Issei sat up in his bed running his fingers through his hair. Lately the Devil had been having these visions and dreams that rose questions in his head.

Draag felt the uncertainty stirring inside of his partner and was less than satisfied by this. Issei had defeated Riser, he took down Vali and the Vanishing Dragon, and even had his own harem at long last. Not that the Welsh Dragon doubted the young man's capabilities. But even with that being said, Issei seemed as if something was eating away at him.

"Hey Draag...you and I need to talk" Issei said. Draag awakened as a green light appeared on the back of his hand.

Requesting a conversation with me? Have you tired of your harem already? Draag said as a weak attempt at a light joke. "This is serious. I keep having dreams about the Sacred Gear. But something is bothering me" Issei said.

Bothering you? You should have no worries after defeating Albion and the White Dragon Emperor. You have risen amongst the Devil ranks as well as rising up the ranks as far as your Sacred Gear strength. What could possibly be a worry to you? Draag asked the young man with faint concern in his tone.

"I saw a strange looking Sacred Gear in my dream. It's like mine...but...it's like it's darker. I thought it was Vali, but he was fighting by my side in the dream" Issei said as he looked at his left arm. The person in his dream had a Sacred Gear that looked just like his own, but it was jet black and had an ominous air about it.

A black Dragon gauntlet? As far as I know, there were no other Dragons alive around my own time. We couldn't trust Albion to tell us what he remembers, but that may be something you can ask Azaezel the Welsh said to his partner.

Issei had known Draag for a bit over a year or so since his run in with Raynair, the Fallen Angel that had gotten him involved with this Devils and Angel thing. He and the red Dragon had grown very close to the point both knew what the other was thinking. Issei himself could feel the uncertainty in the Dragon, but he knew better than to ask him about anything.

He just lowered his left arm and sighed. The boy was so deep in his thoughts he didn't once look around him to see the crimson haired beauty he had loved for so long looking up at him with eyes full of worry.

"Issei? What's wrong? Did you have a bad dream?" Rias asked him as she sat up, not concerned her luscious breasts were in view for him to see. "Rias? Do you know if there's another Dragon Sacred Gear?" Issei asked her. "Another Dragon? Sorry. I've never heard about there being another Dragon" she said.

Rias felt a piercing pain in her chest. She always felt like this whenever she had to lie to Issei like this. Draag had told the rest of the Occult Research Club, excluding Issei, that there indeed was another Dragon Sacred Gear, and that it was fate that the three great Divine Dragons met in battle.

"There's another Dragon?" Rias asked Draag. Issei had tired himself out after battling Vali and the Vanishing Dragon, and at this moment Draag was using this as a chance to tell Rias' family about the fate of the three Divine Dragons.

Akeno looked at Issei sitting on the couch and held back her emotions. Time after time again Issei had thrown himself in harm's way to help others, but he never had asked anyone else to help him when he faced off against opponents like Riser and Vali that could have killed him. She recently had developed powerful feelings for Issei after hearing how he still saw her as who she was despite that she was part Fallen Angel.

Assia looked at Issei sitting unconscious at her side as she tried to heal his wounds. Tears welled up in her eyes as she heard that her best friend had another life threatening battle in his future. She couldn't stand how he was always the one that had to fight these dangerous life threatening battles time after time. She pulled Issei into her arms and rested his head on her chest. "N-no! I won't Issei fight like that again! Why is it always him?" she cried with her tears falling onto the boy.

Xenovia looked at her senior Devil with a less than stoic expression, quite the opposite of her normal emotionless look. "Is that the price...of him being a Dragon?" she asked with clenched fists.

Irina suppressed her urge to use profanity as she looked at her childhood friend's seemingly lifeless body as she reached for her cross before Kiba grabbed her arm to stop her. He shook his head at her, indicating to her not to pray for anyone, knowing that any prayer or blessing from the Angels would cause everyone involved in it pain. Irina recently went through a rather unsuspecting change of heart regarding her commitment to Heaven.

After recently learning of the death of The Lord, she was distraught at the thought that her prayers had been in vain. She needed to have guidance. Someone she could depend on in her time of need. It wasn't as if Michael couldn't provide that guidance she desired, but the fact that he rarely ever answered her prayers. After she had a run in with a powerful stray devil known as Grevual, she had been killed and yet not one Angel made any attempt to come rescue her. They only came to take her Holy Sword Mimicry.

Rias had found her lifeless body and ended up using her final Evil Piece to revive the girl. Now Irina was the other Rook next to Koneko, and though she was happy she needed years of training before she could reach Koneko's level.

Issei was surrounded by the other members of Rias' house and after they had been told about this other Dragon they were all in shock.

Since then, everyone from Rias' household worked to prevent Issei from learning the truth, and it was a difficult task. But all couldn't help wonder...

What had happened...

To the Vanishing Dragon.