"Talking"
Inner thoughts
"Mental reply"
Ability/attack/emphasis/weapon/sacred gear
[Ddraig]
{Albion}
*SCENE BREAK*
[He's reached Balance Breaker.] Ddraig confidently said.
"What do you desire? A crimson-haired girl once asked me." Kiba recalled.
"On that fateful day I truly thought I was going to die, then I was turned into a devil, a second chance at life, and I made it my duty to exact revenge on whoever was responsible for all of my comrades' deaths." Kiba pointed his demonic sword at Valper.
"It won't change a thing even if you did kill me." Valper grinned.
"As long as you live, more lives will be sacrificed for your own gain." Kiba scoffed.
Valper smirked. "Heh, it's been said before that research always comes with sacrifices. Have you not realized that yet?" Valper said.
"Hey, pretty boy! You better kill that overgrown pear before I kick that elf eared bastard's ass!" Issei yelled.
"Issei-kun…" Kiba softly said.
"I consider you one of my real friends, Kiba. So, fight! Don't waste what they bestowed to you." Issei motivated that knight.
"Yuuto, you must be the one to finish this! Go beyond what Excalibur is! You are my servant, and my knight will not lose to a mere Excalibur!" Rias said with pride.
"Yuuto-kun, I believe in you!" Akeno smiled.
"Buchou. Fukubuchou…" Kiba was at a loss for words.
"Yuuto-senpai…" Koneko said.
"Koneko-chan…"
"Kick his ass!" Issei cheered.
Kiba's eyes welled up with tears. "Hahahaha! Are you seriously crying? You were just singing with a bunch of ghosts. It was absolutely annoying hearing that, It was straight up the worst. Just listening to the song makes my skin crawl! I never ever want to hear that shit ever again! Now, I'm gonna cut you devils down with my fused Excalibur!" Freed said in frustration.
"Freed Sellzan, the very spirits of my comrades reside in you. I will not allow you to commit evil deeds ever again!" Kiba said gritting his teeth.
"I will be a sword…"
"My comrades who gave their selves up for me, let us overcome this together. The wishes we couldn't fulfil before, the emotions that we held back, Now is the time! Right here, right now!" Kiba said as his demonic sword glowed.
The sword glowed a pure white light and a black that could consume the light, the two manifestations of holy and demonic power swirled around Kiba's blade and merged with it.
"Balance Breaker: Holy Demonic Sword of The Betrayer. This is our gift to you, Isaiah, we have given you a sword that has both holy and demonic qualities that respond to you alone." The spirits of the children spoke inside the blade to Kiba.
In a display of speed, Kiba dashes toward Freed, throwing in feint after feint until Freed could no longer follow his movements and eventually disappeared from his sight.
Kiba swung in for a slash but was blocked by Freed, but he found something off about the Knight's attack. His fused Excalibur no longer has its holy aura.
"Did your sword just beat my Excalibur?!" Freed said in shock.
"If that was the real deal, then I could not have won against it, that abomination will not cut through the feelings of my comrades and me!" Kiba said with vigour.
Freed pushed Kiba back and immediately stepped back and activated Mimic's ability and formed a sword that had two tips and stretched out reaching for Kiba at blazing speeds surprising the knight. The tendrils reached for Kiba, but he blocked it just in time repelling the attack.
"Why!? Why isn't it hitting you?! You're supposed to be this overpowered sword from legend, do your job goddamn it!" Freed yelled at his sword.
"Then I guess I have to do this." Freed snarled.
Freed utilized the power of Transparency and made his entire sword disappear, but Kiba could read and see where the sword will go, the sheer bloodlust from Freed was dictating where his sword goes.
Kiba steadily and patiently waited for Freed to make a move and the crazed priest dashed and tried to hit Kiba with a flurry of wild invisible swings, but to his disappointment, Kiba parried all of them, not even grazing the knight.
"Yes, keep him there." Xenovia suddenly talked.
Xenovia jumped in with Destruction in her left hand.
"Saint Peter, Saint Basil the Great, Saint Denis. Holy Mother Mary, Hear my voice!" Xenovia started to chant.
The space in front of Xenovia started to distort and deform, she inserted her hand inside the space and pulled something right out of it, Xenovia pulled out a sword that gave off an extreme amount of holy aura.
"In the names of the saints who reside within this sword. I shall release it. To me Durandal!" The sword fully came out of the space.
The sword's full form was in the picture, it was a two-handed great sword that was mostly blue and had a golden edge.
"Hoo, Durandal?" Kokabiel said in astonishment.
"You weren't a wielder of Excalibur?!" Valper said in shock.
"Not at all, I'm the wielder of Durandal, I was just chosen to hold one of the Excalibur fragments." Xenovia answered
"Blasphemy! None of my research was at a level where we could produce wielders of Durandal." Valper retorted.
"Well, no one in the Vatican could make someone who can wield Durandal artificially." Xenovia admitted.
"Then how?!" Valper asked losing his composure.
"Unlike the artificial holy sword wielders like Irina, I'm all natural." Xenovia said proudly.
Valper was left with an open mouth from shock.
"Just so you know, Durandal is a sword that rampages uncontrollably, it cuts anything it touches, it won't even listen to me most of the time. That's why I had to keep it in a separate dimension, otherwise letting it loose would spell trouble to any poor soul or object it comes across. Now, Freed Sellzan, while she still listening to me, let's have a battle between your Excalibur and my Durandal, I'm quivering from the ecstasy of a battle right now. Try not to die in a single blow, alright? The least you could do is use that Excalibur of yours to its limits." Xenovia adopted a dual sword stance.
Durandal started giving out a more holy aura as the blade shined with a golden aura around it, clearly overpowering Kiba's Sword of The Betrayer in terms of holy energy.
"Tch. That's cheating! Now the odds are against poor Freed, you blue-haired bitch! I don't need you interfering with my grand moment!" Freed scowled.
Freed dashed in with the intent of killing Xenovia with his invisible blade and blinding speeds.
