Disclaimer: I don't own highschool dxd

Warning: Rated M for dark and sexual themes so don't read if your a light hearted reader

Here's the next chapter. I'll see about writing more later but I got a few things I'm hoping to get updated by the end of the year so don't know when I'll get to work on the next chapter.

Issei stared intently at the man that he had only recently been in a life or death battle with a look of distrust and unease. All the man did in return was look at Issei. He looked about the same as ever but his one eye was bandaged and there were some minor marks around it that had yet to heal.

"Seems like Yasaka really dug her fangs in you good." The black haired man said casually.

Ignoring anything the man might say Issei activated his balance breaker and tried to raise his arm to charge a blast at Cao Cao, he couldn't do it for some reason causing the brunette to panic somewhat before remembering something.

'I must insist that you get along with him.' Yasaka's words came to mind causing Issei to groan in frustration as he deactivated his armor. He looked back at the man who held an arrogant smirk.

"Doesn't make a difference about how I feel about you. You and your douchebag squad nearly killed my friends." Issei spoke with hostility.

Cao Cao seemed unconcerned with the statement as he set his spear down.

"Regardless of how you feel about me, we still have work to do... partner." Cao Cao said mockingly and dismissive.

"Don't call me that. We aren't friends or anything close." Issei clenched his fist in frustration.

Cao Cao looked back at the boy and his face twisted in anger something Issei had only seen once before.

"Mind your tone. Issei. I still harbor a bit of a grudge over that whole eye thing. Even now I have to resist the urge to plunge this spear through your chest and if I understand correctly you can't exactly fight back can you?"

Issei's felt his heart sink in fear as he realized what Cao Cao said was true. He'd been so angry at him that he forgot just how easily he could end him now with Yasaka's cursed command over him but even so he was not about to beg for his life in front of his enemy.

Cao Cao noticed the subtle change in Issei's demeanor as he seemed to calm down in a sense loosening his grip of his clenched fist and his arrogant smirk returned.

"Let's just go. The sooner I get you out of my sight the better." Issei said rather dejectedly.

And with that the two went into the temple to begin their search. The temple was dark and bleak and filled with moss and cracks as it was clear that it could collapse any day now. A cold and depressing wind blew through the building.

"What's the deal with this place anyways? I heard it was supposed to be a ritual ground for curses or something." Issei asked trying to understand more about the decrepit temple.

Cao Cao started to walk forward to which Issei followed him.

"You ever hear of the Doragashi Family? No I'm sure someone like you never touched up on their history lessons." The black haired man said in his snarky tone.

"What's so special about them, I'm guessing they were the ones who used this place." The brunette dismissed the jab at his ignorance.

"They were an ancient peerage of devil's that specialized in dragon slaying magic and dark magic that was widely considered taboo even amongst the ancient devil society. This place was basically their own private playground." Cao Cao explained.

"That being said refrain from using your balance breaker unless absolutely necessary, since it's of dragonic nature there could be any number of nasty surprises laying in wait for someone such as yourself Issei." The human warned him.

Issei looked at him suspiciously while crossing his arms.

'You probably just want me to be easier to kill or something don't you prick?' He thought rather salty.

The two passed through the entrance room into a hallway that lead to some stairs with many abandoned rooms on each side.

"So you've been working with Yasaka this entire time? And she's really apart of the Khaos Brigade?" Issei suddenly asked as if wondering how they actually became allies.

Cao Cao looked back at the younger man and seemed to think for a moment before responding.

"Yes we have been working together for awhile, not closely though. More of a strictly neutral yet equally beneficial alliance type of thing. As for her being in the Khaos Brigade that's kinda complicated." He explained to the brunette.

"Complicated? Could you just say yes or no?" Issei said annoyed at how coy he was being.

"No technically she's not. But whenever shit hits the fan with the three factions and believe me it will she'll be retreating from Kyoto with most of the yokais where she'll effectively become a full fledged member of the Khaos Brigade." Cao Cao further informed him.

As the two walked up the stairs they came to a near empty room. The path ahead was blocked by a stone door and the only thing inside of it was a single wooden sculpture of a person.

Issei kept walking until Cao Cao blocked his path with his spear causing Issei to look over at him in confusion.

"What are-"

Issei was cut off as Cao Cao pushed his spear down on the floor tile in front of them. The room soon started to fill with a strange pink mist.

