The Black Dragon of Voids

by Zero-X69

Issei Hyoudou is a hybrid teenager with a poor childhood, until he meets a certain group of people that can change his life for the better. How will Issei be able to handle his new life. (I dont own anything from highschool dxd all rights go to Ichiei Ishinumi) Also, this Issei will be OP, if your not a fan of that type, it may not be for you.

23. A Dragons Rampage

A Dragons Rampage

"Issei Hyoudou" - Talking

'Issei Hyoudou'- Thought

"Issei Hyoudou" - Communication circle/phone

*Sounds*

[ Issei Hyoudou ] - Heavenly Dragons.

"Issei Hyoudou" - Draconic voice

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"Answer me right now, what's going on?! Issei!" Rias shouted into the sky.

The ground then stopped shaking, and the wind calmed back down, allowing the dust to settle. As it did, we all could clearly see a pillar of darkness surrounding Issei, his two violet eyes piercing the veil as one phrase was said that scent chills down our spines.

It sounded as if Issei's draconic voice has merged with Inanis's voice, yet his voice wasn't alone. What accompanied him, was a sole female voice, speaking after Issei.

"I, who am about to awaken,"

It's started, after so much time,

[Am the heavenly dragon that has roamed the void for eternity]

Forever lost, within my eternal darkness,

[I grasp for the "infinite", "nightmares" unending]

The world forgot me, the thing it feared

[I shall become the Black Dragon of voids]

They will remember

My infinite power, my endless darkness,

Issei's armor began to change, morphing and contorting into a different form. His whole body grew several times larger, his wings growing as it ripped out from his back, violet jewels growing on his wings. On his hands and feet, his claws grew ever larger. His helmet sprouted horns pointing backward from his head. A maw with sharp fangs began to form along with large white tusk-like objects from the side of his helm.

The appearance, of a dragon itself.

[And I shall drag you into the never-ending abyss]

[JUGGERNAUT DRIVE!]

His aura began to flare once again, violently shooting out from around him. The ground started to shake fiercely once again, and the violent gusts of wind returned, blowing everyone away from Issei as none of us, not even Kokabiel, was able to fight back against the wind generated from his overwhelming waves power.

With that, a massive roar came from Issei, and then a violet light so bright that it was blinding. Then, his energy shot from around his body, the sound of a massive explosion echoing throughout the area. Everyone was blown away from his explosion, dust covering the area.

Regaining my senses, I sat up. There was a red barrier around me, protecting me from his indirect explosion. Looking around, there was nothing left of the schoolyard, nothing but a massive crater of the rouble. The only thing that was still standing was the Old School building, and even it was partially collapsed.

I quickly stood up, brushing the dust and rubble off from me as I looked for the others. Unfortunately, I couldn't see anyone through this dust cloud, and even then, Issei's blast must have separated us from each other.

Then, from within the dust, I saw four violet eyes light up, piercing the dense veil. With a mighty roar, Issei launched forward at speeds I couldn't even see, his burst of sudden movement blowing away the dust for all to see.

From my side, I heard something smash into the ground, cracking and snapping sounds of bones following it. As I turned around, I could see the enormous dragon pinning Kokabiel down to the ground with his foot, his sharp claws piercing into his shoulder, causing him to yell in pain.

After a short while, Issei lifted his foot from Kokabiel, his sharp claws ripping from his shoulder, allowing blood to flow freely from the wound staining Kokabiel's clothing. Issei then grabbed the injured fallen angel by the leg, lifting him into the air with ease as if he weighed nothing.

Kokabiel threw his uninjured arm forward, a powerful light javelin forming in his the palm of his hand, but before it could fully develop, Issei acted. With his maw wide open, he bit down onto the arm of Kokabiel, ripping it off entirely.

The sound of his ripping flesh and blood-curdling screams was enough to send fear through my heart. I could feel my body shake as I stared at the vicious attack from Issei- no, this wasn't Issei any more. This was a monster.

Kokabiel screamed in agony as blood spewed from where his arm was once. The crunching of bone was heard easily as this dragon chewed on his arm as if it was a snack, and he eventually swallowed the bloody limb whole.

As the enraged dragon finished his meal, he threw Kokabiel to the center of the crater he formed, his body slamming on the rubble. Kokabiel's blood stained his fangs and mouth, leaving a disturbing imagine as blood dripped to the ground from his maw.

"Don't fuck with me!" Kokabiel managed to shout in pain, slowly raising his injured arm up, a powerful light forming in his palm.

With his wings extended to their full, the dragon let out a mighty roar, one so powerful that the ground itself began to shake from it. The jewels that covered his body began to shine a bright violet in color along with his violet eyes.

The bright light shot from Kokabiel, an enormous mass of holy energy flying towards Issei. This power caused the ground to shake even more, yet Issei didn't even move. Instead, as he was roaring, a vast black hole appeared in front of Issei's maw.

The void began sucking anything in that was too close to it, even some of the rubble that lied within the crater. Kokabiel was shocked, fear coursing through his body as he watched the light from his attack be entirely absorbed into the darkness. Even it's aura couldn't escape the clutches of the darkness, as I could no longer sense it.

"No... NO NO! THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING! I TRAPPED YOU! YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE!" Kokabiel shouted, stumbling back, his wings unfolding from his back as he tried to fly away in retreat.

The dragon then aligned the black hole, facing it directly towards the fleeing Kokabiel. The black hole had a faint light within its center as it grew brighter, the presence of holy energy slowly seeping its way out.

An in an instant, a flash erupted from the darkness forcing me to cover my eyes with my arm's as I squinted into the light. Kokabiel's attack was re-directed, and it was now heading straight towards him with rapid speeds.

Kokabiel tried to dodge, but he wasn't near fast enough, and the beam of energy engulfed his right set of wings, vaporizing them entirely, his screams of pain being covered from the attack. As the beam dispersed, and the light faded, I could see Kokabiel falling back down to the ground.

With the dust cleared due to the force of the fighting, I could now see clearly around the area. Rias was on the opposite side of the crater from me, and in her lap was an injured Akeno. Halfway around was the others, who managed to avoid getting separated. Sona's group was nowhere to be seen, but they weren't in the direct fighting area, so hopefully, they are alright.

The dragon's focus was solely on Kokabiel, his heavy steps crushed the rubble beneath him, echoing through the area as he slowly approached the downed Fallen Angel. Kokabiel was pathetically trying to crawl away, but being in so much pain, he was nowhere near fast enough to outspeed the walk of the enraged dragon.

With the dragon no longer in between me and the others, I took this opportunity and ran to the large group at full speed. Xenovia was propping Irina up, and they were all staring in shock at what they saw before them. With my Knightly speed, it didn't take long to reach them.

"I thought Issei could control this?" I could hear Koneko speak, just as shocked at the sudden transformation as I am.

[His state is incomplete, and it was triggered out of anger, not to mention the curse of the Heavenly Dragons. I doubt he has any sanity left] I heard Ddraig respond to her as I ran to the others.

"Come on. We need to re-group with Rias," I shouted at them, slowing down as I reached them.

[What you need is to run away as fast as possible until backup arrives. The Juggernaut Drive is something none of you could face, and this is the strongest version I've seen any host achieve] Ddraig spoke. The gem on Irina's gauntlet flashing as it spoke.

Irina stayed silent, staring at the massive dragon. She was most likely conflicted, her childhood friend, now threatening to kill everyone. Ddraig was right though, as much as I didn't like it, our only chance for a so-called victory, is escaping to live until Sirzechs can arrive.

"... I can't just abandon him," Irina spoke.

"Then we stay and help," Xenovia spoke.

"...Xenovia," Irina spoke in surprise.

"Our mission is to gather the holy swords, and we won't go back empty-handed," She spoke.

[It's a suicide mission]

"We were prepared to face death when we came here, now is no different," Xenovia responded to the dragon.

The sounds of tearing muscles and breaking bones echoed from the distance in the crater, shortly followed by Kokabiel's screams of agony. Looking over, we all saw the dragon holding Kokabiel in a tight lock with his hands, and his maw gnawing on his other set of black feathered wings.

Fear coursed through my body as Kokabiel screamed in agony. My friend's mouth was drenched in blood, feathers falling down to the ground as he ripped two of Kokabiels wings off, proceeding to chew them with Kokabiel still in his hands. Judging from everyone else's expression, they felt the same as I did.

"...Issei," Wynter muttered to her self.

She and Asia seemed to be taking it much worse than the others around us. Their bodies shook from fear as they stared at the gruesome scene. Issei truly has lost all control. He was like a wild animal, acting on his instincts alone.

I shook my head, we need to keep moving, or we will achieve nothing. The longer we take, the closer Issei will come to switching targets, and if he doesn't realize were his friends, then we will be the next to succumb to his wrath, and then the town.

"Come on! We need to move!" I shouted to the others, waving for them to follow me. The others seemed to be shaken from their stares and managed to follow closely behind me, but Wynter and Asia didn't budge.

"Come on," Koneko spoke to them, grabbing their wrists to pull the two with us.

