Hi. I have been really busy these few days so I wasn't able to write much. I will also be extremely busy for the next few days as well. I'm sorry to say, but I might have to put this oh halt:( I wish it didn't come to such a point, but it did and I'm sorry.
"I can't believe I failed to get a familiar." Said a sorrowful Renjiro.
"Relax. Issei has also not gotten a familiar yet." Said Akeno with a sigh. If you couldn't tell already, Akeno REALLY hates Renjiro. Although, on the flip side, Renjiro has a huge crush on Akeno. He never shows it, but he was always attracted towards Akeno. Her being harsh on him turns him on slightly. He wasn't a masochist, but he kind of liked it when Akeno gets mad.
"YEAH, THAT MEANS HE IS NO BETTER THAN ME!" Renjiro screams. Akeno just sighs and gives up. While Renjiro was screaming in joy, she sat down on a rock near her and thought about Issei. Oh the good times she had with him. She always enjoyed teasing him in from of Rias. She enjoyed Rias's reaction, but she enjoyed Issei attention more. He was her cute underclassman. She loved being complemented by Issei. Issei helped her get over her past and now she is on good terms with her father. He was the first guy she was ever interested in. She started forming tears in her eyes as she started thinking about Issei. Suddenly, she felt someone hug her from behind. She thought it was Rias, but then realized that it was Xenovia. Xenovia was really quiet ever since the incident. She and Irina used to gossip among themselves really often. Although they still stay together, they both have stopped talking much.
"Xenovia…." She started, but couldn't continue as she started sobbing.
Xenovia sat down beside her.
"You have been able to stay relatively calm this whole time, Xenovia…" Akeno started after she stopped crying. "..I guess Issei's death didn't affect you much, after all, you weren't with him from the beginning." Akeno said with a sad smile. She heard sobbing, and as she turned around, she saw Xenovia crying. She had barely ever seen her crying.
"You have no idea how bad I was hurt after I heard the news….I stopped talking so as to not break down completely. I found some amount of joy while talking to Katase and Murayama along with Irina, but it was still very little compared to the huge hole my heart had. Issei helped me through everything. He saved my ass so many times that I can't even count them. At first, I just wanted him to have strong kids, but then I realized how great of a guy he was. He was the first person I had ever felt such feeling towards. The first guy I liked died protecting us, protecting me. AND I COULD DO NOTHING!" She screamed, and then started crying again.
Akeno saw the amount of pain she was in and decided to hug her. She didn't have any words to say. She couldn't say that "we will find Issei" cause, well, he was dead. She couldn't say that "It will be all better in due time" cause, well, it won't.
"Xenovia…..I am sorry, I have no words to comfort you…I don't think anyone could comfort us ever again….." She started shedding tears, but did not cry.
Xenovia stopped crying after a while. "It is fine, Akeno. You embracing me is more than enough. Thank you." She said.
Akeno never knew Xenovia was in this much pain. She always thought that Rias, Asia and her were the three who were affected the most. But now she realized that everyone was affected equally. Everyone was hurting just as bad as the other. No one was free from the pain the other was experiencing. She and Xenovia hugged for a while. As she let go of the hug, she saw that Xenovia fell asleep. She must have let out all of the emotions she had bottled up this whole time and got really tired. She smiled at Xenovia and proceeded to carry her on her back.
She came back to the group, carrying Xenovia with her. Everyone looked at her and was shocked to see Xenovia on her back.
"She let out a lot of emotions right now. It's best if we let her rest. It's best if we all rest right now." She said. She could really see the pain in everyone now, except Katase and Murayama who were confused, but she couldn't blame them as they didn't know, also Renjiro but she chose to ignore him.
Everyone nodded after they understood what Akeno implied. After going back through the magic circle, they saw Ravel and Irina asleep in the couch. Their eyes were red and had wet lines under them. They were probably crying as well. They didn't have the heart to wake them up. Everyone went to their homes, except Akeno who carried Xenovia back to her house. She quietly got the key from Xenovia's pocket without disturbing her, and opened the apartment door. She put her in her bed. She was about to leave, but couldn't go seeing Xenovia in such a position. Xenovia looked hurt, even when she was sleeping. Looks like there was a lot in her which she didn't let out. Since the bed was too small, Akeno decided to go into her room, take a spare mattress and pillow, take it to Xenovia's room and decided to sleep on the floor. She seemed to have made a sisterly bond with Xenovia.
