Chapter 8.5

(One Month Angeles California, earth)

High volumed hip hop music attacked Issei's ears as he stood in line outside of a busy nightclub. By the time he got to the front of the line he was met by the intimidating gaze of the massive bouncer in front of the door.

"ID?" the bald headed bouncer demanded with a glare as he crossed his arms in front of the reincarnated devil.

Issei didn't answer he simply pulled out a small golden coin with an inscription and lettering that didn't match any currency from earth but the bouncer quickly snatched it away and placed under intense observation for a moment before pocketing it. "Right this way sir…"

The bouncer guided Issei into the club and through what at first appeared to be a run of the mill, active and modern night club but Issei was quickly escorted towards a door that read "VIP" and upon crossing this threshold he was ushered into what looked like an entirely different club and was anything but run of the mill.

The room was much darker then the lively club outside, with a number of small red lamps providing the only light and creating a much more ominous mood. It was clear this club sported a supernatural element of some sort as the roof was much taller then what would be physically possible if you were looking from outside. A number of the clubs patrons were clearly inhuman as well as many of them sported horns, tails, fur and or scales and suspended above the club's main dancefloor were cages attached to chains where topless women with long black wings were dancing to the unearthly hip hop music.

Issei pushed his way through the crowds of people before reaching a relatively empty bar at the other end of the dance floor. Issei, thankful to be away from the crowd, took a seat at the bar before being approached by a pale-faced bartender.

"Can I get you anything?..." The bartender asked as he stereotypically polished a glass.

Issei placed a pair of the gold coins from before on the table before answering. "No thanks but you can keep that if you promise not to bother me the rest of the night." Issei muttered before swiveling his barstool around so he could face the crowd as the bartender pocketed his money.

'This place is disgusting…' Issei thought as his expression soured. 'I thought the spots Riser liked to hang out in were gross but this is really on another level….' Issei thought as he watched drunken people falling over one another, underwear being thrown from the suspended cages and individuals stumbling out of the bathroom and returning to the dancefloor covered in vomit and who knows what else. 'I'm not sure any information coming from a dump like this could be reliable but every other lead has come up empty so at this point I'm desperate.'

Issei scoured the dance floor in front of him with such intensity that the last thing he expected was a tap on his shoulder from behind. "WAAAHHH!"

Issei jumped from his bar stool before turning to see a woman with short orange hair dressed in a pink fur bikini standing behind the counter. "Issei hyoudou?" she asked as Issei composed himself before the boy nodded in response. "Right this way my darling will see you now."

Issei was escorted by the scantily clad woman behind the bar into another secret back room and in said room on a crescent shaped couch sat a massive, grotesquely fat individual who was more than five feet tall sitting down so standing he must be over ten feet tall but he didn't look like an individual who did much standing. "Presenting the gracious lord Orren…"

Issei new he wasn't human but he couldn't exactly tell what he was, he had a bald head, pale skin and wore a small pair of sunglasses that covered what had to be a pair of tiny eyes but despite his horrendous appearance he was surrounded by six barely dressed women, three to his left and three to his right, all of which appeared to be different inhuman races. Some had tails and cat ears, a few had horns or fangs one hand the same black wings as the cage dancers and another sported a single massive eye.

"Aaahhh….." The blob-like man's expression brightened. "Awhhh you must be Issei Hyoudou…. The NEW Welsh Dragon huh? It never ceases to amaze me the sheer number of big names who come to visit me and this little dump i call home. Ya know not too long ago the Arch Angel Michael stood in that very same spot you're standing in right now." The blobous stanger boasted.

"Fascinating." Issei muttered uninterested before pulling a small bag of jingling coins and throwing them down in front of him. "Now give me my information."

"Straight to the point huh?" Lord Orren muttered back with a joking smirk as one of his girls picked up the bag of coins and placed it delicately on his flabby lap. The fat club owner quickly began to dig into the money filled bag as he meticulously counted every coin. "Forgive me, I've done deals with devils before and I doubt you'd be surprised how often they try to pull a fast one on me." He explained but after counting the final coin a smile formed on his face. "Though you reincarnated devils tend to be a little more trustworthy. Give him his information!" He declared with a snap of his fingers.

On cue one of the cat girls stood up and began to seductively walk over to the ever more impatient Issei. This girl with short brown hair, pointy ears and a tail of the same color, dressed in a pink micro bikini that seemed to reveal more skin with every movement she made, placed her right hand against Issei's firm chest and began to press herself against Issei's body. "Rrrrrooowwww…."She purred, then she plunged her left hand into Issei's back right pocket delivering a small folded piece of paper before pulling her hand back and returning to the couch.

"Everything I've heard from everyone who would be in the know says your guys is either there or will be soon but I have to say you're not the first Red Dragon to come to me for this same information." The massive information merchant's expression turned sorrowful. "Normally I wouldn't say anything but I mean you're a kid and a Devil at that. Just seems like a waste of immortality."

"Immortal or not doesn't really matter right. From what I hear this all ends the same way right? For all of us?" Issei answered back sorrowfully as he grabbed his left arm. "Besides I made a deal and it's time to pay up."

Issei left Lord Orren's chamber and reentered the supernatural nightclub and immediately pulled the folded piece of paper out of his pocket. 'This is it… This is where I'll find them!' Issei steadied his determination and quickly unfolded and read the written down location before his face went pale. 'You've got to be kidding me…. Not again…'

(Authors notes)

I was working on the next chapter and realized this scene doesn't really fit in the next chapter and I didn't wanna try to fit it in but it does provide some exposition and a it sheds a little bit on Issei's mental state going into this next arc. To some things up, basically Issei is looking for the white dragon emperor so they can have their fight to the death in order to keep good on the promise he made with Ddraig in the last arc. Expect chapter nine shortly (In the next week or so)