"Please, Wynter, Asia, this isn't Issei anymore. You want to help, then let's go so we can help before we die," I spoke, putting my arms on her shoulders.

My reasoning seemed to get their attention off of Issei. Wynter wiped away the tears that were forming and gave me a nod. Asia didn't speak, but she nodded hesitantly, both of them catching up to the rest of us.

We all ran around the massive crater, ignoring the painful screams as best we could while taking care to avoid the attention of the dragon that was utterly decimating Kokabiel. Rias was sitting there, staring at Issei with Akeno resting on her lap.

"Asia, heal Akeno, we can't afford to carry her," I spoke.

"Y-yes, of course," She responded, making her way over to the injured Akeno, a green light emanating from her rings.

"Rias, we need to leave and wait for Sirzehcs, he can help with this," I spoke, placing my hands on her shoulders.

"...I... I can't just leave him..." Rias slowly spoke without even looking at me, and her gaze still shited towards Issei.

Rias didn't budge an inch. She only stared in a stupor at the dragon, her body trembling from the fear and immense pressure. I can't blame her. Even with our composed act, all of us were fearful of the dragon. Our bodies, even my own, was trembling from fear and the immense pressure.

I then heard the sound of footsteps running at us from across the rubble, enough steps for it to be a group of people. Looking to our side, Sona and Tsubaki, as well as her entire peerage, was running towards us to regroup. Even the calm Sona looked frightful towards the dragon.

"Are you all alright?" She asked, coming to a stop upon reaching us.

"Mostly, Akeno is hurt, but she's alive. You?" I questioned, looking over to the others.

"We're unharmed physically, but we're a little-"

"You monster! I have survived a battle against the old Devil King himself, and I won't die to a low hybrid reincarnation!" Kokabiel shouted, interrupting Sona as he got everyone's attention.

Kokabiel managed to remove his remaining injured arm from Issei's grasp. Within his hands was the Excalibur he didn't infuse with the others, Excalibur Nightmare. He slowly raised his arm as energy formed within the blade, pointing the blade at the dragon to blast him.

Then in an instant, the dragon bit down on his wings once again. The sound of snapping metal accompanied the sounds of Kokabiels screams as Issei ripped his remaining wings with his fangs, once again chewing on them as feathers and blood fell to the ground.

"Did he just..." Tsubaki mumbled.

Kokabiel's arm was consumed by the dragon, and from between the fangs of the beast dropped the swords to the ground. As he dropped it, we could all see it clearly. As the sword fell down to the ground, the only thing remaining was the hilt of the sword, the blade being snapped off just before the hilt.

"He... he just ate an Excalibur," Xenovia spoke in shock.

It was shocking to see, but even more so that it didn't even phase him. Devils are weak to holy element, even if Issei is mostly a dragon, there's no telling what kind of side effects this will have on him.

"What are we going to do? What's the plan?" Sona asked, regaining some of her renowned composure.

I may have gotten us together, but even then, I didn't have a plan for what to do now outside of the option of running. Everyone began to look at each other, hoping someone would have some kind of an answer, but none of us did. Even the highly intelligent Sona and her Queen couldn't think of anything.

"How's Akeno?" I turned, looking to the panicking Bishop

"I-I... I can't heal her," Asia stuttered, panic flushing over her as she tried to intensify her sacred gear.

Damnit! We won't be able to get far with Akeno and the church girls with us. Asia's gear should be able to heal her, but it isn't working as well as it has in the past. She's probably having a hard time focusing right now.

"W-what if we calmed Issei down," Irina suggested.

"Can we even get close enough for that?" Xenovia asked.

[He won't hear you. If you merely approach him, you'll die.] Ddraig spoke.

"Then what do we do? There has to be something, right?" Saji spoke, concern in his voice as he worried about Issei.

[Run. The best you could hope for now is to run and call for back up.]

"But-"

[Esspecially those two, Rias and Akeno. If they die, I doubt he would ever come back from this state. That would sentence him to death.]

"...death?" Rias muttered, slowly turning to face the gauntlet.

[The Juggernaut Drive consumes life force to fuel its power. He has a lot of life force to give. If you get lucky, he will revert after he kills Kokabiel since his transformation seems to be incomplete, but if he becomes trapped in that form, it will kill him. While it did, he would go a rampage, destroying everything and everyone in his path.]

Rias's eyes went wide at Ddraig's words as she remembered reading that, yet she didn't move. She only turned to look back in a daze at the dragon that was eating Kokabiel.

"You heard the red dragon emperor. We need to get away now," Sona spoke, moving in front of Rias.

"...You know, I can still feel his link. I've... I've never felt such hatred before," Rias spoke, staring at the dragon as he continued to torture Kokabiel.

A blue light then shone in the sky, everyone's attention now on the figure donning white armor floating above us as it stared down at Issei. The armor appeared as a white dragon armor with blue jewels that were embedded in the armor. On it's back were white wings, eight blue energy plate-like things glowing on the wings.

[The White Dragon Emperor] Ddraig spoke.

We looked up in the sky in shock at his arrival. The three heavenly dragons in one spot, it couldn't be good. The White Dragon looked around the battlefield, glancing at us, and then over to Issei. His gaze landed on Kokabiel as the dragons claws were crushing him.

Without saying anything, he dashed down in front of the black dragon, moving so fast that we couldn't see anything but a blue streak of light. His arm was extended, and a blast of blue energy shot from his palm and hit the dragon in the face, smoke surrounded the black dragon emperors head from the attack.

Instead of continuing his attack, the white figure grabbed Kokabiel by the shoulders and was attempting to pry him from the tight grip that the black dragon had on him. Yet he had no luck, as he only ripped the clothing from Kokabiel's shoulder.

From within the smoke, four bright violet eyes lit up, piercing the dark veil that surrounded it. The white dragon emperor jumped back, but it was too late, as when he jumped, he was met with an armored metal tail slamming into him.

The field echoed from the sound of metal slamming into each other, and as the white dragon emperor was sent flying into the rubble of our school, his armor shattered from around his body. What came from the armor was a young man with white hair, the white wings still protruding from his back.

The black dragon then turned his attention back to Kokabiel, ignoring the newcomer entirely. From within the maw of the beast, a violet light began to glow. His violet energy began swirling around him and the battlefield.

"Rias! We need to leave, or we'll die!" I shouted, trying to get her to snap out of her daze.

"...but Issei" She simply spoke, not diverting her gaze what so ever as she stared at Issei charging his power.

Sona walked in front of Rias, moving me aside as she slapped Rias. Rias looked shocked from the sudden actions taken by her friend, rubbing her cheek where the red handprint was visible on her cheek.

"That isn't Issei anymore! That's a monster! If we don't leave, Kokabiel, you, and your peerage, we'll all die here!" Sona shouted.

Rias glanced back between both Issei and Sona, and her eyes widened as it seemed Sona's outburst managed to get her out of her daze. Rias quickly turned around to face us, but it was too late to run, as we wouldn't make it very far.

Then suddenly, a burst of blue and white energy exploded from the rubble of the school building. The white figure rose into the air, his arm raised above his head as the gems on his body shinned a bright blue.

[I, who am about to awaken,]

[Am the Heavenly Dragon who has taken the principles of supremacy from God]

[I envy the "infinite" and I pursue the "dream"]

[I shall become the White Dragon of Supremacy]

Just as Issei was earlier, the white armor began to morph, contorting it's shape as it grew larger. The blue wings growing along with its body, the gauntlets and feet were turning into the claws and talons of a dragon. His helmet twisting into a maw with sharp fangs.

Another dragon, the White Dragon Emperor.

[And I shall take you to the limits of white paradise]

[Juggernaut Drive!]

A bright light engulfed the area, forcing us to cover our eyes as we could feel the White Dragon Emperors power skyrocket.

As the bright died down, we opened our eyes. What we saw was another dragon dressed in white and blue with traces of gold, similar to Issei's own appearance.

"Not another one..." Xenovia spoke, gritting her teeth.

The violet glow from Issei's mouth began to dim, slowly fading away. His grip loosened on Kokabiel, allowing his body to fall to the ground. He wasn't dead as he was barely moving as he tried to crawl away, getting nowhere with his arms gone, and far too weak to hold himself up with his legs.

Issei turned his attention to the other dragon that stood upon the hill of rubble that once was the school. The white dragon's yellow eyes shined as he looked down upon Issei.

"I was sent here to retrieve Kokabiel alive, and that's what I intended to do regardless of who stands between me, dragon or not," The massive white dragon spoke.

'Can he control it?' I thought to myself, surprised to hear it speak. Issei said he could, at least for a little while. Perhaps what Ddraig said earlier was really true, and that it was just because of how it happened. I did hear him mentioning a curse with the gear, maybe that affected it as well?

The black dragon released a mighty roar, rearing its head back as the violet light began to glow from its maw once again. In an instant, the dragon threw his head forwards, a violet blast leaving the maw of the beast as it speeded towards the white dragon.

The new dragon threw his arms in front of him, catching the blast within his hands. Upon contact, all the blue gems embedded within his body began to shine brightly.

