Disclaimer I don't own anything, not Highschool DxD nor Hataraku Maou-sama.
So, I basically forgot to say that I would be way busier during summer, due to work, thus having not that much free time, so yeah, any free time I got goes to doing stuff I like.
Anyway first things first, answering reviews:
Guest-Questioner:
1) I will be following the anime, since I never actually read the manga (I could count the mangas I've read with my hands, and that's because they either didn't have a second season or they simply recommended the manga, since they thought it was better or there was no anime).
2) I would like future suggestions, I think is good to have an outside idea as long as they're logical of course, and also if you could think of some changes to the time-line you know butterfly effect and all that shit, I have some in how things are to be approached.
3) I never intended to get off track, I've read many stories that do that and suddenly I'm lost and start losing interest; maybe just like holidays specials, and I might not even make those because of time.
4) Yes, I agree with that I don't like humongous harems and maybe to the other suggestion I also think there's not many. (If you know Spanish, there's this fic called "nueva vida" which I like, the harem is huge? (everything is relative so it's up to you), but beware it gets off-track later on)
ExEcutE Rh0d0dactyl0S: I don't know I killed her off at the very beginning, but I now remember that resurrection and necromancy is a for of magic, so who knows (That's a "I'll think it through")
YuukiAsuna-Chan: you might not even read my answering, but I'm still going to answer. 1) I didn't get what you meant by that, one can have their souls out of their body without dying as long as the link that unites them isn't cut off. Besides scientifically speaking the body would function normally, doing all the involuntary movements by itself thus remaining alive, the soul is like a USB or hard drive (Is this a good comparison?) with our consciousness in, I think without you would just be mentally death. And 2) ok is your decision to make.
edboy4926: Don't worry she'll make her appearance (obviously) and I know I sure as f*ck would want her on my team… in case a war broke out obviously, not the other thing she's just too pure.
And I wasted 423 words on that, no make it 430, 431, 432… I'll stop now.
Secondly: I know that demons and devils are two different things entirely, but for the sake of this story they are the same.
"Talking"(human forms)
'Thinking'
"Deep or Dark voice" (also spells and Demon forms)
*Sound*
[Ddraig Talking] {Ddraig Thinking}
Last chapter
Issei looked back at Satan and saw him with a glass of red liquid in it 'Blood'
He grabbed it, and without thinking drank it.
Once he did he almost regretted it, as he felt his bones cracking and his skin tearing as if something was growing out of it.
He trashed for some time on the floor while the others watched in wonder as red scales started to cover the majority of his body, his clothes long turned into shreds.
Eventually his trashing stopped and in there laid no longer a human Issei, but a taller, with more defined muscles reptile like Issei with scaly wings on his back.
*Sigh* "Take him back to my room" ordered Satan to Adramelech.
Chapter 5: Demonic Dragon
Unknown Location.
Fire.
Was everything that consumed the landscape we now see. There was nothing that got out of the fires grasp, but one being.
A dragon.
A western like red dragon that was sleeping profoundly in a burning hill, he didn't care about the fire in fact he liked it.
He had been sleeping for the last 15-16 years since his last host died, but he didn't mind he liked sleeping anyways.
Too bad for him, he had to abruptly open his eyes as he felt, something happening to his surroundings.
The land was reforming and the fires were diminishing.
Ddraig, the Red Dragon of Domination, took off into the sky sensing his ground collapse.
Rocks were being thrown everywhere as hills were being destroyed as structures grew out of them.
Soon when everything stopped moving and shaking, where there was once just hills and mountains in fire, in its place a town had appeared, everything around the town was still on fire and the sky was still red, but the town wasn't on fire in fact one could even see vegetation in it.
{What is the meaning of this?} the 100m dragon thought as he looked at the houses that had sprouted from the earth 'this had never happened before.
{This i-is impossible, I feel my host presences in here} the dragon thought as he carefully approached the town {this is supposed to be my mindscape, only I can invite my partners over… they can't… they can't… what the hell is even this?} Ddraig thought exasperated.
{It appears I'll have to look for my partner in here.} The dragon said before starting to track his partners mind.
Demon King HQ.
It had only been 15 minutes after Issei was turned into a demon and put to rest in a bed.
Everyone had decided to stay in the room in case Issei suddenly waked up and freaked out because of his appearance.
None of them were overly worried, they had transformed humans back in Ente Isla into demons, few willingly, and others as punishment and be hunted by their own former-race, they knew that falling unconscious was totally normal.
