"KIRYUU-SAN!"

Asia and Katase were shocked to see Kiryuu in a library which was only available to the people who knew about the supernatural.

"Aika Kiryuu?" Asked Katase.

"Indeed, although I didn't know that you knew about the supernatural, Katase." She gave a curious expression to Katase.

"I-I-I didn't know that you knew about the supernatural either!" Said a surprised Asia.

"Heh…..there was a lot you don't know about me. I know that the entire ORC are devils except for one which is an angel. Rossweisse-chan is a valkyrie and was previously a person serving under the Norse god Odin." She started.

"Wha-" Asia was still surprised.

"And since it seems like Katase over here also knows about the supernatural, I won't have a problem telling you a secret." Kiryuu winked.

"What secret?" Katase asked.

"Well, you know about the 72 devil pillars right?" Kiryuu asked. Both Asia and Katase nodded. "Well, what if I tell you that one family which you all probably thought were extinct, is alive?" Both Katase and Asia Gasped. "My actual name is Kaira Amy." Kiryuu said with a naughty smile. "But please, keep calling me with the name you know. At this point, it will be weird if you called me by my birth name."

"AMY? But that family has been extinct since the great war." Katase was surprised.

"I just told you that…..*Sigh* nevermind. Anyways, you are allowed to tell your peerage about me, since I have just received my evil pieces." Kiryuu said with a smile.

"Evil pieces…..wait, that means?" Asia started

Kiryuu smirked.

"Yes, I am a high class devil. I was a high class devil since I was born, but I didn't receive my Evil pieces till about 3 days ago." Said Kiryuu. "And since Katase isn't a devil yet, what do you say Katase? Do you want to join my peerage?" Asked Kiryuu.

Katase thought for a while. "I…am not ready to give an answer as of now…sorry." Said Katase.

"Good answer. I would have not taken you immediately anyways. I just wanted to see what your reply would be." Said Kiryuu after fixing her glasses. "Anyways, so what brings you here?"

"Ummm, Rias-oneesama said that this Library was well known and had really informative books in it." Said Asia.

"She is not wrong. This is the best library in the entire supernatural. I came here to strengthen my Family power of Fire." Said Kiryuu. "By the way, I haven't seen Issei for a long time. How is he?" Kiryuu asked.

Katase's eyes went wide. She looked at Asia to see that she had a dead expression on her face. She was looking at the floor with hollow eyes. It seemed like she was about to start crying.

"I-Issei-kun is taking a break according to Rias-Senpai. He won't be back for a while and we haven't heard from him." She shrugged awkwardly.

Asia seemed to have regained her composure and nodded.

"I see…" Kiryuu said. "Anyways, I'll be off since I got what I needed, See ya" She waved at both Katase and Asia as she left.

"Who knew that she was a devil, huh Asia?...Asia?" She noticed that Asia wasn't replying.

She was thinking about Issei. Issei never left her mind but it seemed like she was able to recover for a bit. But now Issei was back on her mind and she started forming tears in her eyes. She hasn't seen her beloved Issei for almost 5 months at this point. She longed for her to see her Issei, but knew that it wasn't possible. She quickly managed to recompose herself and replied to Katase.

"Yeah…..who would have thought?" She replied with a forced smile.

Katase knew that she was still hurting inside. She could feel the pain Asia was going through. If she thought that Issei was dead, she wouldn't be able to think straight. She really wanted to tell the ORC about Issei, but she didn't want to break Issei's promise.

"Anyways, Asia, let's go and read something." Said Katase.

"I will take a book on defense magic, I need to be able to defend myself while using my twilight healing. I am already able to use some offensive spells." Asia said.

"Ok then, I'll take the book on sword-wielding." Said Katase.

They took some other books as well such as "Dragons vs The world" and "The Great war".

They took the books to the counter.

"We would like to borrow these books" Said Asia.

"For how long, sweetie?" Asked a cheerful Fiyuki.

"…..I guess a week?" Said Asia.

"Sure, dear. Give your peerage my regards. Tell them I am huge fan!" Said Fiyuki with a smile. This made Asia smile as well.

"I will, Fiyuki-Senpai!" Said Asia.

They took the books and left.

"I can sense that something is wrong. Maybe they haven't heard from Issei in a while?" Fiyuki thought.

Asia was able to teleport back to the ORC room now as she was outside the barrier and knew where the ORC room was.