"Step back now!" Cao Cao shouted as he leaped away, Issei promptly did the same.

They waited until the mist disappeared and Cao Cao cautiously approached the room once more covering his nose and mouth to be safe he looked around the room.

Every piece of the floor was a tile that one could assume would do the same thing or perhaps even worse.

The black haired man soon noticed a picture on the wall with all the tiles and a certain pattern.

He poked his head into the room and looked left and right to get a good grasp of the tile layout.

Issei watched in expectation as he saw the human in intense thought, figuring he was making some kind of plan.

Suddenly and without warning Cao Cao leaped forward landing on the third tile ahead. He had pushed down on the tile same as before but nothing happened this time.

Issei looked onward as Cao Cao proceeded to jump two to the right then three to left back to one tile and then four tiles ahead before landing safely on the other side of the room on the last tile. The room shook for a brief moment and then the door opened revealing another hallway.

Cao Cao stepped through the door and then turned and looked back at Issei expectantly clearly waiting for him to get through the room as well. The door soon closed once more separating the two.

Issei looked at the floor and remembered the pattern as best as he could.

'Draig what do you think will happen if I get this wrong?' He mentally asked his partner.

'Nothing good I can assure you of that.' The dragon informed him.

Issei looked at the wooden sculpture in the room rather closely. The face held an expression of horror and pain and it appeared to be rooted into the ground. Everything about it seemed to be too realistic to just be a model of someone else.

Looking back Issei let out a deep breath and steeled his nerve.

"Let's just do this."

Throwing away any hesitation Issei jumped toward the front tile that Cao Cao landed on. When he saw that nothing happened he felt a slight bit of relief but knew it wasn't over yet.

Slowly tile by tile Issei cautiously jumped hoping not to trigger any traps. He soon got to the last few tiles.

"Ok this one next... And then that one back there... and then." Issei spoke his thoughts out loud as he stepped on the last tile hoping he did it right.

He waited at the tile with anxiety and half expecting everything to go wrong real quickly.

Once again the room shook and the door opened where Cao Cao was waiting patiently.

Issei quickly leaped to the hallway wanting to get away from the room as soon as he could.

Just as he did that Cao Cao suddenly blocked his path with a cocky smirk adorned across his face he pushed Issei back.

"Huh?!"

Issei couldn't even find the time to react as he fell back into the deathtrap. He felt his life flash before his eyes.

Before he could hit the tiles he felt something catch him though as he remained still and confused thinking the worst.

He looked back to see Cao Cao had caught him by the shirt before he could fall and couldn't hide his shit eating grin.

The black haired man pulled him back up into the hallway.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!" Issei screamed in anger while the other man just started to laugh at him.

Issei stared at Cao Cao in seething rage as the sicko had just toyed with his life like some kind of joke.

"Sorry I just couldn't help myself." He said making a poor case to defend himself but of course he couldn't be bothered to care that much.

Issei glared at the man enraged for a bit but eventually sighed in defeat once more as he remembered how disposable he was to the terrorist while also realizing that such a person was never going to feel any sympathy or regret for such a stunt.

"Don't do that again!" He firmly demanded while pointing a finger in Cao Cao's face.

"Sure whatever. Now come on, that was only the first obstacle." Cao Cao said trying to get back on track.

An hour passed and the duo had encountered several traps and a few low level monsters some of which still had some nasty tricks to watch out for which they managed to get past and we're finally at the heart of the temple.

The dark atmosphere of the temple was stronger than ever. A purple light shined in the middle of a room that was bigger and darker than anything they'd seen prior.

"That's the artifact that Yasaka is after, go ahead and grab it red dragon emperor." Cao Cao proposed.

Issei approached the centerpiece of the room and reached out to grab it.

'The hell does she want with such a creepy ass looking thing like this anyways.' He thought to himself as he grabbed it.

Issei stood there for a second and felt the artifacts energy course through him.

"This doesn't feel right at all." Issei said to himself as he felt like it was something that he never should have touched.

"I-Issei? What are you... doing?"

The brunette turned around to see a familiar head of blonde hair. He took notice that he was no longer in the temple but rather back home in Kuoh.

"Asia... what's going on here?" Issei asked rather confused and started to walk towards his beloved friend.