But his appearance wasn't. Red scales covered most of his body, neck, arms, legs, and back and the only part unprotected was his chest, stomach, feet base and hand palms. And they didn't forget about the dragonic wings that sprouted from his back.
"It's incredible" Akohda was the first one to speak "Now I can feel that power you felt my Lord"
"Yes, amazing isn't it?" spoke Satan calmly, only Satan, Alsiel and Lucifer were on their demons form, as Malacoda would creep Issei out, and Adramelech was just way too tall to fit "What you should find more surprisingly, is that this is just the tip of the iceberg"
This caused the demons present to widen their eyes 'So much potential' they all thought.
"There's something bothering me" started Lucifer looking thoughtful.
"Shoot" said Satan.
"We've never turned someone who had been sharing his soul with something/someone else, what do you think happened?" wondered Lucifer, and they were in deep thought for a moment.
"Do you think that maybe, we might've killed the other soul?" thought Adram out loud.
"We could check, just let me pull his soul" said Akohda while approaching Issei, but was stopped my Satan's hand.
"No, we'll wait until Issei wakes up, and then with his permission we'll take it out" said Satan strictly, letting go of Akohda "Don't forget he's one of us now, and we'll treat him with respect and trust"
"Don't trust too easily my Lord" warned Akohda "it is something that can be easily broken"
"Not with a heart as pure as him" was Alsiel quick retort "he is one of us now, besides he has no one else to turn to about this, he will not betray us…"
"And we will not betray him" finished Lucifer.
*Tsk* Akohda just turned to look at the window trying to distract himself "It's still surprising the form he took" he said without taking his eyes off the window.
"Yes, it is indeed" said Alsiel "he looks kind of like my race, but instead of exoskeleton covering him he has scales and wings"
"Dragon nature? Has there ever been a demon of dragonic nature in Ente Isla?" wondered Adram looking surprised.
"Supposedly there were some thousands of years ago," answered Alsiel "but if I remember correctly I never stumbled across any document that supported this claim, and I've read all the scrolls written by demons"
"Did they have a name? If they even existed in the first place" asked Akohda.
"I… don't know, possibly not" responded Alsiel hanging his name in shame for not knowing something.
There room went silent for a moment before Lucifer broke it "We should name it, the race I mean"
"I agree," said Akohda resulting in everyone looking at him, Akohda almost never did something in group, he always said he worked better alone "What? It could prove a great way to kill time"
"What should we call it?" wondered Adram.
"No first we should think in which language" Satan said, everyone looked at him confusing "make it sound cooler, like German, Russian or…" he never finished
"Latin" "Latin" "Latin" "Latin" everyone said at almost the same time "Why?" just asked Satan.
"I read that it is one of the languages still used by the Vatican and seeing as the Vatican represents the heavens on Earth, then the Angels must, know it, and would mean Fallen too, and Demons of this world, besides Hebrew" explained Alsiel.
Satan just looked dumbfounded "Wha? Then why don't we use Hebrew?"
*Sigh* "Let's just go with the damn Language already!" exclaimed Akohda.
"Okay, okay sheesh" said Satan backing off.
Alsiel took out his phone and started typing on the internet "Okay so he is part demon and part dragon… translating… 'Daemonium Draco' what do you guys think?" asked Alsiel looking up from his phone.
"Too Long" said Adram.
"Too bothersome" said Lucifer.
"A fucking mouthful!" wonder who said that.
"I think we should combine both words, maybe?" proposed Satan, unsure if it was a good idea.
"Ok, let's hear some ideas" said Alsiel bringing out a notebook and a pen.
"DracoDaemonium" offered Adram, earning poker faces from all his comrades "What?"
'He's so closeminded' everyone thought, but still Alsiel noted it.
"DaemDraco" offered Satan, everyone just cringed hearing the horrible combination.
"G-great suggestion m-my Lord" managed out Alsiel writing the suggestion down.
"Dragomonium" said Akohda "changed the 'c' for a 'g'"
"I second that" said Lucifer liking the ring of the name.
"Me too" said Adram.
"I don't think we need the rest of our votes, seeing as they're majority" Satan said while shrugging, he then turned once again at the sleeping form of Issei.
"A Dragomonium first of his type" 'known' he reminded himself mentally.
