The meeting of the Gremory peerage had been a very enjoyable experience for Issei. Not only were they about to train and become stronger, they were going to show that fried chicken his proper place and free Rias from her fate as his wife.
As he walked back to his apartment with Raynare to inform Asia of the trip tomorrow, he was deep in thought. He'd finally found people he cared about, who made him care, he wanted to train as hard as he could to protect them. However there was a small feeling of fear deep in his mind, the images of his previous dream resurfaced and he imagined not only Raynare and Asia killed but the whole Gremory peerage as well.
This train of thought was abruptly interrupted by Raynare who placed a hand on Issei's shoulder, something he'd grown to expect but like from the new hybrid.
"You okay Ise" Raynare asked.
"I'm fine Ray" replied Issei.
"You know you're gonna have to get better at lying if you want to fool me" remarked Raynare.
Issei sighed.
"Am I really that transparent?" he asked.
"To me, yes, to the rest of the peerage, i'm not so sure, but you should keep an eye on the girl with white hair, I sense a great amount of aura reading potential from her" answered Raynare.
"Koneko? I guess she's a little more perceptive than the rest of the group, well behind the master of deviousness of course" Issei chuckled while gesturing towards Raynare.
Raynare's face glowed red as her expression turned from embarrassed to a playful pout within seconds.
"Ise, you know I didn't mean it" replied Raynare jokingly.
"Of course I do" assured Issei with a warm smile.
Their conversation was interrupted by their arrival at Issei's apartment. Issei took out his keys and unlocked the front door before stepping inside and hearing the low sound of the T.V and seeing a sleeping Asia on the couch.
Issei chuckled at the sight. He wished he could let Asia keep sleeping but he had to inform her about the training trip and Raynare's new status before the morning, so he quietly made his way over to the couch, sat down next to Asia and gently shook her to rouse her from slumber.
"waah?" mumbled Asia before realising where she was and who had awoken her.
"Hey Issei, i'm glad you're back, it was getting a little boring on my own" stated Asia.
"Sorry about that, I was late for school this morning so I had to leave quickly, me and Raynare just got back" replied Issei.
"Why was Raynare at school with you?" questioned Asia.
"She decided to show up without my prior knowledge" replied Issei, sending a look of mock annoyance to Raynare.
"But in the end it was for the best, you see there's a couple of things I need to tell you about since you're a part of the Gremory peerage" continued Issei.
"Ok?" replied Asia.
"First, there will be a training trip for all the Gremory peerage members, it will last for 10 days and is to prepare us for the upcoming rating game between Rias and Riser Phoenix" stated Issei.
"What's a rating game?" asked Asia.
"It's a competition where two peerages battle until the king is retired or surrenders" answered Issei.
Asia's face turned into a look of worry when Issei mentioned a battle.
"Don't worry Asia, you're a bishop so you'll probably stay in the rear as support, I promise you won't have to kill anyone" assured Issei.
"O-okay Issei, I trust you" replied Asia, still a little nervous.
Issei smiled at her words.
"The second thing is that since she wouldn't have anywhere to go while we're on the trip and she is a very capable fighter, I asked Rias to reincarnate Raynare as her second knight piece, due to her insane speed" stated Issei.
Asia let out a small gasp and looked at Raynare for confirmation who happily spred her hybrid wings.
"Wow, they're so beautiful Raynare" muttered Asia in awe as she inspected them.
"Thanks Asia" replied Raynare who smiled at the thought of Asia warming up to her a little more after their history.
"Right well, it's time for bed everyone, we need to be up and at the ORC clubroom early tomorrow morning and I want everyone to have had a good night's sleep and be in top form ready to train" reminded Issei as he ushered the two girls along upstairs before returning downstairs and unfolding the sofa bed in the living room. He lay down upon the bed and closed his eyes to sleep.
Just before drifting off, Issei felt the bed move. He opened his eyes to see a sleeping Asia to his left and a sleeping Raynare to his right. He slowly lifted the covers above both of them and confirmed his suspicions, they were both as naked as they day they were born. A whirlwind of thoughts and emotions where spinning around Issei's head currently and it didn't help that he was wearing only boxers, thank the lord he hadn't gone commando.
As if on cue his head split open in pain from the accidental prayer he'd given. In the end he was tired, he wanted to sleep and if these two beautiful naked ladies wanted to do it next to him... well then who the hell was he to refuse their wishes. Issei closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep with a massive perverted grin on his face and the covers over him raised ever so slightly ;).
The next morning the sun had risen and the birds were chirping outside. Issei scrunched his eyes up as he slowly awoke from the sunlight invading his line of sight. Eventually he open his eyes and remembered his situation, Raynare and Asia were still asleep on either side of him but during the night they'd somehow hooked an arm and leg each around Issei so escaping their clutches without waking them would be incredibly difficult.
As he was thinking about possible exit strategy, Issei looked over at the clock on the wall. It read 7:45 am, for once he wasn't late, the peerage had agreed to meet at 9am sharp which gave him a leisurely hour and 15 minutes to get up and get ready. So time was on his side in figuring out how to escape his current predicament, then an evil smile crept onto his face.
"Ddraig" Issei called mentally.
A loud yawn was heard within his mind before a sleepy voice answered his call.
(Yes partner?) asked the dragon.
"What would happen if you boosted my arms and legs and I transferred it to these two?" asked Issei with a mischievous grin.
The dragon only chuckled evilly before boosting Issei's arms and legs by 5.
"Transfer" Issei giggled out.
The results of this little devious act became apparent very quickly. Both female's eyes shot open as they squealed loud enough to break windows before launching themselves off the bed.
