The following afternoon everyone gathered down in the large open basement. There was some tension as Sona's group Azazel, Barakiel, and Vali's team were all in there. Azazel informed them that Sirzechs gave Vali's plan the go-ahead and is allowing this temporary truce. Odin and Rossweisse were off contacting their Homeland wondering what could be done about Loki. However, Azazel wanted some answers "What's the reason why you're cooperating with us Vali?"
The million-dollar question everyone wanted to know was now out in the open. Vali only shrugged his shoulders and grinned hearing that "I already told you, I want to fight Loki and Fenrir. Everyone else agreed to it yet you don't seem satisfied."
Azazel still wasn't happy about this. "No, I'm not satisfied. Were in a position right now because of the Hero faction and your team. Considering there no way you would cooperate with the Hero faction as they don't gel with your style still leads to issues."
"We try not to get involved with them, can't even tell you the last time I saw them. But I was planning on fighting Loki one way or another even if you didn't cooperate you would have been dragged in anyways."
They all could hear a threat that simple. "Sirzechs was expecting this but said he can't turn down an offer from a descendant of an Old Maou. He's naive when it comes to his job but cooperation is better where we can watch you rather than letting you roam free."
"There are other issues as well." Rias said as Sona nodded as well. While the two of them were the heads of this region there was no going against the orders of the Maou.
Azazel shook his head "I know your planning something stupid. But we need to focus on dealing with Loki. I plan on asking for a countermeasure from somebody who knows Loki quite well."
There were puzzled looks all around not knowing who it would be. "I need a refresher course on Norse mythos, Outside of Thor who could it be?" Issei asked him.
"The Sleeping Dragon Midgardsormr, one of the five dragon kings."
"Ohhhhhhh right." The name hit him like a brick as it made since who it was now.
"An obvious choice but will he even answer you?" Vali knew better when it came to dragons at this point, not everything was clear-cut.
"With the help of two dragon emperors, Fafnir, Vritra, and Tannin we can just summon his consciousness here. Leave the real body sleeping in the depths and probe his brain for information."
"Uhhhh" Saji raised his hand "Am I included in this or something else?"
"Yeah, your Vritra, Issei, and Vali will do most of the heavy lifting in the summoning as will Tannin. But I need to speak to Tannin and Shemhazai and come up with some things. So until then just chill out for a while till I get back." He looked towards Barakiel "Come with me."
"Right" He answered as he followed Azazel out of the room.
Once the two of them left there was an awkward silence between everyone. Breaking it Bikou raised his hand "Yo Red Dragon." Issei looked over at him as he pointed up at the roof "You got a pool upstairs, mind if I use it?"
"HEY!" Rias shouted at Bikou while pointing her finger at him "This house belongs to be me as well, and I will not let you do whatever you please."
Issei looked at her with a raised eyebrow wondering how far she was going to go with this. "Come now Switch Princess what's the worst that can come of it? It's just a harmless pool."
There was a swift smack as Rias hit him over the head "Stop calling me those weird names. I get enough of that in the underworld."
"I'll make you switch into my princess." Issei said quietly to himself.
But the supernatural hearing was another story as Rias snapped her head to him. "I heard that"
"And?" He asked as they could see Rias was getting some tears in her eyes. "Bikou why do I get the feeling you came up with the names for that show?" He smiled and a big thumbs up came from him only for Issei to shake his head. "All because a bunch of girls got into a fight and broke some bras."
The room was turning a shade of red as Rias' anger was boiling "Get out of my sight!" She popped and pointed at the door.
"So does that mean I can?"
"Yes go!" She popped as Bikou scurried away.
As Rias was venting the other girls were around Arthur looking at his sword collection of two. "Ooooohhh so that's what the last Excalibur looks like, it looks so cool!" Irina was ogling the blade for as long as she could. She was a weird one who could get along with anyone at the snap of a finger and it seemed that Arthur was one of them.
"Vali found some information and passed it along to me. After that, we found it in a secret vault."
Asia came over to Issei and sat on his lap as they watched everyone. "Nya?" That was what caught their attention as they watched Kuroka watching Koneko.
"Koneko your sister is nice looking but scary." Gasper said as he was hiding behind Koneko shaking seeing the tall and well-endowed woman.
"You can't have her." Isse said getting Kuroa's attention off Koneko.
"Nya?" She said tilting her head while walking towards Issei. "Is it because you want me?" Kuroka grabbed the top of her Kimono and pulled it to reveal more of her breasts.
Asia tried covering his eyes but it didn't matter he had already seen them "Eh I give that two points on some globes."
Kuroka leaned over and got close to his face "Say can I ask you for a favor?" She asked as he looked at her wondering what was going to happen. "Want to make a baby with me." Issei was outright surprised to hear that from her as it was an outlandish proposition. "A strong child from a dragon. I asked Vali but…" She held up two fingers making a V "I think he's a V card for life. But you are a human dragon hybrid. And that is valuable genetics."
Issei smiled hearing that "I know my worth and have chosen it carefully. I'll think about it if you do one thing for me. Since you don't wear a bra…"
"I wear one" She snapped back at him.
"Right and Asia here also wear the same cup size as you do." He twirled his finger around "Turn around and show me your panties."
"Nya?" She was confused hearing that as it wasn't what she was expecting to hear.
Koneko ran over to them and grabbed ahold of his free arm "mine" was the first of many things she mumbled out that audible. Issei looked at the new development as something new for her to claim it was her she only ever implied it.
"Issei must you hit on every woman you see?" He heard Sona call out to him looking somewhat disappointed as he was harassing Kuroka even tho she was an enemy.
"Can I hit on you then?"
"No" She was quick to answer that to save face.
"I'm still going to try tho. What about Tsubaki then? Maybe Tsubasa?"
Sona shook her head hearing that "I don't understand how you hooked up with my sister."
"Because after we tore up a training dimension we found out we were horny as hell!" Issei knew that Sona didn't want to hear anything about her sister in general let alone how they shacked up. He looked back over at Kuroka "No seriously let me see them."
When Azazel did return after a few hours he took Issei, Saji, and Vali through a magic circle to a large white room with a magic circle that was drawn out already on the floor that spanned the whole room. A large purple dragon was standing on the edge of the circle "Yo Tannin!" Issei called to him.
"Well, it looks as if our paths have crossed once again." Tannin look at the group and saw Saji "So this is the one who is host to Vritra?"
"Dragon King, and Ultimate class devil." Saji looked in awe at Tannin seeing that he was this close to the dragon.
"Chill out man, he's not going to eat you."
"You fool!" Saji said to Issei "This is an Ultimate class Devil. Currently in the top ten of the Rating Games. Some respect needs to be shown to him. Not acting so casually around him."
"Bova wants a rematch."
Issei nodded hearing that "Tell him I said no. I already get my kicks of picking on the kids around me."
