Chapter 2: Unite as one! Defeat the Sekiryutei!
Cheers of gratitude and joy continued to fill the room as one by one, all of the intruders on campus were taken away by the local authorities in chains.
"Are you okay sir?" Issei asked the teacher as he struggled to find his footing.
"I'm alright, just a little shaken up from all the excitement just now. But wait! I should be asking you that question young lad! You were shot so many times just now!" The teacher said clearly distressed by Issei's calm manner after the situation he just encountered.
"Oh you don't have to worry about me sir catch." Issei said as he removed his biker jacket. Causing all of the females in the room to scream in delight as they gazed upon his muscles, on show due to Issei wearing only a black vest under his jacket.
The teacher did as he was told and put both of his hands out to attempt to catch the jacket. However, his preparations seemed to make no difference as the weight of the material suddenly dropped his hands and the rest of his body to the ground with the jacket.
"My goodness, this must weigh a ton! And are those armour plates on the exterior?" The teacher questioned now understanding how it would be possible for Issei to escape that battle unscathed.
But this lead to an even more baffling theory to the professor. How in the hell did he move so fast and well when he was carrying such a weight upon his shoulders throughout the whole incident.
"You see? None of those bullets ate through my jacket so all is well sir." Issei said as he put the jacket back on to the dismay of the girls who were enjoyed staring at his physique.
Issei turned around briefly to smile at Rias whose cheeks were just as red as the jacket he donned upon his person. And then returned his attention to her teacher.
"So sir, am I to assume class is over?" Issei said making the tension from before seem like a distant memory.
"Ah yes, class dismissed." The teacher said as Issei leaned upon the podium as he scribbled something down on a piece of paper.
"Thank you for always looking after Rias for me professor. Please take this to fix the room and the rest to up your security system." Issei said handing the teacher a cheque.
"My goodness! I've never seen so many zeroes on a cheque before! I couldn't possibly take this much money from you." The teacher said as he tried to give back the token of appreciation that Issei just offered to him.
"Please by all means sir, take the money. It's my way of apologising for the damage I have caused." Issei said as he bowed his head to the hesitant teacher.
"But you saved us my boy! You're a hero." The teacher countered making Issei smile.
"I appreciate your kindness, nevertheless, even heroes have to repay the damage they have caused." Issei said showing no signs of backing down.
"Then if you are so insistent, I suppose I will give it to the principal and begin renovations and improvements to our establishment." The teacher said now feeling overjoyed with the maturity and kindness of this individual. A young man he hoped to see more of in the near future.
"Well then professor, I will be taking Rias home now. Take care." Issei said as once again bowed and walked towards his beautiful fiancé as she gathered her belongings.
"Are you ready to go my queen?" Issei said making Rias smile as she latched onto his arm.
"Yes let's go home Issei." Rias said as Issei walked out the broken doors with his motorbike and woman together.
As they travelled further and further away from the campus, the cheers became quieter and quieter until they reached the entrance and the road to freedom.
Issei handed Rias her crimson helmet and kissed her on the lips before placing it gently over her head, brushing her beautiful cascading hair from underneath it so it was free to fly within the wind.
"Are you ready to soar through the sky Rias?" Issei said making her hug him tight.
"I would go with you anywhere my king." Rias said passionately as she climbed on the back of his vehicle and wrapped her arms around his waist.
Issei twisted the throttle with a mighty force making the engine roar to life as if it were a mighty dragon disturbed from its slumber.
"Then we have no time to waste. So hold on tight we're going full power from now on." Issei said as they made a significant amount of distance between the university and oncoming traffic.
Issei twisted the throttle three times in a row and then said…
"Star sonic booster!" Issei yelled and within seconds, the bike roared once again and began to travel so fast, that no human in the vicinity would be able to see the pair or the bike itself, as it weaved from car to car only to suddenly take flight as it travelled at maximum velocity.
"Amazing! It's so fast!" Rias said as they enjoyed this short ride home.
"Looks like we're home. Are you ready for your test today Rias?" Issei asked making Rias immediately nod.
"Of course! But don't go easy on me now Issei." Rias said making Issei stroke her hair.
"You know I won't my queen."
"By the way Issei, how did you know we were going to be ambushed by those guys?" Rias questioned making Issei smile.
"I'm always thinking about you Rias. So when I felt you were in danger, I rushed over right away and cleaned up their act." Issei said making Rias pull a teasing expression.
"I noticed how you were showing off a little for your precious wife to be." Rias said making Issei fire the same look back.
"Don't try to make me steal all of the credit when you stopped that guy from shooting your fellow classmate." Issei making Rias grin.
"As expected of my master." Rias said taking his hand as they walked to their home.
"Are you ready?" Issei asked once again receiving a strong and confident response.
"I look forward to this test." Rias said as they entered through the doors.
