"Talking"
Thoughts
"Mental conversation(s)"
Ability/attack/emphasis/weapon/sacred gear
[Ddraig]
{Albion}
*SCENE BREAK*
A few days passed after a very eventful week that was Kokabiel's attack on Kuoh, meeting the rest of Kalina's family, and Issei's promotion, and to say that it was eventful was an understatement for him.
*KUOH ACADEMY*
Issei is seen going into his class with Asia, awaiting their homeroom period to begin, until a very familiar face walked into class.
"Good morning, everyone, I'm Tia Mataris. You can call me Tia-sensei, I'm not one for formalities, but I needed to be at least professional, and I'm your new homeroom and English teacher, I hope that we get along fine." Tiamat introduced herself wearing an appropriate outfit for teaching.
The handful of boys in the room rejoiced at an extremely hot blue-haired teacher.
"It's early Christmas boys!"
"God, I live this school"
"I think she's better than Rias and Akeno-senpai."
"Motohama, measure her!" Matsuda said.
"H-H-Her three sizes far surpass the great onee-sans of our school!" Motohama said in shock.
She really did it, I wonder how she'll do. Issei thought.
"Umm, Issei-san, is that Tiamat?" Asia whispered.
"Yeah, she requested to be a teacher here, to be y'know closer to me, or so she says." Issei answered.
"Oi, Hyoudou, you seem awfully familiar with Tia-sensei, got a history together?" Aika suddenly asked.
"Nope, she's a stranger to me." Issei lied.
"Hmm, Tia-sensei!" Aika raised her hand.
"Yes, Kiryuu-san?" Tiamat said.
"What's your relationship with Hyoudou, he seemed familiar to you." Aika asked.
"Oh, we live together." Tiamat bluntly answered.
"WHAT!?" The collective voices of the entire class shouted.
"Please don't misunderstand, I'm a friend of his mother, and I'm only staying with them until I find a new home." Tiamat defused the situation.
"I see, thank you sensei." Aika sat down.
"By the way everyone, open house is in a few days, the school has sent emails to all your parents." Tiamat announced.
"Wow, she's not doing half bad, amirite Ddraig?" Issei asked the dragon in him.
[Yeah, I didn't expect her to blend in so easily despite her rather bright appearance.] Ddraig said in Issei's mind.
The class went on as per usual with Tiamat getting on Issei's nerves by subtly posing in erotic ways that only he could notice, sure enough, Issei made it clear to himself that Tiamat's gonna get a mouthful from him later.
-ORC clubroom-
Issei and Asia are seen walking towards the ORC clubroom, Issei was feeling a bit off since he can sense a familiar presence in the room, whilst Asia had a calm demeanour in comparison to Issei.
The doors open revealing the wielder of Durandal, Xenovia.
"Hello, Sekiryuutei." She spoke.
"Oh, no wonder, I felt something familiar on the way here." Issei deadpanned.
Xenovia sprouted her two devil wings surprising Issei.
"Hoo, what made you turn devil?" Issei asked.
"Since God is dead, I was lost as anyone could be, my beliefs were shattered, never to be fixed ever again, so as an act of self-abandonment, I went to Rias Gremory and asked her to be her servant, receiving a Knight's piece. From today onwards, I'm a second-year student and a member of the Occult Research Club." Xenovia explained. "Let's get along, Ise-kun." Xenovia said in a cutesy voice while maintaining a straight face.
"Nice anime voice, it's even better because you said it with a straight face." Issei chuckled
"Hmm, seems like my Irina impression needs some work." Xenovia made a mental note.
"Oh Xenovia, no need to try and be someone else, no one can be you but you." Issei said with a smile.
Xenovia's face had a slight blush. "O-Okay, thank you, Sekiryuutei." Xenovia said.
"Please don't call me that, Issei or Ise is fine, titles can be obnoxious sometimes." Issei deadpanned.
"Noted. Hmm, Without God, my life is meaningless. Was it correct of me to join the devils, who were my former enemies? Even if she is the Maou's little sister, was it worth it? O Lord, please guide me!" Xenovia and the other devils in the room except Issei were hit with a blistering headache.
"So, Rias, how'd you pull this one off?" Issei asked.
"Didn't she already say why she became one?" Rias deadpanned. "Nevertheless, having the current wielder of Durandal is most certainly welcome in my peerage." Rias proudly stated.
"When it comes to rating games, she's another ace huh? Holy weapon wielders in a devil's peerage are a handful." Issei said.
"Precisely, Ise." Rias took a sip of her tea.
"Asia, did you know of this?" Issei asked.
"Yes, she came in here the moment you left for your promotion exam." Asia said.
Issei shifted his gaze to Xenovia again. "Xenovia, what happened to Irina?" Issei asked.
Xenovia looked down. "Irina went back to the HQ with Valper Galilei's corpse and the five fragments along with mine, the destroyed one should be restorable with alchemy." Xenovia said in a sombre tone. "Irina was fortunate enough to miss the battle, she always had a stronger belief than me, so keeping the truth from her was my priority." Xenovia sighed. "What hurts the most was when she found out about my reincarnation. It was awkward, to say the least, knowing that we may be at opposite sides the next time the two of us meet."
*FLASHBACK*
"Your mission's finally done, Irina?"
"It's sad that it's not an "our.""
"I feel the same."
"WHY?! Why choose to be reincarnated as a devil?! It hurts me to know that the church just let slide as if you were nothing… Traitor…" Irina walked off.
We may be enemies the next time we cross paths. Xenovia's memory played back in her head.
*END*
"If I were to tell her, I can't even imagine what that would do to her mental state… in essence, I'm a dangerous person to be kept around the church, someone who knows what should not have been known, leading to me being labelled as a heretic." Xenovia explained.
"How do you feel about all of this?" Issei asked.
"I'm still at odds with myself, one side of me is telling me that this was a foolish choice, the other completely agrees with this, but nonetheless, there's no going back, and I'll just have to see how things play out." Xenovia answered.
"Also, do know Issei, the church contacted the Maous, they said that they were rather dissatisfied with the outcome due to the actions of Kokabiel's rogue group." Rias explained.
"I see, thanks for telling, Rias." Issei nodded.
"You should know this by now, Issei but according to my sister, Azazel put Kokabiel in Cocytus in a frozen state, never to be able to break free." Rias added.
"Woah, that's certainly news to me, the old fart never told me anything." Issei said.
"But what's more intriguing is the intervention of the Vanishing Dragon." Rias grabbed her chin.
"Oh, that was Azazel's idea, he doubted that I could take care of the elf eared bastard, but it ended pretty well, for me at least." Issei said.
"So, the Vanishing Dragon works for the Governor-General of the fallen angels, hmm." Xenovia trailed off.
"I can't say for sure, but the way Azazel worded it when I talked to him implied that she was working for him." Issei explained.
"Speaking of she, do you find it surprising that the White Dragon Emperor is an Empress?" Rias asked.
"Yeah, it did shock me, smokin' hot too." Issei smirked.
"Gosh, I feel like you're just attracting more women the more you fight, so what do you want with her?" Rias asked.
"Dunno, I don't intend to start a relationship with her, because she's a complete stranger to me, but for now, she's a good fight." Issei lied through his teeth.
"So, you more or less see her as a punching bag?" Rias deadpanned.
"Yes, but maybe something even more, hehe." Issei teased.
"Hmph, I should've expected this." Rias sighed.
"Asia Argento." Xenovia spoke up.
"Yes, Xenovia-san?" Asia replied.
"I should've done it sooner, but… I'm sorry." She bowed. "I shouldn't have said those things to you while my judgement was clouded by my own beliefs, as a form of punishment, hit me as much as you want." Xenovia said with a straight face making everyone in the room unsure whether she meant it or not.
"Umm, Xenovia-san, there's no need for you to apologize, I understand that you were only doing your duties, so I see no need for you to ask for forgiveness, besides, even if I am a devil now, I've met new people… people who I will cherish, and I'm happy that I met them, because they made my new life more liberating than what I was taught to believe." Asia smiled.
"I see… thank you, Asia Argento, I will be leaving now, there's much to learn about this place." Xenovia walked off.
Asia grabbed Xenovia's hand before she could get out.
"Maybe, I can show you a tour of the place?" Asia said.
"Yes, I'd love that." Xenovia smiled.
"And Kiba, how about a duel again?" Xenovia looked toward Kiba.
"I won't lose next time." Kiba smiled.
"Everyone, I'd like to make an announcement. Tomorrow, we're gonna clean the school's pool, please bring your own clothes and whatever it is you want to bring." Rias said.
