The retired pieces of the Buné and Gremory peerages were shocked; they could feel the power and aura from outside the pocket dimension! The Nekomata of the peerages could feel the inner power of the alien; Kuroka was shivering as she felt it as it was more powerful than anything she had ever known. Then the beating started…
Issei collided with the arrogant Phenex, his power roared as he attacked the devil. Electricity surged and burned the bird devil with each punch, each kick breaking the boy's bones. Blue energy glowed around his fists as he punched Riser over and over, the devils healing factor was unable to keep up with the onslaught.
He kicked Riser away from him, his eyes burned with power that blinded him. The gravity beams rushed forward from his crimson eyes, tearing holes in the boys' chest that made him scream. He landed and grabbed the birds' neck, his anger giving him power.
"You are nothing, you have seen nothing!" Issei snarled as he lifted Riser from the ground, his eyes started hurting again.
"Burn in the depths of the purgatory called INSANITY!" He roared as Gravity beams erupted forth, making Riser's head explode, sending brain matter and blood everywhere.
Issei dropped the body; the birds' healing factor was slowly rebuilding his head. He felt so drained and weak; breathing heavily as he slowly teetered from side to side.
"[RISER PHENEX HIS BEEN DEFEATED! RIAS GREMORY AND JANET BUNÉ WIN THE [RATING GAME]!"
Issei saw the body vanish in a flash of light before is body became human once again; his back hit the earth of the pocket dimension as fatigue overtook him. He was so weak; he couldn't keep his eyes open…
"You survived the instinct of the Balance Breaker, but it was taxing wasn't it?" Ghidorah said as Issei lay in his mindscape as he looked straight up.
He was mentally and physically beaten, he may have the most powerful sacred gear in the world but the costs were so massive that he was surprised that he hadn't been turned into human pudding. Ghidorah snorted, Issei noticed that the golden dragon had changed from when he first met him.
The dragon was built to stand on his two legs; the tail was forked like a snakes tongue. The three heads looked like European dragons with the horns of a deer, a pair of glowing red eyes looked at him from each face. The wings were massive, looking like fans with huge talons at the end of each finger. The four claws of the feet moved closer, Issei gave his imprisoned companion a tired sigh.
"How did I survive anyway?" He asked, not expecting and answer from the dragon.
"The power of the 'Red Dragon Emperor' saved your hide." The golden hydra said flatly, Issei guessed because that was cheating the system that Ghidorah had put in place for Issei's 'training'.
"How" He asked, confused.
"I absorbed the essence of the dragon; you've been subconsciously 'boosting' your power beyond your limit without even noticing. Not only that, my intelligence as well as yours has grown but has produced a major block. The red lizard has made it so that we have an aura that will attract strong allies and enemies, one thing that is a hindrance to the both of us."
"I have suppressed it for now, as you need to rest for the both of us. When you entered Balance Breaker, you and I fused together, making it so that we are one but has the effect of that forms mental instincts taking over and destroying us both if we are not careful. I will only say this once, YOU WILL NOT REST UNTIL THS FORM IS MASTERED COMPLETELY, ISSEI HYOUDOU!" The golden dragon roared before he was pulled from the mindscape.
Issei woke up and found himself in a hospital bed, the machines beeping quietly from either side. He turned his head and found Janet sleeping on the bed; well her head and arms were on the bed while she sat in a chair. He exhaled before slowly lifting his arm and put it on his girlfriend's head, waking her up.
"Erg…huh? Issei, you're awake!" She said as she pulled him into a light hug.
"How long was I out?" Issei asked after the hug finished, Janet grabbed his hand and gave it a light squeeze.
"Well, a few months. But, everyone has been visiting. Rias was so grateful that she had her brother name you an honorary Gremory family member, but some people weren't so grateful…" She trailed off, Issei waited.
"Riser has been unable to do anything ever since you beat him, you turned him into a vegetable and not even the Phenex regeneration could help him. His family came here to see if you could do anything but apparently the fact that it was Chi based energy that is more powerful than any normal chi that made Riser into that, no one can help him."
Issei closed his eyes before he spoke "I didn't mean for that to happen, but me and Ghidorahs minds fused together when I entered balance breaker and I was fighting the forms instincts from the moment I entered it. Ghidorah told me himself, but he also told me that because he absorbed the red dragon emperors essence that I will be having more problems."
