" ... I see, now I understand why you asked me for this much land and next to Tannin's no less" Sirzechs spoke calmly "I didn't really believe that you'd need a lot just for some simple apples even if they are delicious to your kind, but I decided not to question the matter"
"Yeah, that was kind of a bad excuse but that's all I had, don't be mad about it though, I did not tell you not because I don't trust you but because I was afraid of the information leaking, back at out territory we asked to keep quiet about the plans, only select few knows beside them" Issei explained.
"It's fine, Even after previous events and current circumstances I still see you as a little brother so I'll support with everything I can" Sirzechs spoke with a warm smile.
Issei smiled back" Thanks Aniki, the feelings are mutual, same with Grayfia, that does mean a lot to me" Issei said making both Grayfia and Sirzechs smile even more before they heard a loud cough from Azazel.
"Not that I dislike wholesome moments like this but we're at a meeting right now so I'd like to hear more of what Issei has to say" Azazel spoke.
"Right, Tannin and I created The Mighty Dragon faction In hopes to save the dragon race, what Tannin was doing before did help but it was not enough, we need to grow and expand. We won't be your enemies unless you do something to anger us. The only faction I'm willing to work with is the Youkai faction, we'll see about the others after the mess" Issei informed.
The leaders nodded in understanding.
"Alright, let's get to the business Mr.Hyoudou" Said Michael.
"Yes let's, but I'm not a Hyoudou anymore...I'm not their son anymore... My name is Issei Welsh" Issei spoke with pride and some sadness. Everyone looked at him surprised while Ddraig smirked inside his gear.
"...I see, Mr.Welsh, mind tellhg us what happened to Rias Gremory's bishop?" Asked Azazel
"Chaos brigade captured Valarie again. I think they are planning to release the beast very soon, so I suggest preparing for war. Gather your best soldiers. As for what happened...today I was bored because I was alone, I decided to visit my little brother and Valerie...But when I got there I...saw him dead on the floor in his own blood and the bed empty...I found a letter that said that it's indeed the chaos brigade's work. It's said that they have Valerie and his last wish is for me to save her..." Issei explained barely holding his rage under control.
"Alright, we understand, we will gather our troops and prepare for the inevitable war...But how will we defeat Trihexa? I fear we don't have enough power to do it" Sirzechs spoke with a hint of worry.
"I will kill it" Issei said plainly shocking the whole room except for Tannin, Azazel and Ingvild.
"How?" Michael asked.
"In the past two months I trained and I gathered souls of dragon kings. At the moment I have Ddraig, Vritra, Fafnir, Tannin fragment, Tiamat fragment, Yu Long fragment, and Albion fragment, even evil dragon Crom Cruach gave me his soul fragment, and at the next meeting that will happen soon enough I will get Midgardsormr's soul fragment from Odin " Issei spoke stunning the room once more.
"Issei, you can't! you will die if you do this!" Valerica shouted, she was completely against it.
"She's right, I can't let you do this" Momo spoke agreeing with Valerica.
"Issei, please" Even Irina pleaded.
"Sorry, I can't stop here...I already have the souls and learned their abilities...I have to kill that beast to protect you, even if it means death for me" Said Issei.
"But what's the point of living if you aren't with us!" Valerica shouted losing the ability to remain calm.
"You'll find someone better..."
At this point, she didn't want to hear anything from him anymore, she and the rest of the girls teleported home.
" Sigh " Issei sighted as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
"I knew this would happen..." Issei said .
"Of course they wouldn't like it" Tannin said as he stood behind Issei.
"...Alright, back to the main topic, we will participate in the eliminating Chaos brigade, all I ask is your cooperation with us" Issei spoke seriously.
After a moment of silence, the leaders finally spoke.
"We will help" Michael said.
"We will participate" Azazel agreed with a smirk.
"We will be there too" Sirzechs said with a smile.
"Alright then, I call this meeting officially over" Said Issei as he stood up and teleported to Dragon faction territory, and as they got there, every dragon was there. Issei saw that they were waiting for him to say something.
"Today the mighty Dragon faction Is officially a part of the supernatural world. We will be known as the strongest faction and dragons will get to live peacefully and safely once again and we will not be looked down on! Issei shouted.
Then Tannin let out a powerful roar followed by the rest of the dragons. Everyone then parted their ways as Issei and Tannin went to their cave to have a small talk.
