Chapter 11
"Hello Raynare, it is nice to meet you finally. My name is Tannin and welcome to the Dragon Territory!" Tannin welcomed. When he finished though, he began to roar. Which led to all the dragons to roar to greet the group.
"It is also nice to meet you too, Lord Tannin!" Raynare slowly replied then bowed. Even though she knew that nothing would happen, she was slightly scared of Tannin because of how big he is. But that all washed away from what he said next.
"I can smell the fear rolling off of you. I know young one. I understand. Would you prefer this form better?" Tannin asked. He could see the hesitation in her eyes and he could hear it in her voice so he came up with an idea that would calm her as well as get over her fear.
*Poof*
This noise caused Raynare's eyes to slightly widen and her mouth to open slowly.
Tannin, the dragon king, became a smaller version of himself. One that he only uses when he is to attend special events and such in the underworld.
Raynare released a few tears and then squealed. She then proceeded to hug onto Tannin and rub her face on to his.
Remembering that Tannin is still a dragon king, former or not, Raynare jumped back and immediately apologised to him. Tannin didn't really mind, his main goal was to establish the girl's trust in him to the point of not being afraid and it seemed like he achieved his goal.
"It is alright young Raynare. Onto business." Tannin said slowly transforming back into his regular appearance.
"Oh right." Issei said knowing exactly why they came here.
"Hatchlings. You will be going through an excruciating training during your week in this territory. Ise, when you first came here, I wasn't so sure about training this generation's red dragon emperor. But you proved me wrong. You had the drive I had back when I was younger and I couldn't have been more proud. With that being said, you will be going through mental, physical, and emotional training with a few of those who are experts in these fields. Raynare, you will be working on getting better acquainted with your sacred gears. Now Ise, you will fight me one on one every day till you can beat me. I will not show mercy. So are you ready!?"
"Yeah!"
"Y-Yes!"
"But first, we shall have a feast to welcome Raynare Himejima as well as Issei Hyoudou."
"Bova."
"Yes, Father."
"You will help both of them get acquainted with this territory like you did with Ise when he came here. If you do this and succeed with all of your tasks given to you, I will grant your wish."
This caused the son of Tannin to widen his eyes and tears slowly came out of his eyes. He begged and begged for his father but he never expected that it someday would become true.
"Yes! Thank you Father!"
Scene Skip
[Hey Partner!]
'Yea Ddraig.'
[I have a bad feeling about this dragon. It feels like I have felt this dragon before but I don't know know where. Just be on guard, okay. I can't have my strongest host die before battling with our rival]
'Yea yea.'
"Alright, Lord Issei and Lady Raynare, we will now begin your training. Please call forth your sacred gears." A blue dragon asked.
"Okay."
"Y-Yes."
"But first." The dragon said.
The dragon morphed into a beautiful woman. She had straight pale blue hair, dark blue eyes. She had a thin blue dress on her and it flowed all the way down just below her knees.
A few people knew who this person was. This was Tiamat, the strongest dragon king, and unfortunately for Issei and Ddraig, Ddraig's ex.
[Raynare! Partner! Run away! It's Tiamat! I thought I sensed something off about that dragon!]
"W-What Partner!" Issei yelled at the top of his lungs. He and Raynare were frozen in shock from the desperation in Ddraig's tone. But before they could do anything, the blue dragoness looked at them.
"Now you don't have to be scared of me boys. I didn't mask my presence and looks, just for you to run away from me." Tiamat said with a grin.
"O-O-Okay!" Issei stuttered out, frozen in place. He didn't really know what to do. If Tiamat were here to really hurt him, his first thought was that he needed to protect Raynare first, but she wasn't going to hurt him, it seemed.
"Is there a reason you had to disguise yourself Tiamat?" Tannin asked as he flew over to their location.
He barely knew what the problem between Ddraig and Tiamat was. She recently came to him telling him that she wanted to meet this generation's Red Dragon Emperor. What Tannin didn't know was the reason behind it.
Tiamat heard rumors of the current Red Dragon Emperor and how he wasn't power hungry like the other hosts of Ddraig's power. She began to wonder if this was her chance to finally find out why her beloved broke her heart.