Rias clapped her hands together. "Now that's cleared off and everyone's here, let's celebrate our new member of the Occult Research Club!" Rias said as Akeno brought out a freshly baked cake.
"Yes, Buchou!" All the members answered.
*KARAOKE PLACE*
Issei, Asia, Kiba, Koneko Kiryuu, Matsuda, and Motohama are seen in a karaoke bar, where Issei is singing his heart out.
"~When the wind is slow, and the fire's hot, the vulture waits to see what rots. Oh, how pretty, all the scenery. This is nature's sacrifice~" Issei sang.
"WOOO, ENCORE!" Matsuda and Motohama cheered.
"Geez, you two were right, this was fun, haven't done it in a while." Issei sincerely spoke.
"Who knew that Hyoudou was a good vocalist." Kiryuu commented.
"I'll be honest, I didn't expect that, Issei-kun." Kiba said.
The Perverted Duo took Issei's place and selected their song.
Issei sat beside Asia and casually drank his iced tea with a burger to boot. Suddenly he receives two notifications from his phone.
Opening his phone, he received two pictures from Rias and Akeno, who were wearing very sexy looking swimsuits, Rias wore an all-white swimsuit with gold rings, whilst Akeno wore a red and purple set that showed more skin than what Rias had.
Issei's eyes went wide as his perverted side took over for a moment, Aika being the observant person she is, notices this.
"Oooh, Hyoudou has a protrusion between his legs?" Aika had an evil looking smile on her face.
"If you're so keen on looking at it, come get it then~" Issei mocked Aika.
"Uhm…." Kiryuu trailed off with a blush.
Issei's phone rang, revealing Azazel's number.
"Sorry guys, I gotta go now, something urgent came up, Kiba, can you take Asia home when you guys are done?" Issei asked.
Kiba, seeing the serious look on Issei's face understood what he meant. "You got it." He complied.
Issei went out of the room, but Kiba followed him outside.
"Kiba?" Issei asked.
"Issei-kun, I never got the chance to say this to you, but…thank you." Kiba said.
"Don't mention it, I'm sure your comrades would be proud of you if they saw the current you right now." Issei smiled.
"Yeah, they would be." Kiba had a sad smile.
Issei's phone rang, revealing Azazel's number.
"Yeah? Alright." Issei hung up.
"Kiba, I'll leave Asia to you, make sure she gets home safely, I got to go to this asap." Issei said in urgency.
Kiba, seeing the serious look on Issei's face immediately complied. "You got it." He nodded.
*AZAZEL'S APARTMENT*
Issei approached Azazel's apartment door and knocked.
The door opened and revealed Raynare who was in her home attire. "Oh, it's you, buuuut." Raynare pulled Issei in.
"What the hell!?" Issei asked in confusion.
Raynare pinned Issei down to the floor taking off his shirt and revealing his toned body to her.
"Ooh, so muscular, I like it~" Raynare traced her two fingers down Issei's body.
Azazel by some divine intervention stepped in. "Raynare, I'd rather you not ravage Issei, after all, I called him in." Azazel crossed his arms.
Raynare stood up. "S-Sorry, dad." Raynare looked down.
"I know you fell because of lust, but you gotta keep in your pants. So, Issei, the reason I called you in, is because I want to play Tekken with you again." Azazel explained.
Issei put his shirt back on. "That's it? I dumped my friends for a game of Tekken, I thought it was something serious." Issei deadpanned.
"This is serious, we have a score to settle." Azazel smirked.
"Alright, let's go!" Issei sat down and the two played.
Issei and Azazel played for two hours with a surprising outcome for Issei at least.
"WOOO, FINALLY I WON!" Azazel bellowed.
"Wow, you finally got me, I most certainly didn't expect this." Issei admitted.
"You know, I didn't sleep for this moment." Azazel said
"Uhh, are you okay?" Issei deadpanned.
"I don't need much sleep; I'm used to this." Azazel chuckled.
A magic circle that has Albion's insignia appeared, and Vali stepped out of it.
"Hey, Zaz, you called- What are you doing here!?" Vali saw her rival playing with his adoptive father.
He set us up again, didn't he? Issei thought.
"Hey, Vali, yes I did call you here." Azazel answered.
"For what exactly?" Vali said.
"Nothing, just want you to figure out how you and your rival here will settle your fights, because I can already see you begging to fight him, and I'm sorry to say this, but when it comes to fighting, you're already beaten." Azazel admitted.
Vali was offended by this and glared at Azazel. "How can you be so sure?" She scoffed.
"I mean, the first battle. Wasn't it enough?" Azazel deadpanned.
"NO! You, Issei Hyoudou, fight me!" Vali yelled.
"Sure." Issei stood up.
Vali flared out her aura, and Issei responded by letting out his own. It was a stalemate at first, but Issei let out more than he would like to and soon dominated Vali's aura.
The clash of auras was felt by both Raynare and Azazel, but what Azazel found strange, is that both of their auras aren't colliding, they were intertwining, though Issei's aura is dominant.
Azazel sighed. "See Vali? It's like you don't even want to fight him." Azazel explained.
"What makes you say that?" Vali asked.
"Just ask both of your dragons." Azazel said.
"Ddraig?"
"Albion?" The two Dragon Emperors asked their dragons.
[Unfortunately for you or fortunately, both your auras intertwined together, much like your twin swords, partner, you two have good chemistry, not the best, but it's something that can be worked on, which could only mean one thing...] Ddraig explained.
{No no no no no no, please no!} Albion said in a panic.
"What is it Albion?" Vali asked.
{Damn it… you two are mates.} Albion said in a disappointed tone.
"What!? How?!" Vali exclaimed.
"Great." Issei sarcastically said
{Your turn Red One.} Albion deadpanned.
[To put it simply, the White One's host holds deep feelings for you, partner, and you as well, you might not realize it, but it's somewhere in you.] Ddraig explained.
"Yay. Congrats to the married couple!" Azazel held his drink high.
"Hold the phone!" Vali exclaimed.
"Come on you two, your dragons even said it, you two have a high affinity for each other" Azazel said amused.
Vali had a beet red face at this point. "W-Whatever, I'll only accept him if he beats me in a fight again!" Vali declared.
"Issei, your verdict?" Azazel asked.
"Sure, I can fight." Issei said amused.
"You won't stand a chance against me, this time!" Vali boldly said.
"Hoo, what makes you say that." Issei said.
"Fight me to find out." Vali challenged.
"Lemme guess, you gave part of your body to Albion in exchange for more power?" Issei deadpanned.
"What!? How!?" Vali exclaimed.
"I'm half dragon, dipshit, I know a dragon when I sense one, so Albion, what did she give up?" Issei asked.
{She gave most of her upper body to me.} Albion answered truthfully.
"Albion! You're not supposed to tell them." Vali said.
{I'm sorry Vali, but I'm sure that Ddraig can already smell the dragon in you, since he's the one who started the whole giving up your body for more power.} Albion said.
[And I take great pride in it!] Ddraig huffed inside the sacred gear.
"So, trying to even out the playing field? This should be good." Issei said amused
Azazel and Raynare were laughing their asses off with the two Dragon Emperors' banter.
"So? Are you two fighting it out or not?" Azazel said.
"Yes!" Vali and Issei said in unison.
"Alright then, to the Grigori it is. This should be interesting." Azazel grabbed his chin.
*GRIGORI*
Issei along with Vali, Azazel, and Raynare teleported directly in front of the Grigori, and the group was presented with a rundown three-storey mansion.
"This place looks a lil' underwhelming." Issei remarked.
"Let's just go in." Azazel led the group.
They enter the building and Issei was surprised to see that the interior was a modern-looking workplace, complete with a reception desk and multiple floors.
"Oh, it's Azazel, what brings you here." A voice called out.
"Hey, Shemhazai, we're here to see the twin heavenly dragons fight." Nero pointed at Issei and Vali.
Shemhazai has the appearance of a young man in his twenties, with silver-white hair and purple eyes. He wears a purple beret, a purple trench coat over a black vest, white slacks, and black boots.
Shemhazai gave Azazel a toothy grin. "Hoo, this should be good." Shemhazai said.
"Oh, Vali-chan is here." A feminine voice called out.
"Oh no." Vali deadpanned.
"Oh no, what?" Issei asked.
"Hello, Lavinia." Vali waved awkwardly.
{Ah, princess, how have you been.} Albion greeted.
Lavinia Reni is a beautiful woman with a buxom figure, long blonde hair, and sapphire blue eyes. Her attire consists of a white magician's robe, blue inner top, and blue stockings, topped off with her blue witch hat.
