Silver body set a blaze into pure black flame before a full set of purple scale mail. (A purple version of Welsh Sonic Boost Knight) But he main focus is on Rias who is on the floor.
Pov Silver.
"Rias!" I called out to my sister as i rushed over to her before picking her up in my arm. "Rias please talk to me?!" I begin to panic, but she begin to come around and slowly opened her eye to see me and i smiled. "Rias." I said in relax but i am crying under my helmet. " i am so sorry." I said before Rias reached out to touch my face with a small painful smile.
"You did it." She said and this just hurt me more. "You managed to Balance break."
"But you got hurt because of me." I said as i looked down.
"But you don't hurt me." I looked at Rias as she begin to get up. "i am more shocked that you got an Balance Breaker, so easy?" She asked as i stood up and Rias touch my chest. "Your armour?"
"It only a second skin and can't take much of a hit." I looked at my Armour and so did Rias. "What an let down, you only unlocked the armour but not the power." I am in shock.
"Tiara? What do you mean let down?" I asked as Rias looked at me in confused.
"Silver who is this?" she asked me but Tiara spoke.
"My name is Tiara the Empress of the black dragons and i am Silver partner." Rias eyes widened. "And the let down is that you only managed to form the basic armour of my sacred gear with no added power." Tiara said with a sighed.
"So why so down?" I asked as Ddraig spoke after.
["My sister power is mainly controlling darkness base magic and her Balance breaker offers more magical power then protection."] Ddraig explained. ["And the level of magic that armour has now is just the mounted you already have."]
"Ok that makes since." i said before the armour disappeared. "Ok?" i looked at Rias who just smiling. "Are you should your ok?" I asked as Rias patted my head and nod.
"Perfectly fine and thank you for worrying about me." I smiled and nodded to her. "Now that you reached some type of Balance breaker. You can fight along everyone." Rias looked super happy as i smiled also, but my body feels weak a bit. "Feeling weak?" She asked as i nodded. "That normal for people who just unlocked they power." Rias hugged me gently and whispered. "How about i sleep in your bed tonight?" She asked as i froze up. "Your still worried about me?" i nodded as deep down i am worried that i hurt Rias and she just hiding the pain. "Come on." She take my hand and lead me to the door, Down the hall and to my room.
Once inside, i headed straight to my bed as i am still in my PJs. i turned to see Rias getting full naked and i only blushed as she looks beautiful and her tits are large so i forced myself to look away. "Am... Rias why are striping to your birthday suit?" i asked as Rias looked at me with a smile.
"I can't sleep until i am naked." I only sighed as she said that. 'She your sister, She your sister.' i looked at Rias and find her right next to me and i only blushed as she grinned. "Are you embarrassed?" she asked as i nodded.
"I never thought that i would see you nude that all and will i did have a big crush on you back in my first year, so..." I said with a small smile and Rias giggled.
"Well then." she said before sitting down on my bed. "How about we get some sleep?" she said and i nodded.
"Roger that." we both got into bed, but i put some space between us and Rias looked at me oddly.
"Silver?" i faced her with a small blush on my face.
"Yeah?" I answered as Rias looked me in the eyes.
"Are you happy being with me?" She asked and i was confused. "You look more happier around the other and slowly become more friend to people, so i just wanted to ask if your ok?" I smiled and nodded.
"I am happy here and i own you everything." Rias smiled as i closed my eye and rested. "I love it here and i wouldn't chance it for the world." I slowly drifted off to sleep.
POV 3th.
Rias watched as her pawn fell asleep and smiled before she staked his hair and remember what her sister told her a few days ago.
Flashback to the day after Silver take the girl Bina home with him.
'"Rias, Your pawn claim to be a Gremory?" A beautiful young woman appearing to be in her early twenties with back-length silver hair that features a long braid on each side with small blue bows at the ends, while the rest is let down which ends in twin braids and red eyes. wearing a blue and white French maid outfit with long sleeves and a white maid headband over her head with red lipstick as a cosmetic accessory.
Rias is sat behind her desk and looked at this woman. "Yes i adopted him as my younger brother." She said as the maid who looked to be sighing.
"Lady Rias, you knew that doing something like this will make trouble for the rest of the household, if he tries to claim anything." The maid said as Rias smile only growth bigger.