Moments later after everyone had returned to the Hyoudou household and changed into their gym uniforms, Issei and his peerage congregated within the new training room designed by Azazel.
A room designed by him and Sirzechs as a matter of fact. This room was constructed after Issei became a king so it was well suited to adapt to Issei's newly found destructive force. However, if the impossible should happen and the room would cave under extreme force, the room was far away from Issei's house so no damage to the other rooms or the furniture would occur.
The Gremories stood in formation in a nervous but excited state as they stared towards their new king.
It was time for the Gremories to see just how strong their new master had become. After a couple of months of independent training, Issei was challenged by his peerage as they aimed to surpass their current limits and possibly give him a proper fight.
Issei accepted with joy and was curious himself how far his servants/family had grown.
"Are you ready everyone?" Issei said as he activated his boosted gear.
"We're all okay here Issei." Rias said as they all got into formation.
"Okay then, let's do this! Balance break!" Issei yelled now forming flames around him as his armour began to encase his body.
"Let's go Xenovia!" Kiba yelled as Xenovia charged towards Issei with him.
"So it's my knights first then? Okay come at me Kiba! Xenovia!" Issei shouted as they both charged for his sides.
Issei grinned and reached out both of his arms to his left and his right to intercept what he could only predict was a side stabbing manoeuvre.
"Take this!" Xenovia and Kiba both said as they jammed their swords towards Issei's ribs.
As he predicted, Issei took defensive action and grabbed both blades before they hit his armour.
"As expected of my knights, that was a very fast attack. But I could see what you were up to." Issei said suddenly stopping his sentence when he realised that one of the swords he was grasping was stronger than the other.
"I'm here Issei!" Xenovia said just as Issei figured out that she was no longer holding the sword he is defending against.
Xenovia skilfully used a feint attack by using one of Kiba's blades to create a phantom attack to deceive Issei of her true blade. Just as she stabbed towards Issei, she let go of the sword and slipped through his blind-spot to his back and from that position, she leaped into the air and came thundering down towards him with her Durandal.
A cloud of smoke dispersed through the area due to the heavy impact behind her blade.
"I should have known it wouldn't be that easy." Xenovia stated as she saw Issei grabbing onto her Durandal with a fortified fist.
"Dragonic rook form. That was an impressive strategy Xenovia. I was just barely able to react in time. But, you'll need to do better than that I'm afraid. Solid impact!" Issei said as he punched through Xenovia's guard with his rook fist.
Xenovia soared through the air due to the powerful force of Issei's punch. However, Akeno was on the case quick enough to catch Xenovia and bring her back in formation.
Issei reverted back to his cardinal crimson queen form and returned his attention to Kiba. Who was once again slicing down with his blade.
Issei caught the first sword effortlessly.
Kiba created another sword and tried again.
Nevertheless, once again Issei intercepted the strike and grabbed it with his other hand.
"Your moves are too predictable Kiba. You need to be freer with your movements." Issei said making Kiba grin.
"Then how is this for predictable Issei-kun?" Kiba said as he suddenly released his grip on his swords and crouched down hitting Issei in the gut with another sword, using the hilt of his blade.
"Gasper-Kun now!" Kiba said as he rolled to the side.
"Gasper? Oh damn it." Issei said just before his armour turned into a purple shade.
"Great job Gaspie. Now it's my turn." Koneko said as she vaulted over Kiba and began punching vigorously into Issei's frozen body.
However, Koneko quickly realised something.
"I can smell Issei's scent and feel his magic power, but it feels like I'm hitting! Damn it!" Koneko said making her search her surroundings carefully.
"What's wrong Koneko?" Gasper asked as he saw his friend suddenly stop attacking the frozen Issei.
"I can't find Issei he's gone!" Koneko said startling gasper and making him blink.
With Gasper's valor of time deactivated, Issei's armour reverted back to its crimson state and suddenly collapsed on its self. Cluttering onto the floor in a heap of remains.
"Eh! If Issei's not there then?" Rias said suddenly having her answer given to her.
"That was very clever using Kiba as a decoy and then using gasper to freeze me." Issei said kicking Koneko in the chest and sending her flying into Kiba's grip.
"In fact it was so good, I thought I would show you a little body shifting technique I came up with." Issei said as Koneko retreated back and Gasper turned into a swarm of bats.
"I see! Issei-kun deactivated his armour and used his magic power to make his presence still detectable to the armour he propped up using Gasper's time stopping power." Akeno said in surprise and joy.
"And then just after he disassembled his armour, he used his speed to disappear from everyone's sight. Only to reappear behind Koneko when her guard was let down!" Rias said as they struggled to face against him.
"As expected of Issei-san, he's truly amazing" Asia said as she provided first aid support to Xenovia.
