Chapter 1

17 Years Before Cannon

One week.

It's been one whole week since I've become a baby again, and it absolutely sucks. The only reason I haven't had a heart attack from the shock is because of things I've read before I've died. I've read plenty of manga and light novels where the protagonist ends up in a new world and becomes some sort of hero by slaying some sort of Demon King, evil dragon, corrupt ruler, or all of the above. Then said hero either marries a companion, princess, or has a harem, which everyone is okay with for some apparent reason or another.

Do I want to become a hero?

No.

I would be completely satisfied with being a badass that's well known enough to be feared like Madara and Itachi Uchiha, or Minato Namikaze from the Naruto series. There was also Whitebeard, Shanks, Garp, Mihawk, and Zoro from One Piece. As well as Byakuya Kuchiki, Toshiro Hitsugaya, and Genryusai Yamamoto from Bleach. And of course, we can't forget about Cu Chulainn, Archer, and Sasaki Kojirou from Fate/Stay Night.

While these people were not the main characters, they left their mark in each of their worlds.

But I'm getting ahead of myself, I first need to get through infancy and find out if I'm in a normal world or a world with some form of supernatural.

So far, I've found out that I'm an orphan whose mother passed away during the birth of me and that my father died even earlier in a car accident. I'm already used to not having parents as I was an orphan in my previous life as well, but it still sucks that I missed out on having parents two times in a row.

I also found out that my mother was of Japanese descent, so it seems that she had already named me Ryuuta before her passing.

...

Not going to lie, but that is a good start for my quest of badassness.

I also have literally no other relatives, so the orphanage was the only option once again.

Sigh

"Oh well, might as well roll with it."

Anyways, it also seems that in a world that is at least in the modern age as there is flat screen in the living room and the matron speaks in English. It also seems that I might be in Britain since the matron and all the kids have British accents. But just because I'm in a world like this doesn't mean that there is no supernatural. For all I know I could be in the Harry Potter or Percy Jackson world. Never said the world I reincarnated into had to be an anime, manga, or light novel. From the bottom of my heart, I seriously hope that this is not some sort of modern-day Chinese cultivator world. That. Would. Be. The. Worst.

Let's just leave it at that.

I can also deduce that this isn't something like Irregular at Magic High School since technology is not that advanced. That is actually a good thing since the gap between the Blooms and the Weeds in that world would be the biggest pain in the butt I would have since dying.

Then again, I could just be in a normal world with a second chance, so can't get my hopes up too high just to be shot down later.

I also must watch myself with how I act since I don't know if this world has something like Root from Naruto or some sort of child experimentation group. I already know that I really shouldn't try speaking my first words until I'm six months old and I should wait till I'm nine months old to walk. One time when I looked that up for a project for my freshman year of science. I also need to find out if there is a library nearby since I can't just say something so random yet smart and play it off that I heard it from an older kid at the orphanage.

I might as well also indulge myself into playing things like tag with other kids during the day while doing stretches, pushups, sit ups, etc. so I can build up some muscle just in case this world requires some... force... when communicating with others.

Future plotting aside, I should probably get some sleep, and being a baby does not help with staying awake.

XXX

3 Months Later

Three months of doing absolutely nothing other than pooping, sleeping, eating, keeping my cover, and entertaining other kids by doing "baby stuff" is exhausting. I hereby swear, that if I ever have kids, I will absolutely help my wife take care of them. No one deserves this bullshit to deal with.

Other than that, the list of which world I could be in has considerably narrowed ever since I found out that no one seems to know of anything supernatural. That still doesn't eliminate the fact that this could be a hidden supernatural world. Harry Potter is sounding awfully familiar right now.

There also seems to be some news about an accident nearby recently, a car was leaking gas which was lit on fire by a cigar.

That seems to be the reason why we suddenly have three new children joining us at the orphanage.

Wait a minute.

One of those kids look super familiar. Despite looking like it is a few months younger than me, it looks super familiar. Especially those green eyes…hmm… maybe I could get a better grasp when I find out its gender and hair color.

Ah, wait.

Looks like the matron is moving it to another room since we are already making it pretty cramped in this room.

Oh well, I can always just go and find her again later, after all we are in the same orphanage. Still, I can't but help that those beautiful green orbs are so familiar. But for now, I will focus on more important things like preparing for what will come in about two months.

That's right, the time for my first words are coming soon.

Keeping track of the days in such a little body is a lot harder than it sounds. Not only do I lose track of the times I fall asleep, but I lost track of how long I slept for. All in all, it was a pretty stressful job especially considering the fact that I was trying to keep to a strict time table for progress to continue so I may actually be at an acceptable level by the time I am a 12-year-old.

It is at that age where a child enters his or her golden period in life. Usually the habits they learn between the ages of 11 to 13 are the habits they subconsciously remember for the rest of their lives. The best example to describe this with would be a soccer player; a soccer player who trains themselves at that age to kick a ball correctly at that golden period will be able to kick a ball very well as long as the train especially hard during this time. That's not to say that those who don't use that period to better themselves won't be able to, but it will be difficult to catch up to those who didn't use it wisely and must train four times as hard to make practice into habit.

Right now, I am contemplating if I should somehow learn how to use a sword, it has a good excuse too as I can get exercise and learn how to defend myself. I can only hope I can convince the matron.

Speaking of the matron, she is very strict person, yet she is extremely kind because she cares about of us. All of the things she is strict about is to better us as people such as basic manners, good morals, and how to give and earn respect.

But despite her attitude she is a beautiful woman who seems to stand at about 5'8" with what looks to be an A cup bust. Her wavy, dirty blonde hair flows down to her mid back. And her face is adorned with a pretty pair of hazel eyes. She appears to be in her mid to late 20s as well.

Overall, she is a pleasant person to be with both personality wise and physically. I'm actually surprised that she doesn't seem to have a wedding ring, someone as pretty as her should at least have a boyfriend, right?

Though I should probably sleep less and pay attention more with my ears, I only listen to their accent not their conversations, since I have yet to find out her name, but that is more my fault considering I was planning and mostly observing with my eyes. While it doesn't seem like much, it does take a pretty large effect on a 3-month-old child.

I also need to find out my specific location, hearing the British accent only solidified the fact that I am currently in Europe, most likely England.