"Silver not like that." The maid looked at Rias oddly. "I know adopting a human as my younger brother is normally out of the question, but if you have seen what i seen in that boy and the things he been trough that? you have adopted him then and there." The maid blinked in shocked as her young master spoke highly of the young boy in question. "Also you being drinking with him and seen what he like?" Rias grinned as the maid blushed red. "He carried you here on his back and was willing to sleep on the floor so that you could have his bed." The maid nodded to this.
"But that a personal matter." The maid repelled and Rias nodded.
"I know but the strongest queen and the red dragon pawn drinking together would make for a good story." Rias is play dirty as the maid sighed.
"What this is you want my lady?" The maid as Rias smiled and laid back into her chair with a big smile.
"Easy." Rias looked the maid into the eyes. "I needed you to let my mother and father know that i have take on a new younger brother who going by the Gremory name, but he only taking it in the human world." The maid is shocked by this. "Silver name is Silver Ignis Flamma." The maid eyes widened.
"As in the two strongest red dragon Emperor and Empress?" the maid asked and Rias nodded.
"Yes, so his name alone only bring a lot of power as the Red dragon Ignis used to be a honorary member of the Gremory in the past." The maid got what Rias is getting too.
"So you plan to have Silver Ignis Flamma as a honorary member of the family?" Rias nodded as the maid bow. "I will pass on the message." The maid was going to teleport away but Rias said one more thing.
"Also before you go, please don't tell the others this just yet but i plan on having my pawn join me at the party that being held in the next few days and have them meet him personal." the maid nodded with a smile.
"I will remain quiet." the maid teleport away and Rias sighed as the maid would keep to her word.
Rias looked over at her sleeping pawn and slowly moved close to hug him, placing his head into her breast and Rias felt safe doing this with him and she begin to feel sleepy herself. 'Maybe just for tonight.' Rias drifted off to sleep herself with her pawn in her arms. both sleeping peacefully that night and the next morning ended up well...
"Silver what wrong with you?" Akeno asked the young dragon who sitting on the sofa close to the window at the far end with a bright red face. "Do you have a fever?" Akeno asked as Silver looked at her with a embarrass face. "Rias slept next to you naked?" Silver nodded.
Akeno smiled before hugging the dragon and her chest ended up in his face. "Akeno, please let me go?" Silver asked as Akeno giggled.
"Ok ok." She said before letting him go and Rias who been in the shower walked out with nothing but a towel on and Silver face-palmed.
"Rias can you please put some clothes on?" Silver asked as Rias looked at him oddly. "Your a woman and i happen to be a male." Silver said and Rias just smiled before teasing Silver by pulling a bit of her towel down and he ended up with a noise bleed. "RIAS!" Silver shouted and Rias giggled.
"Oh calm down, Silver." She smiled as Silver's face just got brighter and he look at the ground and Rias just looks at Akeno. "Akeno, please get some tea ready for Sona and Tsubaki visit." Silver looks at Rias with a raised eyebrow. Rias looked at her younger with a smile. "Both are Devils just like us." Silver nodded. "Also best behaviour." Silver joked.
"So no drinking?" Rias got cross with him as he grinned. "Akeno do you want to go partying with me tonight?" Silver turned to Akeno who giggling at his joke and joins in.
"Should i get a pair of black underwear or white?" She asked in a joking tone and Silver just smiled.
"Black would look good on you, but i think white would be cuter." he said only for Rias to cough and both devils looked at her.
"Silver, Akeno no drinking so long as you are in my peerage." Rias said and Silver just stood up with a big gain on his face.
"Akeno we should stop joking around and just going fuck." He said only for Akeno to blush and smiled at this.
"Top or button? I don't mind." Silver grinned before Rias protested.
"SILVER!" Silver looked at his sister as his eyes glowed. "Silver?" Rias fell silence as Silver blinked and the glowing stopped.
"Got you." Silver smiled cheekily only for Rias to growth a dark red aura. "Oh so we having a fight?" Silver trigger his own dark aura allow his is a mix of Red and Purple. "Come at me Sister."
Akeno watch the two Gremorys facing each other off before Walking over to the main as someone is knocking. Akeno opened the door to three people.
One young bespectacled woman with long straight black hair that extends all the way down to her knees, with split bangs and heterochromic eyes, with a violet left eye and a light brown right eye wearing the Kuoh Academy girls' school uniform, she also wears blue, semi-rimmed glasses with square lenses. She looks to be around 5'7ft. Tsubaki shinra.
