Chapter 35
I don't own DxD; I just use its characters and techniques. All credit goes to its creator. Same applies for anything that I used from other animes.
Welcome to Chapter 35. As the meeting continued the gang learned the motivations of the two heavenly dragons and Kiryuu. All three revealed that their connection to one another was the key to everything. Unfortunately the conference was interrupted when Issei sensed people going after Gasper and magicians soon followed. To make matters worse, Katarea Leviathan appeared. Fortunately though, Issei was more than ready to fight. Now the Red Dragon faces off against the true Leviathan.
As Issei powered up the group looked on in worry. True, Issei possessed far more power than the average person, but Katarea was a whole new game. "Vali, will he be alright?" Sirzechs asked worriedly. Sure the power display from before was impressive but the question was; was it enough?
Vali wondered that same question himself but she wasn't sure. "I don't know, but I can't wait to see what happens." Vali said with a smile. As the group looked on, Issei powered up and was ready for fun.
"So my opponent is the original Leviathan descendent, this should be fun." Issei said with a smile.
"Hmph, you underestimate me, boy." Katarea said smirking. Focusing her power she fired a pair of attacks at Issei. The young dragon seemed to dodge them pretty easily.
"Katarea, I don't underestimate you at all. In fact, I'm going to show you a power that even you'll appreciate." Issei said smiling before activating his Balance Breaker. As the red light shone it was clear this battle was going to heat up.
"My my, so the Red Dragon Emperor is more powerful than I thought." Katarea sneered.
"Oh, you've barely seen anything yet, Katarea." Issei said smirking. Five more quick boosts and Issei vanished until he appeared behind Katarea and kicked the woman in the back of the head.
"What the hell! How are you so fast?" Katarea cursed as she quickly recovered from the attack.
"It's one of the gifts of being a dragon." Issei said in amusement. "Now get ready to experience another one. GIFT OF THE HYDRA!" Issei shouted before multiplying into eight forms as always.
"Impossible, how can you do that technique… wait you possess the serpent's blade, don't you?" Katarea shouted causing a certain person to react nervously.
'Well, Murayama does, but I can't tell her that.' Issei thought in amusement. "Maybe, so what about it?"
"Give it to me. That's the Leviathan family's lost treasure. Its power would make me unstoppable!" Katarea said greedily.
"Tell you what, if you manage to beat me, then I'll tell you where it is. But otherwise, no dice." Issei said amused as he flew around.
"DAMN YOU!" Katarea shouted focusing her magic. Soon multiple dragons flew into the sky destroying a few of the clones.
"Not bad." Issei said before focusing once again and retrieving his remaining clones. "Get ready to experience the true power of the Red Dragon Emperor. BALANCE BREAKER: MODE RED CHAOS!"Issei shouted. All of the sudden Issei's gear shone a strange light.
"Kiryuu, something's happening!" Tiamat shouted in concern.
"What's going on, Tiamat?" Kiryuu responded in kind. She could see her own sacred gear was glowing just like Issei's.
"It feels like Ddraig is pulling some of my power towards him."
"It couldn't be." Vali said in shock. She realized that if he was up to what she thought he was her pawn was in a league of his own.
"What's going on, Vali?" Albion asked wondering as well.
"I think Issei is using his mark's power to fuse Tiamat's power with his Balance Breaker." Vali said nervously.
When the light cleared the new Balance Breaker was revealed. The red chest plate had turned dark blue and there was a blue streak that branched down the armor. It didn't seem like much to the untrained eye, but everybody watching knew something amazing had just happened.
"What the hell is that?" Katarea shouted in terror.
"Don't worry about it." Issei said smirking. Soon the gear shouted out it a surprising voice as though Ddraig was female.
SURGE x10
"What the hell? That's the sound Kiryuu's gear makes!" Rias yelled shocked.
"What's going on?" Sirzechs shouted in confusion.
"I'll explain later, but if I'm right, Issei is now far stronger than me, and might be as dangerous as you, Lord Sirzechs." Vali said ominously. The group couldn't believe it but watched on just in case.
"You monster, what are you?" Katarea shouted.
"Issei Hyoudou, the Red Dragon Emperor. Now Katarea, I believe it's time to end this." Issei said smiling "GIFT OF THE HYDRA!" Before transforming into eight new Issei's, each with the new gear.
"I gotta get out of here!" Katarea said before being surrounded by the eight Issei's.
"Not happening, Katarea. WATER LOCK!" Issei shouted trapping her in an orb of water. Issei looked on amused as the Leviathan struggled to do anything.
"This is unbelievable. How can he be so powerful?" Tiamat said in astonishment.
"If he can use Kiryuu's power, it makes me wonder…." Albion said calmly.
"Albion, be quiet!" Vali shushed her sacred gear in a panic. Vali had the same thought as the dragon inside her. This could be very dangerous if she was correct at what this development could mean.
'What's she hiding?' Kiryuu wondered looking back at the battle. It appeared that the watery prison was choking Katarea to the point of near exhaustion.
"I guess that's it." Issei said amused as he turned his back to Katarea and flew away. What Issei was unaware of was the fact that the water was vanishing behind him.