ORC Clubroom, same time
"What do you mean DEAD?!" one Sona Shitori, or better known as Sona Sitri in the underworld, shouted for the information she had just received. And said information was an absurd problem.
The problem, her friend Rias had just informed her that a human had disappeared and was last sighted with a Fallen Angel, thus she instantly assumed he had been killed off.
"Yes, dead" said Rias again.
"Are you absolutely sure?!" pressed Sona again.
"Koneko came and told me all that happened, she said some weird guys appeared out of nowhere and took him" she explained "plus she said one them was a Fallen Angel, so he's most likely dead" she finished starting to get a little tired of her friend not believing her.
Issei Hyoudou was already a headache in the school alone, and now that he was attacked by a Fallen and pulled into the world of the supernatural it just got worse.
"If he's dead then where is the body, what proof do you have? And for crying out loud it hasn't even been a full day and you're already giving him up for dead!" she continued to express her anger at the Gremory heiress.
"Well, what else would a Fallen Angel do with him? Take him to a demon to later be reincarnated as one? Don't make me laugh" Rias sarcastically said.
"It's still a possibility as absurd as that sounds" Sona said using logic "You can't just get informed that he was kidnap and instantly assume that he's dead"
"Why not?" retorted Rias.
That was the last straw for Sona as she slapped Rias across the face, making the girl go wide eye.
They weren't alone in Rias office, each had their Queens with them, and both Queens didn't know what to make of the situation.
"Rias you better start getting off your high horse and start thinking clearly, because that's no way of managing a territory" Sona said coldly at her friend who was still wide eyed had a hand on her cheek "let's go Tsubaki" she said standing from her chair and going towards the door.
She opened the door, but before going through it she turned once again towards Rias "Don't even think about calling his parents either" she said before exiting the room and the Club building altogether.
Once outside she started to go back into the Council's room. She could easily teleport back, but she wanted to walk to clear her mind.
'Stupid Rias, instantly assuming things without any sort of solid evidence' she couldn't help but wonder how her friend was sometimes too naïve.
'Just because we read stories about how the Fallen had killed many demons in the war, she instantly sees all Fallen as killers' her thoughts kept going uninterrupted 'there are many Fallen who desire peace just like us, for Maou's sake their leader wants peace!'
"Sona-sama, what should we do?" Sona was brought out of her thoughts by her Queen and best friend Tsubaki.
"Tsubaki, I want you and the rest to take turns and patrol the town in signs for Hyoudou and the Fallen" she ordered "If you find Hyoudou approach him, but if you find any of the two Fallen do not engage just come back to me and inform."
"What if Hyoudou is with the Fallen that took him?" asked Tsubaki.
Sona pondered the question a little before answering "If they don't seem hostile send a signal to me, I'll teleport there immediately, if not then the same: regroup and inform every little detail. Now go and Inform everyone of this, I'm tired after that quarrel I had with Rias" she finished.
"Hai, Sona-sama" she said before quickly disappearing in a magic circle.
She continued walking back to the school before a thought surged at the back of her mind 'I forgot to ask what she found about the students and the teachers that got in, without my knowing'
She then remembered the scene that said students had caused in front of half the school 'I felt the presence of magic, different than my own or any magical creature, but still magic.'
She suddenly got a headache 'I'll think about this tomorrow, right now I'm too tired' she thought before teleporting to her room in the house her family owned in the human world. (AN: I don't think they've ever mentioned where she lived, or have I just never noticed?)
'Why do Fallen want you, Hyoudou?' was her last thought before the magic circle teleported her away.
Issei's Mindscape
Issei abruptly opened his eyes at the sudden tremor he felt. He quickly looked around to see where he was, he was in his room.
He kept looking, searching for Maou, Ashiya or any of the others, but didn't find them, 'It was a dream?' he thought.
'But it all felt so real…' he continued to think as he got off his bed and started to go downstairs.
'…but then again everything they showed me was so surreal…' he was already reaching the front door of his house.
'…nevertheless, the lingering pain is proof that it was real, so why am I at my house?' he asked himself this question "Mom? Dad?" he called out, he received no response "uh, weird"
He headed to the kitchen and saw it empty, he checked the living room, their bedroom, everywhere, but to no avail.
"I should look for outside" Issei decided, before heading towards the front door, he grabbed the handle and opened it, and what he saw made his heart leap to his throat.
A fucking inferno.
Those would be the exact words he would use to describe what he saw. The sky was blood red and, in the horizon giant flames could be seen.
