Chapter 2: Apocalyptic Force ~The Great Awakening~

It had been several days since Issei had been initiated into Rias Gremory's peerage, the memories he had gained from his sacred gear had began to fade as if it was a curse, forcing him to forget. It was remarkable. His transition from being a human to a devil was remarkably simple once he became aware of the basic knowledge he had to know; his job was essentially handing out fliers to people who were exceptionally greedy, and when they wanted something they would summon a Devil who would fulfill the contract to the best of their abilities. In exchange, they would be rewarded with money or whatever they were given.

It stung that he hadn't been summoned for a contract yet. It proved that he was the weakest of the peerage, but Rias had reassured him saying that his time would come; he had to get used to his duties first. He had agreed with the crimson haired beauty, and that was more than enough to get him through the humiliation of being the newest Devil in Kuoh Academy. He had also gotten to know the other people in the peerage rather well, if he said so himself.

Underneath the pleasant façade of Akeno, proved to be a very sadistic person. Whenever he ever did something wrong and as a result was punished, Akeno was often the displinary in the peerage. She would smile sadistically and let lightning spark between her fingers enough that Issei was sure he could smell something cooking.

"It seems that Issei needs to be punished~"

That was what she would say whenever she had to punish him. As he walked down the road, he shuddered internally; it was his coping mechanism to never think deeply on those events. It was too traumatic. Koneko and Kiba had given him looks of sympathy, but Koneko had given him a look that said she had expected it to happen. That hurt the most, and it felt like an arrow piercing his chest.

Koneko was also much tougher than she looked; due to her silence in school he had never really known much about her. But it turns out that she ate an inordinate amount of food, often onto second helpings by the time the rest of them were halfway through their meals. She also used boxing equipment occasionally, and spectacularly broke the equipment repeatedly by punching it too hard. Rias had attempted to reign her in, but she always broke the equipment the next time she used it.

It made Issei fear her quite a lot.

The pretty bastard was always swinging his swords around in elaborate arcs, and Issei always felt a stab of envy whenever he saw the ease with which Kiba was able to use those blades. Rias had explained that it was a part of Kiba's Sacred Gear, Sword Birth, which allowed him to create any Demonic Sword that he could think of, and with any effect that he chose. She had told Issei not to pry into Kiba's past, which was fine with him; he never really wanted to get friendly with Kiba even though the pretty-boy was always so goddamn polite! It got on his nerves!

"He gets worked up easily, too." Issei mumbled as he walked down the roads in the city. "Bastard...getting worked up over a question. That's what I should have expected from that bastard..."

When Issei had learnt about Demonic Swords, he remembered something from his studies that there were swords in mythology that were the weapons of the light based forces. He particularly remembered Arondight, the sword of Sir Lancelot. So he had asked that if there were Demonic Swords, then wasn't there a Sacred Gear that could allow someone to create Holy Swords?

Instantly, the mood had shifted. Rias' gaze had turned to rhat of a worried expression, and the rest were watching anxiously. Kiba's face changed from being relaxed to being wrath filled. It had made even Issei's spine shiver a little, before he caught a glimpse of the look in Kiba's eyes. One of absolute anger.

"Don't talk to me about Holy Swords."

It had clearly been personal to Kiba, but the negative feelings Issei had held towards Kiba had made him ask indignantly what Kiba's problem was. It had been a perfectly legitimate question and that Kiba was being an ass. Kiba had almost lunged at Issei before restraining himself, before Rias got Issei to deliver fliers around the town while she calmed Kiba down. It made Issei's mood sour before realizing he shouldn't have pushed that button.

He wouldn't apologize though, the cool characters in his magazines never apologized, but Issei did feel a ping of guilt. Perhaps when he got back he would apologize, if Kiba didn't do it first. H HD been so caught up in his own thought that he hadn't heard the echoes of footsteps from behind him.

