The Unknown Prince

by nygiants121463

From an extinct House, young Issei is awoken from a long forced sleep to a new world which makes him think, just where does he fit in?

7. Childhoods End

"There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter". Ernest Hemingway

"This excitement isn't just about the fun of baseball. It's not about the prize. It's about the gloating and rubbing their noses in it. The "Nah-Nah-Nah-Nah-Nah! We beat you!" taunting if you will, that comes with the winning."(This quote seemed to relate to this part of the story.)

Chapter 7. Childhoods End

Issei has just finished his training session, it was the night before his duel with Riser. He has already decided how to play this out, but was still not sure of how long to protract the fight. Knowing that the masses, the Devils of the Underworld, enjoyed to watch this type of entertainment, but were totally unaware of the reason and purpose of this one in particular. He wasn't even sure that he was doing this for the original intent. Sure, he definitely didn't want Rias to marry the moron, and he most definitely was going to teach the bastard a lesson, but, did he really need to kill him to make that happen?

Issei opened a comm circle to several people at once. Once all were on the line, he spoke with them. "Hello everyone, I am just letting you know that after tomorrows adventure, we are all going to be meeting up to devise a plan to deal with the new terrorist groups I told you about the other day. We will be joined by Rias and her peerage along with Sona and Sairaorg's peerages, so you will all have to be on your best behavior...yes, I am referring to you Tia."

"Oh, for crying out loud Ise, why I am I being singled out here? You know damned well that Vali is the instigator, right?" replied a pouty Tiamat.

"Vali already received her punishment for that, are you looking for some too?" replied Issei with a slight smirk. "Hmm, maybe..." Issei cut her off. "Now isn't the time, just be ready for the meeting. See you all later." with that, he cut the comm circle.

Issei cared tremendously about the members of his peerage, but knew quite well they could be a handful, considering they were all vying for his heart, and other things.

- The next morning, in the Underworld-

Sitting in the VIP booth were many high level Devils who have gathered to watch the fight between Issei and Riser. In the front row, were Sirzechs Lucifer, The Rias Gremory peerage. Behind them were the Sona Sitri peerage, and Sairaorg Bael, minus his peerage. On the left side, were Lord and Lady Phenex, Lord and Lady Gremory and a few other ranking Devils.

Everyone's attention at this moment, were on the ones gathered on the right side of the room.

First, was Sona Sitri, Issei's Queen, next was Rias Gremory, his Bishop(1), next was a long blue haired woman, with a voluptuous figure, tightly encased in a form fitting pale blue satin dress, known as the only female Dragon King, the Chaos Karma Dragon, Tiamat, Issei's Rook(1,Mutated), next to her was a female with long blond hair, that was braided on the sides and drawn to the back to hold in the rest of her lustrous hair, introduced as Mordred, Issei's Knight (1, Mutated). In the row behind them, was a woman with short, red/brown hair, The Maid of Orleans was pretty and held a stiff posture, Jeanne d'Arc, Issei 's other Knight (1).

Next to Jeanne was a girl with silver hair and a bored expression, The current White Dragon Emperess, Vali Lucifer, Issei's Pawn (3, with 1 Mutated), sitting next to Vali, was a Japaneese woman with long black silky hair, and angular facial features, who wore a western style tight fitting pink satin dress, Tomoe Gozen is Issei's other Pawn (3) and lastly, Issei's 3rd Pawn (2) is a girl with long, wavy light blond hair and dark, red eyes, the Vampire Princess, Elmenhilde Karnstein.

Tiamat looked at the stares they were reciving, and spoke up, ''OK, I know we are all hot chicks, but can ya all stop starrin at us'' with a wink and a smile. Everyone looked back to the screen where Issei and Riser were standing, waiting for the announcement.

"Ladies and Gentelmen, I, Grayfia Gremory will be the Arbiter of tonights main attraction, a 1-on-1 Rateing Game between Riser Phenex and Issei Andromalius. The ruleset for this match is a standard match, with the victor decided by either resignation, unconsiousness or death. There are to be NO outsiders allowd to enter the arena, and no Phenex Tears allowed. There will be no indications of deloping to cause a draw. The time limit will be set at 3 hours, if no victor is declared after said time limit, then both combatents will decide to call it a draw, or reschedule the match. Gentelmen, you have 5 minuits to the start."