[Divide!]

A call out from the dragon echoed through the air, similar to Irina's Boost ability. The call began repeating rapidly. Each time the call was spoken, the attacked halved in power and size, adding it's lost strength to the White Dragon. Eventually, the attack was so divided that it dispersed into the air.

With the newly gained strength that was provided to him, he lunged at Issei. The sounds of metal slamming against each other echoed as the dragon tackled the other to the ground. The two titans rolled around on the ground, fighting as animals, slashing at each other with their massive claws.

The two of them were radiating power, their black and blue auras clashing against each other in a spectacular light show as they fought. Issei was undoubtedly stronger if he didn't get divided anymore, yet the white dragon was winning, as he still retained his sanity, allowing him to think clearly in his actions.

The black dragon managed to push the white off of him. The white jumped back into the air, flying in the sky with his wings. As he backed away, the white sent a massive blast of blue energy, which Issei raised his arm, blocking his attack as smoke surrounded him.

With a rush of high speed, Issei burst through the cloud of smoke roaring in rage as he tried to slash at the white dragon. Yet, his attempt went without success as the white swiftly maneuvered around his attack and slammed his tail into the black beasts head, sending him back down to the ground.

The battle lead to the white dragon pinning down the black with his claws. In retaliation, Issei released a blast from his mouth, aiming directly for the other's head. In response, the white did the same, releasing a blast that collided with Issei's in the middle, resulting in a massive explosion that shook the ground.

The resulting blast sent them flying away from each other, the white soaring through the air as he slammed back into the ground, and the black skidding across the field, leaving a dented trail of his path.

Issei quickly raised himself from the ground, searching the area through the smoke for the white dragon that was no longer visible to him or us.

With a burst of speed that we couldn't follow, the white dragon burst from the smoke, blowing it all away as his shoulder slammed into the black beast's chest. The force of his charge slammed Issei to the ground as their battle echoed through the area. Without hesitation, the white dragon pins Issei down to the ground.

Issei roars and struggles to break free from the grasp of the other dragon, attempting to bite at his shoulder. Yet he misses his mark, and the white dragon takes this opportunity and quickly followed up by penetrating his defense, crushing Issei's armor by sinking his fangs into his neck.

[Divide!]

The gems on his white armor shined brightly again as his energy increased dramatically, as Issei's halved in an instant of the call out. The black dragon's movement came to a falter, seemingly stunned by the sudden loss in power for a few seconds as the call-out was made.

With haste, Issei lifted his draconic legs, slamming them into the white dragon's gut. The sudden force caused the white dragon to lose his grip on Issei, sending him flying off of through the battlefield, slamming into the rubble upon landing on his back.

The black dragon slowly lifted himself off of the ground, rubble falling from his shoulders. The white did the same, lifting himself from the ground that he fell to from the kick.

The black dragon released a mighty roar, his eyes shining a bright violet as his black aura slowly changed to a glowing violet, similar to his shining eyes. The ground began to shake as his aura began to destroy the rocks beneath him. Yet, instead of attacking while he had his newly gained strength, the white dragon simply stood there, staring at Issei.

With a flap of his broad wings, Issei lunged at the white dragon in a burst of speed, metal clashing against each other as Issei tackled him to the ground with ease.

Even though the white dragon absorbed his power, it seemed as if Issei didn't lose a single bit. Instead, it felt as if his strength was rapidly increasing, even surpassing his previous state before his sudden loss.

Quickly, Issei grabbed the downed white dragon by the throat as it laid on the rubble beneath him, squeezing it tightly as the metal armor around his neck began to buckle beneath the pressure. The white dragon grabbed his arm, trying to remove it from his neck with no effect. With his free arm reared back, Issei readied his claws for an attack.

The tail of the white dragon quickly slammed into the side of Issei's head, knocking him off balance causing him to stumble backward. With this opportunity, the white dragon sat up from the ground, opening it's maw and sending a blast of blue energy flying at Issei.

The blast slammed into Issei's head, covering it in smoke from the attack. The white dragon quickly stood up and began to lunge at Issei. Yet before he could reach him, his violet eyes lit up through the smoke, and his metallic arm swung through the cloud and into the white dragon, forcing him back down to the ground.

Swiftly Issei leaped at the white dragon with his arm reared back, and his claws extended. With force, Issei slammed his claws into the side of the downed white dragon, causing it to roar in pain as he shattered through the metal armor. Blood began to leak from the wound, staining his once brilliant white armor a crimson red.

The white dragon laid on it's back, writhing in pain as it gripped at Issei's claws sunk into his side. Issei violently ripped his claws from the hand of the white dragon, ripping chunks of metal and flesh out with his blood-stained claws. Blood began to pour from the wound as he writhed on the ground, gripping at the injury on his side as he roared with agony.

Issei's wings began to open, and he crouched down to the ground as he looked down at the white dragon, suffering as he writhed in his own blood. With a mighty jump and a thunderous flap of his massive wings, Issei was sent flying straight into the air, slightly denting the ground beneath them.

As he reached the pinnacle of his leap, he began to plummet back down to the earth, rushing right towards the white dragon. Within seconds, his clawed feet slammed into the chest of the white dragon emperor. The white dragon released a roar of pain as the air echoed with the thunderous sound of Issei's impact, cratering the ground beneath them even more. The pressure of his crushing attack was so intense that cracks began to spread across the breastplate of the white dragon emperor.

Issei once again launched himself into the air with a flap of his gigantic wings. Repeating the process as he once again slammed back down into the white dragon, causing it to roar in pain once more as the cracks began spreading from his chest along the rest of his body.

Issei's power had already easily surpassed his previous state greatly, and all the while, the battering of the white dragon has caused his strength to drop like a stone.

Issei reached down to the white dragon, prying his black claws beneath his breastplate. His other claw gripped onto his shoulder, the ever-growing pressure from his grip piercing the armor on his shoulder, his claws sinking into the dragon.

With a mighty roar, Issei lifted the white dragon into the air, seemingly claiming his victory over his fellow dragon. He looked to the trees that barely withstood the force from his explosive transformation, and with power, he threw the white dragon.

The white dragon was sent hurling into the air, slamming into the ground, causing him to roll across the ground, tearing a path through the dirt violently. He then met the tress with his massive body, crashing through the weakened trees as if they were toothpicks.

He slowly came to a stop, his body being covered in rubble and toppled trees. Then he began to glow a bright blue in color, and his dragon appearance faded from around him, leaving a young man with light silver hair lying where the armor once did.

The black dragon's gaze shifted away from the man, no longer perceiving him as a threat, and returned his attention to his primary target. His eyes stared at the armless Kokabiel, who was still attempting to crawl away, with no better results than before.

With heavy steps that crushed the stone beneath him, echoing through the area as he slowly approached the downed Fallen Angel. Kokabiel desperately tried to crawl away as he came closer, yet with no success.

Issei's claws wrapped around Kokabielt tightly, lifting him into the air as if he didn't weigh a thing. With his head pointed to the sky, violet light began to shine through his fangs once again, his now pure glowing violet energy swirling around them.

Our eyes widened as he once again began charging up.

"Quickly, form a barrier!" She shouted, laying the still unconscious Akeno on the ground.

Without hesitation, we all grouped together as we were going to push our remaining magical energy into this barrier.

[Vanishing Dragon, Balance Breaker!]

Suddenly, with a flash of blue and white light lit up beneath the rubble where the figure landed. The white armor figured blew out of the rubble that covered him, dashing next to us in a flash.

'Was he just waiting for an opening?' I thought to myself, surprised to see him back up and into the fray.

His energy seemed far weaker than when he arrived, as he still seemed as if he was in discomfort from his earlier thrashing. Yet, it was still greater than the rest of ours.

"Quick, form your barrier, I'll help," The white-haired man spoke from within his dragon armor, seemingly still in pain.

"Why should we trust you?" Xenovia asked, moving in front of Irina, gripping her Durandal.

"Don't worry he's an associate of mine," A voice spoke from behind us.

Turning around, the sight of a tall man appearing to be in his twenties with an average build, black hair, golden bangs, and black goatee came into view. Next to him, magic circles formed around the area. Within them, Sirzechs, Ajuka, and Grasyfia came out of one. The other held Kuroka.

"Brother?"

"Sister?"

Rias and Koneko both spoke, turning around to see them behind next to the others.

"I thought you would take an hour?" Rias spoke.

"Well, due to the circumstances, I was forced to come here early. I managed to get a few Phoenix tears, but I didn't have time to arrange reinforcements," Sirzechs spoke.

"Azazel, if you and the white dragon emperor could help them with the barrier, and Kuroka, since your here, can you help Grayfia with her goal to contain his attack? We can contain the rest," Ajuka requested of the now identified man.

"I suppose, anything to help Issei and keep my sister safe," Kuroka spoke, lacking her usual Nya.

"You're the strategist. Come on Vali, lets keep this group safe," Azazel spoke, joining our group effort.

The two of them quickly entered our barrier, pushing their own magic into the barrier with ours. The barrier dramatically thickened, easily surpassing our efforts combined.

