In the very center of the battlefield, stood two warriors battling for something that was very important to them. For the Phoenix Warrior, he fought for a noble reason: To repopulate his entire race. For the second warrior, he fought for a...reasonable goal.
A male Devil who appeared as a referee, stood in front of the two warriors.
"Are you ready?"
Riser Phoenix and Issei Hyoudou simultaneously nodded, and they entered into their battle stances. The referee Devil nodded to them, and he lifted his hands up.
"Begin."
An aura of pure golden waves began to form around Riser, as a pool of flames surrounded his entire being. Issei stood where he was, watching the Phoenix Devil augmenting his power.
'Pyrokinetic wings. The heat that's being forced out from out of his wings is absolutely no joke, so freezing his wings is out of the question. Guess I'll just have to attack with full force.'
Issei absorbed the snakes crawling around him, and he increased his aura, the black-crimson color becoming more pronounced. Glaring at each other, the two warriors charged at each other, both rearing their fists back. As they got near each other, they moved their fists forward.
"AHHHHHHH!"
"FOR THE MOTORCYCLE!"
The opponents crashed their fists together, causing a powerful collision in the engagement room. The clash was so great that it emitted a bright flash around them, causing the many Devils to cover their eyes.
Rias shielded her eyes, while Sirzechs just smiled, enjoying the display of powers between the two warriors.
"Interesting."
The bright light dimmed, revealing an angered Riser and a determined Issei with their fists against each other. The two struggled to overpower the other, and then they both flew far away from the other.
Riser grunted and he let out a bellow, increasing the size of his wings. The massive whirlpool of flames engulfed his wings entirely, spreading across the halls. Issei narrowed his eyes as he looked around, but then he calmed down once he saw the Devils forming barriers around them. Riser narrowed his eyes as he lifted his hand, charging a flame sphere of energy. Issei widened his eyes.
Riser charged towards Issei with his hand forward, and Issei scowled and put his hand forward as well. There was a flash of light as Riser pressured his flame sphere against Issei's hand. Issei wasn't showing any sign of discomfort, and Riser noticed this, resolving to putting more pressure into the flame sphere.
Suddenly, a blue aura began to flow around Issei's hand, and the flame sphere began to freeze. Riser widened his eyes in shock as his flame sphere was slowly forming into a frozen sphere, and he let go immediately, glaring at Issei.
'How could he just freeze my sphere like that?! It's impossible!'
Holding the frozen sphere tightly, Issei looked at it silently, and he tightened his grip, with the sphere forming into an ice wheel. Riser rose an eyebrow at the shape.
"Is that a wheel?"
Looking up at the Phoenix Devil, Issei smiled, and reared his arm back.
"Here, catch!"
Riser widened his eyes as he watched Issei throw the frozen wheel towards him, and he grunted. Narrowing his eyes, Riser formed a flame shield around him, sure that the wheel wouldn't faze him.
"That won't work brat!"
Just as Riser predicted, the frozen wheel immediately melted as soon as it came in contact with his flames. With a satisfied smirk, Riser was about to yell down to Issei, until he felt a powerful uppercut to the face.
Issei smiled as he landed a hit on the Phoenix Devil, and he drew his fist back. Before Riser had enough time to recover, Issei landed a punch to the Phoenix Devil, and he buried his fist deeper into his stomach. Riser coughed out a large amount of spittle as he tried to ignore the pain. Issei charged an energy blast within his hand, and Riser screamed in pain as Issei released the blast.
"AAAUGHHHHH!"
Riser flew from the blast and collided into the ground, with Issei flying above him just in time to see him fall. Riser got up quickly and glared harshly up at the young man. With another bellow, his flames grew to a much larger size, much more colossal than before. With a grunt of rage, Riser lifted his hand up once more, emitting a flame-covered sphere of energy, much bigger than the one he had used earlier.
Issei narrowed his eyes, and stood still, waiting to see what Riser would do next. His black-crimson aura flared about him, with a series of snakes surrounding his body. The Devils looked on in amazement as Issei's skin began to grow a bit darker. Rias, who was amazed and shocked on how the battle between Riser and Issei had been going on, widened her eyes as Issei's body began to change.
Issei clutched his head, and growled, his voice becoming deeper. Even Riser widened his eyes, a hesitant look on his face.
'What's happening to him?!'
Issei's eyes twitched, and then he let out a great bellow as the aura imploded upon him. The flash created a great illuminated bright light, causing all of the Devils to shield their eyes once more.
When the light faded, the Devils removed their hands from their eyes, and a simultaneous gasp filled the room. Rias opened her eyes, and her breath caught in her throat.
"I-Issei?!"
A massive night black Dragon floated where Issei had previously levitated. Its steel-like scales glistened with a sleek-black color, with a purple-black aura radiating around it. With its large black wings, the creature narrowed its golden eyes ominously at Riser, who looked about ready to tail it out of the engagement halls.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HIM?! DON'T TELL ME HE'S A DRAGON?!"
