"…" Conversations
'…' Thoughts
[…] Ophis talking inside the Sacred Gear
(...) Ddraig talking inside the Sacred Gear
A/N New chapter here. Life is slowly getting better, so I think I'm going to keep updating the story. Now, before we start the chapter, I'm going to talk about the harem.
So, the primary pairing is Rias and Issei, and in this story, Issei WILL NOT love any other girl. The harem will be:
Rias (main girl)
Akeno
Koneko
Asia
Irina
Xenovia
Roseweisse
Gabriel
No OC here. If you guys any other ppl to join the harem, I will consider it. However, 100% No Fem Vali.
Without further ado, let's begin, shall we?
My name is Y Ddraig Goch. The Welsh Dragon and one of the Two Heavenly Dragons. Before I met Albion, the Vanishing Dragon, I thought I was the strongest after Great Red and Ophis. In my prime, I fought enemies who dared to break my dignity, and I always made them suffer. I was a very prideful dragon, and I thought I could eliminate everyone who dared to challenge me. Being so powerful, I was ranked third in the Top 10 Strongest Beings, and that got me the title of the Heavenly Dragon. Of course, the Top 2 were Ophis and Great Red. I didn't even know who was stronger between them, and it seemed that they were equal in power. I was in the third position for a long time, and I was very bored because no one could be able to challenge me. Ever since then I am incredibly eager to fight, a crazy battle maniac. However, when I met Albion, that changed everything.
(Normal POV)
(10000000 Years Ago)
"Another boring day. WHO CAN CHALLENGE ME!"
A red dragon shouted on top of a mountain. He had the appearance of a large red Western Dragon, with a long neck and red eyes, red and golden spikes throughout his body. He was almost the strongest dragon residing, and he wanted other creatures to fight him. He never felt that he was genuinely fighting someone else.
"DIVIDE"
Someone shouted, and a white aura came to Ddraig's side. Ddraig felt weakened immediately.
"YES! FIGHT ME!" Ddraig shouted to get the attention of the creature.
The creature slowly appeared. It was a dragon, with the almost same appearance but different in colour.
"Welsh Dragon. I finally met you." The dragon said calmly.
It was a white dragon.
"Well. Before we began the battle, let me boost back my power." Ddraig said.
"BOOST"
'It was weird. My power had been reduced by half. Why? 'Ddraig thought as he was confused about how his opponent reduced half of his power with ease.
The white dragon cleared his throat and began to speak.
"My name is Albion Gwiber. The Vanishing Dragon, as well as holding the title of the Heavenly Dragon. Although you might not know me since you chose to isolate yourself so much, I heard of you from other fellow dragons. I heard that you were entitled as a Heavenly Dragon such as myself, and you held immense power. I want to fight with you, and see how you could compete with me." Albion said making Ddraig eager to fight more.
"And my name is Y Ddraig Goch. I don't want the introduction to be long, so let's start fighting, shall we?" Ddraig said while being ready to fight.
Albion flew towards Ddraig, sending an arrow with his signature poison. Albion's poison was too dangerous which brought fear to many. No one had ever survived when the poison hit them.
Once the poison was inside Ddraig's body, Albion thought he was going to die instantly. However, Ddraig showed no signs of suffering. Instead, nothing had happened to him.
Ddraig swung his tail to Albion while Albion tried to figure out why his poison wasn't doing anything. After a few minutes of "fist" fighting, Ddraig seemed to be normal.
Ddraig used his most potent dragon fire breath to damage Albion. However, It did nothing. His dragon fire breath was so deadly that it was similar to Vritra's cursed flame, although much more powerful. It was known that the fire breath could even burn the soul until nothing remains. Ddraig was happy to see someone who could be able to resist his dangerous flames.
"Very well. I'll seal my fire breath and fight you with only the "Boost" and "Transfer" ability. The true fight begins now, Albion!" Ddraig shouted as he prepared his wings to fight his rival.
"Then, I'm going to seal my poison as well. It seems like, besides Great Red and Ophis, you are the only existence that can ever be immune to my poison. I had been trying to search opponents like you! Now come!"
