Life #0: A new family member has born

Narrator POV.

April 16th of 1991

On April 16th of 1991, a family from Kuoh Town was in the hospital waiting room, The Hyoudou family. There's a spike brown gray-haired old man with thick eyebrows and a thick mustache, Juzo Hyoudou, and with him, there was a short gray-haired old woman with glasses, his wife Chitose Hyoudou. They weren't alone though, beside them there was a brown-haired man with glasses and brown eyes, the son of both Juzo and Chitose, Goro Hyoudou. And there are two kids beside him, a short brown-haired and hazel-eyed boy and a long straight dark brown-haired and brown-eyed girl. These are both the children of Goro and grandchildren of Juzo and Chitose, Terumi Hyoudou and Mizuki Hyoudou respectively. They were in the hospital waiting for the birth of a new member of the family. However, all those who were outside of the room where the birth was taking place were on the edge of their chairs, because they were told that the wife of Goro, Miki Hyoudou would have a high-risk birth, and the child could end up being an unborn child. After a few hours of unending uncertainty, the doctor finally came out of the room sweating out of exhaustion and tiredness, but when he took off his facemask he is seen with a tired smile on his face. When the doctor stares at the Hyoudou family members that were waiting outside and proceeds to say with a smile...

"I think that you would like to see this." The doctor said exhausted

After those words, the Hyoudou finally got up from their chairs to go to the room where it was the wife of Goro and the mother of Terumi and Mizuki. When they arrived, they found a woman with dark brown hair that is tied into a ponytail and hazel eyes, carrying a sleeping baby in her arms. This person was none other than the daughter-in-law of Juzo and Chitose, the wife of Goro, and the mother of Terumi and Mizuki, Miki Hyoudou. Eventually, Juzo, his wife, son, and two grandchildren get closer to their newest member of the family. He looked like had brown hair like both their parents, even though they couldn't tell what was his eye color, it wouldn't be a surprise that he would have brown eyes.

"I must say that we were on the edge of the situation just like all of you, but this is surely a miracle." The doctor said while wiping out the sweat from his forehead.

"By the way. Mr. and Mrs. Hyoudou, do you know how to name your newborn son?" The doctor asked both parents of the newborn, something that made all the Hyoudou family start and think of an appropriate name for the new family member.

As they were thinking for a minute about the name of the newborn, Juzo, Chitose, Goro, Terumi, and Mizuki had finally got their suggestions. Shouto was suggested by his older brother Terumi, Ayato by Mizuki, Shu by his grandmother Chitose while Juzo had suggested Koichi, and finally, his father suggested Takeru. However, that ended up in a discussion between these four because for some reason or others did not agree with each other. But unbeknownst to them, they were making too much noise, and Miki upon realizing that perceived that his newborn son was about to wake up because of the noise.

*Shhhhhhh* that sound got the attention of others in the room and they automatically shut themselves up to not awaken the child who was in his mother's arms.

"How about Issei?" Goro suggested a name for his new son, something that Miki gave the go-ahead.

"Issei would be a good name for him because this could be an answer to the honest prayers of yours and mine for the well-being of our child," Miki explained to the rest of the family, which they undoubtedly agree by nodding their heads so they couldn't wake the newborn Issei Hyoudou.

After that, the doctor instructed Miki to take a couple of days of deep rest beside her husband in the hospital because she was weakened by having a high-risk delivery, while Issei receives a befitting treatment and spends time in the incubator. Eventually, after a few days in the incubator, Issei would be taken care of by his grandparents and older siblings in a town on the outskirts of Kuoh.

Terumi POV.

We were in a small town outside the city of Kuoh, it was a town that we would consider beautiful and relaxing, it was surrounded by farmland surrounded by pristine lush forest. There was not that fast and noisy atmosphere in the city, since people were calm and relaxed, being very few, everyone knew each other and so it was natural that they help each other or work together to carry out certain projects.

Although it had basic services such as electricity, water, and Internet, there was not much compared to the city of Kuoh, it had what was necessary to live comfortably. Like a hospital that although it could not treat complex diseases, was used to treat the diseases or problems that always afflicted the town and if they could not, they transferred you to a facility that could be outside the town.

There was also a fire station that had proven that it was enough to keep them safe.

Even if we did have police, crime was almost nil, except for that which came from outside the town.

In the center we could find the only supermarket around here that supplied everyone in the town, it had everything you needed to live here, and if it didn't have it you could always ask the owner for what you needed so he can get it for you at a low price. According to my grandparents, he worked miracles with people's budgets.

