Rias sighed as she looked at the two boys who were now completely different.
Issei Hyoudo, the rouge terrorist was the Welsh Dragon Emperor. She clickled her tongue in annoyance for not realizing. It was simple, really. His code name was Ddraig. Ddraig is the legendary Red Welsh Dragon.
But well, that wasn't the biggest surprise this night. On the contrary it was her knight, who was radiating a whole different presence than mere hours ago. Before his power wasn't noticeable, but now his aura was radiant-blue colored and it was a lot thicker. It had changed so much, she hadn't realized it was him at first.
And as she was the King, she took over. –''Yuuto, you cover me, and Issei – be free to engage and deal with the hostile.''
He looked back at her simply nodded, as Kiba dashed back at her side.
''You will tell me everything once this is over.''
''Yes, buchou.'' – He smiled softly at her, raising his sword – ready to block.
Meanwhile, Kokabiel, high in the air grinned at the field below him. He didn't expect the dragonboy to show up, or Balba getting killed, but well, it didn't matter – Rias Gremory was there, and he could exact his plan.
With a snap of his fingers the ground beneath him split and 3 giant columns of fire appeared from it. As the flames died down, 9 giant wolf-like creatures appeared. Or at least, that was Issei thought at first, only to realize there were just 3 creatures with 3 heads each.
Rias widened her eyes and exclaimed with unseen anger. –''The guardians of the hell gate, Cerberus? Have you become mad to summon them to the topside?''
Kokabiel simply laughed. –''Go my servants!''
The monster jumped at Rias, who didn't even budge. She didn't have to – Kiba, Irina, Koneo and Akeno jumped in front of her and attacked the hostiles to protect their king.
Kokabiel with a giant smirk landed on the ground, keeping his wings out, and started cracking his arms. The damage done to them by Issei had seemingly disappeared. He raised his eyes and looked at the red armor clad Issei, seemingly content with the situation.
Issei sighed and nodded to Xenovia, who in that split of a second lunged at Kokabiel. He simply cocked his head and captured the blade with his arm.
''..'Tis it?'' – He asked with a disappointed expression.
Her blue bangs were covering her eyes, but a shit-eating grin appeared on her face. She shifted the position of her foot and rotated her hip inwards as she pushed down on the Durandal.
The Welsh Dragon's energy flared and Xenovia drove the sword downwards, seemingly trough Kokabiel, as the ground shattered on impact.
But alas, Kokabiel wasn't stupid. He lunged at Xenovia from behind with a light sword in his right arm. He swung it down at Xenovia but was blocked – by an Excalibur in her other hand.
As Kokabiel raised his leg to kick, he was blown away by a powerful punch to his side.
At start he skidded over the ground, but then he was full-out thrown into the air and crashed trough the parks trees, coming to a stop only when he was slammed against a barrier.
Issei smirked as he silently thanked Rias – without the barrier, hundreds, if not thousands of innocent people would have been in danger.
Kokabiel spat out blood, and as he tried to get up, Xenovia was already on top of him with her blade reaching for his neck in blinding speeds, but of course it wasn't enough.
Kokabiel disappeared and appeared behind Xenovia to kick out the feet beneath her. Xenovia was thrown to the ground, her swords falling out of her grasp. She widened her eyes as she noticed the foot coming for her chest – she rolled backwards and back flipped to her feet, only to block a fist with her elbow.
CRUNCH.
With a sickening crunching noise her arm was blown away and she choked down the tears – that arm now simply hung down at her side.
As she redirected her attention to her arm, Kokabiel didn't waste a second. His bloodshot eyes opened wider as he threw another straight, only to be blocked by a foot.
''Switch.'' – The words came from the armored Issei, as Xenovia jumped sideways, grabing her sword.
Kokabiel showed off his canine teeth, as Issei cracked his helmet against Kokabiels face and delivered a gut-wrenching punch to his ribs as he staggered backwards.
Kokabiel moved his leg backwards and ducked as the edge of the Durandal swiped over his head. Xenovia grunted as she pushed herself to spin around and swing at Kokabiel again.
He dodged and kicked the sword out of her hands.
''Hey, aren't you little too eager to defeat me?'' – he chukled.
''I will slay you in the name of God!'' – She literally spat out the words, as she scorned at Kokabiel.
A repulsive grin appeared on his face. – ''Aahahahaha, such undying loyalty for someone who himself is dead!''
It was as if the time itself had stopped. The growls from the Cerberus were non-existant because they had been defeated by the peerage members and Irina.
''What are talking about, Kokabiel?'' – Xenovia's voice was ice cold as she stared daggers.
He simply grinned as he touched his hair in a exaggerated fashion.