SHATTER
With a single slash, the fused Excalibur shattered. The sheer force of Durandal's swing made a crackling sound in the air.
"Hmph. It wasn't even a contest, what a disappointment." Xenovia sighed.
"You're kidding, right? The legendary Excalibur-chan was broken just like that?! This is horrible, downright depressing. The old man was a fool to let me use something broken from the beginning!" Freed said in a desperate tone.
Kiba grabbed the opportunity and dashed to Freed. Freed in a desperate attempt to keep himself alive blocked Kiba's attack but the shattered remains of Excalibur fell to the ground little by little, until the hilt was the only thing that remained in the crazed priests' hand
"Do you see it? Our powers have surpassed that of Excalibur." The spirits spoke to Kiba.
Kiba stepped in again and slashed Freed straight down the middle leaving him critically injured and unconscious.
"I did it…" Kiba whispered.
Kiba gripped his holy demonic sword and gazed at the sky, everything he had prepared for his entire life lead up to this moment, he got his revenge for his comrades. His reason for living now renewed, and that was to be a friend to his fellow peerage members and to be the knight of his king, Rias Gremory.
"Ho-Holy demonic sword? Impossible, two opposing existences cannot merge!" Valper made an expression that could only be described as a man who's gone mad.
"Prepare yourself, Valper Galilei!" Kiba pointed his holy demonic sword at the old man, preparing to end his tyranny.
"I see now! I understand! Holy and demonic. If they can merge without any problems, then the logical explanation is that not only did the original Maou die, but so did-"
STAB
The crackling noise of a light spear stabbed Valper straight through his chest, killing him instantly.
"Valper, as smart of a man as you were, you know too much, you reaching that realization is proof of that. But I didn't really care if you were with me or not, I could have done this alone from the very beginning." Kokabiel stood up and sneered at the corpse of Valper Galilei.
Kokabiel who had a confident expression started laughing maniacally.
"Hahaha! Kahahahaha!" Kokabiel laughed.
Kokabiel now stood in front of everyone while releasing an intense aura around him.
"His power and aura, it's too strong…" Koneko noted.
"Now, Red Dragon Emperor, increase your power and transfer it to someone." Kokabiel ordered confidently.
"Now why would I do that?" Issei retorted.
"Are you underestimating us?! Don't mess around!" Rias angrily said.
"Mess around? You make me laugh. You don't stand a chance against me; do you honestly think you can defeat me? The only decent fighter in here is that woman with white hair, and I might take her for myself. And that failure of a host of the Welsh Dragon is nothing, I can't even feel his presence!" Kokabiel fearlessly said.
Issei's hair shadowed his eyes, his anger was rapidly rising and was trying his hardest not to obliterate Kokabiel where he stood, the mere mention of his mother getting taken away sent his emotions on overdrive.
Rias glanced at the boy and grew concerned about his sudden silence. "Ise… I'll fight with you." Rias held Issei's hand.
"No… Rias, this is my fight." Issei sternly said.
Rias still concerned for Issei decided to trust him. "Alright, Ise, win for us." Rias let go of Issei's hand.
"What's with this lovey-dovey shit? This is a battlefield! And all of you are going to die where you stand!" Kokabiel rudely interrupted.
[Foolish of you to say that fallen angel, after what you said, you've dug your own grave.] Ddraig spoke for Issei.
"Hoo, what is he gonna do? That host of yours is too weak, he doesn't even have an aura I can sense, he's less than human. Kukuku." Kokabiel smirked.
"What's going to happen, Welsh Dragon?" Agni asked in their ring form.
Ddraig inwardly smirked in the sacred gear. [You're about to witness our host massacre this fool of a fallen angel.] Ddraig said with confidence.
"Oh, this is exciting!" Rudra now spoke.
"Ooh, this is gonna be good! Gotta get Issei's first serious fight on video!" Kalina Brought out a camera.
"WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? YOU'RE BY FAR THE WEAKEST IN THIS GROUP OF SMALL FRIES! ALL YOU HAVE ARE YOUR FANCY TOYS! KAHAHAHAHA." Kokabiel maniacally yelled.
"This." Issei spoke in a cold tone.
Issei finally opened the flood gates and let out all his pent-up rage manifesting in his dark red aura overwhelming everyone around, the intensity of Issei's aura was enough to break the barrier, making those maintaining it feel the immense amount of power being released from the boy.
[WELSH DRAGON; BALANCE BREAKER] Ddraig announced through the gauntlet.
*OUTSIDE THE BARRIER*
Sona and her peerage plus Tiamat who was maintaining the barrier were shocked when the barrier was shattered so easily, especially with Tiamat's assistance.
"I-Is this Issei's power?!" Sona said nervously.
"It would appear so, this is the same aura that I felt when I first fought him, only this time, it's stronger, a lot stronger, whoever provoked the dragon in him, is practically dead." Tiamat said fearing for said individuals' life.
"Issei Sparda-Hyoudou, how powerful are you really?" Sona said to herself.
Just above the now broken barrier were Azazel and Vali watching over the fight.
"You can jump in now, Vali- What the!" Azazel felt the surge of power.
"Who the hell's making all that power?!" Vali excitedly asked.
"Why don't you ask your dragon?" Azazel smirked.
"Albion?" Vali asked.
{Vali, I'm afraid to tell you that, this power you're feeling is the red one's host, and I'm certain that in our current state, we won't last five minutes against them.} Albion admitted.
"Well, there's only one way to find out if they're the real deal or not, right?" Vali said in excitement.
"Just don't come crying to me when he kicks your ass, better yet, claims your ass hehe." Azazel giggled.
"Zaz!" Vali blushed as she activated her Balance Breaker.
-School field-
Issei's Balance Breaker finished assembling around him as his aura further condensed releasing even more power.
"Heh, a donning the armour of the Welsh Dragon won't do you favours, boy." Kokabiel prepared to strike.
Kokabiel fired a lot of light spears directly hitting Issei who was standing still. The smoke cleared and in front of Issei were his summoned swords that formed a shield for him.