{Scene Change}
Issei was about to go bed. He brought out a mattress and a pillow from the pocket dimension and put it down. He created a barrier around him which prevented bugs from coming in and prevented people from seeing him sleep there. He wasn't scared of bugs, but he would still feel uncomfortable when they would crawl over him. As he pulled the blanket on himself, he noticed the clothes he was wearing. He was able to freshen up daily thanks to water magic, but he felt that he needed to change his clothes.
"Ddraig, remind me to do something about money. I really need new clothes." He said.
"[…..I am a worthless dragon…I am a worthless dragon….I am a wor-]" Ddraig repeated.
"Oh yeah, I forgot…ahh whatever. Clothes aren't the biggest issue right now." He said before cutting the link with Ddraig and falling asleep.
When Issei woke up, he felt something odd. Something he hadn't felt forever.
"SHIT! I need to go to the toilet!" He thought.
He quickly freshened up and brushed his teeth using water magic and toothpaste which was given to him by Murayama. He stored all the things he got in his pocket dimension. He then quickly created a magic portal which led to the Library. He went in hurried without greeting Fiyuki and went to the bathroom.
After coming out….he felt great.
"Ahh….that felt good. I must've stored up a lot." Issei said.
As he reached the counter, he saw Fiyuki looking at him with a confused face.
"Sorry, I really needed to go to the toilet. I haven't went ever since I was re….er….on my trip." He said. That shocked Fiyuki.
"Haven't you been on your trip for about 5 months?" She asked,
"Hehe….." Issei replied. Fiyuki rolled her eyes.
"You know that is extremely bad for your health." Fiyuki lectured.
"Yes yes, sorry…~Mommy~" Issei teased Fiyuki.
Fiyuki went red like never before. She was a complete tomato. She was stumbling and couldn't stand straight.
"Jeez, I just teased you lightly." Issei was surprised.
"D-d-d-don't toy with a girl's emotions.." Fiyuki retorted.
"Hehe…anyways, don't we have our challenge tomorrow?" Issei asked.
Fiyuki re-composed herself and smiled challengingly. "We do, and I have been training for it." Said Fiyuki.
"By the way, are we allowed to use our familiars?" Issei asked.
Fiyuki thought about it for a while.
"Although you do have the aura and of a devil and that is what allowed you to get a familiar in the first place, that kind of defeats the purpose of it being a 1v1, but I do suppose that a familiar is technically part of your power although you are technically a dragon…." She kept thinking.
"It's fine. I only asked if I could use them so as to use them in dire situations. I won't be using them throughout." Said Issei.
Fiyuki smirked. "Oh, quite confident I see. Well then, you are allowed to use your familiar." Said Fiyuki
Issei gave a challenging grin and nodded at Fiyuki. He wanted to go inside the library to learn new spells, but thought that it was pointless as of now and he should just practice the spells he knows. He went out of the library, created a magic circle and teleported back to his field. He thought he would create and time dome and practice his powers. But his plans were cancelled as he saw Katase, Murayama and surprisingly Tsubaki sitting on the field he was living in.
{Flashback}
Rias had just dismissed the ORC. Murayama and Katase were about to go when they heard a voice stop them.
"Murayama, Katase, may I have a word with you two?"
Murayama and Katase turned around to see that it was Tsubaki. They were surprised.
"Shinra-senpai, what do you want to talk to us about?" Asked Murayama.
Tsubaki was about to say something, but sensed that Sona was following her from behind. She was actually pretty far and was using magic to enhance her vision. Tsubaki wouldn't have noticed this without the super sense she received from Issei. As she sensed that Sona was spying on her, she felt like a needle went through her heart. Sona always trusted Tsubaki. She never inspected Tsubaki as she trusted Tsubaki with her work. Her spying on Tsubaki now made Tsubaki uneasy, but she knew why she did this.
"It is about a project of yours, please follow me." Said Tsubaki, she started walking out of the ORC building. Katase and Murayama were confused, but followed her nonetheless. Sona stopped her magic and got closer physically. But as she went out of the building, she was angered to find that Tsubaki and her group had left already.