Ugh

"I hate being so uninformed."

All I can do for now is continuing to be patient and wait for the time to act to come.

XXX

5 Months Later

Turns out that the name of the matron is Roseline Alberts, but it seems that everyone simply calls her Miss Rose or Big Sis Rose. I heard from the discussion of others that she inherited this orphanage from her grandmother, who passed away three years ago from cancer.

I was also able to get a more specific location of exactly where I am. This orphanage is situated in England's Shire Country, Dorset. We have a pretty good view of the sea from here, which also explains why it's never quiet, Dorset is a tourist area. Then there is the fact that there are numerous fossils lying around in this area. Dorset is also one of the closest regions to France, so I guess that it pretty good place to start out. The orphanage is closer to one of the cliffs that oversee the sea from what I could see from outside the window when someone was holding me.

Another thing that happened was that I was able to speak my first words within my time table, though I had to wait for someone to be nearby. While I don't want to be caught being smarter than I already am, I don't want to be considered dumb either. At first I was planning on just saying "Rose," though it would come out as "Wose," I changed my mind when one of the older kids took my baby toy.

What?

I'm territorial and that toy was one of my only sources of entertainment in my baby body.

So, I decided to get some revenge on him.

My first word was "Shit."

...

Hahahahahahaha!! The look on Rose's face was priceless! I even bounced up and down as much as I could while pointing to the little turd that took my toy to hint at who taught me. Remember when I said that she was strict. Yeah, well she nearly lost it when she understood my hint. While she was giving him the evil eye, I continued to yell with a happy face, "Shit shit shit shit."

I absolutely enjoyed that look of terror on his face when she Rose slowly put me down and walked slowly towards him with a completely enraged face.

It seems that he got into even more trouble since me saying "Shit" influenced the other babies and children around me. For about a week many of the kids at the orphanage were "practicing" this new word and increasing their "vocabulary." The kids got dish duty for the rest of the year hahahahahahahaha.

I also started crawling a few weeks ago to keep the image that I am a toddler. It would be pretty weird if I could just get up and walk instead of crawling first. I already started a process to try and increase my stamina with the most basic way…...crawling the fuck away from anyone who tries to catch me. I also started doing some stretches so I can have a flexible body type. If I ever do I don't want to be the bulky type Escanor from Seven Deadly Sins, rather I prefer lean muscles like Zoro and Naruto. Especially since lean muscles focus more on speed and technique than the bulky types do.

I have also been trying to see if could locate that baby that I thought was super familiar, but I have had no such luck.

XXX

10 Months Later (1 Year 7 Months Old)

It's been over a year since I have reincarnated into this world, and I'm making some progress on my body. I've noticed that I'm able to run a little faster and longer than most in my age group, so I guess I am doing okay. After all, I'm not looking to become some sort of super baby that can kick an adult's ass left and right like in some light novels I've read before. Especially since they all had some sort of blessing from a goddess to become strong, while I am using my own efforts, which I am completely proud of myself for.

Rose and the other kids also set up a birthday party for me when I turned one. Turns out my birthday is December 7th. It wasn't anything extravagant, but it was still pretty nice and fun to celebrate. It was definitely better than the orphanage in my previous life where hardly anyone even remembered your age. It probably is like that because orphanage has a lot less kids than that one did. I was also able to keep the banner that said, "Happy Birthday Ryuuta!"

I tried to find something that was stick shaped to practice using a sword, but all I could find was an old broom, so broke off the brush part and kept it under my bed so I can sneak out and try some swings. I don't try to do anything flashy since I have read and seen multiple sword users in mangas, anime, and light novels, and all of them have something in common. Stick to the basics, and kind of special attack of sorts will come naturally, so don't force it. Forcing some sort of flashy or special attack will only set me up for failure. A perfect example would Isaac Netero from Hunter X Hunter. The dude literally did straight punches for days and days, the result was that the man became a combat monster who later became one of the most powerful old men in anime. So, for now I am trying the generic up and down kendo slashes, and I add some horizontal and diagonal slashes here and there.

Of course, I also had to attach slightly smaller stick to the broom since my hands were to small and chubby to hold a broomstick on my own without any help. I eventually will take that stick off, so I go all out and up my practice a little.

One day while I was practicing swinging my broomstick I saw someone reading under a nearby tree. I was curious because hardly anyone is awake this early in the morning. So, I decided to walk up to them.

As I got closer the first thing noticed was their eyes, it was the green colored baby that I saw when I was younger. The second thing that I noticed was that they were a girl. She also had straight blonde hair that flowed to shoulders.

Wait.

Green eyes.

Blonde hair.

Female.

Oh shit.

"Nononononono! What is she doing here? Isn't she supposed to be in Italy? Wait a minute. DOES THIS MEAN I'M IN THAT WORLD?!?! SHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHIT!"

"Okay, take a deep breath first."

Inhales, exhales.

"Alright, no need to panic Ryuuta. You had expected some sort of supernatural world, maybe not this one in specific, but still." I thought to myself.

"Besides she could just be a look alike. I don't even know her name yet, so don't jump to any conclusions. Though, If I really am in that world then I just need to plan accordingly."

"Let's do this. Go and ask for her name."

"Hello." I say to her.

"H-h-hello." she seems a little shy.

"My name is Ryuuta. What's your name?" I ask.

"My n-n-name is A-a-asia Argento, i-i-it's nice to meet you." she responds.

"What a pretty name." that was my reply, but on the inside, I felt like crying.

I was in Highschool DXD.

"Of all the worlds I could have been reincarnated into, it just had to this one didn't it?" I think in resignation.

While I know that some people would kill to be reborn here of all places, I tend to look at things a little bit more objectively. Don't get me wrong, this anime was one of my favorites, but it isn't exactly the safest, especially for a human like me.

In this world the only way it is safe is if I was born a non-human, part of a powerful faction, had a Sacred Gear, or if I was a hero's descendent with some of his or her special abilities. Despite the anime portraying itself as a comedy, romance, action anime, it is a lot more dangerous. In this world humans are looked down upon by the other races and are often dealt with however the various factions and mythologies want to deal with them. A perfect example of this would be the Holy Sword Project that Kiba Yuuto was a part of, not optionally of course. It was during this project that numerous children were killed and sacrificed so the ability to use a holy weapon could be spread to others. While the Church did excommunicate Valper Galilei, in the end they just used his research so others may also use holy weapons.