"Royal Guard! Try again." Issei challenged the fallen angel.
"Tch. Let's see you withstand this!" Kokabiel fired a larger light spear.
The light spear was closing on Issei, Issei donned a defensive stance.
BANG!
The light spear disappeared from thin air.
"Nope… TRY BETTER!" Issei stared at the fallen angel dead in the eyes with a smile that spelt death for the fallen angel.
Tic marks are seen forming on Kokabiel's head from anger "Don't mock me, brat!" Kokabiel fired a barrage of even larger light spears directed at Issei.
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!
The sounds of Issei's shield getting hit rang throughout the school completely negating all Kokabiel's attacks
"How the hell are you not getting hit! Tell me right now!" Kokabiel demanded.
"Flock off feather face." Issei flipped Kokabiel off.
Kokabiel in a fit of rage made a light spear thrice his size and fired it at Issei. The light spear hit Issei, but before the light spear actually hit him, he chanted. "Royal Release!"
The sound of a heavy hit echoed throughout the school; the origin of the sound was from the arrogant fallen angel who was hit by hit by an unknown force that knocked him back by a large distance.
"What… *cough* the hell was that?!" Kokabiel snarled.
Issei stood there glowing in his dark red aura again.
"No matter, I'll kill you now!" Kokabiel charged up a light spear that was easily the size of two buses.
The light spear made contact with Issei, the ground shook from the impact exploding in a display of blinding lights that blinded everyone watching momentarily. Kokabiel expected that the attack finished the job.
The smoke cleared around the vicinity of where Issei was last seen standing, and to everyone's surprise and dismay, the boy in question was nowhere to be seen.
"Ise!" Rias said in tears.
"Issei-san…" Asia weakly said.
"Heh, copying my style now huh?" Kalina had a shit-eating grin on her face fully knowing what her son plans on doing.
Everyone else had a look of sorrow on them.
Kokabiel had a smirk that "Heh, all talk no bark, "This my fight" this, arrogant prick he was too weak, to begin with." Kokabiel arrogantly said.
"You bastard!" Rias fired a huge ball of p.o.d.
Kokabiel deflected it with one of his wings
"Not bad at all, Rias Gremory, you have the talent to reach your sister's power, shame that you and your friends are going to die." Kokabiel scoffed.
"Lightning!" Akeno called out.
Akeno's attack hit Kokabiel but shielded it with his wings doing no damage to the fallen angel.
"Are you also going against me, daughter of Baraqiel!?" Kokabiel taunted.
"Don't you dare put me in the same line as him!" Akeno said in rage.
Akeno continued her assault with more lightning strikes, but to her dismay, Kokabiel deflected all of them.
"You have quite the variety of servants Rias Gremory, The lone survivor of the Holy Sword Project, the daughter of Baraqiel and a catgirl! You have unusual tastes, much like your sister!" Kokabiel laughed.
"I won't forgive you for insulting my sister and servants. And killing Ise!" Rias said in anger.
"Then try your best to destroy me! Maou's little sister! The Crimson Haired Princess of Ruin! The one you're fighting has been an arch-enemy of the devils long ago! If you can't do it then your people will remember you as a failure! KAHAHAHAHA!" Kokabiel boldly proclaimed.
Kiba and Xenovia are in proximity of Kokabiel planning out their attack.
"We strike at the same time, got it?" Xenovia looked at the knight.
"Alright, let's go." Kiba nodded.
Kiba and Xenovia closed in on Kokabiel. Xenovia took the initiative and struck with Kiba following up. Kokabiel created a light sword to block Kiba's attack and grabbed Durandal by the blade completely stopping the attack.
"Durandal huh, unlike that Excalibur this one's light is the real deal! But!"
"Wha-!" Xenovia exclaimed when Kokabiel made an airwave, making Xenovia's body float. Kokabiel reared his leg preparing to kick Xenovia until he felt that his leg was not moving at all.
"What?!" Kokabiel struggled.
"Missed me?" The voice of Issei was heard.
BANG!
Issei fired a supercharged Orion directly at Kokabiels leg, completely obliterating it.
Kokabiel fell from the shock. "ARGHH!" He bellowed in pain.
"Ise! Thank goodness!" Rias said in relief.
"Never doubted you kid." Kalina proudly said.
"Not too shabby for a small fry, huh?" Issei mocked Kokabiel.
"Don't get cocky, brat! And how are you alive?!" Kokabiel scowled
"You never hit me once feather face, now it's time I bring the pain!" Issei smirked inside his Balance Breaker armour.
Kokabiel smirked. "Kukuku, since this is the final battle, I might as well say to everyone here!" Kokabiel flew up slowly.
"What are you up to now?" Issei asked with doubt in his voice.
"FUHAHAHAHAHA! I forgot; it wasn't told to you lower beings! The truth wasn't revealed to any of you, HAHAHAHA! Then I tell you all! In the war between the Biblical factions, not only did the Four Great Satans die, BUT SO DID GOD!"
"Wh-What…You can't be serious!" Rias was the first to react.
"It's normal for you to not know about it. Who would in their right mind say that God is dead, the angels couldn't control their emotions but had to obey the law, even us fallen angels, and devils couldn't tell those below us, Only the people at the top and certain individuals knew of it. Though it seems that Valper came to that realization." Kokabiel declared.
"God doesn't exist anymore? N-No…impossible…Then what have we been believing in while in the institute." Kiba spoke in disbelief.
"After the war, the angels were left who lost their God, the devils that lost the four Maou and the majority of high-class devils and the fallen angels who lost most of our troops. All the factions stooped so low that they had to rely on humans to procreate, especially the angels and fallen angels who could only mate with humans, fallen angles can increase in number when a pure angel falls, but pure angels can't increase their numbers after losing God, even pureblooded devils are hard to come by." Kokabiel answered.
"Lies…It's all a lie…" Xenovia weakly said.
