Chapter One: Forged by Madness

Religion had always been one of the basic concepts of humanity. Every day, people would pray to the gods and goddesses high above for their most heart-desired wishes. Whether it was peace, prosperity, fame, or fortune, it didn't matter. Every day they would pray in hopes that the high beings above would answer to their pleas for help and guidance, but not every prayer was always answered.

Christianity, Judaism Buddhism, Hinduism, Catholicism, and so on. Each and every one of these religions had their own versions of gods and or goddesses, and biblical/mythological creatures that were both good and evil. The beings that were mostly and widely known throughout various religions were the Three Factions, or most commonly known as the Angels, Devils, and Fallen Angels.

Long ago during the olden times of mankind, the Three Factions were waged into a long and brutal civil war with each other that lasted for over three centuries. Thousands of Angels, Devils, and Fallen Angels alike were slain in the bloody, gruesome war, including the God of the Bible and the Four Great Satans, but in the end, it was the Devils who had gotten hit the hardest. Sick, beaten, crippled, and tired of all the fighting and pointless deaths the war had caused, the three factions had decided to end the war and try to remain as neutral as they could, though sadly, smaller battles between the factions had still been fought.

Even with the after effects of the Great War, the Three Factions were still able to remain in their neutral boundaries while only a few squabbles between renegade soldier happened every once in a while. Through time and effort, the Angels and the Devils were able to rebuild most of their forces while also retaining their leadership. Everything had gone back to the way it was before the Great War. The humans still worshipped their gods, the said deities would answer their prayers, and the Three Factions had been able to live in somewhat harmony with each other. It seemed like all would be normal as usual.

But what if there were other gods and creatures far beyond the reaches of the solar system that even the gods of earth weren't even aware of?

Screams of pain and agony echoed throughout a hospital hallway and various doctors and nurses quickly rushed through carrying bags of fresh blood and syringes filled with morphine. The screams growing louder and louder the further they ran until they reached a door at the end of the hallway and quickly opened it revealing a woman with long, brown hair on a hospital bed hooked up to the nearby machines by her bedside. She was currently sweating and panting heavily with tears of pain in her eyes as she tightly clutched the hand of man with short, spiked brown hair wearing glasses, who was doing his best to comfort the woman while at the same time trying to ignore the pain in his hand.

The doctors and nurses sprinted inside as they replaced the old blood bags with the fresh new ones on the rack that was near the woman's bed with a tube that was connected to a needle going into the woman's wrist. One of the doctors quickly ran over to the side of the bed and checked the heart monitor and sighed as it continued bleeping at a steady pace. He then went over the end of the bed where the nurses rolled over a small cart, which he happily thanked them for before turning over to the woman.

"You're doing great Mrs. Hyoudou. We just need you to take a few deep breaths before pushing. We know you're in a lot of pain but the sooner we get this done the better."

The woman gave a slight, teary nod before taking some deep breathes before putting force into her torso. The inside of her oversized stomach felt like it was on fire as she tried to bite her lip through the labor pains. Her husband, although also still in pain from his wife's sharp grip on his hand, continued to gently rub her back with his other hand while whispering words of encouragement into his wife's ear.

"You're doing excellent honey. Please, just a little harder and you can finally have all the rest you deserve. Just think of how happy we'll be when this is done. We're finally going to have a real family."

The wife could only give another silent nod as she continued pushing and pushing. Each and every time felt like shards of glass were leaving her body only to make room for more. But even through all the pain she was experiencing, the mere thought of her future family seemed to make it less painful. Finally, after months of continuous nausea and mood swings, they were finally going to have their first baby and become a real family. She could hardly contain her tears of joy when she found out she was pregnant. After burning through most of their savings in order to buy toys, clothes and even furniture for the baby's new room, all that was left was the long, nine-month wait and all the side effects that came with it.

A sudden jolt in her abdomen quickly shut down any remaining thoughts she had in her head before she let out another agonizing scream. Tightening her hold on her husband's hand, she grumbled in pain as her contractions became worse and worse as she tried her best to try to fight through the pain. The nurses continued working the machines while keeping the bags of blood and morphine in check. The doctor put on a pair of rubber gloves before looking back at the woman.