Issei was soon surprised to see a version of himself in his balance breaker armor standing behind the girl.

"I-Issei... w-why?"

Issei's surprised turned to horror as blood began to seep out of his beloved friend's stomach courtesy of the Red Dragon standing behind her who had shoved Ascolan deep into her torso area.

The murderer pulled his blade out of her soon after and let the lifeless corpse fall to the floor.

Blood poured onto the floor as Issei stood motionless in shock.

"Asia."

Issei collapsed to the floor in disbelief until he heard the sound of wings sprouting and a window breaking.

The one responsible for her death had made his escape leaving Issei alone with his deceased companion.

"Get a hold of yourself Red Dragon Emperor!"

Issei felt himself get slapped across the face knocking him back to his senses where he realized he was still in the temple with Cao Cao.

"Ehh... What happened?" Issei asked confused as he looked at the artifact which had fallen to the ground but was still radiating with power.

"You tell me. You grabbed the thing and then just drifted off into dream land." Cao Cao explained.

"I... I... had a vision... Not a good one." Issei said rather distraught.

Cao Cao manifested a small bag using some basic magic and used his spear to sweep the artifact into the bag without touching it.

"Perhaps you had a premonition." He said rather speculatively.

Issei was shaking as he played the vision on in his head like a record.

"N-no... It can't be... I would never." He denied the statement refusing to believe that what he saw could ever happen.

"This thing is as cursed as they come... Yasaka you crazy bitch. Just what could you want with such a thing." Cao Cao said to himself with an amused smirk as he looked at the bag.

The human turned to the visibly shaken Issei and looked at him with a frown.

'That's not the determined warrior pervert I'm accustomed to seeing. What on earth did this thing show him?' Cao Cao thought before approaching Issei.

He grabbed Issei by the arm and forcibly pulled him up to his feet.

"Come on. There's no longer any reason to be here." He said rather calmly without his usual tone of condescension or hostility.

Issei nodded and the two got out of the temple as soon as they could.

Later on they were back outside the temple where Issei looked around. The cool breeze was a refreshing change from spending all that time in the decaying old temple.

"This is where we part ways for now. Hope your mistress enjoys her little toy." Cao Cao said as he tossed the bag with the artifact to Issei.

"Right whatever." Issei responded apathetically as he caught the bag ready to leave.

Issei wasted no time in activated the teleportation circle that would bring him back to Kyoto.

Like before a blinding flash appeared and soon Issei was back in the exact location he was in before.

He left the room and walked back through the temple to Yasaka's room where he assumed she might be but intended to leave it there regardless.

He reached her doors and knocked to see if she was there. After a few long seconds of no answer he let himself in to see that she wasn't there right now.

Issei set the bag by her bed and was about to leave when he had an idea.

'Maybe she left that orb in here. If I could get my hands on it.' He wondered curiously as he walked to the dresser he previously saw her get into.

"Aaahhh... N-no... h-have to do this." He struggled as he clenched his skull where he felt a familiar pain.

Issei ignored it as best he could and searched the room thoroughly only leaving no drawer unchecked but in the end he came up empty handed.

"Uuurrggghh Forget it. It's not here." He groaned in annoyance and proceeded to leave the room.

"Oh Issei there you are."

He turned to see a familiar face that he could not be happier to see.

"Asia!" He shouted in joy before hugging the girl tightly as if he'd lost something precious he could not be happier to get back.

Asia gasped in confusion before letting out a soft smile as she reciprocated the hug.

"What's wrong Issei. Your never this happy to see me on such a normal run in." The girl asked.

Issei blinked in realization that he might have been a little too relieved to see her after something that never actually happened.

"Oh it's nothing. Sorry bout that." He said rather sheepishly while releasing her.

"Where have you been the last couple hours?" She asked.

"Oh Yasaka just asked me to run some errands for her around town. I figured she'd been through so much after what happened the other day that I just couldn't refuse." He told the blonde.

Asia smiled as she rested a hand on her friends shoulder.

"That's so sweet Issei. Your always looking out for everyone. I don't know what we'd do without you." The younger girl couldn't help but offer her heartfelt praise.

Issei smiled in response and took her hand from his shoulder holding it tenderly as he walked past her. She turned with him never losing eye contact.

"Thankyou Asia. That means so much. Honestly I feel the same way about you. I'll see you later." He spoke truthfully as he let go of his grasp on her and walked away.

