Akabara Strauss - Thank you for the compliment and I am glad that you were surprised. Hoping I can keep you on the edge of your chair.
Plasma Dragon 312 - Now that you mention it, I can see people making that analogy especially with the movie still in everyone's heads. I guess you are not really wrong per say...only this one won't break.
Chibi Chibi Chibi Sensei - Bedroom Arts is a very great thing! Thank you for your luck and I hope I can appease you!
Laserbr0 - I was inspired by A Hero's Heart by ssj3 Kyubii Gohan like I said in my description.
TatsuyaShiva4 - I know I could have made the dragons a little different but they are not evil, just made some bad decisions that I will incorporate into the next chapter. Hope this keeps you entertained!
Freakofnature65 - Thank you very much and I am looking forward to how you react.
DragonSlayer230 - Makes sense. But the infinity gauntlet pales in comparison to Ophis.
MrKristoffer1994 - I am glad you cannot wait and god those are some long names! Didn't even think of calling Ophis the True Black Dragon God Emperor of Infinity but I like the way it sounds.
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berttorres17 - I shall put as much effort as I can into this story
Guest - I think that making the BB of Ophis look like Godzilla is pushing it but I have to agree that the Scale Male needs to be better than Ddraig and Albion. Their bb is more metal and not even scales.
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cjchristensen1460 - I don't consider myself a genius but I am glad you think I am. I certainly plan on continuing this story. I actually didn't expect for it to get this much attention so now I have to work hard to meet everyone's expectations.
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Chapter 2: Infinite Power and a Shocking Surprise
Last Time
"I, who shall awaken,
I am the Ouroboros Dragon who soars above the Principles of Domination
I am the infinite that seeks out the Dream
I shall become the Black Dragon of Infinity
And drown you in the depths of Infinite Silence!"
After Issei had announced what his chant would be to further call on her power, he lowered his black and purple gauntlet to gaze at it closer. It really looked a lot like the Boosted Gear, the only differences were that the jewel was purple, and the gauntlet was black with purple markings comparable to that of the Boosted Gear. Hell, the markings were the same as the Boosted Gear.
It had a very nostalgic feeling to it, like it was a perfect fit. There wasn't any inclination that his gear was out like he did with Ddraig. With him, he could always tell when the Boosted Gear was active or not. With this…Infinity Gear that he called it, he didn't feel anything.
'That is only natural.' The jewel glowed and the voice of the Infinite Dragon God could be heard inside of the boy's head. 'When you were bonded to Ddraig, his power could only be called on when you desired it. My strength, however, is always there. Infinity cannot be contained."
'Guess that makes sense.' The reincarnated dragon thought. 'So, how is it? Quiet?' He asked the draconic deity if her long sought-after dream has been fulfilled at last.
'Yes. At long last, I have attained silence. Thank you, Issei Hyoudou, for helping me accomplish what I desired most.'
'Hey, I should be the one thanking you. I only escaped certain death because of you.' At this point, this was the boy's greatest relief. There have been too many attempts on his life ever since he joined the world of the supernatural. Raynare's light spear, Raynare again, Riser's one attempt at killing Rias' peerage, Loki, and everything in-between. In two of those numerous attempts, he actually did die. What just recently transpired was his third death. How many more times would death try to take him?
Issei shook his head at such unpleasant thoughts. 'Well, I should head over to the others.' Just as he was about to do just that, Ophis stopped him.
'Issei, listen to me carefully.' Ophis told him, making the boy pause in his actions. 'You will always be releasing some amount of draconic energy signature now, so you will be attracting both good and negative forces to you even more than before now.'
'Comes with being a full dragon I guess. Makes sense that the attractive forces would be amplified.' He reasoned, seeing nothing that should upset him regarding this fact.
'Another thing I should mention is that you are not ready to wield the infinite mass of energy that I represent. Only I, who is infinite, can control my infinite strength.'
'…I guess that makes sense, but if we became one, then shouldn't I be able to access your power?'
'You can, however; right now, I am merely copying your power capacity and abilities you had when you were bonded with Ddraig.'
'My abilities..? Hold on, you don't mean-!'
'That is right, you can still use all of the abilities that you had when bonded with the Welsh Dragon: Boost, Transfer, Divide, Balor View, all of them.'
'Wow! That is great! Thanks Ophis! But…I can use Divide and Balor View? When have I had those abilities?'