Janet gave him a small smile before she said "Ghidorah told me the same thing a few weeks before. He now has more reason to hate Ddraig then before. But he's right; you will be training in your balance breaker so that you have more control."
Issei groaned at this. "Great, more training to look forward too."
Janet giggled "I was thinking more along the lines of meditation and Chi. Kuroka can help you with your chi but the meditation should help you with balancing the fusion for when you enter balance breaker."
Issei nodded before asking "So when do I get out?"
Janet shrugged "Don't know, whenever the doctor says so."
Three weeks later, Issei was released from the hospital and now was back in Kuoh. He hadn't even been long for trouble to rear its ugly head once again, as of two weeks of his release and start of his new training; the churches holy swords had been stolen.
He had been meditating at the ORC with Janet went the Exorcists had appeared, one of them seemed familiar to the golden hydra wielder. The two young women wore ankle length cloaks that covered everything; he could feel the aura of danger coming off of them however.
"Greetings, I am Rias Gremory, the Devil that protects Kuoh and this is Janet Buné, my ally. How may we help the church?"
The girl that spoke had blue hair and was blunt "We want you to stay out of the churches business and not interfere in anyway."
Janet was taken aback by the bluntness; Rias had only raised her eyebrow. Issei had little knowledge of how the church worked but wouldn't this be burning bridges?
Ghidorah spoke up at this moment, clearly intrigued "And why should we? Its Gremory territory, so she should be helping and not be on the sidelines."
"We have orders to get the stolen Excalibur's, they sent us for that and we don't need outside help. Besides, you could join the Fallen Angels and betray us for all we know." The blue haired girl answered, not even looking in Issei's direction.
"Well, I don't control Janet or her peerage but I will give you my promise that my peerage and I won't interfere." Rias said, looking darkly at the Exorcist.
Janet shook her head "You won't get a promise from me, you may be on orders from the church but your devotion may bring you to a dark end without allies!"
"Then I must end you, you are a threat to our mission." The girl said, a sword swinging at Janet only for Issei to grab it and yank it from her grip.
"No one hurts my girlfriend and she is right, without allies you will die and your mission will fail." Issei's grip on the sword tightened, making the metal screech as it warped in his grip.
The two Exorcists watched in shock as he crushed the blade with his golden armored hand before dropping it, the once gleaming metal was now a ruined weapon.
"You ruined Excalibur Destruction…" The orange haired girl said in the silence, eyes wide as she knelt next to the blade.
"That's what happened when two forces battle, one always comes out on top. Your weak blade is nothing compared to the power of exploding stars." Ghidorah hissed before the gear vanished from Issei's hand.
The blue haired girl picked up the ruined blade, giving Issei a scared glance. It was at this moment that Asia walked in and was spotted by the two.
"You're the Nun that was excommunicated because you healed a Devil, are you not?" The orange haired Exorcist asked, making Asia nod in fear.
"You should leave before I really get angry at you two." Issei said as he stepped in front of the Nun, Janet was next to him with fire in her eyes.
"Very well then, we shall leave." The blue haired Exorcist said before leaving the ORC with her partner.
It would only be a week later that trouble seemed to get to the climax. The Buné peerage found Irina beaten and near death, they got her to Asia where they learned that Freed, the leader of the Holy Sword project, Valper Galilei and Kokabiel had stolen the swords and were now at the academy. Xenovia had given chase and now was probably fighting at the school.
Issei and his fellow peerage members arrived at the academy, finding Xenovia fighting with Kiba as they battled a Cerberus. Issei, Katherine, and Katie summoned there sacred gears and shouted;
"[BALANCE BREAKER!]"
"[MONSTER X: GHIDORAH MAIL!]"
"[WELSH DRAGON: BALANCE BREAKER!]"
"(VANISHING DRAGON: BALANCE BREAKER!)"
The three dragons charged the Cerberus, tearing the heads clean off of the dog. The two sword wielders were surprised but nodded in thanks before helping the others with the last two triple headed mutts. Issei motioned for the two dragon emperors to handle the Cerberus's while he tackled the rogue Fallen Angel.
