Weeks passed after the incident, though Bagan had prepared for his champions training by nudging his dreams to see the blade of light constantly. This in effect had caused the boy to try and summon the blade, though it would take time and energy. Given that Bagan's regeneration factor was instantaneous; he could never die so he had all the time in the world.

Bagan knew that if he failed that he would never be released from his prison, so he had to plan every step with patience of a saint. The blade was only the first step, next was the darkness cannon though that would take longer for him to plan out. The Wraith was already working with her new abilities, having had her wings changed to deadly weapons that could be thrown at a moment's notice.

Bagan let out a sigh before turning his attention to the so called Gremory devil. She was in control of Kuoh, as it was her territory to protect. She was a wild card in his plans and had to be moved in a certain path that would not interfere with his own. She may have good looks and a good amount of power, but that only went so far as his champion's chosen was a balance between light and dark.

The girl had some potential but only if he allowed it to happen, Bagan started making changes in her mind so that she would ignore his champion and wraith alone for the time being, but he came across a bit of information that intrigued him immensely. This girl was contracted to another house of the Devils, the one called Phenex, Bagan pondered his options on whether to interfere or not.

The Phenex devils were way to similar to him in abilities, they had to be wiped out or forced into submission by his champion. The monster of death noted that the girls' family had done it against her wishes and that made Bagan smile evilly, with the right amount of manipulation he could turn Rias Gremory against her family and gain a beginning of an army for his plans. Yes, that is where he would go with the girl…the Phenex brat however would be destroyed.

The pompous brat was of no use to him, more a danger to him and his plans then the Gremory. Manipulating the fool so that he would notice his champion more was pathetically easy, yes his champion would now have to face more devils but it would get him stronger and allow him to work on the light blade. Closing his eyes, Bagan rumbled in the back of his throat before letting his conciseness enter the sleeping world, he had a dragon that was created from dreams to remove from his mind.

Issei held out the blade out light, letting the almost unheard humming coming from the weapon calm him. Raynare was working with her shadow powers a few feet away from him, he was thankful that she had helped him through so much in his life. He let the blade vanish but had the 'handle' remain in his arm; he had to work on getting the rest of his arm covered in the armor that protected the lower part of his right arm.

Issei knew that his place in the world that his girlfriend belonged to wasn't certain, but he would not let himself be trod underfoot by people of the supernatural world that thought they were better. That change had come quickly since the incident, he had vowed to get stronger and then his dreams showed the…thing…he had changed into at the mall, always focusing on the right arm with the light blade.

He had finally gotten it several days before and now was working with Raynare to get more armor to protect himself, she got something out of it as well as she helped him. She was getting better at making light based weapons and quickly too, as Devils were weak to light based weapons or anything that had to do with the church really. That's why Issei had started wearing a cross around his neck every day, though it was only minor protection it worked.

Before he could let Raynare know he was ready, something screeched above him. He dodged out of the way just in time, the light blade reappearing as he got into a battle stance. The thing looked like the upper half of a woman connected at the waist to the body of a lion? It giggled before swiping at him with one of its front paws, Issei jumped over it and landed on his feet.

Raynare was in the air, her eyes narrowing dangerously "It's a stray devil, Ise and a powerful one at that too."

Issei gritted his teeth "So it must be slightly immune to the protections we put up."

"Appears that way"

Issei speed forward, dodging left then right before sliding under the stray's belly. The devil screamed as his blade sliced through its underbelly like a knife through butter before collapsing. Issei leaped out of the way as Raynare's wings started to glow white before she flicked them at the whimpering stray. The wings 'feathers' flew through the air and reached their target in moments, making the devil scream even louder as the feathers were, in reality, blades.

"Curse you both!" It rasped, somehow still clinging to life.

Issei winced as the feathers pulled out of the stray and returned to their proper places, Raynare landed and walked up to the stray with a dark look. Issei was at her side instantly before he ended the stray's life with a quick swing of his weapon. The devil's head rolled away before turning to ash, the body followed afterwards. Releasing the blade of light, Issei went inside and sat on the couch, placing his head in his hands.

Raynare followed him and comforted him, wrapping her arms around him and whispering soothing words.

Issei finally asked "Why didn't I feel anything when I killed?"

Raynare was silent before answering "I honestly don't know, but I didn't feel anything but thankfulness that another stray won't be harming anyone anymore."

Issei nodded, remaining silent. He felt nothing; he should feel something, ANYTHING! But there wasn't any emotion of feeling that happened when he killed the stray. What was happening to him?!