"Well, anyone want to place any wagers ?" asked Sirzechs with a old devil sitting in the back responded, "I say the Phenex lad in 1 hour" Another shouted out "Andromalius for the win" And various others shouted out their predictions.

Sirzechs was trying to guess Issei's gameplan, knowing that in reality, he can '1 shot' Riser and end it all after 3 seconds, but, knowing Issei, will toy with with his opponent and make it a good show for ratings.

-In the Arena-

Issei had locked his eyes on Riser, and Riser was doing the same. As the two held eachothers gazes, Issei pulled out his two rings from his pocket, and placed them on his pointer fingers on each hand.

"This is the end for you boy, any last words ?" Uttered Riser with a maniacle laugh.

Issei continued to look at Riser without saying anything.

Up in the VIP Booth, Lord Phenex laughed out loud and and said, "See, the Andromalius boy is scared speechless, the poor sot !" Every one of Issei's supporters all laughed or smirked at his comment.

Tiamat sat up straighter and spoke to the elder Phenex. "Tell me my Lord, have you ever faced an apponent in battle ? Have you ever fought for your life ?..." After recieving no answer, she continued. "When you are fighting for your life, the less you talk, the less the apponent can learn about you, and the more you can respond to anything thrown at you. That is why Lord Andromalius isn't saying anything...But, if he did say anything, it would be something like, 'Hey, chicken little, the sky is about to fall right ontop of ya, so bye, bye, birdie !'..."

Everyone laughed out at her remark, except the Phenex's. Lord Phenex stood up and erupted. "How dare you talk to me that way, do you realize who I am ?" Everyone became silent, except Sirzechs who said under his breath, "Oh crap, he's in trouble now."

Tiamat stood up and released a tad bit of her aura, just a slight fraction above 10%, enough to put almost everyone on their knees, if they were not already sitting. Tiamats eyes blazzed bright blue, and her haire shone like an azure sky. "Little man, you have no idea how little I care who you are, or who you think you are, but know this...there is a reason why I am a Dragon King, remember my name, little man, Tiamat..." Sona leaned across Rias, andd gently placed a hand on Tiamat. "Tia, please calm down, Issei would be upset if you broke anything, like limbs...buildings...the Underworld, ya know, stuff like that ?"

Tiamat huffed and pouted that she was denied her playtime, but aknowledged Sona's remark and sat back down with a smile and a wink at Lord Phenex. Lord Phenex was visably shaken, but sat back down as if nothing happened.

Grayfia announced, "Match starts in 5..."

Issei started chanting under his breath, "Protection"

"...4"

Riser called forth the inner flame that is his birthrite.

"...3"

Issei Focused on the apponent 50 feet away from him.

"...2"

Riser set himself, preparing for an attack from his foe.

"...1"

Issei remained calm, with no expression on his face.

'...BEGIN !" Grayfia's voice sounded the start of the match. Everyomne in the booth tensed up, not knowing exactly what to expect. Sirzechs knew that Issei could one-shot win this, but knew he would draw it out.

Issei, keeping calm and collected, Began to advance towards Riser at a slow, steady pace.

Riser, seeing that his apponent wasn't attacking, dcided to launch the first strike, releasing his Phenex Flames at Issei. Isei just kept walking at a slow pace towards Riser, looking directly at his eyes.

Riser smiled as the ball of Phenex Fire hurtled towards Issei, knowing that this would be the shortest match he has ever been in, and began to laugh.

The mass of flames, as soon as they came in contact of his Dark Shroud, vanished as if they never existed. Riser was still laughing, even though his face now took a puzzled expression. The fact that his attack was thwartedd instantly, took a second or 2 to register, even as Issei was still walking directly to him.

40 feet away, Issei maintained his slow, steady pace, and said under his breath, "Ebony Light, Sword"

Riser was confused, how can his flames have no effect on this low life, and then his jaw droped as he saw Issei manifest a blade out of thin air, that was blacker than black, once again, launched a fire attack at Issei, and as the last attack, without breaking stried, was eliminated by Isse. "That's it, you filthy low life, now I get serious, and you will bow down to your betters, and Rias will be mine to do with as I please, hahaha"

30 feet away, and Issei's mood began to change. Thoughts of hatred entered his mind, as he heard what Riser said, and, as a result, his Dark Shroud began to weaken.

Riser's next attack was on it's way to Isei, but he paid it no mind, but, at the last moment, realized that his thoughts were not calm as they were a moment ago. Too late did Issei react to this, and the attack from Riser, while not the full impact, did reach him and sent him to the groundd with slight burns.

