Chapter 1: Reborn and Already Done with It

A/N:

" " : Dialogue,

' ' : Thought,

"Italicized text" : Telepathy,

[ ] : Spells, Techniques and Sacred Gear Casts.

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3rd Person POV

In a house in the quaint town of Kuoh, a green haired teenage boy wakes up with a jolt and in a cold sweat. He looks around him in an attempt to find out where he is and how he got here. He sees some posters of different beautiful places in Japan in his room, but something is off about them.

One of those posters is of the Torii gates in Kyoto, but there are people with animalistic features around these gates. Another is of a temple in Tokyo, that happens to also have what looks to be actual living komainu if them licking the boy on the poster is anything to go by. Another is of that same boy playing on the back of a kappa at a stream.

As he tries getting up, his brain is bombarded with memories of a life in this world, his life. The mental shock causes him to wildly spasm on his bed for the next 15 minutes. After the shock had left, he understood. Those were not posters, they were pictures taken of him or by him. The foxes in Kyoto, he took that photo, he was the boy the Komainu were playing with in that other shot. The boy on the kappa's back at the stream was him.

After some time of sorting through the memories of this life and his previous life, he let out a breath that he didn't know that he was holding. "So it happened, huh. I was really isekaid into Highschool DxD as a dragon slayer of all things." He says as he gets up from the bed and heads into the bathroom.

MC POV

I knew I had been reborn, but I wasn't sure that the ROB was going to actually keep their word. Thankfully, I wasn't punk'd and actually got exactly what I had chosen, if spinning a wheel to decide what your next life will be like can be described as choosing.

Getting the important details out of the way. I now know my current name, Natsuhiko Haruki, and I also know my element/attribute, and it's also pretty broken. As for that, it's nature. Yes, I am the Nature Dragon Slayer. Now, for people who don't understand how affinities like this work, they would think that I am only limited to wood or trees or stuff like that, but they'd be extremely wrong.

As the Nature Dragon Slayer, I can use,consume and be immune to every element of nature as long as it doesn't come directly from a divine being, ie; a god. This means that earth, fire, air, water, lightning, life, death, destruction, spirit, even things like electromagnetism, vectors, gravity and the like are subject to my power as realistically, these are all some facet of nature. This effectively makes me have Heavenly Dragon potential from the get-go as I could potentially usurp power from Gaia herself, not that I would. Yet.

*Knock**Knock**Knock*

"Haru, you up? It's time for you to get ready for school!" I hear my dad's voice come from my bedroom door. "Yeah, pops. I'm in the bathroom." I shout back at him. "Alright, speed it up if you want to eat breakfast, your mom's packed a lunchbox for you to carry but she still wants us to eat before leaving." He says and begins walking away. "Okay, I'm coming." I say as I check my body in the mirror.

I've got forest green hair, a considerably chiseled physique, as well as a small scar on my neck. I'm also about 190 centimeters tall or 6 feet 2 inches for those using the imperial system and I'm also currently 15 years old. To be honest, I really just look like Natsu Dragneel with green hair instead of pink and skin that's a bit lighter. After I finish checking myself out, I brush my teeth, head to the bath and clean up.

After I finish cleaning up, I dress up in the Kuoh Academy's boy's uniform and head downstairs for breakfast. "Hey mom. Good morning." I greet my mother, Natsuhiko Hanabi as I come down the last step. "Haru, my baby. Come here and give your mama a hug." She says as she walks up to me and hugs me then kisses my forehead. Yeah, she's really touchy feely, not that it bothers me much, especially since my parents in my past life weren't exactly the epitome of good or supportive. I return the hug and sit down to eat breakfast, it's toast with some eggs and a cup of cocoa. "*clap* Itadakimasu." I say and dig in.

"By the way, I heard from Gorou and Miki that Issei is going to Kuoh High as well. You still gonna try put him on the straight and narrow?" Yes, the Hyoudou family are our neighbors and I've somewhat been friends with their hopeless pervert of a son, Issei, for the past few years now. And I've tried and tried to help him break his perversion streak in all that time, but woe is me, he keeps ignoring my advice.

