Training continued the next morning with Gasper as he was in desperate need of it. Just like the previous night, Issei was tossing balls as Gasper to see how long he could freeze the balls. It took a while for Gasper to be successful at completing the exercise. But in his case, it was better than nothing at his stage of development.
Unfortunately, Gasper's training was only the tip of the iceberg for the day as night fell. "Everyone, it's time," Rias said as they started to make their way out of the club room. Rias however looked over at a cardboard box that Gasper was inside. "Tonight's conference is important, and because you can't control your sacred gear we have to leave you here Gasper."
"Don't worry Koneko will be here with you. So it wouldn't be too boring tonight." Issei said as they walked out the door waving goodbye.
They walked through the club room and saw plenty of people outside guarding the school. They eventually crossed over into the school and came to a large double-doored room. Rias knocked on the door "Excuse me." She opened the door as it led into a large conference room with a round table with some people sitting around it.
Issei saw Michael, Sirzechs, and Serafall along with Grayfia in her maid outfit behind them, Azazel with Vali behind him, and a tall black-haired woman wearing a black kimono with red edges. Asia had other ideas as she grabbed onto his hand seeing all of the leaders. Behind Michael, there was a robed figure with a feminine form.
"This is my younger sister's and her family along with the Red Dragon Emperor." Sirzechs introduced everyone "As stated earlier they were involved in Kokabiel's assault."
"Sorry about Kokabiel." Azazel said to Rias
"Take a seat over there." Grayfia said, guiding them over to some chairs along the wall that Sona and Tsubaki were already sitting at.
"Now that everyone is here." Sirzechs said, getting everyone's attention "Everyone here is aware that God of the Bible is no longer here. With that being said let's continue now that everyone is here."
Michael took the reigns of the conversation as they officially started the meeting. "We angels believe that it would be best if the three powers did not go down the road of destruction."
"We don't disagree with that statement. The devils have been trying our best to recover from the last time." Sirzechs told them.
As the leaders were talking Rias grabbed ahold of Issei's hand. "Amaterasu why did you join us in these talks? They heard Michael ask her.
"Many reasons, while Kuoh is technically devil land it still resides in Japan and this is my faction's territory. But I wanted to see if the biblical factions could get along and create stability. Plus it gives some credit to your outcome with the other factions as you're not exactly seen as the most trustworthy."
Azazel recoiled slightly hearing that "I know a jab at my faction when I hear it."
"Oh" Akeno's looked over at Rias as she saw the hand holding going on. "Look at you trying to be cute in the middle of a meeting." Akeno teased her with a quiet voice.
Issei didn't care too much as this was just a relaxing time for him. Rias however tried to defend it "I'm borrowing some of his courage. This is the easiest way of doing it."
"Rias could you tell us about what happened in the days before the incident." Sirzechs said getting her to snap out of it.
She stood up "Yes Lord Lucifer." She began telling everyone about the days before as Akeno and Sona filled in what information. It took a bit to cover the span of a few days but they got through it.
"Issei did you dress a bunch of girls up as priests?" Amaterasu asked, not exactly believing what they were hearing.
"Yeah, but who cares? Two of them wear skin-tight battle suits. At this point what does dressing them up like men matter when you're trying to find a target."
Amaterasu was rubbing her forehead "You even let them fight somebody like Kokabiel without helping then."
"I never said I was a responsible adult." Issei defended himself.
"You're not an adult."
"Never said I was responsible as well."
Amaterasu sighed hearing that "I can't be mad at you." She refocused herself "Was Kokabiel ever a threat?"
"To them? Most definitely. To me? Not a chance. He made feathers like solid steel, never seen anything like that before. Thought that was kinda cool."
Azazel looked over at Issei "Feather manipulation was part of Kokabiel's specialty. He can also use them as projectiles. Did you ever read up on Angel and Fallen powers?"
Serafall was having a small laugh hearing that "Issei read that's a good one."
"I must concur with that Leviathan." Amaterasu agreed with her "He has a hard time getting things through his head sometimes."
"Alright, let's get this back on track" Azazel interrupted the girls "Kokabiel while he was a leader in the Grigor he kept to himself in the past few years. In the end, he deserted us and tried to start a war. After Vali dragged him back we interrogated him and he is now serving his eternal punishment in Cocytus."
"That's what your preliminary report said." Michael looked at Azazel "But why not you? Why are you not planning anything?"
"Planning? I don't have any interest in wars. Kokabiel has been holding a grudge ever since I decided to back out of that last mess."
"So why are you gathering so many Sacred Gear users recently? If it's not for war then what could it be then?" Sirzechs tacked on.
"You even have the Vanishing Dragon that doesn't help your case too much." Michael added on.