It had some sanctuaries for some deities that we did not know, they were not very showy to say, except for a major sanctuary in which certain festive activities were carried out during the year.

The only thing that was lacking was in entertainment, there was not much to do, since activities of this type were only carried out a few times a year in a certain sector.

It also had a school to teach the children around here, it didn't look as big as the one I attend but it had a welcoming atmosphere.

We were currently in our grandparents' residence, to call it home would be to dwarf it, it was a large building with an old Japanese style architecture, and despite its appearance, it was well equipped with modern technology, but what I liked the most was its large bathroom outside where you could gaze at the stars if the weather was clear. According to our grandpa's own words, that place is the one he likes the most and the one he most enjoys going wild with grandma, something that my sister Mizuki doesn't understand and she often asks my grandma, only to make her face red and say that to not pay attention to him, something that I laugh mischievously because I did know what he was referring to.

And as you could tell I was not alone, because my sister Mizuki and I, are taking care of our younger brother Issei.

The reason why we are here is that our parents cannot take care of us at the moment, because mom is in the hospital at the moment, to get over the recovery process according to my father.

I still remember how shocked they were when they found out that a brother was on the way, almost in disbelief saying that if this was a dream or not real, that it shouldn't be possible and after a while when they finally realized that it wasn't they were dreaming, they started crying, my sister and I were alarmed and asked if they were okay, they just hugged me and after a while, they talked.

'I wonder how our parents are? I know it's been days since they left us here, but I can't help but worry about it, I hope they are well and that we can see them soon' that's what I was thinking about most of the time.

A year later, as mom was recovering from giving birth to Issei, I have nine years old, Mizuki had seven years old, and Issei had one year old. We have been taking care of him along with both our grandparents, while dad was with mom to cheer her up. While we were taken care of by Juzo and Chitose, we had funny and beautiful times with them. One of them was when grandpa was talking strange things that only I understand those things unlike my younger siblings as grandma was laughing at him.

However, Grandma can be scary sometimes, mostly because of grandpa lecturing me about his "flirting techniques" to put it some way.

A few weeks ago

"Hehehehe" he looked at me as he gave me a mischievous look "My dear grandson, I wonder when will you go to woo some beautiful woman," he asked me as he laughed internally.

"Huh?!... Why would I go wooing a woman if I'm not fourteen or older yet?" I asked confused with a smirk.

After I asked that question, Grandpa looked at me from head to toe, and then he reflected on it.

"You're right on that point, you're still too young. But remember, that the women are the hopes and dreams of most men, especially the Hyoudou. Because, men love and desire a woman's body, especially her breasts or butt, and even more so when we have t..." Grandpa was brutally beaten by Grandma and fell.

"Geez, If it's not embarrassing enough that you talk about those kinds of things out loud, do you have to teach those inappropriate things to your grandchildren as you did with our Goro." My Grandma murmured before she looked at me and says with a terrifying smile on her face. "Don't pay too much attention to him, my dear Terumi. He's just a bit delusional because of the age."

"Understood, G-Grandma Chitose," I said completely nervous.

Narrator POV. 1993

After Issei turned 2 years old, Miki finally recovered from her high-risk state. Eventually, the three siblings will come back to their home, Kuoh along with their parents. Their travel in the bullet train took a couple of hours until they have arrived at the train station, and when they arrived at Kuoh both Issei and Mizuki were tired of the travel, so both Terumi and his parents took Issei and Mizuki to their rooms as soon as they arrived at home. A year later, Issei after having started kindergarten, thus he slightly learned how to write and read, so everything went pretty normal.

April 16th of 1994

Eventually, Issei's 3rd birthday arrived, and he had a good time with their parents, siblings, and grandparents that came from the outskirts of Kuoh in a pizza shop after kindergarten. Eating pizza plays with his siblings, and enjoys this moment with his family. After they have a good time they came back home, and the three siblings proceed to change into their pajamas and went to sleep to prepare for another day.

However, that night...

Issei POV. April 16th of 1994

After having a good time with my family in the pizza store, we came back home along with my grandparents, as I was putting on my pajama overheard that my grandparents will get back to Kyoto past tomorrow, something that made me happy. Eventually, I fell asleep in my bed out of exhaustion.

However, something happened while I was sleeping. I was having some visions of a rampant panorama like there was a brutal fight like those that anyone could see in both anime and manga. It was shocking that I could see this dream so realistic. Eventually, after walking around the wasted environment something happened.

*growl* *thunderous roar*

That thunderous roar has echoed in the environment, loud enough to make me cover my ears and make the floor tremble. I looked around to see where the roar came from, but I didn't see anyone around. However, I realized that where I was growing darker at the time, and eventually the environment where I was immediately was set ablaze, so I proceeded to look once again. And what did I find?