"Alright, we're almost done here. The baby's almost out. All I need you to do is give one last, hard push Mrs. Hyoudou then you're done."

Through tears of pain, the woman gave one more firm nod before taking a couple more deep breathes and, with all the strength she had left, unleashed all of the pressure within her body towards her abdomen.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" she shrieked at the top of her lungs as she pushed with all her might. Her entire stomach felt like it was on fire as she continued to push. Her screams were so loud they echoed all the way out the door and through the entire hallway.

"That's it… almost there…. Keep going, and… here it is!" yelled the doctor in a joyful tone.

Finally, after what seemed like years of torture, the woman gave out a long sigh of absolute relief as the pain slowly subsided and she felt a sudden weight being lifted from her body. Through exhausted, half-lifted eyes, the woman was able to see the doctor walking over to a nearby sink with something in his arms. She heard the water run for a few moments before it shut off and saw the doctor approaching her bedside with a small bundle of blankets in his arms. He gave her and her husband a joyful smile before bringing the bundle down closer to her side, revealing the small, pale face of a sleeping baby wrapped comfortably in the blankets.

"Congratulations Mrs. Hyoudou" he said gently. "You've given birth to healthy, baby boy."

With tears in her eyes, the woman shakily brought her arms up and carefully took the baby within her own hold. She brought it close to her chest and gently rubbed its soft cheek with her hand while smiling down at it lovingly. Her tears of joy became more pronounced as she noticed the baby had the same shade of brown hair that her and her husband shared.

She was so focused on the baby that she hadn't noticed her husband kneeling next to her side and gently laying his hand on her shoulder while also staring lovingly at the baby with a smile on his face.

"He's beautiful. Just like his mother. You did wonderful tonight honey. Thank you so much."

"He certainly is our little gift from above, isn't he?" Mrs. Hyoudou asked in a quiet, fatigued voice as she spoke for the first time. Her husband gave her a nod before they both continued to watch their sleeping son with smiles on their faces. Nothing could have ruined this moment as both parents stared at their first child with all the love in the world.

With a sudden though in his head, Mr. Hyoudou looked back at his wife with a questioning look.

"What are we going to name him?" he asked her with curiosity.

Mrs. Hyoudou gazed back at her husband with semi-wide eyes, surprised at the sudden question before looking outside the nearby window with a contemplating look on her face. She stayed like this for a moment before widening her eyes and looking back at her husband with a smile on her face.

"Issei" she said before looking back down at her son and planting a soft kiss on his forehead. "We'll call him Issei."

Four hours later

It was a dark and rainy night over the city of Tokyo, Japan as the millions of tiny water droplets fell from the dark clouds above and down unto the streets and buildings below. The city's building light were still alight though barely any cars roamed in its streets, due to it being about two o' clock in the morning. The wind was lightly blowing lazily within the sky and the occasional chirping of birds could be heard in the distance.

In the dark, cloud-filled sky that loomed over a large forest near the outskirts of the city, a small light suddenly made itself known throughout the large sea of clouds as it continued to grow larger and larger with each passing minute until broke through the clouds and descended towards the forest with a great speed and a trail of fire blazing behind it. Within a moment, it disappeared completely within the tree line and the sound of a 'CRASH' could be heard echoing throughout the entire forest.

Near the crash site

A small crater could be seen torn into the ground as various cracks and patches of dirt and mud surrounded the hole within a five foot perimeter. Within the crater was what looked like a dark grey rock halfway penetrated within the earth about the size of a beach ball with numerous small holes covering its surface. A small trail of smoke could also be seen emanating from the rock's surface as well from the holes as it blew lazily in the wind.

Suddenly a large crack formed all the way across the rock's surface as it slowly began open up. More steam erupted from the inside as the rock split wider in half. When it was completely open, a small silhouette slowly began to float out of the rock until it was about two feet in the air before floating forward and into the moonlight.