It's not just the humans that are oppressed, sometimes other races are also exploited. An example of that would be the Peerage and Brave Saint systems. While I know that the Angels are a lot less forceful, the same could not be said about the Devil's. Who knows how many beings were forcefully reincarnated or set up to be reincarnated.

For now, I don't know if I even have a Sacred Gear nor do I know the ancestors of my parents nor am I a non-human, at least I think I'm not. So right now, my chances of surviving and the level of badass I want to achieve are pretty low. I could also join a faction that accepts humans like the Heaven Faction that regulates humans through the power of the Church. But that option is a big NO. Part of the reason would be that I already know that the Biblical God is dead, and I can only pretend to know that he is alive for so long without getting caught. Another reason would be that the Church is extremely corrupt and the Angels that govern them do nothing, so my chances of survival somewhat drop a little more than usual. If I do join a faction it probably won't be one of the Three Biblical Factions, since if you join one you become the enemy of the other two. My goal would probably be to join the Shinto Faction as a Vanguard to one of the gods there. I still am going to Japan to get involved in the main plot, but not as direct as I have seen in many fanfictions. I'm not going to run from what is to come, but I will plan everything out as much as I can beforehand with extreme caution. The Shintos are preferable since they are powerful while still being moderately peaceful as far as I know. While they probably still have at least another faction they are unfriendly with, I know that the anime isn't omniscient, they are still the best option for me, besides I have Japanese ancestors, so I can fit in.

I don't know what I look like though despite claiming to fit in. They only mirror we have is too high for me to use so I need to wait about a year to see what I like. It's a good thing I already know how to speak Japanese from my previous life.

On the small chance I couldn't join the Shinto, I would try to join the Heaven Faction, but only if I would be able to work under Dulio Gesualdo or Griselda Quarta. The chances of that happening are extremely low; as a matter of fact, I have a higher chance of becoming a toy in the Holy Sword Project.

Oops, I got caught up in my thoughts and Asia is just looking at me like she did something wrong.

"Sorry about that Asia, I was thinking about something else."

"N-n-no it's okay."

"What are you doing out here so early?" I ask.

"I-I'm sorry."

"It's okay Asia I'm not angry or anything like that, I was just curious." Trying my best to calm her down, jeez, she's so shy. Maybe that gets fixed from when she gets all the attention from being a Holy Maiden.

Speaking of Holy Maiden why is she here. In the anime it said that she had come from Italy after being excommunicated, does someone adopt her later and take her there?

"I-I saw that this area was so peaceful and y-your swings had a nice rhythm to it, s-so it sounded relaxing and nice t-to read here."

I can see why even Issei tried not to be perverted with her, this girl is just too nice and sweet.

That also goes to show how much of an asshole that Diodora Astaroth is. How he could do something like what he planned to do with Asia is absolutely despicable. I'm debating on whether or not I should join the Heaven Faction just to kill him.

No.

As much it upsets me I cannot get rid of him yet. He plays an important role for Issei when he unlocks Juggernaut Drive for the first time. Juggernaut Drive is extremely dangerous, but plays an important role for Ddraig's, Boosted Gear's, and Issei's evolution. Although its kind of dependent on magical reserves as well since Vali was able to use it since he used it on his magical reserves instead of his life force.

To make up for the fact that I'm literally throwing her to the wolves, and to ease my conscious a little, I'll as much time as I can with her until she is adopted or somehow moved to Italy.

A thought suddenly occurred to me.

"Hmmm, maybe I could do that to spend some time with her?"

"Hey Asia, do you want to help me with something?"

"M-me?! A-are you s-s-sure Ryuuta?" she shyly asks.

"I'm going to have to bring up her confidence to the point to where she doesn't stutter at least when she speaks to me or Rose."

"Of course, Asia." I reply

"Okay, I'll help Ryuuta." she says while beaming a smile.

After that I went inside to grab an unused chair, a wooden wheel, and a small wooden spike. The idea I am trying to replicate was something that the MC of a Chinese light novel called The Tales of a Reincarnated Lord. In the novel the MC trained his eyes to be able to react to speed and movements better to react to them. The MC later on becomes one of the best swordsmen in the world who takes on students. He used the same method to train his students, all of his students had to complete this exercise in order to start their apprenticeship under him. Although the novel did mention that it would make me nauseous.

"W-what are you doing Ryuuta?" Asia asks.

"I'm going to make my eyes better Asia." was my reply.

"How are you going to do that?" she actually spoke pretty clearly right there.

"It seems that her curiosity pushes away her shyness. Hmmm, that could be useful when raising her confidence."

"Well Asia, first I'm going to attach this wooden wheel to the bottom of this chair, then I'm going to dull this spike and attach it under the wheel."

"Why are you making it like that?"

"So that the chair can spin around in really fast circles."

"Oh, I see it's like a dreidel." she says in understanding.

"That's a pretty good comparison Asia. After that I'm going to sit while it's spinning while you hold up a sign with some words on it while I try to read the words." I finish explaining as I attach the dulled spike.

"That sounds difficult." she says with a frown.

"Yeah it will make me really dizzy." I reply.

"Are you sure you want to do this Ryuuta." she asks with worry.

"It will be fine I just have to get used to it, besides it's a learning experience."

"Okay, let's do this Ryuuta!" she says with determination.

"I like her enthusiasm, but she does realize that I'm the one that will be suffering through this, right?" I think with a sweat drop.

I sit on the chair and start the spinning. I close my eyes as I pick up speed.

"Okay Ryuuta I've written a word." she gets my attention.

"Alright the first word-"

"Blergh!!!"

XXX

2 Year Later (3 Year 7 Months Old)

It in all honesty, these past 2 years have been really good for me and Asia. I did not expect to become a big brother figure to Asia in this past month. One day out of nowhere she started to call me "Big Brother Ryuu," to say I was shocked would be an understatement. Of course, I wasn't against, though I did ask her to call me "Ryuu nii-chan" instead. I did that, so I could get her ready for the Japanese language for when she gets excommunicated and sent to Japan by the Fallen Angels. In return I call "Imouto," of course the first time I called her that after telling her what it meant, she blushed up a storm. Guess she wanted this type of relationship huh.

