Bab 4: CHAPTER - 4 - KUOH
Morning
Train
In Coach
Beep! Beep!
Attention passengers, we will be arriving at Kuoh Station shortly. Please prepare all your belongings before leaving the train.
I repeat…
As the announcement kept repeating a young man wearing a simple black shirt and blue pants was out gazing the passenger window, lost in thought.
"What am I gonna do?" Was the question that plagued the youths mind.
The young man was obviously Haru, still worried about what he'll do when he gets there.
He came from another world with the Naruto System, he spent three years perfecting his skills and Ninjutsu so that he could survive in this world.
Only recently though he found out the world he's been sent to is High School DxD.
He's read the series before and could honestly say it wouldn't be such a bad place to live in, compared to the other thousands of other possible worlds he could have been sent to.
Though he was worried that his arrival will cause events to change and perhaps make matters worse.
There was also the option of spending the rest of his days in quiet isolation away from the fights with Gods, Devils, Fallen Angels and other crazy things.
However, that would put the three years he spent training alone for nothing.
Another possibility was that he'll somehow get involved no matter where he goes from just a single, wrong move and if that's the case then he would rather take his chances at least somewhere he knows what's going to happen.
After he left the forest and mountains surrounding the cabin, he arrived at the nearest town, borrowed(stole) some money and clothes, headed for the nearest station and soon found himself on his way to Kuoh Town, or just Kuoh as Haru will call it from now on, sounds so awkward otherwise.
"And apparently I'll be arriving a week before April on top of that" as he began thinking of being just on time for canon to begin, then another possibility that it could have never even happened,etc.
"Sigh… in the end my curiosity got the better of me" as he couldn't resist the chance to see it for himself.
Fun fact though, is that he was able to catch up on his hobbies, and found out that all the anime, manga, and other things were nearly identical except for two things:
First, there was no trace of High School DxD anywhere, thought that was expected since I'm actually here.
Second, was that there wasn't anything Naruto related anywhere. Even when he looked it up on the internet he received zero hits.
He tried asking the system but it didn't respond. So Haru had no choice but to give up on that for the time being.
Beep! Beep!
We have arrived at Kuoh Station
We have arrived at Kuoh Station
Thank you for riding ***** Transit. We hope to see you on board again soon.
Next Stop is…
"Guess it's time for me to get going, I'll figure things out as I go, besides..." as he looked out the window he saw his reflection, showing off his Sharingan.
"I have more than enough confidence to at least get away if things get rough " a smile reflected on his face before deactivating them and getting off the train.
Noon
Streets of Kuoh
The sun was beating down on Haru, even though it's spring for some reason it already feels like summer. Haru luckily wasn't one of them. It felt pleasant, like someone had turned on the heater in winter.
Though he absolutely hates the cold with a passion, he would rather live out in the desert than be anywhere near snow.
As he walked the streets he had asked some locales where Kuoh Academy was located, he at least wanted to familiarize himself with the area, considering the anime only showed small parts of them actually walking to school, or simply arriving at their next destination in between scenes.
So for the past few hours he had been wandering the streets trying to find out where it is, but everything they told him was useless.
He could have used his abilities but that would bring the risk of gathering unwanted attention, and besides it was better to do that at night.
"Then again... this is a town run by Devils, so night might be an even worse option" thinking about how things can turn out, he spent the next few hours.
"I need a break" after hours of wandering Haru was annoyed and decided a little bit of rest was in order.
As he walked along he couldn't help but notice a park was entering his view "isn't that the park where Issei was killed?" says out loud, luckily no one was around to hear him.
As he entered he could recognize the fountain and the landscape from the anime, from this he was glad to have made some progress
"At the very least I'm on the right track, Kuoh Academy probably shouldn't be too far from here"
Haru walked until he saw a huge tree with a pretty big area covered in shade by the trees branches.
He took a seat and couldn't help but feel at ease here, whether because of the silence or the sound of running water from the fountain it helped to relax his body.
Suddenly his eyes felt heavy, though he could tell it was completely natural, given that he hadn't gotten much sleep last night he thought "Maybe I'll rest for a little bit" before closing his eyes with his head laid back against the tree.