The silhouette was revealed be to what was quite possibly the strangest, yet creepiest, creature to ever thought to exist. Its small body was completely black while some parts of it were a lighter shade of brown. Its small head was a complete blob of boneless black flesh that had nothing but two, small slitted eyes that were about an inch long. Emanating from its nonexistent chin area were five, small ugly green tentacles hanging lifelessly from under its head. The rest of its small body was literally nothing but an entire torso of pitch black fur with no arms emanating from either side of the fur. Below its furred body, right where the legs should be, was instead more ugly green tentacles that were slowly moving and waving in the air as the creature floated in its place.

The creature closed its miniature eyes and just stood there floating in mid-air for a few moments as if in deep concentration before it opened its eyes back up and the tentacles beneath its head began moving in fast, wave-like motions. It gave off a light gurgling noise from its nonexistent mouth before quickly floated forward and disappeared within the trees.

Near the outskirts of Tokyo

The creature emerged from the nearby forest trees and saw that it was near a large, white building that was about three stories tall. As it stealthily moved near the tree line while trying to search for a way inside, it was soon able to spot a second story window that was slightly open. It quickly ascended its height a moved towards the window where it used one of its tentacles to slowly open it wide enough for it to squeeze through without making a hint of noise.

Once it was inside, the creature noticed that it was in a fairly large room with all-walls along with some counters and machines that were near a bed and hooked up to woman with long, brown hair who looked to be in a deep sleep. The creature's main focus however, was on a small crib that was on the opposite side of the woman's bed near the wall. It floated over and looked down into the crib where a male baby wrapped in blankets was also sleeping peacefully. The creature simply starred at the small infant for a few moments until it lowered one of its tentacles down on the child's head and gave it a gentle rub.

This small action caused the sleeping child to stir a bit before it opened its eyes, revealing to be a deep brown color. The child scanned its surroundings before his eyes settled on the creature that was floating right beside him with its tentacle hanging over his head. Instead of crying and screaming in a fit of fear or sadness, the child simply stared at the creature's tentacle with wide and curious eyes before making a small gurgling sound and retrieving his tiny arms from inside the blankets and reaching up and grabbing the tentacle with his tiny hands.

The creature stared in fascination as the infant grabbed its tentacle with its tiny, dry hands. It had never come into contact with any other beings besides its own kind, but the creature found that it wasn't as disgusting as it thought it would be. Sadly, it had no time to interact with the little human any longer.

Its master had sent it to this planet for a reason. And it just so happened that this little child was that particular reason.

The creature slowly withdrew its tentacle from the infant's hands, which caused the little boy pout his upper lip in up sadness. Acting quickly before it was discovered, the creature brought up its tentacle and closed its eyes in deep concentration before the tip of the tentacle suddenly began to morph into the shape of a tiny needle. It then opened its eyes and looked back down at the infant, who had tears in his eyes and looked to be on the verge of crying. But before he could whimper a single sound, the creature reared back its tentacle…

…and plunged the entire needle straight into the baby's forehead, causing his entire body to stiffen and his eyes to freeze wide open.

Somewhere far, far away in the deep, reaches of Space

Over a billion light years away from the Solar System was a galaxy filled with nothing but darkness. It had very little to no light from any of the stars that dwelled within the galaxy because each star was either a giant, black sphere filled with fire that blended into the darkness or they were simply nothing but debris floating endlessly in the infinite vacuum. If you were lucky, you might have been able to see one or two suns that even then, brought very little light. Each and every planet that resided within this galaxy held nothing but untold, undiscovered mysteries and horrors that didn't exist to humanity or any other beings in the universe. Within each planet resided a civilization of unimaginable creatures that existed outside of human reality and would turn even the strongest of minds completely insane by a simple glance.

In fact, this entire galaxy existed so far out of reality that not even the strongest gods and goddesses of earth even knew it existed.

Held within the very center of this galaxy was a massive creature so large that it was bigger than any planets or stars that were thought to exist. It was so large that it was even half the size of the galaxy itself. Its appearance, however, was something that not even the wildest of imaginations could conjure up. It was possibly more terrifying than any nightmare that has ever existed. If one ever saw it and wasn't driven insane, they would've said that it didn't resemble just one being, but perhaps over a million beings mixed together into one giant monster.

