Issei felt his blood run cold at that statement, his mother had set something up!? How was he going to survive now, the entire female population was going to kill him! Well, he had something to defend himself with but would it be enough? As these questions ran through his head, Amou spoke up as she stood.

"Come Issei, you know that I wouldn't let you get harmed in a permanent manner of any fashion. I won't let that happen, no, this is more of a way to see if you are ready to learn how to wield these weapons under a master of a sword." She said softly in his ear before leading him out of the school and into the light of the sun.

Issei blinked and looked around before his eyes fell on Rin, who looked very unhappy. Amou was as calm as ever as she lead him towards her. Issei felt his hopes drop as he looked up at the windows and saw everyone was watching them.

"Empress…" Rin said coldly, "Why have you asked me here?"

Amou smiled and motioned to him "To teach my son how to defend himself with his new weapons, of course."

Issei gulped and watched Rin study him before nodding slowly "I see…"

Amou backed away and then said crisply "Any harm that is beyond light, shallow cuts and I'll stop you."

Rin shivered but nodded before looking at him, hand on her sword "Very well, Empress, I'll see if he is worth the time."

Issei looked at his mother, who looked back and nodded encouragingly to him. He simply looked back at Rin and only had time to let the wrist blades out before the Supreme Sword was on him. Instinct saved his life, both arms came up and cut the downward slash of the sword off. Issei shoved her back and took a moment to calm down. Rin seemed to be watching him, before she attacked again.

Issei brought his left arm up, parrying the blow as he brought his other up, causing Rin to turn sideways to dodge. Issei pressed his supposed advantage, spinning and forcing the Supreme Sword to jump back unless she wanted to get herself harmed with the wrist blades. Issei turned all the way around and brought his left arm up, trying to get Rin with an uppercut. She dodged again before leaping forward, her sword starting to blur as she attacked, causing him to defend himself and move backwards.

Issei started tiring out from the powerful blows, his arms ached from the power before something in him...changed. It was a very small change, not very big in the least but his arms stopped aching, his body felt stronger and he stopped losing ground, planting his feet as he looked at Rin and with a slight twist of his arms, the sword was caught and unable to move. The tides had just turned.


Rin looked in shock at Issei, his left arm had a weird gauntlet underneath the wrist blade, colored crimson red. A green gem had glowed emerald before it boomed something she couldn't hear over the sound of her blade clashing on Issei's blades. But it must of done something to him as he stopped backing up and now held her sword in a blade lock.

Rin, tried as she might, couldn't free her blade as Issei held firm. The gem boomed out again, this time audible as the sounds of metal on metal were now nonexistent.

[BOOST!]

Issei flicked his arms and sent her flying back, her weapon flying into the grass as he closed in on her. His eyes were glowing like the jewel on the gauntlet before something changed, his body stopped and seemed to freeze like ice. His eyes stopped glowing green as the gem boomed out again.

[RESET!]

Issei feel to his knees, as she got up and grabbed her sword. Amou was at her son's side in an instant, looking him over as she made the wrist blades sheath themselves. The Supreme Sword walked over and looked at the transfer in curiosity, unable to understand how Issei had gotten so strong in less than thirty some odd seconds.

"How?" She asked but was met with silence from Amou, who had picked up her son and carried him away.


Amou put her son in one of the medical section of the girl's dorms beds, setting to undo the wrist blades but stopped dead. Her body felt the sudden urge to run and hide but she stayed put, watching in amazement at what happened next.

[WRIST BLADES ARE TAKEN!]

Amou watched at both wrist blades glowed emerald before starting to change, fusing with the crimson gauntlet. The wrist blade on her son's right arm turned red and started unfolding, creating another gauntlet like on his left arm. The blades turned gold and had an emerald edge, sharp and dangerous. When the changing finished, Amou had to admit, the new gauntlets looked very much like they belonged on her son than the dull black coloration of before.

"Such an interesting son I have, pure amazement." Amou said as she brushed away Issei's hair from his eyes.

[Like anyone else you might know?]

A voice from her son's left arm caused her to jump in shock before regaining her composure. The voice was deep, with a Welsh like accent to it. Amou looked at the crimson gauntlet and blinked as the blades slide into the armor and it lowered into the metal, making it look like it was never there in the first place.

"You're in this sacred gear, aren't you?" Amou said in a question like manner.

[Yes, I am...and you are?]

Amou sat down and smirked coldly at the blood red metal.

"Oh~? Does little itty bitty Ddraig Y Goch not know that he is home to my son? How unfortunate, I was hoping for more of a show from you than asking questions." She answered in a tauntingly teasing manner, her tone getting colder with every word. "It seems that I might have to teach a little dragon something~"