High School DxD: Spartans X Dragons

Author's Note:

Sorry for going on hiatus. The fic will probably stay on hiatus but I wanted to get out a chapter for Halloween and I want to finish up "season 1" albeit rushed and I wanted to tell everyone that I am STILL alive.

More on why I'm so lazy at the end.

Concerning Halo 5: Guardians

Since this fic was made before Halo 5 and the Halo Escalation comics, we are assuming that Shadow-Of-Sundered-Star or Ur-Didact (Halo 4 Didact) is still alive and was defeated on the Forerunner home world. We are also assuming there are enough Forerunners alive (shield worlds) that they can repopulate their home planet and survive.

Halo Lore tidbit in case this is confusing for you:

There are TWO Didacts in the Halo Universe. The original Didact and commander of the Forerunner Military: Shadow-Of-Sundered-Star aka Ur-Didact and his younger counterpart: Bornstellar-Makes-Eternal-Lasting aka Iso-Didact.

I won't go into their history, do that on your own time.

We are also assuming that Cortana has "died" in the Haloverse and no other Spartan-IIs were killed after the events of Halo 4. That means Spartan Team BLACK is still alive.

Chapter 7: Phoenix Rising

"PKX-7341, status update. Authorization Code: Doctor Catherine Elisabeth Halsey." The old woman spoke.

"Authorization Code accepted, sending report and surveillance footage." The Promethean Knight replied.

"7341, what are your opinions on Spartan-117's psyche or does it remain indifferent?" The Doctor questioned the composed Knight.

Its carapace audibly twitched as it replied, "MCPO Spartan-117 continues to show signs of teenaged insecurity. This trait has diminished after MCPO Spartan-117's recon mission in the mountain regions. Now, he refrains from interacting with other members and staff at the educational facility. 117's sudden change may be a result of his training with the entity known as 'Ddraig'. The training primarily consists of spiritual and mental training. MCPO Spartan-117 is now capable of harnessing 'Magic Energy' to create orbs of thermal energy that emit an unknown Energy Frequency."

"Verify: Spartan-117 can create balls of fire or fireballs from his hand?" Halsey asked.

"Affirmative,"

"What other abilities have emerged after his 'training'?" She asked.

"Spartan-117 is capable of minimal energy sensory, however this is only limited to Magic Energy. MCPO Spartan-117 is also capable of doubling his strength at every 10 second interval."

"Verify: Did you say double his strength every ten seconds?"

"Affirmative,"

"How is this possible?"

"Thermal scans indicate that the entity known as Ddraig resides in a jewel inside a gauntlet identified as a Sacred Gear, an item that is given to humans at the time of their birth. The Sacred Gear MCPO Spartan-117 has, was inherited from the human known as Hyoudou Issei who is currently in a purgatory-like state inside MCPO Spartan-117's mind. Hyoudou Issei continues to unknowingly influence Spartan-117 although to a lesser extent." The Promethean Knight explained to the Doctor's dislike.

"Stay on topic 7341." She ordered. "I'll read your report later."

"Affirmative," Picks replied. "Thermal scans indicate that on every 10 second interval, a massive amount of energy of an unknown frequency is ejected from the jewel in the Sacred Gear. The source appears to be from the jewel located in the Sacred Gear; however it appears to not be it. On further study, it is hinted that the entity known as Ddraig is supplying MCPO Spartan-117 with the energy. The Jewel and to an extent, the gauntlet, is simply a medium."

"Acknowledged 7341, the modified portal is virtually completed. The Forerunners helped us modify the portal slightly. We have your universe identified but we need some sort of energy signature or beacon to lock on to avoid any political disorders on your end. We're currently shooting a beacon to your location so we can lock on and bring you two back home. Tell John that the estimated time for us to retrieve him is about 72 hours."

"Affirmative Doctor Halsey, PKX-7341 logging off."

"So I have 3 days to notify Alpha Company and rally the whole 300 of them at a designated location. Verify, Picks."

"Affirmative," The Promethean replied in a metallic growl.

I nodded. I tuned into Alpha Company's radio after meeting with them. The radio that they only use sparingly in case some unlucky individual decided to tune in and listen to them. Even if the chatter was heavily encrypted, it was better safe than sorry.

I sat on the ground and adjusted my signal to fit Alpha Company's radio frequency. There was light chatter, mostly minor chatting. The Spartan-IIIs were taking their turn talking so the entire radio isn't just one big static fest. I cleared my throat on radio and said,

"Attention Spartan-IIIs, this is Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan-117 speaking." I announced. "In approximately 72 hours, a beacon and portal will be opened somewhere in the city I am currently situated in. The place will be a secluded area away from any public service or resource. Some place like the city's abandoned theater."

"Wait isn't that at the park?" A Spartan-III asked.

"Yes, Spartan, it is at the park, again." I sighed. I came to reason with the whole park fiasco, but it still sounds strange when every place I go to either has a lot of trees or is the park.

"I want you all here in 1200 hours, no sushi this time alright Spartans!"

