Murayama and Katase were on their way to meet Issei. They had so much to tell him as it had been so long since they last met him. They were walking on the road which lead to the field Issei lived in. They had never really noticed the scenery while going on the road before. The road was filled with beautiful and colourful flowers. There were many birds flying around and a lot of animals in the fields below them as the road was slightly elevated. The ORC was training till early in the morning, so Katase and Murayama were able to witness the beautiful sunrise. They were staring at the sun in awe as they were walking. Soon, they reached the place where Issei was, but they were surprised as they saw Issei reading a book.

"Issei, where did you get that?" Katase asked, which slightly startled Issei. He was expecting them to come, but he was so engrossed in the book that he failed to notice that they were right in front of him.

"There was a supernatural library outside Kyoto, I got it from there." He said, "….So, Murayama , you got into Rias's peerage I presume?" Asked Issei.

Both the girls were shocked. But then they remembered that people with a lot of power can sense when a person is a devil, angel or a fallen angel.

"I did, and so did Renjiro-kun." Said Murayama. Issei gave a confused look.

"Tasuki got into Rias's peerage? I mean, he did seem like a decently strong guy. I would suppose he is a natural?" Issei asked. Katase and Murayama chuckled initially but then burst out into laughter.

After a minute of completely loosing it, they managed to compose themselves and wipe their tears.

"He is SO BAD! He is much worse than Katase, who isn't even a devil." Murayama laughed.

"You should have seen how tired he was after trying to use knockback on Akeno-fukubuchou, and failed." Laughed Katase.

"Knockback!? That's not even a skill that requires energy usage! It's basically just pushing someone back!" Issei was surprised. He knew that he was terrible at magic first, but not being able to use knockback? That is on another level.

"So, why did Katase not get in?" Issei asked. Murayama proceeded to tell him the whole story. He started chuckling at the end. "Yeah, he probably only has a regular sacred gear. He has a decently high magic reserve on top of a regular sacred gear, that is why he was worth 4 pieces. Even if you are worth one less piece, you are 100% stronger than him at this current state. But who knows! Maybe in the future he will be stronger than me." Issei said.

Katase and Murayama didn't believe that could ever happen at first, but then they realized that Issei was living proof that what Issei just said was entirely possible. He was initially a pervert who was nothing special and was easily the weakest of the group. But he trained hard and now he was easily the strongest of the group.

"Hey, look at that bird!" Issei said, pointing to a white bird.

"Where!" Both of them asked.

"That white bird over there is really rare, and only could be seen in this place." Issei said, returning to his original position.

"I see it. Wow, it's really pretty." Murayama commented.

"Something which you two are not." Issei said coldly.

"E-e-excuse me?!" Murayama exclaimed. Katase just stared at Issei, menacingly.

"Did you two really think I befriended you two because I was nice? No, I was using you both. I could sense that you two had some special things in you. I thought that you both will be perfect servants for my peerage. But now that Rias took you in, I have no use for you OR you as you are going to be with Rias for most of the time. I'm glad those two took you in, as now that I have gained more knowledge, you two are worthless beings. I can't believe I used to perv on you two simpletons." Issei said with venom on his tone.

Murayama's face went dark. Her fist clenched up. She started emitting a dangerous aura which was felt by both of the beings present there.

"…...I can't believe I thought you changed." She said in a dark voice as she stepped towards Issei. "…..I thought that you changed, and I can finally tell you how I feel…" A bright aura surrounded her right hand. "….I always liked you Issei…ever since we met in middle school….you were kind….fun-loving…. always cared for other….and then after you came to high school….you became a pervert…I can't begin to tell you how much that broke my heart….the guy I liked..no…loved….turned into something so evil….I hoped you would change…..and I really thought you did for a while….but now you've turned into something worse…..a person who treats other's like objects….and if there is something I hate more than perverts…..it's people like YOU!" She said with an extremely dark voice.

As she screamed at the final part, out of her right hand came out a brilliant sword. It had a burnished finish to it and had a golden hilt. There was a brilliant and shining crystal embedded into the hilt.

Issei's maniacal face got replaced with a calm face, and then he smiled.

"Looks like my plan worked…..in more ways than one." Said Issei after opening his eyes and giving Murayama a warm smile.