"Hmmm." She hummed angrily. She later sighed and walked away.
However, what she failed to notice was that Tsubaki, Katase and Murayama were standing right in front of her eyes. Tsubaki used Mirror Alice paired with her new sense to completely hide her and the two. She motioned for the two to keep quiet, which they did, although they were quite confused.
As she sensed that Sona was no longer near, she broke the camouflage.
"Ok, so…basically…I want you both to lead me to Issei." She said in a slightly quiet voice.
Katase and Murayama's eyes went wide for a second. "W-w-what d-do y-y-you mean? I-I-Issei is on a b-b-break according to R-r.." Murayama started.
"I know Issei's secret. I met him yesterday. He saved my life. I owe him a great deal. While leaving Issei altered my memories a bit so that even though I would remember them as they were, people trying to look inside my memories wont. Since even he seemed to have no idea where he was, he told me to ask you two about Issei's location. I want to help him." Said Tsubaki.
Katase and Murayama's eyes went even wider. Tsubaki was aware of Issei?
"O….ok, we will lead you there." Said Katase.
"Thank you very much!" She seemed really happy and bowed down.
{Flashback end}
Issei just finished explaining the story to Katase and Murayama.
"That's why Shinra-senpai spat so much venom towards Renjiro-kun yesterday." Realized Murayama. Katase nodded along with her.
Issei gave a confused look to Tsubaki, who just looked on the ground and scowled.
"That guy didn't know where he was in the world, I really despise people like that." She spat.
Issei just chuckled. "Well, on the topic of Tasuki-kun, has he improved?" He asked Katase and Murayama.
"Well, if by improvement you mean he got a TINY bit better at complaining, then yes, he has improved." Sighed Katase.
"I can't believe how useless he was. Rias-senpai told us that you also didn't have a familiar, but the way he treated those animals….." Said Murayama.
Issei sighed at Renjiro's actions, but then he smirked.
"Well, I USED TO not have a familiar." Said Issei.
"Yeah, you didn't tell me what your familiar was." Asked Tsubaki.
"Well, she's a dragon." Said Issei.
Katase and Murayama were slightly surprise while Tsubaki just gave a confused look.
"Well…..how about I introduce her to you all." Said Issei. He formed a familiar portal on the ground. Out of it came out a bright green light. It almost blinded the three girls so they had to cover their eyes with their hands.
After the light ended, a beautiful woman with a blue battle suit, straight-long and blue hair, and insane assets.
Katase and Murayama blushed at the sight of such a gorgeous woman. Tsubaki did too, but she then fixed her glasses on her face, as if trying to remember where she saw this figure.
"Some friends of yours, Issei?" Asked the figure. Her voice was so attractive, it made Murayama and Katase blush even further. They looked at their own body and sighed.
"Indeed. Katase, Murayama, Tsubaki, this is-" Issei started before getting cut off by Tsubaki's gasp.
Her eyes looked like they had slightly come from of her sockets. She gasped so hard that she toppled backwards from the rock she was sitting on. She got up and kneeled down at comical speeds.
"Tiamat. The Chaos Karma Dragon. Your Highness, I am honored to meet you. I am also honored to be greeted by your human form." Said Tsubaki in a strong voice.
"Wait….Tiamat? THE Tiamat? The strongest of the five dragon kings?!" Excalimed Murayama.
Tiamat only laughed. "Fufu….I didn't know I was this popular."
"MURAYAMA!" Hissed Katase. Murayama looked down to see that Katase was kneeling down. Murayama gasped and quickly knelt down as well.
"At ease, you all." Said Tiamat, smiling. They girls got up, blushing slightly. "If you treat me in this way, you all should be treating Issei like he the God. He defeated me in one hit. And that was me at my strongest, while Issei was severely holding back."
The girls' jaws were on the floor. They immediately looked towards Issei, who was smiling awkwardly.
"Please, keep treating me like you have been. I don't mind, really." He said waving his hand frantically. He didn't like the idea of him being treated like royalty by his girlfriends.
"Fufu…..and please, treat me like your friend as well." Said a smiling Tiamat. The incident with Issei seemed to have changed her greatly.
"O-ok then, Tiamat-sama." The three girls said. Tiamat giggled.
"Anyways, you three should get to know Tiamat better. I need to be somewhere. Let's just say I have some…unattended business to finish." Said Issei, in a strong tone towards the end.