Sirzechs and Ajuka flew into the air together, forming a massive barrier around the school grounds to contain the damage from reaching the rest of the town. Kuroka followed Grayfia as they both moved in front of us, hovering in the sky as well.

The dragon looked down at the limp Kokabiel, dark flames leaking out from his fangs. With a mighty roar, a torrent of flames spewed from the maw of the beast, burning Kokabiel in its hands as the flames began to spread around the battlegrounds.

The flames produced so much heat that the ground beneath the dragon began glowing from the heat. Slowly, as the flames engulfed the surroundings, the inside of the barrier started to heat up like an oven, making it almost unimaginable to the heat on the outside.

[HALF DIMENSION]

Vali's sacred gear called out, his wings grew in size and began glowing a brighter blue than it already was. With his arm raised and his hand extended open, he began to slowly close his hand, straining from all the power he has already exerted. Looking through the barrier, we could see the flames starting to diminish in size, nearly half of what they used to be.

Gryafia and Kuroka began casting magic at the fires, moving them away from our shield as much as possible while containing the fire from spreading out too far. It was astonishing to see the flames be pushed away as it was, even if it wasn't directed at them or us.

The torrent only continued for a few more moments, shortly dying out after the dragon closed its mouth. The hands of the beast were uninjured from its own flames, but Kokabiel was charred beyond belief. His clothes were burnt off, leaving nothing but a charred black body of the now wingless and armless Kokabiel.

The dragon dropped Kokabiel to the ground, landing on the glowing hot rocks with his limp body. Kuroka and Grayfia continued containing the flames until they began to die out from Issei not keeping them going.

As the last of the flames were snuffed out by Kuroka and Grayfia, we dropped the barrier. The disgusting smell of burnt flesh filled the air, Kokabiel's flesh sizzling from the heat as he laid on the red rubble beneath them.

The dragon looked to the sky, releasing a roar of sorrow. Kokabiel looked dead, and Issei won. This fight is supposed to have ended already, so why isn't he reverting back to his original state. Could it be possible that the sadness of seeing Akeno as he did still linger with him, even in a state like this?

"Good, it seems most of the damage was contained. So long as this barrier we formed stays up, the outside should be fine," Sirzechs spoke, lowering back down to the ground with Ajuka.

"Kuroka, since your here, would you mind helping Grayfia with protecting this group. Sirzechs and I can handle the dragon," Ajuka requested of their unexpected visitor.

Kuroka stared at the maou, hesitant before responding. Being his first mate, what Ddraig said must apply to her as well. She must know that, because from what I've seen of her and her care for her sister, she would help him immediately if she could.

"Fine, so long as you make sure he's safe. If he isn't, I'll make sure I'm the criminal that you thought as me of," Kuroka threatened.

"What about us?" Rias asked Sirzechs.

"Grayfia and Kuroka are going to escort you to get Gasper, to which she will then transport you all for your safety,"

"But, we can't leave Issei!" Rias shouted.

"This is out of your hands now, and is something far beyond you and your peerage. This isn't up for debate," Sirzechs firmly spoke.

"Here are two Phoenix tears. Use one on your Queen when your in a safe area, and the other one is for an emergency. Sirzechs and I both have one for ourselves if it comes to that," Ajuka spoke, tossing two small tear-shaped vials to Rias.

Grayfia then picked up Akeno, placing her inside a teleportation circle. With a hasty flash, Akeno vanished, most likely being moved to the Gremory mansion until we arrived.

"But-"

"But nothing. I told you, this is beyond your peerage," Sirzechs interrupted Rias, sending her a sharp glare.

Rias went silent, gripping onto the Phoenix tears in her hands. She looked back to Issei, desperately wanting to help him. Even so, she remembered what the red dragon emperor said about him being trapped if any of them died.

"Hurry, before he switches his target to your group. We'll distract him until you can secure Gasper before he activates his sacred gear, then you can get out of danger," Sirzechs spoke, him and Ajuka releasing their power. The pressure they were emanating was incredible, easily dwarfing that of what we felt Kokabiel release.

Rias's eyes widened from feeling her brother's power. She must not have felt him use this much in quite a long time, if at all. From what she's told us, he is a relatively laid back person, but that is contradicting everything I see of him now. It truly showed how dangerous this was for them to be releasing this much of their strength.

"...I understand," Rias reluctantly spoke.

Rias and the rest of us quickly took off, running around the destroyed grounds to the old school building. Grayfia and Kuroka were closely following by us, one of them on each side. As we ran, a small explosion echoed from the area where they were.

I glanced back as I was running, getting one last glimpse of the dragon before what was going to go down. Sirzechs had his arm held out, his palm spread open. The smoke faded from around the dragon, revealing that he took not even a scratch of damage from Sirzechs smaller attack.

The dragon merely stared at the group with his violet eyes for a moment, but then the dragon released a mighty roar beginning to release his aura violently. The four of them charged the dragon, each of them firing their own small blast as they then flew around the beast in their own direction.

I turned back around, continuing my running as I was no longer looking at them. The sounds of the dragons enraged roars and explosions echoed through the battlefield as the ground shook from the blasts. The power that they were throwing around was unfathomable to someone of our level.

Without stopping, we kept running, maneuvering through the destroyed knocked over trees and the rubble of the buildings that covered our path. The old school building was now coming in sight, half of the entier was building was collapsed already, thankfully, it seemed that the side Gasper was on was relatively unharmed.

Rias pushed against the doors with all her might, but they didn't budge a single inch. Then using her shoulder, she tried to bash it open with no effect like last time.

"It won't budge!" She spoke, straining as she continued trying to push it open. None of us wanted to use direct force with our powers, less we risk drawing the attention of the beast to us.

Looking through the shattered glass, we could see that there was a massive pile of rubble from the collapsed building blocking the door. Through the window, I could also see that the second floor and the roof had huge holes in them, which must be where the blockade came from.

"If we can't go through the door, then we'll go through the holes," Grayfia spoke, revealing her wings from her back, flying into the air as we followed behind her.

We flew into the air and through the holes in the roof, landing on the second floor, or what remained of it. The low handing floor creaked from our body weight, pieces falling off near the destroyed edge, but it didn't collapse.

We ran through the dark, destroyed halls. The chained wooden doors came into view from the end of the building. Before we could reach it, a massive roar, followed by an explosion shook the building, causing the second floor to crumble to the ground even more from behind.

Sirzechs then came flying through the window between us and the door, shattering the window, and completely destroying the window frame. He slammed into the wall behind him, denting it with severe damage, but not going all the way through the wall to the outside.

"Brother!" Rias shouted in shock. She began to run to Sirzechs to make sure he was ok but was tackled to the side by Kuroka, knocking her to the ground.

"What the hell are you-"

Rias was cut off by a powerful roar that shook the building, quickly getting louder as it sounded like it was approaching us rapidly. Sirzechs's eyes widened as he looked through the hole in the wall that he made, and then he threw his arms in front of him, crossing them in front of his face for cover.

In an instant, the massive dragon burst through, ripping the building apart as he charged Sirzechs. Without slowing down a bit in his charge, the dragon took Sirzechs and himself through the opposite wall as if it wasn't even there, completely destroying the section of the building that was in its path.

All of us were knocked on our asses to the ground from shock and the sheer force of his charge. Looking up from within the crumbling building, Vali, Azazel, and Ajuka were quickly following behind the dragon, making their way through the now destroyed gap within the structure.

"Come on. This is no time to slow down!" Grayfia spoke, standing back up from the collapsing floor. With a running start, Grayfia jumped across the destroyed gap in the floor.

We followed without hesitation, lifting our selves from the ground and jumping the gap as she did. Rias quickly ran up to the locked doors, her arm held out as a red magick circle formed in the palm of her hand. The chains began to glow in tune with Rias's magick, breaking open after a short moment.

The doors swung open, revealing a darkened room with a coffin thrown off to the side. The room was begging to collapse from the beast's power, parts of the ceiling broken, and fallen to the floor, destroying the place.

In the corner sat what appeared to be a young child with platinum blond hair and pinkish-violet eyes. Their hair is styled in short bob cut with several small fringes over his forehead with their ears coming to a point. They were shaking in the corner of the destroyed room. Tears were bordering their eyes.

"Gasper!" Rias quickly began to run over to comfort her peerage member. His sacred gear would be a massive problem if it activated.

Before Rias could reach Gasper, or before he could respond, Grayfia jumped behind him, sending a swift strike to his neck. Gasper then went limp, slumping over unconscious from Grayfia's precise strike. Rias didn't say anything to my slight surprise, but I'm sure she understands what could happen if his sacred gear was to run rampant.

"Kuroka, please lend me your hand in setting this up," Grayfia requested of the other powerful magic caster. Kuroka gave a nod and began to help her set up the magic circle, requiring much more power to transport this many people.

I and the others couldn't help but look out the destroyed building at the massive dragon. The dragon lunged for Sirzechs, his arm and claws outstretched to strike. Sirzechs barely dodged the strike, pushing the massive arm to the side, shortly after, Ajuka flew in with a flash of speed that we couldn't follow, landing a powerful kick to the gut of the beast.