"Right" Tannin looked over towards Vali "As for you White do anything stupid and I'll kill you myself." Vall only smiled hearing that. "Azazel will he even come? I spoke to him a few thousand years ago but even then it wasn't for long."
"With all of us, I doubt he will have a choice to respond to us. How difficult is he to deal with?"
"He's been asleep for thousands of years. That last time he surfaced he was mostly asleep then went back to the depths of the earth after he said he wasn't going to come out till the world ended."
"Right, so it's a crapshoot then." Azazel pointed to points around the circle as everyone spread out. He pulled out his golden scepter as they started.
The magic circle glowed as each one of the Dragon Gates matching the respective dragons appeared layering over each other and underneath the caster. Red for Issei, White for Vali, Black underneath Saji, and Gold for Fafnir as Azazel was the catalyst.
There was that eerie silence for a moment as out of the gate came a massive eastern-style dragon that's the body just kept coming and coming. The thing was it wasn't the real thing as it was a projection with a blue outline around the body. What they heard surprised them as it went from silence to snoring at a rock concert instantly.
"I told you he would be sleeping." Tannin said before he called out to him. "Wake up Midgardsormr!"
There was grumbling from the projection as it shook around "Oh Tannin… I thought something felt familiar." He looked around seeing the people around him "The end of the world came? Ddraig, Albion, and even Fafnir and Vritra are here. Where's Tiamat and Yu-Long?'
"The end of the world has yet to come. We summoned your consciousness here to ask you some questions." Tannin asked and as soon as he finished they could hear the snoring once again. "WAKE UP! I can't stand that lazy attitude of your and Yu-Long."
"Calm down oh angry one. What do you want to know?"
"We need information on your father and brother."
Saji was confused hearing that "Uh Sir I thought we were asking about Loki and Fenrir?"
"Loki created Midgardsormr and Fenrir. And Midgardsormr was no use to Loki due to his size so he sleeps waiting for the end of the world." Azazel filled Saji in on the finer details.
"Oh, Dad and that dog. That's simple, I don't care about them so whatever. But something first them Tannin."
"What is it?"
"Ddraig and Albion are here why are they not fighting?" The large eyes peered at the two of them watching them.
"Loki is a larger issue at the moment and the two of them are going to take him down."
"Interesting, that is a deterrent. Anyways the Dog is more dangerous than dad is. His fangs will tear you apart. But he does have a weakness, get Gleipnir from Dwarves. With that, you can trap him and seal his movements."
"We already got word from Odin that method doesn't work, that's why we summoned you here." Azazel was quick to inform him.
"The dog has been enhanced then, okay seek out the dark elves of Norse. Their elder knows a way to enhance dwarven creations. I can show whoever wants it get the knowledge. What Dragon emperor wants it?"
Azazel and Issei pointed to Vali "I'm not magical inclined. So your better off giving it to him."
Hearing that Midgardsormr's eyes flashed. "Okay, I know where they are at."
"That quick?" Azazel asked as he pulled out his phone as a map appeared and Vali pointed at the location of the camp.
"So how do we deal with Loki then?" Tannin asked as Vali planned out how he was going to travel
"Just use Mjolnir on him"
"Right so just hit him with the hammer of the Thunder God. How are we even going to convince Thor to lend us it? That's even considering Odin can convince Thor to give it to us." Azazel thought about what was coming.
"Don't count on Thor letting us borrow it, That's a weapon of the gods." Vali told him.
"Go to the Dwarves and Dark Elves, there is a replica of Mjolnir that they store given to them by Odin."
"Now that is a better one, Thank you for this Midgardsormr."
He nodded his head as his eyes closed. "Have fun, see you at the end." He said as his voice faded away along with the vision.
The following day nobody went to school as they had the devil familiars act in their place not to cause suspicion. Once again they were gathered in the basement after breakfast as everyone was working on the plan for the battle that was to come. Sona however was the most jittery out of everyone as she wasn't at the school so it didn't feel right to her.
"I come bearing presents!" Azazel said as he walked into the room "Okay well it comes from Odin." He said as he held up a silver square hammer. "I didn't expect Odin to be hiding a replica away let alone Midgardsormr knowing about it."
"So how good is it compared to the real thing?" Issei asked seeing the hammer.
"The Real deal."
"Lord Odin said he will lend you this replica of Mjolnir." Rossweisee said to Issei "As you are the only one who could realistically wield it. Azazel handed him the hammer as it felt as light as paper. "Now send some of your aura into the weapon."
Issei did so as it lit up and turned into a massive hammer the size of a greatsword. His left hand changed from normal to fully armored to hold it up from crashing into the ground "Why is this thing so heavy?" He asked her as he tried hoisting it over his shoulders.
"That's way too much power," Azazel said laughing at him. "Tone it back slightly."
"I barely put anything into it." He said as cut off the power supply returning it to its handheld form.
"Well, it is a weapon of the gods even if it's a replica. I had to get Barakiel to help me make it so anyone could use it. After seeing that you might have to hold back or you could destroy too much with a single swing."
"You know Vali you could beg Odin for some assistance in this battle."
Vali was quick to decline Azazel's offer "I would rather master the power of the Heavenly Dragon. So I have no need for extra weapons, I want something else."
"Suit yourself" Issei said as he walked away twirling the hammer around and ogling it like a kid in a candy store.
"Bikou I have a message for you since you are here."
"Huh?" He looked at Azazel.
"It says I will punish you when I find you." Azazel watched as Bikou's face dropped knowing what it was. "Yeah seems as if He is with Yulong looking for you."
"So he knows about all of this then." Bikou was sweating bullets hearing the unfortunate news.
"We should go to your homeland sometime. It would be interesting to meet the First Generation Sun Wukong and Yu-Long."
"Noooooo." Bikou's eyes almost bulged out hearing that from Vali "That is a bad idea. The old man may be retired but he is a monster. With his use of Senjutsu, Youjutsu, and raw strength he will beat with ease."
Azazel moved in front of everyone and got their attention "As for the strategy for this. We know where the meeting will take place so we will wait for Loki at the arranged spot. Once he shows up the Sitri group will use their power to send everyone into a prepared combat arena. You will be at an old dig site in the middle of nowhere so damage isn't something we're worried about. Issei and Vali will take on Loki while the Gremory team and Vali's Team will take down Fenrir with the chains. Whatever you do, don't get bitten as the fangs can kill people like Odin and myself. Now, all we have to do is wait for the upgraded chains but in the meantime Saji!" Azazel called to the boy as he snapped to attention.
"Yes?"
"As you are the holder of Vritra your involvement in the plan is needed as well."
"Wait what? I'm not as strong as those two what do you expect me to do?"
Azael had a grin as wide as could be hearing that as he put his hand on Saji's shoulder. "Support role, just something else. Sona, I'm gonna take your boy toy for a while."
She sighed hearing that "He's not my boy toy as you call him, and second where are you taking him?"