Riser begsn to taunt Issei more, as he saw him getting up with visible wounds, while not life threatening, were definitly painful.

Issei calmed his mind, stoo up and spoke silently the command, "Shadow Step" and vanished from Riser's view.

Riser began to laugh and exclaim victory. "Ha, I told you, you would fall to me, Iss..." Riser stoped, now realizing theere was no retirement notice, and was now totaly confused. "Where di you go, you little low life, come out here and face me NOW !"

Riser heard nothing as a black blade was entering his vision, on his left side, strangely, he looked just in time to see his left arm on the ground, and a large amount of blood spraying out from where his shoulder used to be. The pain followed a moment later, and Riser was instantly coverd by the regenerative flames the healed his wounds. Just as he was about to react to the attack, he noticed that he was starting to fall to his left. His mind was not clear, everything seemed to be fuzzy, but realized he was now on the ground due to the fact tnat he had no left leg.

Again, his regenerative abilities took effect and was standding back up. Issei was about 10 feet infront of Riser just standing there, and then started laughing, "What is so funny, boy ?, did you just now figure out that you can not beat me ?, I am an Imortal Phenex you shit for brains"

Issei stopped laughing, and once again, dissapered from sight. Riser spun around assuming he was behind him, and saw nothing. Just as he was about to turn back around, a black blade was now prodruding from his chest. A secondd or 2 later, the pain began and he fell forward to face plant on the the ground. "Damn you brat," shouted Riser as he regenerated while getting back up. Issei noticed that Riser was now stressed a bit, andd decided to up his attacks a bit.

-VIP Booth-

Sirzechs now understood Issei's tactics. "Sona, did Issei consult with you on the tactics he was going to employ tonight?" Asked Sirzechs. Sona slyly smiled and just noded to him in answer.

Everyone else had no clue as to what Issei had planned.

-Arena-

Issei once again Shaddowstepped and cut off Risers right arm. By now, Riser is starting to feel a bit of pain every time Issei lops off an appendige. Isei notices also, that Riser's regeneration is starting to slow a bit. 'OK, another hour and he should retire from exhaustion' thought Issei.

Riser decided to take flight to reduce the frequency of sword attacks against himself. As he flew into thr air, Issei changed up his gameplan, and sent his Dark Shroud towards riser, and encase him. Riser, not being able to see it, had no clue. Riser then began to launch another Pyrokenetic attack at Issei, but due to the Dark Shroud encasing him by a few millimeters around him. Issei also changed the structure to repell instead of destroy. Of course, this meant only one thing for Riser...as soon as he let the fire attack go, it went nowhere, and burned himself. Riser screemed in agony as he fell back to the groundd right infront of Issei. As Riser begsn to regenerate, Issei stomped on his head, cracking his skull.

Risers regenerating has now slowed down to the point where he had to deal with the pain of the injuries, and it was taking its toll on his stamina and psyche. Issei then rememberedd the promise he made about a certain eye socket, so...he reached down and gouged out Riser's left eye, and whispered in Riser's ear, "Since there are children probebly watching, I will skip the socket sex"

Riser stood up as Issei turned away, and from inside his shirt, pulled out a short, narrow dagger, and stabed Issei in the back, and then laid his burning hands on him. Issei reeled in pain, and swung his black sword to slice off the arm once again, and escaped a few dozzen feet from Riser.

Riser was now on the ground again, trying to regenerate his arm and eye. Issei, under alot of pain, managed to get the small dagger out of him, and took off his shirt, revealing his well defined upper body. It also showed a gold medallion hanging from his neck on a gold chain. His familiy crest meddallion.

Issei stood over Riser, and began a total assualt on his body with kicks and punches.

-VIP Booth-

Quite a few observers were leaning forward in their seats to see if Issie would continue to pummel Riser to his death, or spare him...Some, like Sirzechs, Rias and Sona, beleived it was 50/50 odds right now. Lord and lady Phenex were beyond outraged, and demanded that Sirzechs stop the fight.

"I'm sorry, but you know that is not possible, not to mention, you andd Riser agreed to the terms of the match." In actuality, Sirzechs was thinking of stopping it, but Issei all of a sudden stopped his full out assault. Everyone in the room stood up and tried to get as close to the glass as possible to see what was happening.

