Time for Ophis' introduction and Issei's goal! Chapter 3, my longest chapter yet and the most boring to write (due to the length) that I fell asleep when writing it. My Ophis is much different than the usual Ophis though. Ophis here is more OC and her brief history will be explained. This chapter will also show my obsession towards dragons.

Disclaimer: I do not own DxD or anything else that's not fruit of mine labor... which says quite a lot.


Chapter 3: Sekiryuutei and the Infinite Dragon

-A year later, Ophis pov-

My name is Ophis, also known as the Infinite Dragon God Ophis or Ouroboros Dragon Ophis. Though not incorrect, it is also not entirely correct. I am not yet the true Dragon of Infinity. I am a dragon who has the aspect of Infinity but not quite the Infinite Dragon as I was made out to be. That is why Samael can still harm me and Great Red along with Trihexa are still powerful adversaries to me despite them being much younger and supposedly inexperienced. I am Ryuusei Ophis, daughter of the Infinity Dragon, Eterna or Ryuusei Towa as she is known now. I am her successor, the successor to the Second Seat, the seat of Infinity, the Genesis Trinity that controls the flow of time and endless possibility. I am nowhere near my mother's level. I am the infinity of nothingness while my mother carries the infinity of life. She had not seen me fit to take over her position.

To make things worse, Great Red had taken over the sector of the dimensional gap that I used as my home, the nerve of that brat. Still, how can he be so powerful when he is not even half as old as me? Mom told me that I am lacking something despite my experience and power. What can I be lacking? I have power, great power. Heck, I was even there during the final war against Sekina where uncle Kazuya finally fell her! I took down countless monsters and gods and dragons! But mom still considers me lacking. What is it that I am lacking?

I thought about that as I sat on a swing in a playground somewhere.

This world has been my territory for thousands of years. Then came that man dubbed as God of the Bible. I remember him, very kind, very wise, one of the gods who answered our call during the final war. His original world was destroyed by Sekina and now he settled here. He gave new life to this otherwise barren wasteland of a planet. Then came younger gods who didn't even know of the final war. Things happen. Great War, Trihexa, Two Heavenly Dragons… now I'm the only veteran of the final war left alive in this world. The only thing that surprised me in all my long years of stay in this world was when Serafall Leviathan of the Underworld married uncle Kazuya around a century or two ago.

"What should I do now?"

I muttered to myself.

"Umm… hello?"

I hear the voice of a young child standing not far from me according to the time it takes for his voice to travel to my ears and how audible it is.

"Yes?"

I look up to the child. He is only around seven years old but I sense a familiar aura around him.

"Ddraig?"

I tilted my head. This is the aura of the Red Dragon Emperor. So this boy is the current Sekiryuutei. But this level of aura, he shouldn't have this kind of aura at this age.

"You know Ddraig miss?"

He asked me while looking very excited. I simply nod my head.

"Wow, so you must be a supernatural being! What are you doing here in Kuoh?"

The boy with Ddraig asked me.

"Nothing."

"Nothing? So you have nothing to do? Then why don't you play with me!"

The innocence of a young boy.

'Oi partner, did you know who you're talking to?'

Ddraig suddenly appear on the boy's left arm.

"No, why? I don't think that she's bad."

'That's Ophis, the Infinite Dragon God…'

Not completely true yet Ddraig. I still have to make mom admits that I'm ready.

'…and one of the strongest being in the world.'

"So, she's also a dragon?"

'…technically, yes. I've never seen her dragon form though.'

Ddraig, my dragon form is very large, even larger than Midgardsormr. If I were to use my dragon form, I could destroy a planet or two easily… though I don't know how that brat managed to beat me still. I bit the original Ouroboros who was my bastard of a father and made him cry and he is much stronger than mom.

"Wow, so she's a dragon! Nice to meet you, Ophis-chan. I'm Hyoudou Issei, the current Sekiryuutei and forevermore!"

"Current and forevermore?"

"I will become the strongest Sekiryuutei so that the Hakuryuukou or anyone else can ever defeat me so Ddraig will stay with me forever!"

Big dream for a little child. I forgot when was the last time I had any aspiration. My life had been dull and my days are never-changing.

"And I will also show everyone that dragons are the strongest race in the world! I will unite the dragons and made us be acknowledged!"

