Chapter 2: The Dragons' Arrival
-Dragon's Hive, ten years later-
Ophis watch as his two favorite students spar against each other. The brown haired youth and the silver haired youth fend off each other's move blow for blow in equal footing. Ophis had spent a lot of time teaching them and even turn them into dragons. They will surely be the strongest Sekiryuutei and Hakuryuukou in existence.
Hyoudou Issei and Vali Lucifer, the Sekiryuutei and the Hakuryuukou, Ophis was surprised that they were found on the same day by Tiamat and herself. Both found in similar position and with similar intent. Truly it is a sign of something interesting to come. Both of them are the most interesting host of the Two Heavenly Dragons and are basically Ophis' adopted children. After all, she's the one who use her blood to turn them into dragons, or at least their human part. Issei is now 80% dragon while Vali is half dragon and half devil.
The two of them are equally strong in combat as they both had trained with each other for years, especially after Issei finally caught up with Vali in the physical department. The two young dragons are like brothers, something that Ddraig and Albion would complain about but quickly shut up after a little threatening from Ophis and Tiamat. Not even the Heavenly Dragons dare anger the strongest Dragon King and definitely not the Dragon God.
The two of them move with equal speed and grace. They could read each other's movement like a book. Whenever Issei threw a punch, Vali would be ready to block. Whenever Vali kicked, Issei would evade. It has become more like a dance than a spar. It is also why the two of them would spar with other opponents more frequently since two years ago but they would always spar with each other every morning as workout and every night to end the day.
"They're still going at it?"
"It's like a morning ritual for them. Just let them be."
Two more people, or dragons, join the group. They are Issei and Vali's… partners for lack of more appropriate terms. One is a cheerful girl with chestnut hair styled in twintail while the other is a miko with long black hair.
Issei's companion is the twintail girl. Her name is Shidou Irina and she is his childhood friend. Her parents were murdered by devils, specifically by the remaining peerage members of Cleria Belial, and Issei's parents were caught in the middle of it. It was an act of revenge since Shidou Touji, Irina's father, had a hand in Cleria Belial and her lover's death. Issei ran away with Irina while Touji held them back. Ophis came just in time to save them. Ophis turned her into a dragon by her request so she could stay with Issei who is the only one she has left.
The black haired miko is Vali's companion. Vali who was kicked out of his home by his father who feared his power was roaming the streets of Japan when he felt the power of Ddraig coming from somewhere. Naturally, as the Hakuryuukou, he rushed to find his rival but instead found a terrified girl who is NOT the Sekiryuutei. Apparently she was the descendant of Sekiryuutei (Albion was surprised Ddraig even had a descendant) but was driven out of the village she lived in. She never spoke why to anyone other than Vali. Her name is Salamandinay but usually shortened to Sala
The two's arrival marked the end of the Heavenly Dragons' sparring session. Irina gave a towel to Issei along with a bottle of water and Sala also did the same with Vali. Behind them came Tiamat. While Ophis focus mainly on the Heavenly Dragons, Tiamat is the girls' caretaker, teacher, guardian, and mother figure. Irina was also adopted by Tiamat. Although she was turned using Ophis' power, it is Tiamat's blood that serves as base for her dragon form.
"So are you boys and girls ready?"
Tiamat asked. All four of them are excited. With their training done, they will soon be returned to human society to finish school. Ophis had argued that it will decrease their time training to prepare for a showdown against Great Red (and spending time with her) but Tiamat was adamant that they should finish their education, at least their high-school and college. After all they are formerly humans. Although Ophis is not happy with letting her kids go (even for a while) she finally relents.
Today will be the day when the four of them will attend school. Vali and Issei are not really interested in going to school but the girls are. The two of them have smiles on their faces and are very excited, especially Sala as she had never been in a school… or treated decently in human society before. Obviously if the girls agree, the boys have no other choice than to follow them or else, face their wrath (and Tiamat) and they really don't want that.
Ophis sighs. She had silently hoped that somehow time would stop so their departure would never come. But apparently stopping time is not a part of her vast power. Tiamat eyed her to start. Ophis made a condition that at the very least, as a favor for her, she would be the one to choose where her little drakes will go. Tiamat agreed since it's the least she can do.
"Alright all of you, gather round. Ise, Vali, I don't want to do this as much as you two do but Tiamat insists so let's get this over with so I can get drunk on some dragon apple juice. They taste surprisingly good with alcohol, and I mean 100% alcohol since nothing less could get us drunk."
Tiamat glared at Ophis. The Dragon God wondered when did Tiamat got a measure of control over her. Things had certainly changed since they started this faction.
"Anyway, I picked your school from the list of schools in japan. I got it through the internet and printed it and pick them based on lottery."
Surprisingly, Dragon's Hive has internet connection. The boys and girls were surprised when they found out. Even Tiamat was surprised. Apparently some dragons that could turn into humans like to play online games, Ophis herself like to play online games and mobile games so somehow she made sure they would get an internet connection in the middle of the Pacific… under a very ancient and powerful barrier. None of them ever asked how Ophis managed to do that.
"Ophis, just get on with it."
Tiamat groaned.
"And so, the school you will be enrolling to is… Kuoh academy."
Irina and Sala cheered while Issei and Vali show no outward excitement. Tiamat though facepalmed, and she facepalmed so hard that there's a fine handprint on her face.
"Ophis, you really picked the school at random using a lottery?"