"Grigori Institute." He said as he dragged Saji out of the room.
"Help meeeeee! I don't wanna die!" Saji was kicking and screaming as he."
"Do you have an idea what's going on Issei?" Sona asked as she was blind to what was going on with Saji.
"Don't know" He shrugged his shoulders "Whatever it is I don't know if it will help with only a handful of hours to go."
There was a silence from everyone as they didn't know where to go from there. [It has to be about Vritra, I could feel him waking up.]
'What's Azazel even going to do about that? It's not like he can fix a split soul. Speaking of a soul are you gonna speak your rival?'
[I have nothing to say to him.] That is what Ddraig would normally say but everyone else heard it getting them to look at Issei.
{I don't have a rival called Oppai Dragon.} Albion was quick to respond rubbing it into Ddraig.
Issei sat down as he had a feeling that he just sparked a verbal fight. [My Host is the Oppai Dragon, I have nothing to do with his obsession.
{Getting a show for kids using a dragon's likeness because of breasts.}
Issei scoffed hearing that from the two Dragons "Beats being poor deadbeats like most of BOTH of your hosts. So excuse me for having some money from a children's show."
Ddraig started crying [Women's breasts of all things.]
{We were prideful Heavenly Dragons, then I saw the show.} Sniffles from Albion were heard as it sounded like he was about to cry as well. Apparently, depression was the true killer of dragons.
"Albion is crying again. Last time was when Bikou watched that show." Vali looked towards Issei "What was that about poor people?"
Issei was surprised about that one "Did he never tell you? Have you never spoken to the past possessor of the sacred gear? How they are spiteful vindictive assholes who want you to suffer? How most of them lived in the gutter of some city causing problems wherever they roamed?"
"This is the first I've heard of anything like this." Sona said taking note of the information.
"Oh yeah turns out after a few thousand years the hate and killing spiral builds up. There are a few hosts who were well off but most of them." He shook his head "No they drowned in power and lead a miserable life. One girl was a victim of constant rape for years along with starvation, need I say more?" That alone shows the bleak outlook that some of the Dragon Emperors had been subjected to.
Hours passed as stuff was getting moved around while they were waiting for zero hours. Grayfia appeared in the house as she had some documents for Rias. Before she was going to leave Issei had flagged her down and the two of them went off to another room to speak. "So what do you need?" She asked him.
"It's about Akeno. Things happened with her father since he's here and I'm out of the loop. Azazel told me to ask you for an unbiased story so here we are."
He watched as her shoulders sank "Her past was quite tragic. Her mother was human and a shrine maiden. Barakiel came into the care of her mother after he was injured in battle. She took care of him and got him back on his feet. But the two of them decided to get together and then they had a kid. After she was born he stayed with the two of them while maintaining his duties for the Grigor. Unfortunately, clan rivalry is an issue in every era and species. The Himejima clan got wind of what happened that one of its members had a child with a fallen angel. The day it happened Barakiel was away from the house and they attacked the shrine. She watched as her mother was killed and ever since that day she's held a grudge with Barakiel."
"Thanks for that." Issei nodded his head "I knew something was wrong but this was eye-opening."
Grayfia looked at him "Rias told me that Akeno has changed since you started hanging around them. I suggest you not mess it up now that you have been filled in on that details."
"Thanks for the information" He waved at her as he left the room as there were other things to do.
When he made it up to the top floor and saw that Azazel was alone doing paperwork. When he walked it he made sure that the two of them were alone "So I had a chat with Grayfia, heard about your fuck up."
"Nobody is perfect Issei."
"Not saying we are, even those who think they are were flawed."
Azazel sighed hearing that "It was my fault in the end. I needed Barakiel to finish a job. And I called him away for a short time but it turned out that even that short time was far too long. I destroyed a family and took away the one thing my best friend found in life away from him."
"So what did you do about it?"
"I eventually found Akeno roaming the streets. I guided her making sure she lived in this cruel world we inhabit. It was the least I could do for her." Hearing that from Azazel there was a short silence as the door opened up as the two of them looked to see who it was. Vali entered the room "So has it been going?" Azazel asked.
Vali held his hand up as a small magic circle appeared. "I learned enough of the runes Loki used, so his attacks should be lessened for a bit."
Azazel nodded seeing that he had learned a sufficient amount of Norse magic in a short time. "Looks good, I'm going to take a break for a bit before ever everything starts." He got up from his chair and left the two of them.
Vali sat down on one of the couches as Issei watched him "What is your goal in this world?"
Issei found it somewhat strange to be asked that "I don't have one nor do I need one. I do whatever I have fun with. Let me ask you this then, what is yours?"
A smile came across his face "I find joy from combat that's why this world is so interesting to me. I will become the strongest."
"Have fun with that. I've accepted that people will be stronger than me."
"But you achieved your strength through working with Ddraig. You must be the first one to pioneer such a feat."
"The third." Issei corrected Vali
"My point still stands, you worked to master his power." {Most troublesome of all the hosts.} "Yes but they are the most fun to fight."
Hearing that Issei walked away "Have fun I have a few other things to deal with before this implodes."
"I look forwards to seeing you on the battlefield."
Upon opening the door Issei was Greeted by Odin and his bodyguard Rossweisse. "Tell me young White Dragon what do you prefer?" Odin asked as he pointed at Rossweisse.
"What are you on about?" Vali was confused as was Issei in this as the two of them walked in the door.
Odin pointed more specifically at Rossweisse "The anatomy of a woman. Breasts, stomach thighs, legs, feet, or maybe her ass."
Vali was confused at first as he thought about it. "I don't exactly think about such things. But I would say I like the area around the waist to hips."
Odin had a massive grin on his face hearing that "So an ass dragon then"
{NOOOOOOOOOO} Albion shouted out crying from hearing that.
Issei could only laugh at it "Breasts are the true form!" He looked at Odin "So why is your hot assistant single?"
"She's a rule stickler."
"Ahhhh" He looked over at Rossweisse "I can see how that would be a turn-off for most people."
"The more I look around I've noticed that it was my foolish pride that gave birth to Loki. And now it seems as if the younger generation has been thrust into hardships because of it."
Issei was off in the distance hearing that "I thought it was a frost giant that gave birth to him. But the Norse myth is odd so I can't exactly argue with the head god of it."
Odin laughed at it that "It must be nice to be young."
Issei finally got that downtime he wanted after dinner as after he got out of the shower he was laying on the bed with his eyes closed getting that alone time. But that all changed as he heard the door open so he opened his right eye to see that it was Akeno coming into the room wearing nothing but a thin white robe that was almost transparent allowing him to see almost everything. The door closed as he heard it click as the lock closed "Ise?"
He waved her over with his index finger "yeah?" She pulled the belt that held her robe together as it dropped to the floor and that got Issei's full attention as both eyes were open looking at her near-perfect form. "Oh?"