"Order our troops to prepare for the war" Issei ordered.
"Alright...But are you okay?" Tannin asked.
"I'm... alright" Issei answered as he turned away.
Tannin only nodded before leaving to carry out the order.
Issei wasted no more time and teleported back home but almost instantly got jumped by Valerica.
"Woah there, calm down" Issei said after he saw her crying.
"Y-you can't leave me! do you understand!? Don't leave me alone, you have to survive!" Valerica shouted into his chest.
"...I won't leave you nor the others" Issei replied as he hugged her.
Valerica suddenly captured his lips in a passionate kiss which Issei didn't resist as he responded to the kiss.
"Tonight you will take me" Valerica said before capturing his lips once more.
Hearing this Issei finally let his instincts take over and he started to kiss like animals in heat.
His eyes became predatory as he started to kiss and bite her neck and shoulder softly to which she responded with a slight moans.
(Sorry guys but I won't write a lemon because I'm bad at writing them so you will have to imagine how it all went or something like that. I'm sorry once again.)
Morning arrived and as Issei opened his eyes, he saw Valerica still sleeping on his chest with a satisfied smile.
"What a wild night" Issei spoke out loud.
"Now that you did the deed your mark is complete and now you are sharing your life force" Ddraig Informed.
"Yeah, that's right" Issei replied as he looked where Valerica made her mark.
Issei smiled feeling happy about what they did.
"Weird, I didn't have a nightmare last night"
But suddenly an image of Gasper flashed in his mind and changed his mood drastically.
But soon enough Valerica woke up and saw Issei looking into her eyes.
"Morning, sleep well?" Issei asked as he hugged her.
"Yeah, never have I slept better" Valerica replied with a chuckle.
They kissed each other and made out for a little before finishing up and sharing a shower.
At school, they met up with the rest of the girls except for Tiamat and Momo.
"Morning Issei" The girls greeted.
"Morning girls" Greeted them back Issei with a smile.
"Oh, Issei, I just remembered something" Valerica said but before she could ask whatever she wanted the school bell interrupted her.
"Guess I'll ask you later, now let's go to class" Valerica said with slight disappointment.
"Sure" Issei replied going to their class.
Issei noticed that Asia hasn't been in school for almost one and a half months. But of course, he didn't care so he didn't question it.
The whole time Issei was thinking about how to defeat the beast and make the Chaos brigade suffer for what they did.
No one noticed but his girlfriends that his eyes were that of a true predator, his fists clenched tightly.
The bell rang and they went to their usual spot but this time with Momo too and sat in their usual spot.
"So Ise...we leave for one month and you add another girl to your harem?" Valerica asked with a smile. But Issei saw that behind the smile was something bad for him if he didn't answer carefully.
"Well, I um...I didn't think that any of this would happen...She just was heartbroken just like me and I comforted her...but it turned into a love confession somehow" Issei.explaimed nervously.
"What do you mean heartbroken?" Katase asked.
"...She had a huge crush on Saji..." Issei said as his fist tightened.
All the girls understood what he meant while Momo hugged Issei so he could relax.
"Well, I answered your question... Now, what were you doing the whole month?" Issei asked already knowing the answer.
"We were training to get stronger so we could protect ourselves" Murayama answered.
"I knew it" Issei said with a smirk.
"What? how?" Irina asked.
"I am a dragon, so I have really sensitive senses. I can feel the power oozing out of you even if you are surprising your auras" Issei explained.
"Oh, that makes sense" Ingivld said.
"I can say that you did a great job. You are dozens of times stronger than the last time I saw you" Praised Issei.
"Yeah but Albion says that you are countless times stronger than the last time we met" Valerica said.
All the girls looked at him awestruck.
"Well, that's true I've been training"
"And non-stop. You need to take it down a notch or two" Ddraig said out loud.
"What does he mean Issei?" Valerica with worry.
" 'Sigh' how do you think I'll kill the beast if I'm not strong enough?... I'm training almost nonstop...those nightmares kept pushing me to the edge..." Issei explained with a sour look.
"So you still have those?" Irina asked.
"Yeah until yesterday...last night I didn't have a nightmare" Issei said.
"Well, that's good. let's just hope that it stays like that" Ingvild said relieved to some extent.