'From what I saw of your memories, I couldn't say. I would guess that you somehow used those abilities when you were in Juggernaut Drive and your soul remembered how you used them and I didn't think there would be anything wrong with them, so I allowed them to stay.'
'Oh…wow…I don't even know what to say at this point…' All this new information, along with this day in general, was really starting to make his head hurt. 'So, regarding your own power…how long would it take for me to have access it? Balance Breaker I mean.'
'Judging by how well your body is adapting to my influence, at least a couple of weeks. Because we became one, I am your body just as you are mine. My body can handle my energy no matter what form I enter. You, however; cannot. The fusion of a being such as myself and a being such as yourself resulted in our body becoming unstable. Currently, I am holding back most of our power to allow our body to recover from the shock. It will take a few weeks for our body to adapt to the sudden change and let us access more of what is now our strength.'
Issei nodded in understanding, removing his gaze from his left arm and looking over at the three devils who continued to stare at him in shock and awe, unable to believe what they bore witness to. 'If I train my body, would that make any difference?'
'Very little. Like I said, the problem is not your physical condition but the presence of an unknown entity in our body: you.' The strongest dragon replied. 'Mere training will not accomplish anything regarding accessing my power faster.'
'Well, that is unfortunate. Whelp can't be helped.'
'I should also let you know that your soul was not a sufficient payment for becoming my host.'
This information caused the reincarnated dragon to raise his eyebrow as he started to walk over to his friends who had helped him survive long enough for Ophis to repair his soul. 'Could you explain?'
'If I were to merely take your soul, your body would be unable to adjust to the sudden amount of power you took on and you would literally combust from my power before I could do anything to stop it. I had to take your entire body as well so that I could meld it into a body with similar components to the one that I had.'
'A body with similar components to the one that you had?' Issei was desperately holding back the urge to make a joke about Ophis making his body into that of a prepubescent girl but sided against doing so before the deity literally did just that.
'I don't mind, especially since using magic with me being a part of you is going to be easier than without.'
"Issei!" A sudden ball of white slammed itself against the former devil's chest. Looking down, the boy saw that it was Koneko. "Your alive! Your alive!"
The girl was squeezing him so hard that his former self would most likely die from a crushed spinal cord. The humanized dragon raised a hand and ran it through her hairs and played with her ears.
"Sorry I worried you so much. I promise it won't ever happen again." He spoke in a comforting tone, attempting to calm the mix of emotions that wrapped itself around his torso while running his hand down her back.
"Kuroka, Vali." Issei raised his head and spoke to the other two. "Thank you for helping me until Ophis arrived. If it wasn't for you two, I would have truly died."
"Anything to make Shirone happy-nya." The Nekoshou replied while waving the gratitude off in a carefree manner, adding a nya at the end now that the situation has relaxed.
"I only did it because you deserve a glorified death on the battlefield." Vali explained his reasoning for his assistance no further, crossing his arms relaxingly.
"Even so, I cannot thank you enough."
The two of them gave him a small smile before Kuroka asked a question.
"So, what are we going to do now-nya?"
Everyone froze when those words left the girl's mouth. What were they going to do? They were the Vali group and the Vali group's objective was to protect Ophis. However, Issei became one with Ophis so… shouldn't he be the one they need to protect?
The answer seemed to be made for them. "I think I am going to hang out with you guys for a while." Issei told the small group, moving his hand so that he was petting Koneko on the head, loving every bit of her soft hair. "I mean, in the eyes of the Underworld, I am technically a stray devil now. If not, then the entire underworld will think I am dead before long. I also don't have anywhere else to go since the Gremorys did all but steal my house."
That made things simpler for the member and leader of the Vali group. Issei received a nod of approval from Vali as an affirmation of his membership.
"Am…am I welcome as well?" Koneko had finally stopped hugging the poor kid's waist and was shyly looking at and away from Vali and her sister.
"I don't see why not." Vali conceded with a shrug and a small smirk. Needless to say, Kuroka was very happy. She was going to get some time with her sister! The time she has been desperately fighting for ever since she killed that bastard and his peerage was finally here!
'Hey Ophis?' Issei got the attention of the dragon god while Kuroka was chasing Koneko around while Vali watched with his arms crossed, somewhat amused by the black cat chasing the white. 'You have lived since the dawn of creation, right? Do you think you can teach me more about magic? I only fought with my fists before with the occasional use of Ascalon. The only spells I used was the Dress Break and the Booblingual. It would be nice to have some alternate forms of attack.'
