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"Hello" Person Talking

'Nova' Person Thinking

[Tsu-kun] Origin Talking

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Highschool DxD: The Unchained

Chapter 4: The Journey Of A Pawn In The Quest Of Power.

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First Year- Fifth Month

It has been two months ever since Tatsuo fought and killed those stray devils and he started training in magic under the guidance of Irene Scarlet who is Erza's mother and Kayla's mother's bishop and one of the most strongest reincarnated devils.

At first the lady outright refused to do anything else than provide him reading material i.e. books on magic, spell books and grimoires when Tatsuo asked for some tips saying she didn't want anything to do with a male. Apparently she has a strong distaste against all malekind.

And you know what Tatsuo did?

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He shrugged her off, taking the books from her and then blatantly ignored her in favour of reading the books.

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If there is one thing that you don't do when a strong magician is around then it is ignoring them. And you especially don't ignore one if the said magician is a WOMEN!

But thankfully Irene had more restraint than other so thankfully she didn't blast Tatsuo into oblivion. The only sign of irritation she displayed was the twitching eyebrow. She wasn't used to this kind of treatment and that made her curious as to why he treated her like he did. Was he ignorant? No, the boy while rather plain looking didn't look like some ignorant fool and she knew well that Kayla wouldn't keep her servants ignorant or hold information like a certain red-haired heiress.

But then she noticed a familiar glint in her eyes. So she secretly followed (stalked) and after watching him train seriously she changed her mind and she appeared a week later declaring that Tatsuo was going to be her apprentice for the time being.

Saying that training under Irene was putting him through hell would be an understatement.

That women was a sadist. She knew it. Tatsuo knew it and she knew that Tatsuo knew it and did nothing to hide it. But Tatsuo never backed down and absorbed anything she threw at him like a sponge with his natural genius and with the help of TOM he progressed quickly.

He also started training under Erza and Leone. The first few days training could be described in two words.

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But after a while Tatsuo got hang of the new training and was able to hold of against those two. Erza even gave him some helpful tips that helped him improve his sword style.

Tatsuo had to give up on underground fighting but he still visited Shizume for... Stuff and that's all what Shizume wanted. He also graduated from the Dojo and Jake have him a silver pendant as a gift for becoming the first to graduate this soon and as a parting gift. 'Be in touch though kiddo' he added.

Aside from training he also began his separate research on magic. He found the idea of creating his own magic appealing and so he is doing what he should. Learn all there is to learn.

And so we find Tatsuo in his room.

It's late midnight but Tatsuo is still awake, sitting and typing into his PC. The appearance of the room has changed a lot and it looked more like a Magician's den or a mad scientist's laboratory than a teenagers bedroom. There were piles of different books on floor, bookshelf and table. The walls of the room were also barely visible as almost every inch of walls were covered in charts contain drawings of magic circles, glyphs and strange language or all of the three in one.

Tatsuo's appearance hadn't changed a lot but he got a bit taller and his face was also sharper. He was currently wearing a white long sleeved, t-shirt that was one size bigger and cargo shorts.

"*Arg*... I have tried everything I know but nothing seems to be working with this combination? What am I doing wrong?" Tatsuo sighed in defeat as he looked at computer screen with analytic eye. The screen was blinking and displaying intricate patterns forming a magic circle. Tatsuo researching magic, was trying to make his own spells with more power and effectiveness and he was successful to some extent but at a point he seemed to hit an invisible wall which he couldn't pass through-. Tatsuo's eyes widened a little in realization as he took a sip from his coffee. "I'm not doing anything wrong it seems that I don't have enough knowledge to progress and achieve a breakthrough. If I want to achieve this breakthrough I have learn more! I need to acquire more knowledge!... But how? I have already learnt everything useful the Saleos library had to offer (glances at the pile behind) and have made a bunch of new spells and modified many old ones two... But this isn't going to be enough... What should I do?"

[Umu~ Tsu-kun deep in thought again?] Gin's cheerful voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Gin-chan? No, it's just that-"

[I know everything silly. I am in your head after all, hehe] Gin giggled as Tatsuo scratched his head in embarrassment. [And you will be glad to know that I have a plan]

Tatsuo sat up straight and paid attention to Gin.

[You have already learnt, mastered and even improved all what was given you. So it's time for you to step out of your bounds and expand your skill set, and for that you will have to leave this place and travel!] Gin said causing Tatsuo's eyes to widen.

