In The Void
The colossal energy in the form of a rainbow colored aura roamed continuously around the floating Issei. The power that was being absorbed into his entire body was absolutely tremendous. However, instead of being relieved at the feeling, Issei was in a great amount of pain. His body felt like it was imploding severely, unable to contain the amount of power he was absorbing.
Both Gaia and Chaos noticed the pained look on his face, and the mother of the Earth gained a worried look in her eyes.
"Ise-chan?"
"Hmm, I'm not surprised. I anticipated this for sometime."
Gaia turned her attention to Chaos and looked at her in great surprise. The Mother of Earth rose an eyebrow in confusion, and she spoke her question.
"What do you mean? What is happening to him?" She asked.
Chaos stared at the seemingly hurt young man with her usual emotionless expression. With a tilt of her head, she narrowed her black eyes, and turned her attention to Gaia.
"Although he is the reincarnation of the fusion of the Protogenoi, his body stature is not the same."
Gaia widened her eyes, unable to decipher what the personification of the Void was saying.
"I-I don't understand."
"One of the reasons why the Primordial was able to possess such colossal power, was because its body structure was vast enough in order to compensate for the strain of its power."
Gaia gained a saddened look in her eyes, and she looked down worryingly at Issei.
"I see now. And Ise-chan's body is far too small to contain his original power."
Chaos nodded somberly in reply, and she looked down at Issei once again.
"His body structure is not enough to accommodate or endure this flow of energy. If he were to absorb far too much than what he could handle, his body would overheat from the lack of control, and the energy would expel out of his body. You are aware what would happen next, are you?"
Gaia gasped in shock, putting her hands on her heart, and she looked down in distress at the young man she and Chaos were conversing about.
"Poor Ise-chan."
The Mother of Earth looked at the stoic Chaos, her dark grey-blue eyes shining with anxiety.
"Isn't there anything we can do?"
Chaos tilted her head, and she looked up at Gaia.
"Perhaps a limiter could suffice."
Her grey-blue eyes widened with shock, Gaia clasped her hands together.
"You suggest a power limiter?"
The female personification of the Void nodded in reply.
"The Primordial was able to control its power efficiently, and with its body to compensate for the pressure, its power would not go out of control. The fact that Issei was only able to control the power he possessed previously to a limited extent, means that he is still unfamiliar to the original power of the Primordial. It would put far too much strain on him, physically, and mentally, if the full power was released."
Gaia looked at the personification of the Void for a moment, and then she sighed, looking down at Issei.
"I understand."
She paused herself for a few moments, and then she looked back up at Chaos.
"How should we go about sealing him?"
Chaos narrowed her eyes, and with a wave of her hands, a manifestation of a silver necklace with a blue jewel encased in the middle of it, and two black steel-like wristbands that also possessed blue jewels, appeared in front of her. Gaia widened her eyes in surprise, and she pointed to the objects that appeared in front of the personification of the Void.
"Are... are those the power limiters for him?"
Chaos nodded in reply as she directed the necklace and the wristbands towards Issei, whose body appeared to be overheating.
The necklace clasped onto Issei's neck, and the wristbands attached onto Issei's wrists. The flow of power that was being absorbed into his body, suddenly contorted, and it spiraled outwardly. With a scream of anguish, Issei's body imploded, and a flash illuminated into the space less location of the Void.
TIME PASSED ON/OUTSIDE OF THE VOID
Brown eyes fluttered, and they shot open in shock. Issei looked around his surroundings, only to find out he was outside on the ground. He placed his hand on his chest, silently relieved that he could no longer feel the burning sensation in his body. He turned around to look behind him, and instantly regretted it.
"My house..."
The house was completely destroyed, all of the remains seeming to be faded away into ashes. Looking around worryingly, Issei widened his eyes when he saw an unconscious Naomi, and three unconscious Fallen Angels.
His eyes widening further, Issei got up from the ground, and he ran over to Naomi. He turned the young woman around, allowing him to see her face. He placed his head down onto her chest, and he sighed in relief.
"Good. She's all right."
He looked over at Reynalle, Kalawarner, and Mittelt, and he narrowed his eyes as he tried to sense for traces of their life-force. He nodded and sighed as he detected their energy. With a worried look, Issei looked back at the destroyed house, putting his hand on top of his head, and he blinked as he noticed something unusual.
"What's this?"
A black wristband with a blue jewel embedded within it shone into his eyes. Issei blinked repeatedly in shock as he looked at his other hand, which sported another black wristband. Looking down at himself, Issei noticed a silver necklace with the same blue jewel set tightly within it.
"What are these? I don't remember buying these objects."
With a sigh of exhaustion, Issei got up from the ground and picked up Naomi. He looked at the remains of his house, and he snapped his finger. In an instant, the house reformed as though it was never destroyed. Sighing in relief, Issei went inside his house, gently placing Naomi on the couch. Making sure she was okay, Issei went back outside to pick up his Fallen Angel helpers, and carried them back inside the house, placing them on different couches.