"What?" She said, it seems like she was back in control of her body. She saw the sword she was wielding and gasped. "Wh-wh-what is this!?" She exclaimed. "And what do you mean by what you said." Murayama's eyes filled with tears.

"Allow me to explain." Said Katase with a confident smile.

"What?" Murayama was confused.

{Flashback}

"Hey, look at that bird!" Issei said, pointing to a white bird.

"Where!" Both of them asked.

Issei quickly made a Time dome around him and Katase.

"Wha- What is this? What is this green thing? And…why is Murayama frozen? What did you do Issei!" She screamed at Issei.

"Calm down, I just made a time dome where time inside flows faster than time outside. Since inside the zone, one week equals to one hour outside the dome, Murayama looks like she is frozen, but she is completely fine. I did this to talk to you about something." Issei said with a serious face.

"O-ok, I'm listening…" Katase said cautiously.

Issei started explaining something to her. Katase's eyes widened at Issei's words. He then told what his plan of action will be. Katase nodded at Issei's plan. Issei quickly retracted the dome.

{Flashback End}

"Y-you did this to bring out my speciality?" Asked Murayama.

"I did….although it turned out a bit differently than what I imagined." He said. "That right there is Hauteclere. It's one of the great holy swords. Well, at least it was." Issei pointed at the sword which Murayama was holding.

"What do you mean by 'was'?" asked Murayama.

"Since you are holding it, it's now a Devil sword. If it wasn't a Devil sword, you would be dead by now as it emits an aura lethal to Devils. If trained hard enough, its aura will reverse and will be deadly to angels and fallen angels." Said Issei. "I read in my book that it moved on from its original wielder for an unknown reason. In the book, the page gives off an aura of the thing that is on the page, and the pages on Hauteclere gave off a really similar aura I felt from you, Murayama." Issei smiled at Murayama. "Sorry for my little trick there…heh…" he rubbed the back of my forhead.

Murayama's eyes started overflowing with tears. "It was not funny Issei! I honestly thought I lost you for good this time…." Murayama started sobbing.

"That is what I'm most curious about…..Murayama..did you…mean what you said?" Asked Issei, curiously.

"Every single word…I love you Issei….although for a while I didn't like you for your perverted nature, I always had hope that you would change…..and it seems like now you did." She said with a teary smile.

"Considering that I used to peek on you guys…..it is safe to say that….I love you as well." Issei said with an awkward yet warm smile.

After hearing that, Murayama jumped on Issei and kissed him on his lips, throwing Hauteclere on the ground which made it disappear. Issei was shook at first, but then decided to reciprocate the kill..much to Murayama's pleasure. She moaned as she felt Issei's warm tongue inside her mouth. Issei and Murayama's tongue were fighting for dominance. Naturally, Issei was wining that fight. After a minute of tongue clashing, they broke the kiss for some air, leaving a string of saliva connecting their mouths. They both smiled at each other lovingly.

"If you go around peeking at the Kendo club girls again…I will kill you." She pouted.

"Haha…..don't worry, that is behind me now. You do have many other girls to fight with though." Issei smirked at Murayama.

"I don't mind sharing as long as you give me attention." Murayama said with a smile. Issei was shocked at first, but then smiled back at her.

Katase was looking at the events that transpired. She couldn't help but feel jealous of Murayama. She didn't have a crush on Issei like her friend, but in these past couple of days, Issei seemed to have charmed her as well.

Murayama looked at Katase and smiled at her. "What do you think about one more girl being added to your harem, Issei?" She asked Issei while looking at Katase. Issei looked at Katase to see that she was blushing and had an envious look on her, but as Issei looked at her she became flustered and didn't know what to do.

"Seriously? Even you? Murayama liking me was surprising enough, but I thought I was your mortal enemy!" Issei was even more surprised that Katase liked him as well.

"H-h-hey! I-i-i-it's not my fault that after your transformation you turned out to be the most charming man I've ever met." She retorted.

Issei just smiled, went close to her, and kissed her. It wasn't as long as Murayama's kiss, but it was enough to satisfy Katase.

"I love you as well." Issei smiled.

Katase only smiled back at Issei lovingly.

Murayama suddenly gasped.