"To be truthful Tannin, I just wanted to meet the host of Ddraig." Tiamat shrugged.
"Well. Here he is. This is Issei Hyoudou, half-angel, and a demigod. And the girl shivering next to him is his fiance, Raynare Himejima, a fallen angel and human hybrid." Tannin introduced.
"Oh! my! Issei Hyoudou. Half-angel you say?" Tiamat began then looked at Tannin.
"That is right. His mother is the angel and get this she can't fall."
"Oh is that right?"
"Yes. Moving forward, I hope you will not start a fight here as if you do. I will have to reapply for another territory after an angel and a angry dragon king destroyed it." Tannin put on a grin as he spoke.
"Yes. Yes. Now onto the other reason why am I here. I could never ask Ddraig because of how I got angry at him for always trying to have his hosts run away from me whenever they see me. So I always killed them because of it." Tiamat said dismissively.
Then after she spoke, Tiamat's whole demeanor changed. Her eyes filled with tears and she weakly continued.
"Ddraig. Why? Why did you have to break my heart and leave me alone? You told me… that we would always be together… and raise hatchlings together… I firmly believed that we were in love… but what you did broke my heart… you went off to fight Albion in the middle of the night and you didn't tell me at all… you broke my heart to just fight… my treasure and you broke it… our relationship that we had… that was my treasure… I will never forget all the good times… but it hurts you know… not being able to see you… not being able to feel you… not being able to do anything with you… I finally thought this is my chance… to see why you did what you did… so Ddraig… why?"
Right when she began, the tears that were in her eyes fell almost immediately. She finally had a chance to find out why Ddraig did what he did. Tiamat poured out her heart asking why. This resulted in her crying, although this could barely help her already broken heart, it showed how much she loved Ddraig and what he did to her became unbearable.
[Before I begin, Partner would you please. Only a few have seen this but this is important for me as well as for her. You might pass out after this but please.]
Ddraig's tone was full of uncertainty and desperation. He could finally tell her what happened from his side and see if that could change anything.
"Yeah! Anything for you Ddraig." Issei quickly replied.
Issei slowed and quieted his breathing and began to focus on the noise around him. He began to focus on the life force on Tiamat, Ddraig, Tannin, Himself, and Raynare. Only pulling off this technique once or twice but only for a short period of time. He tapped into his life force to fully use the power of Senjutsu.
Yasaka and a few others taught Issei as well as Raynare senjutsu since it would be a good thing for them to learn how to control ki. Issei was the first to ask if he could learn and Yasaka immediately agreed. She knew the boy was already an influential figure and that he would become powerful in the future. She wanted to help him as much as she could before he reached a point where it would be difficult learning new things.
After learning Senjutsu but not yet mastering it, he would progress onto learning Touki. But that wouldn't take a while due to Issei being a fast and eager learner.
"Ddraig… get ready!" Issei said.
A bright green light began to shine on all of them. The green light began to take form and all of a sudden a man with red hair and green eyes stood before them.
He wore a black suit with a white undershirt, black shoes and a red tie to complement his hair.
This was Ddraig in his human form.
"Tia… I do not know where to begin."Ddraig said as he slowly walked over to his former lover. He was still in love with her but after what he did. He didn't know how to fix it or if it could be fixed at all.
Everyone except Issei and Raynare were in shock at the sight of Ddraig. Tannin barely knew the extent of Issei's abilities but if this could confirm anything. It was that Issei was holding back some serious power.
"W-What?! How?! How is it even possible that you can come out of the Boosted Gear? I know that you were sealed. I was told when I woke up that morning by Ophis that you and Albion were sealed." Tiamat demanded. She has never seen Ddraig in this form for the longest time, right before he was sealed.
"Well that is the benefit of having a host who is hybrid of an angel and demigod while having a strong will to create functions and be able to bend the sacred gear to his will. I only came out of the gear a few times and that was only in my dragon form albeit it was I as a mini version."Ddraig explained.
