"So…about that dream last night…"
"Yeah, it was definitely weird…"
It was currently the end of the school day at Kuoh Academy, and Issei and Makoto were currently spending it laying down on the grass, contemplating about the dream last night.
"Still though…do you think that was real?" Issei asked his brother.
"Don't know. I've been trying to get into contact with those dragons and…nothing."
"Probably our dreams being weird again." Issei said as he stood up "Honestly, sharing a soul with you kinda leads to weird mental shit happening."
"I think it was real though. Don't know why, it just feels like a hunch."
"You worry too much man."
As Issei was talking with Makoto, some girls walked by and looked at him with disgust.
"Isn't that Hyoudou the weirdo?"
"The guy who claims to hear a voice in his head and talk to people who aren't there, and has mood swings? Yeah, definitely him."
"Let's just leave him alone. He's obviously mentally sick in the head."
At hearing this, Issei suddenly felt his consciousness suddenly recede to the back of his mind as Makoto came to the forefront. Makoto then looked towards the girls and sighed.
"You know, you really shouldn't diss my brother. Sure we share the same body, but he's not a weirdo just because I exist."
"Makoto!" Issei hissed "What did I tell you about taking over this body?!"
Makoto could only shrug "Sorry Issei, kinda just wanted to defend you and me, ya know?"
At this, the girls only scoffed "Again with calling yourself Makoto or Issei. Just stop acting like a weirdo!" At this, they left, causing Makoto to sigh once more.
"Sorry dude."
"No shit you're sorry!" Issei yelled from his place in the back of Makoto's head "You only made us look like even bigger weirdos!"
Makoto sheepishly scratched his head "I can't help it. We're bros and we gotta stick together."
"Whatever, just give me control of the body again and we're cool."
Makoto began to chuckle nervously "See, about that…"
"You want to control the body for a little while longer, don't you?" Issei's tone was completely deadpan.
"Look man, I'm sorry! It's just, I always love it when I use our body after being cooped up in our shared mind." Makoto then bent down and felt the grass along his fingers "To be able to feel things with a body…I would love to experience that everyday."
"Unfortunately, we have to share," Issei sighed "OK fine. You can experience the world for a while, but I want control of the body back. Sound good?"
"Awesome." Makoto smiled as he began walking and exploring the school. While walking down the hallway for Third Years, he peeked into one of the classrooms and saw someone that made his heart race.
It was a girl who looked to be of European descent, with long flowing dark azure hair and red eyes, currently setting up a chess board. She had a voluptuous figure, and had a face that sparkled with love and joy. This girl was Sala Poiel, one of the Four Great Onee-Samas of Kuoh Academy.
"What I wouldn't give to be with someone like her." Makoto sighed.
"Who? Sala?" Issei then began to snicker "You are aiming way out of your league."
"Says the guy who has the hots for Rias Gremory and wishes to have a harem." Makoto retorted "I feel it's best to think realistically."
"Yeah, I know Rias is way out of my league and having a harem isn't possible, but a guy can dream, can't he?"
Makoto could only chuckle. His eyes then widened as he saw Sala look over to him and smile. "Man, she's looking my way! What should I do?!"
"Relax, relax! Just play it cool."
Makoto then saw Sala beckon for him to enter. Gulping, he opened the door, and walked over to her table. Taking a seat at the table in front of her, Makoto felt his heart beat a thousand times per minute.
"Hello, it's nice to meet you. I'm Sala Poiel" Sala then began to smile once again, increasing Makoto's heartbeat.
"Um…my name's Makoto Hyoudou," Makoto then slapped his head. "I mean, Issei Hyoudou, I mean…"
Sala waved her hand as she giggled "Don't worry. It doesn't matter what you call yourself. I'm always happy to meet someone new."
Makoto's face then flushed "Really?"
"Of course!" She then picked up her deck of cards "Wanna play Chess with me?"
Makoto then smiled "Sure."
And so they sat there and began playing the game. Soon, what turned into one match turned into countless matches, as the two found themselves having fun and enjoying each other's company.
Soon, however, the sun began to set, prompting Sala to look at the clock. "Oh man! I lost track of time! I'm gonna be late for club activities!" Sala promptly got up from her desk and put some of her chess pieces in her pockets. "It was nice meeting you Makoto! I hope we can play again some other time!
"Yeah, me too." Makoto then looked back at the table and noticed something odd. Sala had seemed to have forgotten eight pawns.
"I should probably hang onto this and give it back to her next time I see her." Makoto said as he put them in his pockets.
"You sure you don't wanna keep them as a memento?"