"Yes sir~~~" The whole company replied in an unenthusiastic and dejected manner. There was a small incident during my stay at the mountain town region that some might consider humorous but was a tactical nightmare to me. Suffice to say, the incident included a lot of Japanese foods, multiple plans that aligned with each other and sometimes go against each other, and 300 pains in my ass.

"Oh so you're leaving now eh Partner?" Ddraig perked up.

"Apparently so Ddraig, we might not be seeing each other again." I said.

"Shame, it would have been interesting to see you go up against the White One, with your experience and body. You may be the strongest Sekiryuutei in existence."

I opened my mouth to reply, but I was interrupted by a knock on the door. Asuka came in, scowling when she saw what I was wearing.

"Hey weirdo, Akeno-senpai wants to talk to you." She hissed and loudly shut the door. I went downstairs to meet my guest. She wore shrine maiden clothing and her hair was let down instead of in a pony tail.

When she saw me she waved.

"Akeno," I said with a noticeable Western accent.

"Good morning John-san." She bowed gracefully.

I surveyed her movements. She executed herself with elegance but with haste. The way she sat makes it look like she wasn't here to visit. Her hands were clasped on her thigh and I could see paper from under her cupped hands.

I spoke in English, "Cut to the chase Akeno, what is it you want?"

The sudden revelation that I knew what she was here for made her widen her eyes in surprise. She quickly fixed her facade and replied with a more serious look on her face.

"Earlier today, at 4:30AM, the Occult Research Club participated in a [Rating Game]. We lost the match and Rias is to be married to a person named Raiser Phoenix in about three days." She spoke softly.

"And why you want me to stop the wedding, why?" I asked.

"I'm not just asking you, I also want to inform you that Raiser knows about you and the Spartans." She whispered.

"How?"

"He has been observing you ever since you reached the mountain town. He plans on killing you and giving your corpse to one of his siblings to be reincarnated." She said, clearly not liking the idea.

"This would make me a Devil like you, why are you so against it?"

"You've only seen Rias treat her pieces. In reality, we're actually her 'slaves'. She treats us fairly and equally, but other [Kings] may treat their pieces differently. Raiser's siblings are known for their cruelty in [Rating Games]. I don't want you to get hurt." Akeno's eyes got a little misty.

"Are my men in any danger? If he so as much touches them..."

"No, he's only after you. He knows that he can't win against a group of Spartans."

"How many did he send after me?" One of the best tools in war is intelligence. Know your enemy's plan so you can plan ahead and make countermeasures for every single possibility.

"He sent about three peerages after you, all from reincarnated devils who managed to become High-Ranking Devils." She answered quickly.

"Is this information trusted?"

"I saw the documents myself. One hundred million yen to whoever brings him your corpse."

"Permission to kill," I asked while popping my knuckles.

"Please don't, you may think I'm lying but the Devil species is on the verge of extinction. The Great War killed so many of us off that we had to resort to using the [Evil Piece System] to fill our ranks."

"Alright then, what do you want me to do to them?"

"Leave them knocked out or somewhere unconscious but out of harms way." Akeno smirked. "Or you could just send them to me. I'll make sure to take good care of them." She put a hand on her cheek. I could see a slight blush as she said that and my mind quickly gave me a different mental image.

She is the Ultimate Sadist.

"Also, I wanted to give something to you." She handed me the slip of paper. "I'm not asking you to do this, but it would be highly appreciated. In three days, I will be waiting at this location at 12 in the morning. If you come, you're agreeing to stop the wedding."

"I don't actually have any reason to stop the wedding. This isn't my fight." I told her.

Akeno sighed and responded, "Rias trusts you; we all do even if you don't trust us. I don't have much to say besides that Rias was against this whole marriage thing. She doesn't want to be known as 'Rias Gremory: the daughter of Duke Gremory'. She just wants to be seen as a normal girl with normal interests."

"And I treat her like a civilian." I added.

"Yes, yes you do. John, may I ask you something?"

I nodded.

"If you could take back your own life right now, would you do it?"

"I already have. I have no place in the civilian world."

"Then can you help Rias take back her life?" She asked, staring dead into my eyes.

"I'll consider it."

"It's better than flat out refusing. Good day John," The shrine maiden stood up, bowed and left.

I opened the slip of paper that she handed me. It said to go to Kuoh Academy's Occult Research Clubroom at 12AM. The beacon arrives at 1AM, same day. Let's hope whatever plan Akeno has doesn't take too long.

Three Days Later

"Spartan-III Alpha Company is assembled. All 277 of us are here." One of Alpha Company's de-facto leaders reported.

They were inside the abandoned theater, sitting around the long lance-like beacon sticking out from the ground. The beacon had a timer that was counting down to zero. I had about one and a half hours remaining until the portal opens.

"Good. Spartan, I'll be gone for the next hour, taking care of business. If I'm not here when the timer goes off, leave without me."

"Yes sir. I trust you will be back in time, right sir?"

"I hope so."

I left without saying a word to the Spartan-III commander. The other Spartan-IIIs who overheard the conversation were quickly stopped by the commander and were ordered to sit still.

