Yo! Been awhile, and I apologize but I decided that I would just finish up another chapter of Dragon God of Leviathan before Aspect of Death releases. The reason is I still have a bunch of things to fix with the chapter and I haven't much chance to do that due to a few things. School and a recent addiction with Warframe, I have a clan to manage so I have been giving tons of my time to that. But I can still provide new chapters every few weeks. Anyway, enjoy this chapter!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
{Ddraig Speaking}
[Albion Speaking]
*Action/Sound*
DRAGON GOD OF LEVIATHAN
CHAPTER EIGHT
- Abandoned Manor -
"A... What?" Blurted out Vali Lucifer in confusion. Katerea Leviathan sighed and crossed her arms, her breasts bouncing at the contact.
"A vacation, I'm sure even somebody like you has heard of one?" Inquired Katerea with an annoyed expression. "I didn't take you for a slacker, Leviathan." Said Bikou with an amused expression.
"I'm not slacking, this has been approved by Shalba. I will take this chance to get to know my Issei better." Said Katerea, glaring at Bikou. Kuroka listened with great interest and curiosity.
"Nya, where exactly will we be having a vacation?" Asked Kuroka curiously. Vali and Arthur stared at Katerea with anticipation at her answer, they too were curious.
"A private beach resort somewhere near the coastline of Kyoto." Replied Katerea, much to the surprise of Kuroka.
"Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that a bit dangerous?" Inquired Arthur, Vali nodded in agreement. "Arthur is right, that would be walking straight through enemy territory."
"We haven't kidnapped anyone from their faction yet, so they aren't enemies just yet." Informed Katerea, fixing her glasses.
"I still don't see why we need to come along, wouldn't it be better if it were just you and Issei?" Spoke Bikou, gaining another glare from the Descendant of Leviathan.
"Indeed it would, but that bastard Pendragon would definitely come along. I probably wouldn't even be able to have my fun with Issei if only she came with us!" Complained Katerea, rubbing her temples.
Arthur was slightly offended, but he decided to stay quite for now. Vali however sighed and simply nodded, earning a raised eyebrow from Katerea.
"You'll come?" Asked Katerea, Vali nodded and shrugged. "Why not, I don't see any tough opponents right now." Replied Vali as he soon walked away, followed by his team.
Katerea sighed and was about to return to the castle, until she felt a cold metal make contact with her thighs. Katerea didn't move, but she turned her head around to see a woman with purple reddish hair and a tight purple body suit.
"You..." Blurted out Katerea in anger.
"Nice to see you again, Descendant." Greeted Scarlet Lancer with a sweet smile.
*Team Issei HQ*
"How'd you even afford something like this?" Asked Mordred curiously as she looked around what Issei dubbed, Team Issei HQ.
"I can literally fight Gods, money isn't a problem for me." Replied Issei who was setting up some furniture. Mordred chuckled at this and simply walked over to the couch and sat down.
Issei wiped some sweat on his forehead and looked over to Mordred who was wearing her casual attire which consisted of a crimson leather jacket and a tube top that exposes her abdomen.
"You know for someone who hates being called a girl, you sure like dressing like one." Said Issei who received a small pout from Mordred in return.
"Old habits, die hard." Shrugged Mordred as she placed her feet on the small table in front of the couch. "What old habits?" Asked Issei curiously.
"The ones I got from that one guy in 2004, remember?" Replied Mordred who rested her head on the couch. "Oh, Kairi was it?" Recognized Issei.
"Yeah, I think he's dead now though." Confirmed Mordred as she sat right back up. Mordred stretched her arms tiredly and yawned. "Man, I really wanna swim right now."
"Lucky for you then, Katerea suggested we all go to a private resort for small vacation." Informed Issei, Mordred grinned at this. "Well, I didn't think that woman was capable of having fun." Mocked Mordred cheekily.
"Does she remind you of your father?" Asked Issei curiously as he begun to prepare a magic circle. Mordred walked over to him and stepped inside the magic circle.
"Compared to him, she doesn't even come close." Replied Mordred as she and Issei disappeared in the magic circle.
...
Issei and Mordred appeared within the magic circle, around them was Vali team and Katerea Leviathan. Mordred glared at Katerea before turning to her father's descendant.
"I see you've brought the Knight, Issei." Said Katerea with displeasure in her voice. Issei rose an eyebrow at this, while Mordred only glared at her more before smirking.
"You see, it's because Issei cant live without my presence. Yet he lasted 20 years without seeing you." Mocked Mordred, Katerea got incredibly mad and was about to start a fight before Vali stepped in between them.
"Now, now, we aren't here to start a fight, as much as I want one." Calmed down Vali, the two girls backed down and turned away. Issei chuckled at the display, while Bikou was grinning widely.
"So, I assume we are here to discuss the plans for the resort?" Assumed Issei, Katerea nodded at this. "That's right, we shall be headed off tomorrow. So prepare your items, Issei, we'll be there for awhile."
"You're coming too, Vali?" Asked Issei with amusement in his voice. "Not like I have anyone fun to fight right now, unless you wanna go at it?" Offered Vali with a battle hungry grin, which Issei returned.
"Nya, we cant have the two Heavenly Dragons go at each others throats right now so save your fight for later." Spoke Kuroka, getting huffs from Issei and Vali.
"I cant wait for you to see me in my swimsuit, Issei. I'm sure it'll make you jump at me like a beast." Said Katerea as she licked her lips, Mordred laughed at this.
"Hahahaha, as if Issei would get turned on by those beach balls! He likes them just the right size." Insulted Mordred, earning a challenging smirk from Katerea.
"And would you consider those tiny displays... 'the right size'?" Asked Katerea as she pointed at Mordred's chest. Issei paled at that because he knew exactly what would happen if you made fun of Mordred's chest.
Mordred was shaking violently as she held her fists hard, Katerea had an amused smirk on her face as she watched Mordred shake.
"Ohh, did I trigger you?" Asked Katerea with a condescending smirk.
