The Golden Dragon Empress (HighSchool DxD)

Calm Before The Flaming Storm

Natsuki groggily woke up the next morning. Despite the full night's rest, she felt as if she was just running a marathon instead of sleeping for several hours. She looked at the end of her bed and noticed that Midnight was no longer there. She must have gone back to the Familiar Forest while I was sleeping.

It was then that she noticed that her Sacred Gear was activated. I don't remember summoning it. Did I activate it in my sleep?

When the girl rubbed her fingers across the center of the pendant, a white glow came from the jewel and a voice rang out.

"You are finally awake, Natsuki."

Natsuki flinched, releasing the pendant as she looked at it shock. "Y-you are talking to me?!"

The glow of the pendant flickered as if to show annoyance, "Of course I am talking to you, do you see anyone else in this room named Natsuki?"

"It's just when I heard you speak to me in my dream you made it seem like it would be a long time before we would be able to communicate again." Natsuki couldn't believe that her scared gear was speaking to her and that she was having a conversation with it.

"I assumed it would be a while before we spoke, but you have exceeded my expectations and have gotten stronger faster than I thought."

The girl's eyes widened; she honestly hadn't thought she had gotten any stronger since the fight with the Fallen Angels. Sure, she did some training by herself and with Rias and Issei, but she felt the same and she didn't notice any newer abilities. "Are you sure? I feel the same, I haven't felt any kind of rise in power since the fight with the Fallen."

The pendant glowed once more, "Yes, I am sure. You may not be conscious of it, but you are getting stronger every day you use our power, ever miniscule drop matters."

That does make me feel better, I thought that I wasn't working hard enough.

Natsuki looked back down at the Sacred Gear. "Hey, you have a name, right? I just realized that you know mine, but I don't know yours."

"I have gone by many names and titles. The Golden Dragon Empress, Evolving Dragon, Gold-One, Aureum, Yellow Dragon of Exaltation. But in recent years I go by the name of Lux."

Well, that was a mouthful. Why do I get the feeling that she was even more titles but those were just the main ones?

"It's nice to meet you Lux. I hope you and I will get along since we will be stuck with each other for the near future."

"I as well. You and I will be partners so it will be most beneficial if we have a good relationship."

Natsuki laughed at the formal way Lux was speaking. "I want to be friends with you too Lux."

A much larger glow shined from Lux, "The way I speak is not funny Natsuki. Honestly, kids today..."

Natsuki couldn't stop the giggles leaving her, she just didn't expect an all-powerful dragon to be so proper.

"Keep laughing little one and I will think twice about using my power the next time a Fallen tries to kill you. Besides are you not late for school?"

Natsuki stopped laughing and quickly grabbed her phone, seeing that she was 20 minutes late. The girl jumped out of bed and rushed to clean herself up.

"Dammit! I'm going to get detention again for sure!"