The rest of the school day went as usual for everyone but Issei. He couldn't get the image of Gasper out of his head.
When he got home he immediately went to the training grounds.
"...Ddraig, remember the letter that Gasper wrote?"
"Yes partner, it's about the gear?" Ddraig asked.
"Yeah...it merged with me didn't it?" Issei asked already know the answer.
"Yes partner, and you should have decent control with it as you are powerful enough and have the necessary knowledge of sacred gears. But you should train with it" Ddraig explained.
"Alright. How do I activate it?"
" Relax and concentrate on activating it, imagine everything frozen in time. The gear js way stronger than it was previously and easier to control it because it evolved as a draconic sacred gear. To make it even stronger you have to train and you can use Boosted gear to boost it" Explained the mighty dragon.
"Alright then, let's do this" Issei said as he narrowed his eyes and threw a dumbbell before shouting "Za Warudo!" And everything turned gray as the time stopped, the dumbbell was in the air.
"Really partner?" Ddraig face palmed inside the gear.
"C'mon, I had to do this!" Issei replied.
"And you will always be doing this?" Ddraig asked
"Maybe~"
"Whatever, what matters now is that you managed to activate it on your first time" Said the mighty dragon.
"Yeah, that was easier than I thought, maybe because it said the right thing?"
"No, it's not because of that, you're a dragon and the sacred gear evolved into dragon-type sacred gear and makes it easier to control it" Vritra explained.
"Yeah, that makes sense" Issei said before deactivating his new gear.
"Tonight we'll train in the mindscape" Issei informed.
"You sure partner? I think you should take a break" Al suggested.
"They have Valerie...they have the rest of the holy relics including the true Longinus...They will make their move any moment now" Issei reasoned.
"I can't stop yet"
"We understand partner, but if you overdo it you might not turn into a full-fledged dragon when you use our powers but you'll die because of your fatigue" Al explained his worries.
" 'Sigh' ...alright I'll train only half a night okay?"
"That's better than nothing I guess" Vritra said.
Issei trained a little longer before taking a shower and eating dinner with everyone.
"So, what did you train with Tiamat?" Issei asked.
"I've been training my magic and magic reserves. I trained my body too" Ingvild replied happy with her results.
"I trained my light and holy powers, and my combat skills" Irina said quite satisfied with her own results as she games a new pair of wings as proof.
"I trained my body mainly and my techniques with Albion" Valerica said.
"Katase and I trained with magic and swords. We have impressive magic reserves for humans and we have a great affinity for fire and ice. We can create swords with ice magic easily" Murayama explained proudly as Katase nodded.
"That's impressive I must say. I'm proud of you all" Issei said with a warm smile.
"Well, It's time to head to bed" Issei said before standing up and leaving with the rest of the girls.
-Mindscape-
Issei just finished training in the landscape as was sitting on the ground panting. Ddraig and others were with him.
He just fought all of them at the same time and he did well but he was outnumbered and ended in a draw.
"You greatly improved partner" Ddraig spoke truthfully.
"I agree darling, you did great" Tiamat praised Issei.
"Thank you... Ddraig, I think it's time to think of a move that will kill the beast in one go" Issei said surprising the rest.
"One blow? You sure?" Tannin asked bewildered.
"Yes, I believe we can create a special form that can use all of your abilities and powers to the limit" Issei explained his reasoning.
"Alright, what do you have in mind?" Vritra asked.
"I'm thinking of something similar to Juggernaut drive. That form releases only some of Ddraig's powers not all.
So what if we create a juggernaut drive that can release all of not only Ddraig's but other's powers too" Explained Issei.
"I think we can manage that honestly...We need to have a chant that will activate it and the form's name" Al said.
"I have a name already, let's call it 'True Heavenly Dragon King drive' Issei suggested
"Sute, that'll work" Yu long said.
"Alright, let's finish for tonight" Said Ddraig.
"Alright, goodnight everyone" Issei said before entering the dreamland.
"True Heavenly Dragon King Drive huh" Ddraig said out loud to himself.
The rest of the night Issei slept and somehow his nightmares have stopped but he still remembered these horrible nightmares and couldn't stop training.
Issei planned to visit Kunou tomorrow after school with Irina as Kunou never stopped asking why aunty Irina wasn't with him.
Issei had planned out everything for tomorrow.
(To be continued)