"Research. Have you ever wondered how the Sacred Gears work? What they can do and how far they can be pushed? War is pointless, it was then and even now. I have an order not to interfere with human politics because if they did it would go dark real quick. But I can see that I am the least trusted of all the factions here."
Everyone around the table nodded "That's right"
"Fine… and here I thought you kids were better than your predecessors." Azazel said to Sirzechs and Serafall "Anyways let's just get this over with and let's just make peace. That was the original intention of a meeting of this caliber."
Issei looked over and saw that Rias and Sona's eyeballs were almost popping out of their sockets as they were surprised to hear that.
"Yes, that was the plan to make it official. While our relationship was rocky it revolved around a child in recent years. So it would be best if we came out and made good on it to try and amend the previous errors."
"Wow, I think that's a first for you Michael you didn't bring up God."
"Yes well, we all have lost many things. Seeking help from our father isn't going to help us right now. We were given a duty to guide humanity and as Seraph's we will continue that work and guide them."
Azazel had a big grin on his face "Careful now something like that is how you fall. The world is different from when Shemhazai, Baraqiel, Penemue, and I fell. The world is no longer in constant chaos from Human or supernatural causes."
"Yes, another war is mutually assured destruction. Another war will eclipse the previous one and drag humanity into it taking them with us." Sirzechs reassured them.
"This world has been moving forward even without god while we have not." Azazel brought up that important fact that they seemed to be forgetting.
"I guess you are right. We Angels can't reproduce so we will do what we can to Father's wish through, and peace is the first step on that road."
Issei thought about that for a second, remembering back to his time living in Heaven. "That's not exactly true." He told them as he got mainly the girl's attention. "You do have the purification ritual?"
Amaterasu looked at Issei "Something like our rituals?"
Issei rocked his hand back and forth "Same ideas but it's to flush all the sin out of the body so you can do the horizontal monster mash."
Serafall winked at Issei "So there is a way."
"It's not that practical." Michael tried to defend his actions.
"Then make something where it can happen without limits. The three factions have enough eggheads combined to make something like that possible in a relatively short time."
They could see a lightbulb appear over Azazel's head "You know that's not that bad of an idea. It should be relatively easy to create something like that, and it could be a combined project to help gain trust within the factions." Azazel's tone however quickly shifted "But onto the more pressing matters." He looked over his shoulder at Vali "What do you want from this world?"
He only smiled "If I can fight strong people then it's fine."
"And you Issei?"
"My motives in life are well documented. I don't care much for fighting." Issei told them as the room around them went grey. He looked around and saw that Rias' peerage was gray except two along with Sona and Tsubaki.
"Interesting," Azazel said looking around. In Yumi and Xenovia's hands were their respective blades. "Somebody has stopped the local time."
Rias looked to see who was free. "So Yumi and Xenovia are free because of their weapons."
"Durandal just appeared in my hand as I felt a twinge." Xenovia said as she saw the other blades.
"It seems that we are under attack." Azazel interrupted them as he got out of his chair and looked out the window. "I guess history will repeat itself no matter what. Every time there is an attempt of peace there is somebody who wants to ruin it." Azazel saw black-robed figures outside casting spells at the frozen guards outside. "Plenty of Magicians out there, and from the looks of it they must be on the level of a middle-class devil to be able to cause this much damage so quickly."
"We need to help Gasper." Rias spoke up as they could feel her power rising as if she wanted to deal with the threat.
Azazel raised his hand slightly as some light appeared outside as they heard screams of agony coming from outside. He had launched a wall of light spears at the mages outside slaughtering them as this was no doubt the first wave. "This school has a barrier around it right now. And whoever is casting it is amplifying the effects of Forbidden Balor View while stopping us from contacting the outside. Gotta hand it to them, I wasn't expecting this solid of a plan from some middle-class mages."
"Brother I need to get to Gasper." Rias pleaded with Sirzechs.
"How exactly do you plan on doing that? Azazel just said magic is being blocked and there are enough magicians outside the buildings to make walking over there nearly impossible." He questioned her.
"In my base the clubroom I keep my unused rook piece hidden away."
"Castling… It would catch them off guard. While it's not confidential magic I doubt they're blocking something like that, but they might be expecting something like that." His focus shifted towards Grayfia "Is it possible to move more than one person through the Castling system?"
"With the restrictions, we are under one additional person should be possible but it will take time." She responded with her dry voice.
"So Rias and…"
Issei interrupted him as he got out of his chair. "I get the hint."
"If you're going over there then your going to need this." Azazel tossed a ring at him. It was silver in color with carvings on them with many different magic systems. "Put it on the arm of the vampire it should control his powers for the time being."
"Balance breaker blocker?" Issei asked.