"I've been better, but same-same nonetheless." Lavinia smiled.
She noticed an Issei who's staring at her the whole time.
"Ara, who's that?" She pointed at Issei.
"Lavinia, Shemhazai, I introduce to you both Vali's rival and love interest, the Red Dragon Emperor, Issei Sparda-Hyoudou." Azazel proudly announced surprising Lavinia and Shemhazai.
"SPARDA!?" both exclaimed.
"So, you're the kid that Azazel's been telling me about, bastard left out the part where you're Sparda's descendent." Shemhazai deadpanned.
Lavinia ran up and embraced Issei. "Aww, aren't you just a cutie~" Lavinia said
"Pleasure to meet you both Lavinia-san, Shemhazai-san." Issei said with a muffled voice.
"Lavinia, get away from him, he's mine! Wait- DAMN IT!" Vali said in a frustrated tone.
"Hmm, Albion when did Vali-chan start to act like this?" Lavinia asked.
{Ever since we got took a loss, courtesy of Ddraig and his host.} Albion deadpanned.
"I see, well then if he's yours, then I'm sure that you won't mind sharing him." Lavinia teased.
"W-W-We can discuss that later, Ise and I still have to fight." Vali said with a flustered face.
"Uhhm, could you let go of me, Lavinia-san? You're kinda squeezing the life out of me." Issei barely blurted out.
"Oh, I'm sorry, pardon my mannerism." Lavinia let go of Issei.
"It's fine." Issei said.
The group made their way to the training grounds of the Grigori which was a colosseum that was repurposed with training equipment and a lot of machines that assist in said training.
Everyone involved made a barrier to make sure that the aura the two emperors will exude won't leak out and attract unwanted attention from the other factions.
Issei and Vali along with Azazel in between them took their positions across each other at a considerable distance. The rest were observing what was about to unfold.
"Alright I want a nice clean fight, there are no rules, go crazy, but if one of you is unable to fight, it's over." Azazel announced.
"You got it."
"No objections." Both Vali and Issei said.
"BEGIN!" Azazel yelled.
{VANISHING DRAGON; BALANCE BREAKER!} Albion announced as the energy wings deployed from Vali's back.
Issei opted not to use his Balance Breaker irritating Vali at her rival's antics.
"Hey! You should be taking this more seriously!" Vali yelled.
"C'mon, I want to test the limits of my base form." Issei shrugged.
"It's your funeral." Vali dashed in.
Issei stepped back barely avoiding contact with Vali, he summoned Severance and fired condensed energy waves at Vali, the latter dodging easily.
Issei pulled out his twin pistols and fired a charged barrage at Vali doing little to no damage to her armor.
Vali seeing her rival's attempt at damaging her decided to taunt the boy.
"Can't do shit huh? Figures! Use your Balance Breaker my rival!" Vali mocked.
"Alright, you asked for it." Issei summoned the Boosted Gear.
[WELSH DRAGON; BALANCE BREAKER!] Ddraig announced.
Issei's donned his armour and his power exploded way beyond what the others expected from him.
"Interesting, his Balance Breaker looks different than the past hosts of Ddraig." Azazel noted.
"What do you mean, Azazel?" Lavinia asked.
"To put it shortly, think of Vali's armour as red with green jewels and looks more like a brawler, but in Issei's case, he's completely changed the Welsh Dragon's armour, it's got more natural-looking draconic features." Azazel explained.
The two Emperors fought on for a while with neither touching one another, Vali played the aggressor while Issei fought with a defensive tactic in mind.
Vali fired a barrage of magic attacks and flew along with them towards Issei who was preoccupied with dodging and deflecting the orbs with Severance and Royal Guard.
Vali saw the opening she wanted, she threw a haymaker punch that Issei noticed but was too late, she hit him square on the head, cracking the helmet, surprising Issei.
"FINALLY! Albion if you would."Vali said proudly.
{DIVIDE DIVIDE DIVIDE DIVIDE DIVIDE!} Albion drained Issei of his strength.
Vali seeing her rival's weakened state, dashed in, and prepared to hit Issei, but he Tricked just in time to avoid getting hit again.
"Damn it, she got me." Issei scowled.
[Yeah, she got you good, never expected that Albion's host would use a diversion to hit you.] Ddraig said.
"Yeah, but it's time we take it up a notch." Issei grinned.
[BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST!] Ddraig announced as Issei's power grew stronger and Severance's centre split open revealing its glowing core.
{Careful, Vali, he's taking you seriously now, while you may divide his power, he can boost it back up, so use them on a calculated assault.} Albion said
"I know, I can't beat this guy with brute force." Vali admitted.
Issei charged in with Severance in hand and Swords Formation active, he Tricked behind Valis and hit her with a flurry of slashes that were amplified with the extra swords that followed with each attack, Issei then fired a quick rocket shot from Kalina Ann and sent Vali higher in the air.
"Don't be mad at me for this Vali." Issei teleported in front of Vali and pulled out Divine Orion.
"Kuh! What do you mean?" Vali exclaimed.
{Impossible-} Albion said sensing his own power.
BANG!
[DIVIDE!] Ddraig announced as the buckshot hit Vali cracking her chest piece.
"WHAT! How the hell do you have Albion's power?!" Vali said as her strength left her.
Issei pulled equipped Cavaliere. "Less talking, more fighting." Issei hit Vali with the giant buzzsaws and transformed it into its motorcycle form and shredded Vali's armour completely, Issei ended the fight with an axe kick that shook the arena.
All the spectators of the fight went wide-eyed with what just happened, the Red Dragon Emperor having his rival's power, surely something they didn't see coming.
"Issei, mind explaining how you have Albion's power." Azazel asked in a slightly panicked voice.
{DDRAIG! Explain how your host got my power!} Albion asked in an angered tone.
[Partner?] Ddraig spoke to his host.
"Alright, after our first fight in Kuoh, one of your jewels fell, and was in perfect condition, then my mother and I went to her old home and met the gunsmith that built most of their guns, she worked mostly on magic, and I had her implement the jewel in my shotgun, granting it the Divine Dividing powers of your sacred gear." Issei explained.
{How!? What sort of mind do you have to think that you'd get my power from a single jewel of the armour?} Albion vented.
"I didn't think that it would work too, even I was surprised when it actually worked, thanks to Nico-san at least." Issei said.
[It's about the craftsman partner, your father did work with her, and she created those mind-bogglingly powerful gauntlets for Nero.] Ddraig said.
"Who's this Nero guy?" Azazel asked.
"Vergil's son." Issei answered.
"The Dark Slayer had a son!?" Azazel asked in shock.
"Yeah, he's still an active devil hunter." Issei said.
"So how many descendants of Sparda are there?" Azazel asked again.
"Three, counting me." Issei answered.
"Heh, one faction for each of you." Azazel chuckled.
"Not really, I decided to join the devils, but my mother and Nero act on their own, mostly mercs for hire." Issei said.
"HEY! That wasn't fair!" Vali said in a frustrated tone.
"What wasn't fair?" Issei fired back.
"You, having Albion's power." Vali glared at Issei.
"Not my problem one of your jewels fell, plus getting its power was a gamble on my part." Issei shrugged.
"He's essentially a warrior with no weaknesses, all aspects of combat are within his reach." Lavinia noted.
"Issei, right? Do you have any other abilities?" Lavinia asked with Issei nodding.
"Yes, most of them only enhance my swords, guns, and mobility. though there's three that stand out to me." Issei said.
"Which are?" Lavina said.
"Royal Guard; is a defensive style that essentially deflects all incoming attacks, but I must time the block right, and can reflect it with even more force. Doppelganger; makes a clone of me with full autonomy. Lastly, Quicksilver; time control, though this style drains me a lot." Issei explained.
"Did you use any of them during your fight with Vali?" Lavinia asked.
"Only Royal Guard, the barrage from earlier was quite annoying." Issei shrugged.
"You were holding back on me!?" Vali furiously asked.
"Yeah, wouldn't want to see your pretty face dead." Issei said making his rival blush.
"S-S-Shut it! I don't want to hear that from you." Vali stuttered.
"But your face says otherwise." Issei said seeing his rival's flustered face.
Lavinia sported a mischievous grin. "If you don't make moves on him Vali, then I will." Lavinia said as she darted to Issei pressing her breasts on his arm.
"L-L-Lavinia-san?!" Issei said.
"Hey~ you devils have those peerages, don't you?" Lavinia asked.
"Y-Yeah." Issei asked.
"Hmm, can I join you, if you have one?" Lavinia asked.
"Only if you really want to." Issei hesitantly said.