"What?! No! I can't do that! I can't leav-" Tatsuo begin but his protests were cut short.

[Listen Tsu-kun. I know you don't want to leave but you will have to if you want to grow more stronger. You can't grow if you shelter yourself and you too know it well. If you want to protect yourself and the ones you love the you will have to! There's no other way! You may think you may be powerful knowing all these spells you know and you are right in a way! You can defeat middle-class or even high-class devils but this is a world where there are beings that can destroy a this small town with a flick of their finger and even after knowing all this you are nowhere near that level!] Gin snapped which caused Tatsuo to recoil a bit. Tatsuo processed her words and clenched his fist realising the truth in her words.

"You... You are right... I am not strong enough..." Tatsuo said remembering his vow which caused his eyes to harden. "Alright Gin-chan. I'll start preparing but what am I going to do on th-"

[Don't worry 'bout that stuff I have got it all planned! You just pack your stuff and get that Saleos girl to agree and grant you permission. The trip will likely take seven months] Gin said as Tatsuo nodded.

"... *sigh*... should do it now..." Tatsuo sighed and started packing what he needed and placed it into his own dimensional storage.

Oh? I failed to inform you before that Tatsuo managed to create his own dimensional storage by analysing Erza when she used her re-equip magic. It took a lot of time and effort but he managed to do it.

Next Day

Tatsuo and Kayla sat face to face as they both stared at each other neither giving any hint of emotions. The rest of the peerage except Esdeath looked at eachother a bit uncomfortable with the tense atmosphere.

The morning Tatsuo had rushed to KAC instead going to classes and announced his desire to go on a training trip alone and by the look on his face he was kidding. Kayla and Tatsuo have been arguing since a long hour and Kayla was cornered so she opted to play the stare game and so they were doing that right now.

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"... You should back down my dear pawn"

"... Right back at you my dear king"

"... You don't know when to back down do you Tsu-kun?"

"... Hah! Learnt from the best La-chan"

The last comment caused Kayla to blush as she averted her gaze causing Tatsuo to smirk inside.

"*sigh* Do you really have to go Tsu-kun?"

"Yes, Kayla-sama this... I need to do it then only I will be able to truly support you! Please Kayla-sama! This is the last thing I will ever ask for!" Tatsuo said as he suddenly got up and bowed down. His statement caused everyone's eyes to soften a bit but none more than Kayla's who looker ready to cry but held herself back.

She walked around the Table and hugged Tatsuo closely.

"You don't have to be so hard on yourself. You are all and more than whatever I had ever hoped to get as a pawn Tsu-kun and I am very happy that you willing to go so far for me... Even though I want to stop you from going, from leaving me, I won't stop you... You know why?" Kayla whispered softly into Tatsuo's ears. "Because... Because... I really, really love you and I want you to be happy too"

Tatsuo was stunned into silence his face the same pink as Kayla's hair. Kayla pulled back and Tatsuo saw the familiar look of adoration and love in her eyes. The same loom Shizume has every time she looks at him.

"And if you are going to be happy doing this then so be it... I will allow you to go but you have to promise you WILL become stronger when you return..." Kayla smiled and so did Tatsuo.

"I promise Kayla-sama!"

"Good!" Kayla smiled kindly then her smile turned mischievous "Also~ When you come back you better make it up to me for all this."

"Oh I will!" Tatsuo smirked but stiffened when Kayla leaned forward once again and pressed her ample bosom against Tatsuo's chest.

"And we'll also talk about your little girlfriend~ You understand Tsu-kun~? Good..." Kayla smirked and leaned back.

'...Shit...'

[Yeah... Shit is the right word... At least she doesn't seems to have problem] Gin chirped but was ignored.

"I'll handle the paperwork here and say that you are being sent to another school in Europe as an honour student till new semester starts. You should inform your family or did you?"

"No I haven't and I'd rather not tell them" Tatsuo sighed. His relation with his family hadn't improved if anything it may have only become worse. With all the time he spent training he was hardly home. Sometimes he wouldn't come for two-three days and that didn't sit well with Taiga who all of a sudden gained interest in what he was doing and who is hanging out with. Tatsuo never have her an answer and ignored her.

Isabella was similar she had tried to talk to him but he would just ignore her or walk away giving half-assed excuses. Well she was upset and had threw a tantrum and tried to berate him but Tatsuo never reacted and after a while she pulled back and was trying to gain information from others.

"Well then you should go without telling them, I will send them the word that you have been sent. Also do you need money for your travels?"

