BOLD - ISSEI SPEAKING

[BOLD BRACKETS] - ALBION SPEAKING

CHAPTER 5 - Revenge and Awakening

Issei's clearly visible warmth in his newfound family had filled the gap in which his biological parents resided. Issei had many things on his mind regarding his parents, but he believed it to be his own fault for getting hurt. Issei, as a result of this, surprisingly grew more resilient as he didn't want to be at fault for anything due to weakness.

Issei's first day of school was upon him. "I'm leaving!" Issei yelled through his house, wearing a navy blue backpack, a golden tank top with a black blazer, some dark navy jeans, and a pair of leather shoes, bursting out of the deep brown door embroidered with a golden handle.

Issei walked right into the light of the sunny day, looked up at the few clouds floating through the sky, and raised his fist.

Issei also had weights under his clothes in order for him to be training all of the time, made by Tannin. He wore a weight on each leg, each arm, and on his chest. The arm and leg weights weighed around 4.5k kg per, and the chest weighed around 10k kg.

As ludicrous as this seemed, this is the amount of weight Issei could lift while breaking some sort of sweat. The weights were also made of heavenly dragon scales, so of course, they would be ludicrously heavy.

"Kuoh Elementary'' was the school Issei attended. His house was about 30 minutes away, so he walked all the way there. Combined with the weights, this was perfect training for him.

Issei knew the territory he was in belonged to the growing Gremory and Sitiri households, along with some fallen angels on the side. While Issei was walking, he could detect faint devil signatures emanating from far away, but there were none that could think of posing a threat to him.

About halfway through Issei's walk, he suddenly felt a powerful presence suddenly emanating from behind him, almost as if it was rising out of nothingness. Issei turned around and saw a magic circle embroidered with the Old Maou Faction of the Khaos Brigade's Crest glistening in the middle.

It was the one and only Vali. His silver hair and blue eyes glistened in the broad daylight. Along with his black leather jacket, grey jeans, and white sneakers, he seemed the type of guy to be cool. Contrary to his looks as a teenager, Vali was about 30 years old. Obviously, he was supernatural so he aged extremely well.

Vali looked down and clenched his fist as he muttered, "Ever since I lost to you, I've trained hard. Harder than any supernatural being could even dream.

Through this, I've gained the power of the Juggernaut Drive. This is your end, son of Ophis and Great Red." Vali menacingly looked at Issei, but Issei was rather perplexed. 'Didn't you attack me first? It's not like I killed your family. Just get over it,' Issei thought to himself.

"You really want to sacrifice your life force to kill me? And you're sure that you can kill me even if you tried your hardest? It's not like you're the only one who's been training." Issei barrated. Clouds began to well as the sky turned gray. Vali's anger and draconic presence exerted amounts of pressure that surpassed Sirzechs.

Issei's draconic mind went to work to find options to defeat Vali.

Option 1, fight Vali and use his power. Issei knew he could demolish Vali in one blow, no matter how strong has gotten. On the other hand, releasing the power that surpasses the current Maou would attract more than just a little bit of attention. All of the supernatural leaders would convene and likely kill Issei.

Option 2, Issei could play for time and wait for Vali's life force to dry out. The problem is he doesn't exactly know how strong Vali is. All he knows about the circumstances right now is that Issei could kill Vali with one kick, but Vali hadn't activated his Juggernaut Drive yet, so if he waited any longer, this could change.

Option 3, attempt to release his hidden power of vaporization or whatever it was. When he was at that mountain, he felt a sensation well up in his stomach, almost a bursting giddiness. If Issei could attempt to replicate this, he could just vaporize Vali.

Issei's mind shuffled between the options, as time seemed to be waning. Lightning was beginning to surround Vali, as words began to spatter from Vali's mouth.

"I, whom am about to awaken, am the heavenly dragon who has taken the principles of Supremacy from God," Vali began to chant as blue masses of energy began to release from his body.

'Shit, I'm out of time. I guess it's option 1…' the 7-year-old thought, as he sprouted his golden draconic wings. Issei then released a tremendous amount of aura. Far beyond Vali's, far beyond Sirzechs, and it even approached Great Red.