"You probably shouldn't have done that..." Said Issei as he paled, Katerea looked over to her lover with a confused expression before narrowly dodging an earth shattering blow from the Demonic Sword Clarent.
The ground shaked at the impact of the sword and a small explosion erupted. Vali and his team had a barrier around them, while Issei took the blast head on. Katerea however teleported up onto the sky.
As the smoke from the explosion dissipated, Mordred could be seen glaring at Katerea with her battle armor now equipped. Katerea summoned her staff in defense, but Issei would stop any further conflict.
{BALANCE BREAKER!} Boomed the Boosted Gear as Issei got in between the two girls with his scale mail on. Mordred glared at Issei and pointed her Clarent at him as a warning, but Issei didn't flinch.
"Get out of the way, Issei." Demanded Mordred as her Clarent begun glowing violently and a massive aura soon erupted from Clarent. Issei shook his head, causing Mordred to get even angrier.
"You two will stop this, at once!" Ordered Issei, but to no avail as Mordred held her sword up, Issei's eyes widened in shock but sharpened his gaze as he prepared to block the attack.
"Last... Warning!" Warned Mordred as the sword was releasing a booming sound as the aura flowed through it. Issei opened his arms wide in a protective manner, Mordred bit her mouth as she was about to unleash her power.
"CLARENT...!" Shouted Mordred as the sword erupted in even more power, Issei looked over to Vali for help, but he smirked and shook his head. Issei was going to kill him later.
"BLOOD ARTHUR!" The Sword, Clarent unleashed a powerful fortress destroying beam of destruction. Issei grit his teeth as he Boosted himself multiple times so that he could take the brunt of the attack.
Soon enough, the beam collided with Issei's scale mail, causing him to grit his teeth harder as he was struggling to suppress a scream of pain. He closed his fists tightly and kept dealing with the pain like a man, seeing Issei take this blast head on caused Katerea to blush.
Issei was slowly loosing consciousness as Mordred was no joke and could easily get into the Top 10 Strongest in the world, if only she revealed herself to everyone. Vali noticed this and sighed as he activated his scale mail and teleported behind Mordred.
Mordred glanced behind her and gave Vali a silent warning by glaring at him, Vali shrugged and tapped her shoulder then teleported away. Mordred grit her teeth in annoyance and was about to curse at him until she felt her power get cut in half.
[DIVIDE! DIVIDE!] Vali had divided Mordred's strength, and slowly, her beam had dissipated into nothingness. As the beam died out, Issei forced a smile and fell to the ground, exhausted. Mordred's sword fell to the ground, creating a loud metallic noise. It soon de-materialized.
Arthur was slightly surprised that she had given up so easily, but he guessed she wasn't foolish enough to try and take on the Two Heavenly Dragons at once, especially since she had feelings for one of them.
Katerea landed on the ground to check on her Issei, who was breathing heavily on the ground, with his goofy smirk still on his face. Katerea had an expression of worry but she calmed down when she saw his smirk.
"Idiot." Puffed out Katerea with a small pout, Issei found this cute and wanted to kiss her, but his body wouldn't allow it. His consciousness soon faded and the Boosted Gear on his left arm de-materialized.
Seeing this Katerea panicked and lifted his head, unconsciously calling out his name. Mordred saw this as well and a look of despair began to etch itself onto her pretty face. However Vali was completely calm, he sighed and went over to pick him up.
"He'll be fine, he should wake up by the time we get to the resort." Reassured Vali, much to the girls' relief. Katerea soon glared at Mordred and was about to start an argument, but Vali had told Arthur to go take Mordred for 'a walk or something'.
As the others left, only Vali and Kuroka were in the area with Issei. Kuroka prepared a magic circle to leave and soon enough, they were out of the area as well, seeking to treat Issei.
*The Next Day*
Katerea Leviathan, Bikou, Arthur and Mordred had already arrived at the private resort. And their swimsuits, luggage and everything they needed were already packed and stored in the mansion within the resort. This resort is owned by a rich family who secretly work for the Khaos Brigade, although the employees were not aware of this. One condition to being allowed to use the resort was that none of the employees were to be hurt or killed.
The group was standing just outside the mansion, waiting for the rest to arrive. And soon enough they had arrived in a magic circle, Katerea had placed a spell which alters the memories of the employees, making them think they had all arrived at a yacht. Vali took notice of this and simply laughed at how easily the humans here could be deceived, unlike those of the Hero Faction.
As the luggage that Vali, Kuroka and Issei brought was taken into the mansion, they immediately headed for the beach. They had their swimsuits with them of course. Issei was wearing crimson swimming shorts, while Vali was wearing white swimming shorts. Their lean and well-built bodies had the girls almost drooling, but Mordred and Katerea mostly paid attention to Issei's shining six-pack, while Kuroka admired both Issei's and Vali's.
Katerea was clad in a blue bikini, while Mordred was in a red one. Kuroka was in a black two-piece, but she decided she would just lay on the sand for now. Arthur and Bikou were also in swimming shorts, but they didn't need the attention of the girls so they began having a swimming competition. Le Fay had wanted to come, but she was still on a mission helping out the Hero Faction with Cao Cao.
Mordred excitedly jumped into the water and began swimming far away, declaring that she will wrestle with a Great White Shark. Issei paled at that and was about to go dip in the ocean as well, until he was tapped by Katerea and she gestured for him to follow.
Issei nodded and followed her to a secluded area, surrounded by rocks and sand. Issei sighed and leaned on the concrete wall, while Katerea began summoning a magic circle.
"Katerea... C'mon it hasn't even been two days and now you want to have sex at the beach?" Inquired Issei massaging his temples. Katerea blushed and immediately denied the claim.
"That's not what I was planning! I brought you here because I was blackmailed into doing so!" Denied Katerea still blushing. Issei rose an eyebrow at this.
"Blackmailed into doing what?" Asked Issei suspiciously, until the magic circle began glowing and a figure appeared. As the light of the magic circle dissipated, what was now in front of Issei completely stunned him, and Little Issei certainly enjoyed it.