He looked around to see if anyone else was seeing that, but to his surprise he saw no one nearby. There was always at least a neighbor outside of their house, some doing errands or others going shopping, but he had never seen the place isolated.
"What the hell is happening?" he murmured "Could Maou had tricked me?" Issei started to doubt that the blood he drank actually made him a demon.
Before he could continue doubting his decision in alliance, he felt a powerful gust of wind pass by him, he turned around and felt his mouth hang open for many seconds.
A dragon. A 100meter red western like Dragon to be exact, was hovering in front of him.
[Hello there, partner] the dragon said before landing, causing a slight tremor, making Issei loose his footing.
"Come again?" Issei said bewildered from the ground.
[I believe you have a lot of explaining to do] the dragon continue to talk, seemingly not hearing Issei's remark.
"I repeat my question, come again?" said Issei this time louder, still on the ground.
[Where are my manners, I'm Ddraig the Red Dragon of Domination, and your partner in this life] introduced itself the dragon, now identified as Ddraig.
"I-I'm Issei Hyoudou, a p-pleasure?" introduced himself Issei unsure of what to make of the situation.
[Pleasure to meet you partner] greeted formally the dragon [Now if you would kindly tell me what's going on, that would be great] said the dragon a little harsher than he intended causing Issei to shake a little.
"I-I don't know w-what's going on, I-I don't even know w-where I am" Issei responded sincerely, not wanting to convoke the wrath of the behemoth of a beast in front of him "Where am I?"
[Wait! You don't know?] Ddraig asked to which Issei furiously shook his head [This is your…my… our mindscape] he asked this time nicely [Why are you here then? If you don't know what's going on!]
"I-I don't know I was in the house of some…" he paused not knowing what to call Maou and company, were they acquaintances, friends, brothers in arms? "…friends…" he chose the easy way out "…when suddenly I woke up here"
Ddraig pondered over the little information he was given [What did you do in this 'friends' house?] asked carefully Ddraig.
Now it was Issei to ponder the question, should he answer truthfully, lie, ask another question? 'When he arrived, he called me Partner so that means that he's on my side… I think' Issei thought, he still decided that it would be no good to lie to a giant dragon.
"I was turned into a demon" he answered truthfully and without stuttering.
[Ah! So you were reincarnated with an Evil Piece, right?] he asked trying to get out more information.
"A what now?" asked Issei suddenly feeling a little angry.
[You know a set of chess pieces demons use to reincarnate you painlessly] said Ddraig as a matter of fact.
"Is that so?" said Issei through gritted teeth "Those fuckers! They told me it was the only way" he yelled at the sky.
Ddraig, was now one again looking curiously at his partner [What do you mean? Were you turned by a different method?]
"YES!" Issei exclaimed " And it was painful, I'm going to have a quick chat with Maou after this" he said, but the last part he said t to himself.
[How were you turned?] the Welsh Dragon asked.
"They had me drink the blood of their leader" answered Issei still through gritted teeth.
{Could the reincarnation method be the cause of this event} thought Ddraig while looking around.
"Hey, by the way, why did you call me partner?" asked Issei looking directly into Ddraig's eyes.
[Ah, yes you see I'm a Sacred Gear created by God, although my soul was taken from my original body and put, into the Sacred Gear, and I go from host to host becoming their partner] the dragon explained.
"So… are you powerful?" Issei innocently asked.
[Powerful? POWERFUL?! HA! Partner you're talking to one of the few beings that can kill a god alone] Ddraig boasted while laughing making Issei look at him in awe before he noticed something in that sentence something.
"Wait, if you can kill a god, then how did God put you here in the first place?" Issei asked.
This question made Ddraig stop laughing and suddenly looked angry [Those bastards of Angels, Fallen and Demons joined forces against me and my rival, because we caused more casualties during their oh so 'Great' War than they did amongst themselves] Ddraig answered bitterly.
Issei nodded when he suddenly started to fade "Whoa, whoa! What's going on?!" he said totally not freaking out.
[It seems your waking up] Ddraig noted [Now that we have introduced ourselves we can have mental conversations, and don't worry I will explain furthermore my powers]
"Thanks Ddraig, also thanks for not eating me" Issei thanked to which the dragon just mumbled 'Can I even do that in here?'