One male. young man with short blond hair and grey eyes. He wears the Kuoh Academy boys' school uniform, albeit without the blazer and his sleeves are rolled up. he looks around 5.51ft tall, Saji Genshirou.
And lastly is the second a young bespectacled woman with a slim figure, black hair styled in a short bob cut and violet eyes who looking to be of noble class, she also wearing the school uniform and a set of red glasses. She looks to be around 5'5ft. her name is Sona Sitri.
Akeno welcome them in as Sona and her group looked at the Gremorys siblings. "What?" Sona asked as Akeno answered with a smile.
"Just a little fight between king and pawn." Sona turned back to see the Blonde and red hair boy smiling like he going to kill someone and Rias who still only in a towel is facing against someone with the same aura type and level as her. "The boy is Silver, Rias new pawn." Sona looked at Akeno in shock.
"He her new pawn?" She asked as Rias and Silver looked at the new group.
"What with the sexy black hair party?" Silver asked as both Sona and Tsubaki blushed but the blonde got pissed and Silver felt something off.
POV Silver.
'Ddraig am feeling the something worried or?' I begin to feel a unknown aura coming from the blonde hair guy. "Who do you think you are to talk to me master like that?" The blonde asked as i looked at him.
['Your not wrong, his aura this the same.'] I looked at the blond. "You better watch yourself in my territory." I said as Rias and Akeno looked at me oddly only for Rias to sigh.
"I am sorry for my pawn, he a bit protect of us." Rias called me. "Silver, come here." I growled before turning to face Rias and walked over to her as she used magic to changed and patted my head. "Sona, this is Silver." I looked at the smaller girl who bowed. "Silver this is my good friend Sona, she a high ranking devil like me." I nodded to her.
"My name is Silver Gremory, i am Rias younger brother and pawn." i said only to get a odd look from Sona. who looks at Rias.
"Younger brother? Rias you only have a older brother?" Sona asked as i looked at Rias who smiling.
"It along story and something that private until Silver ready to talk about it, but the short one is I adopted him as my younger brother." Sona nodded to this before holding her hand out.
"I hope we can get along?" she said and i was going to walk over to her but i felt the some aura from the blonde around her and i pulled myself down. 'Is she marked?'
['Yes.'] Ddraig said as i looked at the blonde who looks really pissed.
"Sorry but I can't touch you." I said and everyone looks at me oddly.
Sona look at me with disappointment in her eyes and somewhat sad. "Oh i am sorry." She said as i waved it off.
"No, No it just you have a dragon mark on you and I don't want to make trouble with another dragon." Sona looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "I am kind of a dragon." I said only for the blond to laugh.
"haha Yeah right." He said as i deployed my dragon wings and his back off. "No way."
Sona pushed her glasses up with a smile. "Well Mr Silver. i would like to sit and have some tea with my dear friend?" Sona asked with kindness and I needed.
"No problem, just keep your dragon under control and away from my Rias and Akeno." I pointed to the blonde. Only for Sona to look at him. "His aura alone, pisses me off as he trying to mark this area as his own but it mine."
The blonde looked at me in shock. "What do you mean marking?" he asked as I sighed.
"Look me and read my aura and then look at Rias?" He looked at me and then to Rias before fearing something.
"WHAT IN THE FUCK!" He shouted making Sona look at her dragon. "His aura is Black and red and Scary as fuck." The blond back off as Sona looked at me and shook my head.
"That what you get for messing with a heavenly dragon." I said before sitting down. "Are we going to be having tea or not?" I asked as Akeno nodded.
"Coffee?" She asked as I nodded.
"I would love one." I said and with that Akeno walked into the side room as Sona and her party sat across from me and Rias.
"So Rias?" Rias looked at Sona who smiling. "Why take in Silver?" She asked as she looked at me. "I heard a few rumour that he should be dead?" she asked and i was going to growl but Rias held my right hand before speaking on my behalf.
"Are you asking about the favour?" Rias asked and Sona nodded.
"It take a lot of work to pull off something like that." Sona said with confidence. "I would say, asking for a big favour like is not like you, but given how he this and his power i can see why you taking a like in your little brother." Sona said and Rias just smiled.