"No, thank you Kayla-sama I have enough money to last till the end of my travels. But can you give me an accurate book of the magic communities around the world if you have" Tatsuo said.

"Oh are you sure you don't want more? Alright and wait for a minute I'll get the book." Kayla said and left only to minute later. "Here. While it doesn't have all the communities listed here because some are rather secretive it has the most covered."

"Thank you Kayla-sama. For every thing" Tatsuo said sincerely. Kayla just smiled and waved him off.

"You better come back soon and safe!"

"I will!"

Tatsuo left on his trip the same night. The rest of peerage had gathered in club room to bid him farewell.

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"Sooo... Where should we go first?" Tatsuo asked Gin as she hummed in thought.

[America is a good place to start...]

"Really?... Alright then America it is..." Tatsuo took a deep breath, creating a teleportation circle and stepping on it. "Well then, let the journey began"

And in a flash of light he disappeared.

Timeskip (I want to keep what happens in the journey... Well most of it...)

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Tatsuo laughed as he sat surrounded by people who looked feral. He sat drinking some beverage from a wooden mug as an elderly man talked to him. Tatsuo nodded and raised his had as it glowed with a light blue aura.

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Tatsuo sat in a room of an inn as he read a book with a pretty woman across him, with silver hair, green eyes and elven features smiled at him.

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Tatsuo was sitting under water with stones tied to his torso anchoring him as he sat in a lotus position, eyes closed completely still with only hair flowing. Suddenly a red aura stared slipping through his pores and the water current turned violent.

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Tatsuo was in a workshop hammering, red hot metal, sweating and panting heavily but not giving in with a gruff, dwarf, middle-age man leaning against the stone wall grinning warmly in Tatsuo's direction.

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Tatsuo smiled nervously as a brown haired, blue eyed, buxom lady cheerfully dragged him around a small village.

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Tatsuo smiled wryly as he once again sat surrounded by people wearing fancy robes and hats who were laughing at the sight of two identical girls with pink hair and violet eyes fighting with each others and spitting curses.

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Tatsuo stood panting and bleeding as he was surrounded by ten shadowed figure with black wings. The one who appeared to be the leader had 3 pair of wings.

The leader with blue hair and grey eyes smirked arrogantly at Tatsuo. Tatsuo took a deep breath and closed eyes. He clenched his fist as a violent red aura began slipping out of his pores enveloping his body in a red glow. His eyes snapped open glowing with a red hue as he smirked raising his hand as a red magic circuit appeared infront of his hand and began emitting a large amount of mana. Causing the leader to pale and others to turn pale and sweat in fear.

A moment later multiple red circles appeared across the sky. Muttering something Tatsuo raised his hands up and in a swift movement brought it down. As the sky lit up in a bright light.

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Tatsuo wearing a black tattered cloak over black, red trim robes walked down a dusty road as he looked back at a town and smiled and waving at the folks who came to see him of. He waved back and turned raising the hood and with a flicker disappeared into the wind.

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Tatsuo with hood down walked into what appeared to be the passage of a crystal cave whose wall and ground was made by light blue crystals.

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Tatsuo walked into a large room with different crystals with tall pillars of jade.

In the middle of the room was a large chest halfway into the crystal ground, made up of black and blue crystals.

And behind the chest was a stairway that led to a worn out crystal sword that was pierced half way into the ground.

The blade while worn and somewhat broken still looked majestic. With a silvery crystal blade with dark blue-almost-black kanji, a straight cross guard and a black grip.

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Tatsuo opened the chest as his eyes widened before he smiled in delight.

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Tatsuo walked up the stairway and stood in front of the sword. Talking a deep breath he gripped the hilt and began pulling. The kanji of the sword lit up, glowing azure blue and the blade shining.

Familiar violent red aura began slipping out of Tatsuo and was being put into the sword as Tatsuo roared his veins bulging. The cave began shaking and the group, walls, pillars, stairs began to crack and as the sword came out of the floor, it cracked and started to fall. Tatsuo who was stunned didn't have time to react as he too fell beneath falling with the rubble.

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Tatsuo groaned his eyes opened. He got up looking around. He was on a floor similar to the floor on which he was before it fell apart except the pillars had incarnate design and were made from glowing purple crystal-glass.

Tatsuo's eyes widened and staggered backwards as his eyes fell on the something.