Raynare ended up on the floor, face down on her stomach with her ass in the air giving Issei quite the nice view, while Asia somehow ended upside down against a wall, her head obscured by her chest which had fallen victim to gravity.
Issei roared with laughter at the scene he'd caused until the two righted themselves and stood before Issei with a glare that could make Hades shit himself.
"Oh no" muttered Issei.
An hour later and all three were walking to school to meetup with the rest of the peerage. Both Raynare and Asia were happily whistling as they walked together, while Issei was further back covered with so many black and blue bruises you'd think he was the surface of the moon.
"Worthit" he quietly wheezed out, not quiet enough unfortunately since the two in front spun round faster than sound.
"When the hell will I keep my mouth shut" Issei asked himself.
The trio arrived at the academy and walked over to the ORC clubroom, immediately as they entered, the other members of the club looked in shock at Issei's beaten appearance.
"Oh my, what happened to you Issei?" asked Rias with concern.
"I made a very bad decision" he replied laughing nervously at Raynare and Asia who were not laughing.
"Anyway, let's begin the training trip" Rias stated.
Rias summoned and magical circle and asked everyone to step on it. Once they had it teleported them to an open green field. If one looked closely enough they could see a mansion in the distance on top of a huge mountain that lay in front of them. Rias then used her magic to create a backpack for each person including herself.
"Each of these backpacks have weight magic on them, you will all carry one to the top of the mountain, of course not all of them are equal since some have more strength than others here so i've taken the liberty of infusing extra magic for Koneko and Issei since they possess far more strength than the rest of us" stated Rias as she picked up the backpack for herself and grunted at the weight of it, obviously not realising how heaving it actually was.
Everyone picked up their backpacks except Koneko and Issei. Koneko struggled to lift her pack even with the immense amount of strength she possessed whereas Issei pick his up with one arm before speaking to Rias.
"Hey Rias, could I put some more weight on this since I can lift it with one arm" Issei stated as he did so to prove his point.
"Um, sure" replied Rias, quite shocked at how much more powerful Issei was than she thought, everyone was the same, they were in awe of the sheer strength Issei posessed, Koneko looked with wide eyes and slightly wet panties at Issei lifting the bag with one hand as he increased the weight immensely. In the end Issei finally found a weight that challenged him that would probably blow a hole straight through the earth if he threw it hard enough.
The group recovered from their shock eventually and began the climb up the mountain. If anyone wasn't completely in awe of Issei strength before, they were now since he was literally sprinting up the mountain almost unimpaired by the bag.
To no one's surprise, he made it to the top first followed by Koneko, then Raynare, the Akeno, then Kiba, then Rias. Finally Asia stumbled to the top and collapsed on her back, followed by the rest of the group other than Issei and Koneko who naturally had a higher tolerance to the strain of the weight due to their strength. After a 10 minute rest, the group all managed to enter the Gremory mansion and were told by Rias to find their rooms and get settled in before lunch.
Once lunch was finished, the group headed outside to the open field near the mansion and lined up upon Rias' request. Each person was given a specific type of train that would strengthen their core piece ability while also decreasing their weakness.
Rias gave herself the task of increasing the destructive power of her power of ruin while also being able to control the power and form it into any shape she wished.
Akeno was given the task of learning different hand to hand combat styles and how to power them up further by embedding her lighting into the attacks to cover her close quarters combat weakness.
Kiba was given the task of hitting a target that could show the force behind a strike, he was to balance his speed and strength to hit the target with enough force fast enough to pass a certain criteria set by Rias that could be increased as he became stronger to ensure that his strikes were fast but also hit hard enough to do a good amount of damage.
Koneko was given the task of running laps of the estate in weight magic to increase her speed and stamina, after one lap she would have to punch targets that became tougher each time they were destroyed, this would increase her strength even more and allow her to gain experience on how to put power into a strike when extremely fatigued from an earlier event.
Asia was given the task of learning how to efficiently heal a target in a shorter amount of time as well as learning how to spread her healing power to more than one person and be able to heal them as fast and efficiently as one.
Raynare was given the task of flying around the estate with weight magic on her wings to increase her already fast speed even further, she was also told to focus on creating stronger light weapons in a shorter amount of time that would cover all ranges such as a spear for long range, a sword for short range and a gun for mid range.
Issei was the final person Rias came to, everyone had already gone off to begin their training so Rias could speak openly with her pawn.
"Issei, I honestly have no idea how to train you, you're already more powerful than all of us so there's really nothing I can teach you, i'm sorry" Rias apologised.
"No worries Rias, I have a few new ideas i'd like to test in mind, if all goes well I may have a few new abilities to debut in the rating game" Issei assured her with a determined smile.
"Well i'll get to my training and allow you to start on yours then" Rias replied with a smile.
"Thank you Rias, as your only pawn, I won't let you down" Issei stated before walking into the nearby woods to begin his training.
"I know you won't Issei" Rias said to herself fondly as she began training of her own.
Hey everyone, bet ya'll didn't expect to see me so soon eh?
Well I had nothing going on and my writer's spark is still burning brightly so I thought i'd write the training trip chapter.
Now I know it's quite short and doesn't have much actual training detail but i'll be honest, I have no idea how to write training and once I got to the end of the chapter there really wasn't anything else i could put since I wanted to start the Riser rating game on a fresh chapter.
So look forward to the next chapter which will be the Riser rating game and there will be action this time, I promise, Issei may even have a few new abilities to show off like he said ;)
Thank you all for reading, reviewing and mooing. Until next time,
BK out