"Oh my god, I just thought about how I would feel if you were gone. I wouldn't ever be able to think straight! If this is how I feel….how bad does the ORC feel!?" Murayama panicked.

"Issei, are you sure you are doing the right thing by not telling the ORC that you are alive? I keep seeing them mourn everyday. I can now feel what they must have been going through." Katase asked worriedly.

Issei looked down.

"Even if it is better for me to tell them that I am alive…I-I don't think I can face them right now. I still haven't got stronger to a point where I can say that I have trained all these months to be her pawn again, that is even if I am able to be her pawn again." Issei said sadly.

"Rias-Buchou said that those 8 pawn pieces are still attached to you. They were able to make usable copies from those 8 pieces. So, effectively, she has 16 pawn pieces and 8 of them are used on you." Katase said while holding Issei's shoulder to comfort him.

Issei was surprised for a moment, but then he sighed and smiled. "Ajuka…the wonders you can do."

"Anyways, you two should be going, you have school." Issei said, "Also, maybe try to not reveal your sword to the ORC yet? They might be really suspicious. And if you do reveal it, reveal it when you are in such a position where they would think you did it out of self defense."

Murayama nodded.

"And don't worry Katase, I won't try to awaken your sacred gear in the same way I did with Murayama." He gave an awkward smile. Katase sighed a sigh of relief, while Murayama pouted in anger.

"It was not funny Issei.." She said, while looking down in sadness, as if imagining what Issei would have become if he was like that.

Issei held Murayama's shoulders. "I will NEVER be anything of that sort, I will promise that on my life." Issei said with a comforting smile.

Murayama smiled back at Issei. "I know you won't."

With that, both of them were off to go back to their homes.

"[You are truly something else partner. You not only helped to Hauteclere's wielder to summon it, but also scored two more girls in the process.]" Ddraig said proudly.

"I guess those are the traits of being a dragon?" Issei said confidently.

"[Indeed partner.]" Ddraig agreed.

{Scene Change}

Kuoh High was already in a mess. There was a huge thunderstorm with cut off all the electricity in the town. The school was really hot and no one had the energy to even get up from their seats.

"Screw you Issei, you had to practice your holy lighting power right now didn't you?" Katase groaned.

Murayama nodded at Katase's comment.

They lightning which hit the town was not your average lighting. It was brighter and much stronger and had a golden-like colour. The ORC shrugged it off as some angel accidentally triggering it, but both Katase and Murayama knew this was Issei's doing.

"This is good sort of training, going through a regular day without the luxury of fans or air conditioning." Rias stated.

"You're kidding right? You won't even try to fix it?" Asked a horrified Renjiro.

"Nope, and you just have to deal with it." Said Rias in a commanding voice.

Scared to even try to argue, Renjiro just nodded and accepted that today will be like hell. Most of the ORC members had no problem with it, as they had trained in far worse conditions. But for the 3 newbies, it was going to be tough.

Going through the regular periods was bad enough, but on top of that, during their after school training, they won't be allowed to turn on the fans or the air conditioning.

Renjiro's tutors were helping Renjiro in his knockback power.

"UGH, this is impossible." Groaned Renjiro.

"Yeah, no kidding." Huffed Akeno.

"Renjiro-kun, imagine yourself pushing a person with your hands. It's the same thing, just do it with magic." Asia said to Renjiro.

"It will happen subconsciously." Said Rossweisse.

"Why is this taking me so long! I have practiced this for days now, there is no way that pervert did this in one day….NO WAY!" He screamed, and as he screamed he managed to knock all his tutors back a few steps.

"YES! YES! I DID IT, TAKE THAT, PERV!" He screamed in joy.

Akeno sighed and face palmed so hard that she might have given herself a concussion. "Good job, you just performed the easiest spell ever in the history of ever. The 2nd easiest spell is 10 times harder than this." She looked at Renjiro with an expressionless face (-_-)

Renjiro just sighed and decided to fall flat onto the ground. "This is so hard, why can't I be a physical fighter, I am no good at magic." He cried.

"Ok then, try and hit me. I am myself a magic user, but since I have a rook piece I need to focus on physical strength. This might be good training for me." Rossweisse said.