With the dragon stumbled back, knocked off balance from Ajuka's kick. Sirzechs and Ajuka then simultaneously flipped back, slamming another kick into the jaw of the dragon together. Their combined strike was so forceful that the thud was heard clearly, even from over here.

The dragon fell on its back to the ground, crushing the trees that laid on the ground behind it. Sirzechs then flew into the air, spheres of Destruction forming in the palm of his hands. Ajuka jumped back as he focused his magic in front of him, several magic circles forming in front of his outstretched arm.

A beam of Destruction energy shot out of Sirzechs sphere, consuming the dragon in its bright crimson hue. The surrounding area around them was utterly obliterated. Such power dwarfed that of what Rias used against Kokabiel while boosted. It was astonishing.

From within the beam, The black and violet aura violently re-emerged. The ground shook from a massive explosion, violet light so bright that it was blinding. The pressure wave from the blast then hit, picking up rubble and ripping branches from trees, sending them flying into the side of the shaking building.

Peering through my arms from my squinted vision, I could see a violet beam of Issei's power of Extinction shooting from the maw of the beast. The violet beam was splitting Sirzechs power of Destruction as it flew towards him.

Sirzechs stops his attack, letting his power dissipate as he then quickly flew to the side, the violet beam shooting past him so fast that he barely dodged it. The attack from the dragon then continued until it slammed into the barrier that they formed, exploding violently.

The explosion shook the barrier and everything in it. As the smoke dissipated from the blast, the barrier became clear, as well as the massive cracks that spread across it. Even Sirzechs looked astonished from the power the dragon demonstrated.

"It's ready," Grayfia spoke, the large transportation circle began to glow from the floor.

With haste, we all moved inside of the glowing circle. With this many people in it, it was quite close for all of us to fit in there together, but even still, it was one of the biggest transportation circles I've ever seen.

Our vision began to be consumed by the glowing light as it transported us, and the last thing we heard as we were teleported was the mighty rage-filled roars of the powerful dragon as it fought with two of the top ten beings.

The bright light then faded, revealing one of the many lounge rooms that were spread throughout the large Gremory mansion. Akeno was spotted on the rather large couch, resting with other maids tending to her well being as we were gone.

"Move aside," Grayfia spoke, making her way over to the resting Akeno.

The maids did just that, following the orders of the head maid. Grayfia looked over Akeno, her body wrapped in bandages stained with her blood. Asia healed her, but all she was able to do was keep her alive, not surprising with all the distractions going on at the time. I'm surprised she was able to use her powers at all, even if they weren't at full capacity.

"Rias, the phoenix tear," She spoke, her arm outstretched.

Rias didn't hesitate, digging into her pocket and pulling out one of the two tear-shaped vials that were given to her.

Grayfia cracked open the phoenix tear, tipping it over, allowing the pinkish glowing liquid to drip onto her. Upon contact, her body began to glow a slight pink hue as her wounds were rapidly healed.

After the tear took its effect, Akeno slowly opened her eyes.

"Akeno!" The others shouted, all of us running up to her as she slowly woke up. We were all relieved to see that she was better.

"Grayfia, Kuroka? What happened? Where am I?" She asked in surprise, slowly sitting up on the couch as she examined the bloodied bandages that covered her.

"Were at the Gremory mansion. Tell me, whats the last thing you remember?" Grayfia asked.

"...I remember... uh... Kokabiel, he attacked Rias and me. She was still tired from her last boosted attack, so I jumped in front of it to defend her, and then I passed out," Akeno spoke. Before Grayfia could respond, her eyes widened as if she just felt something.

"Where's Issei!?" She asked, looking around the rest of the group to find him.

"He's... Sirzechs and Ajuka are distracting him until they can find a way to calm him down," Grayfia responded.

"What do you mean? Where is he?" Akeno frantically asked.

"Currently, I suspect Ajuka and Sirzechs were able to move him to a different dimension, such as those used in the Rating Games, where they can fight him without worrying about the safety of others," She explained.

"Fight him?" Akeno spoke, looking to us for confirmation.

"...When Issei saw that you and Rias were severely hurt... he lost it. His power exploded, and he transformed into a dragon, with no sense of his former self," I broke the news to her, as no one else could seem to find the words to say it.

Akeno's eyes went wide, shocked to hear what is going on with her lover. Her eyes became glassy as tears began to gather at the corners, bordering her eyes.

"Is he going to be all right?" She concerningly asked.

The rest of our peerage couldn't respond to that, not even myself, not truthfully. Akeno seemed to understand from our silence, as a tear began to run from her eye down her cheek.

[If he stays in that form, he will die.] Ddraig bluntly spoke.

"Is there anything we can do to get him out of it?!" Akeno raised her voice to the dragon in the gauntlet.

"Please, we'll do anything it takes," Rias quickly joined Akeno's side.

[There could be a way. A dragon's anger used to be calmed with music, but I'm unaware of what songs would calm down the Black Dragon Emperor] Ddraig spoke.

"Why didn't you say this earlier?" Wynter asked, as Ddraig seemed adamant on us retreating before.

[At the time, you had no means of calming him down, so the best option was running. There's no point in telling you if you got yourselves killed before you could help] Ddraig spoke.

"What if his partners sang a song? Would that be able to calm Issei?" Koneko suggested.

[Perhaps, though I doubt they would be loud enough for him to hear them. There's also the risk that if the boy didn't snap out of his rampage, his attention would be directed towards them and the rest of you]

"Grayfia, surely we have some speakers somewhere, don't we? Could those work," Rias asked.

"I believe we do. I can go look for them. Sona, I want your group to go back and repair the damages on the school, Rias and her peerage will stay here," Grayfia spoke.

"Understood," Sona spoke, forming a magic circle around her and her peerage, transporting them back to the school grounds that was now clear of the fighting.

"You can't expect us to stay here," Akeno spoke.

"For your own well being, I forbid you to go there. This is far out of your control. So until I can find the speakers, you and the rest of Rias's peerage will stay here," Grayfia spoke.

"I'm leaving regardless, and they have the right to see him just as much as I do," Kuroka spoke definitely to Grayfia.

"...I have no say over you, though I would advise not to go. Issei's power was considerable and growing. In time, it wouldn't surprise me if he rivaled Sirzechs during the great war. They undoubtedly have their hands full," Grayfia spoke, eyeing down the first mate of Issei's.

"And what other plan do you have? Unless I'm mistaken, it ended here until you could figure something out to get him free of this form. Who's going to let them know of this new plan while you look for the speakers as they tear each other to pieces?" Kuroka spoke.

Grayfia went silent at her words, the two eyeing each other down. It would surely distract them if she tried to talk to them through a communication circle. Distraction is something they can't risk in a fight like this, not with powers that Issei is demonstrating.

"...Fine. For Issei's safety, and your own, don't get involved without trying to calm him first," Grayfia begrudgingly spoke, turning as she walked out of the room.

"Come on, were going to see what's going down," Kuroka spoke, a magic circle forming beneath her.

Without hesitation, Rias helped Akeno up from the couch, and we quickly made our way to her side. Even the two church girls made their way to Kuroka with us. The magic circle began to glow as we began to teleport to their location, but it was interrupted as our senses were flooded with a burst of power.

The power was unmistakable, it was the Power of Destruction, but such intense power could only come from the Super Devil, Sirzechs. It was incredible. His power skyrocketed to levels that we've only seen just recently from Issei, easily surpassing his former self ten times over.

"What is that?!" Xenovia asked, shocked from the surge of strength.

"It's my brother," Rias spoke in utter shock, her jaw hanging open. It seems that even she didn't realize the full extent of her brother's true potential.

The power then came to a halt with its increase, leaving us astonished at the sensation of the unimaginable strength that was present from the dragon, and the two Super Devils. Everyone knew they were strong, but it was now clearly apparent why those two inherited the title of Maou, and why Sirzechs was chosen as the next Lucifer.

"Please, we have to hurry," Rias urged Kuroka to take them there, fear coursing through her for concern for both Issei, and her brother.

Kuroka responded by channeling her magic into the transportation circle once again. The light began to glow around us, engulfing our sight of the Gremory mansion as we were transported to the scene of the fight.

The light faded, revealing the barren wasteland of a different dimension that we have been transported too, not even holding a single structure within it. We were standing upon a mountain, far from where the fight was actually taking place down in the valley between the mountains.

Instantly, the pressure from their powers hit us like a brick wall. The power sent us to our knees as we weren't prepared to feel such pressure. It was so much stronger than when we were in the mansion. I could even feel their aura's creeping on my skin with this distance between us.

Looking down into the destroyed valley, we could see the three pillars of overwhelming power staring at each other. Adjacent to the dragon, and a safe distance away from Ajuka, stood a human-shaped form of the Power of Destruction, the ground destroyed beneath them from their overwhelming power. This must be Sirzechs.