"Well let me just say this." Ria's smiled happily. "Silver is the strongest pawn i have seen and his view on family is well placed." Rias patted my head and i smiled as it feel so good. The blond looked at me with jealousy and i grinned before rubbing my head against Rias face. "Silver, what gotten into you?" Rias laughed as i got playful.
Sona give a small smile. "You two are close." she said as me and Rias looked at each other and smiled.
"Well given how Dragons are on Family?" I looked at the blonde and grinned before placing my head on Rias shoulder. "We can to really close." The blonde look at me with anger. 'He can't close to Sona.' "Hey Sona?" I looked at the small black. "Once we finish with tea could me and your Blond friend here have a Small fight?" I asked as Sona and her party looked at me oddly.
"Why do you want to fight Saji?" She asked as i removed my head from Rias.
"Well Saji a Dragon maybe it his sacred gear, but it driving me insane that his aura is still fighting my own." I said as i am lying but my inner dragon wants to fight him.
"Normally I wouldn't allow it, but i would like to your strength for myself." Sona said as Akeno come back in with teas and a big cup of coffee.
"It ready." Akeno placed the cups in front of us all and sat down next me before handing my cup of coffee. "Here Silver." She said as i take it.
"Thanks Ako." I said as i take it and sipped on it. "Perfect." I looked at Akeno who smiling.
"Well thank you, Silver." She said as she take her own drink. Rias only smiled.
"Thank you Akeno for making the tea." Sona said as her party nodded and take they drinks too. I looked at Sona and noted something.
"Hey, Sona?" Sona looked at me with a bit of a confused little. "Do you know how to use water magic?" I asked and Sona nodded.
"My family power is strong affinity for water-based magic." Sona said as I nodded.
"Like how Rias is darkness right?" I asked as Sona smiled before explaining something to me.
"No, Rias mother is from Bael family who has a power called the power of Destruction and her father is of the Gremory household." I looked at Sona for the history lesson. "If you want i can give you a book about the devil families?" She asked and I nodded.
"Please." I smiled at her as she blushed. "Learning about the different family would be useful." I said as Sona smiled.
"Sona why are you helping this guy?" Saji asked as i looked at him and he looked at me. "He from a different peerage and enemy." He said only for Sona to sighed.
"He maybe from a different peerage, but he still a Gremory." She said as she looked at me. "And the Sitri and Gremory families have been close, so me helping him is just me being a Sitri and who knows maybe one day our family may come together?" She said before taking some of her tea. Rias smiled before taking some for her tea as i am confused as fuck. 'I don't get devil.' I said to myself as i take my coffee. "Oh Silver?" I looked at Sona again.
"What up?" I asked as Sona asked me something odd.
"You own magic?" I nodded to her. "What type do you specials in?" she asked as i summoned a small ball of dark flame. "Fire?" She asked as i shook my head.
"Darkness and Fire with a bit of lightening mixed in." Sona and the other looked.
"That looks like Rias magic a bit?" Sona said confused as i looked at Rias who formed her own dark ball. "See." I placed my own next to Ria's and oddly enough we all most matched.
"Odd, maybe i could pass off as a Gremory or Bael?" I said as Rias smiled.
"Maybe, but let just say you're from a different bloodline than the main Bael family?" I placed my finger on my lips and begin to think.
"Nope." Rias looked at me funny as I grinned. "I'm Gremory and there nothing else to say." I said before finishing my coffee. "Ok now i am finished." I looked at Saji who shit himself. "Let get this fi-" Rias slapped my head and i looked at her.
"No fighting." She said as I sighed.
"Ok." I said before looking at a giggling Akeno. she smiled at me sweetly before whispering.
"How about we go and train later?" She asked as i looked at her and nodded with smile. "So Rias?" Akeno called to Rias who turned to face us and Akeno take my arm and at this point I don't care anymore. "Are you taking Silver with you to the party tomorrow?" She asked as i looked at Rias with a raised eyebrow.
"Party?" I asked as Rias nodded.
"A small High class devil get together for the heir of each family can go too." Rias said as Sona nodded.
"Both me and Rias are going as a group." I nodded and smiled. "But unless me, Rias plans on taking you with her." Sona said to me as i looked at Rias. "Normally you can only take you queen or lover." Rias sighed and i only got confused.
