[Ashura POV]
Now I really wanna bitch slap whoever reincarnated me. Being born while conscious is shit. One moment your just chilling and the next you feel the walls start to close in as you get pushed through a narrow passage way. Funny how in some fanfics they forget to mention how claustrophobic it felt and how being squeezed through a narrow passage way hurts. No wonder babies came out crying.
It took what felt like hours before I was finally born. The moment I took my first breath of fresh air, like a normal baby, I started crying out loud. Now don't think it was me who was crying, it's this baby body that I can't control that's doing the crying. A few moments later I was wrapped up in something very smooth, before I was passed over to someone who I'm assuming is my mother. I mean who else would hold me so lovingly, other than my new father, if he's even in the picture. I felt my new mother kiss me softly on the forehead. Being curious as to whether I would recognize my new mother or not I tried opening my eyes. It was hard at first but I managed to do it after a few moments.
Something seemed off though because the moment I opened my eyes, I could see clearly. There was no blurriness, no flashbang from the lights, nothing, just insanely clear vision, supernatural perks are insane. I looked up at my new mom and who I saw surprised the hell out of me. Grayfia Lucifuge, one of the hottest milfs and one of the strongest women alive in high school dxd. Well, looks like I'm going to be killing Issei huh. Because there is no fucking way I'm letting that perverted waste of air anywhere near my mother. Sorry Rias but your just going to have to find another pawn because your final hope of ending your arranged marriage with Riser just signed a death warrant.
Anyway back to my mom. The anime did not do her justice, I mean it never does when it comes to hot fictional characters that you meet for real. For some reason she had a shocked expression on her face as she looked at me. It wasn't the worrying kind of shock but rather the astonishing kind. Do I look different or something, can't be right, is it maybe my power leaking from me. I mean I am her and Sirzech's kid, who, speaking of which, had the same expression my mom has. I am going to be a lady killer when I grow up because the handsome levels, no-homo, my pops has is just stupid. Yeah so combine that with one of the most beautiful women in the underworld and you will definitely get a kid that will be a hell of a looker.
Ok I'm ranting again, back to the topic. I started looking around and noticed that there were people laying on the floor. They looked like nurses so they weren't people who were knocked out trying to take the opportunity to get at Sirzechs by going after his wife during childbirth. But why were they on the floor though, they looked unconscious. I turned my gaze a bit and I saw who I'm guessing are my grandparents, Zeoticus and Venalana Gremory. They looked like they were struggling to stand as they looked at me with the same astonishing look my parents were giving. Just what the heck is going on here.
[NO POV]
[A few minutes ago]
It was finally the time for Grayfia to give birth. Surprisingly to everyone the delivery went really smoothly. Grayfia obviously felt pain during the delivery, but other than that the process went on without a hitch. The process took only thirty minutes before the room was filled with a newborns healthy cries. He was cleaned and then wrapped in a smooth blanket before being handed over to his mother. The child had stopped crying almost immediately after he was placed in his mothers arms.
A few moments later Sirzechs entered the room. When he saw his child peacefully laying in his wife's arms it finally hit that he was a father now. But instead of being nervous he was unimaginably happy. He sat on the side of the bed beside his wife and just looked at his son with a soft loving smile. Venalana and Zeoticus entered after Sirzechs and just stood to the side as they watched the new mother and father lovingly watch their first child sleep in his mothers arms.
It was peaceful and the air was filled with a pleasant warmth. But that all changed the moment the child opened it's eyes for the first time. Silver colored eyes with slitted pupils and black sclera opened and with it came a pressure that Grayfia recognized instantly. The moment the pressure manifested all the nurses that were still in the room were all knocked out cold. Zeoticus and Venalana were both struggling to even stand, if they were high-class in power or lower they would have been knocked out instantly just like the nurses. Sirzechs and Grayfia looked at their child astonished as the pressure their child was exuding was unlike anything they had ever felt in their long lives.