"I'll try for one more year. If he doesn't take my advice, that's going to be his own headache to deal with." I say as I take the last bite of my food. "I understand that he wants a girlfriend, or rather, he wants girlfriends, but being an irredeemable perv isn't going to help him get said girls." I say, then down the cocoa.

"Speaking of girlfriends, when are you going to get yours, Haru?" My mom asks, causing me to pause. Thankfully, I'd already finished my drink, or I'd have choked and done a spit take while coughing. Turning my head away from her, I simply say, "Eventually.", with a subtle blush on my face. "Hmm, okay then. When you do, don't forget to bring her home, 'kay." She teases, amplifying the blush. "Alright, alright. Geez. I'm heading out." I say as I peck her forehead and hug my dad, grab my lunchbox and backpack, then walk out the door.

Letting go of the restraints I put on my senses, I took in a deep breath, letting my body and energy synergize with my environment. As if responding to my presence, the birds sing in tune, with light squeaks coming from squirrels and other small rodents, chirps of different pitches and tones coming from grasshoppers, crickets and cicadas, all come together to make a symphony of nature.

"Hey, Ruki!" I hear a voice say and open my eyes to see Issei coming out of his home, and I notice something different about him, when compared to him a week ago, that being the last time I'd seen him. He was emitting the scent of a dragon, not from his body, but from his very soul.

"Yo, Ise. I hope for your own sake that you've tried calming down your perverted urges, otherwise school life isn't gonna be particularly pleasant for you." I say as I dap him up. "You always say that." He responds. "Listen to me this once. We might be going to Kuoh Academy, which had been an all-girls school that has now turned co-ed, but that doesn't mean that the girls will throw themselves at you just because. As a matter of fact, it's more likely that they'll stay as far as they can from you if you don't fix your perversion. I mean, look at me. I still have my sexual urges as well as my aesthetic sense of women, but you don't see me acting like a creep and spying on them or trying to grope them without their permission. Fix yourself up well enough, then the girls will come to you." I tell him as we begin walking to school.

"You always say that too. You'll say something like "Fix yourself up, workout, focus on some martial art, stop being a perv.", but it doesn't work for me." He complains. "That's because you only do that for about a week or two then quit. Of course there's no way you'll get any proper results. Try it for about two months, then check yourself. If you don't get any results, then you can be a full-blown degenerate at your leisure." I tell him, causing him to harrumph at me.

"And how exactly do you know that I didn't try?" He says, as if trying to trip me up on a subject I know all too well. "Because I've been in contact with every single gym and dojo you went to, Issei. That's how I know." I say, shutting him up, until he chooses to say what is probably the most absurd thing I've heard come from his mouth. "My God, you're a gay stalker."

As the words leave his mouth, a vein pops on my temple and I knock his head while he laughs at my reaction. "Either way, I was able to get some info about the school and it turns out, most girls there happen to really hate pervs. The student council president is included in those girls, just so you know. She also hates tardy students, so you better get to running if you don't want to get in trouble." I say playfully. "Wait, why is it that only I have to run?" He asks as he starts jogging. "Simple. Because unlike you, who's been wasting his allowance on porn, I've got enough money to simply call a cab." I say and he grimaces before moving into a full-blown sprint. "I'll show you, damn Ruki!"

Laughing to myself, I snap my fingers, casting a mental dissociation spell, making me nigh imperceptible to the people around me, then I levitate off the ground into the sky, then begin flying towards school at subsonic speeds. In less than a minute, I had reached the street about 40 metres from the school gate. I drop into an alleyway and walk to the gate of the school where I am met by the student council president herself, Souna Shitori, or more precisely, Sona Sitri, heiress to the devil house Sitri and a stickler for the rules.

"Good morning, Shitori-san. How may I help you?" I say in greeting. Before she replies however, I hear rigorous panting coming from behind me and turn my head to see Issei who's sprinted himself ragged. "Damn it. I really thought I could make it this time." He says with a slightly exhausted voice. Looking at Sona from the corner of my eye, I notice her surprise at Issei's current state. 'Looks like we're not getting any peace just yet.' I think to myself, as I know that he'll soon be scouted by Rias' peerage members.