"Of course, I want to, living a near eternal life with you is one of the best things I could wish for, guys like you are the definition of one in a million." Lavinia slyly said.
"A-Azazel, she works for you right? What's your verdict here?" Issei glanced at Azazel with desperation in his eyes.
"I'm fine with it, as long as she completes her latest mission from me." Azazel shrugged.
"Which is?" Issei asked.
"To check out a certain demon, King Cerberus to be specific." Azazel said piquing Issei's interest.
"What do you need from it?" Issei asked.
"I need a sample of it, I know that there's Cerberus of the Greek underworld, but King Cerberus is a sub-species of it that has control over three elements, at least that's what I thought of when I first encountered it in the Himalayas." Azazel explained.
"Can I come along with Lavinia-san? I'm looking for it as well." Issei said.
"Lemme guess, it's gonna be your next weapon?" Azazel deadpanned.
"Yeah, it was once wielded by ol' Grandpa Dante." Issei said.
"Hmm, sure you and Lavinia can go, just make sure you give a sample." Azazel said.
"You got it." Issei nodded
"Thanks, Azazel." Lavinia said.
"Are you really fine with this Lavinia-san? Once I reincarnate you, there's no turning back." Issei said in a cautious tone.
"Positive." Lavinia smiled.
"Alright, I can sense that you have a powerful sacred gear with you, so it's a win-win for both of us." Issei pulled out his Evil Pieces' box.
Issei pulled out a rook piece and glanced at Lavinia again.
"Lavinia-san, are you really sure, I can't stress it enough, that you'll give up part of your humanity, for life." Issei warned.
Lavinia strengthened her resolve and answered. "Yes, Issei, I may leave my team behind after the mission, but knowing you more and the thrill of a blossoming relationship with you is something I want to see." Lavinia smiled.
Issei hearing this was satisfied with the magician's answer. "Alright, let's begin." Issei began the reincarnation ritual.
"In the name of Issei Sparda, I command thee, Lavinia Reni, give your soul to me and become my rook and embodiment of absolute defence!" Issei chanted as the rook piece was absorbed by Lavinia, making her part-devil.
"There you go, I made you a rook since you already have immense magic power, its defensive properties will allow to focus on improving your magical powers in the long run." Issei explained.
"Hmm, solid logic there, my sacred gear was sort of a defensive/offensive type, this surely will help it a lot." Lavinia said.
"Welcome to the family, and your partner in crime for being my rook is Tiamat, you have to meet her soon." Issei said.
"Will do." Lavinia smiled.
"If that's all, I'll be taking my leave, Lavinia, I'll fetch you here tomorrow in the evening for the mission." Issei said as he teleported out.
"You really did it huh." Vali said.
"Yeah, c'mon Vali-chan, I find him very attractive, why didn't you make a move on him." Lavinia teased.
"I don't know, something tells me that it's too soon, but…I am jealous of you getting close to him that fast." Vali whispered but was heard by everyone.
"Welp, that's another notch on Issei's belt, the damn boy is gonna be the Casanova of Casanovas." Azazel said amused.
"What do you mean by that?" Lavinia asked.
"You are the luckiest amongst Vali, Raynare, Kuroka, and you, they want Issei too, but Vali is being a lazy head, that battle maniac persona of hers has got to go, well at least Issei somehow contained it when they first met." Azazel vented like a frustrated parent.
"Hoo, am I now? Too bad Vali-chan looks like I beat you on this one hehe." Lavinia teased.
"Don't be complacent now, you all have competition." Azazel said amused.
*HYOUDOU RESIDENCE; MIDNIGHT*
Issei is seen just in front of his home's door went inside and was surprised that Kalina wasn't there to scold him, but he did see a drowsy Tiamat who is seated on the steps of the stairs seemingly awaiting his arrival.
Tiamat feeling her master's presence was immediately woken up.
"Issei, what took you so long?" Tiamat asked.
"I went to Azazel and fought my rival again." Issei pecked Tiamat on the lips surprising the dragon.
"Aaaand, I found us a new member for the peerage." Issei said.
"Which is?" Tiamat asked.
"Lavinia Reni, a sacred gear user, I don't know her sacred gear yet, but she's a powerful magician, and she's your sister rook, and we'll be going after King Cerberus with her tomorrow." Issei said.
"Oh, how delightful, but the mission can come later, I've been waiting all night for you, you know." Tiamat said with half-lidded eyes.
"Alright." Issei and Tiamat went up the stairs.
Issei did his nightly duties and went to bed where a naked Asia and Rias are seen sound asleep, the two dragons moved the devils and cuddled each other to sleep, with Rias and Asia soon getting tangled up with them.
*KUOH ACADEMY; SWIMMING POOL*
The whole of the ORC is seen in observing the dirty pool.
"Ugh, this looks like it hasn't been cleaned in years." Issei remarked.
"I agree, the water doesn't even look like water, it's straight up a swamp." Rias groaned.
"Why are we cleaning it?" Xenovia asked.
"It was supposed to be the Student Council's duty, but I requested that our club took over for the rest of the year. Plus, when we're done cleaning it, we have the whole pool for ourselves." Rias happily said.
"Welp, that's what we're here for, and the sooner we're done, the better." Issei drained the pool.
The whole club scrubbed down the inside of the pool until it was squeaky clean, and all of them changed into their swimsuits.
-Boys locker room-
"Hey, Issei-kun." Kiba called out.
"Yeah, what is it?" Issei answered.
"Just wanted to get this out. Always know that I'll always protect you, even if the odds are against me." Kiba said.
"You do know that I can take care of myself, and that's pretty weird coming from a guy." Issei deadpanned.
"I know, but I just want you to know that as a Knight of the House of Gremory, I will always have your back." Kiba said with his hand on his chest.
"Hmm, that's good to know, thanks, Kiba." Issei brofisted Kiba.
Everyone came out of the changing rooms except for Xenovia, who for some reason is taking way too long to put on a swimsuit.
Rias and Akeno wore the swimsuits they bought from the mall, Asia and Koneko wore the school's swimsuit, Kiba wore black speedos and Issei wore red surf trunks with Ddraig's insignia on one side and Sparda's insignia on the other.
[Nice touch partner, how do you even make these?] Ddraig asked in Issei's mind.
"Well, I just use magic." Issei replied.
[Figures, anyway, enjoy this day for yourself, it's rare to make time like this.] Ddraig replied and cut off the mental link.
The group looked over the job they had done to the clean-looking pool and was thoroughly impressed with themselves.
"Wow, now that I look at it more, the better I feel from actually cleaning it with manual labour." Issei commented.
"You said it." Koneko spoke in her monotone voice.
Akeno filled up the pool using water magic.
"Alright, it's all ours now!" Rias said aloud.
"Oh, and Ise, how do you like my swimsuit?" Rias posed seductively.
"Love it, it's a nice contrast from your crimson hair." Issei huffed with a thumbs up.
"Ara-ara, someone's been eager to show Ise-kun her swimsuit, ufufufu." Akeno walked up beside Rias.
"And you?" Rias retorted.
"Shouldn't that be obvious?" Akeno giggled.
"Uhm, Issei-san, how do I look?" Asia sheepishly asked.
"You look amazing, Asia." Issei smiled and patted Asia's head.
Issei noticed Koneko trying to hide her figure but was subtly showing her bits to Issei.
"Don't worry Koneko, you look great too, you really live up to your name of being the school's mascot." Issei chuckled.
"I don't know whether I should be shy or happy with that." Koneko said.
"Where is Xenovia?" Issei noticed.
"Oh, she's having some trouble putting on her swimsuit." Asia answered.
"Ise, can you do me a favour?" Rias said.
"Sure, what is it?" Issei answered.
"Can you teach Koneko how to swim?" Rias requested.
"Yeah, I can do that." Issei
Issei and Koneko hopped on the pool where Issei assisted Koneko with her flutter kicks and reached the end of the pool and hit the wall.
"Oops, that was my bad." Issei said.
"Issei-senpai." Koneko spoke.
"Yeah?" Issei said.
"Despite being a pervert and a douche, you're kind and honest." Koneko sheepishly said.
"Thank you, Koneko-chan, I did choose to be a douche and a pervert, but my kindness is something I built up myself, and with a certain someone wishing for me to be like this, I knew that I can't disappoint him." Issei said with a sad smile.
Koneko noticed the look on Issei's face. "I see, I sure hope to see the better side of you more." Koneko smiled surprising Issei.
"We'll see." Issei said amused.
"Koneko-chan, my turn." Asia said with teary eyes.
"Fine." Koneko pouted.
