The Golden Dragon Empress (HighSchool DxD)

The Dragons and Their Resolve

In the depths of a great black void floated Sukehiro Natsuki as she opened her eyes. Her eyes moved around as she was confused by seeing nothing but emptiness, she became worried when she realized that she couldn't move her body.

Suddenly a golden light appeared in front of the girl, she tried to look within it, but the light was just too blinding, forcing the girl to close her eyes. A voice then rang out across the void, the same voice she heard the night Yuuma killed her.

Natsuki could hear the voice more clearly than she could before. "Natsuki Sukehiro. It seems that you are able hear me once more." The girl noticed that the voice was female, reminding her a little of Kushina-Sama in the fact that it was warm and attentive while holding an authoritative edge to it.

You may be able to hear me, but you are still a fledgling. You are a long way from being able to use our power to its fullest potential. The voice rang out once more before releasing a powerful roar that shook Natsuki to her core, expelling the girl from the black void.

The newly turned devil awoke from her dream with a strangled gasp, sitting up and looking around, calming down once she realized that she was just in her room. She laid back down, looking at her phone and seeing that she had woken up an hour before her alarm was supposed to go off.

I remember activating my sacred gear last night, I guess I fell asleep. Well, I got what I wanted since the voice came back. Rias said that as we complete our pacts and train, we'll get stronger, at this rate how long will it take for me to reach that full potential like the voice said?

Natsuki knew that the voice she heard in her dream had to be her sacred gear, there was no other explanation, but she didn't know that sacred gears could be sentient. This would just be something to ask Rias about later. The girl then sighed before standing up, pushing her thoughts away for later and getting ready for the day.

Natsuki had run into Issei on their way to school that morning and had to keep herself from laughing as Issei recounted the job he had to do yesterday. Natsuki would have killed to see the look on the boy's face when he realized the client was a muscular man cosplaying as a magical girl who referred to himself as Mil-tan. Issei then explained how afterwards he was attacked by another fallen angel, but he summoned his sacred gear, scaring her off. I have never been happy to not accept a request in all my life.

By the end of the day, Natsuki and Issei had once again found themselves in the ORC clubroom. The girl sat on the couch next to Koneko as Issei explained what had happened to him, the other members of the peerage were focused on Issei's gauntlet though Koneko was more focused on her food and Natsuki was thinking about her own sacred gear.

Issei then left the room to hand out more flyers with a downcast expression after Rias had warned him not to go halfcocked against a group of fallen angels because chances are they won't let him go like the one yesterday did, and he would end up either seriously hurt or dead.

Natsuki then looked towards Rias, "Hey Rias-Buchou, I wanted to ask about my own sacred gear." The girl then explained her dream last night; she noticed the others look at her in surprise while Rias cocked an eyebrow.

"That is a little strange. Here, stand up and summon your gear"

Natsuki stood up summoning her gear just like she did yesterday and just like yesterday her transformation looked different.

The necklace looked the same, but her upper body was now covered in golden armor with black lining. She also noted that her hands were covered as well with claws and white orbs on the back of them like Issei's arm. The part that stuck out most to Natsuki was that the white jewel in the center of her pendant had gotten bigger, looking to be the size of her hand.