(Present Time)
(Ddraig's POV)
Yeah and that's when I started to fight Albion. We fought until we were exhausted, and we would fight again after a week had passed. The fights continued for thousands of years until the Three Way War happened. The war between devils, fallen angels, and heaven. Well, we ignored them, and we kept fighting. However, our style of fighting had slowly become more and more violent, and that caused problems to the War. Our fight interrupted their fight, so they called a truce and focused on us. We co-operated and fought them, but eventually, we underestimated them too much and got cut to a thousand pieces. The God of the Bible sealed our soul into Sacred Gears. Mine was called the Boosted Gear, and Albion's one was called the Divine Dividing. They were classified as Longinus, the highest level among Sacred Gears, and it was rumoured to be capable of killing a god. My Sacred Gear and Albion's Sacred Gear were placed as a mid-tier Longinus. We continued to fight by telling our host the story of the other dragon and they will fight until the other one is dead. The initial state of the Boosted Gear will contain the appearance of Twice Critical, a super weak Sacred Gear. However, with strong feelings, the Boosted Gear will transform into a more Dragon-like Gauntlet and covered up the user's hand and a majority of the arm. The host of the Boosted Gear held the same title as what I do - The Red Dragon Emperor, the Sekiryuutei.
The fight continued for centuries. Who won the battle? Well... Wins and Losses I guess?
Living inside the Sacred Gear wasn't interesting, and I was seriously bored.
My current host didn't even know my presence yet. However, he was damn strong because of the Ouroboros Dragon chose to give her power to my current host, and sealed her soul inside the Boosted Gear. Once she was in, the Boosted Gear turned into something else, and it became the Infinity Gear. I liked the new name tho but the others mistaken it as the Infinity Critical. Possibly, they didn't know that the so-called Twice Critical was the Boosted Gear. I don't blame them for not knowing since my current host unlocked the Sacred Gear with Ophis' help. The Boosted Gear couldn't turn to its Dragon-like state so that they didn't know about my presence.
When Ophis' sealed herself inside, I was curious, so I asked her secretly. However, she didn't reply to any of my questions and decided to block my communication with my host. I was stuck like 11 years, and I'm very very bored. My host was perfectly capable of talking to me. However, I couldn't communicate with him because GOD DAMN OPHIS!
Just a moment ago, my host had a terrible dream. He dreamt of Kokabiel, a crazy warmonger, and a brutal fallen angel of killing his comrade. He almost activated the Juggernaut Drive inside his dream, but the chant was different than usual. The original Juggernaut Drive was to release my original aura temporarily, to fight strong opponents such as the Hakuryuukou. However, it will drain the user's life force, and they will go berserk if their mind weren't strong enough to control it. However... This version of Juggernaut Drive... It was different. Although It will still make the user berserk if they were in the state of rage, It won't drain their life force. Most importantly, the aura emitted during the chant even surpassed the one in my prime. I assumed that was because of the power of Infinity.
I needed to talk to Ophis. At this state, no one could even control my host if he couldn't control himself.
('OPHIS! PLEASE HEAR ME!')
No response.
('Listen to me! If Ise goes berserk, he will destroy everything in the world!')
Still no response.
('EVERYTHING WILL BE UNBALANCED! INCLUDING HIS LOVE ONES, THEY WILL ALL DIE BECAUSE OF HIM! NEITHER OF US WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL HIM!')
['So what's the point?']
Ophis finally responded to me. I caught her attention, and I'm going to use this chance to convince her to stop blocking my communication to my host!
('Listen Ophis. Ise will protect everyone he loves. If he killed them himself, he would be most likely to challenge Great Red.')
['Yeah, my purpose is to defeat Great Red. And I'll fight him with Ise. After that, both of us were able to enjoy our lives, and I'm finally going to regain silence. Is there any problem?']
I was shocked by how Ophis reacted. She wanted to use my current host to fight Great Red.
('You don't understand! The Juggernaut Drive will not stop until the user is beaten! In this state, even if he defeated Great Red, he will still fight, and you will not regain your silence! After all, he will be using the power of Domination and Infinity!')
Ophis didn't respond. But I knew that she was thinking about something.
After a while, she gave a response that shocked me so much.
['Fine. I will let you be free to talk to him. But if I found out you did something terrible, with Ise's permission, I will block you. Clear?']