"I'll show you how strong I am." Said Renjiro. He pulled up his sleeves and got into a fighting stance. He aimed to punch Rossweisse's gut hoping to at least knock her back a couple of steps. He got his fist ready and punched her right in her gut….only to be met with a raised eyebrow from Rossweisse.

"You….are joking right?" Rossweisse asked.

Renjiro kept on hitting Rossweisse and even kicked her gut once, but she didn't even flinch.

"At least with your magic you were able to knock me back. Haaa…just stick to magic kid. This is just embarrassing" Rossweisse sighed.

"AGH!" Renjiro screamed.

With Katase and Murayama.

Those two and Irina, Xenovia and Kiba have become good friends. Both of them were already much stronger than they thought they would be in such a short time. So they just had some food and talked for a bit.

"Murayama, how about you show me how strong you have gotten. Let's have a dual." Kiba challenged Murayama.

Murayama was hesitant at first, but then smiled challengingly. "Even though I'm most likely going to lose, I will give it my all." Said Murayama.

"Now that is the spirit!" Irina cheered.

"Go get 'em!" Cheered Xenovia.

Both Kiba and Murayama got up and went to opposite sides of the battlefield. They both got into fighting stances. Kiba forged a steel sword and Murayama drew her sword from her pocket. Kiba made her a sword whose blade would disappear when she wanted it to and she could put its hilt in the pocket. Other than that, it was an ordinary steel sword. Both jumped at each other and clashed their swords.

Murayama swung her sword against Kiba's waise but he maneuvered his way out of it and swung his sword towards Murayama's arm. She blocked it with her sword and with a quick motion of her foot, made Kiba trip and almost fall on the floor while Murayama tries to hit his back. Kiba however, quickly recovers and with insane speed goes behind Murayama. Murayama quickly turned around thanks to her kendo skills and was able to block Kiba's sword from hitting her neck. Murayama put some power into her blade and pushed Kiba back for a brief second before promoting to Knight. She was able to do so as Rias had given Xenovia some sort of a badge which let pawns in her peerage promote without her. Now that she had faster speeds, she dashed towards Kiba and clashed swords with him again.

"Now this is good, you have been performing excellently, maybe I should step it up a notch." Kiba smirked.

Kiba, with a huge force, knocked Murayama back with his blade and quickly forged a Sword of Fire. Murayama was intimidated by his sword, but only for a bit. She was on guard as she knew she couldn't dash into him with his sword of fire. Kiba dashed onto her, fully expecting her to block. But instead, she did something he could never imagine. She made her blade disappear for a moment which made Kiba's blade go right past her. He of course was shocked and lost his balance for a bit. Murayama took this small window to use her feet to sweep him off his foot and he fell onto the ground. She made her blade re-appear and went directly at Kiba's chest. Kiba managed to block it but was really impressed by Murayama's creativity, something which was a characteristic trait of Issei. In the adrenaline rush, Kiba mistook Murayama for Issei for a moment because they were both creative in their sword wielding skills. He pushed Murayama back yet again and this time, he chanted a spell.

"Balance Breaker: Sword of Betrayer!" since Kiba mistook Murayama for Issei, he planned on going all out.

A bright glow formed on his hands, and as the light ended, The Holy Demonic sword could be seen. It was among the Great Devil swords as one of the strongest swords ever forged due to its dual power. The sight sent shivers through Murayama's spine. Katase, Xenovia and Irina's eyes went wide at this. They were quietly enjoying the battle, but this was maybe a bit too much? Was what they thought.