Issei snapped his head around behind him. He had only caught a glimpse of his pursuer. He had seen a white lock of hair disappear into an alleyway. The hair looked familiar to him, and the only thing like it he had seen was Koneko's.

He shrugged the thought off and turned to walk away again. He walked off, losing his thought process again, but he stopped and turned around suddenly. A white haired girl with brown eyes was standing behind him. A small symbol was glowing brightly through her shirt underneath her left breast.

The girls was deffenently not Koneko, despite her similar appearance. This girl was taller, the small height as him. Issei stated at the girl and his senses kicked into overdrive.

-KILL-

Anger and hate gushed over him, it was like this girl, who he had never met, was his worst enemy. He felt like he despised her very existence, he wanted to kill her. Destroy her very being, end her existence as a whole.

The air around Issei shifted, it became hard to breathe, but he did not care. Thunder exploded above then and shook the ground, lightning streaked across the midnight sky, lighting the earth below with a gloomy flash.

Clouds began to spiral above them like a tornado being sucked upwards. The clouds were lit brightly by bright streaks of lightning that gave the clouds a slight blue hue. The girl looked at Issei and brought a hand up to her mouth, as if she were scared and shocked of the outcome.

The girl turned and ran off, putting distance between herself and Issei. Issei shook his head violently and grabbed it, the pressure in the air dispersed.

"What… The hell… was that?" Issei asked, between breaths.

Turned and burst into a sprint, trying to leave the area as fast as he possibly could. Why had he wanted to kill that kill just then? And what was that odd glowing symbol that looked familiar to him? So many question rushed through his head, questions he couldn't answer.

…

Issei ran as fast as his legs could carry him, returning back to the Occult Research Club building in the dead of the night.

It was night when he entered the candle-lit building, and was surprised to see Kiba waiting for him with an apologetic expression on his face. Rias, Akeno and Koneko were around the building; Rias was sitting on the largest sofa, Akeno was standing behind her while Koneko lazily sat upon a desk swinging her legs back and forth.

But they were all looking at the two males of the Research club. Then, Issei realized this was also the first time that Kiba looked genuinely apologetic instead of the teasing expression he wore when he turned down the invitations of girls. He was actually going to apologize. A guilty feeling spread through Issei's chest; damn that guy! Since he looked so apologetic, Issei was going to have to apologize too. Granted he had already planned to do so, but it was different since now it was more of a pride issue.

"Issei, I would like to apologize for my behavior earlier." Kiba said, extending his hand for a shake. Issei looked at his extended hand, his mind had a hundred thoughts bursting through it. A hundred ideas, a hundred different outcome.

Never had he ever thought of something so hard before, but now it was like clockwork. Issei's attention was drawn elsewhere, it was like when he summoned his sacred gear.

His Sacred gear.

He remembered summoning it, but what happened? Everything past that point was a blur to him…

"I'm sorry for snapping at you, it was wrong of me. I hate holy swords tremendously, but I shouldn't have went off on you for that. I'm truly sorry." Kiba continued

Issei looked at him, perplexed.

Kiba went off on him? He couldn't remember…

Why? Why couldn't he remember?

Issei looked around; they were all expecting him to act. He looked at Kiba's outstretched hand, and didn't hesitate to take it in his own and shake it as a sign that the past was past, and that it shouldn't bother him anymore. Issei smiled, before beginning his own apology for his behavior.

"It doesn't matter; it looks like it was a pretty personal issue, so I'm sorry for bringing it up." Issei brought up in a surprisingly genuine reply; it had been expected he would have been reluctant to apologize by the others.

Tension seeped out of the room afterwards; they all smiled, and Issei even began to think that maybe Kiba wasn't as bad as he thought originally. Rias smiled at the forging of a bond between two members of her peerage, before she stepped forward to give Issei his instructions.

"Well Issei, it's time for you to fulfill a contract." Rias explained, and Issei couldn't believe it; he was moving on from giving out those fliers, at last! "This magical circle will teleport you to the contractor, so that you may fulfill the wish that the contractor has in mind."