"More of peeling the layers back to reign in the power." Azazel looked over to Vali "In the meantime why don't you go play outside and take their attention off us. And I don't want you to destroy the school."
"Fine" Out of Vali's back a pair of silver and white wings appeared "Balance break" {Vanishing Dragon Balance Breaker!} He was encapsulated in white light as his body took on a silver armor. He walked out the door and a couple of seconds later he was outside as the mages now having to deal with Vali.
"How far have you gone into researching sacred gears?" Michael asked as Azazel only smiled.
"Father isn't here to tell me how and why they work and I don't have access to that information so I have to do all sorts of this to see how far they can go." Azazel turned around and looked at them "But if you must know the real reason why I've gone so far is that we need to prepare for what's next."
"That being?" Sirzechs asked as he was looking to see how Grayfia was progressing on her work of teleporting Rias and Issei out.
"The Khaos Brigade, they even spell it with a K." Azazel told them.
"Khaos Brigade?" Sirzechs looked as if he hadn't heard that name before as he looked around only to see if it was the same.
"Shemhazai has recently confirmed the organization name. But we've been watching them for a while now. They gather people who possess sacred gears and even some who have Balance Breakers. Reports have rolled in that they possess at least two Longinus as well."
"And their goal?" Michael had to ask.
"They're terrorists, the hardcore extremists." Everyone heard a deep exhale from Azazel "The worst part is their leader. A powerful dragon beyond Welsh and Vanishing."
"Nooooo," Issei said as he understood it all. "She is watching then."
"Ophis the Ouroboros Dragon. A dragon feared even by the gods and the strongest since the start of the world." Nobody was happy to hear those words be spoken by Sirzechs
(Ah yes Ophis is the leader of the Khaos Brigade) They heard a new voice out of nowhere as a large yellow magic circle appeared on the flow with a fancy-looking K in the center.
"So it's you after all." Sirzechs said as he motioned to Grayfia "Get them out of here."
Issei walked over with Rias in toe towards the magic circle Grayfia was preparing "Add the Old Satan faction to the list. As she makes two now."
(I will be dealing with you dragon brat as well)
"Good luck you two." Grayfia said as they were enveloped in light sending them away.
"Wait!" Rias called out as her voice didn't even fully finish
Issei and Rias landed in a dusty room in the club room that was used for storage. "Let's make this quick" Issei said as he looked at Rias "I kinda wanna watch the fight that's going to happen outside."
Meanwhile back in the conference room out of the Magic circle appeared a tall busty woman with glasses on. "How do you do Sirzechs?"
"Katerea Leviathan descendant of Leviathan. Mind telling me what you are doing here?" He asked her.
"The members of the Old Maou Faction have all decided to cooperate with the Khaos Brigade."
"Sounds like the schism of old and new has gone nuclear. Guess this is why they say devils are hard to deal with." Azazel only smiled as he waited to see how this was going to go.
"Coup d'etat it is then." Sirzechs looked at her "You do understand that as Leader of the underworld I am well within my rights to execute you for this? So why have you chosen this path?"
"The fact that you considered this meeting is where we differ. We are devils, we rule everything."
"Ophis has seen into the future? And can you give you something like that?" Azazel questioned her.
"She is a symbol of power, her position makes it so we can gather power. We are going to destroy the world and rebuild it. All while we will run it how we see fit."
"So your gathering sympathizers from all factions and uniting them under the banner of Ouroboros."
"But why go to such lengths." Serafall asked.
"You stole my birthright and ask me a dumb question like that. I am the only one suited to be called Leviathan. But don't worry Serafall, today you will die at my hands and I will regain my title as Ophis will become the new goddess of this world. All of your pitiful eras are over." Katerea thought she had everything as she heard Azazel laughing "What's so funny?" She snapped at him.
"Rebuild Reform," Azazel said as he couldn't stop laughing. "You think you can do that?"
"That's exactly right." She defended herself "This world is…"
"Worthless? Humans have destroyed it? Rotting to the core? The world is doing quite fine recently" Azazel watched as Katerea's right eye was twitching as she listed things off.
"Even with all your power, you're satisfied with this world? It's a dumpster fire."
"Your goal is a giant cliche. Nothing good has ever come of it, I have walked this planet for far too long to deal with your shit. As a Descendant of Leviathan, you're just a child who never met her father. And you're going to die today just like he did."
"To think you of all people would make jokes about our goals."
Azazel looked at the others "I'll be dealing with her so don't bother." He told them as he walked forward.
Amaterasu grabbed Azazel's arm "I'm older than you and your brother here."
Azazel's demeanor changed real quick "I'm sorry if I offended you in some way. I didn't mean to bring up your age."
She let go of him "I'm just messing with you." She had a small laugh at Azazel's expense. "I was planning on burning her if she didn't shut up, but you're more than welcome to deal with it."
