Like announced this chapter will mostly be about the meeting with Tiamat and a bit about Raiser. Also I made a mistake in the harem last chapter. Rias and Asia are in the section unwanted harem. The reason is simple Asia because Issei will view her as a little sister and Rias... Well, I don't like the spoiled princess type so I thought it would be funny if she is the one who needs to run after Issei and beg for his attention. Also I said it before but I will make a few changes like making Tsukiyomi female. The reasons for it are:
1. Having Amaterasu in the harem when married is... well annoying to deal with
2. A female Tsukiyomi things will get more interesting
3. I'm ashamed to admit it, but that's the main reason. In Rage of Bahamut the Tsukiyomi card looked like a girl. That's how I got the idea
A funny story caditeeos, because the same almost happened to me when I read your review. Thank god, I put the glass away soon enough XD
Well, let's get started with the story:
Chapter 4: Ddraig the Stalker Dragon Emperor!?
(… Issei's room...)
Hyoudou Issei, the Red Dragon Emperor, was one of the strongest beings in his age group. With the help of the Ouroboros Dragon God and the training of gods, goddesses and Maous rose into a league of his own, for his age at least. But now, said boy of unbelievable strength, was sweating bullets. He was really desperate to gain the forgiveness of a little girl that looked like a eleven years old. The girl in front of him was none other than the Ouroboros Dragon herself, one of the two strongest beings in existence, and starring down at the boy and the two fallen angels behind him, all in seiza position by the way.
Looking up Issei was met with the strongest and coldest glare he ever saw on her face. 'Am I imagining things or is she looking more angry, then she was when Shalba attacked?' As if reading his thoughts Ophis glare infested and she gave in a really slight nod. 'Did she read my mind?!' The loli blackhead shifted her eyes from Issei to Mittelt and Kalawarner. ''Why, should they sleep in here?'' Both fallen angel needed all of their power to stay conscious so it was Issei's job to answer. ''Because... they are afraid the devils will come for them?''
''Why, does it sound like a question?''
''…Sorry.''
''The reason?''
''They said they would feel safe'' The boy and girl talked without minding the fallen behind them.
''Is one of them your so called 'girlfriend', Issei?'' That made the boy blink a few times in confusion. ''Huh? No it's the one next doors.'' Ophis gave the two fallen a last long and powerful glare before walking to the bed. ''Only tonight.'' Issei got up and hugged the dragon god who, as funny and strange as it sounds, made a cute 'Kyaa!'. ''Eh? Ophis-chan, did you just...''
''No.''
''But I'm sure I heard...''
''No.'' Ophis grabbed one of his arms, gave it a light squeeze and laid down on the bed. She embraced Issei, like every time she is in a bad mood, and turned to Kalawarner and Mittelt. ''No touching.'' Said girls nodded their head so fast it looked like they will fall of and walked to the bed, hugging each other. ''When I saw that Issei is the Sekiryuutei I was shocked, but not only that he even has Ouroboros living with him? Give me a break.'' Kalawarner muttered before she and Mittelt fell asleep with the same thought 'Loli Dragon-sama is scary'.
(...Occult Research Club... Next day...)
Issei was standing in front of the whole peerage of Rias Gremory. Everyone, with the exception of Asia, was wary and a little afraid of the person in front of them. They sometimes wondered why since the boy in front of them would sometimes absentmindedly look after a butterfly like a three years old. To his defense when nobody in the room has enough courage to talk to you it's easy to get distracted by things like a butterfly in front of a window. ''S-so Ise-kun, I guess that you have a sacred gear. After yesterday it's pretty much obvious...'' Rias trailed off at the end of her sentence when she noticed Issei starring out of the window and completely ignoring her. She gained a thick mark and wanted to say something, when her queen took a cup of tee and gave it to the boy. ''Here Ise-kun.''
''Thank you, Akeno-senpai.'' Said girl giggled and walked back to the side of her king. ''Ufufu, he didn't ignore me.'' That gave the redhead a second thick mark. ''Ise-kun, since when did you call Akeno by her first name?'' When the answer 'since before school today' her right eyebrow started to twitch. Her queen decided to explain it to her best friend. ''When I told Ise-kun that we want to discuss something after school I told him that it's fine to call me Akeno.''
''So Gremory-senpai, what did you want to discuss?'' The twitching got stronger after another 'Ufufuf' from behind her. ''We wanted to go to the Familiar Forest to get Asia-chan a familiar and we wondered if you want to come too?''
''Well, I always wanted to see it, but is it alright for me to enter? I'm not a devil.''