I had with me, a M6 G/GNR or a Spartan Laser, a MA5D ICWS Assault Rifle, M6H PDWS Magnum and Arbiter's Gift Energy Sword. It was a rather light load out compared to my usual load outs. I suspect all I need to do is get in, stop the wedding by shooting everywhere, kidnap/rescue Rias and get out.

I got to the location and instead of Akeno there was a white haired lady in a maid outfit. I was surprised to see a young face when she turned around since white hair is usually a sign of age.

"Are you John?" She asked politely.

"Yes." I answered.

"I was expecting someone a little bit smaller, but I suppose this is better. You're here to help put an end to Rias's unwanted wedding, correct?" She asked.

I nodded in response. Her shoulders relaxed and she brought out a slip of paper with something one might describe as a magic symbol on it. She muttered a few words and a glowing magic circle drew itself below me.

"I'm teleporting you outside the wedding hall. When you get in, challenge Raiser Phoenix." She said.

"Shoot to kill?" I asked. The light started to grow even brighter that the visor had to do some light correction.

"It would be kind of you if you didn't kill anyone, even Phoenix."

"Roger that,"

"Also, one more thing," She said, catching my attention. "The Phoenix clan isn't just named Phoenix for show." Whatever she was going to say was cut off when I teleported.

I found myself in a nearly pitch-black hallway. The door in front of me was massive, about the height of two Mantises. It looked heavy but the door was wooden. The frame was metal though, but that is probably to strengthen the wooden frame.

I clenched my fists.

"MCPO Spartan-117, query: for what reason are we here and where is our location? Air samples have a hint of magic energy of a higher frequency." Picks asked.

"I have some work to do Picks. Scan the door; I want to know its durability." I ordered.

"Door scanned: it is unlocked and very durable." Picks answered.

"Hey partner, word of advice, end the fight quickly. The Phoenix clan isn't called the Phoenix clan for no reason." Ddraig advised.

"Roger that, I'll be careful." I gritted my teeth and prepared for a fight.

John kicked the door open, shocking many guests. The Spartan walked into the room once filled with laughter and music, now silent. He examined the room in case he needed to fight, he knew what to do. Rias's peerage was smiling, with the exception of Koneko. She never smiles. The other guests stood shocked as guards ran to intercept the abrupt intruder. They came equipped with spears.

John immediately noticed the Devil on his right and grabbed his spear and pulled it out of his hands. With little effort, he smashed the pole of the weapon against the attacker's leg shins, tripping him. The one on his left thrust his stick at the Spartan. In response, the super soldier ducked beneath the attack and hit his opponent's legs, making him trip as well.

The Spartan-II took one step forward and twisted his body, putting all the force he could into this swing. The third attacker didn't have time to react as the blunt end of John's wooden spear smashed against the Devil's face, shattering the spear's body and the Devil's skull.

"Who is this interloper?" An angry devil shouted.

Ignoring the seemingly middle aged man, John shouted, "Raiser Phoenix! You wanted me, here I am."

The Devil in question laughed vigorously. He didn't expect his bounty to literally show up at his door.

"This is hilarious!" He laughed. "Yes, yes I wanted you. I'm actually really surprised that you're here right now. Of all the times, you had to give yourself to me as a wedding gift."

"Save it Phoenix. I'm here to win back Rias's freedom."

The audience gasped.

"As an ally," John added, gaining sounds of disappointment from the crowd.

"And by what right do you have? You're just a human." Raiser hissed. The elder Phoenix didn't look like it, but he was roughly as old as the Spartan-II, albeit slightly older. He had experience in duels, but the "duel" the Spartan had in mind wasn't the duel Raiser was thinking of.

"Let him fight you Raiser," A man in the audience said.

"Lucifer-sama,"

"Did he just say Lucifer?" I asked.

"Verified. Devil: Raiser Phoenix did in fact say Lucifer." said Picks.

"Besides, I want to see why you put a hundred million yen bounty on his head. And since he's here, why don't you turn in the bounty yourself? You won't be losing any money and you'll entertain guests." Lucifer said.

"Yes milord." Fiery phoenix wings erupted from Raiser's back. The Devil hovered several meters in front of John and a Magic circle appeared below them.

"I can't decline his majesty so try not to die too quickly, alright?" He mouth twisted into a very evil grin.

Asia pulled John's arm. He noticed the tears that were forming in her eyes. She handed him a box and said,

"John-san, please use this to your advantage. You won't be able to defeat a Devil without the power of God."

The Spartan reluctantly took the package and snuggled it above his waist, on his backside.

The two combatants appeared in an arena that seemed to worship the game "chess". There was a horse head, obviously modeled to look like a Knight's piece and a tower that was also made to look like the "rook" piece. The field itself was tiled a single color but was properly proportionate to the chessboard since if a piece was life sized, it would be around Raiser's size.

"Tell me one thing though, Issei." John felt his self-esteem go down a bit. "Why are you fighting for Rias's sake?"

"First off, Phoenix, my name is John and I'm fighting to give Rias something I never had as a child: choice, the choice to choose how she lives her life." He replied.