Tiamat's tears didn't stop falling from her eyes as she witnessed what has happened over the last few minutes. When she first saw him again, a hand covered her mouth immediately as she looked at him in disbelief.
"Tia. I just wanted to tell you I am sorry. That night, Albion contacted me and told me to come fight him one last time. He wanted to see who had the strongest final attack and he said that it would be the last fight we would ever partake in. But things didn't go as planned. We veered off course and we were above the three factions great war and they interrupted us. We both knew something was off and we tried to say that we didn't know what was going on but they didn't listen. They denied our reasoning and began to insult us dragons and what we represent. Being the dragons we were, full of pride, we both became angry at them but we lost in the end as you know. I told Albion after the second to the last time we fought that the next time we fought would be our last as I wanted to raise hatchlings with you and Albion immediately agreed."Ddraig continued after a while. He noticed that Tiamat was still crying so he went over to hug her and try to calm her down.
"Albion and I, we aren't enemies, we are rivals. Yes, we are complete opposites and yes we fight each other. But us rivals who would help the other if they needed it and so forth. The pride that we have in each other creates the bond that cannot be broken. We believe in each other so much that Albion was willing to stop fighting so I could settle down with you and we could live our life as how we both wanted. But now, since we were sealed, our only goal were for our hosts to fight each other, so we can feel that pride that we once had in each other. I loved you when we were young and I still do, but..."
Ddraig spoke regretfully, tears in his eyes. "Tia, would you find it in your heart to forgive me? I know that is asking too mu-"
Before Ddraig could finish, he was caught off by two things he never believed he'd feel or taste ever again.
Tiamat's lips.
Ddraig slowly widened his eyes when he saw what was exactly happening. He began to kiss her back and both began to shed more tears as a result.
"Ddraig. I still love you." Tiamat slowly said as she pulled away. She felt a whole range of emotions. Happiness, sadness, regret, and eagerness. She had a chance to feel her beloved again and it was all thanks to his host.
"Tiamat, I love you too. But I am rarely able to come out of the sacred gear like this. It would take an incredibly powerful being to bring me out of here. Great Red and Ophis specifically but no one has seen them for the longest time so I am sorry but you may need to wait." Ddraig saw his lover slowing nodding as a sign that she accepted this.
"Issei. I need to thank you for what you did for Ddraig and I." Tiamat said looking directly at Issei and Raynare.
"It's not a problem. And just call me Ise. When I first achieved balance breaker, Ddraig told me on how he broke your heart and how he wanted to fix the damage caused but he was scared of the possible rejection that if somehow you would deny whatever he would say. I wanted to help Ddraig since he helps me protect my loved ones every time so why not help him. It was extremely difficult to pull off. But finally, when Ray, Akeno, and I were younger I was finally able to bring Ddraig out of the sacred gear." Issei replied.
"Honestly, I became scared of you since I was told of how you were capable of killing the past hosts but that slowly changed when Ddraig told me of all the good things you two did together. I just knew that I had to bring you two back together. I was off-guard that you would show up yourself here and you would disguise yourself. So for you and Ddraig, I will find a permanent way for you to be with Ddraig, Tiamat!" Issei continued with tears in his eyes.
Tiamat didn't say anything but showed it. She grabbed Issei and pushed him into her chest and said.
"Thank you Ise. I will never forget what you have done for us. If it weren't you, I think I would still be angry and depressed because of what happened."
"Tiamat, well it's nice for you to make up and everything but will you train these two? I would right now but something came up. I'll see you later." Tannin said as he flew back.
"Alright! Ddraig, how long are you able to stay out of the sacred gear for?" Tiamat asked. She didn't want her time to end so quickly but it may happen so she wanted some information.
"It depends Tia. Partner, are you feeling okay? How much longer do you think you can keep this up for?" Ddraig asked with a grin. If it was a little bit longer then he had a wonderful plan that involved Tiamat.
"Well Ddraig… I'm starting to feel the effects on bringing out of the sacred gear. Since I brought you out in your human form, it takes around twice as much energy than what you would it would take if you were in your miniature dragon form. So I would say around twenty more minutes. But that is stretching it. Unless…" Issei explained before trailing off.
