The Last Saiyan

by David101Australia

The Tournament of Power ends with a selfish wish. Zeno maintains his resolve. Everything is erased. A blank slate to start again. Millennia later this has a profound effect on the life of one boy, Issei Hyoudou, when he discovers that he isn't the normal boy that he always wanted to be. His life is changed irreversibly but for better or worse is yet to be known.

20. Chapter 20

Chapter Twenty - Frustration

* Clubroom, Kuoh Academy *

"My father is Kokabiel"

The words uttered by Akeno while she struggled to get them from her lips had an immediate effect. Instantly the jaws of the other members of their group within the room fell open. None could believe that Akeno, the girl who had stood by Rias' side for the longest and one of the lovers of Issei was the daughter of their common enemy. A dull thud filled the room as Issei crashed into the ground. His mind so spun by the idea of Akeno's father being the one who was causing chaos in the world, enough to cause him to forget to continue floating. Issei pulled himself up and stood just staring at his girlfriend. Why hadn't she told him, was it a lack of trust in him. He stared at her as the group collectively tried to formulate words. No, it wasn't a lack of trust. He could read Akeno's expression. It was shame. Her family brought her shame.

"How?" The word asked by Issei as he tried to figure out the ramifications.

"Well Issei, when a man and a woman" Kiba started, having decided that ribbing the Saiyan was easier then responding to Akeno's heritage.

"I know how that works." Issei retorted. "I meant how is Akeno a devil, Kokabiel is an angel. Fallen angel, whatever."

All eyes remained firmly on Akeno. Everyone waited for her to speak. Her hand tightened in Rias' as she held it for support.

"My mother was a shrine maiden here in Japan. A Human. She spent her life dedicated to the preservation of the local shrine of a rural town far from here called Kamikatsu. It has a small population, only around a thousand people, spread out mostly over farming properties. As such very few ever visited the area, let alone settled down there. After the Great War and the conflicts revolving the split of the Grigori factions and devil civil war, there was very little influence over villages like my mother's from supernatural forces. Then close to eighteen years ago, Kokabiel arrived in the town. He was heavily wounded and my mother found him bleeding out on the side of a road not far from her shrine. Despite her shock at seeing a man with black wings and covered in wounds, she couldn't let him suffer so she carried him to the shrine. She told me that it took a week of tending to him constantly before he regained consciousness and another week before he had the strength to move unassisted."

As she spoke Akeno tried to keep all the emotions that the topic brought to her mind from her voice. Talking of her mother caused her to sadden but her father brought nothing but anger to her face.

"Kokabiel spent two months with my mother in which time she became fond of him. She described him as eerily charming. By the time he left she was bearing me although neitherof them knew that at the time. Seven month's later I was born. For the next seven year I lived with my mother. She cared for me deeply, we were not wealthy in material possessions but I did not go without. My mother educated me, loved me and kept me safe. When I asked why I had wings she always told me that it was a sign that I was made from love and I accepted that. I had a very happy junior childhood."

Akeno's voice picked up while talking about living with her mother before it dropped.

"Then shortly before my eighth birthday a man showed up at the shrine. He told my mother that he was here to collect me, that I was to become the life blood of his new god. The man terrified me, I was introduced to him as my father but I saw no love in his eyes, just fear and cruelty. When I told my mother that I didn't want to go with him, he became furious. It was the first time I saw magic in use and I ran. My mother tried to reason with him but he threw her aside. She begged him to reconcider but he simply laughed at her. He said that I was born for no reason other then this purpose to die and that he could never care for a human. I ran as I listened to the screams of my mother. I hid in the forest surrounding the village and could hear his voice filled with wrath as he searched for me constantly. After two days I thought he had gone and so returned to my home. The buildings were destroyed and my mother lay dead among the debris and burned out structure of our old home."

Akeno sniffled slighty and her grip tightened on Rias', the knuckles of her hand turning white. No one else made a noise and simply let the young woman explain her story.

"After that I didn't know where to go, I was scared and hurting so I wandered into the wilderness. I just kept running. Eventually when exhaustion took me I slept wherever I could find warmth. After a few days I found a lake and just stared into the water. I was hungry, cold and tired. I ate anything I could find, often scavenging from bins or eating berries off bushes. I had no idea about survival, some made me sick, and others not so much. I don't know how I survived. As I stared into the water I looked at my reflection and hated the wings I saw on my back. I can't remember how long I looked at them thinking that they were the most revolting symbols of hate I had ever seen. I picked up sharp rocks from within the riverbed and even though it hurt like nothing I had felt before, I hacked at my back until eventually the wings tore from my skin and I discarded them to the ground. The blood loss from doing so made me weak and I thought I was going to die. I lay down and just let it happen."

Akeno then looked to Rias and a small smile formed on her lips.

"But when I woke up, I wasn't dead. I was in a warm bed. My back hurt tremendously and a beautiful young girl with red hair was sat next to me. I got angry when she looked after me. I yelled at her, I told her I hated her. I lashed out but no matter what she just smiled and took care of me. The rest is history I suppose."

The two girls smiled at each other before Ravel spoke up.

"You revived her with your evil pieces so young?" Her words were a clarification and not an accusation by the tone she used although it was close.

Rias smiled to her softly, "Actually no. My family owns a lodge that we stayed in for holidays near the lack where I found Akeno. It was pure luck that I came across her shortly after she passed out. I had gone down to the river to play and swim with my brother. I saw her collapsed out on the bank with her torn wings beside her and covered in blood. I screamed and my brother ran over. He took Akeno back to the lodge and I helped oversee her treatment. Like she said, when she first regained consciousness she wasn't very happy. It took a while but eventually she opened up to me and we have been completely close ever since. When I received my evil pieces at thirteen, Akeno asked to be my queen. I said yes immediately."

Akeno then turned around so that her back was showing to the group and raised her falter top up to expose skin to their view.

Looking back she spoke,

"I was so disgusted by my old wings but so excited to get my new ones as a devil and be a member of Rias' family."

Her skin appeared totally unblemished, releasing her magic, Akeno's wings sprouted from her back as usual, but rolling her shoulder's forward caused the wings to shrug apart and the group saw the scars below each of the sprouted devil wings. Dull blemished skin where her previous set had been roughly hewn from her body by her own hand.

Akeno dismissed the wings and her skin returned to completely smooth. She dropped her top back down and turned to face the group.

"So that's everything I had to say really. Now you all know why I hate Kokabiel so much. I feel no love for him, only hate." Her eyes remained hard as she spoke.

Issei pondered for a moment why he had never noticed the scars of her old wings, but realized that he never looked at the base of her wings as when she had been topless her wings were never present. He suddenly had a morbid curiosity to touch the scars but looking at her face his mind instantly went to the affection he felt for the young girl. Striding forward Issei embraced her and wrapped her in his larger form.

He was silent but it was Koneko who spoke up.

"You are still Akeno to me. Who your dad is makes no difference. Who you are hasn't changed." Akeno smiled at the words and the Gremory devils all agreed.

'You showed amazing strength in defending the home I love." Sebastian remarked. Maree just nodded.

Ravel and Irina kept quiet. Neither really sure how to respond having not really known the girl for too long but neither holding her lineage against her. No one got to choose who their parents or family were and that was something that Ravel understood fully considering her brother.

Issei smiled to the lover in his arms. "See, no harm. Anyway when I kick his arse, I will hold him and you can beat him." He said with his cocky Saiyan smile. Akeno smirked at his confident response. Only Issei could make hitting someone sound romantic somehow.

Issei squeezde her tight for a moment while lowering his voice to a total whisper.

"I love you." His words full of care, "Are you gonna be ok?" His words brought a smile to both Rias and Akeno, the Saiyan really could care when he wanted to. He felt Akeno's head nod on his chest.

Releasing her gently he spun around with his casual smile spread across his face handsomely, "Alright then, let's all go train."

With that the Saiyan was gone from the room and both his lovers just held their smiles at his antics. Saiyans' and their one track minds.

The rest of the group followed the Gremory devils as they led the way to the four chambered structure.

Once inside the first chamber Rias addressed the new member's to the building while Koneko, Sara and Kiba went to Kiba's usual room with the blue walls and black tiles and then proceeded to begin by firing the gravity up to twenty times. Enough for Kiba and Koneko to begin a strong warmup against each other and for Sara to work herself out under a level of resistance that she wasn't accustomed to. Sara begain with the body weight exercises that Koneko had taught her. Regular pushups, wide grip and diamond variants. Situps, crunches, burpees and squat jumps. The gravity bearing down heavily on her and driving her muscles to burn against herself.

Meanwhile Kiba and koneko engaged in hand to hand combat. Kiba had requested that the nekomata help improve his skill with his hands, while he was heavily proficient with his blades, he knew that he couldn't always rely on them and would need to become proficient in martial arts. Issei would be a great partner to learn form considering the Saiyan's proficiency for learning various forms but with his current focus on rapid improvement to acquire the golden form of his enemy, Kiba thought Koneko a far better choice to learn from.

To that end the pair began sparring at a speed that allowed both to focus on technique while engaging at full power. Unsurprisingly Kiba found himself on the ground a lot.