"And what choices weren't you able to make?" Raiser asked.

"I never asked to become this, a Spartan, a Demon, an Immortal Warrior." He replied. "Although I don't regret this lifestyle of mine, I would prefer the younger generation to be capable of something simple like choice."

"That's an interesting choice of words 'Spartan'. You know we're Devils but you call yourself a Demon. Why is that?"

"Why don't you beat me and find out?" The Master Chief quickly pulled the Assault Rifle from his back and began firing at the Devil. To his surprise, the sub-human took it without doing so as screaming. Instead, every hole the 7.62x51mm rounds made were quickly engulfed in flames and regenerated. To add insult to injury, Raiser was only walking towards John. He didn't even bother to dodge.

John unloaded his magazine and popped in a new one, but seeing the futility of sustained fire, he switched to his M6H Magnum sidearm. The Semi-Armor Piercing High Explosive Rounds tore massive holes in the Phoenix's body. Those rounds were also useless against the regenerator but did cause slight irritation.

"It's no use Spartan. You're dead." Raiser taunted. The Spartan took out a small blue orb and seemed to ignite it on fire. He threw the Plasma grenade at Raiser who raised his arm to defend but the orb stuck and began fusing itself into the Devil's skin. The Devil began to grimace but was interrupted when John fired his pistol at the grenade, making it explode.

"Cheap trick, did you think your puny ball could match my flames?" He scowled.

John reached for another magazine but Raiser grabbed his pistol arm and used his other arm to lift John into the air via neck. The Spartan dropped his pistol from the shock but grabbed the Energy Sword that was lying on his left thigh. He thrust his arm forward, stabbing the Phoenix in the chest then swung his arm upward. The Devil dropped him and staggered backwards. John managed to pick up his pistol before the Devil fully regenerated.

"John, you can't kill him. He's immortal! His flames will continuously regenerate him." Rias said, concerned.

"You should listen to her." Phoenix taunted.

John spun around and slashed Raiser in a wide arc and cut his torso into two, but he still regenerated.

"Had enough fun?" Raiser smirked. John kicked the Devil back with all his might. He got a good ten, twenty meters before Phoenix stopped moving but was bleeding vigorously from his nose.

"That...hurt." He growled as he wiped the blood from his nose. It was still flowing, like a river.

"He isn't healing...maybe 'shoot to kill' activates his self defense mechanism." John placed his Energy Sword back onto his thigh. "Let's try punching him to death."

He outstretched his left arm. The crimson gauntlet came to do his bidding.

"Boost!"

"So you have a Sacred Gear. What is it, [Twice Critical]?"

"[Boosted Gear]," John replied.

"A Longinus? It's no use if you can't hit me."

"Boost!"

"Let's test that theory then."

Surprising the entire audience, the Spartan seemingly moved like a blur. In mere seconds, John's fist had already struck its target. The Spartan struck with the force to lift a 66 metric ton tank. Raiser's entire torso was pulverized in a single hit, forcing the Phoenix to spew out blood from his mouth.

This wasn't the end of the Spartan's onslaught though. The Spartan used his right fist to punch Raiser but his left leg took the step to make that punch. He bent his knee so he could make the transition easier and thrust his whole body forward and launched his knee at Raiser's face. The half-ton Spartan grabbed Raiser's head and pushed it into his knee cap and easily obliterated the Devil's head.

"Boost!"

Phoenix was already regenerating when John leapt backwards to get away from any possible counterattack. Somehow, even without a central nervous system, the Devil was still standing up straight. The Spartan grimaced and side kicked Raiser. Unexpectedly, he caught the kick. It still shattered his arms, but his healing factor made short work of that.

"Boost!"

Raiser lifted John by his legs and slammed him into the ground. His shields crackled a golden color. He managed to throw the half-ton soldier into the air and shot a burst of fire at the Spartan. John's shields couldn't take the heat and dissipated, but not before the flames had let up.

"You are a pain in my ass Spartan." Raiser spat, wiping nose of blood.

"Kiss my ass chicken wings." John retorted and stood up, shaking his head to get rid of the nausea.

"Boost!"

Enraged, John suddenly felt weightless. Raiser had just sent him several meters in the air with a single hit. His reflexes managed to save him from a certain-kill hit as Raiser was about to break John's neck. Instead, Raiser kicked air instead and John used his installed thrusters to move himself away from harm.

"Boost!"

"Hey Partner, you seem to be in quite the pinch." Ddraig commented; smirking the way a Dragon would smirk.

"Not now Ddraig." John said while dodging one of Raiser's punches and countering with one of his own.

"Yes now, Partner, I have an idea that will let you take down Raiser in 10 seconds."

"Now I'm listening." John said aloud. He kneed Raiser in the gut and tried breaking his neck, but it didn't work. Raiser's neck snapped back to normal, but with an angrier Phoenix.

"Usually, this would take weeks of nonstop physical and mental training but you managed to knock off the mental training in just a few days and I'm already sure you're ready for the physical bit."

"Boost!"

"I'm going to fucking end you!" Raiser screeched and he flew up into the air, preparing his ultimate attack.