"Do you plan on surrendering Katerea?" Sirzechs asked Katerea.
"I have no plan at all. Once I'm done with Azazel I'm going to deal with that Dragon brat."
Azazel pointed at the windows as he blew out the windows leaving a massive hole "Very well then Descendant of Leviathan. Let's hope you've dressed up and ready for a fight with me." He extended his wings as twelve jet black wings protruded from his back as the two of them went outside.
As they went outside Sirzechs looked at the remaining girls "Yumi Yuuto. Can you go outside and deal with the remaining magicians outside while we figure out how to deal with the barrier?"
Yumi made a slight bow towards Sirzechs "Yes sir."
"Excellent. Do make my sister proud." He only smiled at her.
"Come on Xenovia, we have some work to do." Yumi told her as Xenovia hoisted Durandal up as the two of them ran outside swinging their blades cutting down anything in their path.
Michael looks behind him at the figure behind them "Please assist them."
The figure dropped their hood as it revealed a girl with long brown hair "Yes Lord Michael." She darted out of the room as he hair popped out of the cloak revealing two long strands of hair on each side of her head.
It took a few minutes as the two of them left bodies piling up, Azazel and Katerea fighting was causing massive amounts of destruction to the area as it was more or less Katerea who caused it.
The Occult club room was another story, however. Issei and Rias were walking down the main hallway as Issei was dragging a magician behind him by the face. They came upon the last rooms they had yet to clear out. When they opened it up they saw four robbed mages as Koneko was locked to the wall upside down as Gasper was pinned to the wall as his eyelids were being forced open and his sacred gear activated.
"To think you're here already." One of the mages said to them as Issei let go of the one he was dragging.
He looked over at Koneko and saw her underwear "Pink and white stripes, I guess that makes sense."
"Pervert." Koneko fired back at him.
"Gasper it's going to be okay." Rias tried to reassure him.
"Please kill me…" Gasper was crying "I'm only a liability."
It was breaking Rias's heart to hear Gasper speak like that. "It will be a fine Gasper. I don't plan on abandoning you, your family."
"If you move they die." The lead mage shouted
Issei stepped forward as the Mages raised their hands readying spells to fire at him. "Fire is a savage beast and yet you think you are the masters of it." The two mages next to Koneko immediately caught on fire from red flames. The remaining two watched as the other two mages cooked death as they saw a tail slink out from behind Issei. "Like you, some aspects of this world are rotten to the core." Issei told the mages as he pointed at Gasper. Ascalon shot out the boosted gear as it cut part of his hand sending blood flying towards them splattering Gasper in the face. "But you can make that choice."
The lead mage pulled out a blade from her sleeve and went to thrust it at Gasper as he stuck his tongue out as grabbed some of the blood. His eyes lit up as chirping and squeaking noises filled the room as when she shoved the blade towards his body dispersed into a flock of bats filling the room in darkness. The blade however was jammed into the wall as she tried to pull it out but she wasn't able to pull it out.
The bats of Gasper however looked down at the remaining two mages as his eyes were glowing red. "I can see everything." Gasper's voice came from the bats as the lead mage's hands were frozen in place as she was trying to free her blade. The other one reached into her robe as she pulled out a gun and pointed at Gasper. But her hands and feet were frozen as they watched her body move around as she tried to free herself.
Issei walked over and pulled the gun out of her hand as he looked at it. With a swift motion, he dropped the magazine and racked the slide back as it wasn't a conventional pistol that humans used but for mages, it was a perfect medium for spells. "What do you want to do with these two?" He looked over at Rias wondering what she wanted to do with them.
"We can hand them over to my brother later."
"Interesting," Issei said with an open palm he hit each of the mages as their clothes shredded away leaving them naked as Gasper let them go. When clothes disappeared another knife fell onto the floor. "Can't hide any more weapons if you don't have any clothes." They quickly covered their breasts as they sank to the floor. Rias got to work binding their hands as Issei got to work pulling Koneko off the wall.
He destroyed the magic circle holding Koneko up as he held onto her, flipping her around. "Pervert." Koneko told him as he placed her on the floor.
"It's not my idea to hang you upside down while wearing a skirt." Issei tried to defend himself as he went over to Gasper and put the band around his arm as they felt Gasper's powers retract as if the area went to normal.
Rias sent the three mages away as they started to walk out towards the battlefield. "Say Issei what do you know of this Ophis?" She asked as she was holding onto Gaspers' hand as he was still somewhat scared after everything that happened.