The Dragon God threatened me. Usually, if other people who dared to threaten me, I will kill him/her or made him/her injured. However, this was the Dragon God we were talking about. So I had no choice but to let go of my pride and said,
('Yes.')
(Issei's POV)
Kokabiel killed my comrades. I couldn't fight against him. That feeling of despair still stood inside my heart. Although Rias comforted me a bit and went to cook breakfast for me to cheer me up, I felt like I was being possessed.
["Ise."] My Sacred Gear appeared and the jewel on it shined.
"Yes?" I asked Ophis.
["I'm going to show you something but please don't be shocked,"] Ophis said making me slightly confused.
"Okay, I guess?" I said.
My Sacred Gear changed it's colour to Red.
HOLY CRAP! This was the same shape and colour as the legendary Boosted Gear!
I learnt about it during the training with Sirzechs. He said that the wielder of the Boosted Gear and the wielder of the Divine Dividing were destined to fight each other.
The Boosted Gear can boost the user's power twice per 10 seconds and transfer its energy to someone else. The Divine Dividing divides the opponent's power twice per 10 seconds and adds the halved power to the user.
But wait! Why did my Sacred Gear turn into the Boosted Gear?
("Hey partner. We finally met.")
I just heard an unknown, unfamiliar voice. Who was it?
("It is me. The Welsh Dragon.")
HOLY SHIT! Welsh Dragon?!
("Don't freak out yet. I haven't properly introduced myself yet. My name is Y Ddraig Goch, one of the Heavenly Dragon, known as the Sekiryuutei.")
Okay... but what is a Heavenly Dragon doing inside my Infinity Critical?
("Partner, you were mistaken from the start. Did Ophis tell you that the Sacred Gear you had was a Twice Critical?")
Of course! How come someone like me will possess some powerful Sacred Gear?
("The initial state of the Boosted Gear is similar to Twice Critical. That's why. And Ophis didn't want your big sister to freak out.")
I see. But I still do not understand what you are going to tell me.
("The chant you were chanting in your dream was a dangerous thing.")
I KNOW IT! Then?
("After you finished the chant, you will be in a state to where you will do nothing but destroying opponents or everything surrounding you. You will possess the original aura of mine to defeat stronger opponents. The state is called the Juggernaut Drive.")
Then why it is so dangerous?
("The Juggernaut Drive will consume your anger and you will go berserk-In a state that no one will be able to control you. It will drain your life force, and you won't get out of it until you are dead.")
WOW! That's so dangerous! Luckily It was a dream. I still wanted to do something before I'm dead!
("But in your case, it is much different. Due to the power of Infinity, your life force will not be drained, and you will receive an even higher amount of power.")
Wait... so no one will be able to stop me and I will be forever in the wild state?
("Sadly yes.")
WOW! I surely don't want this to happen.
["Indeed me too. So we're going to wait for your girlfriend and tell her about all of this."] Ophis interrupted the talk of Ddraig and me.
("Wait, Ophis. are you giving her...")
["Yes Ddraig. I'm going to give her THAT.'"]
What is that? Whatever. This new thing was too much for me. I'm just going to go downstairs to eat breakfast with Rias.
(Rias POV)
I'm scared. I don't know what to do. When I saw the state my lovely Ise was in, I didn't know what to do. I wanted to help him, but he was way stronger than me. I couldn't help him anything.
I cooked a Western-style breakfast for Ise. Hopefully, he will enjoy it.
Ise came downstairs, and I ran next to him to check how he was doing.
"Ise, you are ok, right? You scared me you know!" I shouted as I began to cry. I was anxious about what Ise acted.
"Silly Rias. Of course, I'm ok. Don't need to worry about it. However..." Ise said as I interrupted him.
"About what?" I shouted even louder.
"Relax Rias. Ophis and Ddraig want to speak to you." Ise said.
"Ddraig? The Sekiryuutei?" I began to be confused.
["Greetings, Rias Gremory."]
"Good Morning, Ophis-sama. How can I help you?"
("Good Morning. This is the first time that I have talked to you.")
"Are you the Sekiryuutei?"
("Indeed I'm. I'm the Red Dragon Emperor, Y Ddraig Goch, one of the Two Heavenly Dragons. Nice to meet you, Rias Gremory.")
