Kawaki Highschool, a public school within the southern region of Kuoh Town. It wasnt a very popular educational institution and held most of the riff raff of town.
On of the bathroom, laughter echo out as a couple of student force a young man head into the toilet and kept flushing it.
A common act of bullying that even the teachers ignored. This wasnt Toji first time being used as entertainment, and surely it wasnt believe to be the last by the guys that were laughing.
" Hey Boss. The wimp not moving" Noticing Toji motionless body, several student pause in surpise.
" Oh" Grabbing Toji by his hair, the leader kf the group of bully, Kaito slam his prey into the bathroom stall door.
He watch amusedly as Toji body slump to the ground motionless and began kicking the boy.
It was only aftr Toji cough up a mixture of blood and water that, Kaito stop, his grin widening.
" That 10,000 for saving yourself dipshit. Make sure i get it tomorrow " With his statement, the bullies left.
" 10,000" Rolling from his side when he confirm he was alone, Toji couldnt help but mumbled with a wryly smile. An act, that was uncomon to his usually wimpy self.
" I guess i do owe him though" Standing up, he gaze at his body with unfamilarity.
Toji mind was switching through memories, trying to solidify his sense of self. He had knowledge of his life in a different reality, where he was a normal construction worker that died on the field.
It merge with his current self of a wimpy highschool student.
"Did i take over this kid body or just awaken my past memories. A thought for another time" Shaking his head, he left the bathroom not caring for his soak appearance.
Grabbing his bag from the classroom, he left the school and headed home. Ignoring the fact that he was mentally 34 years old, the longer he stayed at school the more chances he would be physically abuse.
He wasnt wimp like the past Toji, but his body couldnt face a group of burly gangster.
Also, he was a little more interested in where he was. In between gaining his past memories he had a revelation about his current world.
It was one filled with magic, devils, angels and dragons. A world where a regular human are basically ants that could be crush at any time.
Highschool DxD is one of the most dangerous world for normal people and he now lived in town where most of those dangerous thing happen.
As any sane person would do, he needed to leave town.
Stopping at his house, he realized it going to be harder than he thought.
Toji was an orphan in this life. His parents died recently, and the little inheritance he had was stolen by his bullies.
All Toji really had in his name was this old house and 100,000 Yen. Neither could afford him to leave Kuoh for another city.
" I need money"
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" Hey Kaito, that dipshit havent been to school since" In class 2A, at the back a couple of student spoke.
It didnt matter if classes was in session, certain students the teachers had no courage to discipline.
Kaito, being apart of a well known gang in town was one of such students.
" Oh, no wonder my fist ben feeling itchy. Where is the worm" Kaito asked, removing the cigarette from his mouth.
" I heard some people saw him around the mall. He seem to move from his house and the mall doing something" Kaito lackey explained.
Toji had been one of their best source of entertainment. Him skipping school had dul their life a bit.
" And he owes me 10 grand for saving his life too. Hmm, let do this." Kaito ponder. He didnt care about the money. He wanted to do something interested.
It had been two week since he regain his past life memories. The adjustment to the life of an orphaned teenager was not easy, but with on goal in mind, Toji didnt waste time.
He needed money to leave Kuoh. As a teenager, to get an income is going to be hard, thankfully this world while similar to his past had vastly different work of fiction that were popular.
The anime world didnt know the wonders of Naruto and other animes or mangas he had view in his past life.
While he doesnt recall everything from each series, as an aspiring writer before he died, he could compromise.
The first week he had wrote out half of naruto in a novel format. With copies of the synopsis sent to some of the more trustworthy publishing company, Toji was on his way.
Getting the manga artist and animator would take time, but a decent avenue for cash Toji didnt have to worry about basic needs.
If he kept the time he left his house on the minumun, the chance of running into any supernatural would decrease.
Writing his hundredth chapter while in thought, and even more in genius plan came to mind.
" It could work. I wont be avoiding the supernatural but I could earn big" Closing the laptop down, he pondered the idea a little more.
*Bam*
With the front door slam open, Toji stood up immediately. His hand reach for a nearby metal bat, before leaving his room.
It maybe an old house, but it was two storage. Looking down, he easily able to see the intruder while keeping hidden.
Kaito and his gang came waltzing in like they own the place. A couple of them carrying bottle of liquid that reek of gasoline.
" Hey dipshit. Come out and play. You owe me money!!" Kaito yelled, his hands in his pocket, relaxed.
' They really plan to burn down my house?' Seeing the goons began boring the gasoline on his furniture, Toji tighten his grip.
He didnt have any emotional connection to his family house, but this level of bullying and harassment pissed him off.
" Im up here dipshit. Come get your money if your not pussy to come up" Toji reveal himself, hiding the bat behind him and yelled.
His words first stun everyone, but Kaito roar like a beast first and charge up the stairs. Before he could reach the second floor however, Toji swing.
Having done some basic exercise in the past weak, Toji could sneak attack an idiot easily.
The bat smash into Kaito head, and he fell over the stairs railing and slam onto the floor. The sound of bones cracking echo out followed by the Kaito muffled scream.
Kaito laid flat, knocked out while Toji and the Kaito goon look at him.
" Shit, Kaito dead" One person getting enough courage, check on their boss only to get that info. Kaito had broke his death.
A rather lackluster way of dying.
" You dipshit. Dont you know who Kaito is. His brother is the leader of Kawaki gang!!" One goon said, his face filled with fear.
' I probably should have thought this through' Argeeing this had made his situation worse, he probably really need to meet with those devils.
He could used information as a bargaining chip.
With that idea, he no longer cared about Kaito.
" Get the f**k. You think I care" Lifting the bat covered in Kaito blood, Toji waved it around menancing.
Some stepped back and began runing away, but one person did something surpising.
He through a lighter at the furniture soak with gasoline, and kick a bottle filled with gasoline at the stairs entrance.
"Jin, what the hell are you doing." One of the goon asked.
" You think im letting this shit go" Jin yelled, grabbing who called him out rushing through the entrance.
He slam the door shut and further block it with more bottle of gasoline.
" The little dipshit will burn in his precious house" Jin concluded, ordering everyone to leave before the cops caught them.
Everyone had different things on their mind but they all knew, they needed to leave town. Kaito older brother is just that ruthless.
Now stuck in a house about to burn down, Toji couldnt help but lament his bad luck. His last asset was going up in flames.
Rushing to his room, he gather as much things as he could carry. His laptop, bank card and...
*Boom*
The fire reach the bottle of gasoline at the stairs and door and exploded. The explosion collaspe the second floor and Toji in it.
Feeling as his entire body fall, Toji wished he had wings to atleast fly.
His thought was simply, but in that one moment several thing connected together.
Wings to fly, something that could bring him, have increase durability.
[Would you like to create]
Imagining something that could carrying him out of this flames filled house, he felt something drain from his body.
Out from the thick smoke, something attach to his back. His body was push off at great speed and the room of flames was replace with the bright night sky.
A bag with his essential in hands and a bird eye view of his burning house.
At his back, a strange creature with long bat like wings kept him afloat a mile or two in the air.
" What are you?" Toji couldnt help but ask twisting his body. He gaze at the creature with slight confusion but he instinctively knew it belong to him.
'Magic, or maybe a sacred gear' Thinking quickly, a thought came to mind. One particular miracle item flooded his thought and something click.
" Maybe I got that sacred gear".