"That was some power boost." A white haired teen said to himself as he looked upon the sky.

Indeed. Perhaps the Red Dragon has finally awoken. Your rival is here.

"Excellent. I look forward to our battles, though tell me Albion. How strong do you think this Red one shall be? I've heard many tales of the Red Dragon of Domination."

Powerful enough to be your rival. Surely that would be enough, Vali.

"You're right. It is, but I want to know his host. I wonder what kind of man my rival is? A conquer or perhaps a warrior in heart?"

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"Stupid Bastard!" Issei was kicked to the ground by his two perverted friends, Matsuda and Motohama. "How could you have been the one chosen to watch over that sweet blonde over there?! Have you no honor or pride to help your fellow man!"

Issei struggled against their combined strength as he tried to defend himself. "Oh come off it! I'm just helping her getting acquainted with the area! You assholes really think I would hog all that to myself?"

"Duh!" They both said and punched Issei in the back of the head. Normally Issei would grow very annoyed with their antics, but with Asia living with him and in the safety of his own home he could let it slip.

Plus his mind was still stuck on that night at the church. After he had awoken in the club.

"Issei, I'm glad to see you're awake." Rias greeted him warmly.

"Really?" He got up, but felt pain in his body. Rias gently put a hand on his shoulder and guided him down. "What happened?"

"You defeated Raynare. As I expected you to do so. Though..."

"Though?"

Rias took a moment to choose her words. "You never summoned your Sacred Gear before the battle have you?"

"No." Issei said.

"And you still can't?" Issei tried to focus, but his body ache too much. Rias eased him again. "This is quite the conundrum."

"How is that?"

She tapped him on the head and drew his attention to her eyes. "Because summoning your Sacred Gear is one that must first be summoned through a need. And despite the danger and the need for it you haven't been able to summon it."

"No." He repeated.

"Then what that tell me and what you did at the church clearly brings up the problem. You are the reincarnation of the Red Dragon and you were able to summon his power on need despite being what we call defects."

Issei laid stunned at what he heard. "I summoned...the power of a dragon?"

"The dragon of domination within you, yes. The dragon itself was turned into the Boosted Gear one where power can double itself within short bursts. In the right hands it could challenge God himself."

"SERIOUSLY?!"

His mind was cut off when he felt a tap on his shoulder. "Issei, are you ready to go home?" He turned and saw Asia smiling at him.

"Of course." The two walked out and towards their home. The resurrection worked and now Asia moved in with Issei as a way of staying close to the peerage. While the two walked out, they were being watched upon by Rias.

"Pay attention Rias. I just took your knight." Her mind snapped back to the other game on hand. She faced the student council president in the mortal game of chest. She saw one of her pieces be placed on the defeated side of the board.

"Sorry Sona, I just saw my two new members of peerage leave. You can't blame me for being concerned for their well being." Rias moved her pawn and took out one of Sona's pawns.

Sona gave a small hm of agreement. "So you've been building your peerage. I take it that you've been trying to expand before it happens."

Rias was caught off guard by that as well as Sona using her queen to take out her rook. "I must say though, I've found some spikes in our power for your pieces. The Red Dragon Emperor...was he worth it?"

She didn't reply and moved her queen. Sona quickly moved her piece across and took Rias's queen. "So your gamble hasn't worked?"

"Actually no. That's the astonishing part. Issei is a defect." Rias moved her bishop behind her king. Sona stopped and looked at Rias.

"A defect? Of all the times to get the Red Dragon Emperor on our side, he turns to be a defect. How has your gamble not worked?" She looked surprised to say the least. Sona was tempted to take the Dragon herself, but it was Issei Hyoudou. He was massively unpopular with the majority of the female population not to mention unimpressive as a student. In other words, not Student Council material. Though now it sounds more like she's dodged a bullet.

Rias took a moment and moved her knight to claim Sona's. "Because he's the reason behind that spike of power. Issei managed to summon the power of the dragon."

Sona contemplated that answer. "Though it was only for a second."

"True, but why? The Sacred Gear hasn't manifested at all. If Issei can access that power without a Gear what can that spell for him?"