Simple, a huge red reptilian-like creature with a long neck and green eyes. He also has red and golden spikes throughout his body.

Eventually, the creature was disappearing from view through the fires of the already set ablaze environment as its green eyes were glowing, and then I started to hear an alarm-like sound becoming louder and louder until I finally woke up still confused about what I saw in that dream. However, there wasn't any doubt about what that creature was.

April 17th of 1994

"It was a dragon..." That's what I said as a response to that dream.

Before I would get out, somehow I decided to take a shower, after that, I dressed up in a red shirt, black pants, and black sandals with white socks. I went down to the living room where I saw both grandpa and grandma that were together on the couch.

"Chitose, did Issei haven't woke up yet!?" Mom asked my grandma.

"Yes, he did. It seems that he took a shower before getting down here and he is with us right now." My grandma replied to my mom before noticing that I was thinking about that dream.

"Issei, are you ok?" My grandma asked worried about me.

"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine. But I had a strange dream and I wanted to discuss it with everyone." I replied to my grandma.

After I said that, both my grandparents looked at each other with anticipation about my dream.

"Issei-Niisan? I didn't know that you woke up this early today, did something happen?" Terumi-Aniki told me a bit surprised.

"Terumi-Oniichan! Isse-Niichan! Otou-san! Ojiisan! Obaasan! The breakfast is ready!" Mizuki-Aneki exclaimed.

Eventually, everybody got to the dining room. Today's breakfast was a Traditional style breakfast: Steamed Rice, Eggs with Furikake, Miso Shiru (Miso Soup), Yaki Sake (Grilled Salmon), and some vegetables made by mom and Mizuki-Ane. Mizuki-Ane has been learning how to cook since seven years old, and she seeks to improve her cooking skills since then.

"Itadakimasu! (Thanks for the meal)" we all said in unison before savoring our breakfast.

"Gochisousamadeshita! (It was delicious)" That's what we said after we have finished our breakfast.

"Hey, Isse-Nii! Grandma Chitose told me that you had a dream that you eagerly awaited to tell us after breakfast. What did you dream yesterday?" Terumi-Aniki told me after seeing me spacing out.

"Huh!? Oh yeah, sorry." I exclaimed instantly.

Eventually, Mom, Dad, Terumi-Aniki, Mizuki-Aneki, and my grandparents have their attention on me, waiting for what I was about to tell.

*Sigh* "My dream consisted of me being in a wasted forest like if there was a fight like those anyone would see in an anime or manga. But anyway, after looking around and not finding anything at all, after hearing a thunderous roar the damaged forest where I was set ablaze, but I didn't burn at all. Finally, there was a large red dragon, with a long neck, green eyes, and red and golden spikes throughout his body. Curiously, he didn't look like a dragon that flies without wings, but like a Western Dragon? I couldn't verify it because that red dragon disappeared between the flames of the set ablaze forest, then I woke up." That's what I told my family that was paying attention to what I said.

*whistle* "Woooow, now that's a mind-blowing dream." Terumi-Aniki out of shock and amusement.

"But, That red dragon didn't hurt you, right?" Mizuki-Aneki asked me out of worry.

"No, I thought that he saw me but ignored me, or he didn't see me, as if I wouldn't have existed and that would explain why I didn't burn when the forest was set ablaze," I replied.

"That's an interesting way to put it, son." My dad said as a response to my way of thinking at such a young age.

Narrator POV.

After that Issei finally discussed that strange dream of his with his family, he finally felt relieved after that matter was solved. But, unbeknownst to him, the appearance of these strange dreams was too far from ending. But that they were a good sign, an ill omen of the future, or both for Issei's future.

Eventually, as if it was a destiny's joke, these dreams began to appear on certain occasions while he sleeping.

One of these dreams showed him a battle between the red western dragon against another dragon. This enormous creature was a western dragon like the red dragon of his dreams, but unlike that red dragon, this one was beautiful pure white, he had blue eyes, two golden horns, and unlike most western dragons, he had feathered wings.

In another dream, it showed him a bunch of red gauntlets, most of which were left-handed. The first one looked like a red gauntlet that manifests on the user's arm, leaving the wielder's fingers uncovered. The second one had a more Dragon-like gauntlet that covers up the user's hand and a majority of the arm with light green marks glowing in it. The third one had a similar appearance to the second one, but it gains another green jewel and a total of 10 golden spikes, aside from covering more of the user's arm. And finally, the four one looked like a slimmer version of the second one, but not weaker.