The room was more of a grand hall with a square setting. The two side on Tatsuo's had the pillars stationed from each other at equal distance and on the other side of the hall trapped into the clear crystal wall was a mystic creature that has appeared in many myths.

Inside the wall was a dragon. While the dragon wasn't as big as some like the Dragon Gods or the Dragon Emperors the Dragon was still bigger than Dragon Kings.

The Dragon entire entirely black. Humanoid in appearance it's body was covered with thick black scales and black bone type spikes that protruded out from his elbows shoulders. There was also a bony crown on its head. It's wings were open wide, covered in similar but more thin scales. Large clawed legs and hands.

It was trapped in a position that appeared to be have attacking someone, with one claw raised and its jaw open exhibiting Multiple large, sharp and fatally dangerous teeth. But it's eyes were hollow and life less.

The wall was covered in intricate runes and kanjis forming a seal of sorts. They began to glow as Tatsuo began walking towards the sealed dragon.

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Tatsuo pressed his hands against the seal as the kanji began to glow and the pattern began to shift like some mechanism. Untamed power began to flow out of the seal and began coursing through Tatsuo's veins as his knees buckled and he screamed in pain. Tatsuo's chest began to glow as Gin stared absorbing the power. More and more power began seeping through the seal engulfing Tatsuo in a neon flaming glow.

That's own body began to emit red violent aura which clashed against the green flaming aura causing Tatsuo to scream mightily as his wide eyes turned green with a sharp reptile-like slit. His body emitting blinding glow which consumed the surrounding.

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Tatsuo appeared in his mindscape. His face devoid of any emotion. The space was dark with a black sky and green stars littered across the horizon. He was standing on a watery surface which mirrored the starry sky. Tatsuo turned his head and smiled a bit. Infront of him was a girl who had beautiful features similar to that of a fairy.

The girl was small barely reaching Tatsuo's chest. She had long, flowing slightly curly emerald hair that almost touched the ground. She has clear gem like azure eyes with golden tint, tiny nose and pink kissable pair of lips which were set into an easy smile. She also has pointy elven years and sported a blue gem earing that complimented with her eyes. Even though the girl was small in height she has a very curvy body with full, ample assets which only exhibitied them more due to her size. She wore a white long robe with blue flower pattern that did nothing to hide her figure. (You can guess who this is right?)

She nodded at Tatsuo before multiple shadowy figures surfaced from the water. Taking a stance they all rushed at Tatsuo.

Tatsuo smirked as took his own stance tilting his head as a fist nearly grazed his check he planed his fist into the solar plexus of one of the shadow his hand glowing. The figure was sent flying. Tatsuo spun on his feet avoid another punch as he kicked the back of another before doing a flipped avoiding a punch. Twisting his body he kicked hard sending the figures away. He landed as the water rippled. He closed his eyes, his right hand began emitting a glow as scales began covering his arm and soon his hand transformed into a black scales, sharp clawed arm.

Tatsuo's eyes snapped opened glowing green with a slit. He clenched his hands smirking his canines looked more animalistic than before. Pulling a leg back, with a grunt he dashed towards his opponents his arm pulled back.

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Tatsuo was again in a workshop of sorts as be was working on something. Sparks flew past his face but he kept his eyes trained on the weapon he was working. A while later he stopped and smiled. He stood up and talking the weapon with him. The thing left on the table were his tools and blueprint that displayed intricate magic circuit and design of a gun. Specially a bulky long-barrel handgun.

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Timeskip

Second Year-First Month

The rising sun shone upon the city of Kouh as the town bustled with its regular healthy crowd. On a tower at the centre of the city the wind suddenly shifted and flickered a bit. As figure wearing a long tattered cloak appeared on the tower. The figures face was mostly hidden what not was a thin smile that said it all.

The figure took a deep breath and the smiled widened just a bit as he a strong yet gentle voice said

"I'm back people..."

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Hah! That was bit taxing cause I didn't have any idea what to do to be honest. But I managed somehow!

Anyways from next chapter we will start with the cannon arc! Yay! Fucking finally after 5 chaps! I'm pretty excited and I'm sure all are too!

I hope you liked the chapter even though it wasn't much except a time lapse haha!

Also I've a few more requests for harem member so I guess I'll update the harem list in the next chap! The harem is really getting massive!

Anyways! I'll see you in the next chapter which I'll be posting as soon as I can! If you have any ideas or suggestions then please do tell me.

Next Chapter: The Return, The Change and The Problem.

Till then guys, stay tuned and hope to see you soon!

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