Chapter 4 Life 4: Kiryuu

"Gremory?" asked Hase, "What an odd name, are you a foreigner?"

"Um, well, I an Japanese but I have a European last name." I said. "one of my ancestors was saved by someone from Europe, and in gratitude he changed his surname to honor his rescuer."

Aika said, "he is my childhood friend that moved away before we started school."

"Yes, " I said, "I am a relative of Hyoudou Miki, and I am currently home staying with her."

Sensei Toranaga called the class to order, and so I began my studies at the Kuoh Academy of this world. It felt odd, I kept having flashbacks of my friendship with Matsuda and Motohama and now they are strangers, I miss Asia, and my juniors, Koneko, Ravel, and even Gasper. During lunch I sat with Aika and Irina who occasionally eyed me suspiciously. Finally Aika said, "Look I didn't recognize him at first because we parted a long time ago, but then I remembered him."

"Ok, Aika, you convinced me. Hey Gremory, do you want to go to Karaoke with Aika and I after school?"

before I could answer Aika said, "Unfortunately, we can't go today Rene chan, I already promised Ise that I would help him with some errands for Mrs Hyoudou today,"

"Perhaps another day Shidou," I said regretfully, "and call me Ise, that is what all of my friends call me."

"OK Ise, in that case, you can call me Irina." Irina blushed slightly. "I would like to get to know you better."

"Yes, I would like that Irina." I said bowing slightly.

Saji looked at us a few times but said nothing, He looked at me with jealousy because I was sitting with his girlfriend, and Matsuda and Motohama gave me a disapproving look. Meanwhile many of the girls in the class came over and introduced themselves. They all seemed to be drawn to me Hase came over and said hello which made Matsuda angry. Clearly, we won't be friends in this world.

After school Aika and I walked to the park and sat down on a bench. "You have to remember that your pheromones are very strong. All of the girls are drawn to you, and all of the boys are going to be intimidated by you, but they won't know why."

I scratched my head and said, "It isn't that way in my world, Matsuda, Motohama and I are best friends and most of the girls despise us. They call us the Perverted Trio and they call me Hyoudou the Hentai. The only girls who like me are Devils like myself..." I trailed off and Kiryuu looked at me. "Devil? I thought that you are a Dragon?"

"Well it's complicated. In my world I was an ordinary human until I was murdered by my first girlfriend..."

"What?" Kiryuu gasped.

"Yes, in my world I was murdered by a Fallen Angel named Raynare, who pretended to be my girlfriend, just so she could get me alone and murder me. As a matter of fact, it was right there in front of the fountain" Kiryuu glanced at the fountain and said nothing so I continued, "She murdered me because of my Sacred Gear called Boosted Gear, or the Gauntlet of the Red Dragon Emperor." she looked puzzled but let me continue. "Raynare was afraid of my sacred gear and wanted to kill me before it emerged. Anyway, I didn't know that I had a Sacred Gear until later. By chance a certain girl gave me a card that summons a Devil just before I met up with Raynare for my date. When we were alone, Raynare stabbed me and left me to die. While I was dying, I looked at my hand that was covered with my own blood, and I thought about a beautiful older student who has crimson hair. Her hair is exactly the same color as the blood on my hand. Her name is Rias Gremory and I wished that I could see her one more time before I died. My wish called to her and she turned out to be the Devil that the card summoned. She brought me back to life and made me one of her servants and I became a Devil"

"Wait" Kiryuu said, "I thought that you were a Dragon, No you are a Dragon."

Let me finish Aika. Because of the sacred gear that I have, the Gauntlet of the Red Dragon Emperor I was born with the soul of a Dragon bound to my own soul. His name is Ddraig, and until I was summoned here, he has always been a part of me. I don't know how it happened but it seems that he didn't come with me when I was sent here by those Fairies that I saw sleeping in your fathers briefcase."