"Ise. If what I think you are planning is correct then do it. I also want Lady Tiamat to be with Ddraig. Okay?" Raynare said with a smile.
"Okay then. Ddraig. Do you have access to your powers in that form?" Issei asked.
"I do Partner but why? Is it… Ah! I got it… Okay!" Ddraig realising what Issei was talking about.
"I hope you aren't going to do anything dangerous. I just got Ddraig back." Tiamat wondered.
"No nothing like that. Tia. Well, I transferred a part of my soul into Raynare's sacred gear so if somehow something happens then you know a part of me is there." Ddraig waved off.
"We will be talking about why you did that, you hear?" Tiamat commanded.
Ddraig could only nod in reply. He didn't want to find out what would happen if he did not tell the truth to his mate.
"Good and before we start. Ise, do you like breasts or butts?" Tiamat asked as she wondered if he was more like Ddraig or Albion.
"I like breasts more. I think Vali likes butts." Issei replied scratching the back of his head not really knowing how to answer the question without being embarrassed.
"Aha! I knew it! You do take after this Breast Dragon after all. And I presume Vali is Albion's host?" Tiamat cheered as she pointed toward Ddraig but then continued.
"W-What! I am no such thing. Hmph!" Ddraig denied and avoided his gaze while slightly turning red that rivaled that of his hair.
But he was. Definitely was. Tiamat was the only dragoness that he was interested in and she had some big breasts. He would deny it for the rest of his life but he was a breast dragon.
There was another reason why Ddraig and Albion were rivals. One liked breasts and the other liked butts. Although, both would deny it, they liked their respective part of the female body.
It wasn't always their power that they would compete against. It would also be the type of woman and showing why their respective part that they liked was better…
Anyways.
"Yeah! Vali is the White Dragon Emperor! We are like brothers in everything but blood." Issei said as he pounded his chest.
"At least, this generation the hosts are getting along." Tiamat said before hearing a shout.
"Ddraig! Let's do this!"
"Alright Partner!
[Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost]
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[Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost]
[Transfer]
"Alright! I boosted my reserves as well as the energy I currently have. I will need Ray and Ddraig to boost as well then transfer it to me."
"Raynare, are you ready to work with me?" Ddraig asked.
"I am Ddraig! I want you and Lady Tiamat to be together and if this is what it will take, I will gladly do it!" Raynare said with determination.
Ddraig began first boosting his power then transferring it to Issei.
[Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost]
[Transfer]
It now was Raynare's turn.
"Wyvern Gear!" Raynare called out. She had her Twilight Healing out but dismissed it when Tiamat revealed herself. The Wyvern Gear had another function, it could be transportable while being convenient. It currently was in a shape of a small toy car before Raynare connected to it and it suddenly enlarged as she called it out. It grew to ten times its size but still small enough for her personal use. Now it looked how Raynare got it from Azazel, a small version of Ddraig.
[Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost] [Boost]
[Transfer]
Since Raynare still needed to train with it, she could only boost only a few times.
"I can feel the power… Ddraig, Tiamat, Ray. Thanks! Now Tiamat and Ddraig, I think I have about an hour worth of energy for you to be out. But after that, I may not be able to bring you out for a while, a week to two weeks at most." Issei said with a smile on his face.
"Thanks Ise!" Both Tiamat and Ddraig said simultaneously.
"Now run off you two! Ray and I will just wait for you but don't go too far." Issei continued while looking at the pair of dragons.
"Tia!"
"Ddraig!"
They both released their wings and intertwined their fingers and flew into the sky. They needed to find an area where they could properly communicate to each other what they were feeling.
It was not too long as they were out of sight from the two kids and they just sat on the ground enjoying each others company.
"Ray… do you think that what they are doing right now is the same thing we are thinking of?" Issei asked his fiancee. She was slightly embarrassed for even about it but yes. She was thinking the exact same thing as her fiance.
"Ise~" Raynare whispered avoiding his question.
"Ray… They are doing exactly what we are thinking about." Issei deadpanned.
"Yeah~"
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