She got on the bed with him and on top of him as she straddled him as their bodies connected. Her soft skin clashed with his toned body as she let out an alluring aroma to him. "Make love to me" She whispered in his ear.
That was what tripped him, why would she ask for something like this right now of all things. He shifted his weight just enough to tip her over and him on top of her. And that's when he could see it in her face that she wasn't fully right with this. "I'm going to pass on this. Something tells me that it's not the best time for the kinky fun."
"Am I not attractive to you anymore?"
He shook his head "I would love to bury my face into your tits and motorboat them while humping till you were no longer able to orgasm."
"You can do that to me right now, that's what I want you to do."
"Then why do you look like you just opened the last box of wine and it's only Tuesday afternoon?" Her eyes blinked a few times at that as she changed "I like the girl who wants to do everything fun and then stick a finger in my ass and call it BDSM, not this version of you right now. This version of you has been running away from something." He rolled back over with her as she rested on his chest and his arm supported her. "For now this is the best I can do."
"Ise," She said quietly as the two of them lay there.
"It's okay," He said as his hand rubbed her back "I'm not going to leave you, I'm open for hugs whenever you need it."
"Thank you" He could barely hear from her as tears dripped from her face. The two of them lay there for about an hour before the others came looking to see what was happening.
After Akeno left Rias came in a bit later, she had on a flimsy lite purple top that did next to nothing to cover her chest outside of it being fabric and a dark purple thong that had large bows tied to the side keeping it on. "So what did you do to Akeno? She seemed to be better off."
He made a small X with his hands "I swear I'm still a virgin."
Rias had a small chuckle hearing that "That's Yumi and Koneko, you are not one."
"Bah. I didn't think that would work, it was worth a shot tho. I just let her hug me till she left."
She nodded hearing that "Okay"
He reached forward "So can I?"
"No" She pushed his hand away as she was quick to hop onto his lap and straddle him. "I wanna make out for a bit"
"How asser…" He didn't get to finish as Rias was the one to take the lead. For once he was happy that she said what she wanted instead of him figuring it out. His hands were still free to do whatever he wanted with her.
The following day Azazel allowed them to attend school but they were still on alert. After school, however, there were still some things that the clubs needed to deal with. "What else is there to do besides a maid cafe?" Issei asked looking at them.
"There are plenty of other things to do. Plus the Student counsel will say no and so will the teachers." Rias had to explain to Issei once again why this was bound to fail.
"Okay, so what do we do then?" He pointed at Gasper "The girls are already crazy about him do we dress him up and have them fight over the best outfit? It would be easy to be the most popular of all the clubs."
"Or" Gasper tried to shift it away from him "We could find out who is the most popular girl."
"That's me!" Rias and Akeno said at the same time as the two girls were letting out an aura that they let out trying to be the most dominant one.
"Oh did you say something Rias?" Akeno asked as she had returned to somewhat normal from last night.
"I didn't hear you speak Akeno, I guess it was the wind."
Gasper started a fight over popularity without even knowing it. Issei looked over at Yumi "Don't worry Yumi last I heard you are number five."
"Sona and Tsubaki?" Yumi already knew where she was going to land on that list.
"Sona and Tsubaki" Issei parroted her "How Sona is that popular is beyond me but she is, and then you're next on the list. When it comes to the girl's popularity with the girls after outside of Rias and Akeno I have no idea."
"Children" They heard Azazel say as he was sitting in the corner of the room drinking the tea that Akeno had made.
"Excuse us for having some fun."
"Dusk is upon us and it's far too early for Ragnarok."
Rias stood up pushing down on her desk "I guess it's time we got ready then."
The battle was upon them as the sun was already down as it was pitch dark. Inside one of the hotels in the city, Odin was inside it as everyone else was standing around on the rooftops surrounding it. Rias on one and Sona on another and Vali's team not far away. Azazel told them Saji would be coming later on in the fight. Although Azazel wasn't able to fight Rossweisse and Barakiel stepped in place for him and floating way above them Tannin was waiting for the battle to start.
Rias looked down at her watch as it ticked over to the top of the hour "It's time" She said as everyone could hear her over the radios.
They waited for a few seconds as the area around them shattered like glass as Loki appeared with Fenrir towering over him. "The Trickster god has played no tricks, you have my respect," Vali said seeing Loki.
"Go!" Barakiel shouted as a barrier popped over them connected as they were teleported to the mine in the middle of nowhere.
"You're not going to flee?" Rias asked as she saw Loki just standing there waiting.
"Flee? There is no need for me to flee. I will play Odin's little game and kill all of you before going back and dealing with that senile old man."
"That is a dangerous mindset."
"What is dangerous is you children allying. The biblical powers already ruined the world once. Getting on even terms with each other again is dangerous to this world."
Out from behind Barakiel shot out his ten wings as lightning coated his hands "Then you have no intention to talk so we might fight then.
Issei stepped forward [Welsh Dragon Balance Breaker!]
{Vanishing Dragon Balance Breaker!} Vali followed suit preparing to attack.
"Ahhh" Loki smiled seeing that " The two Heavenly dragons joining forces. What a nice sight to see before I kill all of you. Gets my blood pumping just thinking about it."
Vali disappeared leaving a zig-zagging trail of light in the sky as he moved towards Loki. Issei followed suit in a less spectacular fashion kicking up the dust around him. "How interesting a combination attack. And I'm the first and only one to ever experience such a thing." Loki threw his right hand as magic circles appeared everywhere and light flew out from them. The light turned into an attack as it looked like large strands of ribbon as they swayed in the wind. Vali was dancing around them as Issei took the first hit from one as the fabric like magic was harder than steel as it hit him.
Issei picked up the speed after the first hit and got close to Loki as he heard the call of Ddraig [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!]
Vali struck first as he send out a wave of demonic energy shattering all the magic circles around Loki. That gave Issei the opening as swung his fist at Loki as dust and large chunks of dirt were thrown into the air as it rained down on everyone.
As everything became visible they could see and hear Loki laughing, the cloak around his robes was destroyed and parts of his robes were ripped but for the most part, he was unscathed. Seeing that it was going to take more than a few parlor tricks to take Loki out his hip as part of his armor dematerialized for a moment as Mjolnir's replica went to his hand and gained some size.
Loki saw that hammer in his hand as his eyebrow twitch "The Mjolnir replica that's a dangerous weapon you have. It seems Odin will do anything to give you better odds at winning."
Issei looked up at him as the hammer got larger and larger to the point that it was a comical human-size hammerhead "All weapons are inherently dangerous. That's the point of a weapon dumbass." He stepped forward launching himself forward and jumping in the air swinging the hammer at Loki. Loki dodged it with ease as it hit the ground doing the same as the last time attack.
There were no godly thunder powers that followed up with it as they could hear Loki laughing "How unfortunate for you. That hammer can only be used by somebody strong and pure. And you are neither. That hammer should be lig…" Issei hit the pommel on the hammer launching it up as he made a quick direction change as the head hit Loki knocking him to the ground as he tumbled around.