"Go on." she said, so I continued. "I became a Devil a year ago and Ddraig awakened and became my partner, but a few months ago, I was murdered again and that time my body was completely destroyed, but my soul was still in my Dragon Armor. I died in a space called the Dimensional Gap and my body that was disintegrating landed on the back of The Apocalypse Dragon who is named Great Red. He isn't just an ordinary Dragon, he is a Dragon God. i went into the Dimensional Gap after a Devil named Shalba Beelzebub who had caused a lot of trouble for my world. and he had hurt and then kidnapped a Dragon God named Orphis who was my friend and then he escaped into the Dimensional gap. I followed him into the Dimensional gap to rescue my friend and to kill Shalba. Before escaping he managed to poison me with a poison that is lethal to all dragons and also humans. That poison eventually killed me and destroyed my body, but before I died I managed to kill Shalba and rescue Orphis . When my soul didn't depart my armor, and Ddraig's presence continued to stay with me, Ddraig and the two Dragon Gods created a new body made from Great Red's own flesh, and my soul was placed in my new body, the body of a Dragon . So now I am a Dragon, who used to be human, and also a Devil.'

Kiryuu laughed and said "You know Ise, you are a very interesting person. A Dragon and a Devil!" Then she kissed me and said, "Does that mean that I sold my soul to the Devil last night when we made love?"

"Um no, that isn't how Devil contracts work. A service is provided by a Devil in exchange for a price of equal value."

Kiryuu smiled and said, "Well it would have been worth it.. So, do you want to go back to my house and do it again" She kissed me and murmured, "This time we can do it on my bed."

"Absolutely!" I said and taking her in my arms we shared a long kiss and hand in hand we walked to her house and went upstairs to her room.

An hour later, we were lying in the afterglow of our lovemaking when we heard the door open and Aika's father Basara came into the house. Of course he noticed our shoes in the entryway and called out cheerfully, "Whenever you two are finished, come down stairs. There are a few things that I need to discuss with Issei."

"Well back to business Ise," Aika said cheerfully, "let's go talk to my father." Aika and I dressed and went downstairs to find Mr Gremory making a pot of chai. "Well Hyoudou, I know that you are a Dragon, can I see your transformation?"

"I have only transformed in this world once," I said scratching my head, "and it was fairly recently."

Aika smiled wickedly and said, "And he was AMAZING!"

I blushed , Aika laughed and her father just looked at us for a few minutes, and then just said, "Please keep that to yourselves. I really don't want the details of my daughter's love life." He then coughed and said while pouring the chai."I have secured an old JSDF base nearby so you can train or practice if necessary. in the meantime, I would like to see your transformation if possible"

I concentrated on my memory of Great Red and Ddraig but nothing happened at first, then I tried to remember the emotional energy and power that preceded the transformation.

Aika said, "We could always have sex again if you think it will help" I was thinking about agreeing, but her father held out his hand and said, "I'm sure that would be quite enjoyable, but somehow I don't think you will have the luxury of an hour of sex prior to battling a Kaiju." I started to say something but he just said, "You two were rather loud last night."

Kiryuu bent over and backing into me she rubbed her butt against my crotch. "Be serious Aika," her father said, "this really is a matter of Life and death. Mothra's Kami have told me about your great potential and power, and you are going to need all of that and more to stand a chance against a Kaiju, So, if you don't mind Hyoudou, I need you to concentrate."