Xenovia fell to her knees after the big revelation, she felt her strength leave her body. She had a panicked expression on her face, Xenovia was a person of faith, and to lose the one thing she believed in was a huge blow on her mental state, her meaning of life was now forever changed, what she will do next is an unknown even to her.
"In truth, another war won't happen unless you do it on purpose. It means that the biblical factions went through literal hell in the previous war. Then everyone decided that it was meaningless to fight if the ones who started it all were dead, God and the Maou were dead. Even that bastard Azazel declared "there is no second war" after losing the majority of his men in the war. It was excruciating to bear, and I mean it! To sheath your sword after you cut someone!? LIKE WHAT THE FUCK?! If we continued the war. We could've won! Now that pacifist of a bastard is collecting sacred gears from humans who wield them." Kokabiel vented.
"God is dead? T-Then…the blessing we received from him was…"
Kokabiel laughed at the innocent nun's sadness. "That's right your love for God is gone, the concept of divine protection is gone, though I must give it to Michael, he's doing a decent job of taking the father's place, the "system" was used so that exorcism, blessings would work, the only reason why that sword-wielding brat achieved his Balance Breaker was because of the power imbalance between the angels and the devils. In reality, it's physically impossible to merge conflicting existences." Kokabiel answered.
Asia was shellshocked from the revelation, later fainting. Kalina was there to catch her.
"Oh, Asia, hang in there." Kalina sadly spoke.
"From here on out, I will take all of your heads as a gift to the current Maou! Even if it's only me, I will start another war, and prove to all the factions that we the fallen angels are the supreme beings!"
"Hold your horses feather face, I won't let you stomp on my town that easily, I still have to prove my family's power." Issei confidently said.
"Hoo, and what is this weak family of yours?" Kokabiel asked with a smirk.
Issei darted to Kokabiel. "Let me tell you as a farewell gift… I am Sparda's kin."
"Sparda huh, figures, that white hair of yours is a prime tell of Sparda's kin, but I will still kill yo-" Kokabiel was hit by an uppercut from issei sending him flying.
Issei followed up by using his own wings to fly, catching up to the fallen angel leader. He equipped Agni and Rudra, he spun midair creating a flame pillar that burned the fallen angel.
Issei charged Orion and shot one of Kokabiel's wings clean off.
"AAAHH! My wing!" Kokabiel bellowed in pain
Issei fired a barrage of Summoned Swords hitting their marks.
Issei used Cavaliere and kept Kokabiel in the air by juggling him mid-air utilizing the heavy weapons bone-crushing blows that severely injured the fallen angel.
"Gunslinger!" Issei chanted.
Issei planted his feet on the ground charging Ebony and Ivory and directly aimed at Kokabiel rapid-firing away keeping Kokabiel in the air.
Issei used Severance in its katana form and fired six Judgement Cuts dealing critical damage all over Kokabiel.
"K-Kuh, STOP THIS!" Kokabiel said in pain.
Issei smirked. "Nope. Swordmaster!" Issei chanted.
Issei charged Severance with his demonic energy and activated Swords Formation that followed where his blade goes. He charged his blade again with demonic energy. "Take this! One! Two!" Issei fired three waves of demonic energy at Kokabiel.
With Severance in hand, Issei used Trick to close the distance in an instant mercilessly slashing away at the barely conscious Kokabiel. Issei Tricked down to the ground and commanded the summoned swords to circle around Kokabiel suspending him in the air still.
Kokabiel started to fall again, but Issei skewered him with Severance as the boy slid through the ground as if he was on ice. Issei propped Kokabiel up in the air by vertically spinning his sword and Tricked up following up with three slashes and a helm breaker slash downing the fallen angel leaving Kokabiel to a freefall.
Issei transformed Severance in its katana form donning a familiar quickdraw stance.
[BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST] Ddraig rapidly boosted Issei's power condensing to the blade and Issei.
"Eliminate all." Issei said drawing the blade so quick that afterimages appeared to hit Kokabiel for a short duration.
Slashing sounds echoed through the school as the fallen angel was frozen in time for a short duration.
Issei appeared just in front of the carnage sheathing the sword.
CLICK.
"GAHAA!" Kokabiel exclaimed nearly passing out.
The bloodied body of Kokabiel fell to the ground.
Suddenly, Issei felt shivers run through his body.
"Ddraig, you know this feeling?" Issei asked.
[Yes, he's here.] Ddraig shortly answered, but both knew who arrived on the scene.
A flash appeared from the sky striking down on Kokabiel, as the flash was about to hit the fallen angel, Issei stepped in quick enough to stop the mysterious force.
Issei grabbed what seems to be an armoured arm, though he felt as if this arm was something he needed to rip off.
"I won't let you kill my prey that easily." Issei looked at the figure straight in the eye.
The figure was revealed to be an armoured individual, in white plate armour with blue jewels adorned on its chest, forearms and knees, but what stood out the most was a pair of blue mechanical energy wings, it was similar to the original form of Ddraig's scale-mail armour and immediately everyone understood who Issei caught.
"So, you're finally here, Vanishing Dragon." Issei let go of his rival's arm
Kokabiel clicked his tongue in frustration. "Tch, another dragon… first the Boosted Gear, now its rival the Divine Dividing is here and its already in Balance Breaker form, another nuisance appeared." Kokabiel weakly scowled.
The Vanishing Dragon darted to Kokabiel trying to finish the job until Issei stepped in again stopping them in its tracks.
"I'd rather you not kill him; I need this asshole alive. And tell me whoever the hell you are, and don't go using Albion's name, we know who's inside you dimwit!" Issei tried to provoke his rival.
"My name is Albion." A feminine voice answered.
"aNd i'M dRrAiG, whatever, you're not touching him!" Issei mocked the armoured individual.
"You, touching me was your first mistake, my rival." "Albion" spoke.
{DIVIDE!} The real Albion's voice called out.
Issei felt his strength leave his body but wasn't too bothered by it.
"One of my abilities is to half the power of whoever I touch every ten seconds, your power will become my power- what!?" "Albion" felt her sacred gear malfunction.