"Well there's so many of them I had to filter some. I picked the list of best schools and then make a lottery and pick from one of those. Anything wrong with Kuoh? I heard that it's a prestigious academy and I want nothing less for my little drakes."
Tiamat would've banged her head against a wall if there's one. In fact, she walk up to a tree and bang her head onto its trunk until it broke and the tree fell. Ophis certainly didn't know what she just did.
"Look, I even got the uniform for you guys to try out! Put them on."
Ophis took out four sets of brand new school uniforms from who-knows-where. Irina and Salako snatched them away and went to change. Vali and Issei took their own uniform and follow the girls. This left just Ophis and Tiamat on the training ground. Ophis obviously noticed that Tiamat seems to have a problem with the school so she asked.
"What's wrong with the school anyway? It has good reputation based on internet review."
"Ophis, Kuoh is devil territory."
Tiamat simply answered. She let that sink into the loli Dragon God for a while. Ophis' only response is…
"Oh."
Tiamat swore to herself that she will never let Ophis handle these things anymore. Now she has to think of some things to say in case the devils were to try anything, which means its back to work for her soon.
-Kuoh, 3 days later-
"Hee, so this is Kuoh academy? I don't remember it being here when we're still living here?"
"So you used to live here, Ise?"
"Yup, we used to live here and we also used to be neighbors!"
"I feel nervous. I don't like being around so much humans."
The four dragons entered the gate of Kuoh academy in their uniform Irina is the most excited about going to school again while Issei and Vale doesn't really care. Salamandinay though doesn't feel so good. She doesn't like being around so many humans.
"Are you alright?"
Vali asked.
"It's okay Vali-kun. I need to get used to this."
Sala insists that she will be fine. Vali is still concerned. Vali still remember when he first found Salamandinay. She's like a scared child who is afraid of the world around her and she's even afraid of her dragon side because of what happened to her. As a child Vali promised to take care of her and he intend to keep that promise.
"Don't worry Salako, we're here with you."
The reassurance from Irina made Sala feel better.
"Besides, anyone who try to hurt you will get blasted by Vali. I'm sure he'll make that clear right away."
Issei added. Vali said nothing to deny it. His brother in all but blood knew him so well. The quartet was about to enter the school when Sala felt someone looking at them. She's the best sensor of the three of them and she look behind her shoulder at the direction where she felt the presence.
"Salako, is something wrong?"
Irina asked, noticing her best friend stopped walking. Sala's eyes lingered at the direction a little longer before shaking her head and turning back to her friends. Vali noticed that her eyes were slitted for a moment before turning back to her normal blue eyes. Irina doesn't notice it though.
"Nothing important."
Irina wondered what that's all about as the quartet continue walking. Sala though already knew that someone was watching them. Then again, four dragons just march into a school controlled by devils. Someone was bound to keep an eye on them. Dragons are not subtle creatures after all, especially the high-ranking ones like them even if they're trying to suppress their power. A good enough sensor would detect traces of their power. So Sala decided instead to make their presence known. The devil is probably running back to her master by now.
"Hmm, I hope we're all in the same class."
"Koneko, what is it?"
Rias Gremory, the Gremory heiress and the owner of Kuoh asked her Rook who came back to the clubroom shaken. It's so unlike Koneko at all who rarely showed any visible emotion. Rias is currently having tea with her Queen, Akeno, when Koneko came back looking as pale as a sheet.
She look like she had seen a ghost though there's really no reason for her to fear a ghost being a devil and all. The only other thing that could happen is if a certain SS class stray were to come visiting but that would be impossible, right?
"Koneko, what did you see?"
Koneko did not answer. She sat down and try to relax. What she had just seen had shook her. She had never felt so afraid in her life. This must be how animals would feel when they are facing an apex predator because she knew she had just seen one. After she had steadied her breathing, she answered.
"Dragons. There are dragons in Kuoh."
Alright, I'm back with the newest chapter of Dragons of Infinity. Nothing much here so it's rather short since this is just the dragons' arrival in Kuoh. Ophis made a mistake when choosing a school for them. Well, this is Ophis we're talking about. She doesn't know it's devil territory because she never cared about territory before which will lead to more headache for Tiamat.
So here are the titular Dragons of Infinity, the four who is more or less Ophis' children hence they are the Dragons of Infinity. So Irina is in Kuoh already and she's a Dragon and I have included Cross Ange's Salamandinay here to become Vali's partner. Next chapter will be when things began to pick up. I'm
Anyway, I have to say that this story's first chapter did much better than my previous stories. Thanks for all your support. It makes me all fired up! Ohh and prepare for some fried chicken when Riser appear. There's no doubt that he'll piss of both Issei and Vali.
Now for the revs.
especially looking forward to writing more about Vali and Salamandinay.
giacomoX: With Ophis as leader, I think there will be much more chaos than when she leads Khaos Brigade.
zeon480: I'll take that into consideration. Although, Saji only completely becomes Vritra months after he was turned into a devil. Vritra's soul was divided into multiple sacred gears after all so the dragons have a hard time finding him because his draconic signature is weak when he only has his part of the Vritra sacred gear. And yeah, Vritra should be very powerful but I think Heavenly Dragons are actually much more powerful than Shiva while the Dragon Kings at full power are as powerful as Indra and the likes. Fafnir did chew Rizevim when he's enraged and Rizevim is in the top ten. Maybe they're not so powerful in normal state but are insanely powerful when they entered the state Fafnir was in when he chewed Rizevim.
fazrulz21: That's exactly why I write this story and why I make Ophis different. It's funny.
daizuke: What?