Heres the next chapter.
Just so you know... I hate this chapter...
but I hate everything I write... ._.
I think artists hate their shit too... seriously. I hate my writing. lol
Anyways... I own nothing.
Enjoy.
Oh this is not a harem story. Sorry.
That being said, I will be doing a rewrite of this story with the harem element, which would have been my original direction. It will go into the direction with Rias and Co. Yes... harem fun times.
The bus ride down to the train station was horrible. There was this one horribly smelling guy who just stank up the whole bus. Even worse, when Issei needed to use the restroom, that guy had turned it into Chernobyl. Issei ended up not using the restroom on the bus. Yes, Issei had to ride the bus about two hours down the road and he forgot to use the restroom back in the mansion. The bus ride was also quite bumpy and Issei hit his head a few times on the seat in front of him, since he didn't block with his arms cause he was hugging the kitty. Yes, Issei loved his kitty more then himself.
So it took about two hours on the bus to the train station, and fifteen hours on the train to Kuou, but Issei arrived safe and sound. Kuroka had given him an allowance and he spent it all on the train. Yes, he bought a private room on the train cause he had enough of smelly people near him. So he got a really good rest, despite missing being by Kuroka's side in her bed. Yes, Issei liked Kuroka a lot. She was the first person to show him any sort of kindness and she took care of him. She got him to see his mother one last time and gave him a gift. He trusted her with his life.
When Issei finally got into the main part of the town, the sun was beginning to set and it was beautiful. He ended up going into his house and walking up to his bedroom, only to find that it pretty much stayed the same. His bed was still messy. So, while walking around with the stuffed cat in his arms, he looked around the entire house, trying to see if there was anything he could take with him later. Or maybe something his mother had left behind for him. He spent a good thirty minutes but gave up, heading towards the high school. The meeting was supposed to happen today and he wanted to go check it out. He didn't really understand his reasoning or why his gut told him to go see what was going on, but he followed what it wanted.
As he neared the school grounds, he could see that there was a magical barrier in place, which would have prevented any humans to see what was going on. Syndra told him that it was a barrier meant to ward people away from whatever was happening, but due to Issei having the dragon inside of him, it had no affect on him. Issei nodded and walked into the barrier, already looking around. As he entered the barrier, he noticed that there were hundreds of flying soldiers, some with devil wings, some with fallen angel wings, and some with white angel wings.
[The three great powers. Heaven's Angels and the Underworlds Fallen Angels and the Devils. So the two twits were telling the truth about a meeting. As one who isn't exactly fond of these powers, I really don't wanna be here, but I suppose learning what they are up to could prove useful for Kuroka. That and acting like a spy sounds fun. I always wanted to act sneakily and eavesdrop... I could never do that as a big blue dragon.]
'Well let's go and take a look.'
Issei snuck into the school, somehow avoiding the soldiers from spotting him. They obviously weren't looking at the ground and only at each other. Issei could feel the hate and tension in the air.
[I'm sure you know this, but Devils, Fallen Angels and Angels never got alogn with each other. Long ago there was a three way war. No one won.]
'I know... She... told me.' Issei thought, mentioning the woman who tortured him for a few years.
[Well, let's play spy. This sounds like fun.]
Issei nodded and made his way through the school, letting Syndra guide him with the use of detecting the abnormal powers and using them as a marker. When they got close, Issei peeked over the edge and saw that no one was guarding the large meeting room that was just down the hall. However, he began to hear the door behind him open so he quickly bolted down the hallway to the meeting room, only to jump up to a nearby ventilation shaft. He pushed open the grate and just as the footsteps neared the corner, he already cleared the shaft and closed the grate behind him. He looked down and spotted a woman with a maids costume on. She had white hair.
[She is a very abnormally strong devil. Be careful. I sense ice powers on par with my own, but in your current state, you wouldn't last long.]
Issei nodded and crawled along the shaft, already hearing the voices. He heard multiple voices, including voices from the people who attacked him that one night. The red haired girl was there. He could tell. He crawled along the shaft and as he went over one more grate, he turned around suddenly because he had spotted the meeting. He was positioned now at floor level, along the wall farthest from the red haired girl. He was closest to a white haired boy and a man with black hair and golden bangs. As Issei sat there, it seemed the silver haired boy turned around after a few seconds and looked into the grate, letting off a smirk before turning back to the meeting.
[He spotted you Issei. That boy right there... no way... Haha... thats Albion! Well, it's nice to see one of the few dragons that I got to know as friends... well kind of friends.]
Issei said nothing and just listened in on the meeting.
"Kokabiel went rouge. Therefore my thoughts on the matter are irrelevant." The black haired man said.
"So he acted on his own?" The angel said. It was obvious because of the halo on his head.
"He never had my permission if that is what you are asking."