''It's alright. Since Sona has to restore to damage at the church we can go immediately.''
''Then I will happily come with you.''
''We will go to the forest tonight, since we need to make adjustments for the circle.'' With all said and done, Rias stood up and walked over to her new bishop. ''Asia, why don't you ask Ise-kun to help you hand out the leaflet?'' Said former nun blushed and looked up to him with a secret weapon he learned to loathe. The puppy dog eyes. A certain black haired Maou always used it at him for the past ten years, well she is still using it. And even after all this time, he still had no resistance against it what so ever! ''Can you help me Ise-san?''
''Of course!'' He answered and nodded without a second thought. 'M-my body moved on it's own. I can't believe Sera-san trained me in something like this. I feel like a pet.' The boy moved over to the king of the peerage and took the box of leaflets from her. ''I will come back with Asia after we finished.''
''Yes, that's fine. I think we will have the circle ready in about two hours.'' Rias gave a quick nod and sat down on her seat again.
(…Two hours later...)
Issei ans Asia returned half a hour ago. There was nothing noteworthy that happened, well besides Asia's unbelievable talent to trip over everything... even air. They sat down on the couch and talked with the knight and rook about trivial things. ''Ise-san, Rias-bucho said that you fought against Dohnaseek-san and the exorcists all by yourself is that true?'' The innocent nun asked him while tilting her head to the side. ''Yes, since he was a low-level Fallen it was really easy.''
'Really easy he said.' All devils with the exception of Asia thought that. The corner of the room shone in a bright red light, before it dimmed to a light glow. ''Alright everyone, we are ready to depart.'' Rias said while she and Akeno stood in front of the teleportation circle. The other occupants of the room made their way over to them. All of them stood in the center of the rotating magic formula with Asia and Akeno awfully close to the dragon. ''Once we arrive in the forest, The familiar master will come to greet and guide us.'' The Gremory heiress looked at her servants and Issei one after another, receiving a nod from everyone. The circle once again shone in a bright light that swallowed everyone in it.
(… Familiar Forest …)
The group appeared in the middle of a creepy looking forest. The trees are black and looked dead, the sky had the color of blood mixed with purple and there was an almost transparent layer of fog in the air. ''So, this is the familiar forest? It doesn't look like a comfortable place to live.'' Ise said while Asia got behind him and grab his blazer. The red haired devil wanted to say something, but was interrupted by a voice from behind. ''My, my, looks like I got a few visitors here in my forest. I assume that you are the Gremory princess?'' The group turned around to see a woman around 20 with midnight black hair. She wore brown boots over her black stockings. A white shirt was under her open black long sleeved blouse. She had one hand at her also black skirt and the other pushed a single strand behind her ear.
''Yes, that's right. Are you the current familiar master?'' Rias answered doing the same gesture that the woman before them did. A glimmer of amusement danced in her pale green eyes when she noticed it and gave a a elegant light bow and a smile. ''That is not fully true. I am no more than an apprentice. I hope that I can help you tonight.''
''How come an apprentice is the one guiding us? I thought only the master has the qualification for this.'' The king of the peerage asked the woman in front of her. ''Ah. While that is generally correct, this is a special case. Since tonight is the last test for me before I will become the new master of this forest.''
''Is that so? Then I hope that you will pass this test.''
''Thank you very much. This apprentice named Natasha Elsas will guide you to your ideal familiar tonight.'' She once again gave a quick bow before she walked closer to them. ''So what kind do you wish to acquire?'' Asia looked nervously up and blushed a little. ''I-I want a c-cute one...'' Her voice lost on volume the longer she talked until it was nothing more than a whisper. ''A cute one, huh? Nothing comes to mind so let's go look around for a bit.'' Natasha turned around and begun to led the group.
''By the way, why is a human with you miss Gremory?''
''He is a potential peerage candidate so I took him with me.''
''I think I already said no.'' Ise answered with a hint of annoyance in his voice.'Even Sera-san wasn't this persistent.' The devils walked further into the forest, ignoring Ise. 'How come every time I say something important, I will get ignored?'
''So, potential peerage-kun? What kind of familiar do you want?''
''Like I said- *sigh* forget it. Do you have dragons here?'' He asked with a depressed aura around him. ''Well, there are sprite dragons here, but they almost never show themselves so they are out. There are also a few low level dragons here and there, but taming them is more trouble than they are worth. The only useful one would be Tiamat-dono, but she is one of the five dragon kings and hates devils. So, I would recommend you to look for something e-... Where did the boy go?'' Natasha turned around to convince him to look for something else, when she noticed that he wasn't with the group anymore. The collective 'Eh...?' proved that she wasn't the only one who is surprised by the disappearance of the dragon.