Rias listened to the sound of her peerage and Issei training in the rooms to her rear as she explained the functions and utility of each room to the new arrivals. Her explanation was close to identical to that given to Sara when she first joined the peerage in training. As she expected the le Barton devil's couldn't contain their curiosity of seeing whether Issei's claim at over a hundred times gravity had been true. Both had been impressed at seeing Sara, Koneko and Kiba moving so fluidly in a room with a gravity of twenty times that of the earth. When Sebastian had strode into the room and been forced to his knees instantaneously it showed that this was indeed a brutally effective form of training. Despite all his skill and strength, the le Barton knight was simply not accustomed to such an instantaneous increase in mass upon his body.

Akeno pulled him out and Rias continued her explanations as the group moved through the adjacent yellow room to view Issei in his own. Despite knowing his strength, Irina and Ravel still found themselves just as wide eyed as Maree and Sebastian at the sight that met them. Issei floated in the room with his white aura raging around himself. Weights strapped to his legs and arms securely. Each weight made of a thick almost black metal.

"Osmium." Sebastian noted and Rias confirmed that each weight weighed two tonnes in regular gravity. The display showed that the gravity was currently at one hundred and eighteen times that of earth. Even so, the Saiyan warrior threw rapid fire combinations of jabs, straights, kicks, knees, elbows, hooks in a variety of technical flurries at an array of invisible enemies. Sweat poured from his flesh, His jacket discarded and singlet almost translucent already. Already multiple pools of sweat had formed on the ground beneath him darkening the tiles.

"Amazing." Sebastian noted with his mouth open. He had previously thought that Issei's claims were all bravado but seeing the warrior train he realized that the Saiyan may well be far more powerful then anyone he had ever met. All thoughts of asking the Saiyan for a duelhad gone from his mind at the display of strength, agility, speed and endurance before him. As they watched, Issei noted his audience from the corner of his eye and smirked. If they wanted to watch then he would up it further and really give a display of Saiyan might.

Without pausing his combination, Issei called to the controlling computer in a firm voice. Control over his breaths difficult as he spoke.

"Increase gravity, One hundred and fourty times."

The increase drove him downward and Issei fought to remain aloft with his feet touching down. He could see his guests shocked by his sudden struggle but the look on his girlfriends' faces said they knew what he was getting at.

"KAIO KEN!" Issei bellowed and the red aura of his powerful technique enveloped himself. Now enhanced with twice the power, the Saiyan soared back airborne and unleashed attacks with even more speed and precision then he had been in his base form.

"That's amazing." Sebastian commented at the even further exaggerated display that Issei produced.

"Issei's Kaioken doubles everything, his power, speed, toughness, mental processing." Rias explained. "It is an incredible skill but it drains his stamina immensely. For each multiplication of it he applies, the cost born against his body increases immensely."

The group watched the Saiyan train for a few minutes more with his limbs nothing more then a red blur to their eyes.

"What's his highest multiplier?" Sebastian asked, the idea that a skill like that could keep adding to his ability was amazing and could be a turning point in any fight.

"Against Bikou he pushed it to nine times. The exertion it put on his body almost killed him." Rias replied. She wasn't sure that she ever wanted to see Issei use it that far again but she knew that he would and would push it further. Asking him to take it easy or not thrash himself was an exercise in futility.

Returning to the entryway, the group split between the rooms. Irina, Asia and Maree remained in the white and red entry room while Akeno, Ravel, Rias and Sebastian took up residence in the yellow room.

Beginning with fives times the gravity in the yellow room, the Phenex devil and le Barton knight struggled to move while performing simple body weight training. Their muscles burned heavily and everything was a struggle for the devils. Ravel was amazed at just how brutal the gravity was against her body but would not rest until she was able to match first Sara and then Koneko. The idea that a girl so much younger then her could withstand four times the gravity that she was struggling under while doing harder exercises was something that her pride wouldn't allow her to accept. Sebastian knew that Kiba was a skilled swordsman and so strove to reach a similar level so that he could test his skill against the Gremory knight.

In the red room, the gravity sat at twice that of earth while Asia ran Maree and Irina through a training regime. The former nun was by no means a training expert but she had learnt a lot under Kiba, Akeno and Rias' training. Maree for her part, while not a physical warrior, was able to adapt easily but it was Irina that concerned Asia. The Templar was very powerful by human standards but still just that, a human. Asia had chosen to oversee her training in case the girl became at risk of suffering a severe injury. With her watchful eye, Asia would be available to administer immediate treatment and avoid a portentially permenant disability to their new companion. Both new women pushed themselves fully. Each had a vendetta against their combined enemy and neither intended to allow this opportunity to prepare themselves to deal with said enemies slip them by.

Hours passed and the group trained fully. By the time the clock in Issei's room approached seven, the Saiyan was coated in a thick sheen of sweat and had drove the gravity up to a hundred and seventy five times that of earth. He had required to push his Kaioken to a multiplier of four just to continue in that weight but his body told him it was worth it. By pushing the Kaioken he would increase his Ki reserves and endurance at a tremendous rate but he knew that he would have to focus the majority of training on his base form. That was where he built the most strength and every percentage gained their multiplied nicely with his enhanced power.

Sweat gripped to the skin of everyone as they reconvened within the clubhouse common room. It was decided that training would recommence from four thirty the following afternoon. Rias and Akeno agreed that they would need to return to education and the rest of the group seemed to share that opinion. Issei grumbled at the idea of wasted hours but the looks from all present told him that he was being out voted on this matter. It was solidified by Rias threatening to ban him from the chamber all together if he skipped classes and Akeno stating that she had no interest in dating an idiot.

A further discovery awaitng the group upon their preparing to leave the commonroom was a neatly piled stack of documents, keys and schedules located at the entrace and bound by a ribbon displaying the Gremory seal. While they had all trained, Zeoticus had dealt with the housing and education issues for the new members. Ravel, Sebastian and Maree would be residing in a house three doors from Issei's parents and opposite that already occupied by Kiba, Asia and Koneko. Irina would be joining the laters household. While it wasn't explicitly mentioned, Rias suspected that her father put Irina with Asia due to their shared faith that would help the holy warrior feel less awkward and outcast. The girl hadn't mentioned anything yet, having been so focused on the tasks at hand but it was obvious that she felt rather strange in the company of so many devils. Something that she would never have accepted a month ago.

Further to that, Irina and Ravel had been transferred to Kuoh Academy. They would be attending classes with the rest of the peerage. Sara herself would attend the local middleschool. Both Koneko and Akeno promised to drop off and pick up the young girl which brough a smile instantly to her lips. She was nervous about attending a new school by herself but having the two she had bonded with the most there for her made her feel more at ease. Sebastian and Maree having long since completed their education could fill their days as they chose. Both began discussing how they would with the knight suggesting they use their connections to search for their enemies while the younger members of the group were unavailable to do so. Maree agreed when chuckling to herself that it was humourous to realise that they had now been partnered up with a group of highschools, many of whom were their equals and one who was vastly more powerful then they were. Issei grinned wholeheartedly at the acknowledgement of his combat superiority to which Rias informed the group that they were never to compleiment Issei's power under the threat that his ego should grow even more unwieldly.

Laughter erupted as Issei grumbled about being an abused partner with his girlfriends picking on him. His pout completely fake as he could barely maintain it especially as both girls mentioned that dinner would be ready when they got home and his face instantly morphed back to a happy smile. The large band of mismatched warriors walked the short distance through the streets of Kuoh from the now desserted Kuoh Academy to Hyoto Lane. Goodbyes were said while the majority split in between numbers twelve and thirteen respectively with the last four making their way down to number nineteen.

Issei pondered momentarily how much wealth the devils of house Gremory could have if they easily kept arranging for these things to occur, purchasing property, paying for him and his parents, education for the others. It had to add up but then devils didn't die of old age so they could amass wealth forever, investiments could continue to build and they had many fingers in many pies. The analogy that he thought of caused him to smile and Rias looked at him as he did so, Akeno and Sara chatting about fashion and hair products.

"I just thought of pies." The Saiyan responded with a nervous head scratch at how his statement sounded when voiced out loud. Silence followed as the other girls'conversation faltered at his comment but was replaced by the laughter of all three girls confirming that he did indeed sound like an idiot when he obsessed over food a bit too much. He shrugged, he couldn't change who he was.

Entering the home felt more natural this time and Issei simply opened the door and strode inside followed by the three devils.

"We're home." He called out as he could feel his parent's Ki around the Kitchen.

"Welcome home." His mother called back in reply while his father stuck his head into the hallway to wave at the group who made their way to the dining room. Immediately Rias beelined to help in the kitchen. While Issei went to sit at the table.

"Oh no you don't" his mother called to him, pausing the Saiyan midway through taking his seat.

"Look at you," the matriarch of the Hyoudou household stated. Issei looked at himself to see his clothes still clung to his muscular frame from the thick layer of sweat that had seeped into them. A glance at his companions showed that they had all already showered, most likely while waiting for him to complete his training. He was always the first to start and last to finish.

"Shower now or no food." His mother declared and the Saiyan wasted no time in making his way to the bathroom.

"Can we help?" Akeno asked as she came into the kitchen doorway with Sara close behind her. The young girl feeling nervous and attempting to hide herself behind her defacto big sister.

"I'm fine with Rias' help dear." Miki replied looking to Akeno before noticing the shape of a much smaller person behind the dark haired beauty. The woman practically squealed with delight before speaking again,

"Oh you must be Sara." She addressed to the young girl as Akeno thrust her forward toward Issei's mother.