"S-SENSEI?!" Blurted out Issei completely stunned at the sudden appearance of his master, Scarlet Lancer, but what stunned him the most was the incredibly amazing swimsuit she had, and the flower on her hair only added to her beauty. Katerea's eyebrow twitched in annoyance and jealousy as it seems that right now, Issei found Scarlet Lancer more attractive.
"It's been awhile, Issei. I hope you like what I've brought for you." Greeted Scarlet as she then winked at him, causing his boner to go into overdrive. Issei began shaking, he was struggling to control his urges to charge at his master and begin violating her in ways she would probably enjoy.
"W-Why are you here, Sensei?!" Asked Issei as he grit his teeth, cursing himself. "Oh, I heard that you were going on a vacation. And I thought, why that's not a bad idea!" Replied Scarlet with a smile.
Katerea made a 'Hmph!' sound as she walked away and soon joined the rest at the beach. Issei looked to her for a moment before sighing and looking back at his master.
"I'm happy that you're so eager to take me, Issei. But that'll have to wait." Said Scarlet with a proud grin, Issei sighed and took a seat right beside her as she gestured for him to sit down.
"I want to take this chance to tell you a few things, more specifically my decision to join your team." Informed Scarlet, much to Issei's surprise. "Are you sure? Wont that European Government you work for get pissed?" Asked Issei worriedly.
"Don't worry, I've already cut all ties with them. And besides, that wasn't where my true allegiance lied with anyway." Replied Scarlet with a shrug, Issei rose an eyebrow at this.
"Then, who?" Asked Issei curiously. Scarlet closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"Issei, I haven't been completely honest with you. And I hope you can forgive me for that." Informed Scarlet, much to Issei's confusion. "What haven't you been telling me?" Asked Issei slightly suspicious.
"My true name... Is, Scathach. And my true allegiance lied with the Celtic Faction." Replied Scathach with a frown on her face. Issei's eyes widened in shock at this, his master had been working for the Celts, a Faction that has been quite neutral for a few decades.
'Ddraig, did you know about this?' Asked Issei in his thoughts. {Yes, I did. Although I wouldn't have figured it out if it weren't for the fact that she keeps screaming out the name of her spear, Gae Bolg.} Replied Ddraig, much to Issei's surprise.
"Gae Bolg? Was that name supposed to ring any bells? I only knew about it's name because of Azazel." Asked Issei confused, causing Scathach to giggle cutely. {You're an idiot, Gae Bolg is the Legendary Spear wielded by the Immortal Witch, Scathach and passed down to legends such as Cu Chulainn. To mistake her for anyone else is near impossible for someone as old as I am.} Replied Ddraig.
"Well, I don't blame you for not recognizing me immediately. We Celts haven't really been active recently, and our legends aren't too well known to countries like japan." Said Scathach with a cute smile, which made Issei blush.
"Well, that doesn't matter. Whether you're Scarlet Lancer or Scathach, you're still my master... My extremely hot and sexy master." Reassured Issei with his goofy grin, Scathach blushed at this and smiled as well.
But it was the kiss that surprised Issei, Scathach had quickly leaned in and connected their mouths. She quite literally shoved her tongue down Issei's throat, which he tried to resist, but in the end, she was in control this time. But Issei would not forget this, and he would definitely not be soft in bed.
As their mouths had disconnected, Scathach giggled and stood up. "I think we should go and swim now, the Ocean cannot be ignored by any means." Said Scathach as she headed over to the beach, Issei who was still at bliss for a moment, stood up and followed his master.
Soon enough they had arrived back at the beach, where Katerea and Vali were discussing some things, Arthur and Bikou still racing, and Kuroka sipping on some juice. There was no sight of Mordred, but with Issei's enhanced eyes, he looked away a few miles from the beach where he could see a small silhouette of Mordred diving in and out of the water, she was incredibly far away.
Scathach went over to Kuroka to go get some juice, Issei saw this and sighed, he then headed for the ocean, where he would try and catch up to Mordred. Katerea was going to try and talk to Issei, but when she went to talk to him, he was already on his way to Mordred. She sighed and simply sat at one of the stretchers, putting sunglasses on.
Issei was swimming relatively fast, when he got a few miles away from the beach, he could see Arthur and Bikou going around laps, not too far from him. But the beach was relatively far, he could however see Mordred a bit better, though it was still a small silhouette. Issei could've sworn he saw a Shark's fin around her.
Soon enough, Issei had gotten close to Mordred, she was looking around but stopped when she saw Issei.
"Oh, Issei!" Called out Mordred, waving her arm. Issei waved back, but soon narrowed his eyes when he felt a presence behind him. When he turned around he saw a Great White Shark about to chew him into pieces, but Mordred suddenly appeared in front of the shark and slammed it back down into the ocean.
The Shark sunk down quickly, Mordred dived in after it, and a wrestling match between Mordred and the Shark would begin. Issei sighed and dived in to get a look at their fight.
Mordred had a wide grin on her face as she grabbed onto the sharks fin and the shark attempted to shake her off by doing barrel rolls and twirling around. Issei was certainly impressed by the shark's intelligence, but unfortunately it couldn't match up to the thousand year old Knight of Camelot.
The Shark kept trying to bite Mordred, making it look like a dog chasing its own tail. But the shark eventually stopped and began ascending to the surface, Mordred still grinning like a maniac. Issei moved quickly to dodge the shark as it went past him and jumped up into the sky, Mordred laughed hysterically before they splashed back into the ocean where Mordred's grip on the shark was broken and it immediately went to try and devour her.
She quickly dodged the shark's charge and grabbed its tail, spinning it around for a few seconds before letting it go, causing it to come crashing into the seafloor. The Shark shook around recovering from the blow and headed for Mordred again, she grinned and charged straight at the shark. Issei was sweat dropping from the fight, the Knight of Treachery vs a Great White Shark? Ridiculous.