Every inch of the being's body was covered with long, large sickly green tentacles that flew and swiped in every direction. The tips of some of the tentacles held large, salivated jaws filled with rows of razor sharp teeth, while others had deep, slitted eyeballs that were the size of planets, doing nothing but blinked their colossal sized lids while occasional looking off in a random direction along with large, razor-sharp claws that could slice a planet in half. Other sections of the being's body were also filled with large jaws and eyeballs, as well as planets-sized, pulsating postules that would throb around and occasionally pop, releasing ocean-sized amounts of a strange black liquid into the vacuum.

The great beast floated aimlessly in the eternal black void of space, its many mouths silently opening and closing while its colossal tentacles waved together in sync as it waited for one of its servants to complete its task. Just a while ago he had transported him over a billion light years away to the long and distant blue planet known as Earth that was located within the Milky Way Galaxy in order for him to find a particular human that had just been born. The beast didn't know why, but for some reason, this particular human had intrigued him. He had watched through an intergalactic portal as the child was born into the world from his mother's womb, and already the beast could sense large potential within the boy that could be proven useful in the future.

The beast's movements suddenly halted in place as its tentacles stopped swaying and every single one of its jaws closed shut as it felt a slight tug deep within its subconscious. It seems that his servant had been successful in his mission and was attempting to contact him.

With a small pull, the beast opened up its link to his servants own subconscious before a high pitched, crusty voice spoke.

"Mah'kn, Ya hyuop argh'k li goff' ta ciugd'n" (Master, I have found the child as you commanded). Spoke the servant from earth in an unknown and contorted language with respect in its voice.

"E'gyili Xul, Ya tut ak'um efferm de prypun?" (Excellent Xul, I trust everything is prepared?). The beast asked in a voice that boomed deeper than thunder.

"Ye't Mah'kn, li ergy sa'id ha be'n imsid writ li goff's bir'n. Ta mik bihn' wuhn ra'dy" (Yes Master, the energy seed has been implanted within the child's brain. You may begin when ready). The newly named Xul confirmed.

"Vyu wol" (Very well). The beast replied.

Suddenly a large, pitch black and dark green aura manifested itself around the beast's entire, colossal-sized body before it shot off with tremendous speeds in a random direction, leaving a large trial before it followed soon after.

"Sa de d'ne. Pryp'ron ta'sul fon we'n ki com'a Xul" (It is done. Prepare yourself for when it comes Xul). The beast spoke after a deep sigh.

"Fuhmon mu Mah'kn, bt' Ya im wru'd. Weh aout li godd'a ah li sip'rnontra'l kutre's fo lis plea'na? Thi wul sru'yl sin'k tar pwer'mal ar'a we'n sa arrike's et wul tir ot tick li goff' fon thumels" (Forgive me Master, but I am worried. What about the gods and supernatural creatures of this planet? They will surely sense your powerful aura when it arrives and will try to take the child for themselves). Xul told his master with a bit of worry and fear in his voice. Worry going out for the child, but fear of being killed for showing such weakness in front of his master.

Though you couldn't see it, the beast twitched its many mouths and eyes into that of a large scoff. It had already known about the many gods and goddesses that inherited the earth's many religions, along with the so called "Great" War that was waged between the three factions. Compared to him, the gods and goddesses were nothing more than the earth's flies for him to sway at. Even if they combined of their powers together, it still would be nowhere near a fraction of his own power. And the civil war on the planet Xoth would have made the war between the Angels, Fallen Angels, and Devils look like nothing more than a mere slap on the tentacle. It was pathetic really, to know that these supernatural creatures would have the gull to even call it a war in the first place.

But the beast had no time to squander over such things. Many things were coming to the planet Earth in the future, and that child was the only one who would be able to stop them. Oh yes, the gods, goddesses, and supernatural creatures of Earth will try to get their hands on the child, even try to recruit him into their armies to fight for them. But once the beast's aura reached Earth and implanted itself into the child's body, he would definitely be a force to be reckoned with in the future. But who he decided to join and kill would be all up to him.