Rias took a step back, and she collapsed on the ground as she felt an overwhelming pressure. She looked up in shock.
'What on earth is this power?! Is that really Issei?!'
Issei, now in the form a black dragon, emitted a loud terrifying roar, as a vast sphere of concentrated black-purple energy formed above his mouth. Riser's eyes widened, and he attempted to put more energy into his flame sphere. As he tried to increase the size of his flame sphere, Riser's eyes widened further as Dragon-Issei's energy sphere began to grow increasingly in size.
The Devils looked on in absolute shock. Sirzechs on the other hand, had an unreadable look on his face as he contemplated.
'Such immeasurable power. Issei is amazingly powerful.'
'And he's not even a Devil. Who would have thought. I guess he really does want that motorcycle.'
As Riser was almost finished putting more energy into his sphere, his breath caught in his throat when he noticed that Dragon-Issei's sphere of concentrated of energy was still growing. Then suddenly, as soon as the black-purple sphere hit the ceiling, Dragon-Issei lifted his head up and engulfed it entirely.
Rias's eyes widened, and she put her hand on her chest.
"Issei?!"
The Dragon swallowed the energy sphere it had conjured, and then it looked down at Riser, who was still charging his flame sphere. Gulping, Riser reared his arm back, and glared at Issei.
"I don't know how or why you transformed into a Dragon, but know this brat! I will win this fight, and I will marry Rias Gremory! And then, when I take my motorcycle, I'll personally put the Phoenix symbol on it!"
As soon as the Phoenix Devil finished his sentence, he threw the large flame sphere towards Issei. But Riser was unprepared as Issei ejected the black-purple energy sphere into a vast beam of energy.
The beam of energy clashed against the flame sphere into a power struggle. Riser struggled as he tried to push his flame sphere forward, but the Dragon's beam seemed to be overpowering his flame sphere. Issei suddenly let out another growling bellow as he charged only a small sphere of energy and added it to this beam, granting him another advantage in the beam struggle.
Riser gasped in shock as he saw the beam soaring towards him, and he was unable to evade it in time. The beam enveloped the Phoenix Devil, causing Riser to scream in overwhelming anguish.
"GUAAAHAUAUAHGHHHH!"
The vast beam of energy caused an even brighter flash of light to illuminate within the Gremory engagement halls. The Devils covered their eyes, but Rias continued to look on in amazement.
'His power...it's so terrifying. And yet I...'
Her thoughts were interrupted by the light fading, revealing a severely injured Riser, slowly, but surely regenerating his wounds. However, he was having a hard time, actually putting more effort than he ever had before.
As he tried to catch his breath, Riser slowly looked up and looked right into the golden eyes of Dragon-Issei. The Dragon stared at the Phoenix Devil for a moment, and then he let out another roar, scaring the living daylights out of Riser. A sparkling black-purple energy sphere began to emit from the Dragon's mouth, and Riser gasped in shock.
'Shit! He can still make more blasts like that?! Wait a minute, it's sparkling! Why it's sparkling! Oh no! It's covered in Holy Water! No, he wouldn't!'
It all seemed about pretty much over Riser at this point until someone unexpectedly intervened.
"STOP!"
Recognizing the voice, Riser widened his eyes as he saw a young girl appear in front of him. She had blonde hair and dark blue eyes. Her hair was tied in twin ponytails with large, drill-like curls, with blue ribbons keeping the ponytails in place. She was clad in a light purple dress with dark purple accenting and a blue bow at the front. At the back of her dress, three feather-like extensions mimicking a bird's tail protruded from the dress.
"Ravel! What are you doing here?!"
Ravel Phoenix lifted her arms, attempting to shield her brother from Issei. She looked up at him, scared, but determined to save her older brother.
"Don't take my Onii-sama away, please!"
The Dragon-Issei narrowed his eyes darkly, and emitted a growl. Ravel's body shook in terror, and she gulped down a horrified lump in her throat. Tears started to produce from her dark blue eyes as she looked up at the Dragon pleadingly.
"Please...don't!"
The Dragon-Issei growled darkly, until his golden eyes widened, and then began to change into a warm brown color. The energy sphere then shattered into nothingness, as an black-crimson aura formed around the Dragon until it imploded upon him.
The entire ground shook in tremors as Dragon-Issei began to shrink down in size, his scaly body decreasing to a human body, and his narrowed golden eyes warming to a soft brown color. As he began to decrease in size, Issei collapsed onto the ground, and struggled to lift himself up.
Rias, Riser, and Ravel looked on in shock as they stared at Issei. Issei looked up, and slowly he lifted his hand up, directing it towards Riser and Ravel.
"I-I..."