As the days went on I was able to finish the exercise, and from what I have been able to tell it's almost like I have a Semi-Sharingan with how well I've been able to see. The nausea and repeated amounts of barf were worth it.

Speaking of seeing, I was finally able to see what I looked like in the mirror.

I have to admit, I look kind of good. I have a slightly angled jawline with somewhat narrowed eyes, but not by too much. My hair is a little spikey with is being long enough to reach my eyes. I have jet black hair with a streak of golden blond over my left eye, similar to how Xenovia has a streak of green in her blue hair. The most peculiar thing about me though would be that I am heterochromatic, meaning I have two different colored eyes. My left eye is an azure blue while my right eye is a majestic silver. I was really surprised about how good that looked too.

(Author's Note: The best way to imagine him would be to imagine Kid Gilgamesh with black hair, with a streak of blond in it, and heterochromatic eyes as said before.)

Well at least part of my dream, the badass part, is mostly fulfilled. Heterochromatic eyes are truly worthy of me.

Wait what, "worthy of me"?

Sigh

"Recently I have been feeling more and more prideful along with a strong desire to fight. I wonder what's going on."

Along with the boosted pride and battle lust, I've been having a weird dream a man with golden hair and armor, yet I couldn't make out his face. I know for a fact I have seen him somewhere before, but I can't remember. And it's not like that one time I didn't recognize Asia, if I had a few more minutes to look at her face I would have known, but this man is different. It's like I've only seen this man in passing, as if we were just two people on the opposite side of the street who only made brief eye contact. If I got a clear look at his face I'm almost positive I would hardly be able to recognize him without any hints.

Another thing that happened was that about two months ago Asia unlocked her Sacred Gear, Twilight Healing. It happened while I was training, and I ended up bleeding pretty badly and while she was crying trying to keep the blood in I saw a green glow. Afterwards My wound slowly started to heal. I told her to keep this to herself as I hoped that she could remain here as long as possible, so I could give the friendship she would desperately desire in the future. I already knew that she would unlock it, but I never would have expected her to unlock it this early. Now that I thought about it, Sacred Gears are a manifestation of a person's will. By hoping for me to be okay I guess her will broke through the limiters on her and unlocked the Twilight Healing.

That is also another scary thing about this world.

With enough perverted will Issei was able to gain tremendous power-ups throughout the series simply for boobs and a harem. An example of it being true would be when Vali used Half-Dimension for the first time. At that moment Vali used the attack, Azazel told Issei that Rias' bust size would also be halved, and that was all Issei needed to nearly beat Vali into the ground.

That is ridiculously unfair.

"Stupid plot-armor."

I have also gotten a lot closer to Rose than before. To me she's kind of like that aunt that comes over during the holidays just to hang out with her favorite nieces and nephews. Proof of that would come with the fact that I only call her "Rose" with no "Miss" or "Big Sis." At first the other orphans were really surprised with the lack of title, but they eventually got over it.

Anyway, back to the present, Asia just recently activating her Sacred Gear actually put a lot of pressure on me. Why? It means that the plot is moving, while most will assume they have time, that is only partially true. In order to face higher-class beings as a human I must do everything I possibly can and hope that one day my hard work can match them in battle.

And that brings us to today, to let off some of that pressure, I am as usual swinging my sword, only twice as hard. I never really paid attention, but the feeling of doing swings feels completely natural, as if I was born to do it. Though today I am closer to the tree than usual, so I can keep Asia company while she reads her children's book as usual.

"Are you okay Ryuu nii-chan?" she asks with worry.

"I'm fine Asia, just letting off some stress." I answer with a smile.

She just nods and goes back to reading her book.

In the distance I could faintly make out some commotion. I stop swinging and look towards Asia, who seems just as confused as me. It was then we see Rose walking out towards us.

"Hello Miss Rose." Asia greets with a smile.

"Hey Rose, is something up?" I ask with curiosity.

"Hello Asia, hello Ryuu. And yes, something is up, it's the sky." she replies with a cheeky grin.

I can hear Asia giggling in the background, so I am not going to say something sarcastic, I don't want her to learn bad habits. Rose knows this as well and that's why her grin grew even bigger when she saw my eyebrow twitch.

"Well anyway there is a person here from the Church looking to see if there are any potential recruits that they can take to become members of the followers of God. And they had requested for you, Asia Argento." Rose answered seriously this time while pointing at Asia with a sad smile.

"So, the time has come huh." I thought.

A look of hope and sadness appeared on Asia's face. What most people don't know, here anyway, is that Asia is actually a very religious person, since they were able to identify who her mother was about a year after the accident and brought Asia her mother belongings. One the things that were among the possessions was a bible, cross, and journal, so to in order to honor her mother that has passed she decided to become a follower of God. It is because of this that she probably has some hope in her eyes; after all, many followers of God wish to join the Church including Asia's mother.

Then there is the look of sadness. I'm not an idiot, I know full and well how close Asia is to me and Rose. Ever since I asked for her name, she's been following me around and sticking to me like glue. And since I also spend time with Rose, she naturally became close to Rose as well.

"Asia." I speak softly.

She looks to me with tears starting to form in her eyes, tears from the inability to choose, since she would lose something either way. Damn. Those tears make me just want to hunt down the one who made cry and beat them to an inch of their lives, but I'm well aware that I am the cause. I know that she doesn't want to leave me and Rose and at the same time she wants to fulfill the wishes of her mother and of herself.

If I could I would hide her away and ask her to stay with me, but I do not possess that kind of ability to protect her. Indeed, as I am right now I cannot protect her. If she rejects the Church this time, it may be someone else next time, like a devil, and there is no guarantee that it will be a kind devil. It could just be another person like Diodora. Right now, the Church can provide that protection, and later on Rias Gremory can protect her as well. Although I know of the threat of Diodora in the future, all I need to do is join in on the suppression and save her before he or Shalba do something to her.

After looking at all the facts I came to decision.

"Don't cry Imouto." I say tenderly.

I am an older brother after all.

"Since they picked you," I inhale deeply, "you should go with them."

So, I need to put my selfishness aside to keep her safe and happy.