"D'nt wirhy Xul. On'k li goff' rekives mon piw'r, thi'se pitnon kutre's wint dar ot apriche hi'm ontil li tum de rikt" (Don't worry Xul. Once the child receives my power, those pitiful creatures wouldn't dare to approach him until the time is right). The beast boomed with a touch of confidence.

"Oh kell Mah'kn. Fuhmon mu fon mon mulin fo win'kin. Ya wul run'in we'n li ergy de finis bin'on transa" (Of coarse Master. Forgive me for my moment of weakness. I will return when the energy is finished being transferred). And with that, the link to Xul's subconscious was cut.

The beast, also known as Azathoth, the Nuclear Chaos, Daemon Sultan, and the Blind Idiot God once again began to float aimlessly in the infinite black void within the middle of his own galaxy as he contemplated in his own deep, dark thoughts. It was only moments until his powerful aura finally reached Earth and implanted itself within the boy's body. Only moments until his entire life changed forever. But for good or for worse he didn't know. Once the boy gained his power, it would be up to him to him to carve his own path in the future. If he wanted to save his entire planet from the things that have still yet to come, then this had to be done. It's not that Azathoth actually cared whether the boy saved the planet or not. He literally couldn't have cared less if the entire planet ended up being destroyed. He was simply doing this out of boredom and expected to be entertained either way.

He just hoped that he chose wisely.

Within the Solar System

A colossal-sized trail of black and green colored aura sped past each planet of the Solar System with unbelievable speeds as it made its way towards its destination. The farther it traveled, the more powerful and faster it became as it sucked up the surrounding energy from space itself.

As soon as the blue planet came into view, the massive aura glowed a bright green for a moment before shooting off at an even greater speed towards its beacon located in a large island country with the blue ocean. The aura suddenly began to shrink t a miniature size as soon as it came into contact with the planet's atmosphere, where it was gradually sucked in and disappeared into the country.

And for the briefest of moments, the entire planet shook.

Underworld

Deep within the Underworld that was also the birthplace of the Devil faction, a young man within his early twenties bolted upright in his bed now fully awake and with a look of complete shock on his face. He was a handsome man with long hair that was the same shade of blood and reached all the way to the way down to the middle of his back along with bright eyes that were as green as emeralds. He was struggling to breathe as sweat rolled down his forehead as well as his back after sensing the enormous power fluctuation with large amount of pressure that rippled throughout the entire Underworld, along with the human world above.

"Lord Sirzechs, do you sense it as well?" asked a soft, feminine voice from right beside him. He looked over to his left and saw his wife giving him a knowing yet worried look. She was around his age with long, silver-white hair that she usually kept tied into ponytails, except for now it was untied and reached all the way down her back. Her dark, brown eyes held signs of worry as well as fear.

The newly named Sirzechs, also known as Sirzechs Lucifer, one of the Four Great Satans as well as respected leader of the Devils, took a couple of deep breathes to compose himself before looking back over to his wife and laying a hand on her pale shoulder while giving her a reassuring smile.

"Yes Grayfia, I did. And it was enormous. Far greater than anything I have ever felt before. Greater than an Ultimate-Class Devil and even a Great Satan. It felt like it was on par with the Ouroboros Dragon's energy, maybe even greater."

The now appointed Grayfia, stared at her husband with widened eyes and her mouth slightly agape as she listened to her husbands claim. "I'm sorry my lord, but greater than the Ouroboros Dragon's? You're talking about the Infinite Dragon God, who's supposed to be the most powerful being in existence. The only other being that could even match up to it would be the Apocalypse Dragon. And we both know that the energy surge we felt just now couldn't have come from it either."

Sirzechs gave out a long sigh before running a hand through his hair. "I honestly don't know either Grayfia. It's just an assumption, but whatever it is, it's definitely not from this world, or even the Dimensional Gap for that matter. It felt as though it were from somewhere completely non-existent. It felt heavy, dark, unfamiliar, and…monstrous. We should definitely keep an eye on wherever this power is coming from, and make sure it doesn't become a problem in the future."

Grayfia's eyes seemed to soften as she listened to her husband's statement but still held a tint of fear in them. Wherever that power came from had worried her greatly. It did indeed feel dark and monstrous but it also didn't feel entirely evil. And who or whatever contained that power would definitely need to be watched on in the future.

