Internal Introductions

Rias's Room (Rias P.O.V)

Looking her room, she realized that she really needed to decorate this place. It was definitely a room fit for a duke's daughter; everything looked like it was worth thousands of dollars. While it looked great for someone of her position, it didn't have anything that expressed it as hers. She would need to get some advice. Though, none of her pillars come from backgrounds that would afford them this kind of room, so she needed another opinion. Maybe she'll call Sona. If she remembered correctly, she was currently in a human town named Kuoh. Thinking about it logically, she'd probably have attended with her had she never left. She'd always had a fascination with Japanese culture, hence her choice of clothing.

Sitting down in a set of bean bag chairs laid out by the maids, the Pillars got ready to formally introduce themselves to each other. Looking around the room in a clockwise direction, she noted Ingvild Leviathan, Akame, Esdeath Partas, Artoria Pendragon, Laeticia 'd Arc, Hanabi Hyuga, and Valerie Tepes in that order.

"Alright everyone, let's get introductions out the way. I've certainly met all of you, but not all you have had the chance to have proper introductions to each other. I want to take the time to get to know each other better. Ideally, you should give a brief summary of who you are, what your main powers are, any problems you need addressing, and your dreams for the future. For the problem sharing, the goal is to put our individual troubles out there so we can get input from the group. I'll start." She started.

"My name's Rias Pandemos, though my birth name is Rias Gremory. I'm a devil that has evolved into a Demon Goddess and have recently developed a heavenly dragon based true form. I've recently come about a problem in my power that I'm trying to address. I lost the individual manifestations of the pillar abilities I inherited from you in favor of evolving my powers of destruction and prophecy. The problem mainly comes from the former. With that, I'm having to seriously restrain myself to not cause collateral damage. From Ddraig's later memories, he seemed to have a similar problem with his flames. That'll be my main focus during the next month of training, well…. Retraining. That aside, my dream for the future is to create an ideal kingdom where all supernatural races can reside. I'll be needed you now more than ever for that, especially with my loss of access to your abilities." The all nodded as she finished explaining. The problem was certainly new, but considering they were all bound to her for eternity, it really didn't present that much of a problem. They were planning on being a part of her kingdom anyways, well at least the ones who had heard of it.

"My name is Ingvild Leviathan." She started in a soft-spoken manner. "I was kind of reborn from the pillar process. Rias took my soul fragments from the black gear and used them as the core of the pillar creation. From there, the soul of the Red Dragon Emperor and the soul in the Nereid Kyrie were used as material to fill in the gaps in the shattered soul to create me using life transmutation from what she told me; I don't think she realized that would happen. Due to Ddraig being used as material, I've become a heavenly dragon, the true incarnation of the leviathan; I'll need to train to use those abilities too. In a way, I'm his successor or his daughter depending on how you want to look at it. Aside from my dragon form, my powers mainly lie in supporting or controlling dragons through song, and an innate control of the ocean. My initial goal is to bring the elders who sold me to Euclid to justice, though that may just be a matter of bringing it to the Satans, so it probably won't be a long-term problem. I'm still finding my dream, but I'll work with Rias on hers for now." Ingvild finished.

*Whistle* "I can't wait for a match. It's not every day one can say they've fought against a heavenly dragon." Esdeath said with a wide grin.

"I agree and maybe we can use this experience to get a grasp on how well we'd do against Great Tyrant" Akame added.

"I can help with that as well, though we'll probably want to find as open a space as possible for the test run and I'll need a lot of time before I can try out my true form. If I have problems controlling my powers now, it would be a disaster in my true form."

"My name is Akame; no last name. I was a professional assassin for my previous empire and later the liberation movement. After its destruction, I've been traveling with Esdeath to gain the strength needed to kill Great Tyrant. My powers are mostly based around using a death curse to kill targets. Aside from that, I'm primarily skilled in espionage and assassination. My dream is the same as Rias's. It was what I was fighting for on a smaller scale when the empire was still around; I wanted to create an empire where people could live in peace." Everyone nodded.

"Well, I guess it's my turn. My name's Esdeath and I was a general for the same empire Akame was from. She already stated our problem, so I won't repeat it. My power lies in using the powers of ice and freezing. Thanks to the pillar, I've gained the ability to improve my previous time freezing and extend it to concepts like space as well. I still need to take the time to explore the limits of that ability. My dream is, well" She looked at Rias "I'll keep it to myself for now" She finished with a smirk causing Rias to blush.

