Defective Gears. People born with Sacred Gears, but are unable to summon them. While a rarity in the world these people are given the title of defects. And now in an old church stands Issei Hyoudou. The newest incarnation of the Red Dragon Emperor stood before his ex-girlfriend, a Fallen Angel. Bloodied and beaten, his hand raised in the air and...no Sacred Gear appearing.
"No...no." Issei almost cried out.
"Oh what's wrong dear Issei? Having trouble with your performance?" The fallen angel by the name of Raynare licked her lips sadistically. Issei gritted his teeth as he briefly glanced at his friend, Asia, on the bench.
"Fuck you. I can't believe I ever thought I could love someone like you!" Issei screamed. Raynare shook her head and opened her palm. A bright light appeared before forming a spear. She cackled manically and aimed right Issei.
"Oh you're breaking my heart. I know just the REMEDY!" She hurled the spear at Issei. The tip was just about to his body when red energy pooled out and a large mass of light consumed the entire church their battle was being taken in. Rias looked at the light and didn't know what just happened.
Meanwhile Issei just saw flashes of the past week.
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Issei fell on his butt as Yuuma transformed into something more...interesting. "Yuuma, what the hell?!"
"Oh Issei I need you to understand that this is nothing personal, but would you kindly die!" Issei rolled out of the way of her strike. His instincts were a bit better since he took self defense lessons from his dad.
Although that was to deal with bullies and at worst thugs. What part of his lessons did it cover evil, sexy, dark winged women. Yuuma made her leg glow purple. She swung her leg and was blocked. Issei grunted hard he heard a hard snap.
His left arm limped to his side and Issei clutched it. "What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Nothing. All was asking was for you to die!" She charged him again and landed a solid punch on his chest. He could feel his ribs cracking. Blood spurted out of his mouth when he landed on the ground.
He could barely see or breathe when Raynare flipped him on his stomach. She stepped on his back and held out her hand. "Goodbye sweet Issei."
Then a sharp sting was felt through his body. The purple sky faded away as he heard wings flapping away from him. Issei went for his cellphone, but strength was already beginning to fail him. He pulled out the flyer given to him awhile back and gritted his teeth.
"Help...me." He croaked. "Please."
A red glow came from the paper and his prayers were answered. "Oh my. We can't have this happening now can we?"
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"He's unable to summon his Sacred Gear." Rias said. "Akeno, what do we know of users being unable to summon their Sacred Gear?"
"Not much my king. The situation itself is rather an odd one. The power is most definitely within him. We sensed his power for some time. Perhaps he needs a stronger catalyst to bring out the power within himself."
"It could be he's a defect." Rias simply stated. "There's nothing wrong with not having a Sacred Gear within your body plenty of devils have no need of one, but having the powerful draw of one and not having it manifest is seriously dangerous. Devils, Angels, Fallen Angels, they will all come for him in hopes of taking him down."
Akeno looked at Rias seriously. "Then what do you intend on doing with Issei? His personal being may be in trouble. Do we have a plan in case that Fallen Angel returns to finish her job."
She won't. I do not intend on having that Fallen Angel flutter a feather when she's near Issei. That's not how it will go."
Issei slumped against the door when he heard that. He looked at his hand and clenched it tightly. He felt a burning fire within his body at the news.
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"I'm here for Asia." Raynare said.
"Like hell you will. Sacred Gear!" Issei held out his hand, but nothing came. Raynare waited a second to see if something would happen, but nothing did. Slowly the empty park was riddled with hysterical laughter.
"Oh my, it seems you were totally not worth the kill. You still haven't been able to summon your Sacred Gear? Or you can't? HAHA!"
"Shut up!" Issei cried out and the ground cracked. Raynare peaked at the moment and flew right in front of Issei.
"Then do something about it."
He threw a punch and Raynare lazily blocked it. She was surprised to feel some weight behind it though. Asia looked surprised when the Fallen Angel was pushed back slightly. Before she could even question what just happened, Issei began attacking wildly. Punches and kicks were either being blocked or dodged.
But Raynare felt something different. The attacks were beyond sloppy, but they were now heavy. Heavier than what any human should be capable of doing. Issei growled one more time and threw one right hook.
Raynare caught it, but was surprised again by how much force was behind it. Her heel dug into the concrete. Asia looked amazed as Issei kept his eyes focused on the Fallen Angel. "Asia is not coming with you."
"Hm." Raynare the appeared behind Issei and kicked him away. He went flying into the fountain and crashed into the spout. He laid down on the water in pain. Raynare looked at her hand and could feel the stinging in her hand. She glared at Issei and took one menacing step toward him.
Asia moved in front of Raynare and shielded Issei. "No please! I'll go with you just leave Issei alone!"
"Asia…" Issei groaned when he tried getting up. That fire within his belly began to grow as Raynare put a hand on Asia. The water began to steam as Raynare shook her head.
"You got lucky. Take a good look Issei, this will be the last you see of sweet Asia."
"You bitch!" Raynare shook her head and threw a light spear. It blew up and sent Issei flying. Issei could barely comprehend what happened when he awoke alone on the grass with his body aching again.
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As he thought of those moments, his eyes turned red and roared in anger as the spear shattered into a thousand tiny pieces. His muscles twitched as power run through it while the red aura swirled around like a fiery whirlpool.
Raynare stood in complete shock as the power Issei displayed broke the light spear. His pupils were the blood red as he went forward and punched the fallen angel. Raynare went flying out of the church in a massive shockwave. The Twilight ring falling off her finger and landing next to Asia. Rias and the others felt the surge of power in the church and ran for inside.
The King and her peerage found Issei standing with his fist bloody and burnt. But what was most surprising was the red aura surrounding him.
"My, oh my. Can you feel that Rias? That's definitely the power of the Red Dragon no just his own power." Akeno said. Rias didn't reply right away and watched as the aura flickered like a wild flame before dying out slowly.
"Rias…" Issei mumbled. He turned around and faced the devil. "Please...give Asia the same chance you gave me. Let her...live."
He fell onto his knees, but Koneko caught him. Kiba looked around and found Asia on the bench. Issei was laid on the floor as Kiba put her on the ground. He panted softly and petted Asia's cheek.
"Please, help my friend." Issei softly cried out before passing out.
'Issei is a defect, but what was that power? The Red Dragon?' Rias asked herself before shelving that thought away. She took one last look at him before pulling out her second Bishop piece.
