Currently, Haru was sitting, nursing a cup of tea made by Rias' queen Akeno. He had to admit, her tea was like the wonderful combination of tea leaves, happy thoughts, rainbows, puppy tears and the laughter of children. He knew that the Gremory household could afford such luxuries but damn! He looked across from where he was sitting on the sofa to where Akeno stood.
"This tea..." he began. She turned her smiling gaze to him. "It's… it's… fuckin' awesome! How? How did you make this?" he asked as tears of joy glittered in his eyes. Akeno giggled into her hand.
"Oh my, I didn't think you'd like it quite that much. There's really nothing all that special about it to be honest." she replied.
Haru chugged more of his tea. "Speak for yourself." he said as he stood up and got some more. Yes, he actually got up off his lazy ass to get more tea. Maybe miracles do happen.
Now you're probably wondering "Uh, how did they go from HOLY FUCKING SHIT IT'S THE VANISHING DRAGON!" to "Nothing like tea and good company"? Well my dear readers, after scaring them half to death, he burst out laughing and retracted his wings and just asked them what they were doing here and why. He then asked about Rias and her peerage, telling her that he and her brother Sirzechs were friends and that he was protecting everything while waiting for Ddraig's host to show up. After that it was just casual chit chat after introductions.
"So how long have you known about devils and your Sacred Gear?" Rias asked. It was the question on everyone's mind at the time. Haru sipped his tea after sitting back down next to Koneko who idly ate a doughnut.
"Well, I've been aware of my Sacred Gear since I was 14. My first encounter with a devil was when I was 11. You see, my folks were high up magicians. Being what they were, they got super ambitious and thought they could take on Tiamat. As you can imagine they got absolutely destroyed."
"At the time I was just a little kid but I was okay at magic. I was an acolyte, beneath an apprentice. I'd learned about the expedition to go hunt Tiamant and so I tailed them. But when I got there." He sipped more tea and his face morphed into one of delight again."The cave was up in flames."
(Six years ago, Tiamat's lair)
Tiamat roared as she took a barrage of spells from all directions. They didn't damage her much at all, but it was not helping her temper at all. Her azure scales ensured spells of mid level devil power were useless. She breathed in and then released a torrent of crimson flames at the arrogant magicians, who scattered either by futilely running away or teleporting, barely escaping the red-hot death. Those caught up in her flames were reduced to even less than ash. The battle seemed like such a pointless endeavour with the sheer amount of losses they were sustaining.
She flapped her immense wings, sending dust, ash and rocks flying all around. The magicians prepared spells as they shielded their eyes from the debris. Suddenly, a large magic circle of purple appeared under Tiamat. It flashed brightly and Tiamat was forced to the ground as it was some sort of gravity magic. A woman in a long violet robe with a hood over her head stepped forward.
"Give in, Dragon King. You are done here." the woman said in a commanding voice. Tiamat scoffed and bore the dragon equivalent of a smirk. The woman scowled and raised her left arm, rapidly muttering a spell. Purple magic circles filled the space behind her as base ball sized orbs of magical energy gathered in the centre of the circles."Array of Annihilation." She unleashed the spell and large violet beams of destructive energy, burning the air and ground.
A huge pale green magic circle opened in front of Tiamat and the beams clashed into it, exploding and shattering the ground. The woman gasped and teleported above Tiamat, who launched forward and slid across the ground to face the woman, who created another set of magic circles and launched another barrage of beams. She then signalled to a man wearing the scale mail of Albion, the Vanishing Dragon.
The man then…
(Present day—interruption)
"Wait, wait, wait! How can that man have Divine Dividing if you have it?" Rias shouted incredulously. Haru glowered at her, sipping his tea.
"I was getting to that. God damn, calm your tits. Anyway back to my tragic tale." he said, picking up one of Koneko's doughnuts, she looked mortified but he either didn't care or didn't notice. Most likely the former.
(Six years ago, Bat ca—Um, Tiamat's lair)
The armoured man took flight and rushed at Tiamat. He raised his hand "Divide!" he felt some of Tiamat's power flow into him and it felt somewhat overwhelming to him. He flew down closer and she breathed the crimson flames at him. He evaded only to be smacked in the chest with her tail. He spun out of control but recovered before he could collide with a solid granite wall. He rushed forth again, evading a swipe of her left foreleg and landed a savage kick into her underbelly.
"Foolish little creatures!" Tiamat growled, her voice reverberating throughout the cave, shaking the ground and causing tiny parts of the cave roof the shake and crack. The Chaos Karma Dragon activated one of her own spells. Magic circles lined the walls and ceiling. They glowed with black and purple light. "Karmic force: Consequence!"
Everyone in the room buckled under the force that just filled the room as Tiamat's power overwhelmed them, rooting them to the spot. The Vanishing Dragon struggled to stand but powered forward, pushing the power he absorbed from Tiamat to its absolute limit. The Chaotic beast turned her gaze to him. She was curious what the shiny pest would try to do. He struggled to raise his right arm, but then muttered "Divide." Thankfully, he absorbed more power, and the power of her ability was reduced by a great margin. However, he knew that beating Tiamat like this was the dream of either a fool or a madman, and so he chanted the chant of the juggernaut.
"I, who is about to awaken,
Am the White Dragon Emperor who will take the law down to the darkness.
I walk the road of domination with infinite destruction and by piercing through the imaginary dream.
I shall become a pure Emperor of White Dragon.
And I shall have you obey the silvery-white illusions and the perfect evil ways!"
Juggernaut Over Drive!
(Present day)
"After the chant, I don't have a clue what happened. All I know is that when I'd finally nutted up and went to see the aftermath, the cave was in flames, the magicians were gone along with Tiamat and there was this blue gem on the ground." He paused if people wanted to ask questions. Nobody spoke so he carried on. " To wrap up, that's when I met Sirzechs and Ajuka Beelzebub. I stayed with your family for a little while but I was the one who requested that Ajuka find a way to merge Albion with me." Haru concluded, no longer wanting to talk.
Rias was lost for words like the others, but she was more surprised that he'd survived such an ordeal, found a powerful Longinus Gear, met two ultimate class devils, and stayed with her family without her noticing. Sounds like a plot for a shitty sitcom. It really does.
"Are we done? I really wanna go home and get on League, today should be my promotion." He didn't even wait for a reply and just upped and left. But he put his head back around the door and said "Akeno, your tea made me feel like I could cream my pants and not be ashamed. Thank you." and then was actually gone.