"So, how was the trip?" Asked Akeno, she was the only one in the room.

Asia and Katase started telling her about their trip. She was listening attentively until they talked about the librarian.

"She was absolutely divine." Said Katase.

"Uhm…..I am afraid to admit it…..but she had a larger chest than even you, Akeno-oneesama." Said a flustered Asia.

Akeno was shocked. She had pride in the size of her chest. But someone having a larger chest than her? And it was not even like Asia said "Uhm…I think that she a slightly bigger chest."…no, she said confidently that she had a larger chest.

"….really?" Asked another female voice who came in through the door. It was Rias.

"Even I am shocked." Said Katase. "But she did have a noticeably larger chest than Akeno-senpai"

Even Rias was shocked. She never thought that anyone would be having a larger chest than Akeno.

"Anyways….." Asia continued to tell her story. "We met Kiryuu-san there as well."

Rias and Akeno's eyes went wide when they heard this. Asia explained to them what Kiryuu said.

"So…the Amy pillar is still alive. I will have to ask my brother about that." Said a thoughtful Rias.

"Kaira Amy? So Aika Kiryuu was an alias." Akeno thought.

"She still wanted to be addressed as 'Aika Kiryuu' though." Said Katase.

"Hmmm, this is truly surprising. Anyways, let's see the books you got." Hummed Rias.


{Scene Change}

It has been a few hours since Issei had been meditating. Ddraig was getting worried.

"[Elisha, are you sure he is ok?]" Asked Ddraig.

"I am positive. He should be out any minute now." Elisa comforted Ddraig.

And indeed, as she said that, Issei's eyes shot open and he started hyperventilating. He immediately fell on the floor as he was insanely tired.

"That…*pant*…..thing…*pant*…..took…*pant*…everything….*pant*….out of me….*pant*…" Said Issei.

"[Partner! What happened?]" Ddraig was concerned.

Issei took a few minutes to re-compose himself.

"Basically, a pixilated form of me started to take over my body. I knew this could have happened so I put my body in meditative mode and went into my mindscape, inside my mindscape. I saw him trying to corrupt everything inside me. He was the strongest opponent I've ever faced, even stronger than Sairaog and MUCH stronger than Shalba. I had to go into my balance breaker to even make him feel anything." Said Issei. "Thankfully I had gotten much stronger and I had a much higher tolerance. I was able to wear my corrupted self out and took him out with Ascalon, thanks to my new Sword-wielding skills." Said Issei.

"Looks like the strongest enemy you will ever fight is yourself." Said Elisha.

"Hello, Elisha. It has been a long time." Said Issei.

"It has." Agreed Elisha.

"[Partner, are you sure you are fine?]" Asked Ddraig.

"You seem to forget that I have extreme regeneration now." Said Issei.

"Honestly Ddraig, how could you be so forgetful." Face palmed Elisha.

"[HEY! It's not my fault I was worried sick for my partner. But yes I should have remembered that Issei had the flesh of Great Red and Ophis inside him.]" Said Ddraig.

"Anyways, it seems like you have mastered the power of Corruption?" Asked Elisha.

Issei created a Tree in his mindscape. He pointed his finger at the tree and the tree immediately pixilated and turned into nothingness.

"I would say so, as once my body has been corrupted, all the spells will come naturally. I will have to practice it to get better though." Said Issei.

"[I have been meaning to ask you, but what do you mean by your body being corrupted?]" Ddraig asked.

"It has got nothing to do with any harm coming to my brain or body Ddraig, so don't worry. Basically, my body being corrupted means that I was subjected to corruption, but I took absorbed the power of corruption and now I am able to manipulate it." Said Issei.

"[I see. So you have got the power of the 666.]" Said Ddraig.

"More or less. It is a much weaker form though." Said Issei.

"Anyways, Issei, you should escape your mindscape now. If you stay here too long your body will start to feel sore." Suggested Elisha.

"Oh yeah." Said Issei. He escaped from his mindscape and went into the real world. The time dome was still up and it seemed like the world outside was still the same although he had been in his mindscape for a couple of hours.

He stood up and stretched his body. He felt really good after stretching. He quickly practiced all his previous skills to brush up and picked up the book about "Fox fire".

"Since I already know Senjutsu and Youjutsu and even a bit of Kasha, this should be not too difficult." Issei thought.