"Okay straight on to the question. Why are you in Ise's Sacred Gear?
("You know that he processed a mere Twice Critical before right?")
"Yeah. Ophis then sealed herself inside, so the Twice Critical became the Infinity Critical." I said saying what I knew.
("Well, that was the first form of the Boosted Gear.")
"WHAT?" I screamed as I was shocked by the news.
("To tell you why Ise was suffering yesterday during his sleep, Do you know what is the Juggernaut Drive?") Ddraig asked me.
"No. What is it?" I asked without knowing anything.
("The Juggernaut Drive is a form which the wielder of the Boosted Gear will be able to unleash my original aura and defeat strong foes. However, It will be only activated when they are filled with rage. They will go berserk and destroying everything surrounding you. It will also drain your life force, and you will not be able to get out of the state of unless they are heavily injured.")
"and why is it related to Ise?"
["As you know, Ise had been initially the wielder of the Boosted Gear. However, after I sealed myself in, this Boosted Gear became something new called the Infinity Gear, and it contained the power of Domination and Infinity. With the Infinity Gear's Juggernaut Drive, Ise will be able to access the power of Infinity and destroy everything. The worst part is that his life force will not be drained and he will keep going berserk for eternity."]
"Oh no... Ise must have dreamt something terrible yesterday..." I mumbled
("Indeed. So if he undergoes Juggernaut Drive in real life, we are all in trouble.")
"Is there any solution? I will do anything to make sure Ise to be safe!" I said with determination.
Ise meant the whole world to me. He brought happiness to my life. If he was not there, I didn't know how I am going to keep on living. I will try everything to make sure Ise live a peaceful life!
["You are going to be Ise's mate, AKA Wife."]
WHAT?
Being Ise's wife? That's what I have dreamt for years! I love Ise so much that I don't want to leave him, like ever!
A bright light shined inside the jewel of Ise's Infinity Gear, and something flowed out. It formed something on top of Ise's hand. With a close look, It was a ring with old letters surrounding it, and a crown on the side of the ring.
Ise and I both looked at the ring with amusement.
("This is the ring that you are going to wear for the rest of your life. Since you will be a mate of a dragon, the ring can make you stop Ise from going berserk, and your love will be able to make him calm down. Also, you will gain respect from other dragons or creatures as they will know to not mess up with the wife of the ultimate dragon.")
The two legendary dragons did something like this. I am stunned to see such a beautiful ring, and I'm going to wear it for the rest of my life! This ring is a sign of me living with Ise forever, and I'm happy to treasure it forever! Most of all, I'm going to be married to Ise! However...
Ise is staring at the ring awkwardly, and he is genuinely in thought. I wonder why?
(Ise's POV)
Damn. That was too fast. The Ring is too much of a mystery for me.
Nevermind. Most importantly, I'm going to marry Rias! Then it means that I need to take responsibilities from now on? And why Ddraig said "mate"!?
Rias is staring at me at the moment. I felt nothing but a weird atmosphere. Should I propose to her now, or do nothing and let this be natural? I have no idea! I know Rias is fantasised in traditional love romance, where a couple fell in love and got married. So... should I propose to her right now?
('Yo Partner! How's that?')
DAMN YOU DDRAIG! Why are you making this so awkward for me?
['It is not awkward. You wished for it, Right?']
... Your right Ophis. I want to marry Rias, but I'm not mentally prepared right now!
('If you marry Rias Gremory, even if you entered Juggernaut Drive, you would be able to get out of it safely. However, we still don't know about the consequences of forcing Juggernaut Drive out.')
['That girl is madly in love with you. When you trained with her, she was always worried about you. And when you were hurt, she would rush to your side and heal you immediately. As a fellow dragon, she is a perfect candidate as your mate.']
Okay okay! Chill out you two dragons. All I need to do is to propose to her now right?
('Ufufufu I don't know.')
Screw you Ddraig. I'm going to do it.
(Normal POV)
Issei held the right tightly, and he turned around to create a box with his demonic power. He opened the box, put the ring in, and closed it. Rias had no idea of what he was doing, so she just stood there profoundly in thought. Issei looked at Rias, kneeled, and presented the box to her.