The aforementioned young girl looked to the floor and mumbled her acknowledgement to the middle aged woman.

'Oh you are just the most adorable little thing aren't you?" Miki coo'ed while kneeling down to eye level with the younger girl.

"Don't worry, I'm Miki and my husband is Gorou. You are most welcome in our house." Miki smiled widely and offered her arms out to the girl who hesistated only momentarily before moving forward to allow the warm hug of the woman.

The bustle of the kitchen continued, Issei's parents found themselves pleasantly surprised by how comfortable they felt around three devil girls while their son showered. Perhaps it was due to the young age of the women or that both older girls cared deeply for their son. Maybe it was knowing that there was nothing that they could really do to change the situation other then accept it. But it didn't matter. The household was comfortable and that was a win in everyone book. Soon the food lay out across the dining room, Miki commented about how heavily stocked the pantry and fridge had been. She asked Rias to thank her family for providing so much food but the girl waved it off by stating that it was mostly all for Isssei. Issei's parents were baffled by her response and Rias realized that neither had seen how voracious the Saiyan's appetite was.

"I have to warn you both." Rias began, catching their attention as Issei strode into the room. He wore his grey sweat pants that often acted as pajamas and a white singlet with cobra written across the front in black block letters and the blue silhouette of a lunging snake of the same breed in the background. His feet bare and tail swinging happily in the air. All in all he looked very similar to how he had been dressed for breakfast and was comfortably relaxed in his own home. The addition of his tail swinging as well as the vast increase in muscle mass that their son displayed was something that his parents were finding difficult not to stare at. The slim boy of theirs from a few months ago had been replaced by this heavily sculpted warrior before them that had the same face, eyes and goofy smile of their son. Not to mention the spikes of brown hair that seemed to continue to refuse to succumb to grooming.

Issei stared pateintly at the half dozen large serving bowls before him patiently. Three held rice dishes, One full of his mother's signature buffalo wings and two more chicken dishes. If this food was presented to a household of six humans or devils then it would easily be enough but the Saiyan knew that he could consume everything before him easily. Issei simply waited as everyone seated themselves around the table.

"Please dig in." Miki offered and watched happily as the girls began to portion food onto theit plates. Gorou offered a plate to his wife before filling his own. Something he had done their whole relationship and she still found to be a sweet statement. She saw that her son hadn't so much as moved for the food.

"Issei. What's wrong?" She asked but the boy didn't seem to hear her. She watched as his eyes followed Akeno, the last to get food back to sitting. As she picked her own cutlery up he moved like lightning and both Miki and Gorou felt their jaws drop and cutlery clatter out of their hands at the sight before them.

Issei had moved like lightning and seized a full serving bowl of fried rice. Something that would easily feed a family and proceeded to inhale the food at such a pace that she wasn't sure she even saw him chew. His actions a literal blur. One moment the bowl was full in the middle of the table and the next it was empty before him, moments later another and then another. Within a minue all six serving bowls were empty and scraped clean while piled neatly in front of her son with the bones of the meal dishes cleaned perfectly of food being the only items remaining and her son licking his lips while patting his stomach before looking up.

"Your food is as delicious as ever mum." Issei stated happily before noticing the looks on both his parents' faces. The pair just stared at him. Their own food had not so much as been started. The three devils around him ate silently while smirking slightly. This had been what Rias was going to warn his mother about but now it would be up to Issei to explain.

He simply smiled and scratched the back of his head in his nervous manner. "Ah yeah, hehe sorry. But remember when I said being a Saiyan made me really hungry. Well um yeah, that's why I always eat last." Issei stated with a chuckle.

"You always eat like that." His father replied. His face was rather blank and a little pale. It was a guess whether seeing his son eat like that made him nauseous or if he was just morbidly curious.

"Yeah." Issei replied. "But it really did taste good. You guys should eat before yours goes cold."

His parents looked at each other in a baffled manner before doing as their son suggested and tending to their own meal. Light conversation filled the air as both parents got to know the three girls at their table. Sara remained quiet but very slowly Miki was able to draw answers from the young girl. With dinner complete, Issei insisted on doing the dishes. He didn't want to be ungrateful for the food provided for him and his mother smiled at his thoughtful actions. In truth he found small chores with items that he could easily crush to be an excellent activity in controlling his strength and Ki mastery as he infused eash item with a small portion of his power to avoid it shattering or causing it to bend under his grip.

Returning to the lounge room, Issei found the couches occupied with his father and Sara on the two seater while watching his father's favourite gameshow. Clearly the young girl also found the show interesting, "VS Arashi." The premise of the show being a group of contestants, typically a family squaring off against the pop group Arashi in a contest of sideshow style games. The results were often quite funny with witty banter being thrown about readily.

Issei found it amusing that through this show, his father was bonding easier with Sara then his mother had through awkward conversation. But the Hyoudou matriarch was currently happily chatting away with his girlfriends on the three seat couch leaving the Saiyan with nowhere to sit. Floating lazily into the air, Issei stretched himself out as if reclining on a bed and drifted over to join the conversation.

"What are we chatting about?" He asked casually while looking at them from upside down. His mother looked as if she was actively trying to normalize the fact that her son was floating effortlessly beside her.

Rias replied with a cheeky grin and a look in her eyes that suddently Issei wasn't sure he liked. The look in Akeno's was just as sinister as well.

"Well Miki was about tell us what you were like as a toddler. Maybe show us some baby photos."

"No." Issei's reply leaving his lips immediately. The looks returned from all three women told him that he was losing this one.

"Give it up son." His dad called over, "You have no chance of winning."

Issei grumbled while the conversation continued as if he wasn't even remotely present in the room or building or perhaps even the country.

The night moved on and rapidly approached the time fror them to begin retiring to bed when the issue sof sleeping arrangements was brought up. Issei's parents would take their bed back. Sara had been given his room and he had no intension of evicting the young girl. That left the pull out double futon. Conventional logic said to offer it to the two girls but noting the relationship that the three were in had his parent's pondering how to tackle it.

His parents closed their door to change for bed while the girls did the same in Issei's room and he could feel his parents discussing the issue before his father returned to the lounge room and asked him to follow him.

Issei did as asked and went out into the front courtyard with his dad. The pair stood outside silently for a moment before his dad spoke while looking up at the stars.

"Dating two older women is a sticky position even for an adult. At your age it gets a bit more complex." He began.

Issei wasn't entire sure how to respond and simply kept his mouth closed.

"Now I know teenagers move faster these days and things get physical."

Ah it was going that way, not exactly a conversation Issei wanted to have.

"Dad I already know this, I know how it all works." He stated trying to prevent his father from continuing.

"Of course." His father responded plainly before looking at him in the eyes. "Has your relationship progressed that far?"

Issei felt his face heat up and mouth go dry. "Ah," was all he was able to reply as he suddenly began finding maintaining eye contactto be extremely hard.

"I see," his father stated, "Well with myself and your mother in the house, you won't, not to mention young Sara as well." Gorou stated while laying down the law before his super powered son.

"I know dad." Issei replied quickly. Truthfully he had no intention of having sex with the girls so close to his parents. Finding out that most of the peerage had heard them last time was embarrassing enough.

"Good," Gorou replied, "If we have your word then we don't mind you sleeping in the same bed with them but son." He continued and Issei looked at him quizzically waiting for him to finish.

"When you do, use protection." His father finished before going inside and once again Issei felt himself splutter.

He stood still for a moment before a truly horrifying thought entered his head.

Great, now his mum would know he was sexually active. Issei shuddered involuntarily at the horror of that realization.

Feeling far less invincible then he usually did, Issei returned to the living room and climbed onto the bed alongside the two women he loved. With the lights off he kissed them both deeply before closing his mind and connecting to his Ki.

* Rocky Wasteland, Issei's Mindscape *

Rias and Akeno sat on sunchairs under the shade of a large umbrella. The pair had themselves dressed in light skirts and tops. All that was needed to complete their look of relaxation would be a cool drink, and pleasant scenery.

Conversely the pair didn't have the drink and the landscape before them was not quite picturesque. The pair were located upon a large rocky spire to the far end of a wasteland filled with similar spires of red and orange clay. The ground swirled with a choking dust of the same and not a single entity of plantlife could be seen at all. Beside them stood the figure of their boyfriend clad in the thick red plate armour that had become almost iconic of his training here. Across the plane, red scales glinted as Ddraig raised himself from a distant spire.

The dragon beat his wings as he rose into the air, simultaneously Issei did the same. The pair advanced slowly, increasing pace as they drew nearer to each other. As Ddraig's wings reached their apex of beating heavily, Issei's aura burst into its fullest and the pair clashed in a melee above the spires of the ground below them. The two struck and tore at each other as they had for hours already. In each engagement Issei was forced eventually to use his Kaioken to maintain the fight against the dragon. However ever time they split and rested before renewing the fight he could last longer before drawing upon the technique. Issei wasn't sure whether to put it down to increasing his strength, Ddraig tiring or his learning the patterns of attack that the great dragon was likely to use against him. Probably a little of all three.