Crossing his arms, Issei looked at the new accessories he now possessed. For some reason, he felt like his power had greatly increased than ever before, but now he felt that the power was being held back.
"I-I don't get it. What on earth are these?"
Not even a second after he had said that, the door to his house slammed open, revealing a crowd of familiar people. Issei widened his eyes in shock to see Rias and her peerage, Raiser and Ravel; who was holding onto her brother's arm, and Sirzechs and Grayfia, respectively in that order.
Blinking in confusion, Issei pointed to his new guests.
"What are you guys doing here?"
Rias was about to speak, her blue-green eyes shone with worry.
"Ise-kun...what happened?"
Issei rose an eyebrow in confusion. "What do you mean, what happened?"
Raiser, who gently removed his arm from his sister, walked over to Issei.
"That power you were releasing earlier. What the hell was that? Both Sirzechs-sama and I know that you possessed a great amount of power."
He pointed to Sirzechs, who, while he had a laid-back look on his face, seemed to exude a shocked interest. Raiser continued his rant.
"But that power we felt earlier. It was completely out of nowhere. We were all suffocating from the strain of trying to breathe through it."
Issei widened his eyes in shock, and he looked worriedly at the other Devils in his house.
"I-I had no idea."
Sirzechs spoke next, and he gave Issei a curious look.
"Do you know something about what happened earlier, Issei? Anything at all? The power came from you, no doubt about it, and then it vanished just suddenly, and yet you seem to have no recollection of it."
Issei frowned, and he crossed his arms, gaining a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"I'm not sure. I just know I was in a colossal amount of pain. That's pretty much all I remember."
The Devils looked at Issei in a combined expression of shock and curiosity. It was broken by Asia, who looked at Issei nervously.
"Ise-san?"
Hearing the call of his name, Issei looked up at the blonde-haired Devil.
"Do you know where your necklace and wristbands came from?"
The Devils looked on in shock at the new accessories that Issei now adorned. Issei looked at his new possessions, and then he sighed.
"No. I'm not quite sure. I found these when I had just woken up, so I have no idea how these emerged at all."
The people in Issei's house were silent, until it was cut off a cool female voice that Issei only recognized.
"So, you have awakened sooner than we expected."
Issei looked up, and then he widened his eyes. The Devils jumped at the voice, looking around Issei's house frantically.
"Chaos?"
Another voice appeared, with the voice emitting tones of boundless maternal affection.
"We were so worried about you, Ise-chan."
Issei gained a saddened expression.
"Gaia."
He looked around, trying to find them, or sense them, but to no avail.
"Where are you two?"
Chaos responded first.
"Outside of the Void, Gaia and I exist as the aspects that the humans have referred to as over the many years they have existed. I am nothingness, while Gaia is the Earth, so she is all around you."
Issei nodded, understanding her words. He blinked in confusion.
"Chaos, Gaia, can you tell us what happened earlier? And why I have this necklace, and these two wristbands?"
His question was answered by Gaia.
"Of course, Ise-chan. First...oh dear. How interesting."
Issei blinked, and then he rose an eyebrow.
"What? What's wrong?"
Chaos answered his question.
"There is another presence nearby."
Issei widened his eyes in shock, and he tried to activate into his extrasensory ability. He narrowed his eyes as he felt his sensing ability somewhat being limited than before, but he could sense another source of energy. His eyes widened in surprise.
'What's this?'
An aura that emitted a silhouette appeared in the middle of the room. The shadow revealed itself to be a young girl with black hair and brown eyes. She was dressed in a Gothic Lolita fashion, and she possessed pointed ears.
Rias, Akeno, Raiser, Sirzechs, and Grayfia all widened their eyes in absolute shock. They said in a simultaneously exclaim of surprise.
"The Ouroboros Dragon!"
Ophis, the Ouroboros Dragon, also known as the Infinite Dragon God, stared up at the shocked Issei with a distant expression. Issei looked at Ophis with a shocked but curious look. Then suddenly, Ophis walked over to Issei, before placing her hands on her cheek.
Issei rose an eyebrow, and while he could sense the power that Ophis possessed, he could detect that the girl, or Dragon as he had just heard, wasn't dangerous. Hopefully. Rubbing the back of his head in confusion, Issei was about to speak, until Ophis cut him off.
"...Home."
Issei widened his eyes in shock, and he took a step back, before Ophis walked closer to the nervous young man.
"I-I don't understand what you're-"
He was interrupted when Ophis suddenly pulled his trench coat collar down, with Issei's head now meeting to her height. Blinking his eyes in surprise, Issei stayed silent, as he could see that Ophis was about to say something else.
With her face showing no traces of emotion, and her brown eyes somewhat hollow, Ophis pulled her face close to the hesitant Issei, and said only this to him, her toneless voice gaining a strange edge to it.
"My...Home."