"I know what the hammer can do, I read the documentation on it. I also know I cant activate the thunder portion because Odin was too lazy to bless it temporally so I could use it properly. But as you can see it's still a giant slab of metal that hurts. And before you ask it's as light as a feather for me. The funny thing is we were told to stop you, and killing you is the same thing."
Loki got up from the ground as he wiped the blood off his face "Then it's time I get serious." He snapped his fingers as Fenrir perked up coming down towards Loki. "With these fangs, they can kill a god. And last I checked you are no gods so how well will you fare?" He snapped his fingers once again sending Fenrir forward.
Rias raised her hand giving the signal as Magic circles appeared from all around the battlefield. Thick chains launched out from the circles as they wrapped around Fenrir. Once the chains wrapped around everyone spread out as they were given a large nail and tied the chains down as the nail was driven into the ground locking Gleipnir in place. Loki laughed at them seeing them trying to operate Gleipnir. "It's useless, you don't think I accounted for such a tactic. Fenrir has already been modified to deal with Gleipnir thousands of years ago." The chains glowed green as they heard Fenrir howling as it struggled to break free.
"You don't think we did the same?" Issei asked seeing how Loki's prized possession was now locked down.
Loki held out both his arms grinning at the fact "It's not as if it matters…" The space around him distorted as not one but two things crawled out from behind him "These two might be lower in specifications but…" Out came two smaller wolfs with a black and grey coat pattern "Skoll and Hati." He called out to them as they both howled.
Everyone was shocked to see that there were now two more wolves on Loki's side "Skoll and Hati were born from a jotunn woman I turned into a wolf and bred her with Fenrir. They're not as powerful as Fenrir but the fangs are the real deal. Now you two go kill them and free your father use your claws and fangs to rip them to shreds!"
The two of them split as one went for each group. The sky turned a bright shade of red as a massive wall of flames crashed into the ground hitting the two wolves. Everyone watched as the two wolves walked through the flames relatively unharmed "These dogs are stronger than they look" Tannin's voice echoed from above.
Loki was going to wait for nothing as he began his attacks once again as a ball of energy zipped towards Issei. He had to dodge something of that caliber as he sidestepped the blast but the energy cracked parts of his armor as Ddraig was quick to repair it.
Vali however started throwing magic at Loki part demonic energy part Norse magic. Loki was quick to counteract each attack with one of his own that destroyed his spells. "Most impressive that you have learned that much of our magic in such a small time." Loki held his hand up as a rainbow of magic came up pointing at Vali "But it's not enough."
Vali looked happy to see the attack coming at him as he extended his hands forwardared to block the attack {DIVIDE} {DIVIDE} {DIVIDE} {DIVIDE} {DIVIDE} {DIVIDE} {DIVIDE} "It seems as I dont have to touch your attacks to get rid of them."
Seeing the opening Issei charged in head first to close the gap as he held out his left hand as a green ball of energy formed. He got extremely close to Loki he could see Loki's eyes go wide as the blast detonated at near point-blank range. Loki lept out from the smoke gaining some altitude on them. "Most impressive White has excellent magical usage while Red can wield high volumes of energy with ease. Fortunately, your lack of skills and fitness make it much easier to deal with you rather than White." Issei was confused hearing that as it sounded as if Loki was unaware. "Tell me Red how much energy did you put into that blast?"
"Uhhh not much?"
Loki smiled hearing that "Oh that's perfect." He held his hand out as magic circles appeared "I'm going to kill you first. I don't need you powering up the stronger Dragon."
Vali was quick to move behind Loki to strike him in the back. "Don't ignore me." He shouted at Loki as he pulled something similar to Issei as he went to fire off a large portion of his demonic power. The next frame in Issei's vision was red as blood was sent flying everywhere as Fenrir had taken a bite into his arm. Issei looked around and saw that not only was everyone else fighting the wolfs but they had removed the chains freeing Fenrir.
"Well, now it seems as if white is up on the chopping block first after all."
Vali wasn't exactly on Issei's priority list of people to save but he had to do it. So charging forward he got within striking range of Fenrir he swung at its nose popping it clean but getting clawed at the same time. The claw swipe split his armor open like string cheese. Fenrir's claws were no joke even for Issei.
"Issei get back!" He heard Tannin shout as he grabbed ahold of Vali and retreated seeing that Tannin launched a massive fireball down at Fenrir. As he pulled out one of the few phoenix tears that he was given and splashed it on his wounds as they sizzled away healing up he looked over and saw that everybody was having a hard time dealing with the other wolves.
Light flashed as a massive bolt of thunder cracked and struck one of the children as it shrugged off an attack from Barakiel. Yumi seemed to be the only one able to dodge the wolf's attacks but her attacks were shrugged off from not dealing enough raw damage. Xenovia while she could muster enough strength to damage the wolf she was far too slow to deal the damage as she was cut mid-attack. Irina had to retrieve Xenovia and use a tear on her so she would survive.
"Gasper!" Rias called out to the boy "Blind this thing somehow. Koneko! Once it is blind use senjutsu to weaken it, something is better than nothing."
Hearing that from Rias Gasper turned into a flock of bats and flew to the latched onto the front of his face and blotted out its vision. Once the dog was blinded Koneko got to work punching it in its vital areas, any source of weakness was better than none. Her punches were working and staggering the dog. Rias looked over to see about Xenovia's status seeing that she was okay "Xenovia!" She pointed at the dog "Koneko has it weakened do some critical damage."
She got up grabbed Durandal and made her way to the beast as she lept into the air and swung Durandal around. Letting out large waves of holy energy they slammed into the wolf cutting open the fur and leaving large gashes as blood matted the fur.
Loki however was quick to summon more things into the realm as out of his portals slithered small versions of Midgardsormr. "Oh what the hell." Issei said seeing them.
Tannin however wasn't playing around as two of them made their way up to him. The closest one he exhaled a massive fireball at it and when it impacted the scales peeled back and it was turned to ash in an instant. The second one dodge the fireball but was quickly grabbed by Tannin as he pulled on each side of it tearing it apart like it was nothing. Tanning showed that while they were clones of a dragon king they were far from strong.
The problem is while Issei and Vali had to fend for themselves by killing the copies others had to do the same. Rosweisse was no slouch as she was carrying her weight and punched far above it with magical support fire wherever and where it was needed. Asia was far in the back showing off the training she had put herself through. A green beam of healing traveled from her to whoever she willed it and healed up the wounds. Vali's team was having a better time as they were able to wound the wolf and damage its claws and take out an eye.
"I leave Loki to you." Hearing that caught Issei off guard as he looked at Vali "I'm going to kill Fenrir."
Loki laughed hearing that "And just how do you plan on doing that? He bit you and you almost died. Acting strong will only get you killed faster."