{His power is too immense for the system to handle, step back now and let me adapt to his power or we're doomed.} Albion spoke to his host.
Issei walked up to Kokabiel. "Haiz, felt a little tickle but let's be safe before our grand battle" Issei cracked his knuckles.
BANG, CRUNCH, BANG BANG, CRUNCH
The gruesome sound of Issei's beatdown on Kokabiel who's left with four wings left everyone watching with a disgusted face as his mangled body laid there, barely alive and the giant magic circle around the school dispersed, signifying that he's defeated.
The battle of legend was about to happen, the Red Dragon who doubles its wielder's power, and the White Dragon who halves the power of whomever it touches, truly opposing existences, but who comes out on top is not known, till now…
"So, "Albion" are we doing this or not?" Issei confidently said
"Tch, don't look down me!" "Albion" charged in
{DIVIDE DIVIDE DIVIDE!} Albion announced.
"Heh." Issei scoffed
-With Rias and the others-
Sona and her peerage along with Tiamat went to the battlefield in Kuoh Academy's field
Sona ran towards her friend looking for answers. "Rias, what's happening now? We felt Issei's power skyrocket a while ago." Sona pleaded for answers.
"Kokabiel revealed that God is dead, Ise nearly killed him and now… Ise's fighting his rival." Rias pointed at the current battle.
"What?! The White Dragon Emperor is here?!" Sona lost her cool.
Rias only nodded.
"My, Issei's competition is finally here, this better be entertaining." Tiamat cupped her cheek
-Issei vs Albion-
[BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST!]
"That won't be enough "Albion" Kah!" Issei charged toward his rival.
Issei punched "Albion square on the body cracking its shell, blood was seen spill through the helmet's mouthpiece."
"AKH!" "Albion" said as blood spew out from her mouth.
She was sent back by a considerable distance, but Issei closed the distance in an instant using Trick.
Issei equipped Cavaliere and bashed his rival down cracking its chest piece.
{DIVIDE DIVIDE DIVIDE!} Albion announced as the armour quickly repaired itself
"Albion" blasted Issei with magic blasts in an attempt to escape but was shocked to see that Issei shrugged her attacks off.
"Impossible!" She exclaimed.
[BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST!]
"Say goodbye!" Issei said charging in to finish things.
Issei equipped Severance and stabbed his rival with his sword so quickly that afterimages of the sword can be seen as he performed his attack. He slashed away at his rival side to side, up and down the armour slowly breaking down from the constant barrage of hits from Issei.
{Vali! we can't take on this much damage for long!} Albion urged his host.
"I know! I can't keep up with his speed." Vali struggled as she used a defensive spell to momentarily stop Issei's attacks.
"Phew, quite the tough nut to crack." Issei huffed.
"You're stronger than I expected, my rival, play time's over!" Vali announced.
Vali flew up a considerable height and gestured her arm forward. {Half Dimension!} Albion announced as the space around her and Issei started to shrink.
"The hell is this? My strength is dissipating." Issei said weakly.
"Is that all, my rival, if you don't do anything you'll be reduced to nothing but a human." Vali mockingly said.
"Don't you worry, I got some more tricks up my sleeve. Trick!" Issei teleported just outside of Vali's range.
"What the hell!" Vali exclaimed.
Issei equipped Ebony and Ivory and aimed directly at Vali.
"Ddraig, how many BOOSTS can I do?" Issei asked the dragon.
[Go crazy partner, remember you're in Balance Breaker, it depends on how much you can take before I can stop giving you BOOSTS.] Ddraig answered.
"Alright!" Issei said in excitement.
[BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST] Ddraig rapidly boosted Issei's power.
"Transfer it to the guns!" Issei requested.
[TRANSFER SHOT!] Ddraig announced.
Issei fired the charged shots and transferred all the BOOSTS to Vali.
"What are you doing? Giving me power when we've adapted to it already?" Vali mocked Issei.
"Heh, let's see how much you can take." Issei smirked as he continuously fired at Vali.
Suddenly, Vali's sacred gear flashed between red and blue.
{Vali, he's overloading the system, retreat now or we won't make it out of here alive!} Albion pleaded.
"Too late for that!" Issei charged up the fused Kalina Ann and 2.
"Jackpot!" Issei fired the laser and directly hit Vali obliterating her armour as she fell to the ground unconscious, but Issei caught her in his arms bridal style.
Issei dispelled his armour and whistled. "Woah, hot host alert." Issei said amused as he looked at Albion's host.
[Ignoring me, White One?] Ddraig asked.
{It seems you're lucky with your host Red One, mine is powerful alright, but yours is on another level, especially with Sparda's blood running through him.} Albion spoke as the blue wings glowed on his host's back.
[Hoo, he's not just Sparda's kin, he's also the son of my greatest pupil, Syrax.] Ddraig gloated.
{Syrax? Impossible, I thought he died.} Albion said confused.
[He did, he died sealing my hosts' immense power.] Ddraig explained.
{I see, then would you mind taking my host and me along with the fallen angel back to Azazel's home? I know you and your host went there; I smelled the both of you in there.} Albion requested.
[Aww, the Vanishing Dragon asking the Welsh Dragon for assistance, quite the joke if you ask me, Haha!] Ddraig laughed out loud.
{Nevermind, she'll be awake momentarily.} Albion retracted.
"Enough, you two! I'm taking these three in. Issei said in annoyance.
"Mom, keep Asia safe, I'll be home soon." Issei spoke to his mother.
"I will, don't worry about her." Kalina caressed Asia.
Issei noticed a blue jewel that came from the Vanishing Dragon's armour.
"Hmm, this could be useful for later." Issei picked up the gem and stored it in his pocket dimension.
Issei teleported out with the unconscious bodies of Kokabiel, Freed Sellzan and Vali and left everyone.
"A conversation between the Twin Heavenly Dragons, not something I'd expect to see in my lifetime." Rias remarked.