That's a new one. Dragons are loner by nature but this boy wants to unite us? We do recognize each other but other than for a fight or occasional drinking nights (I remember a dragon king get-together a thousand years ago), we tend to stay out of each other's way. The stronger the dragon, the more secluded they are. Me and Great Red never interact with anyone much. For me, apart from Serafall's occasional visits to look after me for my mom, I never did spoke with anyone else. In fact, I mostly ignore them… apart from Serafall that is. She reports to my mom after all.

'His dream is admirable. He's fascinated by us dragons and our power but was saddened when he heard about our nature of being a loner and how we were hunted and sealed in sacred gears. He is an interesting host. Uniting us dragons under one banner? That is a really interesting idea though nigh impossible.'

"Why are you saying that it's impossible Ddraig?"

'Partner, dragons are loner by nature. It's not like you can just waltz in to their home and ask the other dragons to join you. Plus there are some who would most likely, no, definitely fight you just for kicks.'

"You said that dragons respect power, especially their own kind, right? Then I just have to get stronger and fight them to earn their respect!"

'…As much as that might make sense, I still don't think that it will work. Plus I know that if you try to do something as dangerous as uniting all dragons, the other factions won't just wait until you succeed, they will hunt you and kill you!'

"Why would they want to do that?"

'Listen here kid, dragons are already powerful by themselves. Uniting us together would make a new faction that can break the power balance in this world especially with a Heavenly Dragon leading them. I'm happy that you're proud of being a dragon and I'm definitely very happy that you want to become stronger so that you won't lose to the White One but there is a limit to your recklessness.'

While Ddraig is trying to discourage the boy, I was watching them and I think. That is an interesting idea. Nigh impossible perhaps and very challenging but interesting nonetheless. How long has it been since I had an impossible challenge (the red brat is not one). The last time I challenged something so far above me was when I asked for an all-out match with my mother in our dragon form. That ended well with me unconscious for almost a year. That was around a hundred thousand years ago. Perhaps it is time for me to find something to do and this seems worth it.

"That is an interesting idea, Sekiryuutei. Then let me be the first dragon to join you."

'See, even Ophis disag… wait, what?'

"I said that I will be the first dragon to join the Sekiryuutei."

'You got to be kidding me. The first one is the Infinite Dragon God? Now I'm beginning to think that it's not impossible after all.'

"Really? You will really join me to create a dragon faction?!"

I gave the boy a small nod.

"But you can't do it now. We will have to make sure that you're properly trained and strong enough to achieve your dream. I will help you with that, Sekiryuutei."

'To think that my partner will be trained by the Ouroboros Dragon itself.'

"Ddraig, I would like to make one thing clear. I am not an 'it'. I might be able to change into a male form but I was born as a female and I shall be addressed as such."

This is another thing that I should fix while I'm at it. As the (regrettably) oldest resident of this world and a skilled shape shifter, everyone mistook me as an 'it'. I could ignore them before but perhaps it's time to fix that. Serafall was honestly surprised when she knew and still teases me until now about my 'officially' unclear gender in this world.

'S-Sorry Ophis, nobody knows your true gend… wait, you were BORN?!'

I resist the urge to roll my eyes.

"No, I was created when the big bang happened. Yes Ddraig, I was born. What, you expected me to just popped out of nowhere and I became Ophis the Dragon God?"

'And you do sarcasm?!'

This is starting to get annoying.

"I just don't make it a point to show my emotion in front of inconsequential people."

Mom always calls me 'her socially awkward daughter' which I begrudgingly agreed.

'Partner, how did you do what you just did?'

"What did I do Ddraig?"

The boy asked Ddraig.

'Partner, we have just learned more thinga about Ophis in a few minutes conversation than what the whole factions could possibly learn about her after millenniums! Now, let me ask you again, what did you do?'

"Uhh… be friendly?"

'Why the question tag?'

"Just shut up Ddraig or I'll go in there and 'educate' you."

I said. Ddraig is beginning to get on my nerve.

'Sorry… I'll be quiet.'

And that folks is how you tame a Heavenly Dragon.


-A month later, Issei pov-

It has been a month since I agreed to be trained by Ophis. I found out that Ophis is not really like how everyone makes her out to be (according to Ddraig). She might show little emotion but that doesn't mean that she doesn't have them. She said that it's because those who has great power but nothing to do tends to become extremely lazy and she's too lazy to deal with other people or show emotions. Says that it's troublesome to move the muscles needed to make an expression.

Ophis' training is very harsh. She said that it's a training regiment created by her mother for her but since I'm still young, she won't go to the more extreme ones until I am at least two digit in age. It is still painful though. She orders me to physically train myself in a high gravity field and will add the gravity once I become reasonably accustomed. This forced my body to become stronger to adapt to the gravity. There's no need to lift weights or anything, just pure training under intense gravity. This is all done in a secluded dimension that she dubs 'her personal training world'.