'Right, right, I'm gonna start a war.'' – He mumbled to himself. –''THEN I CAN TELL YOU, HAHA, GOD IS DEAD.''
Everyone looked shocked, only Issei looked... disappointed.
''...No way...'' Xenovia stumbled backwards, choking on her words. –''There is no way he is dead. If he is dead then why is prayer still working?''
Kokabiel threw back an amused smirk. –''Michael. You do know of him, i believe? He took over the God system. He took over everything and everything was kept hidden after God's death in the last war between the 3 sides.''
Kokabiel laughed maniacally while Xenovia fell to her knees.
''...Lies...LIES!'' – She was panicking and loosing strength, and even Rias and her queen were visibly shaken from the truth.
Issei stepped forward with a grunt.
''Pathetic. These people, I swear, they're all pathetic. You all fall behind something. YOU ALL COVER BEHIND SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOU.'' – By now Issei was full on screaming. –''YOU ALL NEED SOMEONE STRONGER TO PROTECT YOU! WEAK, WEAK, WEAK!''
''..Issei...What the hell are you talking about?'' – Rias spoke with arched eyebrows.
''Look at her.'' – He pointed his scale armor-covered arm to Xenovia. –''She worshiped God for so long, she did EVERYTHING for him, he thought of him as the strongest, as the unkillable. But even god falls, and now she is so destroyed by the fact she can't even protect herself.'' – He chuckled. –''Imagine this, she is so shook by the fact that God is dead even though she never did actually serve him.''
''Hey brat, doesn't sound like you have taken a liking to God.'' – Kokabiel interviened before Rias had time to respond.
''...For a long time I wanted to slap his shit for not helping me when I needed him, but I've grown out of it, I've grown out of the phase of wanting to be protected by people stronger than me. I am done waiting on others to do things for me.''
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Issei's aura flared to such levels it became hard to breath. Buildings, cars, trees were destroyed to nothingness from the pure pressure of Issei's power.
''..And now, I'll show you something I created to BE THE ONE WHO PROTECTS!'' – Issei shouted, as he stepped to the front, putting his feet to the ground.
The ground shattered, throwing dirt everywhere, and Issei disappeared. And he appeared everywhere. Kokabiel narrowed his eyes in anger. He couldn't follower the brat with his eyes. He was simply too fast – he was creating afterimages flashing around him.
A fist hit Kokabiel in the stomach and he was thrown at the barrier – it cracked, along with his organs. He staggered away, putting his arms in a cross to block.
CRUNCH.
His arms were blown off.
Literally. His arms, along with the bones flew in the air as purple blood was splattered over Issei's clad-red armor.
There he stood in front of Kokabiel with purple sparks coming off his arm, while his eyes shone in an eerie green glow.
In his arm, slowly, but surely materialized a spear. A long, semi-transparent red spear.
It was simple, yet beautiful – well, if not for the fact that it radiated sharp killing intent. Kokabiel, on reflex tried to back away, but instead, in a flash got his leg chopped off at the knee.
It was a clear chop, no jagged edges. He fell to his knee, or what was left of it and looked at the brat from below. He noted to himself that it was a rather displeasing position to be in.
The helmet fell off from Issei head in pieces. He was drenched in sweat, seemingly tired.
He raised his head and looked down at Kokabiel from the bottom of his eyelids. His voice was ice cold as he spoke – ''Any last words, Kokabiel?''
He sighed as he felt his life drain away. –''Why? Why do you push yourself so? You can't even compare to the last time I saw you. Back then...you were so lost. You followed Margit like a faithful puppy would his mother. Just what happened?''
Issei would be lying if he said he expected such a question. He thought it would be cliche bad guy ''don't kill me I can give you [..]'' line. He touched his face and wiped off the sweat with his free hand.
''A lot happened. I will give back 10fold what she gave me.'' His voice went soft. – ''For her – everything.''
He then leaned closer to Kokabiel and whispered something into his ear. No one heard what.
But oh, what a reaction he got from Kokabiel. – ''AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, YOU ARE SIMPLY OUT OF YOUR MIND!'' – Kokabiel laughed so hard he started to cough blood and almost choked on it. –''But..but perhaps you are simply crazy enough to succeed.''
Issei simply grinned back. He stepped back and raised he spear. He crashed it down trough Kokabiel's heart. He looked up at Issei muttered his last words.
''..Remember, you are...everything...like me...I will be...watching...''
His eyes became solid, lifeless gems. Issei dispelled the spear, and Kokabiels body fell to the side, on the ground of the remains of the park.
He turned around to face the peerage. They were all speechless. Xenovia was still on the ground, clutching her sword with her not-broken hand, as Irina was hugging her.
Rias came up to him and slapped him. He simple stared back at her.