'I just need some rest right now.' He thought tiredly as he went to his room.

Issei returned to the room he was staying in. It was dark since he had left it in the morning with the curtains closed. The boy trudged over to the bed where he plopped down against the pillow.

He groaned in relaxation as he clung to the pillow like he'd been away from it for far too long. Issei closed his eyes and let himself rest for awhile.

Some time had passed since he returned and Issei heard the door open.

He looked up to see who it was and immediately frowned.

It was Yasaka and she seemed to have a pleased smile across her face.

"I just got back to my room and saw that little gift you left me. Very nice work dear." She expressed her gratitude.

"It was nothing. Could you please leave?" He said bluntly not in the mood for any of her games.

"Oh but I simply can't let you go unrewarded after having selfishly sent you into harm's way." She cooed playfully as she let out her fox ears and tails.

"Your gratitude is the only thing I need... Please... I'm tired." He said as he averted his gaze from the approaching yokai.

"That just won't do. You worked so hard today afterall." The lusting fox insisted as she crawled into the bed.

Issei backed away from the woman but soon bumped into the headboard

"Take off your clothes." The golden fox told him.

Issei looked very clearly annoyed as his body moved against his own lack of desire to do what she wanted him to and he stripped himself naked right before her.

Yasaka held one of her large fluffy tails and stroked it slowly with a small blush across her face and a salacious smile as she observed the boy.

Soon enough Issei had removed everything he was wearing and begrudgingly anticipated her next move.

The older woman looked at the boy in awe as she took in his sturdy form and couldn't help but feel excited.

Yasaka pulled down her kimono down revealing her big plump breasts and her erect nipples to the brunette.

Issei didn't even have time to react as the blonde pulled him into her erotic embrace smooshing her breasts against his bare chest and rubbing his inner thigh with one of her tails.

The younger man had gone silent, blushing red and completely at a loss for words as to how to respond to such treatment. As much as he didn't like her she was still an extremely beautiful woman and far more forward than any he'd ever met before since he became a devil.

Yasaka placed her hand behind Issei's head and pushed him into a kiss shocking the boy to his core. Her soft lips pushed against his own.

Issei couldn't help but relax into the kiss as he subconsciously reached out to embrace her. The yokai smirked as she proceeded to massage him with her tails and pull his lower half closer.

The brunette looked into the woman's eyes and saw an intimidating glint of mischief, he had no clue what she was planned until it was too late.

An abrupt sense of pleasure hit him as one of her tails wrapped around his throbbing hard meat. Issei moaned into her mouth which gave Yasaka all the opportunity she needed as he finally let his guard down completely.

Issei's eyes widened as she shoved her tongue deep into his mouth and coiled it around his own. He couldn't help but moan and groan as she ever so gently teased him.

As time went on Issei felt his climax approaching and was fidgeting more than before. Yasaka noticed and doubled down on her ministrations. Stroking him faster while grabbing the back of Issei neck and pushing him deeper into the kissing she had been merciless laying into him.

Just as Issei was about to cum she pulled her tail away denying him an orgasm. She parted her lips from him allowing the boy to catch his breath.

"Hah... hah... W-why did you stop?" He asked as he was left panting with a reddened face.

Yasaka smiled mischievously as she crawled over to the area of which she was just stroking with her tail.

"I don't wanna get my tail dirty, do you know how much time goes into grooming these babies to perfection?" She asked the boy.

"No." Issei asked honestly.

Yasaka seemed unsurprised as she positioned her lower half above Issei's face.

"Of course you don't. But don't worry, I have something even better in store for you." Yasaka spoke provocatively as she eyed her partners cock with a thirsty grin.

Not leaving anything to speculation for the boy she quickly grabbed hold of his shaft and started to gently suck and lick the tip.

Issei looked down at the woman and felt the gentle and pleasant sensation which wasn't as intense as what she'd been doing a minute ago but rather the kind of technique that couldn't be ignored and would drive someone crazy if they had to endure such teasing for long.

Slowly over the course of time Yasaka took more of his length into her mouth. As she did that she laid her body down against Issei's own keeping her neither regions well within sight.

Issei was stunned by the sight of her pussy. While he'd seen the girls naked plenty of times he never bothered nor did he really get many opportunities to see such a sight up close.