Issei was not interested at all and just sat like an Indian, petting his kitty softly as he listened. He was more of focusing on the Red haired girl. She was standing in front of a taller boy, one with blonde hair and a bad boy look. The red haired girl had a collar on her neck and Issei then saw the boy play with her hair. She looked very unhappy with him. Normal people couldn't tell but Issei saw it. She was his slave basically. That is what the collar meant... she was unhappy about it and therefore she was not completely broken. Issei already hated this man. While he wasn't fond of Rias, he hated slavery. While it was fun in the bedroom for some, this was not a fun slavery. This was real perpetual slavery that just causes misery.
[Calm down Issei. Don't get angry. You will reveal our position to the others if you do... we can deal with the man later if you want to, but let's just focus on the meeting ok?]
Issei nodded and just continued to pet the kitty.
"Let's just make peace and be done with it." The black haired man said. Issei determined he was a fallen angel. With the positioning of where everyone sat, he could tell what they were.
Everyone gasped.
"That is what we are here for right? Of course it is."
Issei laid back against the shaft, his eyes on the blonde, watching him interact with the red haired girl, Rias Gremory. He also looked at the others who attacked him on that night, also noticing that they disliked the blonde. It was obvious this blondey was one that Issei would not like. Issei was beginning to finally feel emotions, but it was only hate. Anger, hate, fury. This was especially prevalent as he walked through his house and remembered what happened.
It was then the dragon spoke.
"Are we going to do something about the spy we have here?"
The black haired man smirked and looked back at the grate.
"Yes, I also wondered about the spy."
"And you neglected to mention him any earlier?" The angel asked.
"Didn't really think much about it, oops." The black haired man said with a mischievous grin. "It seems we have a stray devil on our hands, spying."
"Shall I take care of it? I would really like to face this, Dragon, that is deciding to spy on us."
Issei was already leaving the area, heading back up the shaft to the ceiling to leave.
"Ah, he's running away. How cute." The black haired man said, laughing.
Sirzechs looked at Rias. "Do you suppose?"
"I don't know... but... why would he be here?" Rias asked.
Sirzechs shrugged. The angel and the fallen angel looked at Sirzechs and Rias.
"You know this spy?" The angel asked.
"It is a possibility, that this is the stray devil that Rias had attempted to kill last week."
"Why are we just standing here?! Fine, Riser will handle this for you." Riser said, turning into a flame bird and crashing into the ceiling, raining fire and debris everywhere. It was then after about four seconds of a bunch of crashing, Issei and Riser came crashing through the nearby wall across from the glass windows.
"ISSEI?!" Rias exclaimed, shocked at seeing him here. Issei was being held by the throat and was being carried outside the glass. As he exited the glass and went straight up into the air, he was forced to release the cat thanks to the lack of air. Issei watched with a closed eye as the kitty fell to the edge of the meeting room, teetering over the edge. It was also beginning to burn thanks to the fire.
As Issei spotted the flame on his cat, his eyes grew wide as adrenaline and rage began to pump into his system.
'My... cat... This... he...'
[Don't speak. Let us finally become one together Issei and let's fry this chicken]
Issei was thrown to the ground and the impact created a crater. He looked up as he saw Riser in the air, surrounded by flames.
"Why is it you were not burned by the flames?! HUH?! Apparently I have to use my strongest flames to kill you! DIE STRAY!" Riser said, forming a massive fire ball which scorched the air outside.
It was then Syndra took over and summoned a massive ball of Ice around Issei, forming a cocoon. The fire ball slammed into the ice cocoon and all that appeared was a massive amount of steam, covering the school field. When the steam cleared, the ice remained unharmed.
"WHAT?! How dare you you little shit! DIE COWARD!" Riser said, throwing fireball after fire ball at the ice.
"Vali, you said he was a dragon?" Azazel asked.
"Yes, though he isn't the red dragon emperor."
"No, that one would be Syndragosa."
Micheal and Azazel both looked at Sirzechs with shock.
"Yes, she lives inside that boy... and Rias provoked him that night. He went off with another group of people."
"The Khaos Brigade." Azazel said.
"It seems so." Sirzechs replied.
It was then Rias bent down and picked up the black cat.
"What... is this?"
"He was carrying it the entire time." Azazel mentioned. "I watched him drop it after being shoved outside. It also seemed when the cat turned on fire, the boy seemed to get enraged. Tell me something, who is this?"
"This is Issei Hyoudou..."
"So he is the one you mentioned to all of us in the beginning of the meeting? The slave?" Azazel asked.
"Yes."
It was then from the ice concoon, two bright lights began to shine. It was like a hologram projector. Out of the ice cocoon, two pictures began to show, moving pictures. On the left was Syndra and her life in Antarctica with the penquins. The one on the right... was Issei's life as a slave. Starting with the kidnapping.