Vali stared at Loki "You will not look down on the name Vali Lucifer."
Issei shrugged at it "Advice, I would get eaten and destroy its insides as they seem to be the weakest point. How likely is he to have teeth inside of body let alone magical defense."
Vali lept into the air as his armor was reformed "I, who am about to awaken, the Heavenly Dragon who has taken the principles of supremacy from God." He spoke as other voices echoed around the area chanting along with him. "I envy the infinite and I pursue the dream I shall become the White Dragon of Supremacy. And I shall take you to the limits of white paradise."
{JUGGERNAUT DRIVE!]
Bright light filled the area as Vali dashed towards Fenrir "Kuroka! Send us to that zone." Hearing that a large purple octagon appeared around them as the two of them disappeared away.
"You're full of openings!" Loki said as he fired off some magic.
Seeing the attacks coming in Issei hoped back a few as he gathered some energy in his hands and threw them at Loki's attacks getting rid of them via explosions. With the cover of the blast, he shot a few more attacks at Loki seeing how they would deal with his magical shield. "Akeno!" Rias shouted out catching his attention as he saw one of the wolves running towards her. Plans changed instantly as he flew to her aid it was only a matter of time before he was going to have to fight the wolves.
Attacks followed him as he moved across the battlefield. Tannin lobbed fireballs as Rossweisse let off some of her seeking attacks that destroyed some of Loki's. As he closed in the wolf was doing the same as it almost reached Akeno, it went to swipe its claws as Issei tackled it he could hear clothing and skin ripping open as he tackled it. The two of them tumbled to the ground as he hear Akeno "Why!?" She shouted out in confusion seeing as Barakal was on the floor in front of her bleeding.
"Your all I have left." He said to her as they felt the ground shake, Issei had smashed the wolf's head into the ground cratering it.
"Asia!" Issei shouted seeing the large wound. Fortunately for them, she was nearby as treatment started immediately.
"I…wha…you…" Akeno was shocked to see her dad on the ground bleeding.
"This fight isn't over, gather yourself for what's to come."
Issei walked closer to them as he watched Asia's healing wave stop moving but was still connected to Barakiel. "You know she doesn't hate her father." He heard a feminine voice that was unfamiliar to him as he looked around.
"Who's there?" He asked looking around seeing that the outside world was frozen in time.
"That's honestly a good question, my name doesn't have a good translation to your universe's languages. I guess Chichigami would be acceptable."
"Okay…" Issei was thoroughly confused hearing that "So what do you want. Better yet where are you?"
"I am using this girl's breasts as a medium to speak to you." There was a long pause hearing that "Yes Yes I know it sounds weird. But It was imperative that I make contact with you."
"Are you here to get ahold of me about my car's extended warranty? Or am I the chosen one? King of the Breasts? No, wait that last one sounds cool."
"Something like the last one."
There was a deadpan look on Issei and Barakiel's faces hearing that "I was joking."
"And I wasn't, but I don't have much more time. So watch this and explore what's to come." In front of Issei, he could see that things were not on the same battlefield they were just on. They were in a much distant time as he was standing in front of a shrine similar to the one Akeno has. "See the truth behind her." Out in front of the shrine, he could see a woman who looked like Akeno dressed in a shrine maiden outfit and a small child playing together. "Mama when is daddy going to be home?"
"Oh did you have something planned?" Akeno's mother asked as she sounded almost like Akeno does.
"Daddy said we are going shopping when he comes home." Little Akeno smiled showing off all her teeth.
The truth was I was lonely. The current Akeno could be heard as she sounded somewhat sad.
The images skipped forward as the two of them were sitting on the porch Akeno was having her hair braided.
"Mama does Daddy like me?" Little Akeno asked her mother.
"Of course he does. You mean so much to him." She answered with a smile.
The scene changed again as the outside was dark. Now inside the house was torn apart, with holes in the floor the furniture was tossed around where it looked like a warzone. Akeno was being held by her mother as they were surrounded by a few men with swords. "The slut who was defiled by a black angel. Hand over the child and you might not die."
She refused in the end as it skipped once again to Akeno crying over the body of her mother, Barakiel covered in blood "DONT TOUCH HER!" Akeno yelled at Barakiel distraught from the death of her mother. "Where were you? We waited but you were always gone. If you never left then she would still be here."
Barakiel didn't have an answer for her.
"They called you evil. Said that Black angles are bad and even that I'm bad. I HATE THESE WINGS, I HATE YOU BECAUSE OF THEM."
I didn't hate them. I just didn't know what to do. I was scared and weak, I just wanted to be a family and that was all taken away.
Issei was pulled from the dream as he saw a Ghostly figure holding onto Akeno as if it was her mother. "It's okay to love him Akeno. I did and I know he loved me." Issei had to make sure he was alright as he was seeing a ghost. Seeing ghosts was not something that was extremely common let alone one that knew what was happening.
"Mama" Akeno called out as she was crying seeing the ghost "I just wanted to see father more, I just wanted us to be a family."
Barakiel looked up at the ghost of his dead wife "Shuri I never forgot about you." He reached up to touch her.
Akeno grabbed the hand "Father."
"You have saved this girl from suffering." Issei saw that the gem on his left hand was glowing as he looked at it. "I'll give you the blessing of Chichagami this one time. What else I'm giving you will come to you soon."
Time quickly resumed as Mjolner appeared in his hand. Loki saw that there was a new power. "That power is not from a Dragon nor is it from any known god. Just what are you capable of?"
Twirling Mjolner around he laughed at that "I don't know you tell me, but I did just hear from a god that calls her the God of Breasts so that was a thing."
"Did you hit your head?" Tannin asked as hearing something like that was absurd.
"I wish I hit my head, that's how crazy it sounds." Issei stepped forward getting ready to fight Loki as black appeared. Just the color black that morphed into flames. "Well, that's not mine." He said seeing the flames on the ground.
They quickly turned into a pillar of flames as it spread out everywhere landing on Loki, the wolves, and a few of the remaining dragon clones. "That's Vritra's aura the Prison dragon's"
"Oh yeah? Saji is that you?" Issei called out to see if he would respond.
"Issei Hyoudou can you hear me it Shemhazai."
"Yeah I can, take it you calling about Saji here?"
There was a sigh "Yes I was told to send Saji to the battlefield once his training was completed."
"I see a wall of flames not much of a person there."
"And that's where it gets difficult. Azazel made a miscalculation."
"He fucked up."
"Miscalculation" Shemhazai tried to double down on it. "The results of the training turned him into what you see before you. Fortunately, he can identify friend or foe."
"Right so what did you do to the poor kid?"
"We gave him the rest of Vritra's sacred gears. Layering Blaze Black Flame Delete Field and Shadow prison on top of his Absorption line took so much work. But after that, we put him through some exercises to mesh Vritra's soul together. And it looks as if it worked, only in a semi-berserk state. So the rest is up to you after the battle."