"Looks like we're up Akeno. Let's go!" Rias said as she activated her magic power.
"I'm with you Rias." Akeno said as Issei returned to a fighting stance.
"So you're finally coming out to battle my queens. Come at me then. Let's have some fun." Issei said as he began to boost his power.
(Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!)
Rias and Akeno took flight and shot towards their opponent.
Issei's eyes darted from left to right, then to above him when Akeno and Rias split up after they were half way across the room.
Issei first looked towards Rias who shot into the sky. However, Akeno suddenly transformed into her miku outfit and diverted his attention when her magical power shot through the roof.
"I'm not holding back Issei-kun! Thunder dragon!" Akeno yelled as she moulded her thunder magic power into the form of a giant Asian dragon who darted towards Issei.
Akeno knew exactly how Issei would respond to this attack. He wouldn't dodge or run away. He would face the attack head on!
"Interesting, fine bring it on!" Issei said as he put his hands out and grabbed the thunderous dragon by the face and stopped it in its path.
"As expected of Issei-kun. But I'm not done yet! Haaaa!" Akeno said as she increased her magic power.
"I'm not going to let this beat me!" Issei said as he suddenly boosted his power and threw the dragon towards the ceiling.
Issei looked towards Akeno but started to worry when he saw the huge grin on her face.
"Sorry Issei-Kun, you fell for it." Akeno said as Rias snuck up behind him.
"Take this!" Rias said as she generated her destructive magic spell and launched it towards Issei.
"Nice try Rias. But I saw that coming! Dragon shot!" Issei said as he fired his blast to counter Rias' attack.
However, when the smoke disappeared, Rias was nowhere to be seen.
"Wait she's behind me?!" Issei said as Rias placed her hands onto his abdomen.
"Sorry my Issei." Rias said as she used her destruction magic on him close range.
A great explosion erupted in the proximity and Rias came rushing out of the smoke with her wings deployed.
Issei emerged from the cloud of smoke with his armoured leg and left arm shattered.
"Impressive Rias, Akeno! I didn't see that coming. But I'm just getting started!" Issei said as he rebuilt his armour.
"Well we're not done yet either Issei! Let's go Akeno!" Rias said as she disappeared from sight.
"Yes Rias!" Akeno said as she created a light blue magic circle and fired ice shards at Issei.
Issei grinned as he opened his helmet and breathed fire in retaliation.
Issei fire melted the ice shards. However, the ice created a fog like mist surrounding Issei.
"Where did she go?" Issei said as he closed his eyes and tried to sense her.
"I'm right here Issei-kun." Akeno said as she restrained his arms behind his back.
"Akeno! Don't do that! Issei's wings aren't deployed yet!" Rias said but it was too late.
Just as Rias tried to warn the thunder priestess, Issei deployed his dragon wings and broke out of Akeno's hold that she had on him.
With Akeno's grip broken, Issei kicked her in the side and sent her flying into the wall.
"Akeno we're doing it now!" Rias said starting her plan.
"All preparations are complete Rias." Akeno said as she created another thunder dragon circle.
"This again? I'm disappointed Akeno. You know it's not powerful enough." Issei said preparing to do the same as last time.
"You're forgetting something very important Issei-kun. We've all been training to get stronger. That includes the two of us." Akeno said as Rias made her own magic circle and as their powers concentrated in unison, the magic circles bound together and became greater in size.
"Let's go Issei! Destruction dragon!" They both said as the newly formed black thunder covered giant Asian dragon shot out through the magic circle and darted towards Issei.
"You got me." Issei plainly stated as the dragon made a direct hit towards him.
Rias and Akeno returned in formation with the others and prepared for a fight.
"That was a great co-op move you guys!" Xenovia said making them smile.
"Thank you Xenovia. But, this battle isn't over yet." Rias said as Issei came out of the smoke with no armour on.
"Fantastic you guys! You've all trained so well to get this far! But I'm afraid, play time is over! Let's do it Draig! No more holding back!" Issei said as the boosted gear began to shine.
"I'm ready when you are partner!"
"The crimson heavenly dragon I possess within me, rise up to become a king! Cardinal crimson King overdrive!" Draig and Issei said in unison as his power skyrocketed and his armour reassembled and upgraded.
"Here he comes everyone! Prepare for battle!" Rias said as Issei boosted in power.
"Now the real battle begins my friends. Let's go!" Issei said as he prepared to fight them head on.
And that's chapter 2 done! What did you guys think of it? I figured that this would be a great opportunity to display some of the perks of the other peerage members who will continue to get stronger for their new king to lessen the burden he has to carry. So…. Who will come out victorious in the next round? Will Issei prove to be the victor or will the peerage somehow form together a strategy to exhaust him? Find out in the next chapter! Chapter 3: The wrath of the heavenly dragon king! We won't stay back anymore.