I and the others lifted ourselves from the ground, resisting the incredible power. In front of us stood Azazel and Vali, looking down at the standoff as spectators as we were. We made our way as fast as we could to them under this much pressure.

"Hey!" I yelled at the two accompanying us on this mountain. They turned a glance at us, seeming surprised at our arrival.

"You're here? I thought your group was going to be kept at the mansion?" Azazel spoke in surprise, looking at our master.

"There was a change of plans. Want to tell us what's going on down there? Why are you two sitting up here?" Rias asked.

"This is a fight between monsters now. People with strengths as ours would only slow down those two at this point," Azazel spoke, looking down to Sirzechs and Ajuka.

To hear this from him was shocking. To think that someone like the leader of the Grigori saying that he and the White Dragon Emperor would only slow them down. I can't even think of reaching the power of these two, so what incomprehensible level do they have to be on to make such beings sit out?

"How can someone reach that level of strength?" Wynter asked.

"I'm not sure, to be honest. Sirzechs and Ajuka are both freaks of nature that makes me question if they really are devils, but can't you feel it? Sirzechs and Ajuka are going all out, easily reaching the strength of the top ten beings," Azazel responded, not batting an eye from the three.

Then, the field erupted with the sounds of a mighty roar. A violet blast left the dragon's maw, moving so fast that I couldn't even follow it as it rushed at the two. Sirzechs and Ajuka dodged the blast, letting it erupt behind them, causing the ground to shake and shatter from the force of the attack.

The two of them then disappeared in a burst of speed. The valley was soon covered with explosions as the ground was ripped apart from their violent conflict. The sounds of blasts and the enraged roars from the black dragon echoed through the mountains as the two disappeared and reappeared around the dragon that was swinging its claws to hit them.

"Who do you think has the upper hand?" Kuroka asked, looking down at the fight.

"Hard to say. Sirzechs and Ajuka could have a strategy on their side, as I doubt Issei could even begin to formulate a plan like this. They also have numbers, but that doesn't mean anything if the opponent is overwhelmingly stronger," Azazel spoke.

"You can't be serious. You just said that those two were easily in the top ten beings. No way is Issei that strong," I spoke.

"You felt Sirzechs transform, correct?" Azazel questioned, looking over to us in curiosity.

"Of course," I responded.

"Then you would know about his dramatic increase. What you don't know is that Issei didn't even react to it. Even a wild animal would run in fear from the power that Sirzechs is releasing, yet Issei wasn't phased at all," Azazel spoke, turning back to the fight.

'That's... impossible,' I thought to myself. We could feel this pressure all the way to the Gremory mansion, and yet Issei, who was standing right in front of Sirzechs, didn't even flinch from it.

"Don't you feel that?" Vali spoke up, picking up on my bewilderment.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Issei's energy doesn't feel like his usual draconic aura. It's different somehow, and yet I can't quite place how," Azazel picked up where Vali left.

Even though I could feel his power growing, I couldn't tell anything was different about his aura, not at first anyway. Maybe I was to distracted to notice the change, but as I looked down at the clash between him and the other two, something was definitely different. His aura didn't feel the same. It felt as if it was his, but someone else's at the same time. It almost felt as if the source of power he was drawing from was infinite.

'Is this why his aura changed colors to be completely violet?' I thought to myself, remembering his drastic and sudden change as he was battling the white dragon. His aura typically had traces of violet in it, but not as pure as it is now.

"What about the White Dragon Emperor? Do you think that could do anything? You controlled your Juggernaut Drive earlier, can you do it again?" Koneko suggested.

"Please, we'll do anything to help him. No matter the cost," Wynter joined Akeno's side, pleading for Vali to do something.

"No," Vali bluntly spoke, much to the disappointment of the two.

"Even if I managed to get close to him, I couldn't Divide him. I can only handle the limit of my power, and if it goes too far over my own limit, then my gear resets. Even with my own Juggernaut Drive, he's far beyond me now. I wouldn't be surprised if he's reaching the top three thanks to whatever this is that's fueling his strength, and his power has been rapidly growing ever since I fought him. Even now, it's still growing," Vali responded, a small smirk appeared on his face as he remarked his strength.

'There's no way...' I thought to myself, looking back down at the fight.

Sirzechs and Ajuka both backed away from the dragon, as none of the blasts they released seemed even to scratch his metallic body.

With a flap of its mighty wings, the dragon launched into the air, barreling down right at Ajuka. With a flash of speed, Ajuka disappeared, letting the dragon slam into the ground, missing it's target entirely.

Ajuka then reappeared behind the dragon, but before he could do anything, the creature spun around, swinging its sharp claws at the Maou. Ajuka jumped back, just narrowly avoid being sliced to pieces as it instead slashed through the destroyed ground beneath them.

A pure violet light then began glowing from its maw, quickly releasing a powerful blast of Extinction energy. Ajuka threw his arm up in front of him, his palm outstretched with a green magic circle formed in front of it, several equations shifting around within the circle.

In an instant, the blast deviated from its original course, warping around Ajuka and missing him entirely. The blast then slingshotted around the devil, flying right back into the face of the dragon, exploding as smoke surrounded its head.

The dragon swung his massive metallic arm through the smoke, quickly blowing it out of sight as he released a mighty roar. Bellowing it's mighty cry, the dragon began to lunge at Ajuka once again, its claws ready to taint themselves with his blood. Yet with a crimson flash, Sirsechs flew in, slamming a sphere of Destruction into the side of its head before it could attack.

Before Sirzechs could get out of its reach, the dragons tail slammed into him, sending him flying through the air as he slammed into the ground. The massive beast then lunged forward through the smoke from Sirzechs attack, slamming its metal arm into the Ajuka, sending him to the ground as well.

In an instant, violet flames began to pour out of the dragons gaping jaws. Ajuka quickly responded, forming a green barrier around him right before he was completely engulfed in flames. The flames then began to spread across the battlefield like a wildfire burning everything it touches with no signs of stopping.

Sirzechs lifted himself from the ground that was being destroyed beneath him. Within his palms formed two tightly compressed spheres of Destruction energy. He quickly flew into the air, moving behind the dragon that had Ajuka pinned.

"Damnit, Issei. Snap out of this!" He shouted, seemingly to himself as he raised his arms into the air.

Sirzechs then threw the spheres of destruction at Issei one after the other, each moving at rapid speeds. The dragon halted its flames, turning around just in time to watch as the spheres of destruction slammed into him one after the other. Each one was easily causing explosions that could easily obliterate any mountain in an instant.

From within the smoke, Ajuka flew into the air with his green barrier still surrounding him. As he dropped the barrier, he threw his arms forward, compressed green demonic magic within the palm of his hands.

From the sphere within his hands, several smaller blasts begin to shoot out, forming a barrage of attacks that rained down upon the dragon. Some of the blasts would even change their direction, flying around Issei to then hit him on the opposite side, letting Ajuka attack him from every angle at once.

From within the explosions of Ajuka's barrage, Issei was seen swing his claws in every direction around him. With his sanity and reason gone, it seemed Issei was easily confused, as the attacks that came from every direction seemed to confuse Issei as his actual position.

As Ajuka launched his volley down on the enraged roaring dragon, Sirzechs began charging another blast within his hands. The attack rapidly expanded in size, and then contracted back to as he compressed all of the power together multiple times over.

Ajuka then stopped his volley, flying further into the air out of the way of Sirzechs attack. Once he was within a safe distance, Sirszechs, with a mighty battle cry, fired one of the most intense beams of demonic energy that I have ever witnessed.

The ground beneath us began to shake violently, and even cracked open as the valley that they were fighting in was almost entirely immersed by his beam of energy. The massive attack covered the roars of the dragon as a black void began to form in front of his maw.

As the beam hit Issei, part of the attack became absorbed into the black void positioned in front of him. Yet even with the power that Issei was wielding, he couldn't absorb all of Sirzechs massive attack and was promptly consumed in the beam, being completely engulfed in its crimson light.

The beam then continued down its path, crashing into the side of the mountains that surrounded the valley, causing a bright flash as the attack exploded. We were forced to cover our eyes as the blinding flash enveloped the entire area.

The pressure wave quickly hit us after the flash, knocking us to the ground with rapid wind speeds. Large chunks of the rubble were sent flying over us through the air.

Slowly, the wind calmed to its previous state, and the flash dimmed, allowing us to peer through our closed eyes. We were met with nothing but shock upon looking at the damage through the lingering dust.

The valley was now completely destroyed, an indent laying in the ground from the beam's path, starting from Sirszechs. The trail leads to where a mountain range once stood opposite of our position, but now, nothing was left but a massive crater filled with smoke and dust.

"You think that did him in?" Ajuka questioned, lowering from the sky to Sirzechs.

"No. It may have stunned him, but I guarantee that he isn't finished yet, not with the power he was wielding," Sirzechs spoke, clenching his fists as he searched through the rubble for the dragon.

"So, you care to tell us about this plan of yours, or are you gonna leave us in the dark?" Azazel questioned, looking over to our master.