"You said it, and the White Dragon Emperor rather Empress is a girl, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Sona asked Rias.
"Yeah, I didn't quite see her fully, but I can tell that Ise's definitely going for her." Rias sighed.
"Are you really Issei's mother?" Tiamat looked at Kalina.
"Why yes, I am, you must be Tiamat, right?" Kalina answered.
"Yes, I am, it's a pleasure to meet you mother of Issei." Tiamat gracefully spoke.
"Kalina's fine, no need for formalities, Tiamat." Kalina shrugged.
"What happened between Issei and this battle? I only saw his battle with the White Dragon Emperor." Tiamat asked.
"I can't tell you, but we can watch it here!" Kalina excitedly brought out her camera.
"How exciting!" Tiamat scooched over to Kalina viewing the video recorded fight.
Asia stirred awake still in Kalina's arms.
"Uhm, Kalina okaa-sama, where's Issei-san?" Asia asked groggily.
"He's off to do business, he'll be back soon." Kalina smiled.
"Oh, I see. Kiba-san, you're going back to the club again, right?" Asia asked with a worried face.
"Of, course, Asia-chan." Kiba smiled
"Yuuto." Rias called for her knight.
"I'm so happy that you came back, and reached Balance Breaker, I'm so proud of you." Rias smiled.
"Buchou… I left everyone in the club… And I betrayed you, the one who saved my life…I can't find the words to express my regret for doing so." Kiba said in a somber tone.
Rias cupped Kiba's cheek.
"But you came back, that's more than enough for me, and continue living for me…and your comrades." Rias said in a caring tone.
"Buchou, I promise to you again, that I, Kiba Yuuto, will protect you for the rest of my days as your knight." Kiba kneeled.
"Ufufufu. Thank you, but say that to Ise next time, after all, he helped you through it all." Rias giggled.
Rias covered her hand in magic and made a lot of dangerous sounds.
"Umm, Buchou, what's happening?" Kiba asked nervously
"Yuuto, this is punishment for acting on your own accord, one thousand spanks!" Rias smiled.
Kiba received a thousand spanks from Rias, during the period of punishment the Maou's reinforcements came soon, everyone who watched was having a good laugh and it was absolute pain for the knight, but he felt that he had really come back.
"Sona, do you need help with school repairs?" Rias approached Sona.
"No need, this is the student council's responsibility, you can leave it to us plus it's the weekend, we'll have time to do the repairs." Sona answered.
"I see." Rias shifted her gaze to Kalina and Tiamat who were sitting down on a bench watching Issei's fight. "Uhm, Kalina-san, why did you fight with us?" Rias asked out of curiosity.
"Well, ever since Issei's powers were unsealed, I knew that conflict was inevitable, so I needed to be ready for him, plus I was getting bored of being in the house all the time, this scythe won't cut on its own." Kalina pointed at Mercy who was laying just beside her.
"Also, what's with the camera? I was too caught up in the action earlier." Rias admitted.
"Oh, come on, you think I'd miss Issei's big fight? Never!" Kalina chuckled.
"Do Sparda's act this carefree all the time?" Rias said to herself, but Kalina heard it.
"Not all of us, one was all strict and power-hungry." Kalina shrugged.
"I'm guessing it's the Dark Slayer Vergil?" Rias answered.
"Exactamundo, though he did break his character at times. Why don't you watch the replay with us?" Kalina answered and gestured for Rias to come.
"Alright… This family is crazy, how can they be so calm in a literal city block level threat!?" Rias thought.
*AZAZEL'S APARTMENT*
Issei along with the three bodies he's carrying teleported directly into Azazel's apartment.
"Azazel! I brought these three!" Issei called out.
"Hmm, the Red Dragon Emperor, easily defeated a leader class fallen angel and his eternal rival, impressive for your first real fight, kid." Azazel grabbed his chin.
"Heh, Whitey here gave me some trouble, that Divine Dividing of hers was annoying, to say the least, and I never would expect that my rival was a hot babe." Issei chuckled.
"Good, Raynare, take Kokohead and his stray priest back to the Grigori, I'll deal with them later." Azazel called for his daughter.
Raynare entered the scene. "Sure…wait that guy defeated Vali!?" Raynare pointed at Issei.
"Yes, he did, pulled it off rather quickly along with Kokohead here." Azazel huffed.
"Here, take them." Issei gave Kokabiel and Freed's bodies to Raynare.
Raynare looked over at the bodies. "What the hell happened to Kokabiel!?" Raynare asked in shock at the sight of Kokabiel's mangled body.
"Err, he kinda wanted to kidnap my mother, sooo I tore off a few of his precious wings and shot off his leg entirely." Issei said earning a disgusted look from Raynare.
Raynare prepared to teleport out. "Whatever, I'm going now." Raynare teleported out.
"Now what do I do, with her?" Issei carried Vali's body bridal style.
"Just lay her down on the couch, she'll wake up soon, then you can officially meet her, hehe." Azazel grabbed a drink.
Issei laid his rival's body down on the couch. "Can I take a swig too? I've always wanted to try alcohol." Issei excitedly asked.
Azazel poured a drink for Issei. "Sure, kid, I only have whiskey if you don't mind." Azazel cautiously spoke.
"Yeah sure, while we wait for princess here to wake up. Up for some Tekken?" Issei asked
Azazel served the drink. "Alright, I won't lose this time!" Azazel walked over to his console and turned it on.
Issei downed his drink in one go, surprising Azazel.
"Woah kid, slow down, you don't want to pass out in one go." Azazel chuckled.
"Hehe~ feels nice no wonder you like to drink this stuff. Another!" Issei reached out.
Azazel didn't want Issei to go home blasted in alcohol, so he served him iced tea, fooling the boy.
The two played their games of Tekken with Issei winning most of their matches, his skills with Akuma despite being partially drunk were still too good for Azazel to keep up with. Half an hour passed a certain lady stirred awake from her slumber
"Ugh…Zaz, where am I?" Vali opened her eyes.
Vali sat straight up checking her surroundings.