Another of these dreams was about how the red dragon and white dragon were rivals since the beginning, and because of these constant battles, they ended up angering a few people. Specifically, during a warlike conflict. This warlike conflict was between three factions against each other, the faction of individuals with white wings and shining halos on their heads, the faction of individuals that looked similar to the individuals of the white-winged faction, with the difference that their wings were black and they didn't have halos like the previous faction, and the faction of individuals that possessed black bat-like wings in their backs. While these three factions were killing each other, these two dragons got in their way, and they came to the point of getting rid of what they could consider pests that were getting in the way of their rivalry. Until an individual deals with these two and seals their souls inside of something that looked like an artifact.

Issei has talked about most of these dreams to his family and his new friend, a short chestnut-haired person known as Shidou. But that unbeknownst to Issei, Shidou in reality was a tomboyish little girl.

However, none of them were comparable to the abreacting dream that Issei had at months of having five years old.

Issei POV. February 28th of 1996

I fell asleep because I feel tired and sleepy after I found myself awake but in a completely white space that seems to not have any possible limit. Also, I was not wearing my pajama, but black clothes with red underlines that looked like a noble uniform. After getting to my surprise, I proceed to walk around this weird space without any idea of where to go, or what it was until I found two people beside me that seems to be talking with each other, mostly one of them while the other was listening.

There was a buffed and handsome man with green hair and pink eyes. He is fashionably dressed as he wears a black noble uniform which has a red cape attached to it. And alongside him, there was a beautiful woman with long wavy blonde hair, which is decorated with a head accessory as well as light green eyes. She wears a light purple dress.

'Those two look cool and all, but their presences surely are intimidating as well' I said in my thoughts.

While I was in my thoughts these two people were still talking with each other until I heard from them the name Ddraig. After hearing it, my left hand moved instinctively like it was something very important.

'Is that the name of that red dragon or the white dragon? But what do they have to do with these dreams' That's what I questioned myself internally.

However, I didn't realize that those two have noticed my presence and they got close to me while I was lost in thought.

"And who might you be, little boy?" The blonde lady asked me making me jump in surprise.

*gasp* "I-Issei Hyoudou and I am almost five years old." I told to both adults in front of me.

*laughs* "Nice to meet you Issei. My name is Elsha, and the man alongside me is Belzard." The blond lady now known as Elsha told me after bending down to my height, while the buffed man nodded as a greeting after being introduced by Elsha.

"Well, Issei, Can you tell me how did you get here?" Elsha asked me.

"I-I don't even know how I did, the only thing I know is that I was sleeping in my bed, and I appeared here wearing these clothes," I said a bit nervous because I couldn't figure out what was going on.

"But anyway, Can I ask you a question Onee-sama? Who is this Ddraig and what does it have to do with these dreams that I was having since 3 years old with you two?" I asked Elsha once again, and then my left hand moved on its own after mentioning Ddraig.

Narrator POV

Elsha was shocked while Belzard was still unfazed by what they heard from the dark brown-haired young boy that he was with a serious yet confused expression looking at both of them. The fact that the reason for him being in front of them wasn't through the medium that they were used to, but through an oneiric influence upon the young boy. However, the three of them realized that the white space was fading away in front of their eyes, as a sign that Issei was waking up.

*sigh* "I'm afraid that our little chit-chat is about to end, but can you promise me that when you have five years old that you would do something for me?" Elsha said a bit disappointed.

"O-Ok, what is it?" Issei asked.

"When you get five years old, and there's no one but yourself, I would need you to imagine that you're stockpiling a lot of power in your left arm and after that call upon Ddraig, ok? He is the only one who can answer your questions. Anyway, until we meet again, Issei Hyoudou." Elsha said.

"We'll meet again, Current Red Dragon Emperor, Issei Hyoudou," Belzard exclaimed.

After that, both Elsha and Belzard proceeded to walk away from Issei as they started to disappear along with the white space. Eventually, Issei woke up and he was slowly getting up from the bed, just to immediately get shocked by remembering everything that happened in this dream.

*gasp* *gasp* *gasp* *gasp* 'Red Dragon Emperor? Is that another thing related to this Ddraig? Along with that, Belzard told me that I'm the current one, does it mean that both Belzard and Elsha were Previous Red Dragon Emperors?' Issei thought before putting his glance at the window.

'Don't worry, Elsha, Belzard. We will surely see each other again. But before that, I must find a way to talk with this dragon' Issei thought with a determined expression on his face.

Life #0, End.