"Greetings, my name is Artoria Pendragon. I belonged to the Pendragon family, but was later sold to the Rizevim along with my cousin Laeticia by my family. My powers lie in my utilization of Rhongomyniad, the holy spear bound to me though there's likely more that I can achieve as well due to myself being merged with the remnant spirit of King Arthur. As I've ended up in an arguably better situation than when I was in the Pendragon family, I'm not seeking any forms of revenge other than living a good life. My dream is of the same vein as Rias's, creating a utopia. Truthfully though, it may be a dream I inherited from my ancestor.

"So, how's that different than Arthur from the Hero faction" Valerie asked

"If he's who I think he is, then he inherited the essence of the original's spirit, while I was merged with a soul recreated by the Sephiroth Graal. Unlike Arthur, I can access the original's full set of memories, but that might also have something to do with our master." Rias nodded, clearly agreeing with her part in the memory retrieval. Knowledge management can help access memories that people themselves can't access; it's really useful for trauma cases and interrogation, though she hadn't tried the last one yet.

"Ahhh" Valerie nodded.

"My name is Laeticia D' Arc and I'm in a similar vein as my cousin. I would like to visit my family at some point to let them know I'm OK, but aside from that, I'm where I need to be" She smiled "My powers are based around fire from the incineration anthem used to create my pillar ability; I'm also pretty handy with a sword" She joked. "I don't really have a dream, but I love to see people smile, so I'll do my best to help create this utopia."

"My name is Hanabi Hyuga. I'm the only survivor of my people, though I will need to confirm that. From what Rias tells me, I'm likely a descendant of a demon clan called the Otsutsuki's; it's the reason why I didn't develop horns like most of you. My changes happened internally. My powers revolve around the utilization of chakra and my eyes to see critical points in the body. From the pillar, I've gained the next form of my eyes and the ability to rapidly create and use my bones as weapons. My current goal is to get closure for my world, so I'd like your help in investigating that after our month of training." She paused "I honestly don't have a dream at the moment. I've been in a kind of haze in my world died, so I'll have to wait and answer that after I complete my goal." Everyone nodded with grave expressions.

"If you need anyone to talk to, Esdeath and I are here. We also know what its like to lose everything." Akame quietly stated.

"Thank you. I may just to take you up on that." Hanabi said with a trace of gratitude.

"Alright, I'm Valerie Tepes. I'm in a similar position as Ingvild. My soul was fractured and I had to use the remnant will in the Graal and Rias's own soul to help me fill my own." She said with a small smile. "My powers revolve around life energy manipulation, life transmutation, soul manipulation, and time manipulation" Before she continued, Esdeath stopped her.

"Wait, where did the time manipulation come from? I didn't know the Graal could do that?" Hearing the question Valerie nodded sadly.

"It can't. When I was little, my friend died at the hands of the Tepes Faction during an escape attempt. Before he died, however, he secretly gave me his Forbidden Balor View sacred gear. I don't know why I was able to integrate it, but I assume it's due to the life transmutation sub-species. While it was sealed before to prevent detection from the purebloods, the pillar transformation made it a permanent part of my abilities." Her sad expression brightened at the thought. "My friend will always be with me, showing me the way to our future"

What she didn't notice, was a single tear going down Hanabi's face at those words. She remembered the sixth Hokage telling them that story before the end; it was his motivation to move forward.

"I don't have a dream yet, but I would be honored if you'd let me help achieve all of yours" she said with one of the brightest smiles they'd ever seen. It was if an angel descended in this room, though it'd be arguable if an angel would be smiling in the presence of Demon God Pillars.

Rias nodded. "Of course, that's why we're doing this. We're a team. I won't give orders often, but I will in this case" everyone sat up anticipating the first real command most had received. "You are not to sit on your problems. You are not to try and solve them alone. In this case, your pride doesn't matter. You are to rely on the group and together we will weather any obstacles that may arise. That goes for myself as well. If you see me doing that, I want you to point it out. Once of the benefits of being Demons, is that we're a pack species. We're stronger together." The group smiled. This was a good choice. It wasn't a mistake to choose to server their new master.