"Perhaps a blessing, maybe a curse. The fact of the matter is that you've got a mystery on your hand. Perhaps you can solve it before things settle down." Rias broke her concentration and moved the knight on the wrong area. Sona took her knight.

"One pawn, one bishop, one king for you Rias. Meanwhile I have my bishop and queen on hand with my king. You're getting sloppy."

"You've been pushing my buttons as of recently. Has my brother or Grayfia been asking you to put on pressure?"

Sona moved her queen over a few spaces. "None of the sort. I can just see its coming and Rias...it should be time that you see it as well. They will not wait until your college years end. Haven't you felt it?"

"Everyday." Rias said. "I just...I just wish I had more time. I still haven't broken in my new pawn." The words carried on sadly. Sona felt sympathy for her old friend.

"Can't say I blame you nor can I say anything. Afterall if it wasn't for my sister or that meathead's inability to beat me properly at this game then I would've been the one in your situation."

Rias laughed. "I can hardly imagine them marrying into the Sitri family with how overprotective your sister is. My brother isn't like that." Sona looked gloomy at that thought before Rias fixed her pawn at the end of the board.

The pawn turned into a queen and Sona moved her bishop. Rias didn't follow and took out Sona's queen. "Then again I happy I don't. Then this marriage would've been a guarantee."

"Wait, Rias. You can't possibly mean what I think."

The redhead's mouth went from jovial to serious as she nodded. Sona moved her king and took out the bishop. "Rias there are serious ramifications. While I understand your faith in your pieces, those two new ones will not last long."

"Issei carries eight of my pawns. Even with the curious case of his power, I can still have him trained for the power of a queen. And my new bishop has Twilight healing, a rather useful tool in battles. I think they even the playing field quite a bit."

"It's not bad you think that. Honestly even I would be ecstatic at the prospect, but you forget one thing Rias." Sona moved her king and hit Rias's queen. Rias moved her king out of the way. "Your inexperience and rationality could land you in hot water. And when all the pieces are down…"

Sona moved her bishop and cornered the king with her own standing at a safe distance.

"It's checkmate." Rias finished as she knocked her king down in surrender. Sona nodded and got up. Rias grabbed her wrist. "Sona wait."

"What is it?"

"Your family has an extensive library like mine. My sources couldn't find much on defects aside from the usual spiel. Perhaps you have something in there about rare cases." Sona looked at Rias and pondered.

"Rather interesting to find that out myself. Your pawn displayed enough power to appear on our scale. Honestly if we don't have anything to pertaining to it and he displays such power like that again then we got something special."

Sona left and Rias smiled at that idea. She looked at chess board and picked up the fallen king. Holding it in her hand, Rias gripped it tightly and placed it back on the board.

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"Oh my are you sure this will be okay?" Asia asked. She was taking part in an old Hyoudou activity. Watching the men spar.

"Of course it is. Issei has had a few bullying problems before. I mean one time we found him scruffed up by some punks for some magazines he had on him. So now every week I've been giving him some good ol' self defense lessons."

Issei blushed. "It was one magazine that I accidently took from your collection! You don't need to go into detail on how it happened!" He dodged a punch from his dear old dad and replied with a light tap.

His old man was pushed back slightly. "Oh, I see someone's trying to get serious."

"Wait, dad!" Issei got into a defensive stance and began blocking every blow. He moved his eye over to Asia who kept a pure look of concern on her face. Though he shouldn't worry about her too much.

Issei took one more punch before throwing a jab. His dad dodged it and trapped his arm. Before he could break free, Issei found himself on the ground. His dad was breathing hard. "Hah, not bad son. I swear you could've gotten me if I hadn't caught it."

"You didn't tell me you'd start using judo." Issei groaned as his mom and Asia came up. "Hey don't worry I'm alright."

"I know but your mom told me that I should still check on you. Here I got some snacks." Issei was about to grab some of the fresh fruit from Asia when he peeked down. He just happened to notice the heat of the sun has made Asia sweat. And current sweat was going down her shirt. He blushed madly as Asia took his hesitate at the hands with dirt on it.

"Oh here." She took off the orange peels and fed Issei one piece. "There better."

