Prologue-Awakening

"Sacred Gears, items crafted by God himself, are tools designed specifically so that humanity could survive the ensuing chaos inflicted upon the world as supernatural beings battled it out amongst each other. These artifacts are so powerful that their emergence alters the very course of human history. Amongst all of these, there exist thirteen that stand above the rest due to their potential to slay the gods themselves. These thirteen are known as the Longinus, named after the spear which pierced God. The red gauntlet on your arm is one such Sacred Gear. It is known as the Boosted Gear, and within it, lies my spirit. I am known as Ddraig, the Red Dragon Emperor or the Dragon of Domination. With my power, you can_"

"Can I become a power ranger?" my newest and youngest wielder decided to ask in the middle of my epic speech.

"Sigh... Yes, child. You can be a power ranger."

"Yay! I can become a real-life power ranger! I can go on adventures, real ones! Not the pretend ones Rin and I were playing before! And..."

At least he's motivated to learn how to fight, I think. (At least enough so that if Albion's host were to confront the child, Issei shouldn't be completely overwhelmed.) If the boy were to be obsessed with anything particularly inane (aside from imitating a costumed TV show a little too closely), this reincarnation would have been an arduous lifetime.

"Can I transform like the characters on TV?!"

"Yes... yes you can don on armor befitting of a warrior," I chuckled in amusement. Already wanting to use his powers before knowing them. It's kind of cute.

"What?"

Right, I'm talking to a child. Use your small boy words. Probably would be a smart investment to get him to purchase a dictionary as well.

"Yes, you can transform. You'll even be the Red Ranger since I am the Red Dragon Emperor."

"What do I have to say or do to be a superhero?!"

"The transformation is called Balance Breaker, and you merely need to call it out. Of course you_"

"Balance Breaker!" he screamed after doing a silly pose that involved him swinging his left arm and gauntlet across his chest before quickly rotating it in a large circle in. He then pulled it back into his body as though he believed swinging the gauntlet around would somehow draw power into his body.

I am going to need to ween this child off of those super sentai shows. While it was probably lucky for me that he drew great motivation from it as well as an admirable ambition, who knows what rot it will eventually put into his brain with all of its supposed life lessons. No wielder of mine is going to be this stupid for long, regardless of how old they are. At least his antics are amusing for his current age, especially since the child thinks that he can become one of the strongest beings by simply calling out two words. If it was only that simple.

Time to burst his little bubble.

"Silly child, it takes more than just that to achieve a Balance Breaker. First off_"

"Balance Breaker!" my host cried out once again with greater enthusiasm than before, which translated to obnoxiously screaming louder.

"Yelling the words louder won't make it happen either. Now the first_"

"Balance Breaker! Balance Breaker! Balance Breaker!"

"For crying out loud. You're not going to achieve... Balance... Breaker?"

Right before I was about to berate my newest host for being a winy runt, the child flashed a crimson red and his small body was layered in armored red scales with green orbs. The son of a bitch actually achieved his Balance Breaker minutes after awakening the Boosted Gear for the first time. I would have been extremely impressed had I not known that the sniveling child only achieved such a feat, by throwing a literal temper tantrum.

I suppose it makes sense. Sacred Gears were literally fueled by a user's strong emotions and his or her imagination. It logically makes sense that emotional children with boundless imagination would be more prone to awakening the Gear's potential more quickly. It would explain why my stronger hosts tended to have awakened the Gear at a younger age.

But come on! A child activates god slaying tools by being on the verge of tears?! Albion must never know that someone unlocked my power by being a giant baby, even if the boy is very likely to become the strongest Red Dragon Emperor of all time. It's as though the universe is mocking me! The power_

"Where's the explosion?"

"Explosion?"

"You know, whenever the hero transforms, the background explodes to make the entrance cooler! Where's that?"

"There is no explosion. Doing so would be a waste of energy. You should be using it to fight the.. bad guy."

"So who is the bad guy?"

"Not important right now. We have bigger problems right now. While it is impressive that you achieved Balance Breaker so soon and remained standing for so long, you need to_".

Thump

And there he goes. As expected, the power was far too much for his little body to handle and now he's unconscious. At least he remained standing for like 30 seconds before the armor knocked him out. Not bad for a child with no training.

Let's see if we can bump that limit to a minute.

AN:

1) Why not? Sirzechs seems perfectly happy with the idea.