It was only a few moments before the pressure disappeared as their newborn son fell asleep. This snapped Grayfia and Sirzechs out of their shocked states.
Sirzechs: Sighs, I knew that our child would be gifted but I didn't think they would have this level of power at birth. What even was that?
Grayfia: I don't know. But his eyes, do you think it might be a mutation?
Sirzechs: I think so. Perhaps this mutation is linked to that pressure we felt. I've never felt anything like it. But we'll just have to be patient and keep an eye on him as he grows.
Grayfia: I agree.
Grayfia said lovingly as she watched Ashura sleep peacefully in her arms. Like her, he had dark silver hair but with the addition of crimson red tips, showing his heritage.
Grayfia: What will we call him?
Sirzechs: I don't know. Why don't you name him, you've always been better at names than I was.
Grayfia took a moment to think before a name surfaced in her head.
Grayfia: Ashura. His name will be Ashura.
Sirzechs: Ashura Gremory. It does have a nice ring to it.
[Ashura POV
Time skip: 5 years]
It's been 5 years since I was born. Life was relatively normal, well normal in devil noble terms. I was well taken care of and I got a doting grandmother aka Venelana Gremory, who I call Ma. She spoils me any chance she gets and had I been a normal kid I would have grown up to be a bit of a brat but luckily that won't happen. Mom and Dad are good parents, just like any ordinary loving parents, even with the disadvantage of my mom having supernatural strength which means I'm always on my best behavior. I don't know about you guys but I'd rather not find out what a magically enhanced ass whopping feels like.
I've grown into quite the cute kid, not going to lie. I have dark silver hair like my moms with red tips. Who needs to dye your when you got good genetics that does it for you. The thing that shocked me a bit though when it came to my appearance was my eyes. They were silver like my moms but where mine differed was the pupils and the sclera. My sclera( the white part of my eyes) were black and my pupils were narrowed like those of a reptile or dragon. I have no idea why but I just chalk it up to it being a mutation. Which kind of, maybe confirms that I'm a Super-class devil like my Pops but I won't really know until my bloodline powers manifest. I can still use my SM but don't have a use for it at the moment since there is nothing for me to absorb. And I'd rather not absorb the ambient mana in the air because my SM will drain that shit.
In any case I'm currently in the library looking for something to read, when I start hearing whispers. Sigh, this has been happening ever since I turned 3. I would hear whispers from voices not my own. I could hear men, women, old and child speaking all at the same time, all of them saying the same thing. There were even voices that spoke in languages I wouldn't have recognized if it weren't for my inherent all-speak. Over the past 2 years since I could hear these voices I've noticed that they weren't just speaking gibberish and I wasn't going crazy but rather they tried leading me somewhere. They kept urging me to leave and go somewhere, where exactly, they aren't specific. They are annoyingly cryptic sometimes.
But since I was only three years old and still growing I ignored them and surprisingly when I ignored them they stopped trying to get me to go where ever it is they want me to go to. I also found out, in a very uncomfortable and traumatizing way, that they will tell me when someone is lying to me or not, not always but when it mattered the voices would tell me. Now how do you trust random voices in your head, well for me, I found that out on a very uncomfortable and traumatizing occasion where I was looking for my mom and since she is usually always by my dads side, I naturally went to my dads office only to find she wasn't there. I asked my dad where she was, which he then proceeded to, according to the voices at the time, lie to me about where she was. The voices then told me to use my hearing to track where she was. Which didn't make sense since why would the strongest Queen of the underworld hide. But since it seemed harmless I focused on my hearing and lets just say that that situation was the first and hopefully the last situation I would come across my mom and dad doing something nasty.
Damn it, a shiver runs down my spine every time I think about it. But lets get back to what the voices were saying this time.
{Knowledge.....Kin...}
Well that doesn't narrow it down at all. This library may be filled with other types of knowledge on other races and their power systems but I'm pretty sure that it's filled with more devil knowledge that anything else. Damn it voices, at least give me a proper hint and not some cryptic bullshit.