Issei and Azazel turned their eyes to Vali. "Morning sleepyhead, look who's here." Azazel smirked
Vali saw a handsome young man with snow-white hair and crimson eyes that looked at her with a caring glance. This gesture immediately turned her battle-hungry personality into that of a girl whose feelings were being stirred for the first time.
"W-Who's that?" She asked pointing at Issei with a flustered face.
"Don't tell me that you don't remember me, Whitey?" Issei chuckled.
Vali recalled the beatdown she received from his armoured rival, and immediately remembered everything widening her eyes.
"WHAT! You're my rival!? But I- what! How?!" Vali was at a loss for words.
"That's right, Issei here is your rival, by the way, Issei, this is Valeria Lucifer my adoptive daughter, you can call her Vali, and Vali, this is Issei Sparda-Hyoudou." Azazel introduced the two to each other.
"Lucifer huh, so you're a descendant of the original Maou?" Issei asked.
"Yeah, and you're a descendant of one of the strongest devils in history." Vali replied avoiding eye contact.
"You two are talking about those two legendary figures as if they're on the morning newspaper, have you no respect for your ancestors?" Azazel lectured sarcastically.
"I mean, it's what we are, sooo I don't see any reason to not talk about it." Issei retorted.
Vali's sacred gear manifested on her back. {Ddraig's host, are you truly Syrax's hatchling?} Albion asked.
"Yeah, what about him?" Issei pondered.
{As you know we dragons are creatures of pride and pure power, but your father was an anomaly among us, he didn't fight for the glory of winning battles, he didn't find a mate until I found out that you were his spawn, yet in an event that I can only describe as a miracle, he reached Ddraig and I in power, making him the unofficial third heavenly dragon, how he reached it is beyond me.} Albion recalled
"I watched a memory of him with my mother, he lost his parents while he was still a drake, Ddraig found him and raised him as his own, trained him to be his greatest disciple, rose to power and eventually found my mother and had me. Disaster struck when I was still a baby, he sacrificed his life to seal my powers and keep me away from the supernatural, but as you can see now, I'm deep inside that same world he tried to keep me away from. Maybe it was the fear of losing someone again that drove him to reach that level of strength. I don't know if this answers your question, but it's the only one I could think of." Issei had a solemn expression on his face.
[What he says is true, Albion. Syrax left him a few gifts and amongst them was a letter that clearly stated that he knew that my host will eventually be a part of the supernatural, Syrax had one wish for my host that he uses as his drive to keep going, and that is to protect those he deems important to him.] Ddraig now spoke sobbing a bit on the last part.
Azazel and Vali had tears in their eyes from hearing a tidbit of Issei's past, especially Azazel, for someone who's thousands of years old and has experience from a war, this was unheard of. Vali on the other hand planted the idea of her protecting the boy, she and Issei may not have similar upbringings, but hearing her rival's story certainly stirred her feelings for the boy.
"I-I can't believe your father went that far to protect you; he must've been an amazing dragon." Azazel tearfully said.
"He is, I wouldn't be here if not for him." Issei smiled.
{Aww, has the Welsh Dragon grown soft? I could never foresee this ever happening.} Albion mocked Ddraig.
[Watch what you say White One, at least the product of my teachings went on to the next generation, in the form of Syrax and my current host, what about you? You may have a powerful host, but what can she do after our battle is done? I can smell her lust for my host already. You know you had your chance actually; Tiamat was dying to mate with one of us! Yet because of our stupid rivalry she's grown to hate me in particular!] Ddraig lectured.
{Who are you and what have you done with Ddraig? He was never this mature.} Albion said in shock.
[Raise a drake then you'll find out.] Ddraig deadpanned.
{Too late for that.} Albion said.
"I never would have thought that the feared twin heavenly dragons that took all three of the biblical factions to seal off could bicker like children too, and the Welsh Dragon becoming a parental figure." Azazel said amused.
"Tell me about it, I'm surprised they had this much history, all I knew was that they were after each other's throats all the time" Issei chimed in.
[{We still are!}] Ddraig and Albion replied in unison.
Issei prepared a teleportation circle to his home. "Well, I gotta go home now, I don't want to hear a mouthful from my mother, and I must say that drinking's pretty fun, well until you get sober that is." Issei chuckled.
"Come by anytime if you want a drink, kid." Azazel happily said.
"Will do." Issei was about to disappear.
Vali grabbed his hand with a flustered face.
"W-Will I see you again?" Vali bashfully said.
Issei grabbed her chin closing his face to hers. "Don't worry, you will." Issei whispered sending chills down his rival.
Issei teleported out leaving a steaming Vali and a drunk Azazel to themselves.
"So, what do you think of him?" Azazel struck a conversation.
Vali cupped both her cheeks. "He's strong, he overpowered me as if I was nothing when I fought him, I want to be with him so I can be stronger." Vali said with passion.
"Considering you two are most likely the strongest hosts of the heavenly dragons, I dare say go after him then, he has my approval to be your man, the supernatural world could use a plot twist, the Sekiryuutei and the Hakuryuukou working together instead of trying to kill each other, one hell of a headline if you ask me." Azazel added his two cents.
{Never in a million years would I imagine myself working with Ddraig! Please Vali, don't do this, you must keep the rivalry alive.} Albion begged.
"No can do, Albion, he's soooo strong, I'd rather be with a guy stronger than me than try to kill him, it's a lose-lose situation." Vali deduced.
{I can't say no to this can I?} Albion spoke in defeat.
"Nope." Vali chuckled.
"Oh, the great Valeria Lucifer, finally in love." Azazel mocked.
"Zip it Zaz! Now, when will I see you again, Issei… hmm, Ise! That sounds cute." Vali hummed a melody.
I don't know how you do it, Issei, but you've turned a battle-hungry woman into a normal girl. Azazel thought, sipping his drink.
Raynare came into the scene with a very attractive lady.
"I'm back! Oh, and Kuroka is here to check on you, Vali." Raynare announced her return.