-Arena-

Issei was tempted to deliver what he believed to be, a fatal blow to Riser, but stopped himself. As Issei stood, he barely heard a whisper from Riser, "I resign"

Issei relaxed his will, and let his aura dissapate. He turned to walk away, but said, "Good fight" and walked away. As he walked towards the tranport circle that was now active, his senses warned him of danger. He knew exactly what was happening. It was with regret, that he brought his hands together, and touched to the two rings he wore, to each other, and closed his eyes, knowing that saying anything woudn't stop Riser.

-VIP Booth.-

With shock, everyone could not believe whar riser was doing, He stood, as Issei was walking away, totaly un-protected, as Riser launched the largest fireball he had ever manifested, directly towards Isseie's vulnerable back. Sirzechs was desperatly trying to activate the safety protocalls, but was not quick enough to save him.

-Arena-

Riser released the 5 foot in diameter fireball, and yelled, "This is how I win, you filthy fucking lo..."

Issei, diddn't even have to utter the words he was prepared to say. The medallion around his neck, like it did those few years ago, served its purpose. Before the huge fireball reached him, the medallion began to glow, and without Issei even noticing, a blacker than black energy shot out of the medallion, split and went around Issei, then rejoined to a single beam, hurtling towards Riser. It intercepted the fireball, and took it out of existence, and continued on to its main target...the threat upon whom it protects. The moment the dark energy touched its target, Riser Phenex, third son to Lord and Lady Phenex, brother of 3 siblings, master of a complete peerage, was. no. more.

Issei looked up and saw everyone in the VIP booth when he teleported in from the circle. The only sounds were lady Phenex crying. "I never realy intended to kill Riser, Lord and lady Phenex...I...I'm sorry" Issei looked at the couple, with tears falling from his eyes, rolling down his cheeks. Rias and Sona were going to console Issei, but Tiamat stopped them. Lord Phenex, even with the rage he felt at Issei for killing his son, "Lord Andromalius, I know it was in self defense, and considering thet Riser had already Yielded...I lay no blame on you. But, please understand, that I just don't want to see your face right now." With that, he and his wife left the room.

After a few moments, everyone else began to depart from the room, the last ones standing there, were Issei and his peerage. He turned to them and afirmed, "I swear to you all, i never intended to kill him. I wanted to bring him to the edge, but never cross it. I was glad he resigned when he did."

Sona, his Queen, walked ip to him, brought him into a hug, and said, "We know, you ddon't have to convince us, or anyone for that matter. We know you for who you are." Everyone else came into them, and en masse, formed a group hug. Issei started to laugh, "Remember the last time we had a group hug?...

/

"What?..., what happened the last time you guys had a group hug?" yelled Saji.

Sona replied, "None of your business, that's between myself and the rest of the peerage."

Saji looked to Issei with a pleading look. "Sorry, my friend, but Sona is right, besides, I have learned not to argue with my Queen, since she is right most of the time." Sona looked at him, arching one eyebrow. "Most of the time? Issei decided not to respond.

"So, what's on the agenda for tonight?" asked Rias. Issei looked at her and responded, "Everyone else will be here in a bit, I need to pass on information from Sirzechs, and i want to wait till everyone is here so i don't have to repeat myself."

Just as he said that, there was a knock on the door. "Enter" yelled Rias, then realized that technicaly, Issei was the ranking Devil in the room. "Sorry, Ise." she said. Issei smiled and said, "It's your clubroom, no biggie". The door opened and in walked the rest of Issei's, Rias's and Sona's peerages.

Everyone got settled, and then a aqua marine collored circle appeared, and a moment later, out stepped Sairaorg Bael, and his Queen. Sairaorg, a handsome young man, black hair an violet eyes, was accompanied by his Queen, Kuisha Abaddon, a tall, blond haired girl.

"Ise, long tine no see friend" said Sairaorg as he gave Issei a hug and a handshake. "Cousin, nice to see you again" This directed at Rias. "Same to you Sairaorg, you know everyone here, right?"

Sairaorg looked around, and eyed Saji for a second. "He's new" Sona informed him he was her new Pawn. Sairaorg nodded and looked at Issei, "So, what's the news Ise?"

Issei moved to the front of the desk so he could face everyone. "OK, here is what Sirzechs, and the other Maou passed along. As you have all heard, there are a few new groups that are aligned with the Old Satan group. The Maou have asked us to start investigating the group known as the Hero Faction.