He didn't have to worry about anyone attacking him because to everyone he looked and felt like a normal human.
A few minutes later all that could be heard was the sound of Haru soundly asleep.
A Few Hours Later
The sounds of footsteps resounded followed by the sound of voices, as they walked closer you could begin to see two figures talking
"Is that really true?" said one of the figures.
"I'm not 100 percent sure, but I think we have to look into this further before we can say for certain" answered the other.
"Then the only thing we can do is keep an eye on him for the time being"
Both figures appeared to be female, about 18 years old, though one thing that everybody who saw them walk by agreed on.
Both of them were extremely beautiful, unlike any other they had ever seen.
One of them was a young woman with a voluptuous figure, she had long black hair and violet eyes. Her hair was tied up in a long ponytail reaching all the way down to her legs with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backward but held together in place by an orange ribbon.
Though you could tell that she has a body that would put even the best of runway models to shame. Especially her breasts, they were massive, you would be hard pressed not to stare at them when you meet her for the first time.
Next to her was a beautiful young woman with skin as white as snow and beautiful blue eyes. She also had a buxom figure rivaling her black haired friend, in fact her breast size was nearly identical that you couldn't tell apart with the naked eye.
Though her most distinguishing feature was without a doubt her hair.
Her long, flowing crimson red hair reaching all the way down to her thighs with a single strand sticking out from the top.
Some of her hair also had some loose bangs covering her forehead and side bangs framing her face.
Both girls were wearing the same Kuoh Academy girls school uniform consisting of a white long-sleeved, button down shirt with a black ribbon on their shirt collar worn under a black shoulder cape and a matching button down corset. They also both wore a magenta skirt with white accents and brown dress shoes.
The only difference between the two were their socks they were wearing with the black haired girl wearing black calf-length socks and the red haired girl wearing white crew-length socks.
If Haru was awake he would recognize these two in a heartbeat.
Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima
The Crimson Haired Ruin Princess & The Priestess of Thunder
"Regardless, I think we had better…" as Rias was speaking she suddenly stopped in her tracks, frozen in place.
"Rias?" Akeno asked, worried as she had never seen her best friend acting this way before.
"That boy, who is he?" as she spoke she pointed to a young boy sleeping in the shade.
As Akeno looked at the boy she tried to remember seeing a boy like that around here "I don't know, maybe he just arrived in town, considering the clothes he's wearing" she replied as both of them walked closer to him.
As they got closer they could tell the young man was at least physically fit, not too much muscle but not too little either, he seemed pretty ordinary.
"He looks like an ordinary person to me" Akeno concurred but wondered what her king was thinking of.
"I don't know, there's just something about him, I can't quite describe it" as Rias was lost in thought, something in her gut told her there's more to this person than meets the eye.
It's true though as her intuition was never wrong before.
"Ugh" as they looked at his sleeping face it soon distorted and beads of sweat started pouring out his forehead.
"Is he having a bad dream?" Akeno asked as he looked at the pained expression on his face, she didn't know why but in her heart worry started to take root for the young man.
"More like a nightmare" as Rias looked on she couldn't help but feel pity seeing the state of the young man.
"He kind of reminds me of how Koneko use to be" as she thought back to how she was before.
Both Rias and Akeno had taken a spot on the ground with Rias on the left and Akeno on the right.
They soon saw that his face was getting paler, they looked at each other for a moment before silently nodding in agreement.
"Hey, wake up" as Rias started to shake his shoulders.
"Ahh" after a few more seconds his eyes opened abruptly
"!"
"!"
What they saw made them speechless.
The boy's eyes were unlike any the two of them had ever seen before, they were scarlet red, and in each eye there were three tomoe.
As the young man was staring at them both his eyes were also wide open in shock, though he didn't say a word you could tell cold sweat was already running down his face, though compared to earlier in his sleep some color had returned to his face.
"Oh shit!" as Haru looked at the last people he expected to meet so soon had appeared while he was sleeping.
"Shit, I'm still not thinking straight after that" as he tried to push that nightmare he was having earlier out of his head, though that proved difficult to do right away.