Kokabiel floated in the air, grinning madly until Issei's fist wiped it off. The Fallen Angel turned and was met with the armored tail slamming into him with the force of a dump truck. He caught himself with his wings before fighting back, back and forth the two fought.
"You won't win, we will stop you here!" Issei growled as he dodged a light spear and retaliated with a round house kick.
"Oh, I will win. I've seen wars and survived the greatest one of all. You may have a powerful gear helping you but you will fail." The angel hissed back, blocking the kick and returned it with his own.
Issei started using his chi in every punch, the blue aura doing more damage to the Fallen Angel Leader. Kokabiel created a light sword in response, Issei now having to go in the defensive as the Angel was quick with his blade. It wasn't until his sword and Issei's fist connected, shattering the sword and flinging the two combatants away from each other, that Xenovia shouted something that would bring more pain.
"Kokabiel! You are to surrender and come with me to face the church for your crimes before you are judged by God's apostles!"
Kokabiel chuckled before he said "I don't think so, little girl. Oh, you should know this, GOD IS DEAD!"
Everyone went silent, Issei was grateful that neither Irina nor Asia was here to hear that. Xenovia looked devastated at that statement.
"Yes, he's dead. He died in the Great War after he sealed Trihexia and forced the Heavenly Dragons into their metal prisons! Nothing can stop me, not even God! From here on out, I will start a war! I will take your heads as a gift! Even if it's only me, I will continue from where we left off! I'm going to show Sirzechs and Michael that we, the Fallen Angels, are the ultimate beings!"
Kokabiel summoned multiple light spears behind him before they surged at the Devils, Exorcist and dragons. They blocked the spears until Issei's hearing caught the sound of spear hitting flesh. He turned and found Janet with a light spear protruding from her chest. His mind went blank before he screamed;
"JANET!"
Time slowed, Issei heard Kokabiel laughing in the distant but his attention was on Janet only. He was next to her in an instant, yanking the spear free of her body and cradling her to his chest.
"No, don't die on me…Please Janet!" He whimpered as he watched he life slowly ebbing away.
Janet smiled before whispering in his ear "I love you, Issei, show them your love…"
She kissed him before her eyes closed; Issei felt the world come to an end as he lowered his girlfriend to the ground. He stood up, he didn't notice Asia and Irina stepping from a transportation circle, the ex-nun was at Janet's side immediately and started healing her.
Ghidorah spoke for the first time in Balance Breaker "Rias Gremory"
"What is it?!" The crimson haired devil asked from the other side of Janet.
"Get everyone out of here and heal Janet." Ghidorah then spoke to Kokabiel "And you, the one called Kokabiel, you just made a horrendous mistake! AND NOW YOU MUST PAY!"
Kokabiel chuckled only to be punched into the ground, Issei landed and his aura exploded outward. What people didn't realize is that Janet had unleashed Issei's insanity from its prison with that sentence and kiss, Issei was unleashed and now was about to become something even more powerful.
"I am the Golden King!"
Issei spoke, his arms rose with fingers outstretched before the fingers lifted with flesh from the arm and grew into wings.
"Destroying all who oppose my reign,"
His legs thickened and his feet grew four talons as Issei's body started growing in size. The bone white armor started cracking as it slowly sank into Issei's body.
"Terror is my gospel and Fear is my Message"
The forked tail lengthened and the armor at the end morphed into spikes as the tail started whipping back and forth.
"I laugh at the Dream, and scoff at the Infinite"
The head and half heads shot out on long necks, the halves morphed into complete heads as horns grew and any remnants of Monster X vanished.
"So I will bring down The Power of the Stars and lay waste to Heaven, Earth, and Hell!"
The skin between each of the wings fingers grew, huge claws formed at the tips of each one. The black skin and bone white armor vanished, becoming shimmering golden scales. The wings moved in to block the body from view before they swung open, revealing King Ghidorah in all his glory.
"JUGGERNAUT DRIVE!"
With a bell sounding, cackling roar, Celestial Rages Juggernaut Drive herald its arrival to the world. The only thing that could stop it was slowly entering deaths grasp, if she didn't return to the world, Issei Hyoudou will destroy it completely as insanity and a broken heart drove him on.
Kokabiel statement that is italic is from the light novel and the chant for Juggernaut Drive goes to Thunder Dragon.