[Also Partner once you wake up, I would like to talk with the demon that reincarnated you, since it seems he did something to our souls] Ddraig said [We could switch control over the body, don't worry it will only be for a few minutes]
"I will, Ddraig" said Issei before leaving the mindscape entirely.
Demon HQ
Issei opened his eyes and the first thing he heard was obviously Akohda.
"And sleeping beauty awakes from her slumber" he remarked.
Issei tried to get up, but an extra weight on his back made him fall back on the bed "What the?" (Remember Issei is now a demon) he said looking at his back.
Seeing the extra pair of limbs his eyes widen he tried to reach his left wing with his hand and he also noticed the changes on his hand.
"Incredible, isn't it?" said Satan approaching him and offering his hand "Come on get up, it was a success" he said with a wide smile.
Issei was grateful for the help and lifted himself into a sitting position, when he noticed something.
"Why am I naked?!" he screamed covering himself with the sheets of the bed.
"Here, take a cloak," offered Satan making one appear on his hand "and besides we can hide our reproductive organs with magic, if that's what your embarrassed about"
Adram laughed at that "Yeah, it would be very uncomfortable for me to go into battle with my penis hanging around, HAHAHA" he boomed while laughing, everyone else just shuddered at the thought.
"Great now I have the image in my head" cursed Akohda while shuddering a little more.
He was about to say thanks for the cloth, when he remembered something Ddraig had told him "Thanks for the cloak and also" he closed his eyes before snapping at Satan "…success my ass! Why didn't you tell me there was a painless method to do it?!" he exclaimed not noticing the deeper and darker tone of his voice.
Satan just raised an eyebrow at his question "What do you mean another method? I used the one we've always used" Satan explained to his new subordinate.
"Well that's not what Ddraig told me!" Issei argued back.
The unknown name gained the interest of everyone in the room.
"And who might this 'Ddraig' be? Seeing as he knows of another method to turn you into a demon" asked Alsiel wearily thinking that maybe Issei had lied to them.
"Apparently he is a giant dragon that lives inside of me" he answered with a deadpan expression.
"Wait so you were doing something while unconscious?" asked Lucifer.
"Yeah, I thought I had woken up in my room and that all had been a dream, but then I saw a red sky and flames in the horizon…" Issei started to explain everything he saw and thought, the group chuckled at how he thought Maou had tricked him and sent his soul to hell "…and then I started fading, and next thing I know I'm awake."
"So the soul we saw attached to you, might've been the dragon's?" said Akohda, who had been the one to point out the power of the soul.
"What color was it again" asked Issei.
"Red"
"Probably is, I mean when I saw Ddraig he practically screamed 'my favorite color is red'" said Issei chuckling.
[That is because it is, red is an awesome color] Issei stood up from the familiar voice at the back of his head, but fell back once again because of the wings.
"Ddraig!" he exclaimed making everyone present look at him curiously.
"Issei are you talking to the dragon?" asked Lucifer with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, remember he told me he could communicate with me" Issei said.
[Partner I believe this would be a great opportunity to make the change] Ddraig reminded.
"Oh right…" Issei said and closed his eyes, before opening them again and asking "…how do I do that?" everyone sweatdropped at the question 'Why did you even tried then?' everyone else thought
[Just imagine as if giving me a control or something] Ddraig explained, but Issei swore he could feel a sweat drop in the dragon.
Issei nodded and once again closed his eyes, while everyone else when he opened them this time they had a fain green glow.
[Greetings demons] Ddraig greeted formally towards the group of demons.
"So I take it you're Ddraig" said Satan not asking but stating as a matter of fact.
[And you must be my partner's Master] said Ddraig [I've got to admit, you don't look like any demon I've seen] he mentioned eyeing his wings, horns and legs.
"Master?" Satan said, not getting why Ddraig would call him that "He's not my slave, or servant, he's my newest comrade in arms, well at least I think he is since he accepted my offer"
['Comrade in arms'? That's a new one] Ddraig said to himself bringing Issei's hand to his chin [Usually demons refer to their pieces as servants, in some cases a slave, but never as a 'comrade in arms']
"I assure you he's not my servant, or slave, in fact I… we don't know what you mean by that" explained Satan turning his arm towards his generals.
[Isn't this your peerage?] wondered the Welsh Dragon gesturing to the others present.
"Peerage? Like Rias'? No!" he said remembering the joke of a demons they were "They're my generals"
The military ranking made Ddraig narrow his eyes dangerously at Satan [Who are you?] he asked while tensing Issei's body.