"Ophis is a she now apparently, but the last appearance it was a man. But the Ouroboros Dragon is the Rival of the Apocalypse Dragon Great Red. Great Red roams the dimensional gap doing whatever he pleases. The two of them are Gods in all rights as we call them Dragon Gods. Their powers are unrivaled, the tier below them is where I sit as host to Ddraig. The Heavenly Dragons in their prime had the power to kill gods and even the Satan's. In retrospect, it's honestly not that hard to reach the power level of the OG Satan. But When Ddraig and Albion fought it took three armies to quell the fight and even then it didn't go over well for them when the two Dragons teamed up." Issei looked back at Rias "I'm sure you have heard of the wastelands in the underworld?" She nodded "There like that for a reason. Still littered with weapons and gives off the vibe of death."
It didn't take them long but most of the school was destroyed as the leaders were working away as they entered a barrier that was set up. "So what did we miss?" Issei asked as entered the barrier as everyone was now unfrozen
"Azazel is toying with Katerea." Serafall informed them.
"Katerea Leviathan?" Sona asked as she was just getting caught up with everything that happened.
Serafall nodded as Sona understood that this was no ordinary day anymore as they watched on to see what would happen. Azazel reached into his jacket as he pulled out a golden scepter with a green orb on top of it. "I know this is overkill but it should be an interesting test." He held the scepter up as the orb began to shine "Balance Break"
He was quickly engulfed in a golden light as it formed a bulky golden armor similar to Issei's but not as well refined. Everyone watched as they saw Azazel standing there. "I've watched the Dragon emperors and plenty of other dragon Sacred Gears over the years. And watching them over time let me to his. The Downfall Dragon Spear." He shook his right hand as a large golden spear of light appeared.
"How can he make a Sacred Gear?" Rias questioned not knowing if she was going to get an answer.
"That is a good question Young Gremory." Michael said as he watched on.
"Well, Azazel is a mad man so if anyone could do it I get the feeling it would be him." Issei watched on as Azazel and Katerea were fighting.
[That's not a Balance Breaker.] Everyone inside the barrier heard Ddraig's voice [The power he is outputting is beyond what the device can handle. Think of it as the burst state when you first reach the balance breaker level. It works but it's going to destroy itself.]
"So what's powering it?" Issei asked as he saw blood coming from Katerea after a few precise strikes.
[That much I can't tell you, only the brain can. But if I had to guess it's another Dragon possibly Fafnir due to the color.]
"Azazel, this power is too much even for you!" Katerea yelled out as she was wiping blood off her face.
"You work with the Ouroboros Dragon, this kind of power is nothing in comparison." A black and blue aura began wrapping around her as it changed into snakes as her power was rising to accompany it. The two of them danced around in the skies for a few minutes as Azazel was getting used to his new armor.
Her right arm launched at Azazel as if it was made out of elastic." This is far from over Azazel!" Katerea shouted as her hand exploded into a vine-like structure as Azazel was dodging them. One of the fingers made contact with his left arm as it is fused with the armor. The vine began to grow in power as it exploded in size going from the size of a finger to a car. Katerea's body began to bloat as well "This is the end for you Azazel. You're going to go out with me." Azazel looked at the connection point seeing if he could do anything "It's useless Azazel when I activate it you're going to pop as well."
"You don't say?" Azazel said as he twirled his spear and jammed it into his arm cutting it off.
"What!" Katerea shouted as she saw blood spewing out of his arm. "You cut off your own arm?"
"It's the minimum for someone like you." He reeled the spear back as he threw it at her. It pegged her in the middle of the forehead as he threw up a barrier in front of him as the light was emitting out of her head as she exploded into a bloody mess killing her instantly.
As Katerea left little to be desired Azazel got to work as he formed another light spear and placed it on his arm cauterizing the wound to stop the blood flow. When he was doing that his Golden armor shattered leaving only the green orb left as he caught it and shoved it into his coat. "I guess I have much more work to do, the limit of it is far too little."
A silver streak darted across the sky as it slammed into Azazel knocking him out of the air and into the ground. "Even you Vali?" Azazel's voice was herded from the crater that he created. "Even without my artificial Sacred gear, I'll beat your ass with one arm."
"You're merely in the way." Vali told him as he looked down at the group "It is the cruel hand of destiny."
Issei sighed as he heard that so he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone and handed it to Rias. He stepped out of the barrier "A cruel fate will befall every Dragon Emperor. Murder, rape, schizophrenia, abuse are all just a few things that have happened due to this cruel fate. Yet you wish to continue this curse placed upon us."
"Azazel has spoken highly of you. But I looked into you, your father was nothing but an office worker and your mother was a nobody. You're nothing but a human who was given a fancy toy." Vali knew what he was doing as he was ticking each box one by one.
"I don't know why I expected something like this to happen tonight." Issei sighed hearing that.