Though as he looked at both Rias and Akeno he had to admit they were both as breathtaking as the series portrayed them, no, even more so than- "Wait! This isn't the time for that" as he tried shaking his head to clear up his muddled thoughts.
"First, I need to calm down, worry about everything else later"
"Hmmm… Hahhhh" as he closed his eyes and took in deep breath, his Sharingan turned off and they returned to their normal black color.
"Your eyes!" Rias was the first to speak up as she saw that his eyes had changed.
"Hmm? What are you talking about? And sorry but who are you two?" as he looked at them with a confused expression before following up with a blush as he couldn't help it when he looked at the two of them.
"You mean you don't know?" as Akeno spoke she tried to see if he was lying, though thanks to Haru's training he was able to fool her.
"I'm sorry, we were walking by and we saw you were suffering in your sleep" as Rias recovered from her surprise and smiled as she explained everything prior to him waking up.
"I see, in that case sorry for suspecting you" as he got up immediately and apologized, though as he bowed he also slightly looked up and saw how big their breasts were "My god, they weren't messing around, those things are huge!".
Both of them did the same "Ufufufu, don't worry, I'm sure we can keep that little display a secret between the three of us" as she laughed in her usual manner, though she could probably tell that he already looked.
"I really appreciate it Miss…?"
"Akeno, Akeno Himejima" as she showed her trademark smile.
"I should also introduce myself, my name is Rias Gremory, it's very nice to meet you" as she also gave her greetings and smiled which could put any man who saw it straight to heaven.
"It's nice to meet you two, my name is Haru Uchiha" as he introduced himself before talking for a short while, mostly about small things and nothing Haru didn't mind saying.
"Haru, then if you don't mind me asking, what were you doing there sleeping in the middle of the park?" as they continued talking Rias asked a seemingly innocent question but Haru could tell that he had already peeked her curiosity, so she wanted to know more under their current friendly circumstances.
Not that Haru minded as it wasn't exactly a big secret he was keeping, so he decided to humor her.
"I actually came here looking for someone, but as I didn't get much sleep last night I dozed off when I was supposed to be just taking a break " he replied honestly.
"Ufufufu, and who might that be, perhaps a special someone?"
Akeno on the other hand was acting like a tease and mischievous like with Issei, though that might have been Haru's imagination.
"No, there isn't anyone like that, at least not anymore" as he said that for a moment he thought about his parents, as his eyes lowered for a moment.
"..."
"..."
Neither one of them said anything, they could tell that they had stepped on a very sensitive subject.
After a few more seconds of silence he looked up and smiled "sorry, but I have to get going now, I'll be staying in town for a few days, if I see you around I hope to talk with you guys some more, have a good day" as he bowed before walking away.
Shortly After Haru Left
As both Rias and Akeno stared at Haru's back as he left they could tell.
He was lying.
Though his face appeared to be telling the truth.
They both could see it in his eyes, he knew they saw it, but tried to play it off like nothing happened.
Both of them could tell because they had seen those eyes before.
The eyes of someone who's been through pain and suffering unlike most.
And that back of his is one who's been burdened with loneliness, most likely for quite a while
As Akeno looked at her best friend and King she was the one to break the ice "Rias… that boy" she could already tell what her king was thinking.
"Akeno… keep an eye on him, also try to find anything else on him, I want to know everything" as Rias's curiosity had been lit, she could tell that he was somewhat different from others.
In all her years she has never seen someone like him.
"Right... that boy, he must possess something special, but I don't sense a Sacred Gear in him, or anything like it for that matter" as she thought back to those blood red eyes, it honestly sent shivers down her spine.
But it was the good kind, she had never felt that way before… and she honestly didn't hate it.
"It seems my intuition was right, but we have to be careful about how we go about this" as they stared out in the distance where Haru had gone off to.
Next Morning
Hotel Room in Kuoh
"Sigh~ yesterday was a total disaster, hopefully today goes better" as Haru was getting dressed for today, Haru was still thinking about his unexpected meeting with Rias and Akeno, he didn't plan to meet them at least until a week or two later, once he had gotten a better understanding of the situation.