"Issei, if I don't return them, it's gonna be like stealing. Sure, they're just chess pieces, but it's the thought that counts," Makoto retorted.
"OK, OK. We'll return them to her next Monday. Now can I please have my body back?"
"Sure." Makoto then felt himself recede back into the mind as Issei took control of the body once again.
"Alright, now let's go home. I don't wanna miss a bite of mom's cooking."
Issei then exited the school building and began to walk the way home. As he was walking, he stopped at a bridge to enjoy the sunset.
"You know Makoto, I wish you had a body of your own."
"I know man. I'd do anything to have a body. Too bad it's just a pipe dream."
Issei sighed, "That you are right about."
"Um…Are you Issei Hyoudou?"
Turning around, Issei blushed as he beheld a girl with long black hair, violet eyes, and a voluptuous figure. She was wearing an unfamiliar school uniform, and a blush was adorning her cheeks.
"Um…yeah, who's asking?" Issei said as he felt his cheeks flush up "Wow, she's a total hottie!"
'My name's Yuuma Amano and… Would you go out with me?!"
"Huh?!"
"What?!"
"You see…I watch you come by here from time to time, always enjoying this sunset." Yuuma then held her cheeks "You always look so contemplative and dreamy. So…would you like to be my boyfriend?"
Issei felt his mind skid to a halt, while Makoto cheered. "Alright, way to go man!"
"Um…sure." Issei could only nod his head slowly.
Yuuma then broke out into a grin "Really?! Does tomorrow at 12 sound good?! I also kinda need your phone number to call you."
"Uh, yeah, of course of course."
Yuuma squealed then proceeded to hug Issei, the boy blushing as he felt her breasts against his chest "You won't regret this!" The two exchanged numbers and she then proceeded to skip away, leaving a confused and flustered Issei.
However, he soon felt his mind boot back on as he began to panic. "I've got a date man! What should I do?!"
"Calm down man, relax!" Makoto assured his twin "You helped me talk to Sala, now I'm gonna help you on this date!"
"You really mean that?" Issei then felt relief flow through his body "Thanks man, you're a lifesaver."
"Hey, gotta repay the favor somehow".
…
Sala felt herself inwardly panic as she began looking through her desk. She had decided to check her deck and found her Pawn pieces missing.
"Where are they?! I can't believe I lost them!"
"Sala, what's wrong?" Turning around, Sala looked to see a girl with long crimson red hair, blue eyes, and a voluptuous figure. This was Rias Gremory, her friend of about three years.
"It's my pawn pieces! I was playing a game with them then…" Sala then looked mortified "That boy…"
"What boy?" Rias tilted her head in confusion.
"The boy, Makoto Hyoudou. I was playing a game of Chess with him when I noticed the time. He must have taken them."
Rias then began to put a hand on her chin "That's not good. Didn't I tell you not to use your Holy Pieces as regular chess pieces?"
"I know, I know." Sala just slumped over "Could you just help me look for the boy so I can have the pawns back?"
Rias smiled as she held Sala's hand "Trust me, in the name of House Gremory, I will do whatever it takes to get your pawns back."
"Oh Rias," Sala smiled, "You're one of the greatest friends a girl can have."
"Don't mention it. What does he look like exactly?"
"Well, he's got brown hair, brown eyes, and was wearing a white and red t-shirt." Sala then began to stroke her chin "Also…"
"Also what?" Rias asked.
"There's something about him…I can't quite put my finger on it, but I can sense exceptional powers coming from the boy. But the powers…they feel like they shouldn't even be in someone like him. Like they're so opposed to each other that having them both should be impossible. It feels like…he's a walking paradox."
Rias frowned "Hmmm. I'll have my familiar look for him. Maybe if she gives him a flyer, we can get the pawns back."
"Make sure she gives him two, one for me and one for you. That way, we'll have all our bases covered."
Rias then put a hand on Sala's shoulder "Typical Sala, always thinking ahead."
Sala could only giggle.
…
Today was the day of the date, and Issei Hyoudou was nervous.
"Dude, chill, we went over proper date procedure before we left. You should be good."
"Yeah, you're right." Issei then took out one of the pawns he had in his pocket "Why did you want me to carry these anyway?"
"So we don't let them out of our sight. If I wanna give them back to Sala, then I'm going to need to keep them on me at all times."
"OK OK." Issei shrugged as he put the pawn back into his pocket. As he continued waiting, he noticed a woman in a dress coming up to him. She then proceeded to hand him two different fliers. Issei, curious, took them and examined them.
"Your wish will be granted." Issei looked over the fliers and noted that they had two magic circles on them, but they were completely different. Whereas one had a picture of demons, one had a picture of angels on it.