Out from Vali's back appeared 4 pairs of black bat wings as they surrounded his Divine Dividings wings. "I am Vali Lucifer, a child of mixed blood born from the descendant of Lucifer. Fate is cruel and miracles in this world are rare. Some would even call me just that. "
Everyone was surprised to hear that the Host of the Vanishing Dragon was a descendent of Lucifer. "That's… impossible…" Rias was muttering to herself as she was thinking of the possibilities.
"Si vis Pacem, Para Bellum" Issei's words resonated with the leaders as they understood it perfectly.
"If you want peace, prepare for war" Amatarasu informed the younger ones. "It's an old Latin adage that holds true in any age. You have to fight for whatever you want in the end."
"So Vali did you sell your pride to Ophis? Or are you only here for a fight?"
"Who knows"
'I'm tired of this Ddraig.' [WELSH DRAGON BALANCE BREAKER!] It took maybe a fraction of a second as his body was now clad in matching red armor. With his right hand held out to his side, a small flame appeared in his hand as it started morphing into a ball.
Once compact enough he realized his right arm back and threw it at Vali. Throwing such a small amount of fire wasn't going to do much normally but as it flew through the air towards Vali it gained in size to the size of a large beach ball in a matter of moments. Vali saw that and extended his hands out getting ready to divide the attack as it exploded sending a massive shockwave and a wall of heat that could make the desert seem cool.
Issei charged right in using the fireball as a distraction to close the gap as he sent a punch towards where Vali was. Vali saw something like this coming as he grabbed Issei's fist using his momentum to redirect him down into the ground. As Issei was getting flung around he swung his right leg at Vali's head hoping it had enough time to connect. Vali raised his right arm to block the kick as Issei's foot hung on the arm spinning him around. There was a cracking sound as parts of Vali's armor cracked leaving his arm exposed.
Issei repositioned himself upright as he watched as Vali's armor regenerated. "Looks as if I win round one."
"You wouldn't be so lucky next time." Vali said as the two of them rushed at each other preparing to fight.
As the two of them started to brawl the spectators down below were in a different. "Ahh, Issei isn't trying that hard." Serafall said as they watched on.
"Sure looks like he is." Katase replied as she could barely keep up with the action.
"Nope." Serafall wagged her finger "There would be plenty of blood flying around if he was trying. They are play fighting from the looks of it."
"How can you tell they look serious?" Rias asked as they could feel as each punch and kick had weight to them.
"The Dragon rivalry isn't going to be ended in one fight." Azazel said, "There's too much to waste for them to attempt to kill each other."
"There's that," Serafall said as she bounced on her tippy toes. "I've fought Issei multiple times so I know what he can do. I've watched him burn Ice and even my fire. Issei only does two things well when it comes to fighting hand to hand and wielding fire."
"The church has reported that he has used firearms on occasions when needed." Michael informed them
"That's new." Sirzechs seemed interested in that development. "Did he retain any of them?"
"I'm not aware of that. What I am aware of is he threatened the pope recently."
"Oh, this is gonna be good." Azazel was enjoying what he was hearing as were the others. Rias and Sona however were not so enthused to hear that.
"He blamed the pope for some problems in the church on the not connected side."
"It's kinda hard not to its been in the news lately." Amaterasu said to Michael "It's not as if it hasn't been a thing for a long time now."
"I'm aware but it's hard for me to deal with it due to it being on the other side of the church. Nothing is as simple as I would like it to be. Flipping a switch causes twenty more to go haywire."
I can't get enough I can't get enough no, no, no I can't get enough I can't get enough No once is not enough Everyone turned around to see Rias looking down at Issei's phone. "Well, who is it?" Azazel asked somewhat intrigued who would be calling him at this time of night.
Rias answered the phone by putting it on speakerphone as they heard a woman speaking "Issei you wanna go out to the club tonight?" There was a long pause from her as she realized some was up. "I take it as Issei isn't there."
"No, he's currently…. Busy." Rias didn't lie but didn't want to reveal what he was doing as she wasn't exactly sure who it was as there were only initials where the name should be.
Azazel thought about it as he heard the voice as a wicked grin came across his face "Is that Aphrodite I hear? And just what are you going to do with an innocent boy like Issei."
"Oh fuck off you know he's far from innocent from the shit he's going through." She yelled at him as there was a sound of glass shattering in the back "Ah fuck."
"Oh, how original a Greek getting drunk." Azazel taunted her as he plucked the phone out of Rias' hands.
"Hey!" Rias tried to take it back but she was far from able to against a one-armed man.
Azazel pressed a button on the screen as it changed to video mode as he pointed it up at the sky showing off the fight between Issei and Vali. "Look the Dragon emperors are fighting." He turned the camera back to the others "Mikey, Shortstack, Sun Goddess and Lucifer are here watching as well."