Vali noticed what was happening and began to panic quickly blasting the room so she could shout out. "ISSEI! LOOK OUT SHE'S GETTING FREE!" Vali shouted in panic. Soon enough Katarea was free and grabbed Issei's arm from behind.
"Hahaha! I have you now!" Katarea said angrily as she focused again. Her skin became dark purple and it was clear she was preparing for something big.
"Well damn, that's what I get for being overconfident." Issei groaned.
"I have you now and when I self-destruct you'll be in big trouble. I may not be able to beat you, but I can disable you and that's good enough." Katarea said angrily.
"It's a shame you have to die so quickly." Issei said amused.
"Hmph, any last words before you lose your arm?"
"Just two, WATER CLONE!" Issei shouted as he created a second copy of himself.
"Not a lot of good that's gonna do." Katarea said angrily.
"Oh, but it will." Issei said happily. Focusing again his clone created a black broadsword.
"What are you doing?" Katarea shouted in panic.
"This!" Issei's clone shouted as it cut the arm off completely. With Katarea now detached, the clone fired a dragon shot and the Leviathan was gone. Issei flew down but was aware of how careless he had been.
"Damn that hurt." Issei said annoyed holding onto the stub that was his arm. Although he was fine, one person was far more nervous.
"ISSEI!" Irina shouted as she ran towards her childhood friend. Seeing her childhood friend with only one arm had the angel panicking.
"Irina, stay here!" Vali shouted out. She knew he was fine, although his current state was discomforting to her as well.
"But Vali, his arm is gone! We have to stop the bleeding!" Irina said in a panic.
"Unfortunately that jerk has far too many tricks to let that happen. Give him a few seconds." Ravel scoffed.
"What do you mean?" Irina wondered. Looking up she saw Issei's arm was back and he seemed none the worse for wear.
"Well that was more fun than I expected. Next time I'd better not underestimate my opponent." Issei chuckled.
"ISSEI!" Irina shouted as she ran up to her childhood friend and embraced him tightly.
"Sorry to worry you. I can't imagine that was easy to watch." Issei said smiling.
"Yes, you idiot, I was scared. How did you get your arm back so easily?" Irina asked as she cried into his newly repaired arm.
"Thank Ravel." Issei said smirking.
"Huh?" Irina said confused.
"My jerk of a queen has marked quite a few women, and thanks to his queen piece, he's able to use the powers of anybody who he's marked that has an Evil Piece. Ravel here is one of his mates and her power as a Phenex allowed him to recover his arm." Vali revealed irritably as she watched the way he held onto the angel girl.
"Yep. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to chat with Irina. ALONE!" Issei said emphasizing the fact so Vali wouldn't spy.
"Alright." Irina said nervously. The two walked over to a private area. When he was certain nobody else could hear his expression changed. "Uhh, is everything okay?" Irina wondered.
"No it's not. Something is bothering me, Irina" Issei said sternly.
"Uhh, what's that?" Irina said nervously. Issei was rarely serious and if he was it would be a problem.
"I find it odd that you came to me so quickly before the Excalibur event started." Issei said with a serious look on his face.
'Crap, does he know?' Irina thought to herself. "What do you mean?" Irina responded nervously.
"Well, when the Excalibur incident started, you girls came to me instantly. I hadn't seen you in years and you came to my address without any consideration that I may not be there." Issei said calmly.
"Uhh…well..." Irina stumbled.
"That's not all. You said something really odd as you were leaving. You told Xenovia if I wanted to I could have killed her easily. You were right, but how could you have known all of that?"
Irina shrugged her shoulders realizing that she was trapped. "Okay Issei, here's the deal. I was given this assignment because of you. My dad was aware that you were the Red Dragon Emperor and suggested I come with Xenovia. In truth he'd been coming back every so often to monitor you." Irina said with regret.
"I see, so he knew that I was the Red Dragon Emperor and that I'm a devil. So he knew that worse comes to worst I'd be your ally."
"That's right. Lord Michael didn't know about the spying and he still doesn't. The truth is he would've probably preferred to send Dulio, our most powerful exorcist, but I was chosen at his recommendation."
"I see. Guess there's only one thing to do now." Issei said calmly.
"Issei, I'm sorry. I know you're-" Irina started to say but was silenced by a searing kiss from Issei as the two clashed tongues again Irina relaxed. "Uhh….I'm confused."
"You idiot, I figured that something was up, but I wasn't worried. The fact is you're back in my life and I'm happy with it. Frankly, the only annoying thing is I can't fuck you senseless again because you've no doubt trained to be an angel." Issei said smiling.
"Oh well, I'll settle for just a kiss this time." Irina said smiling. Irina kissed Issei once more and the two made their way back to the group.
"Hmm, so you two finished saying goodbye?" Azazel teased. Irina blushed slightly and most of the girls were rather angry.
"Yeah we are. Now let's finish this meeting." Issei said smiling.