'You're seeing this, right Ddraig?' Asked Issei in his thoughts. The Shark attempted to bite Mordred once again, but she responded by holding his jaws open, the Shark shook violently at her grip, but she wouldn't let go easily.
{You mean this silly fight? Yes, I am.} Replied Ddraig, much to Issei's agreement. It was indeed a silly fight, but it certainly wasn't boring.
'This is gonna take forever...' Thought Issei as he watched the shark shake free from Mordred's grip and slap her with its tail as it swam away. Mordred's face turned red from embarrassment and went to chase the shark, Issei decided he had enough and returned to the beach.
*Midnight*
The group was now standing outside of some abandoned manor, the manager of the resort had told them about the haunted place, and Issei and Bikou were certainly thrilled by it. Mordred was also excited to explore the manor, but Kuroka and Katerea were slightly hesitant. Eventually Issei was able to persuade them to come.
They decided that they would come in one by one, and they would all meet behind the manor once they were finished exploring. The first to go in was Arthur, all of them were given flashlights, even though some of them didn't need it. Arthur turned on his flashlight as he ventured into the manor.
After a few minutes, Vali came in next, followed by Kuroka, and then followed by Bikou. The only ones left outside were Issei and what could honestly be considered his harem. The next to come in was Scathach, followed by Katerea.
Soon after the two had entered, Mordred followed suit and Issei was outside grinning. While most would consider Issei the gentleman type, he certainly had a side to him that wanted to impress the girls. He would use this chance to look like a hero saving the girls from the horrors within this manor, besides there wasn't anything actually in there... Right?
...
"Hahaha! Those brats are gonna wet their damn pants!" Laughed one of the resort's employees as he took a look at the costume worn by another one of the employees. It looked like an exact replica of Ghostface from the movie, Scream.
"Are you sure we should be doing this to the guests?" Asked a female employee conflicted. "Relax, it's just a prank after all. That's how most of society gets away with things these days." Replied the other employee.
And so, the costumed employee had headed inside the Abandoned Manor.
...
Arthur was walking one of the manor's hallways, it certainly looked old and abandoned. As he pointed his flashlight around, he heard the sound of the floor creaking behind him, as he turned around and pointed his flashlight that direction, he saw a masked man in a black robe wielding a knife. Arthur simply blinked and summoned Caliburn, pointing the holy sword at the man, the man then shrieked in horror and ran away dropping the toy knife.
Vali who was looking around in disinterest turned around when he heard the sound of someone screaming, he found that some pervert in a mask and a black robe was running towards him, still screaming.
The White Dragon Emperor looked at the man slightly amused as the man ignored him and ran past him, headed towards the direction of the others.
Kuroka who was slightly creeped out by the manor pointed her flashlight around places, until she pointed it at the hallway in front of her to find a masked man with a black robe running at her, breathing heavily. She screamed in horror like a cat and fell to the ground, her scream echoing throughout the hallway.
Bikou rose an eyebrow at the sudden scream and turned around and flashed his flashlight, he saw what looked like the killer from that horror movie he watched sometime ago running at him, he stepped back cautiously as the supposed killer ran past him.
The employee was running for his life, he had messed with the wrong people. The man he had encountered had some sort of sword, they were probably gonna kill him now!
'Dammit! I need to get out of here!' Thought the employee as he turned a corner and was running into a woman with purple reddish hair. The woman rose an eyebrow at him and summoned a crimson spear, he screamed at this and ran the opposite direction.
Katerea who had heard the scream earlier was creeped out and slightly scared, while she was the Descendant of the Leviathan, she was still a girl who could get freaked out. She pointed her flashlight in front of her, to find a man who was dressed as a serial killer running at her.
She screamed in a high pitch voice, which was totally out of character for her. She fell to the ground scared, the man looked at her for a second before turning and running away again, but he didn't get far as a boy with brown hair and brown eyes was now in front of him.
"Who the hell are you?" Demanded Issei as he narrowed his eyes at the sight of a man dressed as Ghostface. The man stopped and was about to respond until lightning suddenly crackled and the shadow of a demon with horns could be seen for a split second. The man screamed and ran the opposite direction of Issei, Issei rose an eyebrow at this and scratched his head in confusion.
Mordred who was walking around the manor with her helmet on and a flashlight was slightly freaked out by the screams, she had thought that this wasn't a real haunted place, but it seems that she could possibly be wrong.
As she turned a corner, she saw a man dressed as a killer running straight at her, the man screamed as he saw her and was about to run the opposite direction. Mordred however began shaking in fear and screamed as she then summoned Clarent and charged it up.
The man began running away as fast as he could, he thought he had just seen the Devil, though he wasn't too far off. But before he could turn the corner, he was doomed for encountering Mordred.
"CLARENT BLOOD ARTHUR!" Shouted Mordred as she fired the beam with her eyes closed. The man saw this and fell to his knees, he stared at the beam with fear and shock in his eyes. He had tried to prank the wrong people.
Just before the beam was about to collide with the man's frail body, Vali released his Dividing Gear wings and tapped Mordred from behind. Mordred slowly opened her eyes and looked at Vali before he then divided her beam until it was like a little flame. The flame touched the mans forehead and popped like a balloon, the man passed out after this.
Mordred who was still shaking, opened her eyes slowly to see the man in the outfit passed out on the ground. She stopped shaking as she felt the presence of the White Dragon Emperor behind her, she turned around and pointed Clarent at his throat.
"You saw nothing." Stated Mordred, earning a slow nod from Vali. She put Clarent down and began walking away, Vali sighed and picked up the man who tried to scare them.
Soon after that night, all memories of the employees about the event were erased and they peacefully returned to HQ. And with the addition of the Immortal Witch to Issei's team, he would only become more powerful.
*Hyoudou Residence*
Things weren't so calming with the Three Biblical Factions though, while the Khaos Brigade was having fun times at the resort, things were getting serious with the Biblical Factions.
At the Hyoudou Residence, the Occult Research Club had moved in as ordered by Sirzechs Lucifer. As members of the Devil Society, Issei's Peerage had to obey. All the servants of Issei were relatively quite, save for the girl who called herself Eleonora Viltaria, who had gone on a quest to look for Issei, but has been returning every now and then.