The giant magic circle, when Issei saw it resembled something from a Satanic Ritual and given that they were all Devils, wasn't Satan their equivalent to God? Therefore, it would make perfect sense that the circle would resemble one from a Satanic Ritual. Inside the middle was the emblem for the House of Gremory. It must have been created by Rias when she became the governing Devil of the city.

"I'll do my best, Rias!" Issei declared loudly, striking a prideful pose. No one had the heart to tell him that it was laughable and silly. "I promise I won't screw up this contract!"

The super-pervert was eager to please Rias; he needed to show that it wasn't a bad decision to reincarnate him after all! He silently hoped that the person summoning him would be a kind person, and maybe really hot if the contractor was a woman; big boobs would certainly fuel his enthusiasm! He also hoped that the contractor would be fair and didn't ask for much when he/she declared their wish to Issei, who would have to fulfill it to the best of his ability.

"Well, Issei, if you do fail..." Akeno gave him a sadistic smile that made his stomach turn. "I will be first in line to punish you~"

That straightened Issei up, and Rias stepped forward, and surprisingly Koneko followed shortly behind. Issei stepped into the middle of the summoning circle, which began to glow as red as Rias' crimson hair. She stopped just before Issei, and he looked at Koneko in curiosity. She simply stared back at him, stoic and silent.

"Koneko has a few reserved contracts to complete, however she can only complete one at a time." Rias explained, and Koneko nodded. "So you'll be given the latest request she has gotten."

Issei nodded his understanding, and Rias stepped forward and began to write something on his palm. It felt pleasant, like his hand was warm, but even he couldn't understand the writing; it must be Devil language, he decided; even with his new ability to listen and understand languages he still wasn't proficient enough to understand written language. How troublesome.

"Now, you'll be teleported to the person who has contracted you. Stay calm; the feeling of teleportation will only be mildly uncomfortable the first time, and subsequently you'll get used to it." Rias explained again, as the circle lit up blood-red, seemingly at her own wish.

Just as Issei was about to teleport away, something inside of him clicked, and clarity burst through him. His senses began to tingle, like something was there, watching him. A small voice echoed in his head. And despite how quite it was, it was impossibly loud to him. It made no sense.

But it did. It made all the sense of the world to Issei. It was strangely comforting and soothing.

He closed his eyes and let darkness consume him, and once he opened them, he was standing in front of a door to a house.

Issei knocked on the door, a blonde haired man with a black streak one opened the door.

"Are you Issei Hyoudou?" The man asked cautiously, as if this was a drug deal.

"Umm, yeah that's me! You called for me?" Issei asked, trying to be calm

"Wonderful! Come on in!" The man exclaimed, his mood changing and holding the Door open for him.

Issei walked in and looked around, the room was decorated with magazines, all of them ecchi Manga and eroge. Issei looked at the man and wondered how old this guy's was.

"Now before you ask, 'How old are you?', let me answer that question. I have no idea how old I am. No, can I help you to a drink?" The man asked, holding a bottle of Saki. Where the hell did he get that bottle anyway?

"Oh, no thanks, I'm not old enough to drink." Issei said, waving his hands in denial. "You had a request for me?"

"Oh yes, my request. Will you do me a favor, Issei?" The man asked, "Oh I almost forgot to tell you my name! My name is Azazel. Nice to meet you!"

"Nice to meet you too." Issei responded, this was going way easier than he had originally thought.

"Have a seat, I want a little chat before I ask my favor." The said, Issei took a seat in front of him.

"Have you recently summoned your Sacred Gear?" The man asked, looking at Issei questioningly.

"Yeah, I did several days ago, but it was a strange thing." Issei explained, he did not have a clue why he was telling the man that, it just came out.

"What happened after you summoned it?" The man questioned more. It was like he had a goal, a normal person would have asked how it was strange.

"You see, that's the strange thing. I can't remember anything after me summoning it. I felt pain, then I just woke up. It's not right losing time like that." Issei explained

"Oh, that surely is normal." The man said, "Would you like some tea Issei?"

