Chapter 4: Awakening of a Dragon God

Yuuma's words wake Issei up to the harsh reality.

To be honest, After the good time, although just for a while, He wanted Yuuma to be harmless.

'Guess you can't have everything in this world'

Issei back off as black wings grow from the back of Yuuma. Beside that, Several other changes happened. Yuuma's face becomes older, more mature; Her body to become slightly longer and curvier at the right places. The eyes, however, changes the most. They are cold and terrifying.

"I have to admit Issei, we had a good time. You're not little puppies like other men" Raynare flaps her wings, flying into the air. Even her voice's tone change. Issei wondered how much is true when she pretend before.

"Still, you're a threat to us. You and Asuka"

"Don't involve her in this, Yuuma!"

"Can't do that, I'm afraid. Don't blame me. Blame God for giving you and Asuka sacred gear"

'Sacred gear?' the buzzing noise almost drowns out the last word. But he didn't get the chance to ask as spears made of light materialize on her hands, and she throws it in the direction of Issei's legs. Issei side stepped it easily with his enhanced reflex.

"Fast, have your sacred gear's being awakened?"

Issei lets loose a wide area fire breath, which Yuuma dodged with some difficulties.

'I can't give him a chance to retaliate' Yuuma thought at the fire-breathing human in front of her.

"Dragon-type? They are pretty rare!"

Yuuma charged another light spear, this time bigger. Her throws is getting faster as well. Then another, then another.

Initially Issei had no troubles dodging them all. But Yuuma's throwing speed gradually increases to the point it can no longer be 'human', which made it tiring for even a powerhouse like him.

'Wait for it' Issei dodged the incoming light spears, one of it grazed his cheek. He waited for Yuuma to tire herself out.

After a time Yuuma's throw is getting sloppier, and Issei sees the opportunity.

'NOW!'

Issei fills his lung and let out his fire breath, but to his shock, Yuuma's spear pierced his stomach, burning his insides.

"I see we're waiting for the same thing" Yuuma grinned. The winged woman throws another three spears in rapid succession, two lodged itself on his lungs and one pierced an area just below his neck. Amazingly, either from sheer tenacity or just incredible pain tolerance, Issei just won't fall.

'Heh, strong bastard' Yuuma smiled at the stubborn being in front of her. She calls forth her strongest spear so far.

"I will give you a warrior's death, Issei Hyoudou!" Yuuma grinned maniacally. The energy can be felt even from the ground where Issei stood.

Seeing Yuuma retracting her arm, Issei tries to move, but the pain and suffocation are unlike anything he ever felt. He managed to take out the spear that near his neck. The action didn't do much, other than more pain and blood.

Isaiah looks up in the direction of the fallen angel, right when the last of sunlight hit lit her appearance, making it as if it was out of fantasy. Her maniac also enhanced the atmosphere. He internally laughed at himself

'Killed on his first date, what a joke'

A realization hit him.

'Killed'

'She will kill Asuka'

'Will it stop there?'

'Mom, Dad'

That's when the memories start flooding his mind.

'Son, You need to restrain your strength' memory of him accidentally breaking his father's bone.

'Issei-kun, you are too strong, control your body a little' memory of him cutting the cutting board.

'Issei-ni, stop, I'm okay, stop hitting him!' A memory of beating a creep who followed Asuka at night.

The memories are like noise to him. All of them emphasize on two things. Control, self-restraint. His parents' oldest teaching, one he tried to practice and fail miserably.

'Self-restraint and control, I don't need them right now. Who am I kidding, playing human. This bitch has stop playing minutes ago'

A distant memory flashed, memory before his life as Issei Hyoudou.

Two dragons, jet-black and crimson, forever in a fight. Fighting with incredible savagery.

'I need to... I need to... I need to let loose'

Issei closes his eyes, something Yuuma thought to be a gesture of defeat.

It is something much worse.

In a depth of Issei's soul a crimson chinese dragon with jet-black belly rests. Its body is bound by chains made of crystals with identical colors as his own scales. It just lie there. Waiting for the day it needs to wake up.

That day is today.

The pulse of light disturbs the peaceful slumber of the mighty creature. It opened its left eye, it was as crimson as blood.

Yuuma throws the spear.

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The moment Issei Hyoudou opened his eyes, his left eye has already changed to that of crimson without any visible pupils. Then two things that shocked Yuuma happened.

First, the spears embedded inside his stomach and lungs were crushed by his newly acquired rapid regeneration. Second, Issei holds his right hand forward, catching the light spear. This time, He doesn't feel anything.

"How can you?" Said Yuuma, shocked. Regeneration is still within a sacred gear's power. But there is no way a sacred gear allows a human to catch that light spear barehandedly and not harmed. Despite only a lowly fallen angel, her power is considered better than most of her peers. Her light spear is extremely dense, it can kill humans and devils instantly.

Except the energy she feels since Issei regenerate is not human's.

It was divine.

"It is solid" Issei examined the weapon in his hand. He can see that his palm's human skin already burnt off, leaving behind small crimson-black scales underneath.

"Tch" gritting her teeth, Yuuma generated multiple light spears, throwing it way faster than before. Issei uses the spear in his hand to deflect all of them.

