Tribulations of the God-Harem King [Highschool DxD/Exalted] (CLOSED)

What happened after that?

You blink. Slowly at first, then faster. You look around. "I'm in Tzatli? Does this mean-!"

"PAAAAARTNEEEERRRR!!" Twenty tons worthy of legendary dragon smash into you. "You're safe!!"

"AAAAARRRGGGHHH!!!" You feel more than half of your body being crushed to paste. "Get off me! Get off me! I'm dying! Don't hug me! DDDDDRAAAAAIIIGGGGG!!!!"

He releases you and starts crying. Yes, crying! "I didn't know what was going on. I was worried you know?"

"Stop that. It's creepy." You deadpan.

"Fufuh. They got along so well. I'm almost jealous."

"No I agree with the kid. That's creepy. Since when Ddraig is sentimental?"

"I believe it's called 'character development'. What do you think fair lady?"

"It's Empress for you peons."

"Hai, hai."

Bright-sensei's voice. And also unknown voices. You stand up and walk past Ddraig to see what's going on.

People. The same age or older than you. Male and female. Wearing all manners of clothes. Some are walking around in wonder, while the rest, together with Bright, are watching you with anticipation.

"...It says a lot that after everything that happened to me I don't have the force to be shocked anymore." You raise a timid answer. "So, in order: who are you people? Why Boosted Gear stopped working? What happened after it started working again? Can someone please answer those questions?"



"Fufuh. Please allows us to give you the answer you search, Sekiryuutei. My name is Elsha." A young woman with long wavy blonde hair and green eyes says.



"And I am Belzard. Nice to meet you, Hyodo Issei." A fashionably dressed man continues.

"They are the Sekiryuutei of the past, the former possessors of Boosted Gear." Ddraig, having recovered, explains.

"The former possessors of Boosted Gear? Does this mean you're my sempai?" Your eyes light up in wonder. "Wait. If so, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be...dead?" You try to be as polite as possible.

"True. All of us are, technically, dead." Elsha makes a sad smile. "Sadly, when God created Boosted Gear and Divine Dividing he also added a potent curse to them."

"You mean Juggernaut Drive?"

"That is part of the whole curse." Belzard continues. "The truth is that when a host of the Boosted Gear dies, no matter how, their memories are zombified and stored inside the Boosted Gear, while their feelings of pain and regret are used to intensify the power of the curse."

"..." You stare at them in shocked silence.

Then you choke Ddriag. "USELESS DUMB OVERGROWN LIZARD!!!"

"Gh-! Gah-! Uah--!!"

"Why didn't you tell me? What were you waiting for? For me to kick the bucket? Die die die!!!"

"Please calm down Issei-kun." Elsha tries to soothe you. The slight amused smile on her lips is unmistakable though. "Ddraig merely wished to avoid putting a heavy weight on your shoulders. He meant well."

You relax the hold and look at Ddraig. "Is it true?"

"Ha-! Yes..whee.." He wheezes. "Though, some times I just forget-! Gah!"

"Die die die!!!" You start choking him again.

After a few minutes they manage to calm you down. Ddraig is purple, but you don't deign him of a glance. "So..." You look around at your sempai. "Why don't you look...zombified?"

"It's because the curse is GOOOONEEEEE!!" A guy your age happily cries from the back.

"Like that?" You say in disbelief.

"Of course not." Belzard waves an hand. "It was a very strong curse. Me and many others try vary different methods when we were alive, but they all failed. That is-" He points at Bright. "Until the fair- I mean Empress came."

"I told you once, right? The Exaltation burns away all defects from the host at the time of the Second Breath." Bright leans forward, one hand sliding down her shapely leg. "Probably due to its uncertain nature it didn't remove Boosted Gear, but it registered the curse as such and so it purged it. However, by doing so it damaged the Sacred Gear quite badly."

"Is that why..." You put two and two together. "At the beginning, Boosted Gear didn't work like normal and didn't boost my power?"

"Correct. That's also why I heavily modified the Gear, to compensate the loss."

"A lot of good it did!" Someone cries. "You only made things worse, you crook!"

Five seconds later Bright is dragging the screaming guy away, various instruments of torture forming in her hands.