(Scene Skip)
After another hour or so the meeting had finally come to an end. Michael agreed to track down others besides Valper who were in the project and have them executed in addition to allowing Asia and Xenovia to pray. This was more important to Xenovia than Asia, but it was still an important matter. The devil side shared their sacred gear data with the hope that things could be more even. With the rest of proceedings complete the group was on their way. Michael agreed to give the devils another gift, but that would have to wait until later. Everyone went on their ways and that was the end of the conference.
(Scene Skip)
"Ahh, that was quite the day." Issei said as he lay in his bed at the end of the night.
"Partner, this was a more interesting day then we planned, wouldn't you say?" Ddraig said smirking.
"Yeah, I know. Though seeing Irina go is a shame." Issei said calmly.
"Well it seems you have other problems." Ddraig said smirking.
"What do you-" Issei started to ask but a magic circle appearing in his room answered the question. Serafall Leviathan had arrived and the Maou was in a set of pink lacy underwear that Issei was sure she would be out of soon enough.
"So Issei, have enough time for a second battle with a Leviathan?" Serafall said seductively.
"Absolutely." Issei said with a smile. Serafall crawled onto the bed and needless to say Issei was ready for combat.
Vali Lucifer had been sitting in her room wondering about what to do next. Issei using Kiryuu's power made Vali seriously wonder if the young man had access to a second power. Wanting answers Vali made her way towards Issei's room with the question still on her mind. 'Issei do you really have access to that?' Vali wondered. When she arrived at her queen's room the familiar moans of sex were coming from the room. The source however was a surprise.
"Issei, keep going, AHHH!" The voice shouted.
"What the hell. Is he actually..." Vali wondered as a certain voice appeared. The king opened the door and to her utter shock her pawn was on the bed getting rid by Serafall Leviathan.
"Oh, hi Vali!" Issei said smiling as the interruption didn't bother him.
"Uh, HI…." Serafall said nervously. At that moment Issei came inside the Leviathan which made for quite the awkward conversation.
"I don't have time for this. Just make sure she's gone before the others sneak in. That would be far too annoying to deal with." Vali groaned as she closed the door and went back to her room.
"Well, that was awkward." Issei said calmly. Usually when he was having sex the girls tended to allow him his space knowing they'd get their own time.
"Yeah, but at least she won't say anything. That way we can still have our fun." Serafall said calmly as she rode the young man to a few more orgasms before the night was over.
(Scene Skip)
The next day Issei made his way towards the gym for his usual training. Although he had an intense battle and enjoyed sex with the Leviathan, he was back to training the next day thanks to his recovery powers.
"So Partner, what's the plan? Are you gonna work on using the Red and Blue Balance Breaker, or other training?"
"Just some light training. After all there's far more fun to come. With the battles between the peerages coming soon I have to prepare for some serious skill. " Issei said preparing to stretch.
"I guess there are some advantages to sleeping with a Maou; you get free information. Now if only you would actually lock the door." Vali said as she appeared in the room.
"You really should learn to knock. It would make things less awkward for you." Issei said amused.
"Maybe so. Just curious, what did you mean by a battles between the peerages?" Vali said angrily.
"Well, if you must know, here's the deal. After we were finished having sex, Serafall told me that the Devil Kings are summoning the youth devils in order to check up on us and reveal a round robin involving the Youth Devils."
"Wait, you don't mean…?" Vali said shocked.
"That's right, Master Vali." Issei said smirking having rarely called Vali master since he became a devil. "They're going to have a series of battles where you are forced to face off against Rias and Sona." Considering the circumstances, Issei was thrilled at the prospect. Of course Vali wasn't as happy.
"You gotta be kidding me. So you're training in order to get stronger to face off against the others?"
"No, I'm training because I found out something that annoyed the hell out of me."
"What's that?"
"Remember how Asia was kicked out of the church?"
"Yeah, what about it?" Vali said calmly. Asia had mentioned the story a few times to her and other then a slight disgust with the church, nothing stood out.
"What if I told you that the devil Asia healed that day did it on purpose?"
"My god, that would mean she was sabotaged." Vali gasped. That information was crucial and there was no telling how it could affect Asia.
"That's not the worst news. The worst news is the fact that the very same Devil was working with Kokabiel behind the scenes, and I'm pretty sure it's one of the youth devils." Issei revealed.
"It can't be. So you mean that one of the people coming to that meeting.
"Yes, works with the Khaos brigade, and when I find out who, I'm burying him in the ground." Issei said darkly. Asia was a fellow dragon. For harming a dragon, Issei would never allow the person responsible to get out alive.
That's it for Chapter 35. So now the meeting arc is over and there's no betrayal but that's a minor problem. Next chapter the gang arrive at the underworld and Issei makes new friends and foes.
Vali's peerage
Queen- Issei
Bishop 1- Asia
Bishop 2- Ravel
Knight 1- Katase
Knight 2- Murayama
Rook 1- Kuroka
Rook 2- Bikou
Pawns: Raynare 2 Arthur 1 Le Fay 1 Kalawarner 2 Mittlet 2
Harem for Issei: Vali, Katase, Murayama, Irina, Xenovia, Kiryuu, Asia, Ravel, Raynare, Mittlet, Kalawarner
Issei's fuck buddies: Rias, Akeno, Kiyome Abe, and Serafall