Issei vanished and appeared in front of Vali. Issei thought 'No, I can do option 3 also, let's give it a shot.' Vali's chant was immediately halted as his eyes narrowed and his stomach nearly burst. "SHINING UPPERCUT" Issei roared as his arm ruptured Vali's stomach. 'Shit, that's not it' Issei continued to think. Vali began roaring in pain as he vanished into the sky. "Now, to end this… SHOOTING STAR!" Issei roared again as the ground below him shattered into debris, and a trail of light shot straight up.

The wind howled as shockwaves began to ripple. It was almost as if Issei was a… beacon of light. Issei's leg then shot into Vali's stomach at light speed. Issei was no longer a dragon. He had turned into a mass of light. Literal particles that moved at the quite literal speed of light. If Issei had turned into particles, then how was his foot inside of Vali?

Issei had the powers of Fire and Lightning at his disposal, but he chose light magic? No, this was his power. It was not light magic. Issei became the light and controlled it to the finest degree. He was the Dragon of Light.

Issei could control light how he wanted, being able to change any matter into light, including his own body! Issei, using his draconic intellect, deduced that he could control time to a certain degree. His light speed could allow him to stop, speed up, and reverse time.

Obviously, there were still stronger existences, such as Great Red and Ophis, but if Issei could control this power, and hone it to the highest limit, he would be the quite literal strongest being in existence. Issei is only 7-years-old, and only a few beings in existence rival him? That violates anything thought possible by any existence.

Just from the sensations and instincts felt from destroying that mountain all of those years ago, Issei was able to deduce this.

Vali, who had passed out due to all of his vital organs being vaporized, was shot into space at light speed, killing him instantly.

[You had the most potential Vali. I'm sorry to leave you so soon. In my next reincarnation, I will be sure to avenge you.] Albion spoke into the mind of Vali, as his full body was vaporized due to the speed at which he was flung. Issei had just defeated the White Dragon Emperor in 2 moves!

"HOLY SHIT!" Issei roared as he floated in the air with his golden wings protruding from his back. Issei simultaneously accomplished both Options 1 and 3. Even if Vali went into Juggernaut Drive, it wouldn't have changed a thing. Issei was just too damn strong.

Issei began to get extremely fatigued as this was his first time consciously using this power. It became clear to Issei what he needed to train, but he didn't have time to worry about that.

Summoning circles began appearing all around him. Crests from all sorts of different families began to emerge. 'I don't have time, I got to go, NOW'. Issei thought. He then remembered his ability to transform into light and stop time. Issei was not powerful enough to move faster than the speed of light, so he couldn't reverse time yet. If he could, he would just reverse time to when Vali showed up, and stop time to kill him without creating a commotion.

Issei then closed his eyes and let out a sigh. Issei then transformed parts of his body into light and moved jaggedly from side to side at light speed. The light around him began to refract into all sorts of colors. It was almost like an acid trip. The colors folding into each other and new ones emerged were beautiful, yet nauseating.

After moving for what felt like 10 minutes to Issei, but a fraction of a nanosecond in actuality, his surroundings went gray. Everything around him ceased moving entirely. As nauseous as Issei felt, he knew that this was his chance, but he also knew that he was at his limit. Issei could no longer transform anything into light, including himself, so he had to use his wings to get away. He could also hold out stopping time for about 10 seconds before it reverted to normal.

Issei then sharpened his glare and flapped his draconic wings as fast as he could. Moving off of sheer determination, Issei launched forward, shattering the sound barrier. He moved about 10 km away from the area, then time resumed and Issei ran out of stamina.

Issei made a crash landing in a dumpster behind a grocery store. It hurt like shit. He crawled out of the trashcan, rolling onto the pavement in the alleyway. Issei then took off his shirt, revealing his masculine baud to the air. Panting for his 7-year-old life, Issei rolled off the dumpster onto the concrete. It was at this moment Issei noticed, why was his chest exposed to the air? Shouldn't he have had weights on?