After you all wince Elsha continues the explanation. "However, even if damaged Boosted Gear is capable of self-regeneration. It took awhile, mostly because it needed to adapt to your new powers, but finally during the last battle the Gear kind of...'rebooted'."

"And we all got dumped here." Belzard smirks. "Meanwhile you Boosted to the maximum, defeated the youkai and fainted. It's a bit more complicated than that, but for now this is good. About us all...well, we're stuck here, so do you mind if for the time being we live here?"

"Uh? Sure, I don't mind. Go ahe...ad..." You start feeling sleeping. You close your eyes for a moment.

And disappear.

"Puoo." Elsha pouts. "He woke up."

"Uhmm..." Belzard humms. "I'm going to explore the city. Who want to come?"

"Me! Me!"

"I'm in!"

"Count me on."

"I want porn mag. With lolis."

They all turn and stare at the last one who spoke.

"What?"

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"...You are...awake." The first thing you see when you woke up are the very close light purple eyes of Shigure-san. "How...do you feel?"

"Uhm.." You move your shoulder. "Sore, but okay. How long I was out?"

"Just a couple of hours." You turn your head and see the Elder sitting to the side together with the others Masters. "Akisame and Shio explained to me what happened. How unlucky, to find such a dangerous and aggressive youkai so close to the city. But everyone is safe, and that's what matters."

"But damn, keep your strength under control brat." Sasaki crushes a beer's can. "After those strange gloves appeared on your hands you just stood there before suddenly attacking the youkai. You punched it so hard that it was like a bomb went off!"

You stand up and remove the wet cloth from your forehead. "Sorry about that: for various reasons my Gear had an unstable phase. But it's over now. Are the other truly okay?"

"Yes." Kensei says proudly. "I personally examined them. The pollen they inhaled was soporiferous, not poisonous. I administered an ancient Chinese remedy, they will wake up soon."

"An Honoka?"

"She fainted too, but for different reasons." Akisames seems tense. "Maybe you don't remember, but before you defeated the youkai many plants, moving on their own, attacked it and brought Honoka to safety. It was her doing: Honoka awoke a Sacred Gear."

Your right eyebrow twitches. "...You aren't joking."

"I'm afraid not. I saw it happening before: her internal ki shows traces of a foreigner energy that is without doubt from a Sacred Gear."

"Damn." You clench your hand. "If it isn't one thing it's another. Where is she?"

"She is-"

Woosh!

"Hyodo-nii!" Honoka opens the sliding door and tackles you.

"Off!"

"Are you alright? Did that big bully hurt you?" She looks all over your body. "Let Honoka check it out."

"I am okay." You grab her by the back of the shirt and delicately push her away. "Listen Honoka-chan. We need to talk about what happened at the church."

"About what?" She blinks owlishly. "If it is about my Sacred Gear don't worry: Eibi-nii explained it to me already."

"Yes it's about-" You stop, your eyes widen. The Masters mirror your action. "...Who is this 'Eibi-nii'?"

"I met him in my dreams. His real name is Ei-ch-bi-nil something, but I call him Eibi-nii because it's easier." She explains with a big smile. "He's a talking deer-ah no a stag. He said I have this thing called Sacred Gear with his spirit inside: it's called Innovate Clear, and he also said it is special because it's something called Loni...Longi..."

"Longinus." Your eyes lose focus. "[Innovate Clear], the [Miniature Garden of the Green Tree of Innovation]. One of the Thirteen Longinus."

"Yeah! That!"

You raise your head above.

'Damn you God!!!'

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"A Longinus. A freaking Longinus." You walk back and forth. You throw your arms up. "What are the chances?!"

"Astronomical low." Akisame replies. Only you, him, the Elder, Kensei and Sasaki are in the room: Apachai and Shigure are with Honoka in another room, keeping an eye on the sleeping kids. "This complicate things enormously."

"Why?" Sasaki leans against the wall and crosses his arms over his chest. "Just because she has a rare item it doesn't means bad guys will automatically start to target her."

"They will. Even without a Longinus." You grimly interrupt.

"...Why do you say that?" Kensei looks up with a serious expression.

