Line #47 Fanfic/HollowWithAHeart


1	''[[https://www.wattpad.com/story/244720832-hollow-with-a-heart-re-write Hollow with a Heart]]'' is a ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' fanfic written by [[https://www.wattpad.com/user/ZBX6779 ZBX6779]] on Wattpad.
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3	At the end of season 3, Rias loses her composure and tells Issei that she regrets reincarnating him all because he didn't confess like she wanted him to. As a result, he suffers a BrokenPedestal exacerbated by his trauma from being killed by Raynare and leaves the ORC, hardly speaking to anyone in his depressed funk. During a mission, he encounters something that will change his life and take it in a brand-new direction as comes to terms with his own life and his choices.
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5	!This fanfic provides examples of:
6	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Issei ends up laughing when he finds out that [[TheStoic Koneko]] invoked TooKinkyToTorture on him to get him back to his senses, with Koneko also finding it pretty hilarious
7	* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Issei's trauma from being killed by Raynare is looked into with greater depth than canon. Suffice to say, Rias snapping at Issei reawakened those trust issues just as he was ready to progress into a relationship with her
8	* AdaptationalBadass: Issei gains Hollow powers that make him powerful enough to [[spoiler: fight against and kill Trihexa.]]
9	** Gasper essentially becomes an expy of both [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard]] and [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Kayne]] over the course of the story, even taking up the latter's name.
10	** Asia becomes the first ever Golden Dragon Empress by accepting Fafnir as her second Sacred Gear
11	* AdaptationalJerkass: The ORC momentarily experiences this in the first chapter before they realize the consequences of their actions
12	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Hades [[TruerToTheText is much closer to his mythological counterpart]], being a non-malicious underworld deity who informs Issei and the leaders of the Three Factions on his status as a Hollow and the consequences it entails
13	** Crom Cruach warms up to Issei and the crew after pulling a HeelFaceTurn, eventually becoming a stalwart ally of the group
14	** Cao Cao is much more open-minded about the supernatural after [[BreakTheHaughty having his previous views on the supernatural completely upended]] in his fight against Issei, also performing a HeelFaceTurn in the process.
15	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Plenty to go around.
16	** Issei breaks up with his canonical harem and is instead with Ahri, who helps him rediscover true love and learn to trust others once again
17	** Kuroka enters a relationship with Nagumo, a fellow nekoshou, before marrying him and having twins with him
18	** Kiba and Tsubaki get married in the finale while nothing of the sort ever happened in canon
19	** Rossweisse and Azazel are a couple, which never happened in canon
20	** Weirdly enough, Xenovia and Crom Cruach end up together in the finale
21	** Saiji and Katase are a couple even though they never even interacted with each other in canon
22	** Gasper forms a relationship with Evelyn, marrying her in the finale of the story
23	** Akeno and Vali are married in the finale despite never even interacting with each other in canon
24	** Rias marries one of the previous hosts of the Boosted Gear who was revived after the final battle in the finale instead of Issei
25	** Ares and Serafall are married in the finale.
26	* AdaptationNameChange: Gasper renames himself Kyne in the latter half of the story as he enters his relationship with Evelyne.
27	* AdaptationSpeciesChange: [[spoiler: Rossweisse becomes half-dragon after receiving an emergency blood transfusion from Issei to save her life when an artificial vampire nearly drains her.]]
28	* AscendedDemon: {{Downplayed}}, while Issei is still a Devil, holy weapons and energy don't hurt him as much thanks to his acceptance of the light and repentance of his sins
29	* BackFromTheDead: The past hosts of the Boosted Gear are resurrected as dragons in the finale of the story so they can enjoy the newfound peace after Trihexa's defeat
30	* BaitAndSwitch: Chapter 33 seemingly sets up events so that the heroes will adopt the apparent SoleSurvivor of the artificial vampire experiments conducted by the Khaos Brigade... only for the little girl to reveal herself as a spy vampire and nearly drain Rossweisse of her blood before the others kill her
31	* BetrayalFic: Like many others, Issei ends up going off on his own after getting lashed out on by Rias and the ORC undergoing AdaptationalJerkass, gets stronger on his own, finds a new love interest, while Rias is punished for her behavior. However, it also resolves the conflicts caused by said betrayal and ends on a happy note for everyone.
32	* BigDamnHeroes: Issei and Team Vali rescue Arthur's lover Emily Winters from her abusive arranged marriage just as her (ex)husband attempts to have his way with her
33	* BladeEnthusiast: Issei throws out his porn collection for a knife collection, which comes in handy when he gives his friends some new weapons for them as gifts.
34	* BreakingTheFellowship: Issei and the gang go their separate ways to focus on college before reuniting
35	* BreakTheHaughty: Cao Cao's fight against Issei is one specifically designed by the latter to inflict this on the former. It gets him to reconsider his ways and join the heroes
36	** Rias is punished for her mistakes by her family and [[TookALevelInKindness eventually acknowledges her errors]], eventually becoming AmicableExes with Issei.