We are currently training in martial art. When training in martial art which is every three days, Ophis will change her size so that I can learn to fight enemies of any size. Ddraig was honestly surprised when Ophis shows great skill in martial art. Her own style which she dubs Dragon Style (kind of cliché but she's apparently the first to use that name so it's the original) focus on heavy punches and kicks while still maintaining flexibility. I still don't know how she could move like she did while wearing a gothic lolita costume.

"Nice, Ise. You're getting better."

Ophis praised me when I finally managed to dodge and block four consecutive punches and kicks.

"Thank you Ophis. But when will we learn about magic?"

I asked her. I have always wanted to learn magic when I heard that I could use them. Ophis sadly had not taught me any magic. She says she will teach me when I finished basic physical training to become a full fledged dragon.

That is another thing that happened to me. Although I possess a dragon's heart after sacrificing my human heart to Ddraig, I'm still not a full dragon. Ophis dealt with that by fully turning me into a dragon using her blood. Now I possess the body of a true dragon. Ddraig became very happy. Now I could literally become the Sekiryuutei! Sadly, since my basic stats are crap, I can't turn into a full dragon yet. That is why Ophis won't train me with magic. She'll teach me dragon magic only when I can turn into one, or even just properly use my wings for aerial combat.

That is another thing I found out. Ophis can fly using magic but she prefers using her wings for aerial close combat. Of course, training in that is still far off in the future but she did show me her wings. A pair of large draconic wings colored in pure black like her eyes.

"Hmm?"

Ophis suddenly turn her attention away from me as if she felt something.

"An A-rank stray had come to town."

"An A-rank stray? A stray devil!"

Ophis dispels her training world and we appear somewhere close to the park where we first met.

"It's in an abandoned warehouse close to the edge of town. Good timimg."

I have a bad feeling about this.

"Ise, go and defeat that stray without using Ddraig's power if you can. I'll teach you a trick if you manage to do that."

"A trick?"

"Yes… you know, the most basic of dragon attacks but the most effective."

I widened my eyes in realization of what she is implying. So I can finally learn that move! The coolest dragon attack ever!

"I'll teach you how to breathe flame ahead of schedule."

Okay, I'm in on the bet!

-Abandoned warehouse-

Ophis will be watching me while keeping herself invisible. She can reach me immediately if there is something wrong so I'm not really worried… well, maybe a little bit. The thing is, this is my first real battle eversince I awakened [Boosted Gear] so I'm nervous. It doesn't help that the enemy is an A-rank stray devil.

"What's this? A human coming all alone to my hunting ground… must be my lucky day!"

What the hell is that, a chimera? What appears before me is a grotesque female with a form that you might think comes from the Cthulhu myth. I don't really want to fight one of those now. Ophis said that the Cthulhu mythos guys are one of the early settlers and are primordial beings like her so they are insanely powerful though they never come to the surface. Good thing that this is only a Cthulhu wannabe. Still, don't want to get caught in those tentacles.

'Think you can handle her without me partner?'

'For the sake of learning how to breathe fire, I think I'll somehow manage Ddraig.'

'Hahahaha! That's my partner. Go beat up that piece of crap and learn how to breathe fire like a true drake!'

'Will do.'

But first, I will need something sharp. Although I can't transform into a full dragon yet, I can transform some part of my body into a dragon. For now, I can only change my hands and feet. I still can't use my tail and wings since those are limbs that humans didn't possess and are harder to use for the current me but for this kind of stray devil, my claws are enough. I turn my hand into dragon hands and enter my fighting stance, the dragon style.

"You, You're not a human!"

Guess these starys are so crazy that they can't differentiate between races.

"Come, feel the power of a dragon."

I said in a challenging tone. The stray shot tentacles at me which I evade easily. I made a chop with my draconic hands and my dragon claws easily tore through the stray's tentacles.

"What?! Tch, if that doesn't work then take this!"

The stray began haphazardly shooting demonic power at me. man, her aim sucks but I have to say, the power is befitting of an A-rank at least and the speed of her shooting is nothing to laugh at. It is at this time that I am grateful for Ophis' evasive training. I can dodge all the stray's attacks. This put us at a stalemate though. Ophis expects me to defeat this stray with only my fists if I want to learn how to breathe flame faster than scheduled. I can just use [Boosted Gear], boost myself, and defeat the stray without questions asked but that means I will lose the bet with Ophis. What to do…

'Why not cover your hand in draconic aura and just punch your way through?'