I began to think of my True Queen form and then I imagined my armor reappearing, but instead of being made of metal, it was my own skin. I saw my arms change color, first to to red and then crimson. I felt my wings grow out of my back and weren't the devil wings I am used to nor were they like the dragon wings on my armor, They were from my own body. I could feel my blood flowing through the capillaries in my wings. I could feel the bones flex and the skin stretch across their bony frame. I started to stretch them out to their full length and quickly realized that the room wasn't wide enough, so without a word I opened the back door and walked into Basara Kiryuu's walled garden where iI stretched out my wings to their full length. I have a 12 meter wingspan and I realized that I was looking down on Mr Kiryuu. I was over 3 meters tall and I had a 6 meter long tail. I didn't need Ddraig to handle the flying. I knew how to fly. I could feel the slight eddies in the current of the air. My clothes were ripped apart because not only did I become taller, I had became wider and my skin turned into armor plate that looked much my armor but it was organic, it was my own skin, denser and tougher than the skin of a crocodile. I had horns growing out of my forehead just above my eyes. I could see even better than I could as a devil. I could see in infrared the small animals around the garden My face didn't look at all human it was the face of a giant crocodile, but I wasn't a crocodile, I was a Dragon God on this world!

I heard a surprised gasp and turned and saw a small human creature staring in front of me with a mixture of lust and fear. Then I first sniffed and then I breathed in her aroma. She was a female with a mature body that ached to br possessed by me, and it was a familiar scent. Then the female made a sound "Ise." I then realized that the sound that came from her mouth was my name and then I realized that this female is my chosen mate, She is mine and I am going to possess her. Nothing is going to stand in my way. "Men, Devils, Angels, Fallen Angels, Gods and Kaiju of this world cross me to your own peril," I grabbed the female in my fore-claws, Strong but tender, power with gentleness, titanium wrapped in silk. "I am the Sekiryuutei, I am the Crimson Heavenly Dragon and this female is my mate. If a hair on her head is harmed, I will turn you to ash whether you are a man or a Kaiju." With a single beat of my wings and a mighty leap, I shot into the sky and flew with pure animal ecstasy. I was flying in ever widening circles in the air over the Sea of Japan. I began circling faster and faster, and very soon I broke through the sound barrier with three distinct sonic booms, my mate was safe in my arms and warmed by my body heat. Instead of being afraid, she was content to be held in my embrace as we flew higher and faster.
In my joy of flying, I almost missed the metal bird that rose up up from the peninsula to the north to challenge me,

. I am a Dragon God, and no one is going to challenge my superiority and live. The metal bird accelerated toward me flying at mach 1. I executed a 90 degree turn at mach 2 and shot away from the metal bird in a turn that it couldn't take, but while I was watching and playing with one metal bird another surprised me by sneaking in behind, and launched 4 flaming arrows at me. One of them struck my back and exploded but did no harm. I turned and dodged another salvo of four arrows from the metal bird. I turned my head and taking a deep breath I blew out a flame that is hotter than the surface of the sun, toward the arrows and they didn't even have an opportunity to explode, they transitioned directly into ash from my Dragon Fire. When the birds saw what I was capable of, they increased to their maximum speed and tried to run away from the fight. I easily caught the metal birds with my back claws and intended to climb high into the sky and then dive at the earth with my maximum speed and let them slam into the ground just before i pulled out of the dive. Then I remembered. I am Issei Hyoudou, and I don't kill unless it is absolutely necessary. I remembered that these metal birds are Fighter Jets and they were being piloted by South Korean pilots. I flew more gently to a deserted beach just a few kilometers from a Seoul,, and remembered Aika Kiryuu still safe in my arms and I didn't want to kill innocent men who thought they were being invaded by another jet. When they realized that I am actually a Dragon, they probably wanted to stop fighting and run for home. So I landed on a deserted beach, ordered the pilots to get out of their jets I told them to run away.. Once they were far enough away I shielded Aika with my wings and then I melted the jets into the sand. All that remained was molten metal slowly cooling in molten glass.

I gently released Aika and profusely apologized. "I had forgotten who I am, Aika I just knew that I was a Dragon and I was caught up in the Joy and power of being a Dragon."

Aika laughed and said, "That had to have been the most thrilling thing that ever happened in my life, or on second thought, the second most thrilling. Having sex with a Dragon is definitely first. We should get back to my house, my father may be worried about me now."

I once again picked Aika up and held her in my embrace. Then I climbed into the sky and headed back to Japan.