Chapter 2

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Papulio- His queen will not be Akeno.

"Talking."

'Thinking.'

"Ddraig talking."

'Ddraig thinking in Issei's mind.'

[Sacred Gear speaking/announcing]

Grauzauberer

"Issei it's time to wake up, we have a busy day ahead of us." His mother was leaning over his bed, Issei was facing the wall.

He had been awake for a long time now, the images flashing through his mind kept him from sleeping. This was on a constant replay, the death and loss wasn't meant to be seen by a child.

"Issei? Are you awake dear?" asked his mother. She was now slightly worried about her son, he seemed to be acting differently.

Issei turned his head so that he could face his mom, he didn't give off any sort of feeling. His mother tilted her head in confusion, she was new to parenting as Issei was her first and only child. She didn't really piece together what was going on.

"Good Morning mother," spoke Issei as he got up from his bed. His mother looked at him as he stood up, she reached for his hand which he gave up.

"Let's get you clean for our big day, ok?" His mother looked at him for some kind of response, he simply nodded in response.

She then led him to the bathroom, he undressed and went into the shower. His mother went back to the room and got him an outfit. A red robe with a gold trimming, along with a black shirt and black pants.

She waited for Issei to finish in order to dress him, the time went quickly.

After drying him off, dressing him properly and fixing his hair they were finally ready to start the day.

They first went to the dining hall where they were greeted by the maids and other magic students. Some of them had given weird looks towards Issei, most likely noticing the child's lifeless expression along with the scent of devil blood within him.

"They won't stop staring at me." Issei could feel the eyes of the people glaring at him, this agitated him.

"Just ignore them sweetie, I'm sure later on they'll stop," spoke his mom as she gave looks back to the people looking at her son. They all stopped once they felt the chilling glare of his mother, Issei however didn't seem pleased.

They continued their walk until they eventually made it to the dining hall. Issei's mother opened the door and walked in. All eyes immediately locked onto Issei who was now being angered by this, the aura within the child had sent chills down the spines of those around him.

His mother quickly took over to a table and sat him down, luckily for them the stares had stopped. Issei looked down at the menu that was placed in front of him, they seemed to have everything that he used to get back in the Bael domain.

"Do you know what you want to eat Issei?" asked his mother who sat across from him, she looked around for a server.

"Pancakes, and an apple."

Issei was fond of the taste of apples, the Bael domain was famous for the apples that grew there. Issei had been given them as a snack for years at that point.

"Alright then." Issei's mom then began to look around for a server, she then laid her sights on a nearby waitress.

She signaled them with a wave. The waitress saw her and began to walk over to them, taking a note pad out she began to take their order.

"Can I start you off with something to drink?"

"I'll have a coffee and my son will have a milk."

"Alright, I'll bring those out shortly!" the waitress then headed directly to the kitchen. Issei's mother looked back at her son, he still had head down. She looked around before leaning inwards towards Issei.

"Issei what's the matter? You aren't like this normally." His mother asked worryingly. Issei raised his head to look at his mother, she reeled back slightly as the look in Issei's eyes seemed haunted.

"Dad's gone, and it's all my fault." A tear began to form in his eyes, he had overheard what his uncle had said to his father before they were teleported away. His mother looked at him with a disheartened expression and stood up. Walking over to him she kneeled next to him.

"Issei look at me." He turned his head to face his mother again, a tear now fell down his cheek.

"Your uncle is a very ignorant man; he only sees the pride of his clan and nothing more. He was jealous of you Issei. His own son wasn't born with the Power of destruction and you inherited it on a scale enough to rival your ancestors. Your father knew that it would eventually come to the point that we would be targeted." Issei gained some life in his eyes as his mother continued to speak.

"Your father wanted you to live on, he would have given his life a million times if it meant that you were safe. Stop thinking that everything was your fault, you had no control over what happened."

Issei turned back to the table, the emotions in his mind regaining their control.

"Issei, do you want to know something?" asked his mother who was now silently laughing.

"Yeah."

"When you were born a good deal of your father's family was waiting outside. They had been waiting to see what you were, when it was known that you inherited your clans power Lord Bael marched out the hospital in a fit of anger, fufufu."

Issei looked back at his mom with a small smile, clearly had been strained from the from that he had previously.

His mother now happy that Issei seemed to be losing his upset demeanor stood back up and walked back to her seat. Shortly after the waitress came back with their drinks, they then ordered their breakfast and waited again.

As they sat there, they were approached by a maid.

"Is there something you need?" asked his mother.

"Both your presences are requested by Mephistopheles in his office, follow me please." The maid then turned around and began walking towards the exit, Issei and his mother followed.

They walked through the institute until they reached the office. The maid turned back to them and bowed.

Issei's mother then opened the door with Issei following in behind her, In the decorated office stood Mephistopheles in front of a T.V.

"You wanted to see us?". Mephistopheles didn't turn his attention away from the screen.

"Come take a look at this, the both of you." He sounded serious.

Issei's mother quickly walked over to the T.V. The news channel was on.

"It saddens us to say that Marduk Bael and his family have died in an accident last night, only the body of Marduk has been recovered as it is believed his wife's and child's remains were destroyed or lost. Sadly, no information has come out about their deaths and authorities are investigating."

Issei looked at the screen, the image of what had occurred last night flash through his mind again. This caught the attention of Mephistopheles as he noticed the rise in Issei's aura. Issei quietly whispered to himself.

"That MONSTER, I'LL DESTROY HIM MYSELF!" Issei's aura began rising more significantly, the mixture of two powers within his aura was noticeable.

'Destruction and… Domination?' thought Mephistopheles as Issei began to lower his head.

Issei walked out of the room with his mother unaware of what was going on as she was focused on what the news channel was saying.