37	* ClearMyName: The info on the illegal experiments conducted by the Naberius family's head hidden in Koneko's hairpins help prove Kuroka's innocence after Issei sends it to the Four Satans for appraisal
38	* CurbStompBattle: Cao Cao gets bodied by Issei during their fight in the arena despite using Longinus' Balance Breaker
39	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ahri's got one by default if you're familiar with her lore in Franchise/LeagueOfLegends
40	* DistractedByTheSexy: Coriana attempts to use this on Issei in her match against him with no success
41	* DoesNotLikeSpam: When Issei brings up Wales as one of his vacation destinations, Ddraig brings up the fact that one of his previous hosts loved to eat haggis to dissuade him from eating the food there.
42	* DrowningMySorrows: Issei slams numerous shots of liquor in an attempt to get drunk enough to forget his pain at being lashed out at by Rias. It doesn't work.
43	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Trihexa is killed by the efforts of the heroes and everyone gets to settle down and have happy lives.]]
44	* EvilVersusOblivion: {{Invoked}} by Issei when he persuades Crom Cruach to make his HeelFaceTurn, playing on his [[BloodKnight desire for worthy opponents to fight against.]]
45	* FriendlyRivalry: Issei and Vali have this going on between them, helping each other get stronger in sparring sessions
46	* GoAndSinNoMore: Michael absolves Issei after he repents for his perverted antics, telling him to enjoy life to the fullest
47	* HeelFaceTurn: Team Vali allies themself with Issei after the events of his vacation in Iceland
48	** Crom Cruach, Cao Cao, and Euclid Lucifuge defect from the Khaos Brigade
49	** Asia and Crom manage to get a small group of mass-produced Evil Dragons to defect from the Khaos Brigade and enlist themselves as Asia's bodyguards
50	* HelicopterParents: Zeoticus and Venelana cut off Rias' communications with her friends so she can focus on her college studies and to also provide Issei with some much-needed personal space away from her.
51	* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Issei castigates himself for his perverted antics after Rias accidentally reveals the AwfulTruth about his reincarnation as a Devil
52	* ICannotSelfTerminate: {{Invoked}} twice when Issei first requests that his friends kill him if he ever loses control of his inner Hollow and when he later asks [[spoiler: Saiji to kill him when Trihexa attempts to take over his body.]]
53	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Issei's reveals that his HaremSeeker tendencies stemmed from this to Rossweisse and Azazel before the horrible breakup with Rias
54	* IntercontinuityCrossover: Ahri and her fellow Runeterrans from Franchise/LeagueOfLegends show up while the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' universe is connected to the [=DxD=]verse
55	* IntimidationDemonstration: The final chapter all but states that Issei and the gang end Runeterra's constant warfare by demonstrating their hidden power to the warriors of that world, cowing everyone else into submission and paving the way for the introduction of the Rating Game system to give the Runeterrans a more productive outlet for their aggression.
56	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Issei uses his Balance Breaker's Welsh Bishop Blaster Armor to pull off a series of snowboarding stunts on a snowboard he made from an entire tree. Needless to say, the video he records of this feat goes viral when he uploads it onto the internet
57	** Ravel's café, The Sweet Phoenix, combines good old-fashioned confectionaries with magic and phoenix tears, making it a smash hit in the underworld for the combined culinary and healing properties of its pastries
58	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The ORC has a collective example once they realize what they had just said to Issei
59	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The beginning is basically this for the ORC
60	** Rias jumps to the conclusion that Issei ditched her for Kuroka even though that wasn't the case, souring the relationship between her and Issei even further and getting her kicked out of his house in the process
61	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Issei calls out Cao Cao's KnightTemplar view towards the supernatural during their fight in the arena as he subjects him to a CurbStompBattle
62	* OfficialCouple: Issei and Ahri are this for the story, in part due to their spiritual bond as soulmates
63	* OriginalCharacter: Nagumo is a nekoshou who Kuroka befriends and eventually marries in the story with no canon counterpart
64	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Ddraig is thunderstruck when Issei rejects powering up with the thought of breasts in his training for the Rating Game against Saiorag. Considering how much of a horndog Issei used to be, it's a sign that he's serious about changing himself from the ground-up
65	** Everyone at Kuoh Academy takes note of Issei's change in personality after he rejects peeping on the Kendo Club girls with Matsuda and Motohama
66	** [[TheTease Kuroka]] is noticeably surprised when Issei rejects her advances, surmising that he must have went through ''something'' to lose his perverted streak
67	* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler: Issei and company pass on their roles as protectors of the human and supernatural world to their kids and descendants while occasionally helping them out in secret.]]