"Give me that." Serafall swiped the phone out of his hand and pointed it at Azazel "This guy decided to lose an arm tonight." The ground shook and Issei hit the ground hard, getting their attention as they saw a small crater.
Aphrodite sighed hearing that "Fine… Just tell him Ishtar and I want to go clubbing some time." Her voice got real quiet as if she walked away "I have that dil" They heard as the call disconnected.
{HALF DIMENSION} They heard the call from Albion as the area around them distorted as if everything was folding in on itself.
"Is he mad?" Micheal asked, "This dimension is collapsing on itself."
[BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] Ddraig's voice was heard as they saw a red streak fly out of the crater. Issei appeared in front of Vali as he sends his fist into Vali's gut breaking his attack. Issei continued the assault as he sent a fury of punches at Vali causing his armor to have massive cracks while returning the dimension back to normal.
Vali ended up floating down to the ground as when he touched down the armor cracked leaving one of his blue jewels on the floor intact. "Interesting." Vali said seeing that he was now on the back foot. "Should we use it Albion?" Vali asked, looking for an answer.
{Don't do something rash.}
A figure landed next to Vali wearing red and gold armor that looked as if it came out of the Chinese history books as he was holding onto a brown staff with golden toppers. "Vali it's time." The man said as he almost seemed happy to be here.
"Why are you here Bikou?" Vali asked as he looked over at the now named man.
"Man it took a while to come here and find you, you know that right? Everyone is making a fuss that you aren't back yet and we have other work to do." Bikou looked around seeing everyone around. "I see Katerea failed, where is she?"
"She dead Jim." Issei said, getting Bikou's attention.
Bikou snapped his fingers and pointed at Issei "Good one."
Right around that time Azazel walked up to Issei "He's the descendent of the Victorious Fighting Buddha."
"Oh?" That information peeked Issei's attention "Sun Wukong of all things."
Azazel looked down at Issei "Have you met the monkey king?"
Issei shook his head "naw, that's out of my wheelhouse."
Azazel's focus moved back to the two "So not only is Vanishing Dragon but The descendent of Wukong have aligned with the Khaos Brigade."
Bikou swung his staff and hit the ground with it causing a void of darkness to creep out from the staff as it went under his and Vali's feet. "Names Bikou, I'm much different from the Buddha. I like to live my life my way." The two of them sank into the ground as they were out of sight within an instant.
Issei walked over to the jewel on the ground and picked it up as he stashed it away. The two of them turned to head back to the group "Somehow I get the feeling this is your fault." Issei said to Azazel.
"My fault? How is that even possible?" He shook his left arm showing that it was missing. "I lost an arm here today."
"Somehow someway I just feel as if this is the way." Issei told him as he got to the group. Serafall handed his phone back to him "Do I even want to know why you have it?"
"You are so mean Issei, thinking I would do something cruel like that." Serafall pouted as if she was a little child. "Your phone rang and we answered it for you."
He nodded hearing that "Who and what did they want?" He waited for Serafall to spit it out.
"It was Aphrodite and she wanted to know if you wanted to go out to the club."
They saw Issei relax hearing that "Oh well I guess it was best that somebody else answered it."
Rias came over to them "She said Ishtar wanted to go as well, care to explain?" Behind her, all the girls were around looking as if they wanted answers.
"If Aphrodite and Ishtar are calling me to go to the club with them. That means I have to be the responsible adult if I go with them."
"How can you be a responsible adult when you're not even an adult?" Azazel jabbed back at him.
"Because they want to take me out so they can get hit on by every guy and girl in the club. Plenty of Heaven unapproved things happen regarding hands going in pants and some going across faces after them trying to get in skirts. Then I end up having to deal with them when they get drunk. Most of the time everyone else in the club is drunk or on drugs usually both. It's a huge mess most of the time." As Issei was explaining reinforcements of the three factions began pouring in dealing with the cleanup. They were doing everything needed to secure the area and repair the school so nobody would be the wiser.
It took a bit for the leaders to discuss what was next but eventually came up with their agreement. Peace between the three biblical factions to work together. "Michael" Issei called out getting his attention.
"Yes, Issei?"
"Can you make it so Asia and Xenovia will no longer receive damage if they pray?" Issei asked him, surprising the girls. "Old habits die hard and for them, they aren't dying."
Michael thought about Issei's request for a moment as he walked over to Asia and Xenovia and looked at them. "Asia Argento and Xenovia Quarta answer this for me. Even now that you know that God is no longer here will you still pray?"
The two girls nodded their heads "Yes I want to pray even knowing that." "I will always give my thanks to the Lord."
Michael smiled hearing that "Alright then, When I get back I'll make some adjustments, it won't be instantly and it will take some time. But I'll make it happen for the two of you so you no longer take damage from prayer."