"Issei, remember, if you ever need me…." She started before getting kissed by Issei on the lips.
"I know Tiamat. Don't worry, I will be fine." Said Issei, smiling lovingly towards Tiamat. That smile never failed to make any girl blush.
The three girls spectating the events were jealous, but didn't dare say it out loud. Even though they knew Issei wouldn't do anything, they were still scared of Tiamat even though she already told them that she is a friend.
Issei then created a magic circle, and went off somewhere.
"Tiamat-sama, I have read some of your great battles in books, but I would really like to hear it from you and your experience." Said Tsubaki with slightly shining eyes.
Tiamat was shocked, but then smiled at Tsubaki. "I guess those battles were really great huh. Well then, where do I begin…."
{Scene Change}
Issei was now in the underworld. He spawned close to an abandoned building. It was extremely rusted. There were plants growing everywhere and all the wood had gone moldy. Issei took in a deep breath, regretted it, and went in the building. Just as he opened the door, he felt extremely uneasy. He immediately put on a mask around his head, something which he had learnt to do after the encounter with Tsubaki. He completely changed his aura so that it was that of a Devil. If it was that of a human, then there would be problems. He also changed the signature of his aura, so that anyone with strong aura sense didn't recognize him. He walked around. He saw many chemical tubes, most of which where broken and there was stuffed spilled on the floor. He saw many papers filled with chemical formulas, most of which he didn't understand as they used complex substance Issei has never read about. "I really need to brush up on my studies." He thought to himself. He looked around and saw that it was mostly the same. As he was walking, he reached a table. In the table, there were many papers full of chemical formulas and diagrams, most of which had blood stains on them. He wasn't bothered by blood at this point. There was a journal on the table, named "Experiments". There was a dangerous aura coming out from it. He was about to touch the book, before he sensed a presence. It was someone he knew. He decided to ignore them, however. He proceeded to touch the book. His hands went forward and just barely touched the book.
Just as he did, his body felt as if he was shocked by a thousand volts of holy lightning. His eyes went wide and his head went upwards. His veins started to show and his heartbeat was pulsing insanely fast.
In his brain, he could only see scenes which looked as if they were out of a horror film.
*AHHHHH!*
*Please don't do this. NOOOO!*
*..no more…please…..AHHHHHHHHHHHH!*
He heard blood curling screams. He saw figures which looked like they died five times over. They had blood oozing out of every part of their body. Their clothes were drenched in blood. They were begging the person to stop. Issei was looking at the events that transpired through the person's POV. He continued hearing those muscle twisting screams.
Issei's actual body was shaking. His breath was becoming cold and it seemed like the blood supply to his limbs were cut off.
Back in his brain. Every one or two seconds, a new scene appears with the familiar screams and the repeated pleading. He felt like he was inside a horror film scarier than any horror film he has ever seen. Who would do this? Who would do such cruel things to people?...They would do such things….for power. Issei could sense that the people he were experimenting on were insanely strong. The amount of power they had easily surpassed the Maous. But they were unable to use it as it caused them excruciating amounts of pain. To fix that, they person was doing even more experiments on them which caused them even more amounts of pain.
"AHHHHH!" there was a scream.
The figure who screamed suddenly fell on the ground.
"….Now that you have received this, Time to give it to your SISTER!" The person said in a maniacal voice.
The person went towards a small child who was weeping rivers out of her eyes. She was so small! There is no way she would be endure this amount of pain, she would die!
The person went closer and closer to the child, who was backed into a corner. Just as the injection was about to go in…
"NOOOOO!" The figure who was experimented on, suddenly got up and flared their power. They jumped onto the person, from whose POV Issei was watching, and started scratching the heck out of that person.
The person screamed in pain. As the person fell down, they looked up to see the figure. The figure was in the dark, but their golden eyes were shining menacingly. With one swift strike, the person whose POV Issei was watching from, died.
Issei's own body was trembling. It seemed like blood flow was completely stopped to many parts of his body. Even Ddraig was petrified. As the person died. Issei quickly felt a huge wire snap in his brain. Although there was nothing that snapped inside his brain, Issei did feel something, and it hurt like crazy. He quickly threw the book away and held his head with both of his hands. He knelt down in order to cope with the pain. He could feel that it was the same amount of pain that those people went through. Issei was much stronger than the people who were experimented on, and yet even he was having a hard time dealing with the pain. The amount of pain that the people must have went through…
"Yes….that was exactly the same amount of pain that went through us…" Said a feminine voice.