Everyone in the meeting room watched as they witnessed what Issei went through, all through his own memories and view point. Even Riser decided to halt and watch the action.
"How horrific." Micheal said. "Who did this to him?"
"It seemed a bunch of humans were contracted by Falbiums daughter, Houki, to make him into the perfect sex slave."
"This poor child..." Micheal said.
"Is he a threat?" Azazel asked.
"I do not know. He hasn't made an attempt to hurt us... it just seemed he wanted to spy on us. I don't know if he wants to hurt us or not... I can't say for sure with him." Sirzechs said.
Down in the cocoon, Issei was in a massive amount of pain. Both of his hands were turning blue with frostbite and it began to creep up his arm. While Issei showed no reaction or sign of being in pain, inside he was in scrutinizing pain.
[I know it hurts... I know it hurts... but if you make it through this, you will become stronger then you can even imagine. You will have my powers at your disposal... full force]
Issei said nothing and just stood there, watching his fingers break like glass, and watch it creep up his arms. It was then his head turned blue and cracked, only to shatter as well. His body was shattering like ice.
Back up in the meeting room, the white gauntlet appeared on Vali's arm.
[I advise you get that Phoenix away from him.]
"You decide to come out and speak now Albion? What is it?"
[Syndragosa... She was a dragon that was on par with Ddraig and I. She was not exactly the strongest Dragon fighter, but the God's feared her more than they feared us. Her powers were so effective against creatures other then dragons, that they killed her because of it. Syndragosa was never a fighting type of dragon, prefering to babysit penguins down south, but still. If you want that Phoenix to survive, you need to get him away quickly. In that cocoon of Ice, Syndragosa's power is coursing through that boy's veins and it's getting stronger. When he comes out of it... the phoenix will be dead.]
It was then the cocoon shattered into pieces, and when the steam cleared, only Riser was out there in sight.
"Where did he go?" Rias asked, no longer holding onto the cat. Koneko was holding onto it, and she was no longer in the room.
It was then a magic circle appeared behind everyone and out stepped a beautiful girl. "Well it seems our new teammate has decided to start the fun before we were ready. No matter, he wasn't causing any harm." The woman said.
"Cattleya..." Sirzechs said with disdain.
A huge explosion occurred and everyone looekd outside. In the air, the soldiers began to disappear or die from explosions as magicians began to teleport into the field.
"An invasion. The Khaos Brigade really does hate this meeting." Azazel said with a laugh. "Vali?"
"On it." Vali said. "BALANCE BREAKER!" [Balance Breaker!]
Before Vali could fly out though, Albion spoke out. [Too late now...]
Rias looked outside and she watched as a statue of Ice began to appear in the yard, only to shatter and for Issei to appear.
"So, a stray devil and a terrorist?! This is Riser's lucky day!" Riser laughed as he was covered in flames. Riser flew down right at him, charging right at him.
Issei looked up at him and he turned into ice, his entire body looking like ice. His clothes were also made into ice. As Riser flew right at Issei, Issei put a hand up and grabbed onto Riser's head, stopping him dead on. Riser began to scream in pain as his flames were turned into steam almost instantly. Rias and Vali watched as Riser screamed for a few more seconds before they were silenced. Riser was a light blue, frozen solid.
"What?" Rias asked, shocked.
[This is why I said the God's feared her more. She is able to freeze anything solid, including Phoenix's. She was the anti phoenix. She can freeze their regeneration abilitys and make them useless. The Phoenix is still alive, but if his head or his heart or both lungs were to be removed... he would be dead.]
Issei reached up with both hands and a hammer appeared in his hands. Not just any hammer. No... This was one of those comical hammers you see in cartoons.
[Stop. Hammer Time.] Syndragosa said.
Issei slammed the hammer down, shattering Riser into a million pieces, killing the Phoenix.
It was then Issei began to slide on ice, skating across the field and into the bushes near the old school building.
As Issei entered the bushes, he turned back to normal and began to weed through the thick brush. He entered a clearing and that is when he saw them.
Kuroka and the white haired girl that attacked him earlier. The white haired girl was holding onto the kitty.
"... Why are you here?"
"For him actually, nya. Though I am very happy to see you again Shirone. How you doing, miss your big sis, nyan?"
Koneko turned around and saw Issei, who reached over and snatched the kitty away from Koneko, walking over to Kuroka and standing behind her, hugging onto the stuffed animal with both arms, like it was his life line.
"... Why is he with you?"
"Nya, I'm the one who is helping him of course."
"... He doesn't need your help. You are going to turn him evil."
"Nya, that's so rude Shirone. Well, I have to go. I would love to stay and chat with you more Shirone, but I came here for Issei." Kuroka said, looking at Issei. "You are in big trouble young man, nya. Leaving me without a word. It took me twelve hours to find you."
Issei looked down, apologetically as Kuroka walked with him off somewhere.
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