''You...how dare you not tell me everything? I am your master, you need to OBEY!'' – He exclaimed, her red hair fluttering in the wind. She was spoiled, there was no doubt about it.
''It was orders from your brother.'' – he scoffed. –''Talk with him if you have any problems.''
Issei was about to dispel the Balance Break armor as the barrier was shattered by blinding white light.
There, in the middle of the field stood a man clad in white armor and blue light wings. Issei and Kiba on reflex turned stormed to the front of the peerage.
[So you came, white one.]
[Indeed I did, red one.]
To everyone's surprise, both armors spoke.
''..The..English dragon?'' – Rias asked.
The man nodded. –''Indeed. I am Vali Albion. The strongest White Dragon emperor to ever exist.''
The pressure from both dragon emperors was suffocating to say the least, and in a second, it disappeared.
''It's a shame, but not today.'' – White one spoke. –''I came for business. I suppose Azazel spoke of me?''
Issei raised his eyebrows. – ''He did say that he would send someone I would recognize, but isn't this too much?''
Rias was speechless. The white and red dragon emperor. Azazel – the leader of fallen angels, Kokabiel and the death of bible god. This was going to be a long night.
Meanwhile, the white one chuckled. –''Well, you defeated Kokabiel so easily, I think this is sufficient as a bargaining chip.''
He went over to the body and took it over his shoulder. He glanced over at Issei one more time. –''Let's fight soon. I know from the look in your eyes you want to.''
A feral grinn appeared on Issei's face. –''And so do you.''
A simple nod, and the white one was gone, leaving only a white trail in his wake.
Issei's armor fell off his body and dispersed in red dust. Issei was covered in sweat and his clothes were sticking to his body. He exhaled, as he looked at Rias with droopy eyes.
''..This is gonna take a while, isn't it?''
Somewhere in Russia, 7 months after joining the Zero army
It was night, the full moon illuminated the swirling snow.
''Margit in position.'' – a stern expression
''Ddraig in position.'' – childish voice.
''Kuroka in position.'' – A playful voice.
''Gilgamesh in position.'' – an arrogant tone.
''Mission is a go.'' – The same stern voice spoke trough the headpiece. Issei was crouching on top of a construction site. On his shoulder was an L96 sniper rifle as he overlooked the building in front of him.
By the first glance it would seem like a restaurant, but that was a ploy. It was a cover for the Russian mafia. Scumbags who ran human and drug trafficking, laundered money, robed and many other things.
Issei moved his sniper rifle to look over the windows. On the 3rd floor was Margit sitting at the table, drinking a glass of wine, when her red hair fluttered and in a second 2 barmen were dead with a bullet in their skulls.
Issei smirked and moved the scope downwards. There was Gilgamesh, he was using an sub-machine gun to raise havoc, showing of his canine teeth.
The scope moved downwards, towards the first floor. Issei noticed everyone on that floor on the ground as Kuroka simply executed every single one of them. Issei chuckled dryly. Having senjutsu was a one hell of an advantage.
And now, after confirming was going well, Issei quickly pulled his scope upwards to the rooftop and located the two guards. They were still unaware, simply holding their assault rifles.
Issei waited for one of them to turn around and quickly flipped the safety. When he pulled the trigger the bullet shot out silently and the guard fell down, collapsing on his own weight. He quickly pulled the bolt and heard the satisfying ''cling'' as the empty shell hit the ground. He then did the same thing to the other guard.
But that wasn't his real task of the night. Suddenly 3 jet-black jeeps pulled up in hurry.
''Ddraig reporting, the cavalry is here, but the count is off by one.''
''Roger that. Engage them anyways.'' – the stoic voice of Margit answered.
''Affirmative. Starting the attack.''
He quickly opened the bag on by his feet and pulled out a magazine. He changed the magazines with a practiced ease. He pulled the bolt and heard the bulled get pushed into the barrel.
He pulled the scope to his eye and observed men in suits holding assault rifles climb out of the cars. He fired at the cars engine and the car went up in flames, throwing few off the men in the air.
The men were distraught from the explosion and didn't get to cover fast enough. All it took was another well coordinated attack at the middle car and all of them were dead.
He sighed and relaxed slightly.
''Ddraig reporting in, the deed is done.'''
''Well done. Because of Anatoly we have about an half of hour before police show up. Don't let your guard down.''
''Roger''- Ddraig, Gilgamesh and Kuroka answered in a synergy.
Issei was about to put down the rifle as he was pulled into air from behind. Giant, scarred arms that eloped around his neck.
He started panicking but then exhaled deeply and remembered what he taught. Of course, that was the reason for the missing car.
He brought his leg close to himself and pulled out the knife.