Rias seemed just to realize she didn't tell them, as she was wrapped up in watching the fight. She quickly explained everything that was planned and everything that Ddraig said about how angered dragons used to be calmed with music.

"So you three are going to sing to him to bring him out of this state? Risky, but I agree that it's our best chance right now," Vali spoke.

"Why is that? Surely there's a better option if we had more time," I questioned. It was only planned in haste as we had no time to spare, so it's hard to believe it's the best we got.

"I doubt it. Those two down there, Sirzechs and Ajuka. They won't win if it continues like this. Even after everything they've thrown at him, they barely left a scratch. This isn't a fight, it's buying time," Vali spoke.

I couldn't respond. To think that even with two Super Devils, the White Dragon Emperor himself believes they can't win in a head-on fight.

Suddenly the ground began to shake as a massive surge in power took the area by storm. Rubble from the crater began to float into the air from the uplifting energy. From under the rubble, a bright violet light began to shine through the cracks.

Suddenly, a swirling pillar of pure violet energy shot from the center of the crater, shaking the ground with its raw power. The roars of the dragon began to echo through the area as it lifted it's self up from beneath the destroyed ground. It was just as Vali spoke, not a single scratch was left on the metallic body of the dragon.

The dragon reared it's head back as it's swirling pillar of violet energy destroyed everything around it. Then, the energy began to flow back down from the air and in front of the maw of the dragon, gathering into a highly compressed sphere.

It radiated power far beyond our comprehension, surpassing the attack that Sirzechs released several times over. Yet even though it was already stronger than Sirzechs blast, it was still gathering and growing in power.

"I've arrived!" A feminine voice shouted from our side.

Looking over, we spotted Grayfia standing in a fading magic circle, and at her side were two large speakers. She was carrying three microphones in her hands, the cords dangling down to the ground.

"Come and help me set this up," Grayfia spoke.

"Hurry up, this blast would not only kill us, but its power would cause this separate dimension to collapse from within its self," Azazel spoke.

We all ran over to Grayfia, taking the microphones and plugging them into the wireless speakers. After they were all plugged in, Grayfia cast some sort of magic over the speakers, maybe to amplify the sound even further.

"Here, the lyrics will pop up on this little screen," Grayfia spoke, handing the three microphones to each of his mates while moving them over to a small podium that had a screen display on it.

Grayfia then tapped a small button with a play button that sat on the side of the device. Music began to play through the area, and the screen displayed the words "wait" for the others to sing.

(As the reader, imagine a song that fits too you personally if you desire)

After a few moments of the music playing throughout the area, the three began to sing the words that appeared on the screen in front of them. It was quite impressive, while far from perfect, I could tell that they were putting their heart and soul into this with everything they had.

Sirzechs and Ajuka both looked up the mountains at us. They were shocked to see Rias and us up here with Azazel and Vali. The two of them quickly flew up to us, Sirzechs aura of Destruction dispersing from his body as he reached us.

"Grayfia what's going on, I thought we-"

"Shh," Grayfia shushed Sirzehcs, pointing them towards the three. Sirzehcs didn't object to his wife, merely watching, as he trusted her not to do something she didn't think would work.

The power continued gathering in front of Issei's maw, the sphere growing even stronger as the girls sang to him. At that moment, I thought we were all going to be killed by Issei, as it seemed as if the girls singing didn't even get through to him in the slightest.

Then, just as he was about to release the attack, his eyes lit up, and the power flowing into his attack stopped.

As they sang, something within Issei's aura changed as his attack began to disperse within the air. Issei turned to face us up on the mountain slowly, his attention was drawn directly towards Kuroka and the others singing along with her.

For what felt like forever, Issei simply stared at the girls as he growled deeply, no longer releasing his roars of rage. No movements came from him what so ever.

Suddenly, his strength began to drop rapidly as his swirling pillar of violet energy began to dim back to its black color and slowly fading into the air. Then, he gripped his head with his massive claws, releasing roars that sounded of pain rather than rage.

"What's happening to him?" I asked, looking to Vali.

"Not sure, but it seems to be working on him," Vali spoke, looking towards Issei as if he was deep in thought.

The girls continued their singing, trying not to focus on the roars dragon, but concentrate on bringing back the one they love.

The dragon fell to the ground on his knees, crushing the ground beneath it. His grip to his head held firm as he roared loudly. The way he gripped his head, and as he roared with agony rather than anger, could he be fighting to regain his consciousness?

"What's going on down there?" Sirzechs asked Grayfia in a whispered tone.

"Ddraig informed us that music was used to calm the rage of a dragon, so who better to sing to him than his own mates," Grayfia whispered back.

Sirzechs gave a slight nod, seemingly understanding the plan now.

When Issei's aura changed from violet to black, I could feel the shift in his power as it now felt like it was his again. Not only did it turn back to normal, but Issei's strength continued to drop, reaching so low that his power returned to the level that Vali set him at with his divide ability.

"This should do," Vali spoke, a small smirk appearing on his face.

[Vanishing Dragon, Balance Breaker!]

With a flash, Vali donned the white armor that was the White Dragon Emperor's Balance Breaker. With a burst of speed, Vali shot into the air, his arm raised above his head as his gems began embedded in his armor began to glow a bright blue, and the ones in his eyes shined a bright yellow.

A chant began to leave his helmet as his aura began to radiate around him.

[I, who am about to awaken,]

[Am the Heavenly Dragon who has taken the principles of supremacy from God]

[I envy the "infinite" and I pursue the "dream"]

[I shall become the White Dragon of Supremacy]

[And I shall take you to the limits of white paradise]

Vali took on the appearance of his Juggernaut Drive once again, his body morphing and contorting back into the massive white dragon. With his wings expanded, he closed the distance by flying down to Issei with high speed.

As he reached him, he wasted no time as he quickly tackled the dragon that left it's self defenseless. With no hesitation, Vali sunk his fangs into Issei's neck tightly, shocking the rest of us that stood atop the mountain.

'What the hell is he doing? Is he trying to waste all our efforts?' I mentally shouted, gripping my hands into a fist as I watched him attack Issei, risking to undo all the progress we've made.

[Divide!]

His sacred gear's call-out began to echo through the area rapidly, the gems on his body shinning a bright blue as he absorbed Issei's already decreasing power. Issei's power dropped even quicker, and just as fast as Vali latched on, he let go, flying backing into the air away from Issei's grasp.

As soon as Vali let go, Issei released a roar filled with rage as he tried to power up to give pursuit to his assaulter. Yet, instead of increasing his power, he shrunk in size, reverting to a scale comparable to his Balance Breaker. His current form appeared like his Balance Breaker, yet it still had the maw of the Juggernaut Drive on it.

With a flash of speed, Vali flew up to us on the mountain, his Juggernaut Drive armor shattering from his body as he landed next to us without any armor.

"I've done all I can. The rest is up to you three," Vali spoke, glancing over to Issei's mates, walking over to a place to sit down and observe the events to come.

Issei fell back to the ground on his knees, his power at an all-time low since he transformed. He growled and grumbled as he stared into the field. Then, in a bright shine of hope, he slowly lifted his gaze up to the mountain, and raised his arm into the air. His hand opened as if he was reaching for the three that sang to him.

Slowly the music came to a stop, and the girls stopped their singing as the lyrics on the screen stopped appearing. Rias reached for the microphone, pulling it off the stand with a firm grasp. With the mic in her hand, she looked down at Issei in the valley, and she took a deep breath as she prepared to say something to him.

"Issei. You've changed my life ever since you became my Pawn, and I know the others feel the same way. We all love you... so please... please come back to us," Rias spoke, his voice filled with passion as her eyes became glassy.

Rias took a deep breath as she finished her small speech to Issei. With no resistance, she let Akeno take the microphone from her hands, as she seemed to have something to say as well.

With the mic in Akeno's hands, she wiped her eye free of their glassy appearance, returning to her elegant and mature look that we all knew her to hold.

"I... I know you were scared to lose everything again, but you don't have to worry anymore. Kokabiel is gone, and we're safe. We all love you, so you don't have to be scared anymore, because we're all here for you. Just like you were there for us," Akeno softly spoke, a warm smile on her face as she looked down to him.

With her speech finished, there was only one left to speak. Issei's first mate, Kuroka, took the mic. She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath as she prepared to speak.

"Please, Issei... Wake up!" She shouted into the mic, her voice filled with passion. Tears began to run down her cheeks as she let go.

Her sudden burst of emotion somewhat shocked those of us who were watching her speak.

"Even though we met as enemies, you helped me out, regardless of the bounty on my head. You helped me remove that bounty, and return my freedom. You even went out of your way to reunite me with my dear sister..." Kuroka passionately spoke, the tears only intensifying.

Out of all the times that I've seen Kuroka, no matter where it was, be it at the training camp, or even when she first arrived to see Issei like this. I've never seen her like this. Usually, she is relaxed and takes nothing seriously. Even when she did take things seriously, I'd never guess I'd see her like this.

With Rias and Akeno here, she must have acting as Rias and Akeno's pillar of confidence. She must have known that they would have panicked without someone showing that it's going to be ok, so she forced herself to appear calmly to keep everything together, all while being eating up inside with worry for him.