Kiba, with his extreme speed, came right in front of Murayama. Murayama was able to block the sword, but it was really close. Her sword stood no chance against this behemoth. She tried to push Kiba back, but failed as her sword could not overpower Kiba's, even for a second. Instead, took her sword back and jumped to the side, hoping that Kiba would lose his balance again. However, knights learn to adapt, and Kiba was no different. Although he didn't see this coming, he was fully prepared for it. He quickly jumped up and delivered a roundhouse kick to her gut, which sent her back quite a few feet. Knights were fragile, so it took a toll on her. But she was able to recover rather quickly and looked up. She saw that Kiba was going to attempt to jump and push his sword down. If she tried to block, her sword would be crushed and….well…..she would be done for. Kiba jumped, while lifting up his arms. This scene happened to go by in slow motion. The three spectators shouted the Knight's name, "KIBA!". Murayama stood there, and knew there was no other choice. She closed her eyes and formed a vision of her special sword in her mind. "HAUTECLERE!" is what she shouted with her eyes closed. As Kiba's sword got nearer and nearer, Kiba's mind snapped back into reality and remembered that this wasn't Issei who he was fighting. If this attack hits her, she would surely die. However, he couldn't stop the attack now, it was going to hit. Kiba closed his eyes, embracing the fact that he will be the killer of the comrade he was training. "Murayama, I am so sorry!" He thought, until he heard a massive KLANG. He looked down to see Murayama holding a huge sword, and not just any other sword, it was the holy sword Hauteclere. Murayama pushed Kiba back with huge amounts of force coming from her. She knew that if Kiba wasn't holding back significantly, she wouldn't be able to push him back. So she took advantage of the fact that Kiba wasn't in his strongest form and pushed him back a significant amount and continued attacking him. Kiba was so shook that he could only put his sword in front of his face and block the attacks from Murayama. The blade she was wielding made her much stronger and the blows she was landing on his sword were actually reflected. However, after about six or seven blows, Murayama was exhausted of all of her energy and used her sword as support to stand up. The three spectators had an incredibly hard time taking in what just happened, especially Xenovia and Irina. Katase was also really shook, but at least she had seen Hauteclere before, while Xenovia and Irina had not.

Murayama was huffing and puffing. She was on the brink of fainting from exhaustion. Kiba withdrew his sword and quickly went near Murayama and hugged her.

"I am so sorry! I had never had a fight like this in a long time! The way you used your sword, you reminded me of Issei. In the midst of the adrenaline rushing through my body, I couldn't tell the difference. I am so sorry, please forgi-" Kiba started frantically apologizing. Who could blame him, he nearly killed his friend.

"You don't have to apologize….it happens sometimes…when you think of someone you have los- er, have a great bond with, it's not uncommon to mistake someone else for that person in the heat of the moment." Murayama tried to comfort a trembling Kiba. She almost leaked the fact that she knew about Issei's death, but managed to save it on the fly.

"Thank you Murayama." He broke from the hug and bowed to Murayama.

"KIBA! What were you thinking!" screamed Xenovia.

"You could have killed her!" screamed Katase.

Kiba could only bow down in shame and ask for forgiveness.

"Hey now, all is well that ends well right?" Murayama said.

Irina was staring at the sword Murayama wielded.

"Hauteclere? But…but Oliver is the wielder….wait….didn't he say that the sword moved on from him? So you are the new wielder of Hauteclere? But it is a holy sword. It has an aura lethal to devils." Irina was confused.

"Correction, WAS a holy sword." Said a voice.

Rias and the others have come to the place where the fight took place.

"We sensed a lot of energy being given off over here. And we saw the whole fight." Rias started. "Kiba, although I am extreme disappointed with your lack of self control, something that you were the best at, I can understand why this happened. I was about to put a shield around Murayama, but then she summoned Hauteclere. Hauteclere was considered a Holy sword as it was always wielded by a holy person. However, swords never chose their wielders based on their factions, they chose them based on their heart. Even though Murayama is a devil, it seems that her heart was pure enough to the point where Hauteclere chose her as its new wielder. Similar to what happened with Ascalon and Issei. It will still be classified as a "Holy sword" as the sword still has had only Holy wielders up till now, and it has not gone through a complete change like Arondight. But in your hands, it will act as if it was a Devil sword." Rias explained.

"Wow Murayama, you were so good with the sword. You even managed to hold your own against Kiba!" Asia exclaimed.

"The sword chose a perfect wielder." Said Rossweisse.

"Amazing." Ravel marveled at the sight of Murayama wielding such a great sword.

"Strong." Koneko could feel the strength of the sword.

Akeno smiled at Murayama.

"Hmph, so what, it's just a rusty old sword. I'm telling you, my sacred gear will be much better" Renjiro retorted, to which Murayama gave an awkward smile.

Akeno looked at Renjiro with killing intent. "You better hope you do, otherwise, the one training you will be me, alone. And you will get to see my sadistic side….really well." Said Akeno, which sent chills down everyone's spine, especially Renjiro.