Satan regained his posture and raised his head high "My name is Satan Jacob, King of all Demons and leader of the Great Demon Army!" he bellowed "And with me are my four trusted Generals"
"Malacoda the Necromancer" he said, Malacoda, now transformed, raised his dark aura around him to make himself stand out.
"Alsiel, the strategist of the demon army" Alsiel bowed while still having a 'proud' aura around him.
"Lucifer, the most powerful Fallen Angel" said figure, just had a smug grin on his face, with his arms crossed and his wings in display.
"and Adramelech, the strongest demon in brute force" said demon, in his original form, was sitting down with his legs crossed to fit in the room.
"Man, I never get tired of being introduced as the Strongest Fallen Angel" whispered Lucifer to the group.
"It does bring, pride seeing as he's still the strongest among us, but does so with great respect" said Adramelech.
"Well of course he should, respect us, we're his fucking generals, and not to mention at least five times older as well" said Malacoda.
"Shut up all of you! Don't talk while our lord is in a conversation" chastised Alsiel.
"Kiss ass" whispered Malacoda.
Meanwhile Ddraig still had his eyes narrowed at Satan "You might be wondering why we look different from the demons you're used to see, right?" said Satan to which Ddraig simply nodded.
"You could say we're not from around here" started to explain Satan "as in 'otherworldly' not around here" finished Satan with a little laugh.
[How are you here then? Magic, I suppose, since it would be the only logical explanation for your kind] asked Ddraig.
"Indeed, a simply spell that was supposed to take us to our underworld instead took us here" he said "I don't know what happened, perhaps I put more energy into it, perhaps and outside force altered, but I never thought too hard about, what matters is now, and now I'm here" he finished.
[And what is it that you want here? Seeing as you haven't gone back to your world] Ddraig asked daring to get as much information as possible and see what had his partner gotten himself into.
"We were thinking in leaving as soon as we got our powers back, but then I saw this world demons, and saw them hiding from humans" he snarled Satan "they may see it as the only way of living in peace, but I know better, they're scared, they're scared of the damn HUMANS!"
"They should be proud of their existence, but instead they stay hidden away in their underworld!" Satan continue a little of his magic leaking out, he started to inhale deeply trying to calm himself "that's my first reason, exposing the demons and taking our place in this land as it should've been thousands of years ago"
Ddraig quickly processed all that had been said to him, before asking another question [First reason? Meaning there's more to it] he stated inquiring for Satan to continue.
"Indeed, where I'm from demons are hunted by the Church saying that the world was meant for the humans, even though we had lived along them for many millennia" said Satan his voice barely containing the rage he felt "I will not say that all that demons are good, but the same could be said for the humans, so I led a war against them fight fire with fire"
"It started as a revolution of sorts, trying to fight for our right to live wherever we want…" he said proudly, before hanging his head "… at least that's what it was supposed to be about, but as the war escalated we… I forgot about it, and ended up becoming like the humans, burning, and destroying any village that came in front of my army"
"I wasn't until we arrived here, and spent some time as humans ourselves when I remembered my own oath" said Satan "You could say I'll try the same thing here, just this time I don't intend to forget why I'm fighting"
[Okay… I seem to get it… I think] said Ddraig while scratching Issei's chin [I just wanted to make sure my partner didn't get himself into something he couldn't handle so soon]
"I understand you must be worried about him" recognized Satan.
[Indeed] said Ddraig [Alright, I'll take my leave, but technically I'll still be here just I won't be able to communicate with you… yet] he said as his eyes started to shine a little brighter [Ah! I almost forgot. The method you used with my partner to turn him into a demon, it appears it did something to our souls, and I wondering if you knew] he told Satan
"Actually, why don't we take a look ourselves" he said, before addressing his generals "Malacoda if you will"
"My pleasure" the necromancer complied and approached Issei/Ddraig.
[Thank you] as soon as he said that Issei's eyes stopped glowing "Wow, you really are going to try and take over the world" Issei commented.
"I wasn't kidding" he answered back before motioning to Malacoda to commence.
"Will I feel anything?" Issei asked seeing Malacoda approach.
"You will only feel empty as if you didn't have any organ inside you" Malacoda explained as he put his hand on Issei's chest.
"Wait wha-AH!" Issei never finished as he felt Malacoda's hand pierce him and take his soul out of his body and a little strand of light connecting it with his body 'It didn't draw blood' Issei thought seeing as his chest.