"Though I guess I had to meet them at some point, what's done is done. For now I should focus on finding the others" as he finished getting dressed and walked downstairs to the hotel's entrance.
After meeting the two of them Haru had continued his search for Kuoh Academy, that didn't take long as he found it shortly after, though school had already let out so he had no choice but to move on to his next target, the Church.
That was actually easier to find that he thought, considering it was at the outskirts of the city, with the tinted windows and cross at the top being a dead giveaway.
He had thought of locating Issei's house next yesterday, but after what happened he decided to postpone it till today.
He had stayed the night in one of the cheaper hotels in the inner city, it didn't have much but Haru didn't mind as he was just gonna stay there till he figured something out.
He also made no progress towards finding the man in the letter, mainly because he didn't have any leads on him or clues to at least give a hint of his whereabouts. He had originally come here to just say his thanks but he soon found himself meddling in other people's affairs… though it wouldn't have been the first time.
Soon he began walking the streets of Kuoh again, heading towards the schools surrounding areas looking for Issei's house. He thought of looking for Kiba's place but given the novels didn't tell him much about it he decided to leave it for later.
After nearly 30 minutes of walking he could feel someone was watching him, he didn't stop or slow down his pace as he didn't want to alert them.
"Maybe it's one of Rias's or Akeno's familiars keeping an eye on me" as he guessed, considering there was no one else in this city who knew him.
It's after all still a weekday so they can't miss out on school just to follow him. As he rounded a corner he formed a series of hand signs.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu"
Peng!
As he finished a puff of smoke appeared in front of him, as it cleared it revealed another person looking exactly like himself.
After mastering the Shadow Clone Jutsu Haru could create a maximum of 10 clones with his current chakra level, however, due to the fact that he has to divide his chakra equally among them he never created more than 3 or 4 at a time. Another reason is because unlike that cheat Naruto he doesn't have the crazy reservoirs of chakra the Uzumaki clan had at his disposal.
At least for now he didn't, but in due time he knows with the system's help he'll be able to go beyond his current limits and accomplish even greater feats as a ninja, but for that to happen he must continue to work hard and never stop improving.
He then performed another series of hand seals and used the Transformation Jutsu to transform himself into your average 40 year old salary man.
"Think you can lead them away from here for awhile?" he asked the clone of himself.
"Yeah, don't want them interrupting our plans a second time, leave it to me" says the clone of Haru with a smile.
After that the clone walked out from behind the corner and walked in the complete opposite direction.
As the real Haru watched him walk off he felt the presence from earlier was following the clone, successfully throwing it off his trail, at least for a while.
"My clone will disperse after half a day, considering the amount of chakra I gave it there shouldn't be any problems. As he finished watching he continued on his search for his target.
A Week Later
"W-Will you go out with me?" said a very cute but shy girl with a huge blush on her face.
The young girl had long silky black hair down to her hips. She had on a school uniform consisting of a dark red jacket with the letter P embroidered in gold, a white undershirt, red bow, and a green skirt with a thin white strap around the lower end of it.
"...Go out with you? Umm… I?" said a confused young man.
He was wearing a Kuoh Academy school uniform consisting of a dark black blazer over a white, long-sleeved dress shirt with black highlights and a black ribbon on the collar. He also wore matching pants and brown dress shoes, he looked to be about average in height with short brown hair and eyes.
Yuuma Amano
a.k.a the Fallen Angel Raynare
Issei Hyoudou
One of the Perverted Trio and holder of the Boosted Gear
What they didn't know was that behind Issei in one of the trees was Haru watching over them.
"If I didn't know already ahead of time what was going to happen, I probably would have thought that this was the greatest thing in my life too Issei" as he looked on in both jealousy and pity for the poor boy.
Haru had finally found the Hyoudou household a few days ago and has since then been keeping an eye on him. Though he didn't follow too closely and made sure to use some genjutsu and transformed himself as a precaution, considering he could never know who's watching him.
Though he didn't watch him twenty-four seven and only when he walked to and from Kuoh Academy, because he knew that this day would come, but the question was when?
The rest of the time he spent either training inside his hunting grounds or out on the town asking people if they recognize the writing from the letter.
He had gone to various parts of the city but still came up empty handed.