Issei taught Asia how to swim until she and Koneko ran out of steam and fell asleep on one of the mats laid out on a nearby shade.
"Ise, come here please." Rias gestured.
"Yeah?" Issei spoke.
"Can you put sunblock on my back?" Rias asked as she lay prone on a mat.
"Alright." Issei complied and applied sunblock on Rias.
"Can you do my chest too?" Rias asked again.
"Sure, turn around." Issei said with Rias complying.
Issei rubbed Rias' chest and strangely enough, Rias was lightly moaning as Issei played with her breast.
"W-We can't be doing this here." Rias pleaded.
"Why not?" Issei kneaded Rias' breasts more.
"Because-" Rias was cut off.
"Issei-kun, can you do me as well?" Akeno asked seductively.
"I can, but how am I gonna do the two of you at the same time." Issei pondered.
"Oh yeah… Doppelganger!"Issei chanted.
Issei manifested a one-to-one clone of himself with full autonomy.
Rias and Akeno went wide-eyed as they were presented with another Issei.
"Sup boss, what do you got for me?" The clone greeted Issei.
"Fully functioning already, nice." Issei remarked
"I am you, so I should be able to do what you want me to, so anything?" The clone said amused.
"Rub some sunscreen on Akeno-san there." Issei pointed at the prone Akeno.
"Ara, such a shame I couldn't get the real Ise-kun." Akeno pouted.
"Heh, don't worry, you'll get the real deal soon~" Issei said seductively, flustering Akeno.
"Ise-kun, if you tease me like that- kyah!" Akeno was surprised by the sensation on her back.
"Like it?" the clone asked.
"Y-Y-Yes, please do it more." Akeno said barely containing a moan.
The clone complied and sensually applied the sunblock on Akeno, whilst the real Issei continued his handiwork on Rias.
"E-E-Enough, we're in a public place." Rias said with a blush while Issei groped her.
"Alright, though you were enjoying it." Issei said pecking Rias on the lips.
"Y-Yeah…" Rias sheepishly said.
"That was amazing Ise-kun, shame I couldn't get you… Oh, I know!" An idea popped up in Akeno's head.
"What?" Issei asked.
"Since you're a high-class and have a peerage already, anyone with your flyer can request anything from you." Akeno proposed.
"Great thinking Akeno!" Rias excitedly said.
"Yeah, but we're only three, Tiamat is a teacher and is most likely busy, while Lavinia and I will go on a mission later on." Issei said, catching Rias and Akeno's attention.
"Lavinia?" Rias asked.
"My new rook, both Tia and her are my rooks, she's a magician, with a sacred gear, though I've yet to know what her sacred gear is." Issei answered
"I see, but you need those flyers, it's a requirement to do devil work these days." Rias explained.
"I guess so, how do I even create those flyers?" Issei asked.
"Magic." Rias and Akeno answered in unison.
"I see, so I just focus my energy on some piece of paper, and it'll create a flyer?" Issei asked.
"Yep, and it'll be much easier if you have a familiar to spread it around for you." Rias said.
"Welp, I don't have a familiar, so I'm pretty screwed." Issei deadpanned.
"Oh, I'm sure the familiar master can find for you." Rias said.
"He better, anyway I'll try making my flyers then." Issei walked off.
"Sekiryuutei." Xenovia spoke, surprising Issei.
"What?" Issei asked.
"How do I look? I've never worn a swimsuit before, so it's a first for me." Xenovia bashfully said.
"Looks good, for a first timer, that's a little too revealing, don't you think?" Issei said awkwardly.
"It won't matter, because I have a request for you." Xenovia answered.
"And that is?" Issei followed up.
"Make babies with me." Xenovia bluntly said.
"B-B-Babies!? What do you mean babies? This isn't something you can blurt out all of a sudden!" Issei exclaimed.
"I know, but ever since my reincarnation, I've thought about it, and prepared myself for this, and devils are creatures of desire, so this is what I desire… you." Xenovia said.
Xenovia pushed Issei down and mounted him.
"I don't have any experience with men, so I'll let you take the lead." Xenovia took off her top.
"Xenovia, listen…" Issei pleaded.
"It's alright, I'll take care of the child myself if I have too." Xenovia stubbornly said.
Issei pushed Xenovia up and he himself raised himself up to eye level with the former exorcist.
Issei looked Xenovia directly in the eyes and spoke. "Xenovia, this isn't something you do out of the blue, things like this require time and patience, and don't you dare take the term family lightly like that, it's something you need to cherish, whether it'd be by blood or anyone who you deem is your family, and soon enough you'll build your own." Issei said dampening Xenovia.
Xenovia finally had a grasp of herself. "I-I see, thank you Sekiryuutei, I wasn't myself back there." Xenovia hesitantly spoke.
"It's alright, and since you said that you wanted me, you can start by dropping the titles, Issei or Ise is fine." Issei said.
"Alright, Ise." Xenovia smiled.
The ORC went back to their clubroom and took their well-deserved rest in the room until a silver Gremory magic circle came manifested on the floor revealing Sireena Lucifer who's wearing a black business suit and Grayfia.
"Hello, Rias." Sireena greeted as the devils bowed in respect except for Issei, Asia, and Xenovia.
"O-Onee-sama?" Rias spoke in a surprised tone.
"Please, relax, I'm here on private matters." Sireena waved her hand as the other devils complied.
"And hello, Sekiryuutei." Sireena glanced at Issei.
"Sup." Issei waved his hand nonchalantly.
"Onee-sama, why are you here?" Rias asked.
"What do you mean? Open house is coming soon, right? I'd never miss the chance to see my dear little sister in action with her studies, plus Father will be attending as well." Sireena cupped her cheek.
"Grayfia… you told her, didn't you?"
"Yes, I did." Grayfia had a mischievous smile on her face.
"Aren't you a Maou? You should have a ton of paperwork and have little to no free time." Rias facepalmed.
"I do, but it's open house, there's absolutely no way I'd miss it." Sireena answered.
"But you can't just leave your work like this." Rias said avoiding eye contact with her sister.
"Oh, but this counts as work as well." Sireena happily said.
"How so?" Rias said in a confused tone.
"I'm thinking of holding the conference of the Three Factions in this school, I came today to inspect the place." Sireena answered.
"Here? Why?" Rias exclaimed.
"This place became a gathering place for powerful individuals, that includes you, Sona Sitri, the wielder of the Holy-Demonic Sword, Durandal, the Hakuryuukou and Kokabiel, who attacked this place. You can't simply call this a coincidence, power attracts power, and the main attraction of it all is Issei Sparda-Hyoudou, this generation's Sekiryuutei." Sireena explained.
"How come?" Rias asked.
"It should be pretty obvious, he is a legitimate once in a generation talent, born with massive power to a once thought extinct family, and to top it all off, a Longinus Class sacred gear." Sireena said with Rias nodding in agreement.
"Oh, and Issei-kun, I'll be needing your attendance in the conference along with Rias, Sona and their peerages and yours, since you three were a part of the event." Sireena explained.
"Alright, I'll be there." Issei answered.
"So, Ria-tan, I heard that you moved out? Where exactly though?" Sireena pried.
Rias blushed thinking that she and Issei will be reprimanded. "I-I live with Ise, currently." Rias bashfully said.
"Perfect! I'll take the opportunity to meet his parents. You won't mind, would you? Issei-kun?" Sireena asked.
"I don't mind, mom could use some company." Issei smiled.
"Good." Sireena said.
"But you'll have to wait, I still have a puppy to claim." Issei said.
"Hmm, and who or what might that be?" Sireena asked curiously.
"You'll see it soon." Issei said as he teleported out.
"Man, he likes leaving things vaguely, doesn't he?" Sireena said.
"I agree, onee-sama, but we'll have to wait here for the meantime until he arrives." Rias nodded
"While we wait for him, why don't you introduce me to your new peerage members?" Sireena spoke.
Rias gave Asia and Xenovia a nod.
"I'm Asia Argento, it's a pleasure to meet you." Asia bowed.
"You must be her new bishop; I look forward to see you grow as a healer for my sister." Sireena smiled.
"Are you the Maou? I'm Xenovia Quarta, nice to meet you." Xenovia introduced herself.
"A pleasure to meet you, Xenovia, I am Sireena Lucifer. When I heard that my sister had acquired the wielder of Durandal as her second knight, I couldn't believe my ears, now that you're here, I certainly do believe it now." Sireena giggled.
"I also did not expect to become a Devil. Even if I say so myself, I sometimes regret being reborn into the side I continued fighting since it was a risky move...That's it. Why did I turn into a devil? Was it desperation? But to be honest, everything was alright at the time... But was it truly okay to turn into a Devil?" Xenovia hesitantly spoke.