Rias was massaging her temples as she was stressed out on how to cheer up Issei's Peerage, it helped that Kuroka wasn't here though, that would just be a burden for her and Koneko.
The only members who even remotely talked were the Phenex Girls, or the ones that stayed at least. The group was relatively surprised to find the Chaos Karma Dragon here, or at least the ones who didn't know about her. Sona visited every now and then to check up on both groups.
Marion and Yubelluna would speak and serve tea to everyone every morning, they were improving their moods. Nashetania still barely talked to anybody and would usually go training outside, cursing the Leviathan Bloodline. Dani and Tiamat were pretty neutral, Dani trying to socialize a bit more.
Right now, the Governor of the Fallen Angels, Azazel was checking up on the group of Devils. Rias greeted him and offered him a seat over at the couch around a coffee table.
"So, how are things?" Asked Azazel with his usual grin. Rias sighed and sipped on her tea.
"Not well, the girls are still torn up on Issei. Especially Issei's Sister." Replied Rias putting down her cup of tea. "Oh, and what about you?" Asked Azazel with a knowing grin.
"I'm afraid I don't follow." Said Rias with a raised eyebrow. Azazel chuckled and drank some sake that he brought along with him.
"I know you had some feelings for the boy, same with Leviathan's Sister." Said Azazel, causing a blush to form on Rias' face.
"I-It doesn't matter, he's an enemy now." Argued Rias hiding her face with her cup of tea. "True, but he could come back anytime. He's probably just hanging around the Khaos Brigade to see how much fun he can have." Shrugged Azazel as he drank more sake.
"I know, that's probably the only reason that My peerage, Sona, her peerage, and I haven't broken down crying like Serafall Leviathan." Sighed Rias, a small frown forming on her face.
"Well, let's move on to another topic. You'll be headed off to the Underworld soon for your summer break, right?" Asked Azazel curiously. Rias nodded at this.
"Good, make sure Hyoudou's Servants are ready for the trip as well. I don't want to be in the same train as some gloomy servants who cant get over the fact that their master has left them for his fiancé." Said Azazel, angering Rias slightly.
"You cant blame them for being sad and depressed! They just lost their Master without warning!" Argued Rias, clutching her fists. Azazel looked at Rias with dead serious eyes before sighing.
"Look, I'm sure they all had knowledge of Issei being the Sekiryuutei and being enchanted by Katerea Leviathan. So naturally, they should've been prepared for Issei to eventually join the Descendant brat." Said Azazel, causing Rias' jaw to hang wide open, at a loss for words, soon enough she calmed down and sighed. Azazel had a point there.
"Well, whatever. We'll try our best to cheer them up and get them ready, I assume they'll be attending the Young Devils Gathering?" Inquired Rias, earning a nod from Azazel.
"Issei, the Knight, and the Nekomata will probably show up. And they wont be allies, so be prepared to fight him as well." Said Azazel with a serious tone before disappearing in a magic circle.
Rias sighed and headed off to try and improve the spirits of Issei Hyoudou's Peerage.
*Team Issei HQ*
Scathach, Mordred and Issei arrived in the official Team Issei HQ as dubbed by Issei himself, soon after they had returned to base after their small vacation. With their numbers increased to three, fixing the furniture and placing magic barriers was a piece of cake, especially since Scathach was incredibly experienced with runes. She had also placed portals around the HQ which led to the Land of Shadows, Scathach's Home.
After everything had been set in place, Issei sat down on the couch in the main living room, he exhaled loudly as he slumped down on the sofa, clearly tired. Mordred who was in the opposite side also slumped down on the sofa with her feet on the coffee table in front of her.
Scathach had went to the Land of Shadows to go and get her luggage as all members of Team Issei would be living here. Although she will still rule over the Land of Shadows, she just hoped none of the Celtic Gods would noticed her absence in the Land of Shadows, specifically Morrigan.
Mordred and Issei were sitting beside each other as they watched a TV show centered around Merlin, Mordred was a bit uncomfortable as it portrayed her as a male, but the Legends of King Arthur weren't all that specific, and she hid the fact that she was female after all.
As they were watching, a magic circle appeared revealing Katerea Leviathan. Mordred glanced at her and continued watching the show, while Issei stood up and headed over to his lover.
"What's up?" Greeted Issei, curious as to why his lover was here, with a few papers in her hand. Katerea gestured for them to go into Issei's room, Issei obliged and led her to his room.
Once they were at Issei's Room, Katerea gave two documents to Issei. He took them and began reading the details. From what he could gather, the reports were about a demonic creature experimenting on humans and a powerful Lich who happens to be pretty neutral.
"So why are you giving these to me?" Asked Issei with a raised eyebrow, Katerea smiled and crossed her arms just below her breasts, causing them to slightly jiggle.
"I thought that they would be good assets for your Team, especially the Lich, having someone like him in our Khaos Brigade would be very beneficial. Issei sat down on his bed and entered his thoughts.
'What do you think, Ddraig?' Asked Issei curiously. The Dragon snorted and quickly read the document about the two potential candidates for Team Issei.
{The Lich might be a valuable asset, but I cant exactly be sure about that Demon.} Replied Ddraig honestly, earning a nod of approval from Elsha. But Belzard seemed insistent on recruiting the demon.
"That Demon might be useful, in the document it states that the Demon has been experimenting on Humans and even created a few Homunculus." Spoke Belzard his thoughts on the matter, much to Elsha's confusion.
"So what if he can create Homunculus? I'm sure with enough effort even Issei could do something like that." Said Elsha, earning a grin from Belzard, which wasn't a good sign.
"It means that the Demon is probably a Scientist or something, and let's be honest here, Team Issei doesn't have a lot of particularly smart people." Replied Belzard, causing Elsha to look at him dumbfounded.
Issei has been listening intently to the beings inside of him, and he found himself agreeing to Belzard. They needed someone who had brains in their team, he had decided that he would recruit both the Demon Scientist and the Lich.