"Sure." Issei responded almost immediately, Issei snapped his head to the left. Why the hell had he said that? It was completely the opposite of what he wanted to say!

"Here you go." Issei turned his gaze back to the man, who was now holding a glass of tea, handing it to Issei.

A hundred thought burst through Issei's head; Where the hell did that tea come from? How is he so fast? Had he expected his answer? Had he already knew his answer? The more he thought about it the more confusing it got.

Nonetheless, Issei accepted the glass of Tea, and began to drink it. It was sweet, but it wasn't too sweet. It was perfect. He soon began to grow dizzy though, like his tea was drugged.

"It's okay Issei. You will wake up and nnof this will have ever happened." The man said, crouching down in front of Issei. He reached out and took The glass of tea.

Issei's vision began to fade, a he blacked out on the couch.

…

"I want to speak to Issei's sacred Gear. I know you can hear me." Azazel said

[What do you want, Fallen Angel?] The voice of Ddraig rung out, the red gauntlet forming on Issei's left arm.

"Relax, I only want to talk for a moment." Azazel said, trying to be collected.

[And what do you want to talk about?] Ddraig asked

"Issei said he couldn't remember what happened after he summoned you, why is that?" Azazel asked

[I removed his memories.] Ddraig said

"Why? If you don't mind me asking." Azazel urged

[I removed them so I could prevent him from being driven to the point of madness.] Ddraig explained

"Can you tell me who you are? I want to know your history." Azazel asked once again

[My name is Ddraig, first born of the God of Time, and the destined destroyer of earth.] Ddraig explained

"Destined destroyer of earth? Does that mean that Issei will take that role?" Azazel asked, curiosity pouring out of him as he leaned forward.

[That is correct, to my knowledge. However, it will be prevented no matter what, and if the time comes when the world must end… it will be so.] Ddraig explained

"Hmm, so does that mean Issei will never be able to fully use your abilities?" Azazel asked

[Incorrect. He can use my full abilities whenever I let him, but I fear if I do then he will lose his sanity. Then there will be no stopping him from destroying the world if he so desires.] Ddraig explained

"What if I said I could help with that? I could could give Issei a necklace to protect him from going insane." Azazel said

[If you have such a device then give it too him. It will help. But I doubt he will stay the same when using my abilities.] Ddraig said, his tone softening.

"Well then, I am going to go a retrieve this said 'Device' I will return as soon as possible and give it to Issei as soon as he awakens." Azazel said, turning and summoning a magic circle.

...

Issei stirred awake from his slumber, he looked around. He was in the mans room again. Thea was sitting across from him, looking at an Eroge magazine with a small blush on his cheeks

"Oh shoot! I feel asleep I am so sorry!" Issei apologized, leaped to his feet and bowed his head.

"Ah, it quite Allright Issei. But back to my request." Azazel began

"Yes, anything you want!" Issei exclaimed, still bowing

"I want you to grow strong, Issei. I don't water you to hold back in a fight anymore, and I am going to help you with that, by giving you this." Azazel said, holding up a green gemstone that was glowing with life. He handed the gem to Issei, as soon as Issei took it, it began to glow a bright ethereal green and absorbed into Issei's hand.

The green glow disappeared, and a bright green flame covered Issei's right hand. It was beautiful, stunningly beautiful and a deep, fantastic green.

"Wow, this is amazing!" Issei said, waving his hand around, the flame following his motions.

"Try to summon it on your other hand, Issei." Azazel said. Issei brought his other hand up, but nothing happened. "Think about the flame in your other hand, and try to imagine it on that hand."

Issei thought about the beautiful green flame forming on his other hand. He could feel his senses enhance, he felt the magic in his body shift to his hand and it pulsated throughout the rest of his body. The feeling was tingling him.

After several second of thought, a green flame, the same size and color of the other one, appeared on his left hand.