"Very well my lord. But let us return to bed some can deal with this strange anomaly in the morning." She said softly before laying back down and returning to her sleep.

Sirsechs looked at his now sleeping wife for a few moments before taking another deep sigh and laying his head back down on the pillow while staring up into the ceiling. That power fluctuation was indeed enormous. So enormous that he had no doubt the other factions, as well as the Ouroboros and Apocalypse Dragon had all felt it as well. He just hoped that this wouldn't lead to another conflict.

He quickly shook his head of the thoughts as soon as they entered his mind. He was the Crimson Satan. He couldn't afford to show any sort of weakness, especially to something as little as a power surge. Sure it may have been large, but he was sure that it wouldn't cause any harm in the future. Although he was still genuinely curious as to where it came from, and he was sure he would find out soon enough.

Who or what possesses that power? Was his final thought before he closed his eyes and drifted back to sleep along with his wife.

In an abandoned warehouse

Just as the Crimson Satan had stated, the enormous power surge had been sensed throughout the entire world by many of the supernatural beings.

Currently, another man who appeared to be in his early thirties was sitting at a table within a warehouse with his chin in his hand as he held a contemplating look on his face. He had short, black hair with a mix of gold bangs that covered his forehead, along with a small beard that was on his chin. He was wearing a long, purple v-neck trench coat along with black pants and brown dress shoes.

Azazel, also known as the former Governor General of the Fallen Angels and Grigori organization, silently hummed to himself as he got lost within his thoughts. Like the others, he too had sensed the massive power surge that seemingly appeared out of nowhere and shook the entire ground he walked on. Even with his normally calm and carefree attitude, he couldn't help but feel momentarily shell shocked at the amount of energy that was enough to shake the entire world. He would've easily mistaken it for the Dragon God if it wasn't for the dark and otherworldly aura that the fluctuation had around it.

He honestly didn't know what to make of it. Yes, he was incredibly smart when it came to these sort of things, but this forerunner feeling that that aura gave off had left him absolutely clueless. Yet it had also made him feel extremely eager even though he didn't show it.

Hmm. I should inform Raynare, Kalawarner, Dohnaseek, and Mittelt to keep an eye on this in the future. I wonder who in the world has such a power anyway. Azazel thought to himself as he continued to maul over the situation.

Heaven

Even when the Earth was in its time of night, the eternal plain of Heaven was still alight with its everlasting beauty and full glory. The birthplace of the Angels however, was currently in a state of panic as many of the Angels were quickly flying towards the safety of their homes.

Within a large throne-room, located in a nearby castle was a single Angel that was looking out of the balcony and up to the sky. Like the other two, this one also appeared to be a male who had long, golden hair that flowed down to his upper back. He wore large, white Angelic robes with a large red cross printed on the front. His usual sad-looking, bright green eyes were now fully wide with awe and shock. He too, along with the other two faction leaders had also felt the immense power that sweeped through the entire Earth as well as the Underworld and the Plain of Heaven. It was so large that it was somehow able to shake the entire ground of all three locations. It was something he had never felt before, and didn't think he'd ever forget either.

"So I take it you sensed it as well Michael?" asked another male voice and the newly named Michael, leader of the Angels and the Kingdom of Heaven, looked behind him to see a male Angel with long, brown hair that also reached the top of his back wearing brown and white Angelic robes with twelve golden wings coming out of his back. He also appeared to be wielding a long, golden staff with a single feather hanging from the top.

Raphael, also known as the Holy Healer, one of the Seven Archangels of Heaven, as well as lifetime friend of Michael had a troubled look on his face as he walked up and stood next to Michael and also looking up into the sky. "You're not the only one. Every Angel in Heaven, and I'm assuming the Fallen Angels of Earth along with the Devils of the Underworld have also sensed it. So strange…it's feels not of this world, but also dark and a little menacing. This could be problem."

Michael was momentarily surprised at his friend's hypothesis before adding in his own opinion. "While I do agree that this aura has a dark feeling towards it, it is also not entirely evil. Almost on the borderline of neutral. Yet it's still very large." He concluded with his soft and gentle voice.