Ducking under a massive claw that swiped for his head, Issei flipped backward and spun before shooting into the dragon's exposed belly and unleashing a flurry of rapid strikes. His plated fists struck harshly against the smooth flesh yet the dragon didn't falter and rolled himself over while throwing a hind leg out in an attack similar to a giant rising knee. Despite his size, Ddraig moved with great speed and the armoured appendage struck the Saiyan fully to the side of the body causing the boy to be shot like a projectile through three close spires before he regained control of his momentum and stopped himself by extending his limbs out abruptly in a pose reminiscent of the vatruvian man. The white aura burst into life around him once more and Issei shot back toward the dragon again.

"Do you think he can win?" Rias asked while watching the white comet continuously buffer itself against the monumental dragon off in the distance. Dust filling the air around the pair constantly as spires collapsed and the ground was torn apart by the ferocious nature of their clashes.

"With or without his Kaioken?" Akeno clarified while rising herself up on her elbows and looking over to Rias.

"Either." Her girlfriend replied while looking at her with a look of interest.

Akeno took a moment to think about it. So far the pair's spars had mostly resulted in Ddraig coming out on top. Issei hadn't pushed his Kaioken past the third multiplier and when asked why he wouldn't use it, he had simply given his goofy smile and said he got the most out of training when his opponents we're stronger then him.

"Well," Akeno began while thinking it through, "Without his Kaio ken, I don't think so. But with it, if he pushed it to his limit then maybe. I just don't know. We don't actually know how strong Ddraig is. He is so much more powerful then us. It is kinda amazing that Issei has become so strong as to be able to go head to head with him." The dark haired beauty speculated while thinking over her thoughts out loud in response to the question.

"But why do you ask?" Akeno added at the end, after all, winning wasn't really the point here. It was improving Issei's ability and pushing him further.

Rias was silent for a moment and her eyes didn't really look at anything in particular, just the horizon out in the distance infront of them.

"I just thought that if Issei could beat Ddraig then Kokabiel would be less of a concern." She stated in an unsure tone. Truthfully no one knew if the dragon was more powerful then the fallen angel. It could easily be either way at this stage.

"Oh." Akeno responded. A bitter taste in her mouth at the mention of her estranged father. She did everything she could to avoid thinking of him at most times. The look on Rias' face was apologetic.

The red haired heiress stood up briefly before walking around behind her girlfriend and sliding onto the sunchair with her. Her legs and arms wrapping comfortably around the slender figure of the dark haired girl in a comforting manner.

"Do you want to talk about it?"She asked softly after a few minutes of silent cuddling.

Akeno remained silent for a few moments more, simply enjoying the presence of Rias before responding. "Not really, I just want to be with you and Issei."

Rias smiled and the pair remained in their comforting position throughout the remainder of their time in Issei's mind while the battle crazed Saiyan continued to push himself against his monstrous training partner.

With heavy pants Issei finally arrived back down next to the girls for the last time. Throughout this session within his mind he had been back over a dozen time for short rests but this one marked the end of his training. He sprawled out while sucking in great gasps of air and clumsily unbuckled his helmet before gently placing it down. Despite his exhaustion he still remembered one of his first training principles of discipline and precision. His body ached and felt completely wiped out. His final bout had lasted less then twenty minutes yet he had managed to avoid calling upon his Kaioken at all and had fought with nothing but his own strength. He knew that if Ddraig had not been just as tired as he was then there would never have been the option to avoid using the Kaioken but still, he felt proud of his minor achievement.

The dragon in question settled down beside the group with a far gentler touchdown then most would expect possible for a beast of his size. His great maw open and tongue panting in a manner similar to a dog after heavy exercise. Issei sat up and looked at his partner.

"That was a damn good session." A tone of utter contention present in his voice.

"Indeed." Ddraig responded. "You are proving to be getting more and more capable."

Issei smirked at the praise and then slowly stood, feeling rather wobbly on his feet.

'Speaking of things getting good." He quipped with a cheeky smile while looking at the joined bodies of the two girls as he strode over to them.

Both beauty's rolled their eyes at his not so subtle attempt at flirting while Ddraig rumbled a short laught within his throat.

"How exactly you convinced these two to become romantically involved with you will always and forever be a mystery."

Issei half listened to the dragon's words while replying without though. "Yeah they are hot." Both women simply rolled their eyes again at him before Issei realized the insult in Ddraig's sentence.

"Wait a sevond." He began as the dragon took to the air and flew toward the distance,

"Yeah that's right, run away." Issei yelled after the retreating dragon while both girl's laughed openly at the scene before them.

Issei simply turned back to the pair while dismissing his armour and allowed his cheeky smile to spread over his face that caused the two to stop laughing and share a worried look moments before the Saiyan launched himself at them, intent on tickling the pair into submission.

Despite his exhaustion, the instant relief of removing the cumbersome and heavy armour gave Issei the grace to easily pin the pair of squirming girls and proceeded to mercilessly tickle them for all he could. The actions soon changed though into some rather heavy petting with the trio exploring with both hands and mouths. As Issei ran his tongue up the left side of Rias' neck the words of his father suddenly floated into his mind. Not within his house. He paused momentarily and then shook the words away. His was in his mind, not the house. With that thought, the world around them changed and the trio found themselves sprawled across a large super king size bed within a room reminiscent of a lavish bedroom Issei had seen in a movie. The door and window's firmly closed.

* Classroom, Kuoh Academy *

Issei grumbled to himself. Today had started well. He had awoken comfortably wrapped within the two buxom beauties and then had an enjoyable good morning kiss with each that continued on from their final activities within his mind. The trio had proceeded to pack up the futon and taken turns showering while preparing breakfast. His parents had been most pleasantly surprised to find a feast of food awaiting them when they awoke but realized the necessity when the Saiyan had consumed almost ninety percent of it after the rest of the extended family group ate. Sara sat next to Akeno while the older girl spoke to her encouragingly about attending middle school. The young girl continued to feel nervous about attending without the rest of the peerage but came to be a little more confident with Akeno's reassurances.

Leaving the house, the extended peerage met up on the streetside between the homes occupied by the majority of the peerage. Akeno, Koneko and Sara left in the opposite direction to the remainder of the group, having promised to take Sara to school each morning and collect her each afternoon. The rest of the peerage strode forward after a brief wave to Sebastian and Maree who had no requirement to leave their new accommodation yet. Ravel informed the group that Maree was beginning to plan her father's funeral as well as a service for the member's of their family's staff that had been lost. Rias agreed that the peerage would attend before looking over to Irina as the group made it's way to school.

"Irina, if you like, we could help you organize something for Xenovia." She spoke in as polite and understanding voice as she could.

The light haired human simply shook her head while offering a soft smile to the Gremory heiress,

"Thanks but no thanks. Lord Michael already collected her body, her funeral will be held on Thursday. He agreed to collecting me for it. I was told that my choosing to accept the offer to train with your group has angered some of the fundamentalists in heaven but they can't do anything due to our alliance at the moment." The girl spoke in a voice that didn't have much emotion behind the words and Rias felt concern for her mental wellbeing. But at this stage the best thing for her would be time, grief often needed time to be worked through and that was natural.

Arriving at school though had instantly put a dampener on Issei's mood. As the group approached the main gates, Issei could feel the eyes on them. He was used to the jealous stares of boys for his walking with Rias and Akeno but now it was different. The stares were more pronounced and filled with a mixture of curiosity, contempt, fear and uncertainty. Whispers filled the air that the students around didn't realise his enhanced hearing could pick up.

"Is that him? The guy from the video."

"Can he really fly?"

"Where's all the red stuff around him."

"Where's the golden guy?"

"Look Rias Gremory is really with him. Are they a couple?"

"Do you think he's dangerous?"

"How long has he been at this school?"

"Where is his tail? Does he really have one?"

Issei felt his eyebrow twitching as he crossed the courtyard toward the main school building, Rias' hand tightening in his as she whispered.

"We knew that something like this would happen. Just stay calm. It will pass." Her words acted to soothe him just as they did when he was a giant ape.

The whispers began to speculate about the group that walked with them. Kiba and Asia. Irina and Ravel, although none yet knew who the two new girls were. Issei felt himself slightly happy that Akeno and Koneko weren't with them, therefore saved from the gossiping for now but he knew it wouldn't last.

As he entered his class, the teacher still not yet present, students moved out of his way and avoided making eye contact with him. Taking his seat, Issei thought back to his life before Raynare tried to kill him and realized that his worries of being ostrisised for what made him different was coming true. He realized that his actions in Moscow had caused part of this. The damage to Lima and Paris were far greater and receiving a lot more traction on the news with being the main focus of both media and political groups but his own brazen actions lead to the initial exposure and that was something that no one would claim was wise for him to have done.

The teacher entered the classroom and began as always with taking attendance. At reaching Issei's name the man paused before commenting quickly at being glad to see Issei again after his days absent. Really it had only been last Friday and yesterday however Issei supposed two days was more pronounced when the cause was all over the internet.

Before lessons began a knock at the door had been met with Ravel entering the classroom. Her eyes locked with Issei momentarily before she stood to the front of the classroom.

"Would you like to introduce yourself?" the teacher offered with a smile.

"Yes thank you." Ravel replied in a courtesous manner, her formal nature fitting in with the hierarchal nature of education easily.

She stood before the class with her hands folded neatly to her front and bowed politely before addressing the students before her.

"My name is Ravel Phenex. I have recently moved to Kuoh and am grateful to join your classroom."