And Indeed, within an hour inside the time dome, he already mastered Fox fire. He then proceeded to learn the advanced spells of Youjutsu and Senjutsu, which he aced in around 30 mins. Holy lightning took an even less amount of time and so did Destruction and Ice magic. After he did everything, he retracted the Time dome and formed a Magic circle which led to the entrance of the library. Issei walked in and saw Fiyuki doing some work on the computer.

"Supernatural beings using computers? This is a first." Said an amused Issei.

"Hey! It makes out things much easier." Retorted Fiyuki.

"Well, here are the books." He put them on the counter.

"Wha…Why am I surprised. You seem to defy every law ever." Sighed Fiyuki, but she was also smiling.

"Anyways, I am not here to get books now. I am wondering if you know how to get to the familiar forest?" Asked Issei.

Fiyuki raised an eyebrow. "You mean to tell me you don't have a familiar?"

Issei chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of his head. Fiyuki just smiled and held his hand. He could feel a transfer of energy.

"There. I just embedded the Coordinates of the Familiar forest into you. You seemed to have already been there once so it should be easy. Just visualize a part of the familiar forest you want to go to, and form a magic circle." Said Fiyuki.

"Thank you so much, Fiyuki. You are truly a great lady." Bowed Issei. Fiyuki started blushing madly. Thankfully Issei didn't see that as he said goodbye to Fiyuki and walked out of the library.

"It's the first time, in my entire life, I have ever been attracted to a guy. I never thought it would have happened, but you really are something else, Issei." She thought with a loving face.

Back at the field.

"[So, finally getting a familiar?]" Asked Ddraig.

"I think it's about time. I would be a failure of a devil if I was this strong and still had no familiar. And besides, it's a full moon night today. I would have to wait almost a whole month." Said Issei. "And besides, Katase and Murayama already told me that they would be busy this week, so I am not expecting anyone to visit me either."

"[Ok then partner]" Said Ddraig.

Issei made a magic portal and went in to the location he last remembered.


{Scene Change}

Issei spawned at the location where he came to when he visited the familiar forest for the very first time. Issei took in a deep breath, reminiscing his memories and started walking. He saw many animals he had seen before, and smiled at them. The animals which were usually very easily frightened, did not run away at the sight of Issei, and the animals that were usually very aggressive, did not attack Issei. Issei gave of this warm aura that the animals could feel and it made look at Issei with curiosity. He kept on walking and walking and reached at another part of the Forest.

"Oh well, looks like a dead end. There is a cave there though, I'll visit that later. Let's go in another direction." He said. He started walking but a voice startled him.

"YOU DARE COME HERE!? ARE YOU WISHING FOR DEATH? If you are, I WILL GLADLY GIVE IT TO YOU!" Said a Draconic voice.

Issei looked back. He was startled, but he didn't show it. He used his senses to sense a Dragon inside a cave. Since caves have a lot of metal in them, strong beings are not able to sense an enemy inside them easily. They would have to concentrate their strength on their sense to be able to sense them.

Issei didn't need to concentrate much of his energy, but he did have to concentrate it in order to sense the dragon. He sensed that the Dragon was a Dragon King.

Huge footsteps were followed by growls. After a few minutes, a Giant blue dragon could be seen.

"[This is…..OH NO, PARTNER GET OUT OF HERE!]" Screamed Ddraig.

Issei listened to what Ddraig said, but he didn't move. He waited for the Dragon to deliver the first strike.

"Oh? So you do not run. Brave, but you just fulfilled your death wish." Said the Dragon.

"Tiamat. The Chaos Karma Dragon King. I am not here to fight." Said Issei in a strong voice.

"You, maybe. But I AM here to fight. The host of Ddraig should know better than to come to this part of the forest." Growled Tiamat.

"What did Ddraig do to you? I suspected that you wanted to fight because you are a dragon, and because power attracts power, but you have some enmity towards Ddraig?" Asked Issei.

"…..YOU DARE ASK ME WHAT DDRAIG DID WRONG?...Fine…..why don't you ask the pathetic Dragon inside you." Tiamat scowled.

"Ddraig, what did you do to Tiamat?" Issei asked,

"[….I know that Tiamat would have enmity towards me…and I know that I did something wrong…but, er, I don't remember it.]" Said Ddraig from the boosted gear.