He then returned to reality to find a confused Katerea Leviathan staring at him up close, as Issei's eyes opened, Katerea backed away cutely. Issei chuckled at the display and stood up.
"I've decided that I'll recruit both of them, thank you, Katerea-chan." Thanked Issei as he left the room, leaving a blushing Katerea Leviathan to herself.
Issei arrived at the main room to see that Scathach had returned from her venture and she had already put her luggage in her room. They greeted each other before pausing the TV show that Mordred was watching.
"Hey!" Shouted Mordred annoyed that they paused her show while she was at the good part. Issei put on a serious face as he pulled out a Queen Chess Piece and a Knight from his pocket.
"We're about to go on a mission to recruit new members for Team Issei... But before that." Said Issei as he smiled at the shocked faces that Mordred and Scathach had after seeing the Evil Pieces.
"About damn time." Said Mordred with a wide grin as she happily took the Knight Piece from Issei, leaving only one candidate left for his Queen Piece.
"Sensei, I know that you probably like the way you are right now, and if you reject my offer than I completely understand tha-"
"Of course I'll become your Queen, Issei-kun." Interrupted Scathach as she took the Queen piece, Issei looked at her surprised before he smiled happily.
"Thank you." Thanked Issei as he then proceeded with the ritual in order to make Mordred and Scathach his servants.
*Hyoudou Residence*
Nashetania was training outside the house per usual, but she suddenly stopped abruptly, surprising Kiba who was watching her train. She didn't mind the presence of another Knight, in fact she kind off liked the fact that another Knight was interested in her technique.
"What's the matter, Nashetania-san?" Asked Kiba slightly worried. Nashetania glanced at him before de-materializing her sword.
"I felt my brother's Peerage expand, someone took in the Queen Piece and the remaining Knight piece." Replied Nashetania, shocking Kiba. Before any of the two could continue talking, someone appeared through a blue magic circle.
"I have returned!" Announced Eleonora Viltaria, causing Nashetania to smile. "Welcome back, have you found Issei?" Asked Nashetania hopeful.
"Indeed! It has come to my attention that Issei has established his HQ somewhere in Norway." Replied Eleonora as she held a map to Norway. Kiba was surprised by Issei's bold choice of venue.
"Right inside enemy territory, can Issei fight the Norse Gods all alone if they discover his HQ?" Asked Kiba curiously, Nashetania and Eleonora smiled at him.
"I should probably tell you that Ophis itself dubbed Issei the Top Five Strongest in the World." Replied Nashetania with a proud grin, shocking Kiba.
"Top Five?! That means he's higher than Sirzechs-sama!" Blurted out Kiba in utter shock, Nashetania laughed at Kiba's display and simply walked back inside the house, Eleonora did so as well.
...
"So you're telling me that you can somehow project a picture of my brother's entire peerage?" Inquired Nashetania with a raised eyebrow. The Governor of the Fallen Angels chuckled and nodded.
"Exactly, with this device I designed I just need to connect it with one of Issei's Evil Pieces and it should be able to project the image." Confirmed Azazel with a grin, Eleonora had been listening intently and had hoped that the one who took the Queen Piece was not who she was thinking it was.
"I don't see why we need to go through all this trouble to find out who Issei's new pieces are, I mean it should be obvious who his Queen is right?" Inquired Akeno with a confused expression, earning a nod of agreement from her fellow Peerage.
"Akeno has a point, his Queen is most likely Katerea Leviathan." Agreed Rias, along with the rest of her peerage. Issei's Peerage agreed as well, but it seems that Eleonora had a different theory.
"Hmm, you look like you know something we don't. Care to spill?" Called out Azazel as he noticed the conflicted expression of Eleonora. She was a little surprised at being called out, but she shook her head in denial.
"Alright then, well let's just take a look just in case." Shrugged Azazel as he connected the device with Nashetania's Knight Piece. The device beeped and it seemed to be scanning the Evil Piece, after a few minutes however, the device disconnected from the Evil Piece and it seemed like an image was forming on top of it.
The image was blurry, but after a few seconds the image became clear and all members of Issei's Peerage could be seen. And thus the two new Peerage Members of Issei Hyoudou had been revealed.
"S-So it wasn't Katerea Leviathan..." Blurted out Akeno slightly embarrassed. "Who are those two women though?" Asked Katase confused as she stared at the two new members of Issei's Peerage.
"That Blonde Girl in armor is the one that attacked Xenovia-san!" Recognized Asia Argento as she looked at the grinning blonde carefully. The others soon recognized the Knight as well.
"Mmm, and that leaves us with one question. Who is the Queen?" Said Azazel as he looked at Issei's Peerage, impressed. 'Hehe, he practically has a harem though. I'm impressed, Issei.' Thought Azazel proud of the boy he had learned to call his friend.
"Wait a minute! That's one of the former teacher's in our school!" Recognized Murayama as she looked at the woman with purple reddish hair. Rias and the others immediately remembered the teacher who disappeared without trace soon after she was employed.
'So they know Scarlet Lancer, I guess she enrolled in Issei's School to try and get close to him.' Thought Eleonora, irritated at her former friend.
"That's Issei's Master, although I suppose their roles have switched." Spoke Nashetania as she recognized the purple haired woman. "But we don't have a clue as to what she can do..." Said Marion as she sighed.
"Well, now we know who his new servants are. Quite impressive." Said Azazel holding his chin. "Is it just a coincidence that all of his servants are beautiful women?" Asked Kiba jokingly.
The girls giggled at Kiba's joke, while Dani was pouting as she was once a man.
"Ah, that reminds me. How're you liking the Gender Swap?" Asked Azazel as he looked over to Dani, her eyes immediately widened in shock as everyone looked over to her curiously.
"Gender Swap?" Repeated Koneko confused. Azazel laughed at the question, while Dani simply glared at him.