"Right so knock him out if needed, got it. I have to deal with Loki."
Loki struggled to get the flames off him "What is this, my powers are draining away? What madness is this." Seeing that Loki was in trouble it was safe to assume that everything the flames touched was experiencing the same issues.
[Vritra was about abilities rather than attacking head-on. In raw power, he was the weakest of the dragon kings but he made up for that with how he diversified his abilities, he also had the largest variety of techniques among them.]
"Right, that sounds helpful right now." Issei turned around and looked at the rest of them. "Kill the wolves, Saji has them weakened so they will take plenty of damage."
Rossweisee spread her arms out as she summoned up another one of her array of magic circles. "I will defeat lord Odin's enemies." Colored magical attacks rained down on the closest wolf as it pelted its skin tearing it up.
"Saji!" Issei called out to what should be the poor kid. There were some noises that didn't form any know words "It's me Issei I'm behind you."
"Whaaa? What's going on? I feel hot."
"That's a line for the ladies. But you are a pillar of flames right now so that probably explains what you feel. But you need to take control of yourself. You need to take the reigns. What do you see?"
"I see some wolves and some snakes."
"Right Right, whatever you're doing to them keep doing that so the others can kill them." Issei tried to reassure him."
"I can see a magical thing above us trying to get rid of the flames."
Issei smiled hearing that "That's Loki that priority one right there. Do whatever you can to weaken or restrain him." He held up Mjolner and waved it around "I'm going to smack him with this." Mjolner started to sparkle "Worst case it injures him to the point it becomes a fair fight, absolute best case it kills him."
Hearing that massive lines came out of the fire attached to Loki grabbed ahold of him as flames crept up on the lines as they burned Loki. With Loki somewhat secured Issei flew up to Loki. He watched as Loki struggled to break the lines getting free. "This will not stop me." The one on his right arm shattered as he got free. "I will retreat, for now, but next time I will spill your guts over where you lay."
Holding his hand up Loki got ready to teleport away as he was struck by a massive lightning bolt struck him. Looking at the ground he saw Akeno and Barakiel with wings extended and hands held. Loki had smoke coming off him as he recovered from the attack "What the icy hell was that."
Loki's right hand was grabbed onto again by Saji "Do it already!"
"Right." [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [TRANSFER!] Issei dumped most of the energy he had generated into the hammer as it turned from a handheld toy into a semi-trailer. He used the rest of his strength to swing the hammer, Loki tried to move but was stuck only to get hit by the massive chunk of metal. When it touched Loki lightning struck through the hammer electrocuting Loki. His body was sent crashing into the ground creating a large crater.
Loki looked up into the sky seeing Issei in his armor "And what was he thinking giving humans this level of power."
Issei descended to the ground as he looked around seeing that Saji was on the floor but he was human looking so that was a positive. Going down into the hole he saw that Loki's eyes were closed and looking as if he was going to put up no resistance. So he grabbed ahold of him and threw him out of the crater and up to where everyone else was. Rossweisse saw the rag dolling body "He looks to be alive."
"How unfortunate." Issei said as he crawled out of the crater. He could see the others were gathering up as Asia was now able to patch everyone's wounds so they could rest and recover. "What's the deal from your boss? Dead or Alive?"
"Well he looks to be alive, so we're going to keep him like that." Rossweisse started casting magic circles and laid them over his body "I'll be sealing him for transportation so the others can deal with him." Hearing that Issei left her to her work and made his way over to the group to relax for a bit.
Saji was passed out on the floor as he reverted to his normal form, it took a while for him to return to the land of the living. "Somebody help, please." Saji called out letting them know he was awake. "Body hurts, also what happened?"
Asia went over to him and got to work healing him. "Well, the fight ended Loki is being shipped back to where there going to take him. But we won and nobody is seriously injured so that's a positive."
"That's good to hear, I couldn't see much when I was like that. Everything was blurry and my body was on fire so it hurt everywhere. But I could hear your voice so I knew I wasn't dead."
"Moral support, I guess that's one way of getting through it. But your actual support role was quite impressive. Flames that could sap away the magic from a god, that's quite impressive. I'll have to bump up your training." That is when the idea hit Issei "You know I could get Ruruko or Momo to give you some oral support later." It took a second but there was a large crack as Issei held onto his head. "What was that for!" He turned around and saw Rias holding onto a large paper fan.
"You know what that was for." Rias told him as she sent the fan away. "Vali team seems to have disappeared as well." He shrugged hearing that.
"Tell me Hyoudou, are all your battles like this?"
That made Issei think about it "Somewhat, I mean not all of them but I have fought like this before."
"I wanted to go home when Azazel put through that training. But if I ran away I wouldn't have been able to confront them."
"What did he do to you?" Issei was curious as to what Azazel did to Saji to force whatever form he took.
"The horror."
Asia smiled at Saji "You're healed, for now, only rest can fix everything else."
Issei rubbed the top of her head "Don't overwork yourself on the others." Turning around he saw Akeno trying to help Barakiel up as he made his way over to help.
When he got there and help lift him up "Opp, Issei Hyoudou." Barakel said seeing the boy.
Issei laughed hearing that Barakiel almost called him Oppai Dragon. "You know in case you haven't figured it out I don't eat breasts."
"Right" He seemed embarrassed to admit that.
"Tell me something, My Daughter Akeno, do you like her?"
Issei stopped walking as he heard that and looked at Barakiel in amazement as he heard. "The fact that you found us out on a date should have given you that answer. You should get out to the real world sometimes, but yes yes I do like your daughter." He could see that Akeno's face was red."
They continued over to the support team of fallen that arrived "I see then."
The following afternoon there wasn't much for them to do aside from relaxing after school in the clubroom. "The school trip is coming up real soon." Rias said to them. Azazel had other work to do so he wasn't there to oversee the club.
"We need to go shopping soon since we have been so busy." Asia said as Issei nodded hearing that.
"Yes we need to get popular underwear for the trip coming up, isn't that right Asia?" Xenovia called out to the poor girl.
"We do?"
"Yes, we do! When we go into the bath together we need to look our best. I also don't have anything cute so maybe we could go shopping together for that."
Issei looked between the two of them as he knew full where it came from, Kiryuu was a devious girl and could fool any girl who wasn't on the up about this. "White reigns supreme. That is the purest of selection."
Irina's choice in color was expected as Angels were sticklers for one and done idea. "But is it really?" Issei asked her "I mean it's okay, but it needs to look good. Throw some color in there to break up the madness."
"I have plenty of white underwear and I don't see you complaining." Akeno said as Rias nodded in agreement as she had more than a few pairs.
He sighed at that one "What you two wear is not what she wears. Yours has different fabrics and stuff that makes it more than one dimension. Something that is more than meets the eye. Irina has the standard it just works set."
"How do you know what she has?" Katase asked him "Have you been peeking around her laundry, let alone her drawers?"