'Of course. I am infinite energy. You never have to worry about running out of power. You can name the weakest spell in existence and I could use the exact same spell to combust a planet.' Ophis boasted her knowledge in the arcane arts, not really answering her hosts question.
'… scary. But wouldn't that overload the spell's construction sequence?'
Issei could feel the deity inside of him smile. 'Looks like you know more than you let on. I will enjoy having you as my host.'
'Helps when I don't have girls on the brain.'
"Vali. Kuroka." Ophis spoke aloud, gaining the attention of the mentioned person as well as the cats. "I wish for you to assist me in training Issei's magic capabilities and to help him master Senjutsu."
'So, my rival wants to get even stronger?' Vali thought, almost giddy at how far he would have to push himself to keep up. Of course, he didn't show it.
'This is my chance to teach Koneko as well-nya.' Was what was going through Kuroka's mind. 'She was lead to believe that Senjutsu is bad-nya. While it is dangerous, it isn't something to cast aside. I will help her so that she can wield Senjutsu better than I can-nya!'
"Umm…" The female feline of white was looking at the dragon with a curious expression from on the ground where her elder sister had finally caught her and was snuggling into her lap for a cat nap. "Issei-senpai, can I ask a question?"
The brown-haired individual smile at his cute kohai. "Sure. What is it?"
"What do you plan on doing now? Your last dream was to become a Harem King…but what about now?"
Kuroka stopped her movements and Vali redirected his eyesight to Issei without moving an inch, the two of them also curious as to what his motivation would be from now on.
The former Red Dragon Emperor gave them a reply that none of them were prepared for. "To do what I want."
1 month later in the Occult Research Clubroom
The atmosphere was tense. The red head female Gremory was sitting in her plush red chair with her fallen angel/devil hybrid queen standing by her left, a platter being held under her breast with soft hands having served her King some tea. The both were downtrodden and ashamed of their actions and assumptions. If only they had not forgotten…
The vampire sat on a couch closest to the mahogany desk that Rias sat at, taking Koneko's previous spot, a worried and confused expression upon his face as he grasped the hem of his skirt.
Next to him sat the failure of the Holy Sword Project. He was also somewhat worried about the outcome of who he considered a friend's actions, fidgeting ever so slightly and tapping his right foot in a robotic manner.
Across from the vampire sat the blue-haired excommunicated church member, the picture of perfect calm, a disguise for what she was truly feeling underneath her frontal bravado. She was scared that the man she wanted to bear children for would never again walk through the door of the ORC.
The bishop, who sat next to the female knight, did not attempt hiding her feelings and fears, sobbing into her palms yet again, unable to believe she had committed such a hideous act as betraying her first friend. All the members of the ORC wore their respective school uniforms as school had yet to officially begin. They had about another 15 minutes before the first bell rang.
Apart from Asia, all the members of the ORC were facing the three leaders of the Great Factions who stood at the other end of them room.
Michael was dressed in his normal attire consisting of golden shoulder armor, a red top with black coloring on the sides of his waist and a matching kilt like clothing with a white fabric and a yellow cross presented on the front. His smile was nonexistent, a sign that the news he brought was not going to be pleasant.
Azazel was dressed in his school clothing: a grey undershirt with a red tie and a darker shirt covered by a buttoned up blue dress shirt that went trailed down to his knees in the back. He also wore velvet pants and black dress shoes. The leader of the fallen angels had his prothetelic had running through his hair, a tired and exhausted expression upon his face, not a good sign in the slightest.
Lastly, Sirzechs stood before his little sister and her peerage in his normal Satan attire consisting of silver shoulder plates with an indigo cape and a shirt of sage and snow with pants of cornsilk. His crimson hair came down to his shoulders and a troubled expression upon his face. The fact that the leaders of the 3 Great Factions being together in one area was of enough significance, but for all of them to appear in such a worried manner was most concerning.
"Have you had any luck finding them?" Rias asked her older brother, hoping that they would have some good news to share with her. Unfortunately, this was not the case.
"Sorry Rias, but for some reason we cannot locate him." The Satan told his little sister, feeling the bitter sensation of being the bearer of bad news. "I went to Ajuka to see if he found him, but he told me that Konkeo's and Issei's pieces are not releasing the signal we need to track them. He also doesn't know what is causing them to stop. We could very well be looking at one of the first Evil Piece malfunctions in centuries."