"Yes, very good Issei! This is going to help you become a lot stronger. I can't help you master that at the moment, but I feel you will get the hang of it on your own." Azazel said "Now I have one more thing to ask of you. In a few days from now, you will probably have a sparring match with your friends, I want you to use your new powers and not hold back, can you do that for me?"

"If that is your wish, then I will do my best to fulfill it!" Issei exclaimed, eager to please.

"Well then with that, you should be heading back. I imagine they are worried about you." Azazel said

"I doubt they care actually, Koneko seems so cold to me. Everyone else just shines above me, I am the weakest link in the peerage. I always feel like everyone just hates me." Issei said, looking down. He stood and walked towards the door.

"Ah, don't be so hard on yourself. I am sure none of them feel that way towards you. I know some of them are pretty cold, like Koneko, but I am sure she doesn't feel like that. I am about 100% sure!" Azazel said, calming Issei.

"Yeah, maybe you are right. Maybe I am just over exaggerating, but it hard to tell with her." Issei said, his eyes slightly widened. When has his conversation about the entire group hating him turned into him talking about Koneko only? He pushed the thought aside and walked out into the cool midnight air.

"Yeah! I feel we will be great friends Issei! As for payment, van you consider the gem a payment, or do you need something else?" Azazel asked

"Honestly, I don't know. I am still new to this contract stuff. You are my first client actually." Issei explained

"We, wait right here, I have something else for you. But I want only you to have it, it can be payment." Azazel said, walking back into his apartment. He soon returned with a black box in his hand. "Here you go!"

Issei grabbed the box and opened it, another gem rested inside, this one on a chain, a beautiful, shiny gold chain. A magnificent necklace.

"That one is not like the one your body consumed, but it is pretty. I gave that to you as a gift, so give to someone if you want, or keep it. Anyways, I will see you around Issei. I enjoyed out time today." Azazel said, closing the door and leaving Issei alone in the night.

Issei looked at the black box in his hand. Who should he give it too? Should he just keep it? He began to walk off heading towards the old school building. He stopped walking at thought about how he teleported here, could he do it to get back? He hadn't been taught how to use teleportation circles yet, so he continued walking.

'Man, what a pain. I need to get there fast.' Issei thought, looking down at the ground as he walked

'I could help you with that.' A deep, low voice echoed in the back of Issei's mind. Red energy began to form around Issei, seeming to be pulled out from the ground. His body began to light up and disperse into tiny embers that looked like they came from a fire.

Issei's vision began to fade once more, and when his vision came back, he was standing in the Occult Research Club clubroom. Koneko was sitting on a couch eating chocolate, Kiba was staring off into space and Akeno and Rias were engaged in an intense game of chess.

"Ah Issei, I take it the contract went well? You have been gone a while…" Rias asked

"Yeah, I made friends with a nice guy and he gave me a gift for his wish…" Issei said, looking down at the box

"Oh? Very good Issei, that was a very good first contract." Rias said, following his gaze, "So what's in the box?"

"My reward. But a gift for someone else." Issei said

"Oh? A gift for who?" Akeno asked, smiling brightly

Issei did not answer, he walked forward and placed the box in front of Koneko's chocolates. She ignored the box and continued to eat her chocolates. A ping of sadness hit Issei right in the chest. Perhaps everyone did hate him...

"I am very tired Rias… Can I leave to my house?" Issei asked, looking at the duo playing chess

"Actually I was going to ask you about that… You see, we all need a better place to stay, so can we stay with you?" Rias asked "I can talk to you parents if it helps any…"

"Sure, my parents left for a trip to the Americas a while ago, so they will be gone for a while." Issei said

"Okay, thanks for your help Issei, I am jot sure where we would be without you." Rias said, giving Issei a bright smile. Issei felt prideful at the comment.

While Issei had his attention averted, Koneko reached over to the box and picked it up. She examined the box closely, was it for her? It had to be, that's why he sat it there. She thought about what was in the box. What could the pervert possibly have gotten for her?