Issei shook his head and looked stood up. The pain was still there, but he managed to cope with it. He looked up to see a familiar person.
"He used to experiment on us like this daily. The stuff you just saw were some of them. The amount of pain I felt that day still hurts me today. Not just mentally, but physically as well. That experiment that my master conducted on me still remains inside me to this day, and it hurts like shit. My master cursed his journal with a spell which makes the people who touched the journal, go through those memories. Any ordinary High class devil or fallen angel would have died going through those memories, but it seems like you are quite the being." Said the voice.
Issei managed to deepen his voice so that the figure won't recognize him.
"Toujou Kuroka. I am deeply sorry for what your master did to you and your sister." Said Issei.
"Oh? So you know me? Well, I accept your apology. Too bad I am here to kill you." Said Kuroka after flaring her aura.
"Toujou Kuroka, I am not here to fight." Said Issei.
"Anybody who has ever come here was in close association with my master. They have always tried to use my masters experiments on their own peerage. Either they have died after touching the journal, or were killed by me. I WON'T LET ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCE WHAT I AND MY OLD PEERAGE DID!" She screamed as she jumped towards Issei.
Issei managed to dodge quickly. His aim was to get out of here. He ran at the windows but was stopped by Kuroka who came in front of him and blasted a sphere full of concentrated Ki. Isse only dodged it and went back. He again went behind him to reach the back door, but Kuroka stopped him again. She used Senjutsu to stun Issei's legs. Issei was only stunned for a second, but was able to regain his composure.
"Why do you run? COME HERE AND FIGHT!" She screamed. She had Anger in her eyes. Her past experiences were fueling her.
If Issei fought her, she would not stand a chance. He might accidentally end up killing her, so he refrained from fighting. Issei was looking around for an exit, but while he was looking around, a ball of Ki was fired at his face, breaking the mask and pushing Issei back. Issei's head was down, so Kuroka was not able to see his face.
"Well? Show your face. If you are going to die anyways, at least have some dignity to face me with your head held high." She screamed.
Issei had his eyes closed. He knew he was in a tight spot. He tried forming a time sphere, but the chemical gasses in the room seemed to corrupt his time sphere to make it unusable. He knew he had no other choice. He slowly lifted his head, keeping his eyes closed. Once his head was lifted, he opened his eyes to see a shocked Kuroka.
Her eyes went wide, and it seemed like she had tears forming on her left eye.
"….no….." she whispered.
"I am sorry Kuroka." Issei said before channeling his Ki.
Kuroka felt him channeling Ki and was even more surprised. She gasped.
With blinding speed, Issei was right in front of Kuroka. Kuroka gasped as she had no time to react. Issei only tapped her forehead lightly with his thumb. Kuroka was immediately knocked unconscious.
Issei sighed. "I am truly sorry Kuroka. I am not here to use you masters experime….." He stopped as he realized something. He went to the cursed journal. He put his hand on top of it and started corrupting it. The book started glowing orange and black and it started pixelating. After a few seconds, the book returned to normal. There was however a black cloud-like structure next to it. This was the curse. Issei used magic to create a counter spell. The spell itself could easily be countered, but since it was bound to an object the counter spell was rendered useless as the curse was basically the book itself, and there was no counter spell to a 'book'. The spell and the counter spell clashed and neutralized each other. Issei then opened the book to see the experiments. He was disgusted at some of the experiments after looking at the chemicals used.
"No wonder it hurt them like crazy, these things are corrosive as hell!" He screamed internally.
He was flipping through the pages, until he saw a page on Nekomata. He studied the experiment.
"I see, so this basically snaps a limiter in a Nekomata's heart which is usually snapped with growing age." Thought Issei. Issei noticed that Ddraig wasn't speaking even though he was un-petrified at this point. Ddraig was broken for a while due to Issei having a 'talk' with him, but he was fine now. Issei realized that Ddraig was probably extremely disgusted by this man's actions and decided not to speak so as to not burst out in anger.