"Rias. When I was a kid, I didn't know what love was. Although my Onee-san was taking care of me, I felt like I still lacked something. Ever since I met you and Sirzechs, I had a sense of family. I don't know why but it felt great. Sirzechs is like a big brother to me, and you, Rias, are the girl I want to protect and love for the rest of my life. I know this is very sudden, but I want to do this- Rias Gremory, will you marry me?"
Issei was scared that Rias will reject her. It's true that Rias loved him, and he loved her as much as she did. However, he still knew that Rias might not be ready and reject his proposal. He didn't want that. Nevertheless, he even wanted to get this done to show his love for Rias.
Rias froze at the sudden proposal. She didn't expect Issei to propose to her. She just thought that they would get married without the proposal. Being shocked, she cried as she was thrilled.
"Yes, for a million times. And yes, for another billion times! I love you so much Ise!" Rias said shedding in tears.
Ise stood up and took the ring out. He slipped the ring to Rias' fourth finger and hugged her tightly. Rias couldn't help but keep crying as she couldn't believe what just happened. After a few minutes, they broke off the hug and proceeded to kiss. Only when their lips touched each other...
"Congratulations!" someone shouted.
Rias and Issei stopped their kiss from finding out who shouted. A woman came out making Issei flustered.
"ONEE-SAN! Why are you interrupting our kiss after the proposal!?" Issei shouted while hiding the blush on his face.
On the other hand, Rias was embarrassed too, and she leaned on Issei's chest hiding her face.
"Well, I'm not the one who wanted to interrupt," Yukina said making Issei confused even more.
A man with shoulder-length crimson hair and blue-green eyes appeared behind Yukina. It was the current Maou, Sirzechs Lucifer, Rias' brother.
"Yo Ise-kun! So now you have no choice but to call me Aniue!" Sirzechs teased making both Issei, and Rias embarrassed even more. Rias hugged Issei even more tightly, and Issei patted her head to show comfort.
"Stop teasing us Onii-sama! I'm so happy and embarrassed right now!" Rias said still hugging Issei.
"Yeah yeah, you got it Ria-tan. But that's not why I'm here today." Sirzechs stated putting a stern face making Rias broke off the hug and looking at him in confusion.
"What do you mean?" Rias asked simply in confusion.
"Ise-kun. You used Juggernaut Drive did you?" Sirzechs asked.
"Um... I kind of did in my dream. I did not finish the whole chant, so I guess half?"
"Prevent using the Juggernaut Drive. It is too dangerous." Sirzechs said with a voice of seriousness.
"Onii-sama, Ophis and Ddraig gave me a ring which can help me force out Issei in his Juggernaut Drive. So don't worry about it!" Rias said showing off her ring to Sirzechs with a happy face. However, Sirzechs frowned after seeing it.
'This ring... Oh, Ria-tan you are going to be strong.' Sirzechs thought.
"Never mind then. Ise-kun, just don't let your emotion control you too much. I have to go to deal with some work so that I will see you guys later." Sirzechs said forming a magic circle to leave.
After Sirzechs left, the couple looked at each other with happiness in their gaze. Although not understanding why Sirzechs left all of a sudden, they ignored it and finished the rest of the breakfast happily and went to school.
(Kuoh Academy)
Our lovely couple held hands and walked to school together as usual. The comments about them were spreading again.
"Oh my god! Our Great Onee-sama and the King of Kuoh!"
"They are such a lovely couple!"
"Die! Hyoudou Issei!"
"Rias Gremory is not yours! She's mine!"
"Don't you dare to have sex with her! I'll kill you!"
Rias and Issei chuckled about the comments. For Rias, she was astonished on how the boys in Kuoh Academy thought they could compete with her lovely Ise. Also, It was none of their business whether she had sex with Issei. Although she wanted to it happen, It seemed like they have to wait for a little bit. For Issei, although he was angry about the boys' comment regarding claiming Rias on their own, he was deeply in thought on the last comment. For a girl to become a mate of his, she needed to have sex with him to complete the mating process. So that means they need to do it in the coming week. As both of them were still deeply in thought, they already arrived in the classroom.