{It sees all....It causes chaos to all of mankind....It sleeps but still watches all...}
I'm pretty sure if someone was looking at me they would have seen the meanest deadpan ever. Seriously, that's the hint, it makes no sense at all. I'm not Aisen levels smart so can you just stop or at least, at LEAST, dumb down the crypticness of your annoying riddle.
{Are you sure about that, little brother of mine?}
The moment I heard that I froze, as I felt fear that went straight down to my very soul. This was different from the voices I heard before, before it was just all sorts of voices layered over each speaking at the same time. This was the same except something came with it. A presence that felt so vast, chaotic and indescribable that it felt like my mind was slowly being torn apart and put back together in a jumbled mess. In normal situations when one stands in front of something with an overwhelming presence that screams danger, their instincts would automatically tell them to run or get away from that thing as fast as possible. For me though, all my instincts were telling me was, DEATH. I knew I couldn't run from it and I knew there was no one in the world or universe that could help me.
And so faced with this situation I did what any normal person would do, I started having a panic attack. But this was no normal panic attack, oh no. This was the type of panic attack that would kill me. I was sweating all over, my hands were shaking, I was hyperventilating. I couldn't calm down no matter how hard I tried. My heart was beating so fast that it felt like if it was about to burst out of my chest. And my instincts told me that if it continued to beat like that, whether I have a supernatural body or not, my heart would fail.
But I couldn't calm down and as a result I fainted.
[???????????? POV]
Crap I forgot he isn't strong enough yet.
????????:You damn brat. Are you out of your fucking mind releasing your presence in front of him? Did you forget that he hasn't even come close to ascending yet.
????????????: It's not my fault ok. I got a bit too excited and forgot to rein in my presence.
????????: You are older and more powerful than the primordials themselves. You have seen countless civilizations rise and fall and even more uncountable galaxies being born and faded away. How do you forget when and how not to control your presence. Honestly. "sighs" Just make sure it doesn't happen again or I WILL put you to sleep.
I felt shiver run through my entire being when I heard that. Mother is a very patient person but when she reaches her limit, well lets just say she can be very cruel. And her threatening to put me to sleep was beyond torture or cruel. And I don't mean a death like sleep, no, that's impossible for me but rather a sleep that all my kind fear being placed in. My mother is the most powerful of my pantheon and has been or rather is in that sleep she mentioned. She can still influence reality even in this sleep by making an avatar that is a level below her original power, which is still powerful enough to snuff out an entire cluster of universes with ease.
But for the rest of us(excluding the living library herself), if we were placed in that sleep, there will be nothing we can do but sleep. We can't make an avatar because we aren't on her level of power. If it was any other being who would put us in that sleep then yeah we could easily make an avatar, but if its mother, well its night night for us.
???????????: Sorry Mother.
????????:It's fine. Just make sure it doesn't happen again.
???????????: "Phew"
????????: But that doesn't mean you get out of this scott free.
???????????:What! Come on mom it was an accident.
????????:No excuses. You will give him your blessing and you will guide him as you have before but WITHOUT the mischief, got it.
???????????:Ugh fine. You know its an older sisters job to annoy their younger brother right.
????????:You can bond with him all you like but no funny business. AM. I. Clear.
???????????:Yes mam.
????????:Good. Now heal him and explain what happened.
???????????:Are you sure its alright to tell him. You know he knows better than anyone in his universe who we are. I'm pretty sure he'll just have another panic attack.
????????:That is why it is your job to make sure that doesn't happen. Now no more talk, take care of your little brother or so help me.
???????????:Yes mam.
????????:Mhm.
After that my mother left and I went to work on healing my little brothers body and calming it down. Once his body was back to normal and his heart wasn't about to literally burst out of his chest I pulled his mind into a separate space so I could speak to him. " happy squeals" I'm so excited to finally talk to him I can't wait till he wakes up.