"I used a Gender Swapping Gun on her, she was the first male in Issei's Peerage." Explained Azazel, causing Dani to shake in embarrassment. Marion was holding in a burst of laughter, while Nashetania was openly giggling.
"A-AZAAAAZEEEEL!"
*Rome*
It was currently night time and a young man that had black hair with a tint of white was walking through the dark streets with his hands in his pockets. He had modern day earphones on and was listening to what kids these days consider 'edgy music'.
While he was walking however he sensed that he was being watched by someone, and he only hoped that it wasn't a woman. He narrowed his eyes and glanced behind him before turning a corner and ending up in a dark alleyway.
'The cliché place for a murder...' Thought the Young Man as he looked around him, when he turned around a figure landed on the ground. When he looked closely he could see that it was a woman, her crimson eyes glowing in the dark.
"L-Look, I don't want any trouble." Said the Young Man as he raised his arms up defensively. The woman giggled and pointed what looked like a spear at him.
"Neither do I, come with me quietly and maybe we can settle this peacefully." Said the woman, the man narrowed his eyes and quickly shook his head.
"Sorry, but I'll have to refuse. I don't plan on getting used by anyone... Ever again." Declined the Young Man, the woman smirked and her spear began emitting massive amounts of blood thirst.
The Young Man saw this and grit his teeth as the skin in his body began fading away, the woman was surprised by this but she raised her guard just in case the man was up to something terrible.
As all of the skin in his body faded away, he rose his head, revealing a skull with sharper points than a normal human skull. And small red dots which the woman assumed would work as his eyes.
"So you are a lich after all." Spoke the woman as she raised her spear. The Lich placed his phone on the ground and put it on the highest volume before playing one of his favorite songs. (A.N : Psychosocial by Slipknot.)
The song began booming loudly, the woman rose an eyebrow at this but simply maintained her fighting stance. The Lich was shaking his head back and forth slightly as the song played, and small flickers of lightning could be seen from his skeletal hands.
Ohhh Yeah!
"Chain Dragon Lightning!" Said the Lich as the powerful magic spell activated and was narrowly dodged by the woman, she leaped up and a loud boom sound was heard as her spear began glowing a deadly crimson and she levitated in the sky.
"Gae..." Chanted the woman, the Lich's eyes glowed before he raised his arm forward and it began glowing green.
I DID MY TIME! AND I WANT OUT, SO EFFUSIVE, FADE!
IT DOESNT CUT, THE SOUL IS NOT SO VIBRANT!
"BOLG!" Shouted the woman as she threw her spear, the spear was approaching the Lich at incredible speeds, but he would not let it strike him.
"Protection From Arrows!" Said the Lich as a green globe now surrounded him, protecting him from the spear which was now colliding with his magical shield.
THE RECKONING! THE SICKENING!
PACKAGING SUBVERSION! PSUEDO-SACROSANCT PERVERSION!
The woman grit her teeth as she landed on the ground, watching her spear collide with the shield the Lich had put up. She summoned another spear and aimed it at the shield.
"Gae Bolg Alternative!" Shouted the woman as she threw yet another spear, but this one had much more precision and speed than the last one she threw. The Spear collided with the shield and it was visibly cracking.
AND THE RAIN WILL KILL US ALL, WE THROW OURSELVES AGAINST THE WALL
BUT NOONE ELSE CAN SEE, THE PRESERVATION OF THE MARTYR IN ME!
"Greater Teleportation." Chanted the Lich as he disappeared from inside the magical shield just before it broke and the spears came crashing into the ground creating a massive explosion. The cops would surely come now.
PSYCHOSOCIAL!
The Lich was in the sky, just above the woman. He was slightly chuckling evilly as he aimed his hand directly at the woman below him.
"Grasp He- Guagh!" Grunted the Lich as he narrowly dodged a blow from the powerful sword which was swung at him by a beautiful blonde woman with strong looking armor. She was visibly grinning as she glanced at him and began swinging her sword at him.
"Teleportation!" Said the Lich as he once again disappeared, and the blonde woman looked around for him to see that he was in front of the spear woman once again.
PSYCHOSOCIAL!
"Sorry, almost left my phone." Apologized the Lich as he once again teleported, narrowly dodging another spear. As he teleported away, he found himself being chased by the two women.
'Why must women be so persistent?' Thought the Lich as he stopped flying away and chanted another spell. "Summon Undead, Death Knight." Chanted the Lich as a figure began forming and a skeletal knight was now in front of him. He nodded his head and chanted another spell.
"Summon Undead, Vampire Leech." Chanted the Lich as an ugly vampire with a mouth that could be compared to a lamprey appeared. He ordered both of the summoned undead the attack the two women chasing him.
The Undead charged forward and surprised the two women and soon clashed with them, the Lich took this chance to escape.
THE LIMITS OF THE DEAD!
As the Lich had gotten quite the distance away from the women, he could sense that his undead had been defeated already, so he began to summon a magic circle to leave. But he suddenly turned around abruptly as he felt another presence.
'Seriously what do these people want?! At least this one is a man...' Thought the Lich as he slowly backed away and he prepared multiple magic spells. The man with brown hair and brown eyes in front of him was chuckling as he saw him back away.
"Don't worry, I don't want to kill you." Reassured the brown haired man. The Lich's eyes glowed and he simply stared at the man.
"My name is Issei Hyoudou." Greeted Issei with a smile. The Lich silently buffed himself up as he felt the immense power the man in front of him had.
"Magic Protection..." Chanted the Lich silently, Issei who still had his smile started walking towards the Lich. "Greater Hardening..." Chanted the Lich.
"Do you have a name?" Asked Issei curiously. The Lich was hesitant, but he nodded. "What do you people want from me?" Asked the Lich confused.
"We want to recruit you into our Team." Replied Issei bluntly, the Lich narrowed his crimson eyes in suspicion. "What team?" Asked the Lich.
"U-Uhh, how do I say this... Our Team is called T-Team... Issei." Answered Issei embarrassed. The Lich stared at the man for a few seconds before laughing out loud, his voice was deep and held no emotion so it would've sounded like an evil laugh if Issei didn't know better.