Smiles returned to her from the class momentarily before the whispers began to spread of her being seen walking through the courtyard with Issei that morning. The teacher offered her to sit wherever she like.

Ravel noted that all the seats around Issei were empty as clearly the students had chosen to give the Saiyan as wide a birth as they could. Ravel knew that he could be abrasive but that overall he was a good guy. Disregarding the few other seats available she chose the one beside Issei and sat down without a second thought.

The class felt on edge for a moment before the teacher began his English lesson and tried his best to bring the classrooms full attention onto the subject matter.

Issei noticed Ravel studiously taking notes while he simply scribbled the occational point down but mostly zoned out. The whispers within the room continued in a way that the students thought the teacher wouldn't notice. While he didn't, Issei and Ravel certainly did.

"Sitting next to me might have caused you more troubles." Issei muttered quietly to Ravel.

The blonde girl didn't move her head from watching the board while replying to him.

"They would have figured I was different sooner or later. With secrecy gone there is no reason to have you sitting here all alone." She replied.

Issei felt a small twitch of a smile before returning to his scribbles.

Over the next few peiods he changed his mind about being happy with having Ravel sitting next to him. While the whispers of the other students were annoying, he could easily ignore them and consider his use of Ki, name attacks he could form or uses for the energy. Experimentation being something Issei was keen to branch into, application for strike combinations, parries or blocks. However with the Phenex girl beside him that wasn't an option. True to her upbringing, everytime she saw him zoning out she would jab him and sternly inform him to pay attention to the lessons. It was clear that she took education very seriously or just didn't want to appear to be a slacker or delinquent. Probably both. This effectively meant that Issei couldn't do anything to avoid the overwhelming boredom and monotony of schoolwork. After all why would he need this? He already knew that he would dedicate himself to training and after school he would find some form of supernatural employment that focused on his fighting prowess rather then math or literacy grades.

Lunch approached and Issei's mood improved. Heading to the clubhouse and digging into a delicious banquet of food would be exactly what the young Saiyan needed to improve the day that had annoyed him so far. The bell rang and Issei could barely resist the urge to sprint to the building at the far end of the school grounds but chose to walk in a more reserved manner with Ravel. His calm manner didn't last all that long though as exiting the buildings rear doors he saw a large group of students making a lot of noise. Approaching he could see Rias and Akeno in the middle of the ring of students. A group of girls before them trying to antagonize the pair. Ravel looked to Issei with concern as the larger boy began pushing his way harshly through the thick rings of students that had formed round the two opposing groups.

From what Issei could understand, this group of other senior girls had decided that they would try and usurp Rias and Akeno's popularity due to their association with the videos online, especially what they were calling the freakshow powers. Both his girlfriends appeared uncomfortable but were also trying their very best to defuse the situation. Issei felt Ravel trying to hold him back and while he knew his brand of help probably wouldn't do anything good, he couldn't allow the girls to be left defenseless. Magic and Ki didn't protect from bullying and taunts when you couldn't use it.

Issei stood within the crowd for a moment before he felt himself being pushed forward into the open area by groups of students who recognized him. He could easily resist, it would be laughably simple for him to simply stay put against the weight they pushed against him but it was likely they would be injured and Issei knew hurting a bunch of relatively innocent people in this situation would result in further animosity to himself and other supernatural people in general. As he came forward into the small clearing in the centre of the mass of students, the verbal jabs from the group of opposing senior girls paused as they stared at the tall boy before them. It took only a moment before one of them spoke.

"Oh there he is now. The boy with the tail to defend Rias." She was clearly trying to provoke the group of them. Issei looked at her. She was pretty enough but nothing close to either of his girlfriends beauty.

He ignored her for a second and looked back at his two girlfriends as he stepped in front of them. Both had looks that pleaded with him to not use force. For a moment Issei pondered if they really thought he was going to hit normal people although he realized hitting things was his normal response to solving a problem. He gave them a reassuring smirk as he turned back to the group of senior girls. There was seven of them and the one who made the verbal jab at him appeared to be the leader.

"Who are you?" Issei asked with a voice full of as much curiosity as he could put into it.

The girl huffed at Issei's lack of recognision of her. He took in her appearance, she wore designer bracelets, jewelry and earrings. Her make up looked expensive and everything about her gave off a firm impression of wealth and self importance. Instantly Issei drew a connection between this group and the girls who bullied Koneko previously. Embarrassing them had worked to assist Koneko before. Maybe he could try the same here.

"I'm Sakura Nakamura. I'm your Senpai. You should show me respect." The girl declared while clearly trying to show dominance over the taller boy.

Issei formed a frown as if trying to think. He let his gaze drift upward while casually removing his jacket and tossing it over his shoulder in a manner of displaying his physical strength. Such should avoid anyone else trying to intervene.

His tail uncurled from his body and swished through the air, the crowd instantly murmuring at the strange sight.

"Nope, I've never heard of you." Issei declared while locking eyes with the girl.

"But I don't usually waste thinking about pointless people so it makes sense that I've never heard of you." He retorted casually.

"How dare you, you mutant freak." She spat at him clearly not prepared for someone to dismiss her outright.

"Not quite right there." Issei replied while showing no response to her jibe. "I'm more like a god then a mutant."

His voice filled with his usual confidence and his casual claim of divinity caused his girlfriends' eyes to roll. Of course Issei found a way to show off while doing this. To emphasise his point, Issei floated causally into the air while crossing his legs and appearing to sit on thin air.

"But I don't understand why you seem to think you would be of notice." He continued, "Unless you want me to cure your sickness." The Saiyan continued casually.

The girl before him was clearly flustered by his derailing of her verbal attacks and had no idea how to respond,

"What sickness? I'm not sick." She shot at him.

Despite her words, the crowd began to murmur about her. Opinion swaying against what she wanted.

"Your herpes ofcourse." Issei declared with a confident smile.

The response was instantaneous. "I DON'T HAVE HERPES!" The girl screamed at him.

"Yes you do." Issei replied calmly, "I can see it in you. It's pretty far along. You must have been spreading your legs for boys for quite a long time."

The girl shrieked in rage at Issei while her group of friends began distancing themselves from her. The responses of the group changing heavily in opinion from against Rias and Akeno to now discussing the girl's apparent sluttiness and genital infection. She looked around in dismay before screaming and running from the crowd who parted to let her through with most students not wanting to touch her. As she ran from the crowd Issei called out after her in a very loud and clear voice. His tone being one of assistance such that might be used by a store clerk or medical personnel.

"Don't forget to get treatment for your herpes miss Namako." Deliberately getting the girls name wrong,

"And you should let all those boys know to get a check up as well."

Laughter and smickers followed the older girl as she ran away thoroughly embarrassed.

Issei then turned his attention to her remaining friends who looked very uncertain about dealing with the boy who had calmly claimed to be a god, and from what they saw, may well be able to back up his claim.

"Would any of you like my assistance?" he asked dismissively, 'Or are we done here?"

The girls glanced at each other, none knew if Issei could do what he said he could but none wanted to find out either. The group left and with a look around from the Saiyan boy, the crowd dispersed rather rapidly as well.

Ravel approached the group as Issei turned to his girlfriends. "That was unorthodox." She stated and Issei simply smirked.

"I bet you all thought I would get physical didn't ya." He stated while returning his feet casually to the ground and beginning to make his way toward the clubhouse.

"Issei we do appreciate your help." Rias began.

"But did you have to claim to be a god?" Akeno finished.

Issei simply shrugged. "How would they know any different?" he asked rhetorically. None of the devils could really argue against that.

"Does she really have herpes?" Ravel asked, she was unsure to the extent of Issei's powers and was curious if the boy really could see and cure diseases.

Said Saiyan simply shrugged. "No idea. I just figured hitting her pride was the best bet. There had to be at least a bit of truth in what I said or she wouldn't have become so flustered. I figured her friends would know that little bit of truth and then didn't want me possibly spilling their real or less then real beans as well." He offered while quite happy with the success of his strategy.

"That is disturbingly sinister of you." Ravel responded blandly before dropping the subject.

* Metallic Plate, Issei's Mindscape *

The following three weeks had followed a similar pattern. By day Issei attended school, by night he trained in his mindscape. Weekends were spent training at the occult research clubhouse where he focused on pushing himself through further enhanced gravity. At first Issei had been happy to pit himself again Ddraig and increase his strength under the further heights of artificial gravity. But his goal remained a simple one the whole time, attain the Super Saiyan transformation. He had seen the young boy achieve it, he pushed his body to breaking point and then had a need to require it. Issei did the same. He thrashed himself under harsher and harsher conditions, he restricted himself further and further in training against Ddraig to require more from himself and yet still he was unable to achieve the transformation.

Every day he became more frustrated, he grew to loathe the time spent in classes and was convinced that if he could spend those hours training, it would result in the breakthrough he pushed for, that he obsessed over. Yet still it didn't happen. Outside of school he spent more and more time in the gravity chamber, only emerging to return home to eat and then replacing conventional sleep with his mindscape. Physically his body wasn't in any threat as his time in his mindscape offered sufficient recovery but emotionally his girlfriends and parents began to worry. While none thought that Issei would hurt an innocent, they did worry about what would happen if he snapped at someone making a foolish comment to him at school. His declaration of self imposed divinity and verbal defence of his girlfriends had tempered any attempts by others to repeat the older girls' attempts, his friends were still avoided but the whispers and looks had become far less. No one wanted to risk Issei doing something similar to them, regardless of whether they fully believed he could do so.