The two Phoenix Devils remained quiet, their eyes widened in astonishment.
"S-s-sorr..."
Losing consciousness, Issei dropped his hand, and his head slammed onto the ground. Gasping in shock, Rias ran to the battlefield, and crouched down next to Issei.
"Issei? Issei?! Wake up, Issei!"
DIMENSIONAL GAP
Two powerful beings simultaneously up looked as they sensed something peculiar. Ophis, the Ouroboros Dragon, narrowed her brown eyes slightly.
"Baka...Baka offspring?"
Great Red, the Apocalypse Dragon, frowned slightly at Ophis about to call him her 'nickname' for him, before listening to the rest of what she just said.
"What did you say?"
Ophis ignored him, looking at her hands with an unreadable look on her face.
'My...offspring? Baka Red? Baka-offspring?'
Brown eyes fluttered open and they opened wide to see a pair of familiar Devils looking down upon him. Issei's eyes widened with shock, as he shot up from the ground. He looked around to see Rias, Akeno, Yuuto, Koneko, Asia, Sirzechs, Riser, and Ravel. Issei's body trembled as he shook.
"What happened?"
Rias walked closer to the young man, and put her hand on his shoulder.
"Y-you transformed Issei. I think we finally know what you are."
Issei blinked in confusion, and then he looked over at Riser, who seemed to have recovered from his injuries. Standing up, Issei settled himself and looked the Phoenix Devil in the eyes.
"Are you all right?"
Riser looked puzzled for a moment.
'Why is he asking me if I'm all right?'
Issei narrowed his eyes.
"Because I lost control of myself. It wasn't my intention to kill you."
He looked over at Ravel, who averted her eyes, but then looked back to him.
"I'm sorry. If it wasn't for your sister interfering, I would have caused you even more damage."
Riser widened his eyes at Issei's apology. Issei closed his eyes and turned to look at Sirzechs, who was smiling at him.
"What was the verdict in the fight between Riser and I?"
"Riser had surrendered as soon as you fell unconscious."
He turned to smile at Rias, who looked at her older brother in shock.
"So, my cute little sister, your marriage is now void."
Rias's peerage immediately cheered and went to hug their master. Rias smiled slightly, but her smile fell when she looked over at the somber Issei. Sirzechs looked at the young man, and he smiled further.
"Issei, as gratitude for making my little sister happy, I offer you your gift."
Issei looked up in surprise as Sirzechs snapped his fingers. Issei's eyes widened in shock as he saw a customized motorcycle, and his mouth shot wide open as he looked at the design.
'A motorcycle. It's upright. It has a open seated position. It's powered by a carbureted, air-cooled engine wrapped in a steel-tube cradle-type frame, and at least one disc brake to bring it all to a stop. The sheer awesomeness!'
The Devils rose an mutual eyebrow as they looked at the now elated Issei who glided over the motorcycle. Rias palmed her face, and shook her head.
"I'd never thought I'd said this, but I'm feeling a little jealous."
Sirzechs chuckled as he patted Rias on the head.
"Ah, I'm sure he'll grow out of it."
Rias scoffed and rolled her eyes.
'First chance I get, I'm destroying that damn motorcycle.'
"No way!"
"What do you mean no way?! It's our motorcycle!"
"No it's not. It's mine! I won it fair and square!"
"You turned into an uncontrollable raging Dragon, it doesn't count!"
"You're not painting the motorcycle!"
"Oh, what are you gonna do, sue me?"
"I AM ABOVE THE LAW!"
"..."
"Sorry, it was... something I read earlier. A-anyway, you're not painting it! You don't even know how to ride the damn thing!"
"You watch your mouth when talking to me, young man!"
"You're not my mother!"
"Well stop acting like a child, and it wouldn't seem that way!"
Akeno, Yuuto, Koneko, and Asia all sweat dropped as they watched Rias and Issei argue over the motorcycle...that Issei had won. Ever since the Devils and Issei had arrived back to the Occult Research Club, Issei had paying attention to the new vehicle for a long time, and Rias had just about enough of his apparent obsession. So... Rias made the mistake of claiming the motorcycle for herself as well.
...Needless to say, that really wasn't a smart idea to do.
Issei crossed his arms and frowned.
"Do you even know how to ride a motorcycle?"
Rias was about to say something, and then she stopped as a blush formed on her face. She twiddled her fingers.
"Well...no."
Issei widened his eyes.
"Well...do you want me to teach you? And then once you get the hang of it, you can paint it?"
Rias frowned, but then she sighed as a smirk played on her face.
'Hook, line and sinker.'
She looked at Issei with an innocent look on her face.
"Sure why not?"
Issei nodded, and he lifted a finger up.
"All right. But on one condition."
Rias rose an eyebrow in confusion.
"And that is?"
Issei smiled.
"The Infinity Symbol has to be on it."