He also had been avoiding Rias and Akeno since that day, there were even a couple of times he nearly ran into them by chance, but was able to just barely hide from them. They had even sent out there familiars in full force to look for him, if it wasn't because of his skills as a ninja along with his Sharingan he probably would have been found by them long ago.
It's not that he didn't want to meet them or anything absurd like that, it's simply because it isn't the right time yet.
Lastly, he wanted to see if things would still play out the way they did, and seeing Raynare asking Issei out proved that things were going exactly as planned.
As he looked at Issei's shocked face Raynare continued talking before reaching her point "See, the thing is… I'd like for you to be my boyfriend" as she finished off her act, perfectly capturing Issei's heart.
As Haru saw Issei leave with a smile plastered all over his face, he saw someone walking right where Issei was a moment ago.
She was a petite girl with white hair and hazel eyes, the front of her hair had two long bangs going past her shoulders and several loose bangs hanging over her forehead while the back had a short bob cut. She also wore a black cat-shaped hair clip on both sides, wearing the Kuoh Academy girls school uniform without the shoulder cape.
Koneko Toujou
Rias's First Rook and Younger Sister of Kuroka
She was watching Issei while eating a Popsicle with a blank expression.
Haru was watching her while thinking "So it really is like in the Anime, though she sure is short…"
Suddenly Koneko turned her head in the direction of where Haru was hiding "You can come out now. No use hiding" she said in her montone like voice, though Haru thought "guess I still underestimated her nekomata powers and her ability to detect when someone even thinks about her… never mind not even gonna finish that"
Haru, seeing all he wanted for today formed a series of hand seals before vanishing in a whirlwind of leaves, all while making sure to erase all traces of his presence.
Koneko merely squinted her eyes as she licked her Popsicle "Quick on his feet" she said before walking away.
Occult Research Club
In the room was Rias, Akeno, and Koneko who was finishing telling her story of what happened earlier today.
"I see" as Rias looked at the chessboard she said after hearing Koneko's report.
"You were right, 100 percent" as Koneko followed up.
"Yeah, you totally called it" Akeno offers her praise
"I'm just glad I asked you to keep a close eye on him" as Rias offered her gratitude while Koneko followed up with a 'yep' in response.
"And what about the other one? the boy named Haru, any progress on him Akeno?" as she moved one of her pawn pieces forward.
Akeno's face went from a smile to one of sadness "Unfortunately Rias, we haven't been able to find a single thing on him, no past history, records, anything, it's like he just suddenly appeared one day out of thin air"
Rias then recrossed her legs as she mumbled "I see, so we don't even know if he's really who he claims to be" as she thought back to their first meeting with him, he didn't seem to be lying to them from what she recalled, not entirely at least.
Though ever since then she has been more and curious about this black haired boy with scarlet eyes, she was absolutely sure that this young man was special, though he didn't have a Sacred Gear her intuition told her that there was much more than what their appears to be.
For over the past week they had monitored all his movements but all he did was ask around town if they knew the person in the letter he showed them, though she didn't know who he was looking for it seemed like it was slowly frustrating him to no end.
"Maybe... if I saw it then perhaps I could…" as she was lost in thought
"He was there"
As Rias looked up at Koneko her eyes widened "What?" as she looked at her servant in surprise.
"He was hiding pretty well, but he was there, watching Issei too" as she added it both Rias and Akeno were lost in thought.
This instead let to more questions than answers as to who was this mysterious young man that appeared in her territory?
After a while Akeno asked "What's next? What do we do with them now?" as she looked to Rias for an answer.
As Rias was in deep thought for a moment before her smile showed "For Issei, we need to make our preparations immediately" as she reached out and moved one of her pawn pieces to her hand "That's all we can do for him" as she looked at it for a moment before she bent down once more and picked up another one of her pawns and placed it in her other hand "As for Haru, Akeno and I will deal with him ourselves, if he's with any of the other factions we'll know soon enough, though on the off chance he isn't with any of the factions…" as an even bigger smile appeared on her face she placed them back on the board "everything else will depend on him"
Status Power Mingguan
-- Peringkat
Power 
-- Power
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