[Ashura POV]
I woke up and found myself in a place that can only be described as peacefully beautiful. The sky above me was nothing but a beautiful pan of stars. Its what the sky would have looked like if the Earth had no atmosphere. And in the middle of all of it, was a bright fiery and blue nebula. I just lay there looking at the sky and admiring it's beauty. When out of nowhere a face appeared above me. It belonged to a women, a beautiful one at that, definitely supernatural because there is no way that she was human. She has long smooth pitch black hair that is tied into a a high ponytail. Her eyes are the same as mine except they are a different color. She has red colored eyes with black tints in them and her sclera(the whites of her eyes) were black like mine.
???????????: Are you going to continue admiring me or are you going get up?
This unknown women said with a smile on her face. So not wanting to be rude I got up. When I got up I noticed that I was taller than her, like Really freaking tall. Tall to the point where she barley came up to my waist and she was quite tall herself. My hair was way longer, it went down to my waist. My nails were black like Kaneki's. There is also writing on both my arms. I don't recognize the language but to be honest it doesn't really matter to me as much. My body looked built for speed and strength, which was good in my book since I didn't want to be overly jacked up.
After I was finished looking over my body I started looking around and noticed that I was in a lush green forest.
Ashura: Where am I? And who are you anyway?
???????????: Walk with me and all your questions will be answered.
She said before turning and taking a few steps before floating off the ground a bit. I followed and caught up to her quite quickly. The advantages of being Primarch sized.
Ashura: So can you tell me who you are and why am I here?
???????????: Mmmm sure. But before that I want you to take a guess.
Ashura: "Raises an eyebrow" Are you serious? I could make multiple guesses and none of them would come close to who you are.
???????????: Come on, don't be such a spoil sport. I mean do you know any gods in your world who would make you panic like I did with just my presence.
Ashura: I can name 2. Maybe even 3.
???????????: Oh sure the lizards and the rabid beast. They would definitely have made you panic but not the same way I did. And besides do any of them even have knowledge on who you once were.
That stopped me dead in my tracks as I looked at the women with a bit of fear now. A person doesn't just forget the fear that I felt. I'm sure I would definitely feel fear if I ever faced Great Red or Ophis and they didn't bother holding back their aura. But this women sent me into a panic attack with her mere PRESECNE alone. Do you have any idea how powerful you have to be to even do that?
I looked the women in the eyes, while taking a small step back and asked her again.
Ashura: Who are you?
She smiled as she floated a bit higher until she was on my height level.
???????????: I am that which non can see until it is too late.
As she spoke the world began to fall away, piece by piece.
???????????: Those who know of me, fear me not for my power but my mind.
The stars in the sky started to become brighter. The lush forest that I once stood in faded away leaving us both floating in space.
???????????: I have seen the birth and death of civilizations who conquered galaxies and could unmake reality.
The lights that I once thought were stars turned out to be clusters of galaxies.
???????????: I was born from chaos and reek chaos wherever I so please.
A dark mass started to form behind the women. Its size was comparable to a planet. When it reached max size it started to shift and change shape. When it fully took shape, what I saw shook me to my core as I realized what kind of being I was dealing with.
???????????: I go by many names, The Crawling Chaos, The Faceless God, The Black Pharaoh, God of a Thousand Forms. But you may know me as-
Ashura: Nyarlathotep.
I said with fear beyond my imagination as I looked at the being that confirmed the existence of a pantheon whose lore I loved in my past life. But I also knew the absolute power it wielded and what beings it contained. Beings so vast and incomprehensible they could drive entire worlds mad with their mere presence. And before me is one of this pantheons most powerful Gods. A God feared more for it's intelligence that it uses to bring entire worlds to ruin for the mere fun of it. But why is it here, why would a being of such power want anything to do with a being whose existence is comparable to a grain of sand in its presence.
Nyarlathotep: And I welcome you Ashura, to the family.
[End]