Sireena laughed. "It's great to know that my sister has so many interesting people in her peerage. I understand that you need time to adjust to your new life as a devil, but I want you to support the Gremory House as a part of Rias' family, I'll be counting on you since I can only do so little for her." Sireena smiled.
"If the legendary Maou from the Bible asks me to do it, I'll have no choice but to do it." I'm not sure how much I'll be able to accomplish, but please allow me to do everything I can within my abilities." Xenovia said.
*GRIGORI; EVENING*
Issei teleported to the Grigori where he is met with Lavinia and Azazel.
"Just in time, Issei." Azazel greeted.
"Yeah, we had to clean the pool and chill out for a bit." Issei said.
"I hope you rested because we still have a mission to do." Lavinia pecked Issei on the cheek.
Issei was visibly flustered by Lavinia's antics. "Y-Yeah, oh, I almost forgot, you need to meet Tiamat." Issei summoned a communications circle.
"Yes, Issei?" Tiamat asked through the circle.
"Tia, I need you with me, now, we're going to King Cerberus." Issei requested.
A few moments passed and a light blue Sparda magic circle appeared, and Tiamat appeared in her usual outfit.
Tiamat was surprised to see Azazel and Lavinia and glanced over to Issei. "Tia, I introduce to you, Lavinia Reni, your sister Rook." Issei said.
"Wow… The Dragon King Tiamat, it's a pleasure to meet you." Lavinia said in awe.
"The pleasure is all mine, Lavinia, I hope that we get along well." Tiamat smiled.
"I still can't believe that you have the strongest Dragon King in your peerage, by the way, use this to collect samples safely." Azazel commented and gave Issei a clear magic sphere.
"Well, here she is now. Anyway, Tia, Lavinia we set off now." Issei prepared a teleportation circle.
"Alright." Tiamat replied.
"Let's go." Lavinia latched onto Issei's arm much to Tiamat's dismay.
"Don't forget my samples!" Azazel said as the trio disappeared.
Shemhazai walked up to Azazel. "So that was Tiamat. Issei Sparda-Hyoudou, watching you grow strong will be a blast to see." Shemhazai remarked.
"You bet." Azazel said.
*THE HIMALAYAS. *
Issei along with Lavinia and Tiamat are seen walking towards a massive cave with a barrier that prevented them from freezing to death where they felt a strong signature coming from deep within the cave itself, they followed the power signature to freefall into the deepest part of the cave. After landing they were met with a gigantic three-headed dog.
The massive canine has dark skin, demonic features, a large upper body, and a huge piece of metal sticking out its back signifying that it was once in captivity, what was most intriguing about it was its three heads, the left head looked as if it had lava flowing inside of it, the middle was brittle and frozen looking, and the right was crackling with its lightning.
King Cerberus noticed the three presences that entered their domain. "Hmm, most familiar, this presence." The icy head spoke as they got up from their slumber.
"Does the name Dante ring a name to you?" Issei spoke to the creature.
"Yes, he was a fine warrior that we foolishly underestimated, we were once a proud beast until Dante put us in our place and claimed us as his devil arm, though in my time as his weapon, I have matured, and grown to understand power from his perspective." King Cerberus calmly said.
"I am right to assume that you are his descendant, but humour me this; Are you here to claim me as your weapon?" King Cerberus asked.
"Yes, I am." Issei answered.
"Then a simple test of strength will not bother you?" They spoke.
"I'm all for it, I sort of expected this." Issei summoned Severance.
"Let us begin." King Cerberus said as the fire head powered up.
It released a powerful blast of energy that made the entire room rise to an abnormally high temperature it forced Lavinia and Tiamat to cast a barrier on themselves.
"Alright!" Issei charged in.
Issei knew that using his ranged weapons would be most effective at dealing damage to King Cerberus, but he wanted to test the waters and see how far he can go with his melee weapons.
He dashed to the fire head and did an aerial assault that didn't last long, he unfurled his wings and flew up to the highest part of the space and nose-dived to the creature where he switched over to Cavaliere and bashed down on the active head, in a surprising twist the canine cast a flame spell on the rocks on the ceiling causing them to burn like hot lava droplets that dealt slight damage to Issei, but he definitely felt it sting.
"Tch, that burns." Issei said putting out the flames on his clothes.
"Light-hearted, very much like him." The fire head remarked.
"Your flesh will freeze!" The ice head bellowed as the surrounding area was frozen from the blast of energy and formed ice slabs.
"Ahh, that's nice, it was getting hot in here." Issei said in relief.
King Cerberus fired an ice wave that almost hit Issei, but the following wave exploded into ice splinters hitting Issei again.
Issei performed five BOOSTS and equipped Cavaliere in its motorcycle form and bee lined towards the giant three-headed dog, he jumped up and quite literally shredded its back, using his strong grip to grab onto the metal spike on the beast's back and made a full one-eighty and ran on its back again, lacerating its back.
King Cerberus was down for the count until it activated its lightning mode.
"Feel my thunder!" The lightning head activated and immediately summoned a barrage of lightning balls, to which Issei dodged with relative ease.
Issei equipped Kalina Ann and 2 and fired a rocket barrage in the air heavily damaging and weakening the beast.
"How's that?" Issei asked the downed beast.
"We… yield, you have proven your worth." King Cerberus said.
"Alright! Before you transform into a weapon, do you mind if you'd give us a few samples? It's a request from a mad scientist." Issei said.
"Very well." King Cerberus replied as they got up.
Issei presented the magic sphere to King Cerberus where they focused their magic on it, making it light up with an orange, light blue, and purple hue in three equal parts of the sphere.
"Is that all?" King Cerberus said.
"Yes." Issei said as King Cerberus started to glow again.
The light died down, and Issei along with his two rooks was presented with a three-sectioned nunchaku that was held with an icy mist and a ring, its prongs had a metal base with serrated ice formations on its end.
Issei grabbed it and performed ice-based nunchaku attacks, fire enhanced attacks in its bo staff from, and lightning ranged attacks in its sanjiegun form.
"Cooool." Lavinia said with stars in her eyes.
"Most impressive, Issei." Tiamat proudly said.
"Yeah, this one's very light to wield, anyway, let's go back to the Grigori." Issei prepared a teleportation circle.
*GRIGORI; NIGHTTIME*
Issei, Tiamat, and Lavinia are seen teleporting directly into the Grigori's lobby where Azazel was waiting for them.
"Oh, that was quick." Azazel said.
"Yeah, King Cerberus was more chill than what my mother has told me about it, so getting it was easier than I had expected." Issei explained.
"Did you get the samples though?" Azazel raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, here you go." Issei handed the sphere over to Azazel.
Azazel inspected the sphere and was surprised to see the three elemental powers flow together, instead of conflicting with each other.
"Fascinating, I need a closer look at this in my lab, oh and you and Lavinia are free to go." Azazel walked off.
"Alright, ladies, shall we?" Issei said.
"I'll stay here, for now, Issei." Lavinia said.
"Alright, our house was full, to begin with." Issei sheepishly said.
"I do wonder when I get to move in with you." Lavinia pondered,
"Soon enough." Issei said as he and Tiamat teleported out.
*ORC CLUBROOM*
"We're back!" Issei announced as he and Tiamat came out of the teleportation circle.
"How was the mission?" Rias asked.
"Went well, now let's go back home, I'm starving." Issei rubbed his belly.
Issei brought Sireena and Grayfia along with them to their home where Kalina waited for them and was caught by surprise by the Maou's sudden visit.
"Oh my, I didn't expect the Maou to visit." Kalina said as she and Kalina sat across each other.
"You must be Issei-kun's mother, my name is Sireena Lucifer, it's a pleasure to meet you." Sireena introduced herself.
"Likewise, I'm Kalina Sparda-Hyoudou." Kalina said.
"Hmm, I wonder why you still adopt the Hyoudou surname." Sireena asked.
"Oh, Issei and I leave it there in memory of my husband, and for legal reasons of course." Kalina explained.
"Oh, I see, please forgive my rudeness I won't pry any further with your family." Sireena bowed.
"It's fine, you can ask anything really, I'm alright with it." Kalina shrugged.
Sireena was delighted to have received the green light from Kalina and immediately wanted to ask an oddly specific question.
"Very well then, would you answer this question of mine; Did you truly mate with a dragon, a heavenly class one at that." Sireena dropped an absolute bombshell of a question.
Kalina sighed. "Yes, it's a long story, but yes, I did mate with a dragon, making that idiot over there." Kalina pointed at Issei much to Kalina and Grayfia's amusement.