"….."

"….."

"YOU DON'T REMEMBER!?" Screamed Tiamat. "You know, you should feel guilty. Because of your pathetic ass, your host has to suffer." She said.

"Ok but before you end me, could you at least tell me what Ddraig did to you?" Asked Issei. He genuinely had no clue what Ddraig did to the dragon king. And Ddraig would have told him if he did something so serious.

Tiamat's aura started increasing rapidly.

"grrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR…HE PROMISED ME EGGS! AND THEN HE LEFT TO FIGHT WITH THAT STUPID WHITE DRAGON AND GOT HIMSELF KILLED!" Roared Tiamat with a dark voice.

Issei was stunned for a minute.

"…Ddraig…you absolute Asshole…." Issei looked at his sacred gear and said these words with venom. Even Ddraig was afraid.

"Good to see that you share the same view as me. Unfortunately, I will have to end you right now." Tiamat roared.

"I will deal with you later Ddraig. You better hope I am dead." Issei scowled at his sacred gear. Ddraig would have rather took his chances with Tiamat than with Issei.

A bright light surrounded Tiamat. After the glow ended, a beautiful female could be seen. She had straight and long blue hair. She was wearing a battle suit, similar to Rossweisse but it was blue and much more….revealing. She had extremely well defined assets, similar to Fiyuki. Issei blushed at the sight of such a goddess but then quickly composed himself.

"You are probably the wisest host Ddraig ever had. The least I could do to honor you would be to end you in my human form. A form which I barely show." Said Tiamat with a proud voice.

Issei quickly constructed a barrier around the zone. He knew this would be a big fight.

Tiamat summoned her wings and so did Issei. She was surprised that Issei had two Dragon wings but decided to ignore it. She created a blue dragon sphere and shot it at Issei, who countered it with his own dragon sphere. Tiamat scowled and flew towards Issei at breakneck speed. She delivered a punch to his gut which knocked Issei back a bit. She continued to fly at Issei and attack him with her punches and kicks. But Issei just took in the attacks which Tiamat delivered. She was frustrated as the attacks she delivered had insane amounts of power in it. She decided to use magic. She flung her hand forward and out from her palm came a stream of Ice. She hoped to do insane amounts of damage with this move, but Issei just shattered the whole stream by one punch. Now she was really angry. She flew towards Issei again and created a concentrated Dragon sphere which would surely at least do damage to Issei. He threw it forwards. She was already flying at high speed, and on top of that she used a lot of force to throw it forward. So that dragon sphere was travelling at speeds not even some Ultimate class devils could see. Tiamat was smiling as she thought it was over, but no. Issei just caught the sphere with his hands and threw it at the barrier, which created a HUGE explosion. She was confused, how could he hold her sphere? Tiamat decided to go physical again and attacked Issei with all her might. An ordinary high class devil would have died from a single kick or punch from Tiamat, but Issei kept on taking it head on. Now she was tired. She used a lot of energy on every single attack.

"My turn." Issei said with a challenging face.

Issei flew at Tiamat. He flew at a speed even Tiamat couldn't see. He went up close to Tiamat and waited a bit. Tiamat was startled. Issei then delivered one punch to her gut. A single punch. Tiamat was sent falling towards the ground at insane speeds. Once she hit the ground, a large crater was formed which was about the size of a football field. There was dust flying around everywhere. Once the dust settled, an extremely injured Tiamat could be seen at the middle of the crater. She was gasping for air, was not able to move and had blood coming everywhere.

Issei landed next to Tiamat. She closed her eyes and embraced her fate. She now was thinking about everything that led to this event. Sure, Ddraig was at fault, but she didn't have to seek revenge on Ddraig's host. She underestimated him and now got what she deserved.

"My foolishness got me here….*GASP*…I was thirsty for revenge….*GASP*….and now I have to face death….*GASP*….go ahead….do the deed" She was barely able to take in air. She had tears coming out of her eyes. She had never met someone as strong as this guy. She was, in a way, honored to have been felled by such a strong being.

Tiamat felt light coming out of her right side. She opened her eyes to see that Issei was healing her with Senjutsu. It took some time, but she was completely healed and her blood was completely recovered. She sat upright and took in what just happened.

"Why?...why did you heal me?" She asked Issei. "Why didn't you kill me when I had the chance? And why didn't you attack me at the beginning of the fight? You could have ended me right then and there."