'Good idea.'

I try Ddraig's idea. I cover my hands with red draconic aura and began charging towards the stray.

"Attacking head on? Are you stupid?!"

I actually think that it is a stupid strategy but hey, if it works, it works.

I began punching through the barrage of demonic energies. Dammit, my hand hurts! Really, she's S-class for a reason. Dragon hide has considerable natural magical defense and with the addition of my draconic aura, normal magic attacks wouldn't even scratch me but hers' strong enough to give me pain!

"Hyaa!"

But unfortunately for her, I managed to deflect and evade all her demonic power shots and tear through her tentacles. It's time to finish this!

"Dragon Style Finisher! Dragon Punch!"

I yelled as I punch through the body of the stray with all my strength and my fist covered in draconic aura.

"I-impossible… for me to be defeated by a dragon."

"Dragon is the strongest race, you just have to deal with it."

I said as I let her mostly destroyed body fell to the ground.

"Well done Ise."

Ophis suddenly appear from her hiding place. I gave her a peace sign while grinning happily.

"Mission accomplished."

"Good. As promised, I'll give you a lesson on how to breathe flame. I'll give you a demonstration so watch carefully."

I obeyed her and start to focus on what she's about to do. Ophis approach the dead stray's body. Once she is close enough, she breathe in air until her lungs are full. I sense a buildup of energy in her lungs. The next thing that happened is just amazing! Ophis breathe out and a large stream of black flame her mouth.

'Amazing, so that is her dragon flame.'

'Is this the first time you're seeing it Ddraig?'

'Yes, I must say that it is impressive. It is hotter than hellfire, very powerful.'

"And that is how you breathe flame. It's all about focusing the energy here and then letting it out."

Ophis pats her chest as emphasis.

"Every Dragon's flame is different. Mine is an all-destroying flame that devours the target only. Of course, I have a higher level flame but we'll learn about that later. The first thing to do is learn how to gather your energy in your lungs. We'll start tomorrow, Ise."

"Yes, Ophis-sensei!"

Ophis yawns and stretched her body, looking somewhat tired.

"It has been years since I last used my flame. I'm tired."

Ophis then walks away with me following in tow.

'How lazy can she be if breathing flame is tiring her?'

Ddraig commented to which I also wonder. Well, we have a lot of time to learn about Ophis since I feel we'll be stuck together for a long time, that is what I felt. My dream about creating a dragon faction is slowly coming true. With Ophis here helping me, I'm sure that it will come true. It is time that we dragons take our rightful place amongst the many factions of the world. Haruka, I've found a dream that I could dedicate myself to. What about you?

I, Hyoudou Issei, am the Sekiryuutei. Together with Ddraig and Ophis, I will bring the dragons to our rightful place.

Wait, why didn't I ask Ddraig to teach me how to breathe fire and use magic?


Dragon faction, I've always want to see something like that in DxD. The DxD world would be screwed if all the powerful dragons come together, what with the top two in DxD being dragons. Plus I thought for a while, why did Ophis create Khaos Brigade made up of numerous races? She's a dragon, right? why not ask other dragons first? Sekiryuutei and Hakuryuukou would be a good start and there is Tannin and Tiamat. Train the Dragon Kings enough and they could reach Heavenly Dragons level. Train the two Heavenly Dragons, they could become insanely powerful. Heck, Ophis only fell short from Great Red, right? if she and all the great dragons band together, I'm sure they can beat Great Red. Just my opinion though. Now, I've just created one of the deadliest, and perhaps, strongest faction in DxD world but of course the dragons won't just be the strongest. Khaos Brigade will still be there and perhaps even more powerful and deadlier. More powerful characters that will give Ophis trouble will come.

Also, I find it good to make use of Ophis' supposed title. Ouroboros here is not just Ophis' title but actually the name of the original Infinite Dragon and when the name finally becomes an important part of the story... let's just say that it will make things very... interesting.

Also, Issei's dream. I just made it up on the spot since it is interesting. Now the playing field of the three factions has been remade. Haruka with Heaven, Ophis with Dragons, Melia with Devils. Three successors and three factions. Azazel might just cry since now only his faction out of the four main factions doesn't have a successor who are always obscenely powerful.

Please review and I do have some things in mind for the Fallen Angels so they won't just be cannon fodder with the titans called Trinity Successors in their enemy's camp.