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Ise was walking around, following his nose for any dragonic scents in the air. ''Mhhh~ this ones' scent has water in it, that one smells like wood and this one... I have never smelled a scent like this, but it has a strong feeling to it.'' He ran deeper into the forest passing a few strange creatures on his way. ''It's here.'' In front of him was a big cave, easily five sizes the height of him. ''Is someone in here?''
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No answer.
''Hello? Tiamat-sama?'' He said a bit louder.
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Again no answer.
''TIAMAT-SAMA!'' This time he shouted.
*rumble* *rumble* *rumble*
''You're annoying! What do you want?!''Out of the cave came a massive aquamarine blue western dragon with deep ocean blue eyes. She looked down on him with a really annoyed stare. ''I heard a lot of you from a friend so I really wanted to met you.'' He gave her a toothy grin. Tiamat was not amused about it one bit. ''And why did it have to be now, when I'm taking my nap?!''
''Since I'm not a devil I had to come now, I don't know if I get another chance. I'm sorry, if I woke you up.'' He gave her a quick bow. ''You are not a devil? Then what are you? There is no way for a normal human to come all the way here.''
''I'm the current possessor of the [Boosted Gear].''
''So, you are telling me that you are the host of Ddraig?!'' The chaos karma dragon was furious! How dare that red prick sends his host after her! ''Yes, is there a problem with it?'' Ise tilted his head. That ticked the dragon king even more of! ''What did he say about me?!''
''Huh? Nothing, every time someone said you're name, he would shout up and pretend to sleep.''
''That good-for-nothing dragon! Ddraig! You can hear me, right?! Why are you so silent?!''
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No answer.
''Ehm, Tiamat-sama? He is unfortunately really asleep this time. But why are you so angry? Did this idiot do something to you?''
''Did something to me?! That red prick had the gal to claim that I am his mate, simply because I'm the strongest female dragon! So I'm worthy to become his mate! Not only that, but after I rejected him again and again, he started to STALK me! Just thinking about it makes my blood boil!''
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Absolute silence.
''*sigh* of course he would do something like that. Only an idiot of his caliber could be so stupid.'' Issei said it with a sigh. ''You're not taking his side? I thought you are partners?'' Although she was still furious, her curiosity got the better of her. ''Partners? Far from it! Not only did he ignore me for the first fifteen years, he said he thought I would never unlock my [Sacred Gear]! And then he always makes the others angry at me! He also is asleep every time I would need him! While we might be on friendly terms, that good-for-nothing dragon is most definitely not my partner!'' After the red dragon emperor was finished with his rant, Tiamat calmed down a bit.'' Yes, yes, that's it! He is unbelievable! One time I woke up from my nap, when I saw him behind a cliff watching me sleeping!''
''That's nothing! One time when I was training with Zeus-sama and he bombarded me with his lightning, Ddraig fell asleep and deactivated my [Sacred Gear] because of that.'' The two of them talked about their experience with the stalker dragon emperor, while slowly going into the cave.
(… One Hour later … Gremory Group …)
''Just where did Ise-kun go?! We are looking for him since an hour ago and we still don't have a single clue!'' Rias Gremory, high-class devil and heiress of one of the 72 pillars, was shouting around like a hysterical child. ''U-uhm, I think Ise-san really did go to see Tiamat-san.'' Asia timidly raised her hand. ''N-no, Not even Ise-kun would do something likt that... right?'' She looked around, but only received hesitating looks from everyone present. ''Well, he was really interested in dragons...'' Natasha said.
''C-can you take us to where she is?'' Said familiar master apprentice gave a silent nod and led them through the forest.
(… Tiamat's cave …)
The duo was talking about several things. At first it was about Ddraig, then about the human world and now they are talking about their adventures. ''Now that I think about it, Ise, from what I heard you are acquaintance with gods and the current Leviathan, right? But I don't think that I met one of them. So how come you said your friend told you about me?'' The dragon king looked up to Issei, who was currently sitting on top of her head. ''Huh? No, it was another friend who told me about you.''
''And who is that friend of yours?'' Tiamat raised an eyebrow. ''Sorry, I promised her that I won't say her name in front of people unless they are an ally.'' He gave her an apologetic smile. ''Is that so... Say Issei, you said that you came here because a few devils are looking for familiars, right?''
''Yes, that's right...''