Issei then proceeded to create some chemicals with magic. He reverse engineered the experiment to create a counter dose.
"Since by this age Kuroka's limiter would have been snapped already, she won't gain the limiter back. But this should help the burn in her heart to fade away." Thought Issei.
He wrote a note on some paper that Issei tore from the journal and put it on Kuroka's unconscious body. He was about to inject the dose into Kuroka's hand, but realized that it would probably be better if Kuroka did that herself. His initial goal was to come here to help Kuroka and Koneko by finding some counter doses to the experiments which their master conducted. It seemed like Koneko fortunately did not go through any experiments, thanks to Kuroka. And he managed to help Kuroka, although it was not as smooth as he expected it to be. He picked up Kuroka and put her outside the abandoned building. He put a barrier around her so that no one would see or sense her until she woke up. Issei created a magic circle.
{Timeskip, around an hour}
"…ugh….wha…." Kuroka just woke up.
She started to remember the events that took place. Her heart started beating faster.
"Issei is….alive? T-then w-why didn't he come back!? Everyone including me were heartbroken. Why didn't he-" She started with a panicking voice, until she saw a piece of paper and a syringe on her belly.
She picked up the note.
"Kuroka.
I am extremely sorry for the events that took place today. You must have a lot of questions, but let me just start off by saying that I came there looking for a cure to your 'disease'. I also thought that Koneko had a 'disease' similar to yours, but, you saved her. And I am forever grateful to you for that. The syringe has the cure to your 'disease'. I know that you might not trust me, so I am leaving the syringe to you, so that you can put it in IF you wanted to. Now, for the questions you must be having regarding my disappearance. Yes, I am alive and that is thanks to Great Red and Ophis, but I was knocked out for almost 4 months. After I woke up, I wasn't able to bring myself to face my peerage or anyone I was close to. I felt that I needed to be much stronger in order to protect everyone I am close to, as I only barely managed to save everyone last time. That is why I have not returned. I would be really grateful if you could keep it a secret from everyone. Please take care of the Vali team, and Koneko. I hope the syringe works since I am not too good with chemicals…heh. Don't worry, the worst that could happen is it doing nothing. I really hope you have it in your heart to forgive me about the events that transpired today.
With much love.
Issei.
Kuroka started crying after she read the note.
"You stupid, baka, dumb, no brained, absolute bastard…." She sobbed. "…..I love you…" She smiled. She hugged the letter tight and picked up the syringe. She injected it in her arm. She pushed the cure inside. After a few seconds, she took out the syringe. For the first time in a decade, she felt completely fine. Her eyes widened as she noticed that the burn in her heart has faded completely. She felt…..good. She started crying again.
"…..please come home quick Issei…" She said while sobbing tears of joy.
"Kuroka? What happened?" Asked a silver haired male.
"Oh, Vali…" She said while rubbing her tears, "nothing happened…..I just came here cause I thought that someone came here again. And as I came near this building, for some reason, some old memories of mine came back." She lied.
"…" Vali only analyzed her. She managed to hide the note and the syringe in a patch of grass behind her.
"Ok then, let's go back. We have training to do." Said Vali.
Kuroka nodded her head. She took one good look at the building before leaving with Vali.
{Scene Change}
Issei entered his field with his magic circle. Issei was going to meditate for a while to recompose himself from the horrifying scenes he witnessed. But as Issei looked up, he saw Katase and Murayama sleeping on Tiamat's lap, while Tsubaki was sleeping on her shoulder.
Issei raised an eyebrow at Tiamat.
"Fufu…..they were really interested in my experiences. As I told them my experience, it seems like they thought they were watching it happen live. At the end, they got tired and dosed off on the most comfortable place they could find." Tiamat was stroking Katase and Murayama's hair.
Issei chuckled slightly. "Glad to see you have gotten along with them just fine."
"Yeah, we have. I guess now it will be even better when we….~share you in bed~" teased Tiamat.
Issei went red for a second. Before shaking his head to re-compose himself.
"Fufu….you get flustered too easily Issei" She laughed.
"Hey! When a beautiful woman is teasing you, you are bound to blush." Retorted Issei, to which Tiamat blushed.
"*Yawwwwnnn*…ahh, I guess I should get some sleep as well." Said Issei.