"Even if you go with them now Asia, we can always see each other again at another time," I pull her into a hug and rub her back, "after all, I am your brother, and I keep my kin safe, so don't worry. I will seek you out again later on in life. So, go with the Church Asia, fulfill your both your mother's and your dream and wait for me Imouto."

I can hear her sobbing increase as each word gets spoken, and by the end she is full out balling her eyes out.

I really am a terrible person aren't I, making my own little sister cry her heart out.

I release her from the embrace after I hear that she has calmed down and look at her with a smile. While she looks at me with red, puffy eyes.

"Don't worry Asia, go and accept, they won't be waiting all day."

"Okay, goodbye Ryuu nii-chan, I'm going to miss you."

"Me too Imouto, me too."

I hug her one last time and kiss her forehead.

After that I see Rose guide Asia inside, so she can grab anything that is important before she leaves.

XXX

Later That Night

The sun has already set, and everyone has gone to bed. I on the other hand cannot seem to fall asleep. Every time I do try and close my eyes, the only thing I can see is Asia's crying face. She wasn't the only one who had cried, many of the other orphans also were crying like there was no tomorrow. I even saw Rose shed some tears, I too lost myself in the moment and cried. This only furthered my determination, I need to get strong.

"I refuse to be weak!"

Although I didn't notice there was a goldish glow appearing around me.

"I refuse to have to sacrifice the happiness of others!!"

The glow got even brighter.

"I WILL NOT SURRENDER!!"

By now the golden glow had nearly encompassed the entire room.

"I WILL NOT YIELD, OTHERS WILL YIELD BEFORE ME!!!"

If someone were to walk in right now, they wouldn't be able to see anything because of how bright the glow was.

"I WILL NOT BOW TO ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!"

At that moment the light flash brighter than ever before and then died down. My body collapsed, and my eyes closed.

However, my mind was not in the same place.

I found myself within a palace with beautiful plants assorted all around near the walls. But that's not the only important thing here, there are also so many treasures scattered about. From swords, to spears, to daggers, and to lances (Authors note: Before anyone asks, no spears and lances are not the same thing. Spears are more meant to be used by infantry and they can be thrown; on the other hand, lances are meant to be used from horseback.)

But all that was not what caught my attention. What caught my attention was at the end of the room.

Up on a throne sat a man with piercing red and narrow eyes, his golden hair that was spiked up, rock hard abs, and golden earrings in both ears and an angular face. He also had what looked like red tribal markings on his upper chest, abdomen, and upper arms.

From his throne he was looking down upon me as if he was deciding if he should throw me in the trash or not. That somewhat annoyed me. Ever since I met Asia my pride has been increasing more and more to the point that I want to beat him off the throne and sit on it myself.

"Are you not going to bow before me, mongrel?"

His voice is what broke me out of my thoughts. It sounded prideful and arrogant yet at the same time it charismatic and majestic.

"Do not make me repeat myself mongrel."

At this moment I felt pressure on my shoulders, as if it was making me kneel to him and become his eternal servant.

"I have already sworn that I will not bow before anyone," I told myself.

"I will not bow." I say while glaring defiantly.

"Foolish mongrel, you will bow before your King." he says with an angry look.

I continue to glare back but then he man snaps his fingers. It was at that moment that six golden circles with ripples form around me. Through the center of the circles, six weapons, three swords and three spears, slowly draw closer to my neck.

"Will you bow now." he asks with a smirk.

"Never!" I shout back. At that moment I would have noticed exactly who he was if I wasn't being so defiant and paid attention to the clues rationally.

His face contorts and becomes vicious, it seems that he's decided on ending my life.

But he confuses me by laughing all of a sudden. The confusion must have shown on my face because after he stopped laughing, he only gave me an amused smirk.

He waved his hand and the weapons and ripples disappear.

"You pass." was all he said.

It was then that it hit me like a ton of bricks, this guy was testing me. I take deep breath and process everything that just happened.

"Was this a test of sorts?" I already knew the answer, I just wanted some confirmation.

"You already know the answer to that." he says with an ever-present smirk.

It was also at this moment that I was about to ask about the ripples, but I froze. I remembered that ability from somewhere. It was the Fate series, I mostly only played Fate Grand Order, and never watch any of the anime. I had only seen him a few times in the game. That is probably why I didn't recognize him immediately.

"Gilgamesh."

The King of Uruk, The First Hero and The King of Heroes. The King of Heroes doesn't stem from the fact that he is a King and a Hero, rather from the fact that he is The King of all the Heroes of the world. It makes sense too, since according to legends, all Heroes after him were based off of him, hence the title of First Hero. The man could not be considered a demigod; in fact, he was literally two thirds god and one third human.

"But, what is he doing here? In fact, where exactly is here? I know that this world also had an Age of Gods, so the Heroes exist here too. Hmm, it seems that the Heroes from the Fate series bare a large resemblance to the Heroes here, or is it vice versa?"

"We are in what is called a mindscape, and it seems that you have found out who I am judging by the look on your face."

"Yeah, you're the King of Uruk, Gilgamesh. But aren't you supposed to be dead?" that was the number one question in my head.

"I am dead, the one you are looking at is but a projection of my power that has been passed down through my descendants."

"You had descendants? I thought that the only person you considered worthy enough to be close to you was Enkidu, was he not? But why hasn't this power appeared before? I would have expected it to be, considering that you must have had a lot descendants for me to be alive in this period of time."

At the mention of Enkidu, the smirk on Gilgamesh's face became solemn, then it contorted into a scowl, then he adopted a neutral look.

"Yes, you are correct to say that I only considered Enkidu to be close to me, he was my first and only friend. After he had died I was indeed saddened, which legends mention. What legends don't mention is that I drank and drank to drown away the sadness. It was during one of my drunken sprees that I slept with someone and she later became pregnant with my child." he explains.

"But I did not acknowledge him as my child for many reasons, one being that he dared to claim that everything that was mine, was his as well. Another would be that he was only strong on the outside, should he be pressured he would started acting like a little baby."

"After I had died I felt my power transfer to my supposed grandchild, meaning he could use my powers such as GATE OF BABYLON and GOLDEN RULE. I did not want to give my powers to anyone I found unworthy, and so tried to push part of my conscious towards the power so I can travel with the said power and observe him."