''Then how about I become your familiar?'' Tiamat asked him while lowering her head further. Ise understood what she meant and jumped off of her head. He looked at her with sparkling eyes. ''Really?! Will you really become my familiar?!'' After he got a nod, he thanked her with a tight hug around her snout. 'Did her scales just turned a bit pink?' The red dragon emperor thought, while slowly releasing her from the hug. The chaos karma dragon raised herself to her full height, before a bright pale blue light engulfed her. Out of the light walked an attractive young woman around the age of 20. She had pale blue hair that fell down to her waist with a single white geranium above her left ear.
Ise looked at the beautiful woman in awe. She wore a one piece white dress that ended just under her knees with a silver necklace around her neck, which had a sapphire in it, resting on top of her ample bust. The emerald glowed a bit and gave of a light in the same color as her beautiful deep blue eyes. Tiamat made her way to Ise, not making a sound with her bare feet that walked on the grass. 'Now that I think about it, this is the only place that has grass.'
The female dragon walked closer to him with an amused smile. She did see the awestruck look on his face, although she believes that it's more of a lovestruck look. ''So? Will you form a pact with me or will you continue to just stand there.'' The boy looked a bit embarrassed before he remembered something. ''I don't know how to form a pact, since I didn't think I would get a familiar.''
''Then why did you come to me?'' Tiamat raised an eyebrow.
''Because I wanted to talk to you.''He averted his eyes and continued with a light blush. ''And I always liked dragons.'' She once again smiled at him and stood in front of him. ''Alright, then do as I say. First, give me your hands.'' The boy put his hands in front of him, where the woman grasped both with her own, intertwining their fingers. 'Her skin is so soft and smooth.'
''Now say the exact words I say... I, Hyoudou Issei,...''
''I, Hyoudou Issei,...''
''hereby claim the dragon,...''
''hereby claim the dragon,...''
''Tiamat the chaos karma dragon,...''
''Tiamat the chaos karma dragon,...''
''as my familiar.''
''as my familiar.''
''From now on my path will be yours...''
''From now on my path will be yours...''
''as will be my will.''
''as will be my will.''
''Now, stand by my site and accept me as your master.''
''Now, stand by my site and accept me as your master!'' As soon as he said the last verse of the chant, a magic circle appeared underneath them. The circle had a unique look. The lines were a dark gray, while the runes inside were a strong red. In the middle of the circle were two dragons, a red and a dark gray one, crisscrossing each other and biting each others tails, forming an infinity symbol. The light engulfed both of them before it died down. Both of them blinked a few times, before Tiamat let go of his hands.
''Mhhh~ Just now, your magic entered me~.'' She said as she pulled on the collar of her dress so that you could see quiet a bit of cleavage. Above her breasts, right under her collarbone, was a mark. It was the head of a red dragon with gray tribal tattoos, inside of a ring of crimson flames.
''W-what is that, Tiamat-san?''
'-san,huh? Well, calling your own familiar -sama would be awkward.' She let go of her dress and cleared her throat. ''This is a [Dragon Mark], it's a unique trait for dragons that shows which females are claimed by said dragon.'' Just when he was about to ask what exactly she meant by 'claimed', they heard the bushes behind them shaking. ''Ise! We finally found you! Come we're going, before Tiamat comes bag.''
'Ise? Since when- no don't think about it.' He looked up to see the Gremory peerage with Natasha walking closer to him. ''Tiamat, huh? Aren't you a rude little one, Gremory?'' Tiamat looked at her with narrowed eyes. ''I think you aren't one to call me rude. Who are you?''
Natasha finished brushing the leaves off of her outfit and looked up to see a certain blue haired woman. ''Ahh, Tiamat-dono. It's good to see you again.''
Tiamat answered with a gentle smile. ''Natasha, it's been quite a while. Did you become a familiar master?''
''No, today is my last test.''
''Is that so? Then I think that you passed with an excellent result!'' She said with a bright smile. ''Why?'' The females dragon's smile turned into a mischievous one. ''Because your client got one of the five dragon kings as a familiar.''
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''WWWWHHHHHAAAAATTTTTT?!'' The whole group, besides Asia, shouted. ''How?! Why!? What!?'' Rias shouted almost every possible question that started with 'W', while Issei ignored her and walked over to Asia. ''And did you find a familiar?'' The former nun only shook her head. ''Now that I think of it, since it's getting late another dragon type will awake soon.'' Natasha said her thoughts out aloud. ''What kind of dragon are they?'' The brown haired dragon lover asked right away, resulting in Tiamat pinching his cheek.