Mephistopheles followed Issei into the hallway, watching as the child tried to find his way out of the building. Issei began running towards the doors past people, they all looked at him as he was being chased by Mephistopheles.

He opened the door to the outside and rushed to the gate. As he made his way towards it something held him back. He turned around to see the Mephistopheles had grabbed him by the back of his shirt and lifted him into the air.

"Let go of me." Issei tried to free himself from the grip on his shirt, only to fail.

"Going out there now will only get you killed, you are still a child with no form of actual training. For Lucifer's sake you haven't even been here for a full day." Mephistopheles turned Issei to face him.

"Listen child, I know that you are angry. You want to obtain revenge, but now is not the time. You need to grow stronger in order to achieve your goals, I want you to see that."

Issei stopped moving, he realized what was being said to him. His fury still burning like a forest fire.

Mephistopheles then place him down, Issei not fazed in anyway.

"I can help train you to become a force to be reckoned with, if you can get strong enough you can avenge your father's death." He then bent down to be eye level with Issei.

"Look at me, I truly am angered that the Bael clan has done such a thing. If you can master the powers within you, they won't be able to do anything against you."

Issei looked at Mephistopheles directly, the pain and anger radiated in his eyes. Inside was the determination to set things right, for his family.

Mephistopheles saw this, the devil gaining a smirk of satisfaction.

From the entrance of the building Issei's mother could be seen running towards them, clearly still affected by the recent news she had gained.

"Issei!" She ran over and hugged him tightly, Issei felt like he was being tackled.

"Momma it's ok, I'm not going anywhere." Issei then hugged his mother back, the scene seeming warming.

"Miki your son has decided to train, bring him to me later this afternoon for his first lesson." Mephistopheles then vanished from his place. Issei observed the way he vanished, not using a magic circle to do so.

Issei's mother then let go of him and stood up, her face still red from the tears she had shed earlier.

"Come on Issei, we still have to eat breakfast." She put her hand out. Issei grabbed it and looked up to her.

"Ok momma."

(Scene skip)

Issei was standing in the middle of an arena, the stone ground below decorated elegantly. Across from him was his current instructor Mephistopheles.

"Before we begin, I want to know how much you already know. Please demonstrate your current abilities."

Issei exhaled slowly as he began summoning demonic power into his palms. He then summoned forth a crimson flame.

Mephistopheles took note that the flame resembled the infamous Crimson Flames of Purgatory. Something he had witnessed from the age where the dragons were causing havoc to all sides, those flames on the battlefield still burning to this day. The same flames that incinerated an entire army of devils.

Issei then increased the amount of power into the flame, it growing exponentially larger. He then formed it around his entire palm, the flame bent to his will.

Mephistopheles commenting about it.

"You seem to have conjured a very powerful flame, a great deal of control also present. Have you practiced with this before?" asked Mephistopheles as he inspected it.

"Yeah, with my dad when he would take me out to practice." Issei then dispersed the flame in one fell swoop. The flame dying out instantly, Issei looked towards his instructor.

He then summoned water from his power, the water being crystal clear. He then launched it at a target, the ball breaking the ragdoll in half. Issei then conjured a large sphere above his head, the massive amount of water casted a shadow effect down upon him.

He then dispersed of that as well, it turning into steam instantly. Mephistopheles then walked to the side of Issei.

"I'm going to make targets for you, use a different element to destroy them."

Mephistopheles then put his hand forward, shortly after a number of wooden targets formed in front of them.

Issei looked at one and summoned his flame once again. He then began to charge its power whilst keeping it small and concentrated. He then launched the attack at one of the targets.

Upon impact the target was completely destroyed, not even ashes remained. Mephistopheles seemed impressed by the lethality of the attack, not that he doubted it's power.

Issei then turned to the next target and summoned a great deal of wind. The force then was directed at the target. The target was blown to pieces, shards of wood were splintered into the walls.

Mephistopheles looked at the damage caused, the power was certainly there and could be improved.

"Can you use destruction?" Issei looked towards him and nodded.

"My father said that I was talented with it, but I don't know how good I actually am."

"Use it to destroy the last target." Issei then looked at the last target.

He then put his hand up as a black aura with a red outline formed around him. Unknown to Mephistopheles Issei's eyes also switch to red. A sphere of destruction then formed in Issei's palm.

'Amazing, not many members who inherit the Power of Destruction were able to deal such a devastating attack as such a young age.'

Issei then sent the sphere of destruction towards the target, upon contact the sphere grew to encase the entire target. Within seconds the entire target was obliterated. Nothing remaining of its existence.

"Impressive, I can tell that you will become a very powerful devil. I still have one more thing for you though."

"What is it."

"You have a sacred gear, from what I have seen it has an influence on you. Domination is present in your aura, along with the crimson flames of purgatory that you summoned. This can only be the influence of the Red Dragon Emperor; I do wish to help you summon him from within."

Mephistopheles then looked down at Issei's left hand, the most common place that the gear has formed in the previous hosts.

"Who's the Red Dragon Emperor?" asked Issei. Mephistopheles looked down at the boy and shook his head.

"Perhaps another time, I have to call someone who is better at answering that question for you."

He then vanished from the room once again, this time Issei had a better view of what he did to leave.

I'll say that I don't really know how to write a child, even though I grew up with multiple little brothers I have no clue. I think I'm ok with how this chapter went, I'm going to try and pinpoint different areas I need to work on. I keep getting ahead of myself with future events for my stories that it kills me when I don't write it in chronological order. Issei has a limited control of destruction at this point, he only knows how to summon a sphere that is capable of completely destroying something. I didn't want him to be able to fully use his powers yet.

That's all I have to say, I'll see you guys in a different chapter.