"In the end I did not find him worthy either. This cycle continued for generations each one showing that they did not deserve my power. I later even went to your mother, but still not worthy, but know she came the closest out of all my descendants. That was, until you were born." he says with the smirk back on his face.

"Wait, when I was born?"

"What so you mean when I was born? Don't you mean a few minutes ago when I came here?"

"I know what I said." he grunts out.

"Then do explain."

"Hmph, don't order me boy. But I will still explain since it is necessary for you to know."

"You see while you are a descendent of mine you are also a descendent of another Hero. But your ancestry is not the only thing about you."

"Shit, did he find out I'm a reincarnate? I never intended on letting anyone know that!"

"And what might the other thing about me that caught your attention?" I ask while trying to stay calm.

"You have a dormant power within you, the one that the supernatural world refers to as Sacred Gears."

"And because you are born from two different people who became legends in their own right, you also possess a ridiculous amount magical reserves that only seems to grow as you get older." he continues.

As he said this I nearly broke down. Not from sadness, rather from shock. I'm not the descendent of one Hero, but two Heroes; and I have a Sacred Gear. My chances in this world just skyrocketed. Also, according to him I have lots and lots of magic, I suppose the best way to describe me now would be like an Uzumaki except I have magic instead of chakra. Although, now I also need to keep an eye out for the Hero Faction, I know for a fact that Cao Cao will not let go of a descendent of two Heroes that also has a Sacred Gear user.

"Troublesome." I say aloud

"Hahaha, indeed! That is fate of someone who is born with immense power." he seems to be enjoying my suffering.

"So, what was the purpose of bringing me here? I doubt that it was just to explain all this. Also, who is my other ancestor?" I ask.

"I'll answer the second question first. For you to know about your other ancestor, you must ask that Rose women, for she is of the same descent." he answers.

"Rose and I are related?!?"

"She does not seem to radiate the same signature as your mother, but she does possess one similar to yours. I can only assume she is related to you from your father's side."

"As for your first question, I called you here to tell you that I accept you as my kin and pass on my riches and power to you, do not disappoint me boy." he says as my eyes widen.

"Out all your descendants, what made me special? Other than the descendant of two Heroes part." I ask curiously.

"You possess a stronger will than the others. You have the fortitude to go through your plans. You tend to not give up. You have shown great intelligence despite being so young. And most importantly, you possess a pride worthy of a king and worked for it, unlike the others who just expected things to fall into their laps."

Despite being prideful and arrogant, he was still a king who ruled, even if he was a tad bit tyrannical. Not too tyrannical though considering he died a king and he wasn't overthrown in any form of rebellion, right?

"Go forth and show the world that its King has returned! Show the world the that you are a KING!" by now he is standing in front of me with his hand open, as if asking me to accept, which he was.

"I accept." I say as I grab his open hand. Then he did something I didn't expect. He smiled, not a smirk, but a genuine, caring smile. Guess that even he cares about his own blood.

"By the way, when you say your powers, what do mean? Information about you is pretty vague." I ask with a raised eyebrow.

"Hmm, you can use the entirety my GATE OF BABYLON, but you can only partially use GOLDEN RULE. Instead of having all of the world's rich's you can only obtain all of the world's weapons." he answers.

"Weapons, huh. What about the weapons that are outside it but were said to be in there." I was super curious about that. If the weapons were still in there somehow in there, I could theoretically use Caliburn, couldn't I?

"It will but not in the sense you're thinking about it."

"What do you mean?"

"The weapons in the treasury are all the prototypes of each weapon. For instance, Gae Bolg is in there, but it is not the one that made the Prince of Light famous. That only became famous after he used it. But that does not mean that it is any weaker; in fact, it would be stronger. If someone were to wield Gram outside the treasury and you were to fire Gram Prototype at it, Gram Prototype would win. It does not matter which weapon it is, as long as you use its prototype against it, it would win." He explains.

(Author's Note: I'm not making this part up. You can look it yourself as well by going to the Type-Moon Wiki page.)

"So, I could use Caliburn Prototype, huh."

"So, I can essentially use Caliburn Prototype against Caliburn and win right?" I ask Gilgamesh.

"Correct, no second-generation weapon can win against the original," he answers with pride. Pride most likely stemming from the fact that he has such an impressive collection.

"What about certain books? Like something about magic and other abilities that I could learn than may be useful in battle?" if I could find some skills that are similar to the ones used in other animes, I might as well have hit a gold mine.

"I don't see why you need to learn something so beneath you." he states with confidence.

"I need to learn it because unlike you, who was two thirds god, I am a human. I need everything I can get." I retort.

"Valid point. Within the treasury there should be numerous books about magic, combat styles, and other useful skills that will help you."

"Also, do you know what my Sacred Gear is?" if I could get a clear picture of it then I could probably unlock it easier.

"No, I do not. But, that is something you should find out on your own anyway." That will have to do for now I suppose.

"Also, to use GATE OF BABYLON you need a certain amount of control over your magical power, but you need to unlock it first which your Aunt can help you with. Since your reserves are vast you will need to learn how control it when you summon something from the treasury, or else random objects will pop out. This is not true for everything just the more powerful items as they are more secure than any of the other things, so you're not yet ready for something like Caliburn Prototype. And the more control you have also means the easier it will be for you to call forth multiple items at once, even with your reserves of magic right now you are only capable of calling forth one item at a time," he adds.

"So basically I have the shittiest control in the world right now and I need to work on it until it's a subconscious thing," I thought to myself.

He then heads back to his throne to sit down.

"Our time to converse has come to an end. The only time I will reawaken is when my-no our power has passed onto the next generation." he waves goodbye.

"See ya later Gramps!" I too wave goodbye

The last thing I see before a golden light flash me away is him smirking and muttering, "Stupid Brat," loud enough for me to hear.

XXX

Back to The Main Body of Ryuuta

Once it feels like I have a body again I slowly start to get up. I look around and see that the sun is about to rise

"So, I spent an entire night talking to Gilgamesh."

I first try to regain my bearing, coming out of a mindscape is a pretty weird feeling. I feel really tired, it's almost as if I just got off of a 20-hour plane ride and jetlag hit me.

After sitting up straight, I reprocess what was said during our conversation. As a descendent of Gilgamesh, and having been acknowledged by the man himself, I can use his signature technique: GATE OF BABYLON. Though I can't use GOLDEN RULE like he can, I can still collect weapons.