"I planned on taking you as my lover." I sighed as Rias said that.
"Can't we just go as Brother and sister?" I asked as Rias looked at me. "It a lot easier to say that then lie." I said before Rias looked me in the eyes.
"Silver, if we did that. It would not only make problems for you but the whole Gremory household as to the devils, you're not a pure blooded devil and other would see the Gremory as weak for taking in a random human in." Rias said but i had a bit of a come back.
"Then why not just say i am from a breach family?" I said and Rias looked at me oddly. "Elsha told me that the Gremory family used to be ally with the red dragon emperor, So you could just revive the Ignis Flamma Family since i am the only sole heir in both power and blood?" I smiled and Rias looked at me in happy before pushing Akeno away from my arm and hugged me herself. "Rias?"
"Silver, you're a genius." I looked at her oddly. "If we do restart the Ignis Flamma family then your standing within the devils won't be called into Question as you have the Boosted gear and my Family can back you." Rias looks happy and this alone make me happy even if I don't know how the devils work.
"Rias?" Me and Rias looked at Sona. "If you go along with this plan of your, then 'He' may act?" I don't what Sona talking but Rias looked up set.
"Sona, don't talk about unimportant thing." Rias said calmly but i knew she hiding some. "Anyway, how are we going to about Familir tonight?" Rias asked as Sona looked at her with a smile.
"I already placed my booking last week." Sona said as she take some of her tea and Rias got pissed.
I only looked at the pretty water mage. "What a familiar?" I asked as Sona answered.
"It a type of pet that helps a devil out with off job and fighting." She said as i thought to myself. "They are loyal too." I nodded.
"I want one." I said like a little kid only for Saji to laugh and i looked at him.
"Your only have to wait as we have placed in the form first." He said with a grin and that really pissed me off.
"You do know that i have a dragon slaying sword right?" I asked as Saji froze up. "Good, now shut up. So Sona do you think you could do me a little favour?" I asked as Sona looked at me with a grin.
"You want to come with my Peerage?" She asked as I nodded. Sona's smile got more happier and Rias looked scared. "I may do." I got hyper. "IF?" i heared the big 'If' and i begin to worry. "If you can show me, your scared gear?" She asked and i looked at Sona oddly.
"Sure, that not too hard." I said before Showing both of my scared gear off. "Boosted gear and Fallen Scale." Sona almost dropped her cup as i said 'fallen scale.' "What?" I looked at her as she looked at me in shock.
"Oh yeah, i forget that the darkness dragon has a history with the Sitri family." Rias said as i looked at her. "I forgot ok." i just shook my head as Sona is still stunned.
"OK, that can wait until later." I said before pulling my gear away. "So Sona about the familiar thing?" I asked as Sona come around and nodded.
"Yes, if you can be ready for 7?" she asked as i nodded before my phone string to ring and i looked to find one message from 'Uncle Azazel' I looked at it.
It an Address of a house and a message added to it. 'The address of the house and i hope that you happy with it.' I sighed before placing my phone away and stood up. "I got thing something to do. So i am going to take my leave." I said as i walked over to the door only for Rias to call me.
"Silver?" I looked over my shoulder with a small smile.
"I will be home soon, so just wait for me?" I asked as Rias smiled and nodded. "I will be back by 5." I said before trying out a bit of magic. "Mum, can you help me out with the teleporting?" I asked as Elsha started to help me out with making a magic Circle under my feat. "Hopefully this works." I said before teleporting away.
I end up outside of a normal house looking house on the edge of town. (Same house as Issei's house.) Basic living room 2 sofas and TV, kitchen linked to the living room, 4 up stairs bedrooms, 3 single bedroom with desks, Builtin wardrobes and a simple bed inside. Also a large master room with a large king size bed, two dresses and the same wardrobes as the smaller rooms. I ended just sitting in the living room and just looked at the roof of the room. "I am finally living alone?" I asked myself before i felt lonely. "I needed to find something to do?" I said to my self before looking at my phone and it only been 30 minutes and i still had over 7 hours until i have to meet up with Sona. "Maybe using on my abilities?" I asked only for Belzard to speak.