Every student from Class 2-B stared at Rias' hand. Specifically, the ring. They were confused about why Rias was wearing a freaking ring.
"Wait... Rias Gremory is wearing a ring?"
"Don't tell me..."
"Hyoudou Issei..."
"""HAS PROPOSED TO HER?"""
Every boy in the classroom shouted. Rias and Issei laughed at their reaction, and she declared.
"Yes. Ise did propose to me. From now on, I'll be Rias Hyoudou Gremory." Rias stated out loud making Issei embarrassed. She kissed him on the cheek and held his hand tightly.
"Oh... my... god."
"This is our defeat."
"I'll give up on her. Wait! We still have Himejima Akeno!"
"She is super beautiful as well!"
"Although Rias Gremory is more beautiful, she won't lose in terms of breast size!"
The boys ran out of the classroom. Rias and Issei couldn't help but sigh at their actions. A lot of girls came next to them and congratulated them. Although the girls were sad that they lost Issei, they still shipped Rias and Issei very much. Just before the school day began, near the entrance gate of Kuoh Academy, something happened.
(Kuoh Academy School Gate)
Souna Shitori, a second-grade student, the President of the current Student Council was standing next to the entrance gate of Kuoh Academy. Her's real name is Sona Sitri, the next head of the House of Sitri. She is a high-class devil, and the sister of the current Maou, Serafall Leviathan. She is a bespectacled young woman with a slim figure, black hair styled in a short bob cut and violet eyes. Next to her is Tsubaki Shinra, the Vice-President of the current Student Council, Sona's Queen, and a second-grader. She is a young woman with long straight black hair that extends down to her knees, with split bangs and light brown eyes. She wears a pair of blue, semi-rimmed glasses with square lenses.
"Tsubaki, did you feel something weird?" Sona said.
"I felt some holy aura. Could it be..." Tsubaki replied.
"Could it be... Exorcists? Why are they in Kuoh?" Sona said as she couldn't figure out who made that aura.
Two people wearing white rope appeared in front of their eyes. One of them carried a big sword on their back. Although it was covered with "bandages", it emitted a holy aura which made Sona goosebumps. The other one did not carry any swords, but Sona can feel that it had the same dangerous holy aura. They walked towards Sona and Tsubaki, while they prepared to create an artificial dimension to avoid damage to the school. They took off the rope, and they saw that two girls were standing in front of them. One of them stepped up and talked to Sona.
"Are you the devil in charge of Kuoh?" One of them asked.
She is a young woman with chin-length blue hair with a dyed green fringe on the right side and brown eyes. She was wearing a battle suit, which consists of a black, skin-tight, short sleeve leotard with pauldrons, matching fingerless gloves that extend to her biceps, and thigh-high boots, all of which are adorned with straps. This attire is worn under a white hooded cloak with gold and blue accents.
"I'm one of the devils in charge of Kuoh. My name is Sona Sitri, the heiress of the House of Sitri. The other one who is in charge of Kuoh is called Rias Gremory, the heiress of the House of Gremory. What do you want, exorcists?" Sona asked with a threatening tone. She knew that Exorcists wouldn't come to Kuoh unless something happened.
"My name is Xenovia Quarta, and next to me is my partner, Shidou Irina." Xenovia introduced and Irina stepped up as well.
Irina is a beautiful young woman with chestnut hair and violet eyes. Her hair is usually tied into twin tails, each held with a blue scrunchy, but on some occasions, she lets her hair down.
"Hello~ My name is Shidou Irina. Nice to meet you!" Irina said.
"We need to talk. The situation is critical. Please bring the other heiress tomorrow, and we will discuss the matter with you two." Xenovia stated with a serious tone.
Sona nodded, and the two exorcists left. As they were out of Sona's sight, she rushed towards Class 2-B.
When she arrived, Rias was shocked to see Sona in a rush.
"Rias, we are in trouble."
A/N The ring will be necessary for both Rias and Issei from now on. And I decided not to include Riser in this story. I'll go to the Excalibur arc, and the ring will play a significant role in this arc. Please stay tuned until my next update. The next update will be indefinite cause I think I'm kinda having a writing block. Maybe a month or two will be the next update? Or two weeks? I don't know. I won't be dead, so please be patient.
Victor