There is one thing that we talked about that made me feel conflicted. It was the fact that Rose might actually be my blood related Aunt. I know that we are already really close, but it still kind of hurts that she didn't tell me before.

I know that I am going to have to confront her about this. A plus side to this would be that I could possibly have a teacher now, since it way too much of a coincidence for her to be my matron at the orphanage that I just happen to attend. That would be nice considering Gilgamesh said I need to work on my control a lot. Hopefully she knows at least a few skills. Since she seems to be looking after me, I can only assume she already knows that she is a Hero's descendant from my father's side, so perhaps I can fish out some more information.

"Let's go find out if I'm right."

XXX

POV Change Rose

It's been nearly four years.

It was nearly four years ago that I had received the news that my only family left in the world, my little brother, had died in a car accident. I had already inherited the orphanage that our grandparents had run so I could do some good with my life. My brother, Alex, had a slightly different job. He was a police officer in London, who tried to make the world a better place, even if a little bit. When I received the news of his passing, I nearly lost myself in grief.

When I went to his funeral, I realized there weren't really that many people there. I already knew that he wouldn't many friends due to the fact that our ancestor's identity would bring complications to the lives of others. It was because of that ancestry that he always pushed himself. He had always wanted to repent for what our ancestor had done and redeem our family.

As I watched people leave one by one I noticed that there was one person who had yet to leave. She was a half-Japanese woman who had beautiful jet-black hair, a heart shaped face, and what seemed to be a B cup bust. From the brief glimpses of what I could see of her eyes when she turned to talk to someone else, I could see that she had a striking pair of silver eyes. I also noticed how she had a hump on her stomach, which I could easily guess was from pregnancy. I was naturally curious about who this person was, so decided to someone else before I went up to her.

"Excuse me John, but Do you know who that woman over there?" I point in her direction before asking Alex's co-worker and best friend, an average looking man with brown hair and blue eyes.

"Oh, her," there was a brief sigh of sadness from him, "That's his fiancé, poor thing too. Alex had just proposed to her two days before death. They were so happy, Alex even asked me to be his best man at the wedding. Looks like he never got the chance to tell you about it, huh, Rose?" he turned around and walked away leaving me frozen.

I was shocked beyond words. My little brother was expecting a baby and was going to get married soon!

How could he die before he even had the chance to see his own child? Not that it was his fault, but this was too cruel to me, but more importantly, it was cruel to his unborn child and pregnant fiancé.

I decided to approach her to speak with her. As I take each step, I get more and more anxious. This woman was my soon to be sister-in law, yet I didn't know what to say. We were both grieving as Alex was a very important person to the both of us.

"Hello," I say once I enter her range of hearing.

She simply looks at me, nods, and looks back towards the grave.

I take a deep breath try again.

"My name is Roseline, I'm Alex's sister," at that her head snaps to my direction and I can see that her eyes were wide, and a look of surprise apparent on her face before she adopted a sad smile.

"So, you're 'Big Sis Ro-Ro' that I have heard so many stories of," she spoke with a slight giggle at my nickname Alex gave me when I was young.

"So, he told you about that, huh?" it wasn't really much of a question.

"Why don't we move somewhere else more comfortable before continuing our conversation?" I ask while looking at her stomach hoping she would get the hint. It was Alex's unborn child, so I was little more than worried.

"Ah, yes let's go to my house, it's pretty close by," I nod and lead her to the rental car I used and help her into the passenger seat while I get into the driver's seat. I carefully pull out of the gravel parking lot, so I don't shake her too much.

Along the way neither of us speak unless it was her telling me where to turn. After nine minutes, we finally arrive to a small, but comfortable looking, two-story house.

After helping her onto a couch, I settle myself on the couch opposing her.

"I believe we should start with introductions, should we not?" she asks.

"Ah, yes. My name is Roseline Alberts, the older sister of Alex Alberts," I start off the conversation.

"My name is Ayame Jackson, my mother was British while my father was Japanese. Also, you can use your real name around me, Alex already told me of his family,"

I froze when I heard her say that, but I eventually calm down. Alex must have really trusted her to have told her the name of our family.

"And you didn't mind?" usually people would be very appalled because of the actions of our ancestor, especially here in England.

"I care not about his ancestor, to me Alex was Alex," she responds with a smile.

"I see," Alex made the right choice about who to spend his life with.

"But in return I should probably tell my true name as I did with Alex," now that caught my attention.

"Could she also be one? One of us?" I thought.

"My true name is Ayame Gilgamesh, descendant of the King of Heroes," she states with pride, most likely of her lineage.

"Mother fucker. I was not expecting that. That is a big name (not literally, rather metaphorically). Gilgamesh was not an ordinary Hero in the slightest. You really know how to pick them Alex."

"Well …. I can't say I expected that," I finally respond with a shocked face.

She stares at me before she starts laughing.

"You two really are siblings, he had the exact same face when I told him," she says in between laughs.

"I think anyone would," I retort, "Gilgamesh wasn't just A Hero, he was THE Hero."

"I am well aware of that."

"So, can you use any abilities of Gilgamesh's abilities?" I ask curiously. Gilgamesh was The First Hero, so information about him in this era is very obscure.

She shakes her head, "No one has been able to unlock it before. Though there is a theory that there are certain requirements for it to appear, kind of like a Sacred Gear," she responds.

"That's pretty inconvenient. Are you sure that there are even any abilities of him having an ability to pass on?"

"There have been a few hints that there is at least one ability every now and then but nothing concrete."

"I see," must be hard being targeted for your lineage, yet you can't use anything of said lineage.

"Moving on from that," I try to change the subject, "Do you know if it's a boy or girl?" I ask somewhat excitedly. It's the child of my brother, I was curious, so sue me for wanting to know.

"We found out it was a boy last week," she responds with a smirk.

"You seem a little more happy than usual."

She puts on a bitter smile, "We had a bet about the gender of our child. If it was a girl, her name would be Lily, like the flower. If it was a boy, his name would be Ryuuta. The Ryuu in Ryuuta means dragon in Japanese."

"So, the young man we are going to raise is a dragon, huh," I say with smirk while she gives a slightly confused face.

