Mr. Hyoudou was an ordinary office worker, while Mrs. Hyoudou was a full-time housewife.
They had both come to Ise City in order to honor the sun goddess known as Amaterasu. As they walked inside the shrine, the Hyoudou couple paused in their steps as they heard something strange.
"Uwah...wah...WAHHHHHHH!"
They turned to see a infant crying on the floor. Mrs. Hyoudou walked closer to the infant, and her brown eyes widened as she quickly approached.
The baby with brown hair was struggling to lift himself off the floor.
"A-a baby?! What's he doing here in the shrine?" Sachiko muttered out as she gently picked up the baby.
Mitsuru walked over to his wife, and rose an eyebrow.
"Did someone leave him here?"
Mrs. Hyoudou didn't respond as she looked at the baby more closely. The infant was absolutely adorable, and there was a certain...aura about him.
Her eyes widened as a golden aura suddenly emanated from the infant. The aura then changed to a flame-like reddish aura, which seemed to explode outwardly.
The ground of the Ise Grand Shrine began to shake in tremors, with Sachiko and Mitsuru doing their best to maintain their balance.
Moments later, the aura surrounding the baby abruptly dissipated, allowing the Hyoudou couple to regain their balance. They looked at the infant with curiosity and awe on their faces.
"What on Earth just happened?"
The infant stopped his crying, and he opened his eyes, prompting the Hyoudou couple's eyes to widen even further.
"Mitsuru, his eyes! They're-" Mrs. Hyoudou stuttered.
Mr. Hyoudou walked over to look at the baby, and he rubbed his head in puzzlement.
"It's strange. He looks like he could be our son, Sachiko. But those eyes of his..."
The Hyoudou couple looked around the shrine, in hopes of trying to find who the infant belonged to.
But as they looked around more, there was no one in sight. Mrs. Hyoudou sighed as she looked back at the infant.
"It's as though someone left him here. And as far as I know, we were the only ones to come to the shrine today. Should...should we take him home with us?"
"Well, it's like I said. He looks just like us. It's strange."
The Hyoudou couple looked at each other, and then they looked back to the infant.
"What should we name him?" Mr. Hyoudou asked.
Mrs. Hyoudou looked around her surroundings, and then she smiled.
"Ise. We'll call him Issei."
"We're calling him Issei? You mean after the shrine?" Mr. Hyoudou asked.
"Well yes, that." The Hyoudou matriarch said as she smiled at the newly named infant, and hugged him close to her, "But also because...I want to him to live a honest and sincere life."
The newly christened Issei's eyes started to flutter as Sachiko's warm embrace enveloped him.
"Hmm. That's right. Our little Issei..."
Realm of Heaven
A handsome-looking young man with long blonde hair and green eyes looked up in an abrupt manner.
His twelve golden wings that jutted out from his back glowed in interest from the sudden surge of godly energy. The energy he felt was akin to that of the Sun. It was absolutely monstrous.
"Michael? Do you feel that power as well?"
Michael, the leader of the Angels and the Seraphim, turned around to see an extremely beautiful woman with curly blonde hair and a voluptuous figure.
"So you sensed it as well, Gabriel."
Gabriel, an Angel and a Seraph, also one of the guardians of the Throne of Heaven, put her hand on her chest, and smiled as she felt the great power surge.
"This power. It's so vast and overwhelming. But at the same time, it's so pristine. It brings me such joy and warmth."
Michael's green eyes widened again, and he turned back around as he continued to gauge the level of the overwhelming pressure.
As the first creation of the Biblical God, Michael didn't expect to sense a great surge of power like this, a power that was akin to the sun.
"Where is this power coming from?"
In the Underworld
A man in his twenties with black hair and golden bangs looked up in amusement as he suddenly sensed a great power.
"Hmm. What's this?"
A monstrous power had suddenly risen out of nowhere, and it piqued the man's interest greatly.
"Maybe I'll keep an eye on this. This should be interesting."
"Sirzechs-sama. Do you sense it?"
A handsome and young man in his early 20's with shoulder length crimson-red hair and blue-green eyes, nodded in response as he looked over to see a maid with silver hair and matching eyes.
"Yes Grayfia, I do. It's a very unique surge of power. Enormous even. And it seems to be constantly rising as well. I wonder who possesses that power."
Five Years Later
"What do you want? No one asked you come over here!"
"What's with your eyes?!"
"They're weirding us out! Go somewhere else!"
A six year old Issei Hyoudou looked down shyly as he walked away from the kids during break time.
He sat on the school bench and watched as the kids played around the playground. Recess had just started, and already, the kids were ostracizing him.
Issei was a very soft-spoken, yet kind child. As such he was a very silent boy, as he rarely spoke to anyone.
With his quiet nature and shy demeanor, people often labeled Issei as a mute child.
The little boy never once wanted to play with the kids around his age, seeing as they made of fun of the particular aspect of himself that was quick to notice.
His eyes.
His left eye was a soft and warm almond light-brown color, while the right eye was a bright yellow-orange shade. Issei was often ostracized due to the different colors of his eyes. And so, he chose to stay only to himself.
But sadly, Issei couldn't catch a break.
As he sat on the bench, Issei looked over to see a couple of boys walking towards him.
Looking at them cautiously, he moved off of the bench and went to go somewhere else, until one of the boys appeared in front of him. The little Issei stopped and stood still, waiting for the verbal bullying to begin.