"Indeed. No doubt that anyone with that amount of power must be dangerous." Said yet another male voice as both Angels turned around and saw an Angel with light, brown hair tied into a braid around his head. He was also wearing a white, Angelic robe that was covered by another that was deep red. He had twelve golden wings jutting out from his back while he carried a book with a gold cross on the cover.

"Uriel" said Raphael in his deep voice as he sent a nod towards the now named Uriel. Said Angel of Light, also one of the Seven Archangels of Heaven, sent him a nod in return before walking forward and joined the other two on the balcony. "So, what do you two make of this mysterious energy?" he asked in calm, gentle voice.

"So far we have deduced that it is not of this world, but from somewhere else entirely" said Michael. "Which is strange because there aren't any beings that I know of who have energy this large except for the Infinite Dragon God and the Apocalypse Dragon. And we all know that their energies don't feel anything like this."

"Yes, you're right" agreed Uriel. "The Dragon God's energy is too empty and hollow while the Apocalypse Dragon's is too wild and unstable. This on the other hand has more of a darker, yet maddening feel to it" he said as he looked up into the sky with his own questioning glance.

"We should watch for the source of this energy and make sure it doesn't cause us any trouble" suggested Raphael. "We're still trying to recuperate all of our forces from the Great War, and the Almighty knows we don't need any more problems than we already have."

"Perhaps you both are correct" spoke Michael as he turned to face the two. "But for now we have to put this matter on hold. Like Raphael said, we're still trying to recover our forces from the Great War. And with the God of the Bible gone, we are at a disadvantage. And to ensure that any peace will come with the other two factions, we'll need all the strength we can get. So for now, let's put this matter aside and save it for another time."

With that, the three Angels bid each other farewell before going their separate ways. Michael, deciding to stay on the balcony for a while longer, simply continued to stare up into Heaven's shining sky. All while thinking of the future events to come, as well as the mysterious aura.

Thirty minutes earlier, back within the Hospital room

Xul gave off a small, satisfying gargling sound as the last of his Master's energy was transferred into the child's body. During the entire transfer, the child had simply laid absolutely still within his crib with his eyes frozen wide open. Xul had also noticed that the child's body had gone through some minor changes while the energy was being injected into him. His skin had become a little paler while his hair had grown a darker shade of brown. So brown that it almost looked black. The most noticeable change, however, was his eyes. What used to be innocent looking, doe-brown eyes were now a pair of dark green orbs with a mix of purple that shined like glass. As soon as he removed the needle from the infants head and the energy had been fully injected, the baby closed its eyes and had fallen asleep also instantaneously. As if the whole thong had never happened.

So now here was Xul, still standing over the baby's crib, gently rubbing his forehead with his tentacle. Even though he had only been with him for an hour, Xul had sort of grown attached to the little human. He had never met another race of beings except for his own and a few others that were like him, so it had been an interesting experience to be able to interact with another species that was completely foreign to him.

With a small gargle that represented a sigh, Xul rubbed the boy's head one more time before retracting his tentacle and floating away from the crib.

"Ya hi'te tar roun'k goff'. Lop wul nok bi eici, bof w'olu tihk piw'r, ta wim bu sting'la tahn oni if li godd'a et kutre's oof tis plea'na. Fernul goff', Ya hi'te wi mot agsul." (I hope you're ready child. Life will not be easy, but with this power, you will be stronger than any of the gods and creatures of this planet. Farewell child, I hope we meet again). And with those last few words in his unknown language, Xul was surrounded in a small, black aura before he disappeared from sight, leaving the newly transformed baby to sleep alongside his mother for the rest of the cold, rainy night.

Authors Note: And here's chapter one for my new story on one of my other favorite anime! The Elder Gods of a forgotten mythology have just been introduced to the DxD universe and have chosen Issei to wield their power! How will the three factions, as well as some of earth's gods handle the power of the unknown gods? Stick around and find out!

Disclaimer: I don't own High School DxD, any of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos characters, or anything else. The only things I own are my own characters.