''The Hydra.'' The apprentice told him with a straight face. ''Could you say that again?''
''I said it's the Hydra.'' That resulted in the dragon/human hybrid to snap. ''How is something dangerous like a highly poisonous hydra cute?!''
''Well, I don't think we will find cute ones this late.'' Natasha replied with shrugging her shoulders. ''I guess we will look for your familiar another time Asia.''
''Yes, Rias-Bucho!'' The group once again gathered in a magic circle, before it spun to life and gave of a bright crimson light.
(… Next day …)
Issei woke up at the of two fallen angels at the verge of tears. ''Issei-kun, why did you bring another dragon into your room?!'' The taller one of the duo ran up to him and started to shake him like a rag doll. ''I went into your room to surprise you, since Loli Dragon-sama is not here. Only to find the strongest of the dragon kings sitting next to your bed playing with your hai-'' The violet eyed blue head was send flying by the other blue head in the room, smashing face-first into a wall. ''Ignore what she said Ise-kun.''
''Tiamat-san, you came to visit?''
''Yes, since you aren't a devil, you don't have a peerage to guard you, right?''
''That's true.'' The boy tilted his head. ''So I decided to move out of my cave and live here with you.''
''Really?!'' Issei jumped up and grabbed her hands with both of his, his eyes sparkling. ''Of course.'' She pulled him into her chest, stroking his hair. ''By the way, who is this 'Loli Dragon-sama' that the fallen over there was talking about?''
''Huh? Oh, right I didn't tell you. She was talking about Ophis-chan.''
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''I-i-ise-ku-kun, could you say the name again? I think I misheard you.'' Tiamat, by now, was sweating. A lot. ''Ophis-chan.''
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''Y-you c-can't m-m-mean the O-Ouroboros dragon, right?''
''Huh? I think everyone besides me and Sera-san are calling her Ouroboros. Why?'' There was but a single thought in Tiamat's mind. 'Thank goodness that I didn't attack him.'
(… Occult Research Club... After School …)
The red dragon emperor was standing in front of the door that leads to the clubroom. He came here straight after school ended(well, after seeing Murayama off) and is now standing in front of the door. Why he doesn't enter? Because when he reached out to the doorknob, he heard Rias loud, really really loud, scream 'I WILL NOT MARRY YOU, RISER!' and is now still in a daze, thanks to his enhanced hearing.
*knock* *knock*
''Enter.'' The short reply came from the Gremory heiress. The dragon entered the room and was greeted with a tense atmosphere. On on side of the room was the Gremory peerage staring with pure hatred at the other side. The other side was a blond *cough* self proclaimed *cough* bad boy. Behind him was a group of fifteen woman, all dressed in strange clothes. And at the end of the room, between the two groups, stood a single silver haired woman. ''Rias, who is this human?''
''Don't look down on my cute kohai!'' The redhead raised her voice again and glared at the blond man, Riser. Riser wanted to say something, but he was interupted by a voice that was as cold as ice. ''Riser-sama, this gentleman is Hyoudou Issei-kun.'' The maid turned to our dragon. ''Ise-kun, he is the third son of the Phenex household, Riser Phenex.'' While everybody wondered how the queen of Sirzechs Lucifer knew a human boy, there was one more question that was on their mind. 'Why did she sound so nice when she talked to him?!' Ise directed his gaze at the blond devil and thought for a moment.
''What's wrong human? Can't even talk in my overwhelming presence?''
''Ahhhhh, now I remember why your name sounds so familiar. I heard of you from a few devils!'' Riser gave a smug grin at this. ''Nice to finaly meet you in person...
Bird brain-kun.''
So that's it with this chapter. If you didn't notice, another thing I changed is that Tiamat's hatred isn't directed at the host of Ddraig, only at him himself. Also like you can see, you can recommend characters for the harem even if they are not in the maybe list. Also, to finally correct myself... ISSEI WILL NOT BE IN RIAS PEERAGE... there I said it. Lastly, write in the reviews if you want the rating game or a duel between Issei and Riser. The Harem:
Definitely:
Ophis, Kuroka, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Styx, Serafall, Gabriel, Tiamat, Trihexa, Akeno, Irina Rossweisse, Raynare, Murayama(New), Ravel(New), Yasaka(New), Fem Vali(New), Kalawarner(New)
Maybe:
Xenovia, Koneko, Griselda, Le Fay, Bennia, Sona, Mittelt, Jeanne, Kunou, Valerie, Fem Great Red(New), Athena(New)
Unwanted Harem:
Rias, Asia