"I see, one last question; how has my sister been during her stay here?" Sireena asked making Rias look away in embarrassment.
"Oh, she's been a nice girl, always helping with chores and looking after the house well when we left for a family visit." Kalina smiled.
"I see, it's good to know she hasn't been a bother to you, Ms. Kalina, she can y'know act a little spoiled at times." Sireena lightly chuckled.
"By the way, are you attending open house in their school?" Kalina asked.
"Yes, I am, I've taken a break from work, and I'm taking this opportunity to my little sister and how she does in school, our father is attending as well since he helped establish the school, but I more so see this as him taking a chance to see Rias. Sireena answered.
Issei was in the corner of the living room where he watched the scene and was visibly happy that his mother was revealing her more motherly side again ever since his transformation took place but in a not so normal way.
"What do you mean I can't sleep with him tonight?" Rias pouted.
"I want to talk to him, so could you please lend him to me for one night?" Sireena said as she placed a futon down.
Issei walked up to Rias and spoke. "I'll be fine Rias, it's just one night, it's gonna be alright." Issei kissed Rias on the forehead.
Grayfia and Sireena only smiled at the scene seeing at how close Rias and Issei were to each other.
"Ojou-sama, it's time to sleep, let's go back to your room." Grayfia left with Rias.
"Uhm, good night, Issei-san, it's unfortunate, but I'll sleep in my room tonight." Asia said as she left too.
Issei and Sireena laid down on their respective beds and before they could sleep, Sireena had something in mind.
"Issei-kun, I heard that you worked with Azazel." Sireena asked.
"Yes, I did, but he only hired me as a gunman to take down Kokabiel." Issei answered truthfully.
"I see, did he hire you for more?" Sireena followed up.
"Nothing after that, I only worked with him again, because we shared the same target, that being King Cerberus, he wanted samples of its power, while I wanted it to be my newest Devil Arm, and lead to me getting my second peerage member." Issei summarized.
"I see, did he take interest in your sacred gear?" Sireena asked.
"Yes, according to him I've changed the Boosted Gear, even Ddraig found it surprising when the Balance Breaker form also changed drastically." Issei explained.
"He was known to collect sacred gears, and him taking interest in you is no surprise." Sireena said.
"Yeah, and he's a good drinking buddy as well." Issei said and yawned.
"Looks like you're tired, we'll continue this another time, goodnight, Issei-kun." Sireena seemingly does off to sleep.
It was past midnight and Issei couldn't fall asleep; the sheer pressure of sleeping with the leader of all devils definitely pressed onto the tension he was feeling.
Issei sensing that Sireena herself wasn't asleep struck a conversation. "Hey, uh, I'm sorry if you're forced to sleep on a futon." Issei quietly said.
"Oh, it's alright, I actually like it." Sireena answered.
"How come?" Issei pondered.
"Being a Maou, nearly every place I've visited always gave me the most extravagant of things but being treated as a normal guest puts things into perspective for me, and I am loving it." Sireena said turning to face Issei.
"Tell me, Issei-kun, do you really love my sister?" Sireena asked.
"Yes, I do, even before turning into this, I've always admired her, always wondering how someone like me can be with her, a pervert, a failure, an enemy of all women, but now it's different, with this version of me, I can be the man I've always wanted to be, and the one my father envisioned me to be." Issei said with passion.
Sireena got up and kneeled close to Issei's bed. "Wonderful, I'm glad that you met my sister, please look after her for me, this is the one request I'm asking of you Issei-kun, not as the Maou Lucifer, but as her sister." Sireena said.
"…Always." Issei softly said but Sireena heard it.
Sireena scooched over to Issei and spooned him from behind.
"L-L-Lucifer-sama?" Issei said in shock.
"Issei-kun, I'd like you to call me Sireena, just when we're alone that is." Sireena whispered.
"Don't you love it? The Crimson Satan and The Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess with the Sekiryuutei, all are red and look good together." Sireena bit Issei's ear from behind.
"I-I'll sleep on the futon for tonight!" Issei tried to escape but was held down by Sireena.
"No, you are cuddling me to sleep tonight." Sireena now embraced Issei from the front.
The two slowly fell asleep and what awaited them the next day was something neither Rias nor Issei are looking forward to.
Morning came and the residents of the Hyoudou residence are up except for Tiamat who left early due to being a teacher, and Rias who left later with her sister and Grayfia to explore the town for a bit and find a place for Sireena to stay.
"Issei, Asia, I'll come to school, later when they open up for the parents." Kalina said as Issei and Asia said their goodbyes and walked to school.
*KUOH ACADEMY*
Issei is seen walking with Asia, Xenovia and Kiba across the bridge to their school, until Issei sensed a familiar presence.
"Oh, it's you." Issei deadpanned at the sight of Vali.
Vali paced her way over to Issei "Listen here you little shit! We're gonna fight again, this isn't over until I say it's over." Vali pointed a finger at Issei.
"Oh, is it now?" Issei mocked.
"Yes-" Vali said as Kiba and Xenovia crossed their blades at Vali's neck.
"I think you've taken this greeting too far." Kiba sweat dropped.
"You can't just go out here and pick a fight with the Sekiryuutei here." Xenovia said.
"That's enough you two, she can't do anything here." Issei said.
"I'll show you what I can do!" Vali flared her aura.
Issei flared out his aura completely blowing Vali's out of the water.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Issei said in a cold tone.
Rias ran to the group with Koneko and Akeno when she felt Issei's power skyrocket. "Ise, what's happening here?" Rias asked in urgency.
"Nothing, much, everything's alright" Isse shrugged.
"Is that-" Rias said.
"Yes, the Vanishing Dragon." Issei raised his aura more.
Vali felt fear and arousal at the same time as her draconic instincts took over her, causing her to submit to Issei's dominating aura.
She walked off looking at the ground in shame with a flustered face that Issei noticed.
"Albion, what's going on with me?" she asked her dragon.
{It would seem that you're submitting to him, which means that you see the Red One's host as a mate, a strong one at that.} Albion answered.
"Are you serious?" Vali asked in a panicked tone when she reached a safe location.
{Yes, you did give half your body to me, making you half-dragon, that is your draconic side taking over. Female dragons will always submit when they find a mate they truly desire, that is how dragons work Vali, it is up to you whether you embrace it or not.} Albion explained.
"What do I do at this point." Vali sighed.
-With Issei-
Issei is seen talking with his friends Matsuda and Motohama who are surprisingly talking about civil things, Matsuda asked Issei how to talk to girls, while Motohama discussed how to please a girl until Xenovia approached the group.
"So, all I have to do is to be direct?" Matsuda asked.
"Yeah, honesty gets you a lot of things, and one of them are girls." Issei said.
"Ise." Xenovia called out.
"Yeah?" Issei answered.
"I'm sorry about what I said about yesterday, that was uncalled for." Xenovia slightly bowed.
"It's fine, just don't go around saying that to other people." Issei said amused.
"Which is why I brought these." Xenovia pulled out a pack of condoms.
"HEY HEY PUT THAT DOWN!" Issei yelled.
"What's the meaning of this, Issei!?" The perverted Duo bellowed.
"Can you just put that away." Issei begged.
"Oh, Xenovia-san, what are those?" Asia innocently asked.
Xenovia gave one to Asia. "These are practice tools that we can use, here take one." Xenovia said.
"Hoo, what's going on around here?" Aika asked as she approached the group.
"Aika-chan, what is this?" Asia asked.
Aika whispered all sorts of perverted things in Asia ear causing her to turn red.
"Hehe, if Xenovia is willing to sleep with Issei, then Asia-chan won't-" Aika was cut off as Asia covered her mouth.
"Please Xenovia, just put those away." Issei begged again.
Issei is seen walking towards the old school building where Rias, Akeno, Sona and Tsubaki are seen conversing about open house.
"Hey, Rias, what are you guys doing here?" Issei walked over to the group
"I'm sure you know why, Ise." Rias said.
"Oh, yeah… this should be fun." Issei sarcastically said.
"On a more serious note, Issei, it seems you've finally the Hakuryuukou." Sona spoke.
"Yeah, she's really annoying when I fought her, but she's not something I can't handle." Issei shrugged.
"Goodness me, I've seen a lot of confident people and you by far are the only one who can back it up." Sona said amused.
"Oh, would look at the time, our parents should be here by now, I'll see you later, Ise." Rias and Sona walked off with their queens.
"This should be fun." Issei sighed.
-Issei's Classroom-
It was English class in his classroom, but to everyone's surprise, they were given a block of polymer clay.