"Good morning, Student Council President." He says while nervously scratching his head. "Good morning, Hyoudou-kun. You're actually early. However, you're looking quite rowdy. Why is your shirt not buttoned up and tucked in, who gave you permission to wear that shirt on our school's uniform?" She says in a berating tone, causing him to jolt back and gulp down saliva. "I..I'll make sure it doesn't happen again." He says with a dramatic bow. "It better not." She responds and heads into the school building, most likely to her office.

Seeing this, Issei breathes out a sigh of relief. "Yo, Issei! Where have you been, man? Matsuda and I have been waiting for you all morning." I hear a somewhat annoying voice say, and look up to see two-thirds of the people that make up the Perverted Trio, Matsuda, a lanky, tall, shaven headed pervert, and Motohama, a glasses wearing, intelligent, panty obsessed pervert. Issei greets them and begins walking away with them, but before they leave, I call him. "Issei, I've given you free advice, take it or leave it. It's your choice." I say, then wave him goodbye as I head to the Student Council office.

Upon reaching the office, I knock on the door and it's opened by the Student Council Vice President, Shinra Tsubaki. Greeting her with a short bow, I walk into the office and see Sona seated with a cup of tea in her hand and a chessboard on her desk. "Natsuhiko Haruki-kun, right?" She asks as she takes a sip of her tea. "Yes, that is correct." She acknowledges my reply and offers me a seat, which I take.

"If you don't mind me asking, what exactly is your relationship with Hyoudou Issei?" She asks as she swirls the tea before taking another sip. "He's my nextdoor neighbor and friend." I reply candidly. "I see. And I take it you know of his particular behaviors and colleagues." She says, referring to his perverted actions and friends. "Yes, I do and I've tried giving him advice to better himself, but so far it's like I've been talking to a brick wall." I say in exasperation.

"I see. Do you know that he is special?" She asks. 'I'm sure that she's referring to the draconic aura that is starting to waft off him, but I'm not even going to touch on that.' I think quickly before answering her. "Yes, and I've known for a while." Maybe I should have worded that better, because Tsubaki got alarmed by what I said and drew out her naginata. "*Sigh* So much for keeping a low profile." I say, then release the restraints on my power, instantly pressuring them to their knees.

"You were asking about the draconic aura on Issei and I knew that. But I wasn't even going to talk about it." I say as I get up from the chair. "I am quite surprised though. The younger sisters of two Satans were put in charge of a quaint town like Kuoh. Granted, it's the land that the Takamagahara had allowed the devils to control in Japan, but I expected less important figures to be the ones taking care of it. Do you mind explaining that to me?" I say as I slowly lessen the pressure on their bodies.

"There was a devil that was in charge of Kuoh before, but they're currently deceased. Lucifer-sama and Leviathan-sama saw this as an opportunity for their younger sisters to recruit some members for their peerages while also having a base in the human world." Tsubaki managed to say under the pressure. "Hmm, I see. So you planned on 'recruiting' Issei into your peerage, right?" I say to Sona and she nods.

"You know, Issei might already be a lost cause as far as his pervertedness is concerned, but he's still my friend. So understand this and make sure to relay it to the Crimson Princess of Ruin; no matter what happens, Issei will only enter either of your peerages by choice and not by circumstance, ie, he must not be harmed as a result of your actions to get him into your peerage, otherwise you both will pay for it dearly, capisce?" I say to Sona and she nods in acceptance. "Good." I release them from the pressure.

Looking at their physical condition, I knew I had wounded them, so I tossed some green flames at them, causing them to get startled and try backing away, but the flame hit them faster than they could move. The looks on their faces changed from fear to confusion to shock as they felt their wounds mend and their bodies slightly strengthen. "Those are life flames, pretty good for healing. You can take that as my apology for the overbearing act earlier." I tell them as I walk out of the office and to my classroom, which just so happens to be Issei's classroom as well. 'And here I was thinking I could at least relax for the next week. So troublesome.'

Chapter End.

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