"Uh oh. Quickly! Activate the Balance Breaker!"

"How am I supposed to do that?" John hissed.

"Just overload the Gauntlet with your power and the sequence should appear in your mind."

"How does that even work?" John thought but did it anyways. He forced all the Boost Charges to activate inside the Gauntlet and like just like Ddraig said, the sequence appeared.

"Yes, you did it Partner!" Ddraig said ecstatically. "Welsh Dragon: Over-Boost!"

The Gauntlet's power surged through John's body. He could feel the change coming, but nothing happened. There was a red light surrounding his body and electricity crackled around his aura.

"What is this?" Raiser shouted.

"Ddraig, nothing is happening!"

"Reclaimer, the armor is rejecting the change." Picks informed.

"How can the armor reject the change, it's not even alive!" Ddraig shouted.

"The Mark IX previously had a rejection mechanism for when viruses or unwanted programs were invading the armor. This feature wasn't installed until the Mark XI Prototype, but the feature has evolved to combat unwanted Flood assimilation or something of the like." Pick explained.

"How do we bypass this?" John asked.

"I'll just kill you before you get a chance to do what you're about to do!" Raiser roared and raised his hand into the air.

Pick's form changed into that of a data-chip similar to Cortana's.

"Interface me with the MJOLNIR Mark XI Systems and I will add an exception into the program." Picks said.

John quickly tore the necklace off and inserted into the AI-Slot. Picks went straight to work, adding an exception and analyzing all information on Raiser's abilities.

The gauntlet's gem glowed bright as Raiser unleashed his ultimate move: a Phoenix shaped Supernova. The attack obliterated the ground beneath John and turned the area into a molten mess. Raiser was laughing at his victory, but before that, unbeknownst to him.

"Assimilating," The MJOLNIR systems spoke.

"Uh, Partner, something weird is happening." Ddraig commented.

"I heard. Picks, status report!"

"A new feature had been added to the MJOLNIR Mark XI that remained unknown to me. The armor has the ability to assimilate and analyze foreign technology invading the armor. Dr. Halsey made the suit to be constantly evolving to fit every combat scenario."

"Assimilation complete,"

"Boosted Gear: Balance Breaker!"

A gust of wind blew away the dust that was blocking view. The Spartan was alright, but his form had changed. The 7 foot tall behemoth now stood clad in bright red armor. His visor remained the same color, but his armor had changed drastically in both color and appearance.

His chest armor now sported a large green gem in the center and the structure of the chest armor was also changed. The gem was inside a concave diamond hole that wasn't too deep. The armor itself has now become sleeker and lighter. The MJOLNIR Mark XI thigh armor was edgier than before and his knee caps also had a gem inside it. John's boots morphed to mimic a dragon's feet. At each toe, on the boot was a spiky toe. He could actually move those toes as well.

His helmet remained true to its original counterpart, but it was now red and had two "horn" like structures that were excessively long and bend back, past his ears. His visor color changed into a darker orange. His shoulder pads now had two straight horns on their base and were bulkier to mimic a knight's shoulder pad. John's gauntlets, vambrace included, now looked like the Boosted Gear, but mixed with the MJOLNIR's gauntlets. The gem on John's hands still remained and his hands were sharper and more metallic. In fact, John had gained a second bodysuit layer that was made of a light and flexible metallic material.

A long tail lazily wrapped itself in front of John. This was his "tail", unlike its Boosted Gear counterpart; the tail "grew" out of the back of John's armor.

"What..."

"Balance Breaker? That forbidden technique?"

"Impossible, what happened to it?"

"Boosted Mjolnir Powered Assault Breaker Scale Mail!" Ddraig said out loud, using the MJOLNIR's built in speakers.

"A fitting name for this monstrosity, yes? Quite comfy compared to that claustrophobic gauntlet."

"Is that the spirit within the Gauntlet?" Rias commented.

"Are you the entity from within the item classed 'Sacred Gear'?" Picks asked.

"Hey Partner, what is this...thing?"

"Raiser first, bickering later." John demanded.

The thrusters on his back were much stronger and functioned more like a true jetpack. Green flames started to spew from the thrusters as they propelled him towards Raiser, fast. The man in question shot two fireballs at John. His energy shields flared bright green. His HUD showed an overlapping shield bar and a timer.

"Picks, what's this?" John asked.

"The MJOLNIR Mark XI is overexerting its generator. When the timer reaches zero, the suit will shut down and the 'Balance Breaker' will disengage. This will leave you vulnerable until the suit reboots itself." The Promethean explained.

"Roger." John reached for his weapons.

And grabbed nothing.

"Picks, where's my weapons?" He growled. John pinned Raiser against a wall, breaking the Devil Nobleman's ribcage.

"Weapon Systems have been assimilated into the armor. Please use neural implants to call for a weapon module."

Raiser seemed to explode, forcing the Spartan-II back. He counterattacked with a flurry of attacks. The Super Soldier grabbed Raiser's fist mid-thrust and broke his arm in that joint then kicked him away.