Kuroka is a young woman with long black hair with split bangs, golden eyes with cat-like pupils, and a voluptuous figure. She wears a black kimono with a yellow obi, golden beads, and an ornately decorated headband The kimono has a red inside and is open at the shoulders, allowing her enormous breasts to be seen.
"Oh, Kuroka, what are you doing here?" Vali asked.
"Raynare said it nya~ I'm here to check on you after your battle nya~" Kuroka answered.
"Well as you can see, I took a loss this time." Vali admitted.
"Nya!? To whom? You're so powerful, who could possibly defeat you nya?" Kuroka asked in shock.
"My rival, and…ugh, forget it." Vali blushed.
Kuroka takes a better look at Vali and was surprised at what she saw.
"Hoo, is Vali in love, Azazel?" Kuroka had a mischievous grin on her face.
"Yep, and it's with her rival." Azazel finished his fifth drink.
"NYA!?"
"WHAT!?" Raynare and Kuroka exclaimed.
"N-No! I just want to be with him, you don't find strong guys like him anywhere." Vali defended herself.
"Vali, that is being in love, when you want to be with someone, and it can be for any reason and your reason for falling in love, is because of power." Raynare said to Vali like a big sister consoling her younger sibling.
"I-I guess, you're right, he is pretty hot." Vali admitted.
"That I agree on, we even went on a date once, but it ended in disaster." Raynare sighed.
"Do tell, Ray." Vali pried.
"Well, we went out for lunch, did some shopping, and by the afternoon, we went to the park, and I tried to kill him, keyword tried, the guy just punched me in the gut and knocked me out, eventually I woke up, he intimidated me, and I lead him to our dad here. Ahh~ when he used that aura of his to dominate the scene, I was both scared and aroused~" Raynare cupped her cheeks.
"Now that I sniff around more, I can smell him and-" Kuroka's eyes widen.
"He's strong nya~ Hey, Vali, you won't mind sharing him, would you?" Kuroka said in heat.
"Uhm, I don't know what to say." Vali blushed.
"I want a piece of him too, I was annoyed at him first, but the more he visits here, the more I want to eat him up~" Raynare seductively said.
Good luck Issei, you have three women who all want to bed you. Azazel thought, finishing his sixth drink.
*HYOUDOU RESIDENCE*
Issei teleported just outside his home's doorway.
Issei walked into his house. "I'm home!" He announced.
Kalina came out from the kitchen still in her battle outfit. "Welcome home, how's your visit with Azazel?" Kalina asked.
Kalina and Issei walked over to their living room and sat down. "Quite the surprise actually, I found out that my rival was a girl and is a descendant of the original Maou." Issei answered.
"Why am I not surprised anymore? Am I getting used to the bizarre things you run into or is it dad's thing happening to you?" Kalina deadpanned.
"Mix of both if you ask me. Anyway, we leave for Red Grave City tomorrow, right?" Issei asked.
"Yeah, and I need to ask the two girls to watch over the house for us while we're gone." Kalina said.
"Why don't we bring them with us?" Issei grabbed his chin.
"I would, but Asia-chan's having trouble recovering from you know, God's apparent death." Kalina said in a somber tone.
"I see, I'm assuming Rias is with her?" Issei followed up.
Kalina nods.
Issei went upstairs and saw Rias just outside Asia's room sitting on the floor.
"Hey…you doing alright?" Issei went up to Rias.
"Yeah, but you should be more concerned over Asia, that revelation really did a number on her, now I'm trying my best to support her, though it seems that she'd like to be left alone for now." Rias sighed.
Issei knocked on the door.
"Asia-chan, you there?" Issei spoke.
"Ise!" Rias exclaimed.
"Let me try at least." Issei sighed.
"Asia-chan, I know you're hurt after what Kokabiel said, but you can't just bottle up your emotions, you have to let them out, the more you keep them in, the more it'll hurt later on… Always remember Asia, you're not alone anymore, I'm here for you, mom, Rias, and the ORC are all here for you, we're family now…please Asia, come out, this home won't be the same if you're like this." Issei sincerely said.
The door to Asia's room slowly opened, revealing Asia with an extremely sad expression.
Asia hugged Issei by the waist and tears immediately ran down her cheeks.
"I-I'm sorry, Issei-san, I just can't believe it, God's gone and my whole life was dedicated to keeping my faith in him, but he's gone now…what am I supposed to do?" Asia tearfully said.
Issei comforted the nun by lovingly patting her head. "There's no going around that God is dead, but we're here, have faith in us now, your new family, we'll protect you with everything we have, and will always, always love you." Issei spoke in a caring tone.
Asia started to cry even more as she nuzzled her head onto Issei's chest. "T-Thank you, Issei-san…I-I always thought that I was alone but meeting you and the others were the best things that ever happened to me… you gave me a home when I needed one, you took me in as your family. I could never ask for more, you truly did save me." Asia said as her tears as Issei tightened his embrace.
Asia looked up to Issei with a teary-eyed face. "Don't worry, Asia, I'm here for you…always." Issei lovingly smiled.
"I can't thank you enough, Issei-san." Asia hugged Issei again.
"Rest up, Asia I want to see you smiling again." Issei patted Asia's head.
"Okay…" Asia complied.
Kalina was downstairs where she heard everything that transpired upstairs.
Kalina smiled. "You've grown so much in such little time, Issei, you're gonna be a great man for all the women in your life." Kalina said to herself.
Boom! That's it for the chapter.
The chapter took a lil longer than I had expected, because of a series of very unfortunate events, first I experienced a four-day long blackout, then I checked if the chapter was saved or not, aaaaand it was not, had to rewrite the whole thing again, and just yesterday as I was about to upload this chapter, my internet got cut off, anyways here it is, thanks for reading, be sure to give this a follow/favourite if you enjoyed it, reviews and constructive criticism are always welcome, helps me be a lil better at this whole writing thing xD.
Sidenote: Thank you to the readers who pointed out that Sparda's kin had a resistance to holy attacks.
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