You all know about the Khaos Brigade, well, the Hero faction is part of them, but the unique thing about this faction, is that it is comprised of Humans only." Sona looked surprised, and asked, "How do we know that it is Humans only?" Issei looked a bit sheepish as he answered her. "Well, about 2 months ago, I was on a secret mission for the Maou, and ran into a guy who attacked me by using pyrokinetic abilities. I was able to ward off his attacks, and knocked him out, and since I was not the ranking Devil there, it was decided to bring him to the underworld for questioning. Turns out he is/was a member of said group." Sona and Rias looked upset for some reason. "How is it we didn't know of this?" asked Rias. Before Issei could respond, Sairaorg chuckled and told Rias, "Rias, I think the key words in there where, SECRET MISSION."

Issei smiled and continued, "So, what we are going to do is send out certain members of all of our peerages to investigate several locations. Rias, you will send Yuuto and Koneko to Paris, France. They will be lead by Jeanne. Sona, you will send Ruruko and Yura to Chicago, Illinois, in the US, and will be lead by Tomoe. Sairaorg, you can send who you think best to Hamburg, Germany, and lead by Mordred."

Issei looked around to see if there where any questions. Seeing that there where none, he continued.

"The Kings, along with their Queens, will head to the other locations. Myself and Sona, will be going to Manila, Philippines, Rias and Akino will head to Soul, Korea, and Sairorg and Kuisha, I need you two to go to Athens, Greece. Let me be clear, your jobs are to investigate and recon, do not infiltrate any targets, and under no terms, engage any targets, unless you are attacked first. The key here is to not let on that we know where and what they are doing. This is a fact finding mission, not a search and destroy." Issei sat down on one of the sofas, and, as usual, Koneko, with feline speed, sat in his lap.

Sairorg spoke up. "I am assuming that we travel incognito?" Issei nodded, "Yes, and we will all travel to our areas by normal human transport. Ajuka and Serafall are obtaining all the tickets and passports needed. If anything goes south, you can evac using transport circles. Any questions?"

Momo raised her hand and asked, "What about the rest of us?, what will we be doing while everyone is out?" Issei responded to the girls question. "Everyone else will be in the Underworld training. Saji, you will be training with Tannin, as host to a dragon, he will be the best in helping you draw out Vritra's abilities. If there are no other questions, then everyone needs to be prepared to leave in 4 days."

As every one was leaving, Vali cam to Issei and whispered something in his ear. Koneko heard the words dragon, and looked quizzically at Issei.

"Sona, I need to speak to you in private, everyone else, thanks for your time." After everyone else had left the room, Issei sat next to Sona. "Vali just told me, she found him. His host is a second year high school girl in the next town over from here. Vali will open a dialogue with here soon, but, I am thinking that if we can win her over, Rias could use her in her peerage...what do you think?"

Sona thought about it for a bit. "Rias does have the fewest members, and really could use a power type to round it out, but this is all contingent on the host being receptive to this."

"Yeah, we will just have to wait to see if Vali can talk to her without Ddraig going ballistic. We know Albion has mellowed out a bit, but Ddraig is still a wild card." Sona nodded while getting up from her seat and then moving to sit on Issei's lap. Issei put his arms around her as she leaned in to kiss him. Her lips were warm, and soft, and her tongue was forceful in investigating his mouth. As the 2 tongues battled for supremacy, Issei, as usual, claimed victory as he stood up and carried Sona to one of the bedrooms of the ORC club room and proceeded to not just dominate her mouth, but her whole body.

Neither one of them noticed that Koneko never left, and was now, while stripping off her clothes, headed to the room where the other two were acting out their carnal desires.

Several hours later, while Sona and Koneko were sleeping, Issei was standing out on the balcony in the cool night, looking up at the stars. 'I hope the Maous know what they are doing, if anything goes wrong, there will be hell to pay'

-One of Hero Faction's locations-

A young man, with short black hair, wearing a combination of a Japanese school uniform (more specifically, the gakuran worn by Japanese schoolboys in the fall) and ancient Chinese attire, was addressing several others in the room. "In the next few weeks, we will be putting 'Operation Looking Glass' into motion. This will be the first of several operations that will begin the testing of sacred gears of their abilities and limits, in preparation for out attacks to start the elimination of all Devils."

Thanks for reading so far. The updates will be coming, just a bit longer between. I work in E Commerce, and it is getting to be the busy season, and have to work a lot of overtime. I will try to get them in every 2 or 3 weeks.

Thanks for the reviews and comments.