"[Energy Swords]!" Ddraig shouted. The blade of the weapon appeared just above John's fist. The lack of weight made moving his arm feel awkward.

John smirked internally. He was starting develop a liking to the new armor.

Raiser rushed him, intending to blow the Spartan up to smithereens. He didn't even care about the bounty now; he just wanted the human dead.

John swung his arm, cutting Raiser's forearm off cleanly. Usually this was nothing to the Phoenix, but this wasn't the case. The proud Phoenix was on the ground clutching his wounded arm. The flames were regenerating at a slower pace but that wasn't what was giving him so much pain.

What was giving him so much pain was the holy attribute the blades had. It felt like a hot rod had just passed through part of his soul and cut it clean off. His head snapped up at the floating Super Soldier who was just analyzing the situation. He knew something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was going on.

"I'm going to kill you son of a bitch!" Raiser shouted, absolutely pissed. The Phoenix began shooting flame bolts at the Spartan from all over his body. John took evasive actions, dodging all the large bolts and occasionally letting his shields take some of the small shots.

"[Dragon Assault Rifle]!" The Dragon shouted.

John began his own counterattack and fired his modified MA5D ICWS at the Devil. The shots were mostly deflected by Phoenix's own onslaught of flames, but the ones that got through and hit the Phoenix caused him to stop said onslaught immediately. The devil fell onto his ass, clutching his right thigh where the first shot hit. John dropped down to ground level and switched weapons again.

"[Dragon Magnum Pistol]!"

He popped a round in both of Phoenix's kneecaps and rammed his soles into one of Phoenix's kneecaps. He switched weapons again.

"[Dragon Laser]!"

The modified Spartan Laser appeared on John's shoulders. He pointed the massive weapon at Phoenix who was completely terrified of the walking apocalypse. John pressed the trigger button. Raiser could see the red line coming from the weapon and knew if that thing hit him he would be as close to dead as he could be.

"S-s-s-stop! I yield, I give up!" Raiser hugged his head and rolled into a ball. His back turned away from the Spartan. The grown man started to cry pitifully as Lucifer called in John's victory.

The arena began to break apart. The Spartan panicked for a moment before being teleported back into the guest room.

Standing in the middle of a scared and stupefied crowd, John took this moment to disengage the Balance Breaker using his neural implants. The armor quickly returned to normal and his weapons returned. The red turned back into a forest green color and the second under layer disappeared with the balance breaker. John saw his HUD rearrange itself and return back to normal.

Lucifer started clapping, much to everyone's displeasure.

"Congratulations John, you've beaten a now terrified immortal being, as expected of the Sekiryuutei, the one with the power to surpass god." Lucifer commented while smiling.

John was about to say something about "surpassing God" but he was running out of time.

"As a result of your victory, I will grant you one wish. Any who dares oppose my decision may speak with John and we'll see where that gets you." The king of Devils joked.

"Now, what is it you desire?"

"I already told you Lucifer, I came here to void Rias's marriage so she can live the life that she chooses to live." It was a half truth. In all honesty, he came here just because Rias and her peerage was what he could consider a "friend", even with the short time they spent together. The other half was purely out of obligation.

"So you came here solely for the purpose of freeing my cute little sister?"

"Lucifer-sama!" Rias cried out. Her face was completely red.

"Lucifer is your brother?" John's mouth was hanging a bit.

"That's Sirzechs Lucifer to you and yes I am her elder brother." Sirzechs Lucifer answered.

John, deciding not to pry into this any further since he was out of time and the stares that he were getting from the guests were very, very uncomfortable.

"As I would (dis)like to stand here and chitchat," John began. "I really need to be getting back to Earth now."

"But the party has just started." Sirzechs laughed, but John didn't see the humor in this and gave his best Spartan Stare.

"Alright, but before you leave I suppose I'll grant your wish now." Sirzechs sighed and stood up.

He cleared his throat and said, "As the Crimson Satan, I, Sirzechs Lucifer, hereby void Rias Gremory's and Raiser Phoenix's lifelong marriage contract, effective immediately."

John was expecting some sort of sound effect right now and was disappointed when he got none. The Crimson Satan generated a magic circle beneath John who reluctantly forced himself to stand there. He was about to give back Asia her gift but she shook her head. Kiba and Akeno were smiling while Koneko was stoic, as always.

"Goodbye," John managed to say aloud before disappearing.

They wouldn't learn the significance of that word until it was already too late.

I reappeared somewhere near the theater, of course, in a dense wooded area. I felt like crap. That Balance Breaker really pushed my body to the limits with that transformation. Especially with those new abilities of mine, I wasn't expecting my abilities to have increased seven times. I was about to leave when someone unexpected showed up.

"Zero," I said with a pang of annoyance.

"I don't have time for your shit right now, let me pass."

"I'm not here to fight John, just to say goodbye." He said and tossed me some sort of device. It was shaped like a small cube with a button on top. It glows Forerunner orange.

"What is this?" I asked, turning back to the soldier.

"A gift," He said. "I'm leaving, you're leaving. I'd rather not leave you with just bad memories and painfully surreal fights."