"Because, my lady, my idea was never to kill you. I was testing your strength. I needed to see for myself if the Dragon King of Chaos was as strong as people made out to be, and well, She was. And I could never kill such a pretty and historic figure." Issei told Tiamat with a sincere expression.

Tiamat was taken aback. He addressed her so formally and he called her pretty, something only Ddraig had the balls to do. But, unlike Ddraig, Issei wasn't poisoned with the Idea of fighting. He was sincere, good natured and strong being, something which is extremely rare to find. She also noticed that she couldn't sense Ddraig in him, which surprised her to a great degree. He was powerful enough to suppress an aura inside a sacred gear?

"Well then, Lady Tiamat, take care. I will be off. I am honored to have witnessed such a strong being today." Issei bowed to Tiamat before he was about to leave.

"Wait!..." Tiamat cried.

Issei looked around to see Tiamat in tears. But she was smiling. "You are a wonderful being. Even though you could have ended me in an instant, you didn't, and instead saved me. Although I was poisoned with the idea of revenge, you didn't hold that against me and instead got me rid of that idea….." she started. "….please…..take me with you….."

Issei was surprised. He never would have thought that the strongest dragon king would have asked him to take her.

"My lady…..are you sure?" He asked Tiamat in a concerned tone.

"I have made up my mind. I am willing to give up my pride as a dragon and become a part of another faction to be with you…." She said with hopeful eyes.

Issei couldn't help but be attracted to her. Her sapphire blue eyes were looking at him in such a manner, and on top of that she had in incredibly beautiful body. He smiled at Tiamat.

"Don't worry, I won't subject you to such Dragon torture. But are you sure you want to be with me? The host of Ddraig?" Asked Issei.

"Ddraig was foolish, he was a total battle maniac. But he had a charm which made me attracted to him. You seem to have inherited his charm, but not his battle maniac nature. You are sincere, honest and kind. I don't care that you have Ddraig inside you, I just want to be with you." Said Tiamat.

"Well then. Tiamat, the Chaos Karma Dragon, the strongest Dragon King, would you want to be my familiar?" Asked Issei.

Tiamat looked up in happiness. Her eyes were sparkling. Although she did say that she would have let go of her dragon pride to be with Issei, she didn't want it to be that way. By being a familiar, she could be with Issei and not lose her Dragon pride. She ran towards Issei and kissed him on the lips. Issei was shook for a second, but then he reciprocated the kiss. Issei and Tiamat had the same idea of clashing their tongue with the other for dominance. After around two minutes of clashing, both of them were about to faint of air loss, so they broke the kiss leaving a string of saliva connecting their mouth.

"I will be honored to be your familiar." She said with a loving look on her face.

"Alright then." Issei stepped back and started the familiar pact. After it was over. Tiamat hugged Issei again.

"Thank you, Issei." She said.

"Your welcome, my lady." Issei replied.

Tiamat pouted. "Don't be so formal with me. I am your mate after all." She retorted.

"Sure, Tiamat." He smiled, but his face held a surprised expression after he realized what Tiamat said. "W-wait, d-d-did you say m-m-m-m-mate?" He stuttered.

"Baka, you think I would kiss someone with this much passion unless they are not my mate?" Tiamat pouted.

"Ok, but you do realize I have a harem right?" Issei asked.

Tiamat's face brightened, and then had a lustful expression. "~Well, that makes it much more interesting~" She said in a seductive voice. Issei gulped.

"[Partner, not only did you defeat the strongest Dragon king, who is said to have power greater than the Maous, but also made her a part of your harem. I am proud of you.]" Said Ddraig.

Tiamat just humphed after hearing the voice of Ddraig. "Baka" she said.

"Haha, don't think that your flattery would save you from my wrath. It's time for me to have a….talk…..with you….Ddraig.." Said Issei. Ddraig was scared.

"[Tiamat! Please! Talk some sense into him! PLEASE!]" He pleaded.

"Oh no, Ddraig. You will get what you deserve. And I'm telling you, you would wish that I was your host instead of Issei." Said Tiamat with a naughty grin.

Issei entered his mindscape. His eyes went wide and his body fell down. To Tiamat it looked like his soul had left his body, so she grew worried. She kept on jerking his body and calling his name hoping to wake him up. She started hyperventilating. After about a minute, Issei came out from his mindscape. Tiamat nearly died from stress this whole time.

