompassing feeling.
After it dissapointingly stopped, she looked at the trail of blood and dispersed her "cloak". No emotion could be seen on the girl's face as it was shadowed by her bangs.
' It looks like I have been reincarnated into the DxD world. It should be a few years before canon starts. I need to build up my strength before then.', Ryuu swore to herself.
It was on this day that the legend of the strongest being beginned.
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So, I'm sorry for the short chapter but I hope you guys liked it. Please note that I really need a beta editor/proofreader.
Thanks for reading and hope to see you guys again.