This got the attention of not only the whole peerage but of Azazel and Michael, apparently not privy to the information being disclosed.
"The Evil Pieces are capable of malfunctioning?" Michael asked, unsure if the angel reincarnation system, that was based on the evil piece system, was in perfect condition.
Azazel seemed to notice this and attempted to quiet his friend's fears. "I highly doubt that that anything is wrong with the system itself Michael. Remember that this is Issei we are talking about here. He always seems to be at the center of the strangest events. It just so happens that Koneko was taken along for the ride, quite literally."
His attempt at humor fell on deaf ears.
"Indeed." Sirzechs affirmed Azazel's assumption while ignoring the joke made in poor taste. "There is nothing wrong with the evil piece system itself, Ajuka guaranteed me of that. If I had to guess, the pieces inside of Issei and Koneko are being suppressed. If I am right, then whatever is suppressing the rook and 8 mutated pawns must be monstrous."
The room was as quiet as a grave after hearing that statement, afraid of what could possibly be blocking that tracking signal.
"While I am not saying you are wrong Sirzechs, I can think of some other scenarios that may be taking place. Since I have nothing to back up what I say, however; I'll do a little bit of digging on my own and let you know what I find."
"Please do."
"I will also do some investigating from Heaven. If they are on this planet, we will find them."
"Your help is much appreciated Michael. Well then, I am afraid this is all I have time for today. I must get back to the Underworld and try to explain the disappearance of the Red Dragon Emperor to the Council."
Suddenly, an ashen magic circle appeared by the Satan's ear. "Oh, Grafia! Has something happened? …okay…I understand…wait, she did what!? Oh, hell no, not again! Damn it Serafall, when I get my hands on you!"
With that last outburst, the Crimson Satan left the clubroom with a flash of a magic circle.
"Hah hah! Seems like the Leviathan left her paperwork for Sirzechs again! As entertaining as it would be to watch the 2 Satans run around the Underworld, I have to get back the Grigori."
"And I must return to Heaven. I wish the best to you all, Rias and friends."
With that, the two biblical beings vanished into their respective magic circles. The remaining students felt downtrodden, hoping to have some good news when they were called here.
"We…really messed up, didn't we?" Kiba asked no one in particular, the silence becoming unbearable for the knight of Gremory.
"We were to focused on what our King wanted." Xenovia added, saddened by the news that was presented to them. "We didn't even think of Issei."
"And because of my selfishness, he is now listed as a stray devil and can very well be dead!" Rias sobbed, tears starting to overflow from her eyes.
"Ufufu, I wouldn't be too sure about that Rias." Akeno who was feeling rather depressed had moved from her King's side to gaze out the window in lament…only to have her negativity completely replaced with sheer happiness and amusement.
The rest of the peerage seemed to notice the instant reverse in emotion, standing up to look out of some of the other windows to see what had cheered up the Queen so quickly.
"What are you looking at to have you change your mood so quickly Akeno?" Rias asked the same question that was in everyone's mind before standing from her chair to look out the window that Akeno stood in front of.
"Why, that handsome and mischievous devil right there." The Lightning Priestess pointed at a certain individual that was walking into the school grounds. Following the direction that the girl's digit was pointing, the club members instantly found the object of their queen's reversal in mood.
Issei was back.
Issei was walking through the schoolyard towards his classroom. He had left the Vali group about an hour ago via Ophis' personal teleportation circle. The remaining time he had before arriving at school he spent wandering the small town he resided in, seeing everything in a new light after becoming a dragon.
'Remember Issei, now that you are a full dragon, you will attract a lot of attention both good and bad. However, no one can sense the infinite. People who knew you before will know that you changed but will not be able decipher how, even the other supernatural species. No one will know that you host me until you reveal me to them.'
'Okay.' He replied. 'That helps calm me down a little bit.' Truth be told, the host of the Ouroboros Dragon was nervous. While he had all of the energy of infinity at his disposal and a tougher body, that did not make him omnipotent. Right now, in his base form, he had all of the abilities and stats of the Welsh Dragon Balance Breaker thanks to Ophis literally copying the Balance Breaker's specs that were ingrained into his soul and memories and integrating them into their new body. Yet, here he was in the Gremory's territory where the 4 Super Devils and their peerages could show up at any second alongside Azazel and Michael with their respective army of angels.