In that second he hand cut an artery on the giants arm. He dropped Issei and staggered backwards. Issei heard him scream in pain and something along the lines of ''Blag''
He rolled to the side and turning around mid-roll. There were 4 men in suits. The giant was about 2 meters tall and might as well had been 2 meters wide as well. He had long messy brown hair and a beard and he was clearly pissed. His arm hung down his side, bleeding. The two others were average and the forth was a child Issei's age.
He scoffed and jumped to his side as he noticed one of the goons pull out a gun. He pulled one himself from the hidden pocket in his coat together with a grenade and hid behind an unfinished wall. He threw down the flashbang grenade and a second later jumped into view killing the blinded goons.
But he didn't even get enough time to wonder where the other two went as he was smacked into the backside of his head by the giant. His teeth clashed against each other and the grip on his pistol was lost. He rolled along the floor and shot up to his feet.
He slipped into a fighting stance. The giant gave an amused smirk as he charged Issei like a bull. Issei sidestepped and ran the knife hidden in his sleeve along the mans leg. He grunted and turned around.
He was strong but he wasn't fast.
The bigger the target, the harder he falls.
Issei had already taken a cut at 2 arteries – he fell to his knees and started to curse in Russian. Issei lunged at the man with the intent to finish him as he felt a sharp pain in his ribs.
CRACK
He jumped backwards and turned to his right. There stood the young goon. He held an apathetic look on his face. He was about Issei height and weight. Issei kicked off the ground and tried to kick him in the side. He nimbly caught the leg and turned it to the side, slamming Issei into the ground.
Issei used his arms to push himself away but was was caught by his leg. He span around and kicked the boy in his face, rolling backwards and as he got up he was kicked in the face.
Issei was thrown backwards and violently hit his head against the wall behind him. He raised his arms to block but that wasn't enough to stop the other boy. He sharply smacked Issei in the eye and broke his nose. He pulled Issei by the hair and knee'd him in the stomach numerous times.
Issei collapsed and started to cough. He noticed blood. Great. Issei looked up at the boy.
He needed time.
''Hey. Who are you?''
''...Ivan.'' – He answered sharply.
''Why..do you fight?''
''I fight.. for my family.'' – He answered in a broken Russian accent. -''They need money, so I fight.''
''I see.'' – Issei grinned and thought about it. He was in this shithole killing Russian mafia because of business. He wasn't killing them for honor or the fact of being good, he was killing Russian mafia because he was paid to do it by a different mafia, while this boy in front of him was killing to feed his family. It was funny, really.
He wanted to give up for a second but then that cutthroat women flashed before his eyes.
''Sorry, Ivan... but I need to live.'' – In that second Issei was grasping another pistol hidden in his coat. His spare one. Time slowed down and he shot the boy in his chest. Ivan looked at Issei with wide eyes.
''...Disgusting.'' – He muttered before fell down to the ground lifeless.
Issei's face turned into a wide teeth showing grin. He was right. The boy was right, he was disgusting. He started to laugh. His laughter became louder and louder.
'''HahahaHAHAHAHAHAHA, FUCK, HE WAS RIGHT. FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, I AM DISGUSTING!'' – His laughter died down at his whimpers. He was in pain, but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle. His ankle was most likely dislocated and 2 or 3 ribs broken. His face was hot and swelling.
He moved into a more comfortable position against the half-finished wall and looked at the giant lying in his own pool of blood. He moved his eyes to the sky and looked at the twirling snow.
This place was a shithole, but snow was beautiful, there was no doubt about that.
Issei didn't get a lot of time look at the scenery as he heard footsteps. Margit, Kuroka and Gilgamesh came.
''Aw fuck kid, you look like shit. '' – Gilgamesh ridiculed him while outstretching his arm to help Issei get up.
He chuckled as he took the hand and got up. He brought his other arm to his hurting side.
''Ara ara, Issei-nya, let me help you.'' – The mischievous catgirl hugged him from behind and Issei was in pure bliss. His pain started to numb down and he felt the massive chest of Kuroka against his back.
Margit simply raised her eyebrows. –''The boy did this to you?''
''Yes. The name was Ivan. He was stronger than me.''
Margit had an unreadable look in her eyes. It stopped when she heard the police car sirens.
''I see. Well, not that it maters, you won in the end.'' – She looked at Kuroka. –''C'mon, get us out of here.''
Kuroka nodded and the 4 of them disappeared in whirlwind of the snow.
Yo, a tired and stressed blueprints appears.
How have you been? I have been just fuckin' dandy with the exams.
Sorry for the delay, but well its out. I basically wrote this in about a night, so there might be some mistakes or other things, if so, sorry and I AM STILL LOOKING FOR A BETA READER! If you have interest in that, please message me.
Anyways, see ya soon again, I'm out.