"ISSEI, YOU BAKA! I THOUGHT YOU DIED." Said a worried Tiamat. She hugged Issei tightly.

"Sorry to worry you, Tiamat. I just went to teach a dragon a lesson." He said.

"[…I am a worthless dragon….I am a worthless dragon…..I am a worthless dragon….I am a-]" Ddraig continued.

Tiamat wanted Ddraig to learn his lesson, but even she grew worried of Ddraig.

"Don't worry, he will be fine after a day or two." Issei said before cutting the link between him and Ddraig. "Anyways, Tiamat. I would love to bring you home, but right now, I am sort of in a weird spot and bringing you there would cause a lot of trouble. I am currently incognito. I request you to please not alert anyone of my presence…..please." He pleaded Tiamat.

"I….understand. I would have liked to go with you, but I understand that you have something going on in your life. Just remember, if you ever need help in anything in your life, I am one summoning circle away." Tiamat smiled.

Issei kissed Tiamat again. "Thank you very much, Tiamat."

Issei then removed the barrier and walked out of that place. He saw the sadness in Tiamat, but she waved back at him.

As he was moving through the forest just out of curiosity, he heard some familiar voices.

"It seems like we have all got out familiars, Kaichou." Issei's went wide when he heard this. His aura was already suppressed, so he sat down close to where that voice was coming from. He could recognize that voice anywhere. It was the queen of the Sitri peerage, Shinra Tsubaki.

He didn't dare to look at the peerage. He didn't know how he would react if he saw them.

"Well then, we should get moving, Rias and her peerage will arrive here soon." This was the voice of Sona.

Issei's eyes went wide. He wasn't ready to face even Sona's peerage. He would go nuts if he saw Rias's peerage. He quietly but quickly made a run for it, which didn't escape the ears of Tsubaki. She started running into the woods.

"Tsubaki!" Sona shouted.

Tsubaki was unusually fast. Issei was faster, but he won't be able to outrun her fast enough to open a magic portal and teleport. He knew he had to use his wings. Issei could run much faster than he was running, but he wasn't able to do so right now because of the thorns in his path.

"Halt!" Shouted Tsubaki.

But suddenly she screamed. "AHHH!"

Issei stopped and looked back. He saw a hydra attacking Tsubaki. Issei knew that if he helped her, his identity would be known, but he couldn't just leave her. He then quickly thought of an idea. He made a time dome around him and the hydra. He hit the hydra and it instantly fainted in one hit. But unknowingly he suddenly contracted the dome as he was so used to contracting the dome as he was done with the work.

"W-who are you…" He heard a sighing Tsubaki, who fainted. It seemed like the poison from the Hydra was spreading through her body at a rapid pace. He could hear Sona and her peerage coming closer. He knew that he had no other choice but to take Tsubaki with him. He made a magic portal and teleported out of there. By the time Sona reached there, there was nothing other than a fainted Hydra.

"Whatever took Tsubaki was strong." Said Saji coldly.

"Spread out." Sona ordered. "We need to find her."

{Scene Change}

"..ugh…wha…where am I?" Tsubaki opened her eyes and was met by a faint green light around her. She looked down to see a person she thought she would never see again.

"I-I-I-ISSEI!?" She screamed, but instantly regretted it. She started groaning from pain.

"Calm down, I am trying to heal your poison, if you scream like that it will make it harder." Issei said while healing her on her leg, as that is where the Hydra bit her. "That Hydra did a number on you."

"All this time…..we thought you were dead…..why didn't you come back?" She asked.

"If I suddenly came back, I don't know what would happen to me. I am not ready to face Rias or Sona's peerage. I need to get strong enough to protect me and everyone I love from any sort of danger, no matter how much of a toll it takes on me. I was barely able to protect them last time." Said Issei. "And there you go, you should be healed."

Tsubaki stood up and her leg was all better again. She looked up to Issei to thank him, but immediately blushed after seeing his face. He was much taller than before, had a handsome face and a smile which would make any girl fall for him. She turned around trying to hide her blush.

"Y-you have changed….." Started Tsubaki.

"Maybe…but that is subjective I guess." Issei said with a warm smile, which intensified Tsubaki's blush.

"Where are we?" She asked. She looked around to see the faint green light. She tried to make out where she was but couldn't.