To add further to the Saiyan's growing frustrations, there had been no word of Vali, Bikou or Kokabiel. He was becoming increasingly impatience to engage any of them and yet unable to do so. He couldn't even take his frustrations out on the rogue devils he previously hunted as Sirzechs had prohibited their group from doing so. Whether this was to prevent Issei from appearing in the media again or an attempt to keep the teenagers from engaging the enemy was unknown but it grated against the Saiyan's pride. It was for these reasons that his girlfriends had decided to remove him from his environment of constant trainng and focus on conflict. They knew that Issei wouldn't do it himself, and while he was still being himself to them, they were concerned that he would continue to become further withdrawn if not helped soon. Akeno had been able to help Sara with her nightmares and she was certain that between her and Rias, they could help temper their boyfriend.

Currently however they had to wait to put the first motions of their plan into effect. Issei was currently thrashing himself against a group of meticallic constructs that resembled the marvel hero 'Ironman' and fought against him despite his obvious superiority. His blows burst through their reinforced bodies as if made from mere paper, the one hundred and fifty times gravity of earth placed upon the plate armour provided by Ddraig barely slowing the boy and not enough to cause him to require his Kaio ken any more. With fluid efficiency Issei struck from opponent to opponent, a white comet that flashed back and forth across the battlefield for close to an hour before it appeared that he had enough. For each mindless dummy he destroyed, Ddraig brought in more and with close to thirty still present and the wreckage of countless destroyed filling the thick plate, Issei soared upward while cupping his hands by his side in the clawed motion of the attack that had become his signature.

"GALICK", Issei roared as Ki pooled within his hands and condensed into a compact ball of raging energy as his girlfriends moved further away from the floating plate to avoid the winds that were about to be unleashed.

"GUN", his aura replaced by that of the royal purple that the potent Ki wave produced.

"FIRE!" a momenumentous beam of pruple energy tore from Issei's hands and ripped down into the plate. Constructs within the path of the attack vaporized instantly and moments later the attack ripped into the plate he had prvviously fought on before exploding in a brilliant flash of purple light. With the attack finished, Issei released his hold on the power and floated contently while observing the space of his mindscape return to simple whiteness, the plate and his targets completely evaporated by his overwhelming attack.

Barely panting Issei landed beside the two beauties who smiled at him. They could tell that Issei was irritated by how easy the fight had been. There would have been a time when he would have been ecstatic at being able to do such, but now he was simply finding it infuriating to not be able to push himself harder.

Both girls approached him sultrily as he stood before them removing his helmet. The Saiyan looked up at them as they began removing the straps of his armour. He usually just dismissed the platemail from existence but there was something alluring and almost mesmerising about having the two girls do it for him that Issei couldn't deny. He watched as they removed each piece of heavy armour and placed them down beside him. Issei looked around himself as the remaining pieces were removed and couldn't see Ddraig anywhere. Had the dragon made himself scarce on purpose? The last components of heavy red metal lay around him as the two girls ran their hands over him. Rias from behind and Akeno from the front. Issei enjoyed the calming feeling of their soft hands tracing over his body.

"We've been thinking." Rias began with her lips next to his left ear, her body pushed into his back and her hands exploring around his hips.

Akeno pushed herself into the front of him while leaning into his right ear.

"We need to have some time with just the three of us. To relax …" Akeno continued in a voice that also sent shivers down his body.

"To get closer together …" came Rias' voice.

"And get rid of some tension." Akeno finished.

Issei felt himself fluster. He knew exactly where they were going and he wasn't about to say no to either of them. It wasn't like they hadn't enjoyed their time within his mindscape over the last three weeks. When Ddraig made himself scarce, it became just the three of them. As if reading his mind the two girls spun the boy to the side and sat him down on the white ground beneath them.

"We don't mean here." Akeno stated. While holding up a finger in a stopping motion.

"We are going on a proper date when we wake up." Rias said while dropping down and crawling onto him, pushing Issei prone onto his back.

Issei was enjoying the girls' movements but couldn't help but think of the time they were asking for.

"It will be morning when we wake up." He stated simply.

Akeno joined the pair and cuddled into Issei's side. "Not where we are going." She whispered.

Issei woke up to the early sunlight that filtered into the room. It was a Saturday. Normally he would spend the day in the gravity chamber but he knew the two girls who were already moving around him had other plans that they were keeping very close to their chests.

"We leave in an hour." Rias stated.

"We get first showers because we have to get ready." Akeno replied as both girls vanished into the bathroom and locked the door behind them.

Issei still wanted to train but he couldn't deny that he was curious about what the girls had planned. He also knew that when women went out of their way to plan something like this for you, it was a very stupid move to deny them. Issei packed up the bedding and then simply sat on the couch while absent mindedly watching Television. He hadn't even gone to raid the fridge, something told him that the date was likely to include food.

As he sat and watched the screen his father entered and sat beside him.

"Morning Son, big day." He asked in a friendly manner.

"Hey dad." Issei replied, "I'm not really sure, Akeno and Rias have decided that we are going on a date."

His dad smiled to him. 'We know son, they spoke to your mother and I about it." His words friendly but a hint of concern behind his eyes.

"They did?" He replied, taken aback that the pair would consult his parents about such a thing. He hoped that the implied activities hadn't been discussed with his parents.

His father simply nodded. "We have noticed how much you have been pushing yourself these past few weeks. Everyone is concerned about you. Young Sara was having nightmares about what happened. We don't want you to burn out or over do yourself."

Issei simply grunted in reply, part of him annoyed that they would suspect he couldn't handle himself but another part happy that they cared. He couldn't work out which was stronger and decided to dismiss them in favour of focusing on having fun with the two beautiful young women he loved.

His conversation with his father moved to inconsequential topics as he waited for the girls to finish. Sara joined the pair while eating a bowl of cereal and the television was switched over to the morning cartoons that she enjoyed. Issei found it amusing that a girl who was becoming as strong as she was, could still enjoy something as simple as cartoons. Eventually he heard the shower door open,

"Bathroom's all yours. Put something nice on." Rias called out and Issei climbed up to see the fleeting figure of the pair of girls wrapped in towels closing his bedroom door to get themselves ready. But if they were using his bedroom, how would he get clothes.

Entering the bathroom he found the answer. A selection of his clothes were laid out already, waiting for him.

He stripped off and showered, enjoying the sensation of the warm water on his body, drying himself while checking the clothes for something that fancied him.

A new pair of black jeans, royal blue button up shirt with silver cufflinks and buttons. A thick white belt with a silver Nordic emblem for a buckle and a silver Nordic chain necklace. A black and orange jacket with the Greek letters for Delta Iota Kapa on the back. When he had previously thought of applying for colleges, it was a fraternity house in a US College he had wanted to attend and pledge to. Fully dressed, Issei pulled on a pair of dark grey canvas shoes, and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt. If it was warm enough to remove his jacket, he would want the sleeves rolled up. Either way he knew the girls like having his arms on show. With his teeth brushed, face cleanly shaven of any sproutings of facial and an attempt made on taming his hair, Issei checked himself in the mirror.

His physique was clearly visible and he was very happy with the image of himself that reflected back at him. Not as formally dressed as the date with the girls in hell but still looking handsome and well groomed.

Leaving the bathroom Issei returned to the living room to have his jaw unhinge at the sight before him.

Rias stood closest to him wearing a very short tight skirt of a light rose gold colour, a white very tight halter top and high heals. A thin white jacket with a floral design that came down to her elbow and mid section. Her make up elegantly done but intentionally deisgned for a night out. Her long legs, stunning figure and ample bust clearly on display. Issei could hardly tear his eyes from her and struggled to stop his mouth from watering.

Beside her Akeno was just as gorgeous in a sparkling teal body tight dress that came only just below her hips and showed a large amount of her bust. The material hugged her in all the right places and showed her off as a pure sex symbol. Like Rias she wore high heels, hers a soft lilac and had the perfect amount of makeup to pronounce her beauty. Both girls wore bracelets, necklaces and earrings to enhance their outfits and had styled their hair in flowing locks.

Issei had no words to describe how beautiful the pair were and if he tried, he very much doubted that he could articulate anything even remotely befitting of them. Fortunately his mother saved him.

"Don't you both just look absolutely stunning." Miki stated with a bright smile while Sara agreed, looking at the two senior girls from where she sat.

Gorou focused intently on the book in his hands but Issei could tell his father was struggling to read and not look at his girlfriends. He couldn't help but smirk at the awkward situation that his father was in.

With his brain sufficiently reset, Issei strode forward and joined the pair.

"So hot." He stated simply and the pair giggled while hitting him playfully as he openly ogled them.

A moment later the Gremory Sigil appeared beneath the three and they vanished.

With the teenagers gone from the house Gorou relaxed and placed his book down.

"Seriously Gorou, they are your future daughters in law." Miki chastised the older man.

Gorou lookd up to his wife. "I'm only human love, but still, they have nothing on you." Turning the situation into a compliment for his wife. His ploy worked as the middle aged woman smiled at her husband before coming in for a quick kiss.

Sara shuddered at the older couple's open display of affection and decided that it was definitely time to leave the house and go see what Koneko was up to.

*Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada*

The crimson light of the spell faded and Issei looked up. Before him rested a sign that he had seen hundreds of times in movies and shows but never in person. A fluorescent sign that lit up like a beacon in the darkening sky.

Welcome to the fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada

Issei looked to his girlfriends in amazement and the pair grinned back to him. Issei felt excitement well up within him. This was going to be fantastic.

"Let's go have some fun." Rias stated while hailing down a taxi.

Almost immediately an orange vehicle pulled up in front of them. The driver, an old man with dark complexion and greying hair smiling at the trio as they climbed in. Despite the pleasure of the two girls squished either side of Issei, the pressure placed against his tail was less then ideal with the group all in the back.

"Where to?" the driver asked.

"Caesar's Palace." Akeno stated happily.

Issei looked at the girls as the taxi pulled away and the driver began to chat with the beautiful pair. Clearly he enjoyed the view of the two girls as much as Issei did. They were going to a casino, wouldn't he need identification. As if she had read the look on Issei's face, Akeno slid a firm piece of plastic card into his hands. Looking at it Issei almost laughed.

Stephen Colter.

The identification put his age at almost twenty three, it had an address, all the usual anti fraud measures including a barcode chip and in the top left corner, a picture of himself that looked very recent but Issei had no idea when they would have taken it.

Within a few minutes the Taxi pulled up in front of the entranceway to the gigantic building that was the megastructure of their destination. Opposite them lay a beautiful lake. People flocked the area. Staff working, tourists, locals, everyone having a good time, about to start or having just finished. Issei helped the girls out before climbing out himself, the old man giving him a wink before he closed the door.

"You are one lucky son of a bitch." The old man laughed before pulling away.

Issei just smirked in agreement at the statement of his girlfriends' beauty. The trio walked up to the entrance of the building with the girls linking Issei's arms onto their own on either side. The last light of dusk was fading and night was descending onto the city. Looking around the foyer, Issei was amazed by its sheer opulence and open display of wealth. It was plainly clear that the hotel was wealthy and the guests it attracted equally so. Approaching the reception staff, Rias slipped forward and spoke with a woman behind the desk before before removing her two cards from her clutch purse she carried. Issei recognized them as a bank card and identification similar to his own. The bank card was black and made of a metallic material, looking at it Issei recognized the name American Express across the top. He had a feeling Rias had planned this date with Sirzechs or more likely Grayfia's help. He would have to thank her when he next saw her.

With the card handed to the reception staff Issei noted a change in the girl behind the counter, previously she had been cordial but now she appeared to be almost groveling at his girlfriend with how quickly she was processing their entry and helping her. Rias looked back and waved them both over. The pair approached the counter and the receptionist beamed at them.

"May I please have both of your identification?" She asked while appearing to be putting on extra effort in accomodating the trio. Issei and Akeno obliged her and after a quick scan through her computers card reader she smiled while handing back the plastic cards.

"You're concierge will be with you momentarily. Is there anything I can get you?"

"Champaigne" Rias responded and the woman made a call immediately. Within minutes a waiter arrived with glasses for each of them as a woman in elegant black dress approached them.

"Good evening Miss Gremory." The woman greeted to Rias. while smiling at the group. "We are so pleased to host you for the night. My name is Claire, please allow me to take you anywhere you would like to go." Her attitude and manners remained completely professional and Issei could tell that this woman must be quite skilled at her job.

Happy to be along for the ride, Akeno and Issei let Rias pick their route for the night while the group continued to drink along the way. Issei found that he really enjoyed the taste of the champaigne and was pleasantly surprised that the moment his glass emptied, a member of the staff was always there to replace it with a new full one. To begin the group were taken to a theatre where they watched a show involving acrobats, pyrotechnics, tigers and other acts to amaze. Issei enjoyed the show for the entertainment that it was while ignoring the fact that he could easily out perform the stunts on show. The three sat in a private booth with a perfect view of the entire show and the alcohol and food appeared to be limitless which was something that the Saiyan took advantage of immediately.

Issei wasn't sure if it was his heightened Ki or a natural resistance to alchol created by his heightened strength and endurance but the drinks seemed to only be having a minor affect on him despite the vast number of varied beverages that he was consuming. He felt warm, happy and very relaxed. He could tell that the drinks were working their lubricating magic on his dates as both girls laughed happily and snuggled into him.

With the show complete Claire led them around toward what Issei realized was a nightclub within the building. The casino had its own nightclub built into it. Once inside the trio grabbed more drinks, their escort spoke briefly to the staff and Issei noticed that they were always served the moment that they approached the bar, no matter how many other people were waiting. He could see some men becoming annoyed by him receiving preferential treatment but after eyeing his very muscular physisique they never made a deal of it. What he did notice was the large number of people who ogled the two beautiful girls, as they continued grind all over him while moving to the fast beat of the music on the dance floor. Issei might have been annoyed by other men and quite a few women looking at his girlfriends that way but he just couldn't. He knew they were drop dead gorgeous.

Issei felt the world starting to blur together as he drank a dark shot of liguid that tasted like licorice provided by Akeno. The girl continued to pick other drinks for the group to try as they drank. Feeling comfortably exhillerated with a song finishing, Issei found himself being dragged to the bar by his girlfriends, the crowd thick with easily two hundred people in the club, all enjoying the nightlife. The bar staff turned immediately to them and as they were about to order a voice spoke up from beside them.

"Want to have a challenge?" Issei looked over to see a group of young men that appeared to be in their college years. One of the group looked directly at Issei. The Saiyan thought for only a moment and knew he couldn't back down.

"What sort of challenge?" he replied feeling his Saiyan urge for conflict and competition commanding him to put the men in their place.

"Shot list challenge." The man replied with a confident grin, "First to do every shot on the list wins."

He indicated toward the bar's list of spirits. Twenty four drinks in total.

Issei was considering how drunk he currently was and if he could drink that fast when Akeno replied for him.

"You're on." The dark haired beauty replied with a mild slur to her voice.

"Yeah, our boyfriend will wipe the floor with you." Rias chimed in. Both girls griping onto the boy beside them and beginning to cheer for Issei.

Issei nodded and the staff began lining up the shot glasses full of different colour liquids.

"Your girlfriends huh." The man said with the drinks lining up in front of him. His friends cheering for him while actively ogling the girls hanging off Issei.

"We get to dance with them if I win." The guy replied with a lecherous smile.

"Deal" Akeno replied laughing, while Rias leant over and told Issei to go as fast as he could.

The Saiyan smiled in response while also realizing that he wouldn't get anything when he won. Maybe he could have fun though.

"When I win, you and all your buddies have to strip naked and run through the whole casino." Issei declared which earnt laughter from the two girls beside him. As well as a raised eyebrow from the bar member and their escort who listened to the conditions of the challenge being set out.

The young man noted the tone of Issei's confidence but smirked cockily, It was obvious that he thought he had this challenge won already.

"Done." The man stated. Moments later the twenty four drinks were filled in front of both competitors and the bar member held a yellow napkin in her hand. The moment she dropped it would indicate time to start drinking. Both groups cheered loudly for the young men, a crowd forming of those waiting for drinks or just curious of the commotion.

The yellow material separated from the bartender's outstretched hand and Issei released as much Ki as he felt he could control in this environment without bursting into his aura. His hand flew across the front of the bar, each shot fired up and deposited into his mouth before being slammed down in rapid succession. In the matter of less then ten seconds all the drinks were gone and Issei unleashed a monstrous belch as the final glass slammed down.

"DELICIOUS!" he declared in a bellowing voice before looking at his aghast opponent who was paused midways through raising his eighth glass to his mouth. Witnesses gaped at the Saiyan whose arms had moved in blurs as he consumed the drinks and despite the amount of alcohol appeared almost uneffected.

"STRIP!" Akeno shouted out in a command as applause raised for Issei.

"STRIP STRIP STRIP!" Rias and Akeno chanted as more and more members of the crowd joined in. Soon the whole group of people around them were chanting with the barstaff pausing and looking at them.

Going red the group began removing their clothes until they stood in just their underwear. The bartender reached over and relieved the young men of their belongings.

"Nope!" declared Issei. "I said naked. Lose the jocks." His grin malicious and reveling in his victory. Embarrased anger flashed over the men's faces but with so many people around screaming at them to lose their clothes, there was little they could do other then comply. With their jocks handed over to the bar staff, their hands were busy now in place of them to try and hide their shame.

'Go on boys. Time to take a lap." Issei commanded between bouts of laughter.

With awkward glances the group ran out to commence the price of their loss. Immediately Issei could hear the other members of the group berating their friend for losing the challenge, the sound of commotion following the naked group followed shortly by the sound of security yelling at them.

Their escort looked to Rias, "Should I have security throw them out?" clearly if Rias chose to make their lives hard then the casino would be happy to oblige the wealthy heiress.

"No, let them come back and get their clothes after a run. That will teach them to challenge our boyfriend." Rias replied with a smile before ordering more drinks and pulling her lovers back to the dancefloor.

After hours of dancing and drinking the group found their way to the casino proper. Issei knew the rules to some card games but was now very much aware that the extreme amount of alcohol he had drank was heavily affecting him and that both girls were considerably more drunk then himself. Every step he took was accompanied by an enjoyable elation and slight spin to the world and the girls looked to be even less coordinated. Yet still they all could continue to walk and avoid falling over.