"Quite sudden," I retort.

"Yeah, just like that bullshit ETA you got from Halsey." He replied with his own retort.

"How the hell did you..."

"I hacked the UNSC's encryption with assistance from an AI dumbass. I know everything that goes on in this city as well as the fact that you have three minutes before the portal closes. We have enough time to talk for one." He said.

"Who the fuck are you?" I asked reluctantly.

"It's obvious I'm a Spartan. Even though you try to make yourself believe I'm not one. Just because I have Forerunner armor and weapons doesn't make me not human. Besides, you've fought Forerunners before; they're twice as big as us."

"Then what the hell have you been doing? Why are you always getting in my way?" I barked at the so-called Spartan.

"For the sake of getting on your way, John. Also to train. I have strange and awkward circumstances back in the universe that I'm currently concerned with."

"What's with the strange wording?"

"Let's just say I'm in a more favorable predicament than you are before meeting with Doctor Halsey." He said.

"Again, how the hell do you know about all these things?"

He shrugged, "I'm really sneaky about it."

"Last question: what's your name?" I asked.

He chuckled for a moment and replied, "I think you're better off not knowing that. You do however know my ID tag."

"Zero? You're 'Spartan-Zero'?"

"Three times," He corrected. I checked my HUD for the time and he seemed to do the same. Spartan-Zero took a deep sigh and walked up to me.

"The worst part about departing is thinking that you'll never meet each other again. That always bothers me." The Spartan said.

"You're too emotional." I comment.

"But lo and behold, I'm a Spartan-II." He proved it in the surest way possible: a Spartan Smile.

"I have no purpose in your life besides being a pain in the ass and a sort of 'friend'. I'll miss you John... well this you anyways. Now get going and don't forget my present or me got that?" He gave me a friendly but violent punch to the shoulder.

"You're definitely too emotional."

"It gives me character. Now get your ass moving before I have to pull your ass there." He joked.

"Before I leave though,"

"You literally have like...two minutes to run back to the theater and you're wasting your time talking to me."

"What's your story?" I asked.

He sighed and said, "Long story short, I was under different circumstances but I ended up in the same situation, but I have the support of two, now three armies. Right now, a situation has arisen and I need to return."

I nodded in response.

"Well go! Doctor Halsey isn't going to leave the gate open forever!" And he kicked me to get moving which I did.

"Well then, goodbye." The Spartan-II said. As he walked away, I could hear him whistle a familiar six-note tune as he frankly, dropped out of radar.

"Doctor Halsey, we can't keep this gate up for any longer." An engineer said. "The thing is sucking up so much power; we're draining the entire city."

"Just a little longer Andrew, he'll come. I know he will. Commander, do you see him?" Dr. Halsey asked.

The Spartan-III commando shook his head and the old lady sighed.

"Wait, I do see something...it's him. Prep the Forerunners."

Spartan-117 ran at record breaking speeds toward the universe gateway. Smashing through the door, he tackled the Spartan-III commando through the portal and across the other side, allowing Andrew the Engineer to shut down the gate before anymore damage could be done.

"That electrical bill is going to fuck us right up our metaphorical pussies." He said as he left.

"John, it's good to see you again." Halsey said, looking at her "favorite pupil".

"Likewise Madam."

"How do you feel? Any personality spikes or teenage urges recently?"

"Nothing of the sort Madam."

"Good. Well, get some rest. We're going to do a 'surgical' removal of Issei in three hours." The doctor said, turning away from the Spartan-II.

John looked at the cube and his other hand moved towards Asia's present. There's nothing he can do about it now. The Spartan returned to his old quarters where he was greeted by the friendly faces of his Spartan-II brothers.

"Welcome back to the land of the living Boss." Fredric said, patting John on the shoulder. They all still had their armors on, Kelly in the process of removing or equipping a boot. Some Spartans did prefer to put it on manually, but you could only say that with the Mark V, VI and VIII versions.

"It's good to be back, Fred." John replied.

"What did happen over there? We only heard a few details from Doctor Halsey and almost nothing from everyone else. When we tried to push for more from her she told us to ask you when you come back." Nicole-458, a Spartan-II from a different set or class, asked.

"It's a long and crazy story that I'm willing to tell you, but I'm too tired to talk right now." The sudden celebrity replied and immediately collapsed onto his bed, nearly breaking it.

"Good night,"

"It's actually 0800 hours right now." Nicole commented.

"I don't care, it's one in the morning back there and I'm dead tired." The Spartan-II complained. He took out Picks from his AI slot and placed it on a table near his bed before passing out from sheer exhaustion. Usually he could stay up for 48 hours straight, but using that Balance Breaker form really took a lot out of him. He couldn't feel a muscle.

"Alright then, rest easy Chief."

UNSC Space: Three Months Later

DxD Universe: Two Days Later

Three months have passed since I've returned back to UNSC space. Two days have passed since I've left this universe. Strange how time works across worlds. The Forerunners who were advising this operation said that this was because each universe's time moves out of synch with others. Anyways, I'm currently sitting next to the bedside of Hyoudou Issei. He is in a coma. All his wounds were healed; kudos to me fusing with him, but the shock to his brain put him in this state.