'Yeah right." Makoto huffed.
"Not arguing with you there." Issei said as he put the fliers into his pocket.
"Oh Issei!" Issei then smiled as he beheld Yuuma coming over, dressed in a pink shirt and black skirt. "I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long!"
"Oh no, I just got here." Outwardly, Issei appeared calm and composed. Inwardly, he was celebrating like there was no tomorrow.
"I got a girl on a date with me!"
"Chill bro. Chill."
…
The date was rather fun on Issei's part. They went clothes shopping, where he bought Yuuma a bracelet, and then they went to have lunch at a local cafe. All in all, Issei could not have asked for a better first date.
However, the sun was setting, and Issei and Yuuma soon found themselves in front of a fountain in the park.
"Hey Issei…Can you do something for me?" Yuuma asked as she got in front of the fountain.
"Wait…is she about to ask me to kiss her?!"
"Way to go hotstuff! First kiss on the first date!"
Smiling, Yuuma walked forward and leaned into Issei's ear, causing the boy to blush.
"Would you die for me?"
Issei then blinked. "Excuse me?"
"I said, would you die for me?" Yuuma whispered, her tone now sinister.
"What the hell?"
Yuuma then laughed as her clothes began to disappear, replaced by what could only be described as a dominatrix outfit that barely covered anything. As she was transforming, Issei could see her bare breasts, causing him to blush.
"I saw her tits!"
"Dude, not the time!"
"Right, sorry man." Issei then looked at Yuuma, and saw something that made his eyes widen. Coming out of her back were two black wings.
"What the shit is going on?!"
"You know, it was fun playing lovey dovey with you." Yuuma said as she began to inspect the bracelet "And I'll even treasure this little gift you've given me." She then held out her hand, and a crimson spear of light began to form "But unfortunately, now you have to die."
Issei didn't know what to say, his mind being overloaded by what was happening. However, he soon felt an intense pain as Yuuma threw the spear of light at his torso, impaling him. Reaching for the spear, Issei saw it disappear, as blood gushed out of his wound.
"I'm sorry, but you were a threat to us, and so we had to eliminate you. If you want to blame somebody, blame God. After all, he's the one who put the Sacred Gears inside your body." Yuuma then unfurled her wings and took off "It was nice playing with you lover boy!"
"So…this is how it ends, doesn't it? Killed by my first date…what a bummer."
"It sucks that we share a body… That means I die along with you..."
"Yeah…but there's no one I'd want to be with besides my brother…" Issei then lifted his hand and looked at it. It was completely covered in his blood.
"Red…the same shade as her hair…"
"To think…I never gave Sala her pawns back…I'm sorry Sala…"
Suddenly, the two fliers Issei had gotten from the woman in the dress began to glow brightly. From them, two magic circles, one red and one blue, began to form. Emerging out of the circles came the form of Rias and Sala, both girls carrying looks of shock evident on their faces as they beheld Issei.
"Oh my god!" Sala yelled as she began inspecting the dying youth, "Rias, do you have your evil pieces?!"
"Sorry, I only have my pawns on me now." Rias said as she went through her pocket and pulled out eight pawn chess pieces.
"Well what are you waiting for?! Revive him already!"
"OK OK! Calm down, I got this!" Rias then placed the eight pawns on Issei's torso.
As soon as she laid down the eight pawn, the pieces began to glow, along with Sala's pieces. The two young women's eyes began to widen in shock, as both sets of pawn pieces went inside the young man's body.
The body then began to thrash, as deep within the body, two conflicting energies were racing towards the two souls that inhabited it. One energy was dark and demonic, and the other energy was divine and full of light. Once they reached the souls of Issei and Makoto, the demonic energy latched onto Issei's soul, and the divine energy latched onto Makoto's. As this was happening, energy began pouring out of the body, as the conflicting powers began to coalesce into one.
Rias and Sala's eyes widened as they soon saw that on the body, two objects began to form. One being a red draconic gauntlet with a green jewel, the other being white and blue draconic energy wings. When the process was finished, Sala and Rias were stunned to not only see the objects, but what was coming out of the body's back.
Two wings. One a dark bat-like wing, and the other a white dove-like wing.
The two girls could only gasp as they beheld the sight.
"A devil wing and wielding Boosted Gear…" Rias said, her voice barely above a whisper.
"And an angel wing and wielding Divine Dividing…"Sala rattled out.
The two girls then looked at each other, determination evident on their features, as wings also came out of their backs. From Rias came the bat-like wings, and from Sala the dove-like wings.
""We need to tell our brothers about this"".