"Hehehe, and why do you want to recruit me into this Team of yours?" Asked the Lich curiously. "I believe the fact that you're still alive is good enough a reason to recruit you." Replied Issei with a grin.
"What do you mean?" Asked the Lich confused. "You had two of the most powerful women I know chase you down, and here you are, still alive. Hell, you could probably beat them if you tried hard enough." Clarified Issei.
The Lich stood there silently, considering the offer. Issei crossed his arms as he waited for an answer, soon enough, the Lich looked up and his eyes glowed as he stared directly at Issei. Issei however, stared back with his confident grin.
"I'll need more details, like what is the goal of this Team?" Asked the Lich, Issei nodded and was about to answer until two figures landed behind him. Scathach and Mordred had arrived.
The Lich raised his guard and he backed up slightly, but Issei raised his arm, calling them off. The two immediately understood that the two men had already discussed the offer.
"Our goal is simply to expand the team, essentially become family, all the while serving the Khaos Brigade." Answered Issei, but the Lich had more questions.
"Khaos Brigade, certainly doesn't sound like a peaceful organization. But that doesn't matter to me, what does matter is this single question..." Said the Lich, causing Issei to listen closely.
"Why should I join your Team?" Asked the Lich with a serious aura surrounding him. "I can definitely beat one or two of you, so why should I yield?" Asked the Lich as he summoned a Scythe, causing Mordred and Scathach to glare at him.
But the two were surprised to see that Issei still had his confident grin.
"You seem quite experienced with magic." Complimented Issei, about to bring up a point before being interrupted. "Oh, you think?" Said the Lich sarcastically, annoying Scathach and amusing Mordred.
"But you aren't at your peak yet, and I also happen to know about the conflict within your soul. I can help you get through your fears." Continued Issei, surprising the Lich.
The Lich stared at Issei, checking if his eyes held any amount of deceit. But he found none, Issei truly wanted to help him. If he would give him one chance, he hoped that in the end, he wouldn't have to go through all of that again.
"Very well, I'll give it a shot. But if I don't like how this whole thing rolls, I'm out." Said the Lich, causing Issei to smile. Issei walked up to him and offered his hand, which the Lich hesitantly took.
"You still haven't told me your name." Said Issei, the Lich chuckled at this. He let out a dark aura and took the stance that an Overlord or Emperor would take.
"My name is... Valdis! This is a name that you will never forget!" Introduced Valdis, seeing this, Issei now believed that Valdis had an incredibly high charisma level as he could make an entire Guild bow down to him if he willed it.
*Unknown Realm*
"Ne, so what did Loki-kun say?" Asked a Devil with a wide smile as he sipped on some wine.
"The Norse God Loki will comply for now, it seems he truly is at a disagreement with Odin's desire to aid the Three Biblical Factions." Replied another Devil, although he had a much more calming aura.
"Hmm, with Loki-kun, Vali-kun and Issei-kun at our side now, there's almost no chance of our mission ending up in failure. Wouldn't you say, Euclid-san?" Inquired the Devil with identical armor to the current Maou, Sirzechs Lucifer.
"It is as you say, Lucifer-sama." Agreed Euclid Lucifuge, younger brother of Grayfia Lucifuge.
"Oh, that Young Devils Gathering is starting soon, right? I hope Loki-kun can provide some fine entertainment!" Exclaimed Lucifer excitedly.
"I almost forgot to report to you that one of the Evil Dragons, Crom Cruach, has been ignoring orders to stand by and has been exploring the world rather frequently. There are also rumors of his desire to join Issei Hyoudou's Team, which he is still forming." Informed Euclid, much to Lucifer's curiosity.
"The Strongest Evil Dragon wants to ally himself with the Strongest Sekiryuutei? Hahaha, what an unexpected turn!" Laughed Lucifer as he then drank some more wine.
"What shall we do with him, Lucifer-sama?" Asked Euclid, awaiting orders.
"Nothing, let him do as he pleases. I'm sure his Dragon's Pride will force him to aid us when we need him, oh, and I thought I told you to just call me by my first name?" Inquired Lucifer with a raised eyebrow.
"My apologies, Rizevim-sama." Apologized Euclid with a smile.
THE END
Finally~! A new chapter!
This chapter is basically filling the gap needed to go straight into Season 3 of Highschool DxD. The next chapter will introduce Loki and the Young Devils Gathering, I'm excited to see how Issei can change things. Also, Issei's Queen has finally been revealed, a lot of you predicted that it would be her, and you're right!
I think it was also pretty obvious that Mordred would take up the Knight Piece the moment Siris was removed from the Peerage. A few references to Masamune-Kun's Revenge in this chapter, if you watch that anime, you'll find it easily. Now some of you might be thinking that I'll have Rizevim come in as a villain so early in the timeline, but that's false, I merely hinted at Rizevim, but he wont actually be a villain for like... 30 Chapters or something like that.
Valdis, the new OC, is created by Zesterios, who guessed the identity of The Knight correctly. And out of all the OC's submitted to me, I liked his the best, one of the main reasons being that he is essentially Ainz Ooal Gown.
Also we are getting closer to the Crimson Servant Issei Hyoudou as Issei now knows the true identity of Scarlet Lancer. Although unfortunately I wasn't able to put in the explanation as to why Issei is an Archer in this chapter, I'll just add it in the next one.
Anyway, thank's for reading and don't forget to Fav and Follow!
Issei's Peerage
King : Issei Hyoudou, Red Dragon Emperor
Queen : Scathach, Immortal Witch
Bishop : Kuroka
Bishop : Yubelluna, Bomb Queen
Knight : Nashetania Hyoudou, Saint of Blades
Knight : Mordred Pendragon, Knight of Treachery
Rook : Tiamat, Chaos Karma Dragon
Rook : (Decided)
Pawn : (Decided)
Pawn x4 : (Decided)
Pawn : Marion
Pawn : ?
Pawn : Dani Thompson, Vampire/Devil Hybrid