Definitely more challenging than 60 Yakuzas. Issei holds back the urge to grin.

Issei throws the spear back to Yuuma. Which she dodged quite easily. Her only mistake was her sight following the spear's trajectory, it was nothing more than a distraction for Issei to jump.

Yuuma is caught off guard as she never thinks Issei can jump that high, and she almost didn't prepare herself for a punch that follows. It is the only mistake she does in this fight.

A bone crushing strike left her guarding right arm useless. The force of the strike pushes Yuuma back to the ground, cracking it in the process. While Yuuma is in daze Issei follows up with an ax kick. His enemy barely dodged and stands up, but the moment Issei's heel touch the ground, it creates a sizable crater that disrupts her balance. Yuuma tried using her wings to regain balance and fly.

Unfortunately for her, Issei won't have that.

With a harsh tug on one of her wings, Issei brought her back to the ground, smashing her back into the crater. Yuuma tried to retaliate by creating another light spear, but Issei responded by holding her left arm and use it to repeatedly slam her to the ground.

"Stop, sto..." Yuuma tried to plead, but it fell on deaf ears. Issei is not done, not by a long shot.

A sickening crunch of bones being broken echoed throughout the empty park, followed by a choked scream.

Issei stomps Yuuma's right leg with his enhanced strength, eliciting more whimper out of her throat.

"Even if you kill me Asuka will be dead by this night!"

"Tell me what you know" Issei commanded her as he waits for Yuuma to catch her breath. Not receiving answers, Issei stomp the left knee. More pained shouts and swearing filled the otherwise calm evening.

Giving her a moment again Issei waited before asking her the same question. Yuuma is still whimpering from the pain, however, and she hesitates to answer. Issei lost his patience.

Issei pulls one of her wings harshly.

"Stop... Stop... Please" Yuuma pitifully begged him

"I will clip your wings Yuuma" Issei threatened.

"There... are... more... of... us" Yuuma speak between her breaths.

'Figures' Issei is seething inside. Half of him want to kill her. Others knows that leaving her alive can lead him to her comrades

"How many of you are there"

"Five... including... me..." Yuuma slowly answered.

"Can you point where they are at the moment?"

Yuuma hesitates again and Issei start twisting the bone.

"Wait, wait! It hurts!"

"Then answer the damn question"

"I'm not... going to answer until... until you promise... me something"

"You are in no position to make demands" Issei's eyes narrowed, he really would have clipped her wings if not for what she said next.

"Do you want Asuka dead? Or turned into a devil?" Yuuma finally regains enough stamina to speak normally. Half of her hoped that her gambit pays off.

"Devil?"

Hook, line, sinker.

Author's note

An entire chapter dedicated to Raynare and Issei's fight. Wohoo. I think I may use my creative license (if there is such a thing) to make Raynare more powerful and push Issei to his human limit. Im keeping her spear color scheme description and her black dress from the manga+light novel instead of Anime's stripperiffic outfit. Not a fan of it.

To clear up a potential misunderstanding: That dragon is not a sacred gear.

I am a snarky guy, and rude as hell in real life. I'm not going to be polite on cyberspace. Don't be offended, because this is how I talk to everyone.

first: Please don't be an idiot. Dragon Issei is NOT canon!Issei. He and the perverted Duo are NOT friends. He doesn't even have any friend. He is a creature of extreme selfishness (extended into his obsession to family and home) and can be single minded. That is why he ALWAYS lashed out.

Second: For fuck's sake, If you people read the light novel (dont know about the manga and anime), you realize what kind of bastards they are. They spread lies about their friend. So yeah, their friendship is based only on common interest and situation. Basically three perverts and three losers. When Issei found his road to happiness, A friend will push him forward, not being a dick about it and spreading false rumors. If you think having a friend like this is fine, then boy you have poor interest in having one. Not to mention they also physically assault him when he becomes close to the member of ORC. Crystal Dragon Ninja Jesus, now you want to say they are good friends? Those guys, like it or not, aren't innocent pervert, they are special types of assholes.

Not to mention their behavior would have landed them in jail IRL, or at least expelled from school.

Third: I read the original source material jackass, so if you watch anime and manga and somehow didn't find any of this, then maybe it is omitted in adaptation. For me it is okay, maybe there is not enough air time or too much work or they want to keep them as Issei's link to mundane life. What's not okay is to accuse me to create the characters' personality based on my own whim and not reading the fucking source material.

I do admit one thing though: my interpretation of the source material may influence how I see the characters, creating a form of 'injustice' for some character. If you think I'm terribly, terribly wrong with how I portray someone (not their relationship with Dragon Issei, because they will be radically different), feel free to PM or review.

So there, I address them in public. Forgive me for ranting, I have a condition where I can't just stop writing/talking. If I don't, then the thought that I never address it will annoy me for as long as forever, this is also the reason I failed some of my classes. The lecturer isn't amused by my behavior.

Anyhow, If someone or everyone thinks my writing is sub-par and willing to repair my shit of grammars and story flow (I'm economics student, English is my second language, of course my writing is full of weaknesses), beta is open? I guess?

Or you can leave your review or PM, your choice.