Shunned

Chapter 4

This story is inspired by The Change Of A Dragon by IluLugal

A certain brown-haired boy was taking a shower, and recalling his past memories, some parts of the memories made him cry.

He sighed and said

"Quite the memory"

"Well, after that I woke up in the middle of the park. After sleeping there for about a day. Luckily for me, my parents were on a cruise trip. So they didn't worry about me"

[Recalling memories, partner?]

"Yeah..."

[Partner, leave that behind. You are still in a horrible state. The pieces act correspondingly to your state. Getting sad, or angry will only make your condition worse]

[You don't have much longer left]

"Heh, I'm slowly dying."

"Maybe, when I'm gone they'll feel a tiny little bit bad... Meh who am I kidding, they'll just act like nothing happened and continue having fun with them"

His tone did not have any emotion, it was as if life or death didn't matter to him.

He truly was broken

[Partner, stop being so negative! If you don't do something about these pieces then, the clash between them and your Dragon Aura will end up destroying your body!]

"What do I do? I tried to contact Ajuka-sama but he didn't respond."

"I've contacted EVERYONE. They keep ignoring me. They're all just too busy, to listen to a pathetic pervert like me."

One could hear the sadness in his voice

He contacted everyone. Azazel, Sirzechs, Grayfia but no one responded

"I even asked Rias to call her brother for me but she answered; 'There's no need to bother Onii-sama, Ise. Whatever your problem is, I'm sure it will be solved in time. Now please don't come and ask me again. I'm very busy"

"Heh, very busy my ass"

"Akeno didn't even pick up my calls"

Asia answered with:

'Sorry Ise-san, I have a meeting to attend. Maybe later'

Xenovia and Irina were also the same.

"We're busy right now"

He didn't even try with Koneko, she was very aggressive to him whenever he tried to speak with her.

He tried to contact Sirzechs but the call never connected

His calls to Ajuka Beelzebub were answered by his secretary. The secretary always told him that he wasn't available for the moment and cut off the call"

He managed to leave a message for him, stating that the Evil Pieces were malfunctioning and that he was slowly dying.

The Maou still hadn't called him back

He tried to contact Le Fay through their contract, but it didn't work. It was as if the link was dead. Invalidated

Grayfia, also never responded

Contacting Azazel resulted in him getting a voicemail. Issei did leave him a few messages asking for help, but he never responded.

Kiba was too busy doing the extra contracts

He tried to contact everyone, but it didn't work.

No one cared if he was dying

After taking the shower, he went to the changing room. He looked at the mirror, he looked horrible.

His entire body was pale. His body was scrawny, the bags under his eyes were terrible.

His eyes, it looked as if there was no life in them. The worst was the eight black holes on his body.

He called them 'Corruption'

Those eight holes, were like venom. They were slowly but surely killing him.

They were on specific parts of his body; One was in each arm and leg, equalling a total of four. The rest were in two segments. The first segment was that of a single piece on each side of his chest, and one on his abdomen.

The last segment had one just below his belly button.

The same pieces that had once given him life, were now slowly taking it away.

They were feeding off his life force

"Ddraig, what can we do? Is there any way to save myself?"

[There is something that you can do. There's a high chance that this will go wrong. You might die. Are you sure that you want to do this]

"What do I have to lose? Nothing"

"Tell me, Ddraig."

[Fine. Do you know of the theory about opposing forces?]

"I don't"

[I will need to explain it to you then]

[The theory of opposing forces states; that if two opposing forces meet, the one that has the most 'Energy' would win. Pushing the other force back, right now the Evil Pieces are winning and are destroying your body slowly but surely.]

[We need to make the opposite happen.]

Issei was impressed that the dragon knew so much

"Are you proposing that you know of a way to increase my dragonic powers so that they win against the Evil Pieces?"

[Yes, you are correct]

"Haha! You crazy old bastard!"

"The Evil Pieces are connected to my body and soul, since you are also part of my soul if I fail this 'Final Attempt' you'll also die with me! Are you sure, that you want to do this?"

[Yes, I have already made up my mind]

"Hahaha!"

"Crazy Bastard" Issei muttered

"Tell me, how" The brown-haired boy demanded

[The pieces suck the Life Force out of your body, so what would happen if we cut the supply off all eight of them, and connect it directly to the nuclues of your Aura? In theory, the pieces will weaken, and your Aura will become stronger]

Severing his Life Force supply and connecting it to his nucleus. The idea, it seemed so ridiculous and crazy

But he was ready to try, even if he died trying

[Do not forget, one of your Aura's abilities is regeneration. In theory it could keep you alive long enough for me to connect your Life Force to your nucleus]

"Let's say, I manage to stay alive because of the regeneration ability of my aura. What will happen to you? You are a part of my soul."

[Well, in theory, I will enter a deep sleep and the Boosted Gear will end up rebooting itself. Like if it was searching for a new host. But it will stay inside your body. The progress, you have made with the Boosted Gear so far will all be gone, there may be more side effects to the Sacred Gear System or yourself that I do not know of "

"Well, it's better than nothing. When and where can we do this? The amount of energy released in this 'Final Attempt' will alert someone in the town, right? I don't think I can use a magic circle. My body isn't in the best condition, after all."

[The energy needed for a transportation circle is quite small. Even lesser if you don't set an exact location, unless you don't target somewhere that is not part of the Human World. Make one targeting a random part of the Human World and you probably won't die]

After a bit of thought, the brown-haired boy said:

"Let's do it, you miss all of the shots you don't take!"

[Partner, do you wish to leave a will behind?]

"Hmm... Maybe I should"

He went to look for something. Inside his room, he found what he was looking for.

Inside a drawer, next to his bed, a machine was present. It's called a holographic recorder, something that Azazel accidentally left at his house when he was drunk.

He pressed the button with the Record Sign on it.

A light shined towards him, proving that the machine actually worked.

He said everything that needed to be said, about the Corruption and their Final Attempt plan.

He stopped recording, and left the recorder on top of his desk.

"Haa, let's do this."

[Yes, partner. That's the spirit!]

[Set up the magic circle. I will start gathering the energy necessary for cutting your Life Force off the Pieces. I will inform you when I'm done."

Issei quickly made the Magic Circle and stepped into it.

He was in a forest

"My corruption didn't mess anything up"

He breathe out a long sigh of relief

He began walking in a random direction, hoping to find an isolated place. Where no one would disturb him.

"This place, it's huge." He commented

"I've been walking for so long, still nothing "

"Damn it! Why can't I find some place isolated?!"

He started feeling dizzy, the evil pieces were reacting to his angry state. He tripped and fell down

"I should stay calm, just as Ddraig told me to be. Anger will only speed up the process of me dying."

He looked up at the sky, it was dark.

He could see the stars.

He could see the beautiful moon.

"Well, this might be the last time i'm looking at the sky"

The scenery, it looked so beautiful.

He felt peace

He thought to himself;

"Maybe, I should travel the world if I survive this"

"I have decided! I will explore the world!"

His eyes, they finally had some life in them again.

He finally had a purpose in his life

END

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