There was a thought lingering around now about that "She was a member of the church and now an Angel. I swear there's an unwritten dress code or something along that line. They only go for the purity idea."
Xenovia looked at Asia and Irina hearing Issei rant about panties "I think we need to revise our shopping plan then." She looked to Issei "Can we borrow some money to accommodate for that then?"
"Yeah sure."
The door the to club room open up it was accompanied by crying "I'm doomed" Everyone saw Rossweisse crying she was all alone "Lord Odin left me behind, I never thought he was so horrible." They listened to her rambling through her crying and sniffing. "I must have been fired, it's the only reason why. I worked so hard for him and he just left me here in japan all because I'm a virgin."
Rias got up from her desk as she went over to comfort Rossweisse "It's okay you don't need to cry anymore. We could get you a job here at the school."
"Whaa? Really?" She stopped crying hearing that "I can be a teacher?"
"Sure, a full teacher and not a student."
Rossweisse was happy to hear that "I already graduated from college after skipping a few grades back home. I'm even already certified to teach as well." Hearing that from here was somewhat of a surprise to everyone. She looked no older than they were maybe a year older than Rias and Akeno at best. "But there are other problems as well like living here and If I ever returned home. They would hate me for coming back after Odin's arrival. Just when I got a stable job."
Rias knew where this was going as she handed Rossweisse some paper "If you join the Underworld, you would have benefits and other privileges."
Rossweisse took some time as she scoured over the papers "Seriously? Insurance is dirt cheap and it covers everything and tax refunds with insurance pay."
Rias smiled at that "Isn't it great? And there's always room for more when you work in the underworld."
"This is insane" She kept flipping through the pages "Do all devils get paid this much? The base salary here is leaps and bounds compared to Valhalla, I would have to get a Ph.D. to get this kind of pay."
"Flip to the last page" Rias said as Rossweisse did "If you work for me you get all of that as well."
"I heard the Gremory household was generous but this is crazy."
"If you become my servant you can start a business doing business in the underworld immediately." Rias handed her the remaining Rook chess piece she had "A magical cannon with the rook piece should be enough to reincarnate you."
Rossweisse thought about it for a moment "This must be destiny then. Once we met in the hospital and everything leading up to this just feels correct." She took the piece from Rias as it emitted a crimson glow lighting up the room as the rook sank into her body. Out of her back popped out a set of wings.
Rias smiled seeing that she was able to reincarnate the former Valkyrie. "Satan Ajuka Beelzebub said that the growth rate of the user influences the strength of the unused evil pieces. It's just one of the many secrets"
Rossweisse bowed her head to everyone in front of her "Hello everyone I am Rossweisse a former valkyrie. The sales pitch was most compelling and financial security at this time of my life is most welcomed. It will be good to work with all of you."
"Yes well you heard her, but she is also my last member."
Issei had a big smile on his face as he looked like he was about to bust out in laughter "I'm surprised you bribed a Demigod."
"It's fine, I was no different." Xenovia said as she put down her cup.
Rossweissee had a creepy smile as she was lost in her little world "Odin is going to pay for this."
There was still some work to do but it was light. It was mainly Barakiel and Azazel with Issei getting dragged along as well as buying souvenirs. Why? Who knows but it was something they wanted to do. But as they were taking a break out of one of the bags Issei pulled out a rectangular box wrapped in a purple box. "What's this?" Barakiel asked as Issei handed it to him.
"Just open it and find out."
He opened it and saw the black box and pulled the top "A bento box" He said as he saw all the colors inside of the box. He looked to Issei for an answer as he only had a pair of chopsticks in a wrapper for him.
Barakiel was quick to take up the meaning as he dug into the food. As soon as she shoved some of the meat and potatoes into his mouth it looked as if he was lost in time. A tear came down his face "It tastes just like Shuri's" He devoured the food in silence.
Azazel came back as he saw Barakiel eating the food. "Akeno's?" He looked over at Issei only getting a nod from him. "Thought so, Listen you can leave Akeno to us. You're not going to have any problems.
"He doesn't eat breasts… right?" Barakiel had to ask Azazel just to make sure.
"No, he doesn't." Azazel answered the poor man as he could see Issei shaking his head. "I've never heard of a dragon who makes people happy with the idea of breasts." Azazel looked toward Issei.
"Don't look at me, I didn't coin the name or come up with the idea for a TV show." Azazel could only shrug at that as he didn't want to give out any more information on that. Plus there was no need to ruin what was left of a good day.
After they had their shopping trip finished Azazel was in one of his offices staring at a communication circle as he was speaking with Sirzechs "I read the report" It was Sirzechs "It seems as if your plan has saved my family."
"Yes, but it seems as if Issei was more or less the one in charge of that."
"Yes yes, you are right. That kid has always been somewhat of a freak when it comes to fighting. Gabriel trained him well in the arts of combat. I'm still trying to wrap my head around whatever this Chichigami thing is."
"Who knows. I tried to get more information out of Issei about it but Barakiel confirmed everything Issei said. And if Barakiel is confused about what is going on then I don't have much of a choice in the matter."
"A god from another world supposedly comes to speak with the breast-loving dragon. I can see how it would be easy to make something like that up but for it to be real, let alone being from other worlds."
"Yes I have to agree, some of the older gods always wondered what was beyond if there were others. But it seems as if it has been somewhat confirmed."
"Speaking of others, there's plenty of talks about the kids getting promotions. After the Kokabiel and terrorist attack, Rias and her group prevented them from getting out of hand. The higher up have taken a liking to the idea of promotions."
"And just who are they?" Azazel had more than an idea but needed to confirm his suspicions.
"Most of Rias' peerage and some of Sona's as well"
"The daughter of Barakiel, an irregular Holy demonic sword user and the wielders of the dragon blades. And an Interesting choice to start with. But what of the powerhouse? He's not a devil but has the devil community a reward for him?"
"It's possible, there has to be something fitting the fact that he is going to take my sister's hand in marriage."
"Well anyways about the other pressing matter" Azazel changed the subject "Results came in from what happened with some of those Sacred Gear users."
"The Hero faction ones?"
"Yeah, we got a few of them alive but they came up with a case of death."
Sirzechs was interested in that "What happened?"
"Seems as if each one of them was carrying Ophis's snakes. The snaked wrapped around their sacred gear, most likely the thing that was giving them the power increases they needed. Once they were of no use it killed them. There increasing Balance breakers at a rapid rate, these aren't things they should be just playing around with yet they are making something that should be rare and earned a bargain bin sale."
"This is getting messy, and striking at the Hero Faction is not as easy as it looks. It seems as if there hiding in plain sight or somebody is sheltering them outside of Ophis."
"That and with many new abilities coming online due to balance breakers it's only going to get worse. One of the few gifts father left around, and I can see why Issei made the choices he did when it comes to his Longinus."