I will admit though, the UNSC works fast. In just a single day, they bought a hospital and began setting up shop in this universe. There are now active and slightly more efficient "gateways" between the two universes. In reality, it's just an Einstein Rosen Bridge they made. They glorified it and called it a gateway even though it was just a wormhole.

On a side note, the surgery went well. The Forerunners that were doing said surgery put me in some sort of alternate dimension and did a lot of space-warping. They successfully managed to separate us two; obviously we wouldn't be having this conversation if they didn't. I've yet to speak to Ddraig again. I think we're finally done working together. Still, its fun knowing that I can still make fireballs from my hands. When they finally separated us two, they put Issei in cryogenic stasis so he wouldn't age while he stayed here. It was redundant but I appreciate what they did to the little pervert.

"Ddraig," I said. "You there?"

No reply.

"How's Issei, he doing alright?"

Still no reply.

"If you're going to ignore me, you should at least tell me why." I growled.

"Sorry Partner, I don't mean to ignore you like that. I just never had the time to say anything." Ddraig appeared on Issei's left arm.

"Ddraig, where have you been?" I asked, looking at the red gauntlet.

"Personally, I've been monitoring Issei's mind. He returned to his fantasy." The Dragon said.

"I think this time he should overcome his fears himself, so I've been watching him and tried to guide him for a while." Ddraig continued.

"Inform me before you do something like this." I said.

"Alright,"

"Also, are we finally done? I've lost the Sacred Gear, right?"

"Luckily, you haven't."

"Why?"

"If you haven't guessed it yet, I'm trapped in another world. The gem on the gauntlet is like a gateway to that world it also sustains this world. With you, the gauntlet seemingly copied itself, giving me two doors instead of one. That means if the actual Sacred Gear was destroyed, I would still be alive since I have a back up copy. That might also mean that after you die, your Sacred Gear will be passed onto other people, which would be troublesome." Ddraig explained.

As to prove his point, the [Boosted Gear] appeared on my left arm. The gauntlet was still on Issei's arm, but there was a twin just like mine here.

"I can still keep in contact with Issei even if all connections to your world are broken. My world is like a junction point between you two." Ddraig added, speaking from my gauntlet.

I nodded and slouched back into my chair. Judging from how Issei's parents reaction before, I suppose I have to live in Issei's place again. Really, I've retained almost everything from my field trip here. Besides those teenage hormones, moments of time when I go out of character and the meshing between two personalities, I've retained everything I've gained or learned here, even the body morphing technique so I can live in Issei's place.

The UNSC does know about this though and they're planning on making me an agent here last I checked. There should be a holiday around this time. It's a convenient excuse for saying, "I was at a friends house for the holidays, sorry for not keeping in touch." When I get back. Actually, if I get back, assuming I even return to the Hyoudou residence at all.

"John?" A nurse called for me.

Both Sacred Gears disappeared before she could notice.

"A 'Doctor Halsey' wants to speak with you." She said.

"I'll be right there." I said, placing flowers next to coma boy.

"This is a state of the art Hospital kid; they'll take good care of you." I said, leaving the young Japanese.

I wonder what Halsey has in store for me this time.

End Season 1

Author's Note:

Like I said, I had to rush it. I wanted to get this out before Halloween but I ended up posting it on Halloween because of distractions. I planned on getting this done in one day, but finished up in about two. I wanted the extra time so I could work on IDGPE then transition back to what I was previously working on: Kill the Heisei and ACE.

I suppose this was, in my opinion, better in quality than the other chapters since I had actual plot to work with. I think I work much better with plot. Everything was nicely paced and I tried to stay true to John's personality, hence time skip to avoid plot holes. I'm pretty sure I made some plot holes already, but I don't have time to read the last six chapters to remind me of what I wrote.

Also, this story is becoming self aware or...I think so. Yeah, I "killed off" Zero. He doesn't serve a purpose in this story except to make surreal fights which I won't need anymore since Volumes 3 and up have plenty awesome fights. Will we see them? Some of them.

I also unveiled (again) the Boosted MJOLNIR Powered Assault Scale Mail. I was tempted to call it the Boosted MJOLNIR Powered Assault Breaker Scale Mail but I thought that was too redundant.

Also, trying to fix this fic and seeing as people hate the shit out of Issei, I've made him as dead as canon will allow and pulled some shit from my ass so I can keep the Boosted Gear with John.

Speaking of John, yes I am aware of the different personality he had before he arrived at the DxDverse, which was because I thought he would have picked up a few civilian traits when he was retired (fired). That obviously didn't work out well.

Important

I still will be continuing this story but I have four other stories to take care of as well. But comparing my lazy ass before, I think updates will come more frequently if I continue writing (typing).

Honestly, I have nothing else to say besides "Happy Halloween" (if I'm not too late).

Thanks,
Sonicfanx1

P.S. Sorry for not updating frequently. Fucking Saints Row and shit taking up way too much of my time.