Issei then astutely realized that when he was moving at light speed to kick Vali, his weights were vaporized along with Vali's stomach. That was a relief for Issei because he wouldn't have made it if he was still wearing them, but, Issei needed to train to control this power entirely.

Back at the site where Issei 'fought' Vali

"Well, it seems we're all gathered here for the same reason," the crimson-haired devil king attentively stated, as he manifested into visibility from his summoning circle. "I felt Vali's energy, but there was a stronger presence. It felt more powerful than our energies, but whatever," the golden-black-haired fallen angel remissively uttered. "Whatever the case, we must get to the bottom of this," The halo-wearing armored angel ethically remarked.

All 3 great powers gathered at this moment to identify this power. It far exceeded their own, but none of them had felt it before. Due to this rising concern, launched a large-scale investigation.

Issei needed to learn to control his power, and quickly before it became too late.

After having passed out for 2 hours on the cement, he realized that he was missing his first day of school! He needed to make it there, and quickly! Issei was thinking, what if he turned into light without releasing energy? If he suppressed his energy once he turned into light, he would look no different than the rays of light that emit from the sun.

Issei then concentrated on his body, relaxed his aura, and converted his body into light. 'Well, here goes nothing,' Issei thought. Issei then vanished into the rays of the sun. Having memorized the route his new mother instructed him to take earlier, Issei could estimate just about where it was.

Issei, after a fraction of a nanosecond, appeared in the air above his school, with his wings sprouted. 'Shit, hope nobody sees me' Issei thought as he swiftly dropped to the ground.

In the Gremory Household in the Underworld

'Who the fuck is this guy? We all went to that location within 2 seconds of the energy outburst. How did he get away?' The Gremory Maou King thought to himself. The phone in Sirzechs' pocket began to ring as he brought it to his ear. "You've reached the devil," the devil king jokingly initiated. "Vali… is dead. There are no remains of him anywhere. We found some of his flesh that scorched off of him in his fight with this mysterious being," the fallen angel stated. The great maou dropped his phone while trembling in fear. "A being… that beat Vali?" The frightened devil king muttered.

CHAPTER END

First off, THANKS GUYS SO MUCH! 113 FOLLOWERS IN A BIT MORE THAN A WEEK? I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Second, sorry for lying to y'all. I said Issei would be the dragon of something starting with m a _ _ _ _. It was originally going to be the Dragon God of Matter, but after pondering it, I thought that was lame. I spent a while thinking about what it should be, and I think the powers of light and time would be sick! They truly are god-like!

Ok, due to the tremendous support, i'm gonna address some of the reviews. QNA TIME!

Q: "Seriously Rias Gremory underrated? She is the most overused pairing in this site. Either you don't read many DxD fanfictions or are a newcomer to the site…"

A: I can't say I've read too many, but nearly every single one I've read has harems with other people. A bunch with Akeno, some with sona, some with some ocs. I haven't seen Rias in the spotlight as much as I wish to.

Q: "I don't really understand the choice to completely remove both Asia and xenovia entirely from the story so could you give a quick explanation in the next chapter?"

A: SPOILER WARNING: In essence, Issei and Asia become intimate due to their common ground of being devils. There will be an arc with Yuma-Chan after timeskip (next or following chapter), where Issei and Yuma go on their date, blah blah. Issei then claps Yuma when she turns on him. So, Asia never gets kidnapped, so they don't become intimate. So for Xenovia. Issei won't be a devil, but will work as a part of Rias' peerage. So when he gets that faked request by Freed, Issei claps him. So, Freed never gets Excalibur and there is no Valper Galleli arc as a result. Asia is there of course, but they are far less intimate, so their relationship probably won't evolve. Let me know if this is good or bad idk i just sort of thought of this while writing. (Also, Childline, thanks for all the tips and stuff. I might rethink what I said about Ravel. No guarantees though.)

Q: "Why tf is Issei going to be as perverted as he is in the anime."

A: My fault, I worded this poorly. Issei will be more of a closet pervert in this. Issei will be attracted to tits just as much as he is, and sometimes won't be able to restrain himself from looking, but he will be a lot more mature about it in this story.

Well that's all. If there are any more tips or changes you want me to make, just let me know!