68	* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Saiji is Elsha's grandson in this continuity because his grandfather, William, was her husband
69	* SecondLove: Ahri for Issei (technically third love), Azazel for Rossweisse, Crom Cruach for Xenovia, and the unnamed former host of Ddraig for Rias
70	* ShipperOnDeck: Yasaka and Ddraig are supportive of Issei and Ahri's romance, with Ddraig even encouraging them to have sex already despite Issei's reservations
71	* ShoutOut: Plenty to go around
72	** Azazel makes a reference to episode 6 of ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' when he reveals to Issei that Grayfia [[DoubleEntendre pegs]] Sirzechs, earning a DeathGlare from her in response
73	** Gasper essentially channels [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure DIO]] in his match against Mesteeta
74	** Kuroka, Le Fay, and Arthur use the real names of ComicBook/BlackCatMarvelComics, ComicBook/BlackCanary, and Charles Lance as their aliases during Issei's vacation arc
75	** Gasper's new summons are referred to as the [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Grimm]]
76	** Issei manages to forge the [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Executioner's Blade]] and [[Manga/AkameGaKill Murasame]] with his new skills in alchemy
77	** Thor's new axe is known as [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Stormbreaker]]
78	** The four Evil Dragons that Asia and Crom convince to join the heroes are named [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny]], and they even make a reference to the show's RunningGag of TheyKilledKennyAgain
79	---> '''Asia''': [=OMG=]! They killed Kenny!!!\
80	'''Crom''': YOU BASTARDS!!!!
81	** Diehauser's beatdown at the hands of Issei practically invokes Hulk thrashing Loki in ''Film/TheAvengers2012''
82	** [[spoiler:Saiji manages to kill Trihexa's soul when it attempts to GrandTheftMe Issei by pure dumb luck, much like how Akame killed the Tyrant in Manga/AkameGaKill.]]
83	** Issei's human body is dug out of his dragon form a la Eren in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''
84	** Arthur and Emily's daughter goes by the name [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Artoria Pendragon]].
85	** Kuroka and Nagumo's daughters are named [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Yoruichi]] and [[Manga/AkameGaKill Leone]] and are also expies of their namesakes
86	** Issei and Ahri's daughters are named [[VideoGame/AzurLane Akagi and Kaga]] while their sons are named [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto and Kurama]].
87	** Vali and Akeno's kids are named [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante, Vergil,]] and [[Literature/ArifuretaFromCommonplaceToWorldsStrongest Tio]] while their grandson is named [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Nero]].
88	** Gasper/Kyne and Evelyn's daughter is named [[Literature/ArifuretaFromCommonplaceToWorldsStrongest Yui]]
89	** [[VideoGame/{{Warframe}} Warframes]] are created by Azazel and Ajuka combining technology from Kai'sa's symbiotic suit and the sport armors derived from the Balance Breakers of the Boosted and Dividing Gears
90	** WebVideo/HellsingAbridged makes an appearance as a TV show that Gasper stars in
91	** Runeterra's ForeverWar is finally put to an end by the introduction of Rating Games as a better alternative to war. [[Franchise/LeagueOfLegends Sounds similar to a certain tournament, eh?]]
92	** Serafall and Ares obtain the [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Leviathan Axe and Blades of Chaos]] as their new weapons
93	* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Hilariously referenced in Chapter 36 when Kenny the dragon is killed by a stray magic blast from a Khaos Brigade devil
94	* TooKinkyToTorture: {{Invoked}} by Koneko when Issei chokes her when she goes into his room to check up on him so he can let go of her. It works and gets Issei back to his senses just in time.
95	* TookALevelInBadass: Rias' peerage manages to defeat Sairorg's peerage in the Rating Game against them thanks to Issei's help in training them
96	** Rossweisse replaces Rias as the King of her peerage by taking in the King piece after Rias is stripped of her status as a high-class devil for a while, proving herself a capable leader and administrator for the peerage.
97	** Emily learns about the supernatural and is taught magic by Issei and his friends, becoming a capable sorceress who can fight side by side with Arthur
98	** Saiji gets strong enough to unlock Balance Breaker and hold his own in battle for longer
99	** Everyone gets strong enough to help Issei and Vali fight Trihexa in the final battle
100	** Trihexa transforms into a Hollow after eating Issei's mask fragment, enabling it to break free of its seals and hold its own against Issei's Hollow Drive in the final battle
101	* VacationEpisode: Issei has an vacation mini-arc when he goes on his trip to Iceland.
102	** Issei and Ahri travel around the world with each other on a vacation of their own
103	* VitriolicBestBuds: Riser and Issei enjoy this relationship, being on good terms with each other while trading barbs with each other
104	* WhatTheHellHero: Rossweisse, Azazel, and Sirzechs chew out Rias for her blunder when they find out about Issei's depression from her snapping at him
105	** Issei chews Rias out ''again'' and kicks her out of his house after she mistakes him bringing Kuroka into his home as a sign that he's in a relationship with her despite that not being the case
106	* YourDaysAreNumbered: Issei's lifespan is drastically reduced from 100 years to only 8 years after he is Hollowified due to his inner Hollow consuming his remaining life force from using Juggernaut Drive. Thankfully {{Averted}} when Issei masters his Hollow abilities.

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