"We?" she asks.

"Ryuuta along with you will be the last two members of my family, so I will naturally help you through all this. Unless you don't want me to of course," I answer.

She puts on a surprised face before it turns into a happy one.

"No, I would really appreciate the help. I would also like to get to know my sister better."

"I would love that too," I reply with a smile of my own.

The first thing I did was convince her to move near the orphanage I work at, so I could easily look after her. She naturally agreed to this and I hired some movers to help the two of us pack. I took her to a small cottage ten minutes away from the orphanage that my grandmother used to allow guest to rest in.

Every day after for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and any other time I was free, I would go and visit her. We got closer and closer to each other that we were practically like real sisters in the presence of each other.

Sometimes Ayame would have some help from the older kids that had nothing better to do. I could tell she really enjoyed being around children, and the kids just made her even more excited for when her own was born.

At last, after months of waiting her water finally broke. I immediately called an ambulance and they rushed to a nearby hospital.

After waiting the whole night, I realized that something was wrong. Although I had never given birth before, I still read up on all I could after I met Ayame.

It was only three hours later did I get my answer.

Since her baby would not come out of the womb easily, she had to put forth more effort. It seems that it left her in a completely exhausted state, and the exhaustion carried on for more than ten hours.

It led her to death.

"I am sorry Miss Alberts, while we were able to deliver a healthy boy, we were unable to save the mother. Her last words were words of goodbye to her child and hopes that you would be able to take the child in," said the doctor as he handed me Little Ryuuta.

"I will take care of him doctor. Thank you for doing all that you could," I say while holding Ryuuta as closely as I could.

I later left to register Ryuuta a birth certificate and other basic documents. I also had to get a funeral procedure ready for Ayame. I decided to put her to rest right next to Alex, so they may be together for all eternity.

"Life truly is harsh. Ryuuta has already lost so much and he isn't even a day old," I thought in sadness.

Not only that, but one day he will be forced into the supernatural world whether he wants to or not. He won't be a little player either, with his lineage he could be the most targeted person in the supernatural world for a few years.

I also didn't want him to lose his innocence at an early age. So, I decided that unless he somehow found out about the supernatural or his heritage, I wouldn't tell him anything until he was at least 11.

After I took him to the orphanage, time seemed to fly by quickly. Little Ryuuta was such a curious child, always looking around himself to take in the surroundings.

Though if I was upset about one thing, it would be what his first word was. What kind of baby says "Shit" as their first word?!? Evidently Alex's and Ayame's did.

He seemed to have learned it from one of the older children, so I naturally punished him. Although I did think I saw what seemed to be a happy smirk on Ryuuta's face.

"Must be my imagination, after all he is just a baby."

A few more months passed by and nothing to note of happened. Unlike his first words, Ryuuta's first steps went off without a hitch. I also noted that he was an intelligent child who started to read and write faster. It could be that his heritage is causing him to develop faster and reach a "Heroic" state earlier. He seems to have read a few books on maintaining a healthy body and taken it to heart, since he has more energy and speed than the rest of his age group.

One day I saw him swinging a broom handle like it was a sword. It worried me since I knew that Alex was the same way. Using a sword was almost like an instinct for him and it looks like it's the same for Ryuuta. He practices swings everyday without stop, a healthy habit, it will be useful to him in the future. While I don't want him to lose his innocence early, I have no problem with Ryuuta getting a head start.

While I wasn't as good as Alex when it came to sword arts, I still knew the basics; however, I was more focused on magic, so I can still teach him that.

When I helped Ayame pack her things, we made sure to remember to take Alex's sword with us incase it chose Ryuuta as its next wielder.

I distinctly remember the day that Ryuuta brought young Asia with him. They were so cute together! I noticed how she seemed clingy to him and he welcomed her presence. I once saw Ryuuta defending her from a group of kids in the park. They were making fun of her for having no parents, I myself was about to step in, but my help was unnecessary. I saw someone running towards them from the corner of my eye. What I saw not only shocked me but Asia and the bullies as well. Ryuuta came with a decent sized stick in his hands and he started swing at them like there was no tomorrow. I was right when I thought that the instinct to use swords had passed down from my brother. Although it looked sloppy, there was a certain grace to his movements.

Afterwards Asia was even more clingy towards him, she even started to call him "Big Brother Ryuu." Though it seems that Ryuuta picked up some Japanese from nearby tourists and convinced Asia to call him "Ryuu nii-chan."

Since Asia would follow him even when he interacted with me, I too became close to her. I also noticed that she seemed incredibly nice to anyone and everyone she met.

I saw that one-day Ryuuta hurt himself while swinging his broom stick, so reckless. I went to go grab the first aid kit, but when I came back I saw Asia healing him with a green glow coming from her hands. I immediately recognized it as Twilight Healing.

For the sake of safety, I used numerous magical barriers to hide the fact there was a Sacred Gear user in the area. But I knew it was only a matter of time before the Church showed up for her, as they have the most influence in Britain.

When the Church finally arrived, I put down the barriers to remain anonymous. It was incredibly saddening to see Ryuuta and Asia break apart. They both were orphans who depended on each other like real siblings, and they had to be pulled apart. I was in tears at her farewell party.

As I was reminiscing, I did not notice that someone had entered my room.

"Rose," I heard someone call out. I quickly turned around in surprise and saw Ryuuta by the door. I quickly calm myself.

"What is it dear?" I ask.

"Can we talk, it's important," I nod and lead him to a nearby chair, so we can talk comfortably.

"Last night I had a dream," he began, "well not really a dream it was more like a conversation within a mindscape," what on Earth happened?!? Did he awaken something? A conversation with who? Could he have a Sacred Gear as well?

I had a million thoughts running through my mind; however, he continues to speak.

"I met a man in there, he called himself my ancestor, Gilgamesh," I let out a gasp. To think the King of Uruk would be able to communicate with his descendants!

The fact that Gilgamesh was able to do such a thing already implies how strong of a Hero he was, and if Ryuuta was actually able to communicate with him, it only solidifies my belief that he will become very involved with the supernatural in the future.

"He also said that you were most likely my Aunt. Is that true?" he asks the one question that I would have liked to answer when I had planned for it to be answered.

"But it seems things don't always go as planned," I thought regrettably.