"...What I am about to say it's a secret in the History Compilation Committee. I don't know all the details." You clench your fists. "Recently a lot of Sacred Gear users, and other people with special powers, started disappearing all around Japan. The same it's happening in China and Oceania. The Committee believes it is the work of a single organization who is forcefully recruiting humans with special powers. For what aim, they don't know yet."

After your words the air in the room grows heavier.

"The hell!" Sasaki punches a hole in the wall. "I won't let some guys with shady intentions lay even a finger on Honoka!"

"We all share the same sentiments Shio." The Elder strokes his beard in contemplation. The others nod in agreement. "However, with the supernatural involved even us may be caught off guard. Tell me Hyodo-kun: what does Honoka's Longinus does?"

"...[Innovate Clear] allows the user to create and manipulate any and all plants. Only in an area around the user, and this area can at most covers a small island. However, the true potential lies in the second power. Eikþyrnir, the spirit inside the Gear, is an ancient spirit of knowledge who learned the secrets of the world by eating part of Yggdrasill, the World's Tree. It gives Innovate Clear the ability to stimulate ingenuity, making people learn incredibly fast and so well they become true genius. If used efficiently it can make even the most talented student into a very prodigy."

"Knowledge as a weapon. How dreadful." Akisame comments.

"Uhm...Hyodo-kun, what did you do when you discovered to have a Longinus yourself?"

"If you're asking me if I was targeted for it, the answer is yes." I admit. "I was weak then, so to ensure mine and my parents' safety I was recommended to align myself to a trustworthy faction. So I did." Telling them you're allied with Devils...yeah, it's not the right moment.

"Then we will do the same."

"Old man?" Sasaki blinks in confusion.

"Hyodo-kun. I don't have all the answers yet, but I can tell you right away that all our allies will accept the Committee's request of collaboration." He looks at you with a serious expression, one radiating authority and raw charisma. "And our first request in this collaboration will be to ask the Committee to help us protect Honoka and contain the news of her being a Longinus User."

Now you know why they follow him.

The old man is frikking awesome.

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Sayanomiya Kaoru, who in truth is a 'she' rather than a 'he', is compiling important documents on her desk, in her personal office, when her phone rings. She picks it up. "Hello?"

"Sayanomiya-san?" Hyodo Issei's, the Sekiryuutei, voice. "I call from Ryozanpaku."

"Hello Hyodo-san." She smiles. "Is everything alright?"

"Yes, yes. It's not certain yet, but they are almost ready to accept the invitation. However, while I was there something...happened and now they have a request."

"What is it?" Her hand keeps holding a pen and writing. "Nothing too serious I hope."

"Kinda." Hesitation. "Well, to put it bluntly: I discovered a new Longinus user, the possessor is the little sister of the dojo's only disciple, and the Masters want the Committee help so that she can live a normal life."

The pen falls from Sayanomiya's hand.

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Ryōzanpaku Arc: Complete.

+4 Xp for successfully mediating
+2 Xp for defeating an elder youkai with help
+5 Xp for completing the quest

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A few days later

"You look tired Ise." Rias asks with worry.

"Just mentally Rias." You pass a hand over your eyes. "A lot happened on my trip. I managed to find a solution to everything, but it wasn't easy."

Convincing Honoka to keep her new powers a secret from Kenichi and her family? Mediating between the Committee and Ryozanpaku? Training in the dojo's underground room for three days and three nights to complete the new Charms learning?

Not easy at all.

"Do I want to know?" She smiles teasingly.

You peek through your fingers with one eye. "I don't think that tea will be enough to calm your nerves."

"...No, I don't want to know." She deadpans.

"Anyway." You clap your hands together. "There is a little something I came up with recently, and I think you will be interested..."

Time skip of: one Week! In the meantime, decisions!

Choose who to make a Half-Caste (be aware than temporary Willpower will not be refilled until the next story. Learn the corebook to see how to recover Willpower):
[] Asia
[] Ruby
[] Yang

Issei decided to try the Charm "Dragon Steals The Root Method":
[] Decide who is included in the group (up to 10 people. Read other requirements)
-[] Decide what to teach.
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Aaaand, stop. I will answer your questions in another post.