"Ok, come here, I will be your pillow." Said Tiamat happily.
"..but those three are already on your lap and shoulder…." Said Issei.
Tiamat smirked. Issei went really red as he realized what Tiamat ment.
"N-n-n-no w-way! I c-c-can't do t-t-that to y-you!" Issei stuttered.
"Owh come on, are you seriously going to decline this offer?" Tiamat looked at him with a smirk.
Issei sighed sat down close to Tiamat. Before he could even say anything, Tiamat used her hands and brought Issei's down to her breasts. Issei went really red at first, but soon found it…rather comfortable. Her breasts were big. Bigger than Akeno and Rias's breasts, but not as big as Fiyuki's. It was also really, REALLY soft. He snuggled into her breasts and fell asleep immediately. Her breasts were comfier than any pillow. She let out a moan as she felt Issei snuggling into her breasts. She bit her lower lip.
"Even though you are asleep, you still manage to charm women." She thought to herself. After a bit, she fell asleep as well, and the fire they put down on the ground went out.
{Timeskip, the next day}
"ISSEI!" Issei woke up to three people calling out his name.
"My my, you three…" Tiamat started as Issei started waking up. He got up from her breats, much to her displeasure, and rubbed his eyes.
"Good morning Tiamat." He said in a sleepy voice while still yawning.
"I am sorry you had to wake up like that, Issei." She said with a sad expression.
Issei looked around to see Katase, Murayama and Tsubaki staring at him with a red face.
"Such indecency." Said Tsubaki.
"Issei-kun! I thought you changed." Said Murayama.
"Do I have to bring my kendo stick already." Sighed Katase.
Issei then realized what they were talking about. His face went red.
"T-t-this is n-n-not what you-" Issei started.
"Rather than being mad at Issei, you three seem to be jealous of me." Teased Tiamat.
The three girls went even more red and looked to a different position on the ground, confirming what Tiamat said.
"Also, you three should have let Issei rest. I can tell that he has not slept well for days now, only around 4-5 hours a day at most. Also, I am the dragon of chaos. I can tell when a person has been through a ton of chaos, and last night, Issei was in a place where if any of you were to be in, you would have died." Scolded Tiamat.
The three looked down in shame. "We're sorry." They said together.
"It's fine. Tiamat, you don't have to be harsh on them." Issei told Tiamat.
"You are right, I have to be harsh on you. Why have you not slept well these days?" She asked Issei in a worried tone .
"Well, I was practicing a lot these days. I get up early by myself and I don't feel the need to go to sleep. But thanks to you, I had a great sleep. I saw some really horrible things yesterday, but thanks to you, I didn't dream of said horrible things." He lied. He had the worst nightmare ever. But the sensation of the 'pillow' he was on made him feel much better after he woke up.
"[He is lying. I am sorry Issei, but the nightmare you had can make people commit suicide. I won't let you lie in such a way.]" Ddraig said in an emotionless voice.
Issei looked at his boosted gear with an expressionless face (-_-).
The girls looked at Issei with worry.
"Issei! Is what Ddraig telling true? Did you really have such a nightmare." Asked a worried Murayama.
"It's fine, you all. You don't have to worry, I am not going to go commit suicide after being surrounded by such pretty girls." Issei smiled.
This made the girls relieved, but only a little bit. They were worried for Issei.
"Anyways, you three should be off. Even though it's a Sunday, your parents and friends are probably worried." Said Issei. The girls quickly realized that and went off after waving to Issei and Tiamat.
"Issei…..are you sure you are fine? You seemed to have went through a lot yesterday. Even that pathetic dragon inside you is extremely emotionless." Tiamat was worried.
"Yesterday was…..a lot to take in. I want to erase my memories from yesterday, but it is reminder for me that there are really vile people in this world who must be eliminated." He said in a serious tone as he looked down at the ground.
The nightmare Issei had was truly horrifying. He really doesn't want to think about it.
Tiamat hugged Issei. "Issei, you know that you can talk to me about anything."
"I know, Tiamat." Issei hugged her back.
After a few minutes of hugging, they left each others' embrace.
"Anyways, Tiamat, I am afraid I will have to send you back again. Not because I don't want you here, but because it might be an issue if you stay here. You are not able to block your aura completely so I have to make an aura barrier around us. Any High class devil could feel your aura. And also, the familiar master might be worried that you might have gone on a rampage." Said Issei.