She sat her right hand on top of the box, and pulled the top of the box off. She was shocked by the contents of the box. A bright green gem, them seemed to have a ethereal glow to it, it was like there was something inside it moving around. It captivated her attention. The pervert-no, Issei had really out done himself.

"Ohhh, I'm a bit jealous! What did Koneko do to deserve such a gift?" Akeno teased

"Hmm? Oh, I just thought she would like it! Do you like it Koneko?" Issei asked, his voice beaming with happiness.

Koneko squeezed the box harder.

"Yes…" She said, her voice low, but it sounded different now. It had emotion.

Issei smiled, he was happy to finally please her. He was happy that she finally said something to him that wasn't hurtful and mean.

"Hehe, I am glad you like it!" Issei said, giving a nervous but happy chuckle.

"It's very pretty Koneko." Rias said, looking at the beautiful necklace. "You should try it on."

Koneko nodded, took the necklace out of the box and fixed it around her neck. The green gem seemed to glow brighter as it made contact with her skin.

Issei looked at her and smiled, she looked genuinely happy. It was a nice change in pace. Koneko stood and walked over to Issei, she stared at him. She looked like she was back to normal, the gem made her look like an angel (?)

"Thank you…" Koneko said then turned and sat back down.

Issei smiled at her, and walked past her towards the door.

…

(Shamastus, blah blah blah, we want to see Issei fight, blah blah blah)

It had been several days since Issei had went on his first contract, he has had issues ever since that gem absorbed into his body ad as a result he has been spending the last few days recovering. He decided to keep his issues away from the other members of the ORC, who were now staying in his house.

The day had come, the day the man told Issei about. Issei was standing in an open field in the forests behind The Kuoh Academy High school building. Issei took a single step forward, his knees creaked, he hobbled over slightly as if it caused him discomfort.

This was supposed to be a simple test in strength, Rias was watching the entire thing off to the side and Issei was supposed to try his hardest so she could accurately gauge his power.

Issei held his left hand up, red energy burst from the ground and shot into Issei arm with the force of a thousand blunt needles. The pain was tremendous in its own right but Issei could not scream; Memories flooded into his mind as of floodgates on a dam burst open.

A red gauntlet formed on his left hand, a green flame formed on his right. The combo was fitting, it matched the green gem on the back of his red gauntlet.

Issei looked up, memories still flashing past him in the blink of an eye. Fire erupted from the surface of the earth, the moon above him cracked open. He stood floating above it all, humans below him were running around, their buildings lit ablaze, some were running around on fire. He could hear the sickening cackle of flesh sizzling and popping. He could smell the acrid, horrible stench of Immolated flesh.

Wave after wave of merciless evil flooded the earth, destroying everything.

Each and every time, he destroyed the earth.

Issei looked down, then examined his surroundings, taking in every inch of his surroundings. He stood stoically, watching, listening. The spaces between the trees were a black so dark it seemed impossible, Issei shifted his gaze between each spot between the trees in the opening.

Issei's attention snapped, he heard the snap of a tree branch in the wood to his right. Koneko rushed out of the darkness in the woods and charged at him. Issei closed his eyes, a great wind gushed around him and pushed the trees in the area back slightly. He opened his eyes and turned his attention to slightly to catch a side glimpse of the small girl. His eyes were emotionless, and it was an amazing sight.

Koneko was slightly taken aback, it was like everything he had ever experienced, every hardship, every bad choice, every personal decision he had made perfectly mingled and mixed together into one expression. Just what exactly had he seen? What horrors had Issei seen when he summoned his Sacred Gear? What had happened to the Issei she had met when he first joined?

Issei raised his left hand, red tendrils shot out of his hand and slithered towards Koneko. They darted towards once they got close, acting like a spear. Koneko gave a quick side step using her right foot to propel herself to the left. She then used her momentum to dash towards Issei. She brought her fist back and began to deliver a powerful power straight into Issei's face.