[They keep proving they are not the demons I'm used to] Issei heard Ddraig comment.
Satan and Lucifer just looked curiously at the soul since they were seeing it for the first time, but Alsiel, Malacoda and Adramelech who had already seen it couldn't help but gape at the change.
Instead of being mainly white now was mainly blood red with a white outline and pulsating harder than ever.
"Holy shit" mumbled Adramelech.
"It is incredible" mumbled Alsiel.
"This is my soul?" Issei asked as he saw it pulsate.
[So this is our soul huh] Ddraig said mentally [I'm impressed]
"What are the changes?" asked Lucifer looking in awe at the power it held.
"Before it used to be mainly white, with red in the middle" started to describe Malacoda "the red used to be a little separated from the white body, indicating they weren't the same soul"
"The red, used to be Ddraig, then?" asked Satan, taking the words out of Alsiel and Adramelech's mouth.
"Indeed" said Malacoda.
"Sooooo, what are the changes then?" asked Lucifer.
"They're one"
That simple answer made everyone present and Ddraig's mental eyes to widen.
"Somehow the demon blood he drank, caused both souls to fuse and create this one," Malacoda said amazed "he is not only demon, but also dragon, and still retains some little traces of human so to say" he finished, and the last statement just surprised them more, as when they turned someone demon they didn't retain any trace of being human in their souls.
"They there's always a first for everything" Adramelech mumbled dumbly.
[Partner ask him what would happen if you died] Ddraig told Issei [Because remember that when my host dies I go towards another] Issei nodded and addressed Malacoda.
"So what would happened if I died?" he asked Malacoda "More exactly what would happen to Ddraig, since he's telling me that he jumps to another host when the last one dies"
"That would explain why it was separated from your soul, so that when you died it wasn't drag along with yours" Malacoda said to himself, but loud enough for everyone to hear "Shit…" he cursed.
"What? Why 'shit'?" asked Issei a little worried.
"Well I just realized if you die Ddraig dies" Malacoda explained "It appears that you will be his last host, as he puts it"
Ddraig tensed hearing this "So when I die of old age he will also die?" Issei asked feeling bad for making Ddraig's life short.
"More like if you're killed since now you have the lifespan of a demon, you're essentially immortal" voiced out Alsiel.
Hearing that calmed Ddraig a little, but he still had forgotten about the concept of death, since he was among the strongest beings in the world, but now he depended on his partner [Issei I will have to teach everything I know about being the Red Dragon Emperor] Ddraig said to which Issei simply nodded.
"Don't worry, since you're now in part of my army, we'll all train you to be on par with us, but seeing your soul pulsate maybe help you surpass us" said Satan calming Issei down a little more.
Finally, everything had been said and there was no other matter to attend to, so everyone minus Satan left to do something else, Satan simply dropped onto his bed.
"What now?" asked Issei breaking the silence.
"Now go, home rest, we'll see you tomorrow in school" Satan said as he morphed into human form "there I'll tell you how we'll do your training for the days to come"
"Wait, I can't go looking like these I could give my mom a heart attack!" he exclaimed.
"Ah! Yes., first lesson, so what you want to do is draw out some magic from your body" Maou started but was interrupted by Issei raising his hand, to which he sweatdropped "You… don't need to raise your hand"
"How do I draw out magic?" Issei asked making Maou think a little.
"Try to imagine a pond" he said and Issei closed his eyes and did as such "reach out your hand and when you touch the pond think as if you were pulling the water out"
Issei's stood completely still for a few seconds ad suddenly his body started to glow, he opened his eyes startled "Wow, it feels strange" he said.
"Right, now only imagine yourself turning back to normal" Maou instructed.
"As simple as that?" Issei asked.
"Yes, as simple as that" he assured.
"Okay here goes nothing" he closed his eyes once again and concentrated, he felt how the magic he had drawn out circled in and outside his body, he felt how it started to solidify when he concentrated, and then he felt it bones reshaping, scales going back into his skin, along with the wings "When he opened his eyes, he saw he wasn't as tall as before, but still felt different.
He noticed he was taller than before and his muscles were a little more refined.
"It appears your human form to had some changes" Maou said "Anyway, see you at the academy" he said as he started reading a manga.
"Yeah, hey before I go, could you please make me some clothes?" he asked for.