"Basically we are in a Time dome which slows down time for people inside it. One week inside this dome would approximately be an hour outside." Issei explained. "As for the location, it's a field I have been staying in."

Tsubaki's eyes widened. "Y-y-you learnt Time magic? B-but only gods…." She started.

"Yes, I did. And it took a hell lot of...time." Issei sighed.

"….Well….I guess this is goodbye again for a while. I mean, not that I'll remember it." She said sighing.

"What do you mean?" Issei asked.

"You are going to erase my memories…" She looked down sorrowfully. Issei only smiled at her.

"I could, but I don't like erasing people's memories unless it's really important. I think I can trust you to not spill me secret?" He asked.

Tsubaki's face brightened up. "Y-you can definitely trust me." She said.

"Ok, but I will put a spell on you which will negate the "Truth spell" if someone used it on you. And although I won't erase your memories, I will alter them to anyone who uses the "Memory repeat" spell to view your memory." Issei said.

"But….that's not possible.." Tsubaki looked confused.

"Well…I learnt something known as Corruption Magic." Tsubaki's eyes widened after hearing that. "It will help me to negate the "Truth spell" and the "Memory Repeat" spell." Said Issei.

"Issei…you are truly something…" Tsubaki complimented.

Issei used his corruption magic to alter her memories to anyone else who tries to see it. He also uses corruption magic to negate the truth spell if used on her.

"Well then, I will summon a magic portal and make you unconscious. Your alias will be that you were running after a person who was eavesdropping, got attacked by a Hydra and that person saved you, but you didn't get to see who that person was." He said.

Tsubaki nodded, but then she asked "Why were you even eavesdropping?"

"Well….I came to the forest looking for a familiar and I got one. And as I was strolling through the forest I heard your voice and hid behind some leaves. I was surprised how you heard me even though I was being so quiet." Complemented Issei.

"I guess I have to protect my King and my peerage, so I had my ears open to any sounds." She said with a smile.

"Well then, it was nice meeting you after so long, I guess I would meet you again in-*mmph!*" Issei started but got kissed on the lips by Tsubaki. Issei was extremely stunned, but later reciprocated the kiss. After they broke the kiss, Issei stuttered a bit.

"B-b-b-but I thought that Kiba…" Issei started.

"He was…..until today. I still really like him, but I guess being saved from a near death situation makes you like the person who saved you." She said with a smile.

Issei smiled back. "Well then, now I really feel bad letting you go. Ok, how about this. Katase and Murayama found me a while back and they know that I'm alive. They have kept the secret till now. Next time you see them leave, tell them about this situation and ask them the location where I stay. I will increase your senses so that nobody follows or eavesdrops on your conversation." Issei said as put his hand on Tsubaki's head, making her blush. A light came out of his hands and died quickly. "There" he said.

"Thank you Issei." She bowed.

Issei created a magic circle and faced Tsubaki.

"I will knock you unconscious now. Please don't hate me for this." He said.

Tsubaki only smiled, indicating that he was free to do so.

Issei channeled his ki and held Tsubaki's palm and pressed it in the middle. Tsubaki was knocked unconscious instantly. He took her and place her near in the magic circle. He used another time dome on the circle so that the transportation happens extremely quick. He quickly started the transportation and after about one second when the magic circle was gone, he withdrew both the domes.

{Scene Change}

"Spread out." Sona ordered. "We need to find her."

*Rustle*

Sona heard the rustling of leaves. She looked around to see Tsubaki unconscious slightly ahead of the Hydra.

"TSUBAKI!" She screamed. "Tsubaki wake up!" She was almost in tears.

The entire peerage formed near Sona to see Tsubaki unconscious on the ground. They noticed the bite mark on her leg (Yes, Senjutsu heals scars as well, but Issei specifically chose not the heal the scar this time so that the peerage won't be suspicious). She wasn't moving at all. It didn't seem like she was moving. They all gasped as they thought Tsubaki died from the poison of the Hydra.

"..no...not you too...….Tsubaki….please wake up" Sona was in tears. She started crying lightly on Tsubaki's shoulder.

The peerage was horrified. Tsubaki probably ran into the woods trying to find someone who was about to attack them, but then got caught by the Hydra.

Saji punched the ground so hard that it created a crater.

That shock from the punch woke up Tsubaki. "Wha-…was there an earthquake?"