'Qwell your worries young one.' Ophis whispered to him from his left hand. 'Azazel and Sirzechs attempted to fight me when you went berserk and they were not even worth my attention. You will be fine, and if it makes you feel any better, I will even let you use that.'
This caused the boy's eyebrows to rise in shock and surprise. Now he felt even better about being here, cocky even. He was under the assumption that the infinite dragon god would not let him access her power unless it was truly necessary.
'Thanks, Ophis, I really appreciate this. Do you want the usual in return?'
'Do I even need to ask?'
This earned a small chortle from the dragon, already knowing what the being he hosted would say.
"Hey, isn't that one of the perverted trio?" One girl asked a group of friends who Issei had passed.
"No way…isn't that Issei Hyoudou? You know, the boy who has been missing for a month?" One of her other friends asked.
"God damn, he is hot!"
"What happened to him in the last month?"
"Did he always look like that?"
'And here we go.' Thought the topic of the girls gossip, wondering how fast this wildfire was going to spread.
Other than the occasional comment about his return and how good he looked now, things went relatively peaceful. He was surprised that no one from the Occult Research Club came up to him yet. While Issei wasn't looking forward to it, the boy was certain his presence here would at least cause a ripple among the Gremory and Sitri peerages.
Finally, the 1-minute bell rang, signaling all students that only had sixty seconds to make it to class before they were tardy.
'What is that annoying sound?' Ophis groaned, trying to get a small nap before the sound of the bell disturbed her rest. 'If I hear that sound again, I will destroy it.'
Wondering if the other part of his soul was serious, he made his way to class in a somewhat quick manner. He walked in with a few seconds to spare.
"What is up everybody? I am back!" Issei announced to the class, surprising the teacher and all of the students who did not hear the gossip of his return.
"Hyoudou!?" The teacher exclaimed, shocked not only because the missing student had returned, but the loud voice had startled her. "Where have you been? You have been absent for nearly a month!"
"I was injured in a gas explosion as I was walking home." The student easily lied. He had been thinking up this excuse for a little while now so it slipped off his tongue effortlessly. "I only recovered about a week ago. My skin still itches though." To emphasize this, he lightly scratched at his left arm.
"Well, I am sorry to hear that and am glad you are back but can you please sit down? Class is going to start soon." Issei nodded and sat in his assigned seat, listening to the lecture and taking notes as he thought necessary.
'This is school?' Ophis asked, bored out of her mind to the point where she was getting restless. 'It isn't very interesting. Why do you come here?'
'Because the government demands that school is necessary to get a job and a job is necessary to make money.'
'Do you not have enough money from my treasury?' This comment made the host want to slam his head into the desk. He should have thought his response out more.
When he became Ophis host, in between training sessions, she gave him directions to a cave she used to reside in while she was on Earth back in the time of the dinosaurs. She found lots of shiny things and, as it turns out, those shiny things were gold, silver, and a bunch of other precious minerals that sold for a lot of money. Issei had heard a fairy tale once where dragons liked to collect treasure. Either that tale was true or just based off of Ophis he didn't know yet.
After the last bell rang signaling the end of class for the day, two people quickly made their way to his desk. One was wearing glasses and had medium length brown hair while the other had a shaved head that was showing signs of hair coming back.
"Hey man, welcome back to the world of the living!" Matsuda told him while clapping him on the back, failing to notice Issei's somewhat annoyance.
"Peeking hasn't been the same since you have been gone." Motohama commented, a perverted smirk on his face, eager to tell his companion about their exploits. "We can fill you in later after we get done looking at the girls get dressed for their clubs."
This did not fail in drawing anger from almost all of the girls in the room, finding the act disgusting and creepy, not wanting their bodies to be seen by such indecent individuals.
"No thanks." Issei told the two of them much to their surprise. "I am not in the mood."
"Wh-what do you mean you are not in the mood!?" Matsuda exclaimed in an overly exaggerated manner. "We are the perverted trio man! You can't just ditch us! We got a new hidden spot perfect for peeking! You can't turn that up!"
"I can and will." Was the boy's reply, finding that his gut was starting to churn. Was he really like this before?
"Buy why!?" Motohama asked, shocked to the point where he was beginning to question if what he was experiencing was reality.
"Because I'm married!" Issei forcefully help up his left hand and showed them the purple band of genuine ivory and amethyst with a carving of a dragon eating its own tail.
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The entire classroom erupted. "WHAT!?"