Arriving at a roulette table, Rias pulled them to join her in the game. She spoke to the escort with them and shortly after a large pile of chips arrived with more drinks. Issei knew that there must have been a considerable amount of money in chips before the three of them judging by the reactions of those around him. But with no values present on the colourful disks, he really had no idea what they were actually worth, he potentially could have done the mathematics to find out but again in his drunken state that was never going to happen.

It didn't take long for the group to lose all their chips. It started with reasonable bets but before long with even more drinks, the group started to place large piles of chips randomly around for bets. Issei happily gave chips to other patrons when they lost. All more then happy to accept the free money from the generous Saiyan, especially when he handed out more then they had lost. It didn't take long for groups of people to be cheering for the Saiyan, and joining him in great bursts of laughter when he placed a small fortune on the number six, nine times in a row to only lose all nine times and chanting loudly that surely the tenth time would be the charm.

By the time they left the table, all three were certain that this was by far the most fun they had ever had. Issei especially laughed when he saw his girlfriends glaring at women who were brazen enough to try flirting with him. Issei did find himself feeling rather awkward and slightly disgusted when a woman who was clearly in her forties tried to flirt with him and Issei had the duel thoughts that she was older then his mother and how young he actually was. Neither of his girlfriends responded to that woman and prefered to watch the boy shudder as he fended off the woman's advances. It was something they both found absolutely hilarious.

Finally feeling the full weight of the unknown number of hours of excessive merrymaking, Rias requested to be shown to the suite. While being escorted into the elevator that would take them to the top floor, Issei smirked while overhearing a comment of absolute amazement of how much the three had drank while still being able to move around. Apparently the staff member in question thought they should be catatonic by now.

Arriving at their penthouse suite, Rias dismissed their escort while the three entered the lavish abode. The trio spent a few minutes sumbling around the luxurious accommodation before arriving at the master bedroom. Full wall windows filled the far side with the light of the rising sun causing the deep red curtains to take on a soft glow that filled the dark room with a subtle and soothing light. For a moment it occurred to Issei that they had entered the establishment at dusk and now dawn graced the horizon with the first rays of daylight.

All thoughts of the time however became wiped from his mind as four hands began pawing at his clothes and stripping him. His final frustrations of the past weeks melted away as the women he loved pulled him toward the king size bed that dominated the room. With a firm push Issei was projected onto the soft satin bedspread that seemed to melt under his body. He softly licked his lips as the two radiant women before him dropped the remaining clothing that still adorned them and climbed forward onto him. Issei submitted to their ministrations and made no effort to resist their advances, completely content in allowing the pair to lead as they wish for the time being.

Sunlight flooded the room as Issei lay awake still wrapped up in the pair of naked girls who now slept lightly with their heads on his chest and body's clung to him. All three of them completely relaxed and pleasantly sticky from the amorous activities of the previous hours. The light breathing of the sleeping devils told him that they were completely relaxed. He felt a grin split his face from ear to ear. His frustration melted away by the hours of enjoyment spent in both the casino and bedroom.

As he felt sleep beginning to claim him, Issei focused on the amount of light that pierced the blinds. It was probably late morning, he smirked as he drifted off, feeling a pleasing level of pride that his stamina in the bedroom had overwhelmed the girls.

Low light filled the room once again when Issei was awoken by the sound of a rumbling growl. With his eyes closed he could still feel the pressure of both girls pressed against his body. He considered returning to sleep again when the growl barked out again. His stomach was declaring itself at war with his return to sleep. He opened his eyes and took in the faces of both girls clung to him. Each a picture of beauty that he couldn't compare to anyone else. With a kiss on the cheek of each, Issei slowly yet surely untangled himself from the pair before slipping out of the bed. Not wanting to disturb the pair, he floated to the bathroom and closed the door behind himself silently. The giant shower unleashed a torrent of soft warm water down onto him, it cleansed his body and removed the remaining traces of their amorous activities.

Needles of pain flashed into Issei's brain that the water soothed and Issei flooded Ki through his body to purge the handover that threatened his senses. As he did so the door to the large shower slid open and both girls entered looking heavily disheveled. Akeno simply slumped against him under the water while Rias stood beside him and covered her face in the water as if willing the liquid to purify the pain from within her head.

With the flushes of Ki having removed the nasty after effects of the alcohol from his system, Issei gently ran his hands along the backs of the two recuperating girls. Each looked at him as if the effort of opening their eyes was something that required more strength and willpower then they could afford to undertake.

"Feeling a bit worse for wear are we?" he asked softly with his voice only slightly above the volume of the running water.

"Shh" Rias replied while cringing away from the words as Akeno managed to look at him with a puzzled expression,

"How can you be so chipper? You drank more then us." She asked with very obvious tones of jealousy.

"I purged the lasting effects from the alcohol from my body with Ki. It took care of it in moments." His words brought further looks of jealousy from both girls.

Akeno began grumbling about how it was cheating to be a Saiyan while Rias grabbed his right hand and placed it on his head.

Issei simply quirked an eyebrow at the girl with a puzzled expression.

"I transferred Ki to you when you were comatose. So do the same for me." Rias stated simply while waiting expectantly for the Saiyan to cure her hangover.

Issei was baffled for a moment. He knew that Rias had carried Ki to him, so if the transfer could go one way, surely it could go the other. He focused inward for a moment while hearing the words of Ddraig fill his mind.

"Just a trickle, pushed out slowly from the tips should do it." The dragon advised.

With a mental nod, Issei focused minuet tendrils of Ki to flow from himself into Rias. The soft flow of energy glowed on his hand as the energy travelled from himself into the older girl. Minutes passed and Issei pushed a drop at a time into her.

Rias hummed in contentment as the warm Ki flowed through her. It filled her every crevice and seemed to hug at her soul, gently cleansing her. The spikes of pain within her head and heaviness on her eyes dissipated and she felt completely refreshed.

The pair shared a smile before Rias stepped away and Akeno took up her positon for Issei to reapeat himself.

"Ooh that is both ticklish and warm." The dark haired girl stated as the Ki flowed through her.

Now fully rejuvenated, the trio spent the remainder of their shower ensuring the each other was thoroughly clean both by water and copious physical contact. Their activities only cut short when the water temperature began to cool and they realized that they had been in there for over an hour. Finally dry and clothed the trio ate from the buffet of food found within the suites own bar. Plates of warm food also available and Issei pondered if staff had been coming and going to restock the food while they had been asleep or distracted with each other. He made a mental note to always track the Ki of those around him even when distracted, just in case.

With their stomachs now full and the date closing to an end, the trio returned to the lobby to sign out. Approaching the elevator, they were once again met by their concierge Claire and Issei found it amusing that the woman had stayed around for almost twelve hours just to escort the group from the hotel but then again, she was probably paid quite well to see to their every whim regardless of the inconvenience.

As Rias signed for the bills, both Akeno and Issei tried to sneak peeks at the document before her but even with their enhanced eyesight, the Gremory heiress signed and returned the paper faster then either could peak but Issei was certain her saw six digits above her signature. Just how much exactly had they spent.

Once outside, the group waved off the staff attempting to help hail them a taxi and walked along the strip briefly in the dark light of the early night before finding a secluded spot to return home. A flash of crimson light later and they reappeared within the Hyoudou residence living room startling Issei's father who still hadn't gotten accustomed to magical effects occurring around himself. Looking at the three he smiled as he spoke,

"You had a good time." Both a question and a statement.

All three replied positively as Issei removed his jacket and dropped down next to his father on the couch. Both older girls moving to his former bedroom to change into more casual clothes. Morning light filled the room and Issei was amused briefly by the changes that jumping from various time zones made. He had only been away for just over twenty four hours and yet spent most of that in the night time.

"Where did you all go?" Gorou asked, curious about his son's activities and happy to see him looking far more calm and at ease with himself.

Issei considered lying for a moment but replied honestly with a sheepish grin, "Vegas."

His father quirked an eyebrow. "As in Las Vegas in America." The older man confirmed.

"The very same." Issei felt the stare of his father bore into him while he watched the television absentmindedly.

Gorou took a few moments before replying.

"That must have been a lot of fun. Don't tell your mother though. Also, you should get changed before she returns home. I can smell your night on your clothes."

Issei met his father's eye and nodded before hopping up and taking a sniff of his jacket. It confirmed that the odour of multiple alcoholic drinks was indeed present on them.

As he moved to change in his room, Issei asked a final question of his father, "Where is mum?"

His dad replied with a soft chuckle, 'She took Koneko and Sara clothes shopping. They spent the night here last night."

Issei laughed loudly at that response. He would have paid good money to see the awkwardness of his mother forcing the two girls into outfits that she thought were cute while ignoring any of their protests.

All incriminating evidence of the trios time away safely deposited in the longest wash cycle that the family's machine could produce, Issei felt another spike of Ki enter the family home. He made his way to the living room immediately, well aware of who would be waiting there and aware that their presence meant a change of situation. Entering the living room, Issei found Rias introducing Grayfia and Sirzechs to his father while Akeno waited patiently. All the devils present wore serious expressions. Not waiting for the formalities to be over, the Lord of hell looked toward the Saiyan with the pair locking eyes.

"Your request has been granted."

Issei felt his blood pump and a smirk grow immediately.

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Edited on 12 December 2021