"Time for you to start licking." Yasaka said while finally starting to get serious at the same moment as she deep throated the man causing him to moan from the sudden sensation. In addition to this she dropped her waist down on the brunette's face where she made sure he had no where to escape from.

Reacting to her undeniable command as usual he started to lick the older yokai's sacred area. As he did he felt her scent invading his nose clouding his mind even further.

Yasaka moaned from the feeling of his tongue invading her nether regions. She bobbed her head up and down ferociously while groping one of her breasts clearly enjoying the taste of her new lover.

By now both partners abandoned any reservations about mating not that Yasaka ever had any but Issei naturally was a different case. He dug his tongue deep into her pussy exploring as much of her love cave as he could.

'God. Why is she so fucking delicious?' Issei thought in bewilderment and shame as he never intended to enjoy it so much but this promiscuous fox had her ways of opening him up to such experiences.

Issei could feel the vibrations stemming from Yasaka's moans only making the pleasure he felt even greater while juices started to seep from the woman right down to the boys throat.

Without a second thought Issei greedily swallowed the nectar. At the same time he could feel himself about to cum but he had no way of warning his mistress and could do nothing but wait for the inevitable.

Moments later Issei burst into the olders woman's mouth surprising her quite a bit as he filled her mouth with his thick creamy seed. Some of it leaked out of her maw and down his cock but she swallowed it and removed her mouth from his cock so she could dutifully clean up his shaft with soft gentle licks.

Issei hadn't stopped licking her though and while she was helping herself to Issei's leftover cum had her own orgasm squirting far more in Issei's face than the juices that came before. That was merely a little taste in comparison. She let up off of Issei's face slightly allowing the boy some room to breath but he would not focus on that quite yet as he stared up almost as if in a trance. His face was covered in her love juices as it appeared he couldn't swallow it all at once.

After cleaning up effectively Yasaka finally got off of Issei and sat next to the boy with a smirk.

Issei wiped away the nectar on his face and licked it off before letting his arm thump to the bed and looking up at the ceiling with a blank expression.

Yasaka placed a hand on his chest and gently rubbed it in a soothing motion. He looked up at her wondering if she wanted anything else right now.

The blonde came closer to his ear causing Issei to get a little nervous again as personal space was not something she seemed to care much for.

"Hope you enjoyed your reward because that was only a taste of what's to come." She whispered sultrily.

Issei's eyes widened at what she told him.

"Tomorrow night. I'll be taking your purity. By the time you leave Kyoto you won't even be able to think about me without getting hard." Yasaka's tone turned even more serious as she said that before getting off the bed and redressing herself more appropriately.

She soon left the room while Issei layed there in shock. So many emotions coursed through him and many felt conflicting but all the while he couldn't stop thinking about what just happened and he couldn't tell if he hated it or wanted even more.

'Draig what is this strange feeling? She's gone now and I feel so... disturbed by her absence.' He called out to his dragonic partner.

'I've heard that some of the more powerful yokai can have relaxing aura's that bring comfort to those close by. Perhaps that's the case with Yasaka.' The dragon said within Issei's mind.

'No! I refuse to entertain that thought. Have you forgotten what she's done to me? There's no way I could find comfort in her presence.' Issei shook his head denying the idea.

'Now just think about it partner, I'm not saying she's any less horrible for what she did but have you ever actually felt any bloodlust from her since she revealed her true colors to you?' Draig persisted.

'I... uh... Well... No I suppose not.' Issei reflected on her behavior frustratingly.

'Within the supernatural realm murderous intent naturally puts others at unease and helps formulate hostile relationships between bitter foes. It's not as simple though when that intent was never there to begin with.' Draig explained to the boy.

'Just what are you getting at?' Issei insisted he get to the point.

'She seems to like you. Regardless of the fact that she enslaved you with a curse. I don't think she really wants to hurt you but she's clearly an opportunistic individual that will stoop to vile antics to get her way.' Draig said.

Issei sighed and looked back at the ceiling again, he rested his hands behind his head.

"But I don't like her. I don't want to become normalized to this sick relationship that I literally can't get out of. We've gotta find a way out of this." He said out loud this time more thinking to himself than speaking to Draig.

Here's the next chapter, I'm starting to get a decent idea of where I want to take this story. Hope everyone enjoyed.