Sona's face lit up faster than a person getting the most expensive object in the world. "TSUBAKI!" She screamed. She hugged her queen harder than a python.

"Sona-kaichou?" Tsubaki was still shook, but then started to remember what happened and her time with Issei.

"You baka….don't ever do that again!" Sona cried. The peerage seemed to be overjoyed as well. They all came and hugged Tsubaki, except Saji, who only smiled and nodded from afar. Tsubaki nodded back at Saji.

"What happened?" Sona asked, after letting go of Tsubaki.

"I…" She started, and remembered what Issei told her. "….started running as I heard a person behind the bushes where we were talking. I thought he was eavesdropping and planning on attacking us. I heard him running so I ran after him. Until I was attacked by the Hydra. The Hydra bit me and I fell down. The same person came and attacked the Hydra and healed me. I didn't get a good look at the person." She said. She managed to say it in a trembling voice which would help convince the peerage.

"I did feel his aura a bit though. If I were to meet him again I would recognize him." Said Tsubaki. "I would have died if that person didn't save me."

"Please, next time you meet the person, call me. I need to thank him properly for saving my queen." She hugged Tsubaki again.

"I will…kaichou." Tsubaki said.

Sona let go of her queen, smiling and got up. In an instant her smile faded into the face of a leader.

"Tsubaki, your actions were absolutely unprofessional, you could have not only put yourself in danger, but also the entire peerage. For this behavior of yours, you will have to do extra work for the next month, are we clear?" Said Sona.

Hearing Sona's "King" tone, she quickly got up and had her "Queen" face on.

"Hai Kaichou. I will do well to make sure I don't repeat my actions and I accept my punishment." Said Tsubaki.

"Very well, we need to go now. Rias's peerage will only enter as we leave." Said Sona.

With this, Sona made a magic circle which led to the ORC room.

"Finally, what took you so long." Said Rias.

"We were caught up with some….issues, but don't worry, everything is fine." Replied Sona.

"FINALLY, I CAN NOW GET MY FAMILIAR AND SHOW THAT PERVERT WHO IS THE BOSS! HYAA-" Renjiro started, but was stopped as he felt the large amount of killing intent directed at him. As usual, the entire Gremory peerage and even the Sitri peerage were directing their killing intent towards him, but he was surprised to see that it was Tsubaki who directed the most amount of killing intent.

"I have heard from Rias and Sona about how much insults you throw at Issei. I don't know how they tolerate it as I am not able to. You should understand whose place you are taking. If you were to meet the Hakuryuuko, you would not survive even one second. And he was Issei's rival. If you were to meet Sairaog Bael, you would, again, not survive even one second, and Issei DEFEATED him in a battle. So, that 'perv' you are insulting is the strongest member in either of our peerages. You should control your mouth and see where you stand." She spat with venom. Everyone was surprised, even Sona. Then Akeno sighed and spoke up.

"There, you made Shinra Tsubaki, the most composed person in either Rias or Sona's peerage, mad. Are you happy with yourself?" she spat.

Usually Renjiro would talk back and say that he was stronger, but he was never scolded by the Fuku-kaichou ever. So he was dead silent.

"Alright then, Rias. You can go now." Said Sona.

"Thank you Sona, and thank you too Tsubaki for shutting his mouth." Said Rias.

"I don't know how you deal with him." Said Tsubaki.

"You have no Idea." Said Akeno.

Then the Gremory group went inside the magic portal and the portal closed.

"That was a lot of venom coming from you, Tsubaki. Are you sure you are not a Hydra?" Joked Saji.

"Even I am surprised Tsubaki." Said Sona.

"I just have a tough time with people who don't know where they stand in the world. Remember the earful I gave to you, Saji, after you boasted that you took 4 pieces while Issei looked like he only took 1?" Said Tsubaki with a deadly smile.

Saji got shivers down his spine. "Don't. Remind. Me…." He said. He is usually very cold nowadays, but that event still manages to haunt him.

Sona looked at Tsubaki curiously. She could tell Tsubaki was telling the truth…but something seemed off.


This chapter had a lot of progress. Many people were probably expecting Tiamat, but not many were expecting Kiryuu and Tsubaki...at least I think, I might be completely wrong and it would have been the other way around. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and as always, Constructive criticism and suggestions are always appreciated :)