Greetings, DxD Fans. This is MaohKouta07

Before anything

I need to give some context. What inspired me to do this? It was a Spanish Highschool DxD Fanfic of Wattpad, known as High School DxD Alternative written by the user deglash on Wattpad.

As you could see in the description, this is an alternative universe, so none of the things that are in the fanfic ain't canon.

First, Issei is different from the Canon, AU Issei's perversion will be less than Canon Issei's. With this, most of the things in his life will drastically change.

Second, most of the known characters would have varied from each other. For example, while Momo Hanakai's hair color will be of the anime, Serafall Leviathan's and Grayfia Lucifuge's eyes color will be of the LN.

Third, I'm going to not only add original characters but also Anime-only characters, or even characters from the SLASHDOG spin-off, just as long as there is some coherence in this fucked up plot.

But the most significant change is that Issei won't have a harem the reason for this is that between all the fanfics that I've seen I haven't seen single fanfic that Issei doesn't have a harem, 'cause most fanfics that even if there's the main girl for Issei but there still a harem. In other words, it's going to be with a single girl. Who is it? You've to figure it out. Am I going to give you clues? Nope. Am I going to confuse you a little bit? Maybe.

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Chapter Explanatory Analysis:

As you can see, we begin the prologue at the very moment of the birth of Issei. And as you could see, Goro wasn't waiting for the well-being of his son and wife alone, but alongside his other children and his parents.

What!? Issei with two older siblings!? What is the meaning of this!? Simple, to those who have read the novel, would know that Miki had two children before Issei that unfortunately ended up being unborn children. With this in mind, this is when Terumi and Mizuki come to the stage. Does that mean that their names have some kind of relationship with Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi respectively? By the way, Terumi's and Mizuki's appearance (Most specifically, their haircuts), are based on both Akito Ashimine and Kasumi Kagami from Tsugumomo, and curiously they have a somehow an older sibling role there.

I've given Issei's grandmother the name Chitose which means "Thousand Years" Does that mean that Chitose has a lifespan larger than his husband? Anyway, the anime character that I used as a base for Chitose's haircut appearance was Sakae Jinnouchi from Summer Wars, while with Juzo's it's based on Bang of One Punch Man.

Shouto? Ayato? Koichi? Shu? Takeru? What have those names to do with Issei? Simple, all those names are references to Issei's CV: Yūki Kaji. Shouto, being a reference to Shouto Todoroki from Boku no Hero, Ayato to Ayato Kirishima from Tokyo Ghoul, Koichi to Koichi Hirose from JoJo's Diamond is Unbreakable, Shu to Shu Ouma from Guilty Crown, and finally Takeru to Takeru Homura aka. Soulburner from Yugioh Vrains. BOOM!

The honest prayers for the well-being of his son, why is that? To those who don't know, Canon Goro gave him that name with the hope that he would be able to lead an honest life. Here, on the other hand, instead of Goro, Miki would be the one who suggested the name Issei as a representation of both Goro's and Miki's honest prayers for the well-being on the carriage of their son since it was a high-risk birth. Does the boosted gear have to do with that high-risk birth?

And before you asked if this Issei is also a pervert? Yes, he is. However, not like the Canon Issei. We have to remember that Canon Issei's perverted nature is hereditary, meaning that both his grandfather and father were perverts too. But here, if we would have to put all the Hyoudou's male family members' perversion in a classification, Issei is overwhelmingly surpassed by Juzo. In other words, if Juzo would be the first place, who would be the second and third place then? Simply, Goro is the second because of being the direct son of Juzo, while Terumi would be third because he would somehow be fourth or fifth if he wasn't slightly influenced by Juzo. So, this Issei is currently in fourth place since being the youngest son of Goro, so even if Issei did inherit the perverted nature from his father, this nature is less than his father's or his older brother's, and even less than his grandfather's. But if we talk about the Hyoudou Family's perverted nature, the least perverted of the family would be none other than Mizuki Hyoudou.

What the heck!? Why did Ddraig appear so early before Issei? Simple, he didn't. Ddraig knows that Issei is his current host, but what he didn't know was that the Boosted Gear was both unconsciously and unintentionally influencing Issei, to the point to show him Ddraig's memories, his rivalry with Albion, how Ddraig got sealed, and the stages of Boosted Gear. So, the Ddraig before Issei was just a memory of Ddraig's life before being sealed within the Boosted Gear. However, that doesn't explain why he could meet both Belzard and Elsha through that dream? Somehow, Boosted Gear's influence grew stronger in response to Issei's inexplicable affinity with the Dragon-type Longinus, allowing him to momentarily get into the boosted gear, meeting both Belzard and Elsha was purely a coincidence.