Katase was happy for Murayama, but again, felt jealous of her. She had one of the Great Swords. Katase also had a sacred gear, but by what both Issei and Rias said, it was probably going to be a really common one. So she looked down, sorrowfully.

{Scene Change}

"I see, so she finally used it in a battle. I hope she is able to the ORC how she got it without revealing my secret." Issei thought as he felt the power being expelled from the clash of swords. "Anyways, I have already finished everything here. Mastered the basics of Youjutsu and Holy lightning, completely mastered Ice magic, mastered destruction magic, mastered sword-wielding, even read through the history books, all in one and a half days. Honestly could have been quicker if I didn't decide to read the History books outside the time dome."

He teleported to the library and opened the door. It seemed like Fiyuki was reading something.

"What'chya reading?" Issei asked, which startled Fiyuki. Issei chuckled slightly which made Fiyuki pout.

"Hey, you know how well books are able to make a person concentrate only on it." She retorted cutely, which made Issei go wild. Every time he talked to Fiyuki, he went wild.

"A-anyways, I am here to return the books." Issei said as he put the books on the counter.

"Y-y-you actually finished all of them!? I-i-I.." Fiyuki couldn't believe that Issei finished all the books. "A-and don't tell me you…" She pointed at the book of Youjutsu. Issei summoned a golden sphere similar to Senjutsu, but it was giving off a slightly different aura around it. Fiyuki gasphed and coughed.

"Woah…..are you ok?" Asked Issei.

"Yeah….no." She nodded. "You are not a youkai or an angel, but managed to learn BOTH Senjutsu and Youjutsu AND Holy lightning!?"

"And Kasha as well" Issei smiled. Fiyuki nearly fainted after hearing that.

"OK..we NEED to have a spar session together. I can't believe you did all of this. For a normal person, even learning Ice and Destruction magic is difficult, but you!" Fiyuki was extremely surprised.

"Sure, just give a time and place." Issei smiled.

"This Sunday, at the field behind the library." Fiyuki smiled challengingly. "The loser has to do anything that the winner has to say, except killing yourself or others, giving away your power etc etc." She said.

"Loser? So I guess instead of a spar session it's a challenge huh?" Issei returned a challenging smile. "I agree."

"Well then, best of luck." Fiyuki outstretched her hand.

"To you too." Issei outstretched his to shake her hand.

As their hands met, both of them blushed.

"OH GOD! Her skin is so soft. HOW CAN A PERSON BE THIS PERFECT?" Issei was losing it as always.

"Oh my! Such a strong hand. I can feel that he has been through a lot, and the amount of power…he is not even in his strongest form!" Even Fiyuki started losing her composure.

They broke the handshake and Issei went inside the library.

"Let's go to the advanced section now…Ice and Destruction magic, thanks to you Ddraig, I don't need these books…."

"[Your welcome]" Ddraig replied

"…Taimutakutikusu…let's see what this is…YEP NOPE, the first page is already insane….Senjutsu…..hmm this should be good…Youjutsu…yeah let's take this as well…..oh? Fox fire? I guess there is no basics for it since it is similar to Youjutsu in terms of the basics, let's take this….Holy lightning, sure…..Dragon fire, outrage….I already mastered these but I guess I can take these…don't really need sword-wielding, thanks to you….Ddraig…oh?..."

"[PARTNER! That form of magic is extremely volatile. I would suggest you stay out of there….]" Ddraig worried.

"Relax Ddraig, I know that the Trihexa family is the only family able to use Corruption magic, but hey, I did learn Senjutsu, Youjutsu, Holy lightning AND Time magic remember? I think I can learn this as well." Issei comforted Ddraig.

"[….ok….]" Ddraig was hesitant.

"…woah…..I see why there isn't a 'basics' book for it…..nothing about this magic is basic…let's use it, it also works as illusion magic, which is something I really wanted to learn as well…I don't see anything else which could be of use…..Yeah I think these are enough." Issei took the books to the counter.

Fiyuki saw the books and placed her elbow on the table, opened up her palm and rested her head on it. "I have no words….."

"Heh…..this might take me 3 days though.." Said Issei said, to which Fiyuki only sighed.