An aura began running freely from her body, and it spread across the entire field, even all the way down to Issei, surrounding his body in her aura. It felt like her Senjutsu powers that she used when teaching Koneko. Yet, despite running wildly from her, it felt as if it was a gentle embrace of warmth rather than raw power.

"Please, Issei, you've changed my life so much ever since we met on that day, and you give it meaning that I never knew life could hold. We've been through so much together on your hunt to find that bastard, so if you disappear on me now, I swear I'll go right along with you! We all love you... so please, come back to us!" Kuroka shouted, her tears hitting the floor.

With that, Issei's armor began to glow a bright violet, cracks starting to run throughout his body. Then, the sound of shattering metal filled the air as his armor shattered from around his body. As it broke, a black and violet light began emanating from him in a sphere, expanding as his power released out of him.

The light from his release slowly begins to fade away, and Issei was easily seen from the shards of his armor. He began to fall from his floating position, hitting the ground gently as he laid there unresponsive.

"They did it!" Wynter exclaimed.

"Issei!" Kuroka shouted, her aura fading away. Without any hesitation, her and the other two flew into the air making their way down to him.

"Did it really work?" Xenovia asked, looking down the valley with her guard still up.

[Yes, the Juggernaut Drive is no longer active, and his power as returned to normal] Ddraig responded.

After Ddraig spoke, Irina waited no longer. She ran past her partner down to the unconscious Issei, using the destroyed ground to her advantage as she slid down the mountainside.

"Hey, wait!" Xenovia shouted, running after her partner. A slight chuckle left me as I watched their antics.

"Come on, let's go see our friend," I spoke with a smile, the massive stress of worry for Issei now lifting its self from my consciousness.

With that said, everyone who could fly released their wings, and those that couldn't were carried down by those who could. Koneko and I both grabbed the church girls, I carried Irina, and Kuroka carried Xenovia.

As we approached, Irina quickly slipped free of my grasp before we landed, allowing herself to fall the rest of the distance. She landed on the ground with a roll to break her fall, and she then quickly took off in a sprint. She didn't stop until she reached four of them, looking over Issei with her own concern.

We landed on the ground just a small distance between us and the others, gently letting placing those that we were carried down before we landed. As we all touched the ground, we quickly made our way to Issei, who had his head resting on Kuroka's lap, and the other girls at his side as they looked over him with concern.

His body was bruised, and his chest was rising up and down rapidly as he caught his breath. His heavy and labored breathing let out a raspy tone, almost as a wheeze.

"How is he?" I asked, slowing my run to a halt as I reached them. The girls didn't respond, as they were too busy looking over him themselves to notice my question.

"Here, let me take a look at him. Please, I'll need some space," Ajuka spoke, making his way through the group surrounding Issei. The girls backed away slightly, allowing the Maou to get closer while retaining as much closeness as they could as well.

Ajuka began to look over him in great detail. He didn't seem too concerned, which must mean Issei is relatively alright. Either that or he doesn't know him enough to care too much about him, hopefully its the latter.

"So Sirzechs, I've noticed that there are only two Maou's here. What happened to the other two?" Azazel asked while Ajuka worked.

"Asmodeus assumed that two super devils would have it covered, lazy Maou. As for Serafall, well, you know as well as I do that if she knew her sister was in danger, she would have complicated things even more rather than helped," Sirzechs sighed.

"Yeah, no surprise there," Azazel chuckled slightly.

"Quiet please," Ajuka turned to the two, shushing them.

He closed his eyes as he took a deep breath, focusing his attention. His arm raised over Issei, and within the extended palm of his hand, a green magic circle formed. A dim aura formed around Issei's body, and it began pulsating a bright green hue.

The rest of us moved back even further as to not interfere with his work or focus.

"Vali, go look for Kokabiel's body. Even if he is dead, we may be able to find something on him and get some explanations," Azazel whispered to Vali.

'I doubt there's anything left on him, he was burnt to a crisp,' I thought to myself, as I doubt anyone could live through that.

The white dragon emperor stood in a magic circle that Azazel cast on the ground a reasonable distance away from Ajuka, as to not distract him. With a quick flash from the magic circle, Vali was transported to the school grounds.

Slowly, the pulsating flash began to fade as the magic circle in Ajuka's palm began to disappear. He lowered his hand and opened his eyes. The gaze that he was now giving Issei was different before, rather than his seemingly calm appearance, he looked on at Issei with curiosity and fascination.

"So? Is he going to be alright?" Kuroka quickly asked.

Ajuka didn't respond. His fascination for Issei seemed to encapture his complete attention.

"Well?" Rias and Akeno began to question him as well. His silence was building their concern and suspense even more.

"His body has strained itself to its limit, and it appears that his autonomic nervous system has shut down all of his non-critical bodily functions. He will most likely be unconscious for a few days, but make sure to keep an eye on him. If his nerves stay shut down for too long, he will start to develop dysfunctions, or could die. Being a dragon, he is naturally more robust than most other races, but that doesn't prevent him from death. Yet, even more fascinating..." Ajuka paused, looking down at Issei with fascination.

"What is it?" Rias quickly asked, interrupting the thought of the Maou.

"The boy was already one of the most unique subjects to receive Evil Pieces, as no one has ever taken so many mutation pieces as he has. Even so, he seems to have changed a few of them with the Juggernaut Drive, accompanied by that strange power that flowed through him. I'm not quite sure how he did it, or even what it did to the pieces. I'd have to look at it at another date, but for now, I think he'll recover with proper rest. Just be sure to monitor his state and notify us if it gets worse," Ajuka advised.

A small weight of worry was lifted from all of us who heard his words. Anyone who knows Issei understands that he is tough and can handle a lot. Even still, the worry for his possible death, no matter how slim, is still there.

Ajuka rose from his position near Issei and moved away towards Sirzechs, allowing the girls to regain the distance from Issei they had to give for him to work.

Thoughts began to run through my head. None of them I could even begin to answer. With my questions in mind, I walked over to the four most experienced people here.

"Have any of you seen anything like this before?" I asked, looking to the four. They all seemingly glanced between each other, each of them thinking of how to reply on their own.

"There are very few beings I felt in a very long time that have wielded that kind of strength," Sirzechs spoke.

"Me either. Last time I could recall power like that being thrown around was the battle between the Heavenly Dragons during the great war," Grayfia responded.

"It was more significant than that, whatever that boy was generating surpassed all levels of expectations," Ajuka responded.

"No matter what it is, we need to hope he doesn't do it again by accident," Azazel sternly spoke.

"Yeah. He was putting himself and everyone in danger with that power, not that he meant to," I spoke.

"I think you're failing to see the bigger picture," Azazel spoke, looking over to me.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Someone like him is definitely going to be noticed by everyone in this world. Other factions are sure to recognize that the power balance between us has shifted with him on the playing field. Even if he only sides with Rias and his friends, Rias sides with the devils, which would naturally drag him into the conflict," Azazel spoke.

"That is an accurate assumption. Other factions will have to decide if they want to risk tempting him to their side. I doubt the renowned loyalty of a dragon would falter by anything they have to offer him. Still, even so, he could have attracted the attention of very powerful beings," Ajuka agreed with Azazels assessment. Sirzechs gave a small nod as his peer spoke.

I couldn't fathom who Issei would attract to make the two Super Devils concerned. They are by far the strongest beings I've ever laid eyes upon, not counting Issei with this mysterious power.

"With his nature as a dragon, we can't rule out the possibility of the dragon gods taking an interest in him. Even if he is still significantly weaker than them," Sirzechs agreed.

'The Dragon Gods! As in Ophis and Great Red?' I thought to myself. Even if Issei pales in comparison like they said, to think that he may have gotten the attention of beings like that.

"Indeed, we'll have to hope that they don't take an interest in him. None of us could stop them if they did," Grayfia spoke.

I look over to the unconscious Issei, thought filling my head as I processed what I heard. Thankfully the others were too distracted to overhear our conversation, or they may have taken such news poorly, especially with all the stress they are handling right now. They are undoubtedly more stressed about this than I am, yet to hear what I heard.

'Should I really be so surprised?' I thought to myself. I've seen Issei do things that none of us even could dream of doing. His level of power, only a fraction of it, is enough to destroy our entire school grounds, and then some.

He's saved our asses a few times now, and I bet he'll do it again eventually. During the Fallen Angel gathering at the church, Rias with her rating game, and yet again with killing Kokabiel, even if it didn't go as planned, he was trying to protect us.

A small smile formed on my face as I thought about the fun times we had together. Our time spent at the training camp. He was a rough trainer, but he really helped us get stronger.

'You better survive this, because I don't know what we'd do without you,'

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All right, that was another chapter done.

Sorry for leaving you all on such a cliff hanger for so long. I had some college stuff come up that seriously distracted me, as well as some temperamental writer's block. Hopefully, it is all finished so I can focus on this again.

Thank you all for the read, I hope you enjoyed it. Please leave your thoughts in the comments.