With tears in her eyes, Asia ran over to Issei and hugged him. He could only pat her on the back as Xenovia came over to him as well. "Thank you, Issei." Xenovia said to him as she tried to hide her face from him as he saw a slight blush on her face.
Michael had one other thing to deal with as he saw that Yumi was close by. "I have already laid out precautions to deal with the Holy Demonic swords that you gave to us. I will not allow your blades to produce any more victims such as yourself. Even though the project was done in secret it was our fault in the end for what happened."
"Thank you." Yumi said as Michael got ready to leave.
"Look I'll deal with the Norse. I have a good relationship with Odin." Azazel said to Sirzechs and Serafall. "But I will leave the rest of the cleanup to you guys." He waved his left stump at them "Need to deal with this." As Azazel left the night began to ramp down for everyone as work was quickly being finished by everyone else.
The following day everyone walked into the club room in the afternoon as they saw Azazel sitting in Rias's chair at her desk. "Why are you here?" She asked as she saw him amazed to even see him again.
"I'm your new club advisor." He told them as they sat down on the couches. "You can call me Azazel or Governor whatever floats your boat."
"Weren't you missing an arm last night?" Murayama asked as she was sure she saw that he was missing an arm last night.
Azazel pulled the sleeve on his jacket down showing off his arm. "Artificial arm comes equipped with many gadgets." His hand opened up showing off many small tools "Got screwdrivers, laser beams, missiles, and even smaller fingers." The hand closed up as he pointed it at them as it detached from his arm and flew around the room. "Even a cool Rocket arm."
"That doesn't answer much." Rias said, shaking her head.
"I was asked to take this position because I'm a cool guy." Azazel told them as Issei shook his head. "In all seriousness, I'm here to make sure Sacred Gear users develop properly. Due to the Khaos Brigade, we are going to need everyone to make great strides. Not only that, people who are around the Dragon Emperors tend to develop in mysterious ways."
"That sounds so wrong" Yumi said as the girls agreed with her.
"Take it as how you want, but that's how it works." Azazel told them as he was resting his head on his new hand. "WE know how he turned out, the question is how will the others." His eyes moved towards Rias. "And how will you fare in combat without him. The Rating Games are much different than real combat."
"I take it your well informed about the games?" Rias asked him.
Azazel grinned "Devils are far from the one people who watch the games."
"I've watched my fair share of matches," Issei said getting some looks. "Watched plenty while I was in heaven. There's also a huge betting ring on matches with other factions. The only match that I'm aware of that does not receive bets is Diehauser's"
"Why's that?" Katase asked
"Diehauser is the champion. And he has an unbeatable winning streak." Rias told them.
"Anyways." Azazel moved them back on track. "I'll make you kids strong because I have all the free time in the world to do that." He looked at Yumi. "How long can you maintain that Balance breaker of yours?"
"One hour right now."
Azazel shook his head "That's far too little, you need to be able to hold it for at a minimum of three days. The Dragon Twins haven't unlocked the Balance Breakers yet so that needs to happen as well. What about you Issei?"
He shrugged his shoulders "I have no clue never timed it."
"I see…" Azazel's eyes wandered to Akeno "Do you still hate us? Or should I say Barakiel?"
Azazel touched the sensitive subject of Akeno's lineage as they were expecting it to go over horribly. "I don't plan on forgiving him. He's the reason why my mother is dead."
"Very well then." Azazel said leaving it there not wanting to pester it too much. "Summer vacation is coming up real soon. Plan on large amounts of training to improve all of your powers." He reached into his jacket and pulled out an envelope and tossed it towards Rias. "As of today, everyone is moving into Issei's house on orders of Lucifer. So you might want to get to work on that." He said leaving them speechless.
Later in the day, Issei was at home with Rias and Asia waiting for everyone to move into his home. He wondered how this was going to work as there was only so much space and way too many girls. But in came Xenovia and Akeno with their luggage as Akeno ran up to Issei and hugged him making sure her breasts were firmly pressed into his chest. "I can sleep with Ise tonight." She said as she got closer to his ear as her voice got sensual "We can do all the naughty things tonight."
"Ohhhhhh?" Issei smiled hearing that as he gave a gentle tap on her ass
"Asia, can I stay with you?" Xenovia asked her.
"There are far too many people for a house this size." Rias said getting their attention.
"Hey, Issei." He peered over Akeno's shoulder as he saw Katase and Murayama walking in. "Already getting frisky with her?" Katase asked as she saw the others.
"Maybe?" Issei grabbed Akeno's skirt and lifted it as her face turned bright red. "Well is it good?"
"I'm kinda jealous it looks really good." Murayama said as she shut the door. "I think I need a pair like that."
Rias smiled hearing that Akeno had her punishment dealt with swiftly. But there was still much to do.