"Sure…..I'm 99% sure you will return these by today.." Fiyuki sighed. "How strong will this guy get? Does he not know yet that he is on the same level as the Devil Maous, Angel Seraphims and the Highest order of Fallen Angels? Heck, even Yasaka!" She thought.

Issei walked out of the library, teleported back to his field and created a Time dome.

"So…what should I do first…I guess I should get the new stuff out of the way" He picked up the books of Corruption Magic and Fox fire. "Let's start with corruption magic, Fox fire will be easier to learn." He said.

Issei entered his mindscape.

"[Partner? What are you doing here?]" Ddraig asked, surprised to see his partner in the mindscape.

"I can summon many objects in the mindscape to practice my corruption magic on, and if I do go berserk it's just in my mind and it won't affect the body..well unless I enter the Juggernaut Drive." Issei said.

"[When did you get this smart?]" Ddraig asked, feeling proud yet confused.

"Maybe after I died for the 3rd time." Issei laughed.

He summoned his book of corruption in his mindscape. He studied it carefully.

"So all the spells will come naturally to me after the corruption process? But the corruption process is the most difficult thing to perform. That is why the Trihexa family is able to perform corruption magic, since their corruption is hereditary." Said Issei. "This might be more difficult than the basic time spells….."

Issei sat down with his legs crossed. He took his book of corruption and muttered a spell. The book started floating in the air with a Dark orange sphere around it. The sphere started pixelating from time to time. Issei now stood up and went in a fighting stance, but it was a very specific stance. He put his right foot forward. He bent heck back towards the right. He put his left hand forward and put it in a position where it seemed like he was grabbing a ball. His eyes started glowing orange and black. He was giving off a suffocative aura, which even Ddraig noticed. The orange was glowing brighter and brighter and the Black was growing darker and darker. Issei's body started pixelating. First it was his left hand, then his arm, then his torso, then his left arm and hand. Then it was his legs, and finally his face. The book started Pixelating as well and it was moving towards Issei's body, if you could even call it that. It was a Deformed Mishmash of Black and Orange pixels. This went on for about an hour inside the mindscape. Outside, however, Issei was seen meditating inside the time dome.

After an hour, the light went down. Issei's deformed body started taking a new shape. His body started unpixelating and revealed an Issei who was meditating. The book came out of his body and rested before his feet.

"[…..PARTNER YOU DID IT! I NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE LEARNING CORRUPTION MAGIC OUT OF EVERYTHING!...partner?]" Ddraig noticed that his partner was not responding. Issei was just meditating.

"He is going berserk" spoke a female voice.

"[Elisha? What…]" Ddraig started.

"I have seen this happen myself, Ddraig. The corruption process makes it so that your body is able to use corruption magic as it becomes pixilated and is deformed, hence it's called corruption. However, there is almost always a side effect. Either it is you losing a limb, en eye, an organ. For Issei, the side effect is physically the best one but mentally the worst. Going berserk. Since Issei is REALLY strong, right before going berserk he put his body in meditative mode so that he could fight the corruption inside his brain, kind of like going inside his mindscape, INSIDE his mindscape." Elisa explained

"[…..and my partner knew about this?]" Ddraig asked.

"He did. No doubt about that. He probably cut your connection for a few seconds as he read the side effects, to stop you from worrying. Issei is strong, Ddraig, he will get through this." Elisha comforted the Red Dragon.

"[He better]" Said Ddraig.

{Scene Change}

At an unknown place.

"Oh? I see a new person has awakened the corruption inside him." Said a Feminine voice.

"Foolish…he will destroy himself." Said another Feminine voice.

"Not this time. This being is strong. Yes, he will get through this corruption process. And when he does, I would like to meet this…special person." Said the first Feminine voice.

{Scene Change}

At the ORC.

"Asia…so….what are we doing again?" Said a pinkette.

"We are going to Kyoto. Rias-oneesama told us that there is a supernatural Library present there. Everyone else was busy, so I thought that we should go and visit." She said before getting on board a Train.

"And why are we not just using a magic circle?" Asked Katase.

"Because we are not strong enough to directly go past the barrier which protects the Youkai territory." Said Asia. "And anyways, this supernatural train is really fast, we should be in Kyoto in about 3 mins."

