I will become God-Harem King of the World! [Highschool DxD/Exalted] (CLOSED)

Touché.
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The foliages moves.

And then light erupts from them. Light and flames, great tongues of fire licking the area around your group and forming a ring all around the clearing.

"What the-? An attack?" Rias shouts in worry, Power of Destruction forming in her hands. Akeno's hands crackles with electricity, while Kiba projects two demonic swords. The F/A Trio create light spears. You prepare to summon Boosted Gear.

Only Koneko does nothing. She just stares ahead before pointing, eyes filled with caution and...wonder. "Look."

There, standing on a thick tree's branch is a raven. It's big, bigger than your head. Its plumage is the color of freshly cut obsidian, a black so intense that seems to both absorb and release light on its own at the same time. On the conjunction to its claws the feathers change to porcelain white. The same feathers are present below its tail. Its eyes are blazing red-orange rubies alit with barely restrained power.

Satooji actually looks very astonished. "Owa! Oh my! That's! That's!"

"Yatagarasu." Koneko finishes for him.

Yatagarasu. Also know as the Sun Raven.

There are many legends that connect the raven, or crow since in Japanese the word for both is the same, to the Sun. In China, there is the legend of the Ten Evil Suns. In Japan, the Three-legged Crow is seen as the avatar of Amaterasu.

However, instead of being unique beings the various Sun Ravens are all part of a large species of supernatural beings: those recorded in myth were all exceptional individuals empowered by divine power. The part about them having three legs is also false: simply put, since Yatagarasu has white feathers above its claws people would confuse those below his tail as a third claw. In term of power, they are easily at the same level of a Tengu.

But why one appeared before you?

"Is that a familiar?" Kala asks.

"No way!" Satooji quickly denies. "Yatagarasu are sacred beings! They're mutually exclusive to Devils. They would never contract one: instead they would probably burn him to a crisp with their powerful flames that are said to be as hot as the wrath of Heaven itself!"

"Then why is it here?" Kiba comments.

"...Here for someone." Koneko says. Indeed, the raven's eyes are firmly fixed in a certain direction. They follow the invisible line, that ends...

"Sun-boy?"

On you.

Without saying a word you stay back at the raven, refusing to break eye contact even for blinking. In its inhuman eyes you can sense great intelligence, and also that its full attention is wholly focused on you.

"Are you here for me?" You ask loud.

Yatagarasu tilts its head. Confirmation.

"Why?"

In response it opens it beck and releases a fireball that soars above your head a tree, quickly incinerating it.

"...Challenge."

"Looks like it." You roll your shoulder, excitement actually filling you with a certain...trepidation.

"Ise-kun..." Rias says with concern in her voice.

"It's here for me, so it's only proper that I take care of it personally." You grin. "Beside, I don't plan to lose."

Rias seems conflicted before sighing. "Alright. But if this goes too far I will save you, proper or not."

She doesn't know how much those words mean to you. "Thank you Rias." You flash a thumb-up at her surprise expression as you step forward. "You and the whole Club, I'm glad to have friends like you."

"Ohi, Sun-boy!" You hear Dohna shouts. "Don't you dare die: the one who will burn you to a crisp...is me!"

"...What he said. Minus the last part: I don't care one bit about you. Your death would just be a bother since I would then be forced to fight myself."

"I don't know if I want to encourage you, but do your best Hyodo-san!"

You thought of those guys as villains? What a mistake.

They're just assholes.

"Tell me if you need a sword Ise-kun!"

"...Don't die."

"Surely this isn't a difficult adversary for you? Beat it blue!"

Rias collects her breath before posing with confidence. "Ise! Win!"

As you flash them the "V" of victory you finish positioning yourself to a point where you can move easily and, furthermore, that puts the others out of the line of fire.

Yatagarasu regards you silently.

CAH!

Then it caws ponderously, the flames around it converging and shooting like a beam at you.

BOOM!

""Ise-kun!""

Your friends shouts in worry.

Only for you to reappear five yards away from the explosion, strong air currents swirling around your limbs and body.

"Dragon Technique..." You point both fingers at the Raven. "Whirlwind Sprint!"

With a flash Boosted Gear appears, while your Aura burns brightly around your body.

[BOOST!]

"You...chose the wrong opponent."

[] Write-in.
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Personal Essence: 17/17
Peripheral Essence: 32/40
Committed (Personal): 0
Committed (Peripheral): 5
Committed (Total): 5

Willpower: 7/8

Overdrive Pool: 9