"Mhm." He muttered before seeing his parents with sparkly eyes. "Hwey!"

The two ran off with eager eyes as they watched the two. Issei gave a small mumble of dismay when Asia looked perfectly content with the whole situation.

Later on Issei got out of the shower and walked back to his room. He peeked inside the guest room and saw Asia sleeping peacefully in her new bed. He smiled softly at her before something in his mind peaked. Her relaxed expression matched the one when she died.

Issei covered his mouth before he could remember the helplessness he felt that night. His stomach churned and felt like it was on fire as Raynare's cackle echoed in his head. He rubbed his left arm unconsciously and walked to his room.

When he laid down on the bed Issei took a few deep breaths before calming down. Sleep slowly crept up his system before hearing a magic circle happen in his room. He sat up immediately and saw Rias standing in the middle of the room.

"Rias...I mean President! H-How are you?"

"Fine, thank you. I just thought tonight I'd give you something."

"Oh, what's the occasion?" Rias smiled and began to strip. Issei's blood went up to his nose as he watched her continue. "Wh-what the hell?"

His master didn't answer and set up a barrier. "Issei, what do you think of me? As woman?"

"You're a very, very, very, very…." Issei trailed off as Rias smirked and kissed him on the cheek. Her top was on the floor and her breasts pressed against him. "Hot damn!"

"Damned is quite the right word. Though I'm sensing you're not in the mood. Let me change that."

"S-sorry. I just had to deal with some thoughts and GAH!" Rias nibbled softly against Issei's neck.

"In the mood now?"

"I'm lucky I showered!" Issei sputtered out. Rias chuckled at the behavior and pulled herself more forward. "D-Do you do this with everyone?"

"Not everyone, but now Issei." Rias stated. She continued her little bites. Issei felt like he was going crazy.

"Yes ma'am!" He cried out as Rias positioned herself. She chuckled at her servant's reaction before muttering, "Would you…?"

"Die for me?" Raynare's voice echoed before Issei could feel something hot in his stomach.

Issei felt everything freeze before feeling something well up in him. He felt fear claw his chest and soon found Rias across the room. He looked at himself in the mirror and saw a red aura cover him. His room was torn apart and Rias held herself up.

"Issei! Stop!"

"R-Rias." He gulped in fear before backing away when Rias took a step forward. "Wait, stay back!"

"Issei, calm down. Focus on me." He tried calming down when Rias approached him. She held his hand and squeezed tightly. The aura broke down and Issei fell to his knees. Exhaustion came in hard as he breathed hard. "Good, good."

She eased him down and grabbed her clothes. She quickly changed back and touched Issei on the head. "What happened?"

"I...I thought someone was-you know I would never-!" She put a finger on his lips.

"I did spring this on you, I'm guessing your power comes from high emotions. You must've been scared to mess up badly." Issei almost agreed before seeing what looked like a black feather on his mirror.

"Why are you here? I did want to know before things got...out of control." Issei stated. Rias looked at him with a distant gaze before giving a small smile. "President?"

"I wanted to….do one more thing for myself before I did a risky gamble. Then again I did learn something new about my servant."

"Gamble?" Rias kissed him on the forehead and moved away from him. "Rias, what gamble?"

"Tomorrow, we're going to attempt to regain that aura. Issei you got something special within you. Maybe something better than a Sacred Gear." Rias left and Issei looked at the circle before disappearing.

"Something better than my Sacred Gear?" He looked at his hand before comically dropping to his knees and crying. "What the hell is so good that it ruins possible fun times with someone like RIAS?! I WAS SO CLOSE!"

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Rias reappeared in her room and relaxed. She looked at her hands. They carried small burns and Rias focused on her magic to heal him. When she felt the aura, the parts where her hands were suddenly heated up. Not to mention it was enough to push her back against the wall. Even the barrier was strained underneath that burst of energy.

She rubbed the back of her head and felt a tiny bump on her head. Healing magic quickly reduced the swelling, but Rias just laid on her bed. Her thoughts were running rampant now. The end of her freedom, Issei, and the future of her club.

"I wish I had more time." Her eyes drooped down and fell asleep.