"Alright everyone, today's activity will have you sculpt anything you desire using the clay provided to you, begin now!" Tiamat announced to the class.
"Ooh, Asia-chan, do your best." Kalina squealed while holding her camera.
"Erm, this is embarrassing." Asia awkwardly said.
"Haiz, she always lugs around that camera of hers." Issei deadpanned.
"I can hear you, you little shit!" Kalina yelled surprising all the parents present with her vulgarity.
Asia made a replica of her familiar, the sprite dragon, Rassei, Xenovia made a carbon copy of her Durandal
Issei rolled his eyes and proceeded to think of what he can make with the clay.
With his own creative mind, he made an exact replica of Cavaliere with all its intricate details.
"Mr. Hyoudou, that's quite a creation you have there." Tiamat said garnering the attention of the class.
"Woah, sick motorcycle dude looks like it came from a future fantasy type of vibe." Matsuda remarked.
"I'll have that for five -thousand yen!" A student spoke.
"No! I'll give you ten thousand for it!" another student said.
"Everyone that's quite enough, please leave your sculptures on your desk for checking and you may leave the class with them if you wish."
*TIMESKIP AFTER CLASS*
Issei went to Rias and Akeno along with Asia where they presented each other's works from their classes.
"Ara ara, Ise-kun, this is a beautifully made, I wish you made me one too." Akeno said.
"Just give me clay and I can make you one." Issei smiled.
"No, I meant that you make me a statue of me." Akeno seductively said.
"Akeno, no fair, I want one too, Ise, I'll even model for you in the nude." Rias said with puppy dog eyes.
"You'll only model for him? I'll be his to touch everywhere~" Akeno licked her two fingers.
"You can count on me for that." Issei gave a thumbs up.
"Hey wait for me!" Motohama's voice was heard.
"Come on Moto, we're gonna miss the MagiGirl photoshoot!" Matsuda yelled as they ran with the other boys of the school.
"Oh, buddy boy…" Issei facepalmed.
Issei entered the school's gymnasium with Rias, Akeno, Asia, and Kiba and was presented with most of the male students grouping up below the stage where they saw a girl in a magical girl costume and was posing for the numerous cameras that were snapping away.
"Is that the Maou Leviathan?" Issei looked at Rias.
"Yes." Rias sighed.
"Alright that's enough!" Saji came up the stage and warded off the male students.
The magic girl hopped off the stage and darted to Issei with Saji following behind her.
"If it isn't the Sparda boy." Serafall spoke.
"It's an honour to see you again, Leviathan-sama." Issei bowed.
"Oh right, I haven't introduced myself properly to you. I'm Serfall Leviathan, but you can call me Levi-tan!" Serafall struck a pose.
"Alright, Levi-tan…" Issei hesitantly said.
"Ah, Rias-chan, long time no see." Serafall now said to Rias in a cute tone.
"I-I've been well, Leviathan-sama, are you here for Sona's class visit?" Rias said.
"Yes, I am, as her older sister, I make it my duty to never ever miss this important day for my Sona-chan." Serafall said.
Serfall noticed two people with red hair approaching with Sona.
"Sona-chaaan!" Serafall darted to Sona and held her in a tight embrace.
Sona immediately had a red face from embarrassment. "Onee-sama, please change your outfit, that violates the school's clothing regulations." Sona sheepishly said.
"Oh, come on, Sona-chan, this is my uniform." Serafall pouted.
"Onee-sama, I am the school's president. I am supposed to enforce the rules, even if you are my relative, I can't approve of your outfit in any way possible." Sona fixed her glasses.
"No way Sona-chan. I'll be sad if I change, Sona-chan doesn't know that her onee-chan is admired as the Milky Spiral the magic girl with the glittering staff, the one that will go to war with Angels and Fallen Angels for you!" Serafall said in a cute tone.
"Damn it! I can't handle this anymore!" Sona ran off with teary eyes as Serafall followed her out.
"Wait Sona-chan, don't leave me behind!" Serfall said.
"Please don't follow me!" Sona went faster.
Sireena chuckled at the scene. "The Sitri household can a be handful, don't you think, Ria-tan." Sireena said to her sister.
"Please don't add "tan" to my already embarrassing pet name." Rias said with a flustered face.
"Oh, come on, you used to follow me around the mansion while saying "onee-sama" all the time." Sireena giggled.
"Geez onee-sama, why did you have to remind me of my childhood." Rias had a mad expression on her face.
*Snap* "That's a fantastic face, Ria-tan. I'll be sure to show these to your mother who couldn't come here today." Rias' father said.
"Otou-sama!" Rias exclaimed.
"They sure have such lively private lives." Akeno said with a genuine smile.
"You said it." Kalina spoke from behind them.
"Mom! When did you get here?" Issei asked.
"I was walking with them while deleting my presence of course." Kalina said.
"Of course, you did." Issei deadpanned.
"My, I didn't expect to see you so early, Kalina-san." Sireena and her father went to Kalina.
"I was supposed to go here much later, but I saw you with the Sitri chick, so I followed along." Kalina said.
"Are you the Red Dragon Emperor's mother?" Rias' father asked.
"Yes, I am." Kalina answered.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Zeoticus Gremory. I hope that our Ria-tan hasn't been trouble for you and your son." Zeoticus reached out for a handshake.
Zeoticus Gremory is a handsome middle-aged man with long crimson hair tied to a ponytail with split bangs that expose his forehead, blue eyes, and facial hair on his chin. He wears a black dress shirt with a matching white blazer and pants, and black dress shoes.
Kalina reciprocated the handshake. "Likewise, Kalina Hyoudou, I'm not one for formalities, and no Rias-chan hasn't been trouble, she's been a great girl." Kalin said with a smile.
"That's good to hear." Zeoticus glanced over to Issei.
"Ah, the legendary Red Dragon Emperor, it's a pleasure to meet you." Zeoticus said.
"Issei Sparda-Hyoudou, it's an honour to meet you, Sir." Issei shook his hand.
"Kalina, would you mind if we talk in a quieter place, our children here are already embarrassed." Zeoticus said as Kalina followed
"Rias, Issei-kun, we'll be back after our talk, Sireena, I'll leave them to you." Zeoticus patted Sireena's shoulder.
"Yes, Otou-ue" Sireena replied.
"Rias." Sireena spoke.
"Yes, onee-sama?" Rias said.
"There's something I want to talk about with you as well. I'm sorry Issei-kun, Asia-kun, I'll be borrowing my sister for a bit. Akeno-kun, I'd like you to come as well." Sireena requested.
"Very well." Akeno said as the trio left, leaving Asia and Issei to their devices.
*HYOUDOU RESIDENCE; EVENING*
"Look at that, Asia-chan is so cute!" Kalina squealed in joy while playing a video of Asia and Issei in their classroom.
"Indeed, one of a parent's duties is to witness their child blossom into a wonderful individual." Zeoticus said while taking a sip of his beer.
"Oh, please look at the screen, it's our Ria-tan raising her hand and answering her teacher's question." Sireena played the video.
"Aah! Onee-sama, you idiot!" Rias ran off upstairs.
Issei followed Rias to his room where he saw Rias huddled up beside his bed.
"Rias." Issei approached Rias.
"They sure get along well huh?" Issei said trying to lighten the mood
"Ise…" Rias said softly.
Issei scooched over to Rias where they sat on his bed. "Are you happy that you met me? Because I'm happy to have met you, so much so that I can't even imagine life without you…" Rias said with tears in her eyes.
"Rias, I'll always be happy with you, I'm probably the luckiest guy around to have you, and seeing you like this, doesn't sit well with me." Issei pecked Rias' cheek.
Rias leaned and kissed Issei on the lips and draped her arms over his neck. The pair made out for a while until the lights were turned on revealing Asia with a jealous expression on her face.
"Asia, don't butt in when I'm being intimate with Ise." Rias pouted.
"That's not fair, Buchou!" Asia said with teary eyes.
"The first hit dictates the battle. I learned that from fighting Akeno." Rias winked.
Grayfia entered the room. "You two, enough fighting, you don't look good in front of Issei-sama." Grayfia sternly spoke.
"That's right, bickering like children isn't a good look for both of you." Sireena entered the room as well.
"Rias, we need to continue what we talked about earlier in the morning. It's your other bishop." Sireena said.
"What about him?" Rias asked.
"It's time for you to unseal him." Sireena said in a serious tone.
Boom! That's it for the chapter.
Announcement: I won't be able to post as often as I want to since I'm dealing with some real-life shit, but do expect longer chapters now since it's gonna take me a while to write them.
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