Katase felt awkward being inside a train where there were so many devils, angels and fallen angels. It seems like they were at peace for now since no one was attacking the other.

"The 3 factions are mostly at peace, but usually when opposite faction members see each other, they usually start attacking. However, since this train is a mutual peace zone, no one attacks the other as they know that all of them are using the train." Said Asia.

"I see…" Said Katase. "Tell me Asia, what type of sacred gear do you think I have?" Asked Katase.

Asia thought for a while. "I'm not sure Katase-san. I am not as strong as Rias-oneesama or Akeno-oneesama. And even they are not able to say what type of sacred gear you have." Issei sighed sorrowfully. "I am the weakest…" she said softly.

Asia felt a hug as she said that.

"Don't say that Asia. I have seen some of the battles your peerage has been in. Without you, your peerage would have lost." Said Katase, comforting Asia.

"Thank you Katase-san." Said Asia happily. "Oh, look we have already arrived." She said, which surprised Katase.

The doors opened and they stepped out of the train. The station was out in the open and there were many shops. Some sold sweets, some toys, and some sold dresses. Katase was really surprised seeing all the shops.

"Wow, this is just like shops you see in regular stations, but much bigger and have much more variety." Said Katase.

"Katase-san, do you want something? I have some money with me." Asked Asia.

"No thanks, I don't want you to use your hard earned money on me." She nodded.

"It's fine Katase-san. I only brought a bit of it, the rating games give you a surprising amount of money." Said Asia.

"It's ok, we can get something while returning, let's just visit the library for now." Said Katase.

"Ok" said an energetic and happy Asia.

Asia knew the way to the Youkai temple. She and Katase were seeing the greenery on the way there and marveled at the small spar sessions going on in public here and there. They finally arrived at the library.

"This is….to small for a library?" Katase was confused.

"Hehe…..come inside." Said Asia before opening the door and going in.

Katase just shrugged her shoulders and went in. She couldn't believe what she was seeing.

"WOAH! THIS IS HUGE" Said a surprised Katase.

"Illusion magic, it's one of the key factors which keep the Youkai temple safe from regular humans." Said Asia.

"Welcome to the Supernatural Library of Kyoto! My name is Fiyuki, how may I help you?" Asked a very cheerful lady.

"Wow…..gorgeous" Both of the girls marveled at the beauty of Fiyuki. Fiyuki only blushed and smiled.

"Hello, I am Asia Argento. Bishop of Rias Gremory. This is Yui Katase, she is a human but she is accompanying me." Asia introduced herself and Katase. Katase smiled and waved.

"I thought that I have seen you somewhere. You are that adorable bishop from Rias Gremory's peerage." Fiyuki complemented. Asia's face went red and she stuttered really hard. She wasn't able to form a sentence. Fiyuki was looking at Asia with an expression which spelt "Awwwwwww"

While on the outside Fiyuki was looking cheerful, on the inside she was thinking with a serious mood. "So this is Asia, from Rias Gremory's peerage, the same peerage where Issei is in. Issei didn't want me to reveal his secret, but does his own peerage know about his absence? Should I tell them Issei comes here?" She was thinking.

"I and Asia have come here as we heard a lot of things about this Library from Asia's king. Would you mind telling us where to start?" Katase asked the librarian

"Oh, sure, why not? That section over there is for history, that section over there is for the basics of many fighting techniques, and that section over there is for supernatural epics and stories." Fiyuki pointed.

"Thank you very much." Said Katase before bowing.

"T-t-t-t-tha-nk y-y-you." Said a stuttering Asia.

She was looking at Asia with an "Awwwwwww" face again, which made Asia even more red. Since Asia was unable to move, Katase had to practically drag her away.

"Those two are really interesting." She thought.

The two were going to the history sections first. They were looking through books to read, while they were greeted by a very familiar voice.

"Ara, Asia, you came here as well? And Katase too?" Said the familiar voice.

Asia turned around in shock. "WHAAA!"

So, Murayama and Katase have been added to Issei's harem. Honestly everybody was expecting that. However, the person Asia and Katase meet might be a shock to some people. And Murayama wields Hauteclere. Just some simple stuff. Hope you enjoyed and, as always, constructive criticism and suggestions are always appreciated :)