"How about you take a break from Training?" I looked at my hand. "Your body is still changing and you're almost to your limits." Belzard warning sent me into shock. "You needed to rest, so please head up stairs and go get some sleep." I sighed before nodding. "Good boy and Silver?" I looked at my hand again. "I am pride of you." I smiled at that and nodded before walking up stairs and head for the first on my right to one of the smaller room and rested until i am needed.
Meanwhile.
Ddraig, Tiara are talking about improvement to Silver body.
["Sister if we go with my plan, Silver body have be stronger and a high resistance to fire?"] Ddraig said only for Tiara to sigh.
"Brother he a devil, so my body part are going to be useful has he would have an immune to light." Tiara said as Ddraig sighed.
["If only we had more time?"] both dragons sighed together
"How about we just leave it for now?" Tiara said as Ddraig agreed.
["It too much for a headache."] He said before lying down in the personal spare that both dragons shared in Silver's soul to get some much needed rest.
Outside of Silver body.
Silver is laying down on his new bed as a magic red circle formed the room and someone stepped out of the circle and looked at the young boy asleep. "So he the red Dragon emperor?" The person walked over to Silver and looked him up and down before grinned. "I leave my hope in your hands." they reached out to Silver left hand and draw a small red Symbol on the top of his hand. It looks like a rose. "Welcome to the family." straking Silver hair a bit and smiled before teleporting away.
And done.
Ok so about Silver unlocking a half completed Balance Break, it just something for him to work on and well i am still thinking for Fusing the Fallen Scale and Boosted gear scale mail together or how have two, but that something i will work on later.
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OC Overview
Character information.
Name:(Former) Silver Nightshade. (Now) Silver Ignis Flamma Gremory
Title: Red Dragon Emperor and Lord of Dark flames
Age: 16
Race: Reincarnated Devil.
Skin colour: pale white.
Hair colour: Short light brown but more blonde hair.
Eyes: Green Eyes.
Height: 6.1 ft high
Evil pieces: 10x Pawn (6x normal Pawn 2x Mutation pawn.)
Relations:
Nightshade house. (Burned to the ground)
Father: Ruiji Nightshade (Dead by Silver's house fire.)
Mother: Hama Takeba. (A live but abandoned Silver.)
Young sister: name Unknown but alive. (Never meet)
Ignis/Flamma families (Red dragon emperors souls)
Father/Ancestor: Belzard Ignis
Mother/Ancestor: Elsha Flamma
Grandfather/Partner: Ddraig Ignis Flamma
Grandmother/Partner: Tiara
Gremory household. (Adopted)
Ria's Peerage
Older sister: Rias Gremory (Alive/Master.)
Older sister: Akeno Himejima (Alive)
Brother: Kiba Yuuto (Alive)
Younger sister: Koneko Toujou (Alive)
Main Gremory Household: (Adopted)
Father: Zeoticus Gremory (Alive)
Mother: Venelana Gremory (Alive)
Older Bother: Sirzechs Lucifer (Alive)
Sister in law: Grayfia Lucifuge (Alive)
Nephew: Millicas Gremory. (alive)
Magic type: Darkness and Fire.
Scared Gear/Equipment:
Simple steel Katana.
2 Longinus Dragons gear.
Sacred gear: The fallen scale is a sacred gear made by god using the leftover from a Black Dragon named Tiara remains as the Sacred gear has the some of the same power that the Boosted gear and other unknown powers (A black version of the boosted gear and it on the right hand.)
Sacred gear Powers:
Boost: Increases the user's power by x2 every 10 seconds.
Light eat: Allow to eat to light magic.
Fallen Dragon slayer: The user attacks have angel slayer magic infused making this Sacred gear a Angel killer.
Fallen Dragon slayer: The user attacks have dragon slayer magic infused making this Sacred gear a dragon killer.
More powers need unlocking.
Red gauntlet with a green jewel and 2 golden spikes that manifests on the user's arm. Dragon-like gauntlet that covers up the user's hand and a majority of the arm. When the Boosted Gear reaches its second liberation, it gains another green jewel and a total of 10 golden spikes, aside from covering more of the user's arm.
Boost: Doubles the user's power. This call is announced every 10 seconds until the user reaches his/her physical limit.
Explosion: Releases the Boosted Gear's stored power for a short period of time.
Reset: This announcement is called after all the Boosted Gear's stored power during Explosion is drained. Once called, the user cannot use Boost again for a certain period of time, so long as his body is not near its physical limits.