Issei lifted his right hand and caught her punch, a Shockwave of wind exploded around them, trees behind Issei snapped and fell over. The display was truly impressive and formidable.

But Issei looked disgusted.

"Weak… So pathetically weak…" Issei said, his voice low and deep. Koneko's eyes widened, this wasn't her Issei, he was different. What happened? Koneko jumped back with a flip, she looked at Issei in an attempt to study his actions.

Issei stood with his arms down to his side, looking at her. Kiba rushed out o hoods behind Issei with a sword drawn out. Issei turned to face him.

Kiba gave a hard lunge with his right foot. But as soon as he stepped off, his gate had been sealed. Issei shot forward in a blur of black and red, in only a millisecond Issei was in front of kiba, his hand around Kiba's neck.

Issei slung Kiba towards Koneko with tremendous force, the two collided with each other.

"I've always hated weak things…" Issei continued. "I remember when I was young I took a magnifying glass to a colony of ants and laughed as they sizzled and popped…"

Issei raised his hand, red tendrils shooting out towards Kiba. The tendrils wrapped around Kiba's ankle and slung him back towards Issei. Issei drew his fist back and slammed it into Kiba's chest; Deaf center. Kiba went sprawling backwards out of control, and landed in front of Koneko with blood dripping from his mouth.

Issei took a step towards them, then stopped as realization wracked his brain with anger, anger towards himself. The cackle of lightning could be heard forming overhead.

How could he be so stupid and incompetent? How could he let himself forget about Akeno? Lighting rained down from the sky and slammed into Issei, sending his body into a frenzied panic of spasms and twitches.

The lightning stopped it's brutal attack on Issei, and he stood still with steam radiating off his body. The air in the area they were standing in became heavy and almost unbearable to breathe. A loud snap erupted around Issei and with a single gush of wind he was gone.

"Let me return the favor." A voice behind Akeno said, she turned to face it, but wasn't fast enough. Issei's right, flame covered hand wrapped around Akeno neck and filled her with a burning sensation. Issei threw her down to the earth below, her collision sending dust and rubble into the air.

Isse flew down to the ground and looked at the destruction with his hands outstretched as if he was summoning an attack.

Akeno stood and released a aura that would scare the life of almost anyone; a perfect mix of red and purple.

"I who is destined to destroy creation," Issei began. A large lava orange magic circle formed behind him. The circle actually looked like it was made of lava, the inside flowed agonizingly slow.

"Shall take my place and become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

"Dark Magic: Apocalyptic Force!"

As Issei finished his chant, the glowing orange magic circles formed in front of his hands, and two more of much larger size formed behind him. The power being released from him was God-like, perhaps even stronger.

White and black energy formed in Issei's hand and grew stronger with each passing second. Soon, the energy shot out in a line towards Akeno, she leaped out of the way in only a second, the beam of energy taking her clothes.

She looked towards Issei, his eyes were burning a green flame. It looked insane, like something she had never seen before. The beam of energy had a white center with black spots on the outside that seemed to make the beam brighter than what it actually was. She looked around at everyone, they were all holding their ears in pain, but they were all watching eagerly.

Soon, noise pierced Akeno's ears and she fell to her knees. The sound was unexplainable, a mixed wail of terror and fear, agony and despair, death and destruction. And it all sounded like actual people screaming, all mingling together to form a horrible sound of a loud screeching noise.

Soon the beam subsided and nothing in the direction the beam went was left. Everything was just… Gone. Nothing left, like it never existed. The group turned and looked at the destruction, and something inside of their souls pulled at them, telling them to leave. Telling them that was Danger.

They all turned to look at Issei, just to see him fall over unconscious, the green flames around him going out. Koneko leaped up and ran towards him, thoughts bursting through her head. What was with the power he had? And what happened to him?

End of Chapter 2: Apocalyptic Force ~The Great Awakening~

Okay, so I am not sure what is to come of this so I will just keep writing something until that something sticks.

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