Sometime later, Hyoudou residence
Issei reached his house in half an hour since he got lost, because he didn't know where Maou and the rest lived, and couldn't find anything he recognized not even a street, he had to ask directions at a 24/7 store, but not before buying something to drink.
'I hope I didn't worry parents too much' he thought as he didn't come back home from his date.
He got his keys out and opened the door "I'm home!" he called out.
As soon as he did he heard fast footsteps and his mother came running to see him "Issei!" she cried out "You had us so worried!" she cried a little.
Issei couldn't help but smile a little, even though his parents always made jabs at him for his perverseness he knew they loved him and cared for him just as much as he did for them.
"Don't worry mom, I'm here" he reassured.
"What happened to you? Why didn't you come back yesterday" she noted, as she couldn't see his muscles due to the cloak he still had above his remade clothes.
"I… I…" Issei was at a loss of words, he forgot to think of a lie "I… was mugged yesterday after the date" his mother gasped "well at least they tried to, since some guys from school were by and saved me, but I still got knock out unconscious" he couldn't help but feel a little bad even though it was half-lie.
"Why didn't you call us, when you woke up?" his mother inquired.
"My phone's battery had died, and they told me I was unconscious for a almost 16 hours" he said "I stayed with them for a while to heal a little"
"Well I'm just glad you're okay" she said as she hugged him again, to which he reciprocated.
"Where is dad?" he asked letting go.
"He went out to the police station about fifteen minutes before you arrived, I'll call him back don't worry" she said "you go get some more sleep for your injuries"
He nodded and started to head to his room when he was stopped.
"Issei what's with the cloak?" his mother asked.
"Oh! They had to take off my clothes to bandage my wounds, and they gave me this cool cloak to cover myself when I woke up" he said.
"It looks good" his mother complimented.
"Thanks mom" he said before he entered his room.
*Sigh* He let out a breath he didn't know he was holding 'I entered into a world completely unknown to me' he thought before drooping onto his bed and closing his eyes.
[You don't know the half of it partner] Issei's eyes snapped opened hearing Ddraig's voice.
'Ddraig! I almost forgot about you er…" Issei thought 'sorry, because of me now if I die I'll drag you with me' he apologized.
[Do not fret partner, you're basically immortal like a demon, like a dragon] Ddraig reassured [I only have to help you understand better my powers, seeing as they're now our powers] he said cheering Issei up a little.
'You're right I only have to become powerful and not let myself get killed' he thought back 'I'll not fail you' he thought with enthusiasm.
[I'm sure you won't] Ddraig chuckled mentally [Now c'mon sleep]
And Issei did just that.
Next Day
The following morning Issei was hugged by his father, who had anime tears falling from his eyes.
He told what he had told his mother the night before and he accepted it, telling Issei to be more careful next time he went out, to which Issei assured he would.
Right now he was heading towards school, he could see the gates in the distance and he could make out three figures in there who seem to be waiting for someone, but he already knew who they were.
"Good to see you Issei, I'm sure your parents were glad to see you" greeted Maou bumping fists with Issei.
"Yeah, they were" he said while greeting Akohda and Lucifer "they were very worried"
"Glad to hear your parents care about you" Maou said "I would like to see you at lunch time to explain to you…" Maou didn't get as someone else interrupted him.
"Maou Sadao, Lucifer Urushihara, Akohda Mahl, and Issei Hyoudou, my name is Tsubaki Shinra and I'm here to escort you to the student council" a girl with blue glasses black hair that reached her back, she was 5'5 feet tall "Ashiya-sensei and Adram-sensei are waiting for us there" she informed before she turned around and started to headed to the school expecting to be followed.
"Who does that bitch think she is to order me around?!" Akohda exclaimed but was silenced by Lucifer.
"They finally decided to approach us" Lucifer said following Tsubaki.
"Indeed, they did" answered Maou who also started to follow.
Akohda grumbled more curses under his breath while following the group.
Issei just stood there confused, before shaking himself out of his stupor and running behind them.
End of Chapter 6!
The Sitri finally approached the otherworldly demons, what will they discuss? Will they agree on something? Will they retain their memories after talking with them?
Who knows I haven't even thought that much ahead.
Now I know in some parts they suddenly change subjects a little to quickly, well is because those are my actual conversations, we always switch subjects a little to fast, just to not get into an awkward silence.
Anyway thanks for reading, please point out any grammar or misspelling errors, I would be very thankful and leave your review.
-The knight in dark flames.