Tiamat sighed but nodded. Issei created a familiar circle and transported Tiamat back to the familiar forest.
"So, now I have the fight with Fiyuki." He said to himself.
Issei made a magic portal and teleported to the entrance of the library. As he got there, he was surprised to see Fiyuki there, waiting for him.
"So, you have finally come?" Asked Fiyuki. She was giving a cold smirk to Issei.
"I indeed have." Issei smirked back, "Shall we go towards the field?" He asked.
"Let's go." Said Fiyuki.
Fiyuki led Issei towards the back of the library. When Issei initially looked at the place, he was really confused. It was covered with plants. There were many creepers on the ground and climbers on the walls. Plants had really taken over this place.
Looking at Issei's confusion, Fiyuki smirked. She clapped her hands twice. As soon as she did, the plants started contracting. They were slithering away into the wilderness. As the plants slithered away, they revealed a massive field. The ground was emitting an aura that Issei could tell was "Promotion aura". Basically, any devil pawns would be able to promote on this ground. Although Issei no longer had his pawn pieces and was technically a Dragon, he still had an aura of a devil and eight devil wings. But he didn't have his pawn pieces which meant that he couldn't promote.
"Well then, should we get started?" Asked Fiyuki.
"Yeah, we should." Replied Issei.
Issei and Fiyuki went to opposite sides of the field. As they reached there they turned to face each other and bowed to each other. After they finished bowing, Fiyuki instantly got into her fighting stance.
Issei could feel Fiyuki channeling her Youkai-energy, but it was not into an attack. A small light started coming out of her head and back. Issei was confused at first, but then he realized. Fiyuki just summoned her fox-ears and nine tails. Fiyuki was a Kyuubi Kitsune, so going into this form makes her much stronger.
"Wow, she was already strong, but now she is even stronger." Issei thought to himself.
Fiyuki started to make illusions of her. They starts surrounding Issei on all sides. They all looked exactly alike and most Ultimate-class beings would not be able to sense the real one at all. Fiyuki and her clones started to attack Issei. Fiyuki used Youjutsu to make her stamina and speed higher costing her defense, kind of light a Knight promotion but much stronger. She conjured a sphere of reverse flow which would reverse the flow of blood in the user's body. This is usually fatal as the body can't handle this sudden change in its blood flow, and if a person is able to survive then they would be out cold for at least a few weeks, and that is if you are an exceptionally strong being. She ran at speeds which broke the sound barrier. Just as she reached Issei, she used Youjutsu again to transfer energy from her stamina and speed into defense and attack, sort of like a rook promotion. She covered her fist with the sphere of reverse flow and punched Issei right on the chest. The punch alone would kill an Ultimate class being easily, and if it didn't, the Sphere of reverse flow would. The ground beneath the impact broke to crumbles. Thankfully this ground was made out of magic so that it would regenerate immediately, but the parts which broke created a huge cloud of dust which, if there was no barrier, could be seen by the entirety of Kyoto. As the dust started filling up her field of vision, she quickly put her energy into speed and jumped back. As she landed, she was smirking, waiting for Issei to deliver his blow as she thought he could take it. After a bit, she noticed that Issei wasn't attacking. She gave a confused look towards the direction where Issei was. After the dust settled, her competitive face was filled with the look of horror. She saw Issei's body lying on the ground with a pool of blood surrounding him. His eyes were shot open with no life in them. There was a massive hole in his chest with blood oozing out from it. He wasn't breathing and Fiyuki couldn't sense his life force inside his body. Fiyuki just realized what she had done. Issei was no doubt strong, but he was still just a child. There was no way he would have been able to withstand such power, even though she didn't use it at its max power. Her body started trembling at the realization that she killed him. She thought she was fighting with a being in the top 25 and used a serious amount of power in her move. Issei could have been so much stronger and could have known so much from this challenge, but she over used her powers.
"ISSEI!" She screamed out in horror. She ran towards Issei's body and knelt down, ignoring the pool of blood that stained her legs. She held his hand and used her powers to sense even use the little amount of life he had in him to revive him. As she did that, she felt like the life got sucked out of her. She started hyperventilating at first, and then started sobbing.
He was gone.
