-xXx-
-Issei-
Issei doesn't know what the hell is going on!
One moment, he is asked by a cutie by the bridge during the sunset, making the picture perfect of "How I met your Mother" stories he would tell to his would be children with her.
The date, the best get can give within his budget and had to compensate anything lacking by being good and sweet company, without being a weirdo and all.
Then the supposed picture perfect first kiss of his life almost took place. His heart swelled with joy, anticipation… and finally, hope.
Hope that he can be a better man for her. Hope given by her by just giving him a chance.
Nearly everyone back at school and sadly home lost hope on Issei because of his rather unrestrained desires… although many people glare at his habits, none really help him in that front.
No Father figure, big brother figure or the concerned mother figure or big sister. Sure Mom and Dad loves him, but they are closer to resigned on his misdeeds and misbehavior.
Issei shook his head to banish the thought. Now, Yuuma-chan has given him hope and drive to be the one to make the change. To stand up for himself. Be better.
"I had a great day, Issei." Sweat words. Almost as if they were magic sang.
"Will you die for me?" she asked as Issei got confused…
Is she asking if I will do anything for her? Sacrifice for her? Issei thought with much confusion.
"Sorry, come again…?"
"Will you die for me silly?"
Then suddenly, power like nothing Issei experience fogged the air, as the sweat beautiful Yuuma-chan turned into a mature, buxom woman who looked closer to be a prostitute than the potential mother of his children.
And that vicious smile… it reminded him of the sneers he received, the glares thrown at him. The sadistic joy the Kendo club retribute on him.
He is going to die. He know it, as a pink spear made out of light formed and was read to be thrown at him. All he can do is think… think of what could have been. The what ifs. The hope which is now dead.
Issei didn't stand there frozen because he was confused. He did it because he lost all hope.
BOOM!
Issei didn't know what the hell is going on! One moment he was going to die, then the next Cinder-senpai appeared in a Black Widow cosplay with a bow. Or was it a Hawkeye cosplay?
But she literally fired arrows which can explode! And carried his big ass with ease while running extraordinarily fast! She ran miles across the entire town until she barged through a mansion.
Now he is here. Looking straight in the cold blue eyes of a stern blonde.
Oh, he knows this man. WHO wouldn't?! He was the man who basically made the first true tourist attraction of Kuoh Town! Encouraging other entrepreneurs to start up business making the town square of Kuoh one of the best places to visit, especially for honeymoons!
Many basically thought the reason why an Ivy League school was even established in Kuoh was because of the prestige the town itself holds. A quiet town away from metropolis holding renowned restaurants.
The man in front of him is Jaune Arc! The French Chef and Restauranter of Japan!
But for some reason. He is afraid of him! He doesn't know but a part of him screamed at him to run! Like a voice constantly telling to run for his life. Even though Jaune doesn't look like it, he feels that he will butcher him!
"You can feel it too right, dad?" Cinder-senpai said.
"Yes, I can. It is like Yang's power, but different. Rawer… but something is not right."
"How so?"
"It feels like his soul is a combination of Yang and Artoria's power."
"You suspect a Sacred Gear?"
"No… can be. But I think a Sacred Gear is not involved."
"Why not test it out?"
Jaune nodded and looked at Issei with understanding and a hint if sadness, "but first kid. What is your favorite fairytale?"
-xXx-
Issei's world is flipped over its head. The supernatural exists. God. Devils. Fallen Angels and every mythical and fairytale being exists.
"…to put more detail. Although Fallen Angels were malicious beings back in the day, they are now a peaceful race which has multiple business agreements with humans for the sake of humanity's progress and the Grigori's technology." Jaune Arc explained, "but understand they are not like their Pure brothers and sisters; they still have tendency to be jerks and assholes from time to time. But killing humans especially one not aware of the supernatural, is not their way anymore."
"So, this Fallen Angel is an anomaly" Cinder-senpai asked.
"That, or Issei here is a threat. Question is if it is because of a Sacred Gear, or if he is a descendant of a 'Hero' of this world."
"A Hero?" Issei asked…
"You know those legendary figures in history? King Arthur, Sir Gareth, St. Jeanne and so on? Apparently if you got a drop of their blood you also have special powers." Then Jaune made a frustrated look, "which doesn't make sense. Those people worked to the bone for legendary status…" Jaune murmured.
"So, we have to find out if he has a Sacred Gear or is a Descendant of a Hero?"
"Yeah…" Jaune nodded as he gave Issei a cup of coffee, "Issei, please think of something which you associate with the word 'Power'."
Power. Issei thought about it. Something powerful.
He looked at Cinder and saw a mystery with so many surprises. She wielded the power to fight a former angel! Then he slowly looked at her father. From their small interaction so far, Jaune was a complete gentleman with eyes of a mentor and father. But some part of him screamed, until now, to run. That this man will tear him apart.
Then something clicked. These two are powerful beings, dangerous people in fact especially with their money and Mr. Arc's influence. But they were humble and kind people, helping a hopeless boy in dire need.
They have the power but use it for good. They have the discipline and control to not flaunt it but use it for good. That makes them dangerous.
SHINE
"Welp I am right then…" Cinder-senpai commented as Jaune rolled his eyes.
Issei looked down on his left arm and found a red scaled gauntlet over his hand.
"Boosted Gear." Jaune commented, "one of the 13 Longinus made by God. So that is why you both have a soul of a Dragonborn and have King Arthur's magic. You are the Red Dragon of Britons, or what this world likes to call. The Red Dragon Emperor."
Issei looked at it with awe. Power made by God! Even now he can fell the power within his soul finally released and its weight on his weak body, but suddenly that voice got very loud.
[PARTNER! RUN!]
"Wait. What?!"
[THAT MAN IN FRONT OF YOU IS A DRAGON SLAYER! EVEN WHEN I WAS DORMANT, MY DANGER SENSES WENT CRAZY! RUN!]
Issei can believe it! This Sacred Gear is talking all of a sudden! But… ohhhhhhhhh… so that was the voice screaming at him a while ago. But why is his Sacred Gear scared?
"Peace, Red Dragon of the Britons." Jaune said calmly, "I don't slay dragons left and right for the sake of it: in fact, the one who taught me how to slay is a dragon, and I helped another to slay the White Dragon of the Saxons."
[You help slay the White One's host? I never heard of you…]
"True, and so did Albion. The utter panic he and his host made was enough for Azazel to be on guard." Jaune sighed, "but the fact that the current White Dragon Emperor is still alive is two great evidence why I am not just some slayer."
Issei could only look back and forth from his arm to Jaune in utter confusion…
"Issei is tired, why not retire for the night kid." Jaune suggested, "you can bunk here for the night and have a talk with Ddraig while you are at it." Jaune assisted Issei up, and handed him to Cinder, "Cindy, make sure the Boundary Field is on."
Cinder looked at her father to asked why, but then she saw Devil Summon Flair. She nodded, and guided Issei away.
Jaune then looked at the magic paper which he picked pocket from Issei. Having this on the night of his murder? Too many red flags. But he has to ask from the source.
"I want the governor and second owner of Kuoh town." The paper glowed red as a beautiful buxom devil later appeared.
One moment she had a smug and proud smile, especially considering who has just summoned her! But the moment the Gremory Family's magic dissipated from the summoning spell.
*Heartbeat*
All of her entire being gone numb by pure fear and survival instincts. As she looked at the most desired man in Japan with utter terror. Her parents, brother, mentors and experience will tell her that the person summoning her has no ill intentions from the way he stood, the look in his face, and she didn't magically detect any malice. But a primal side of her, something she didn't realize she had. Screamed.
"So, it is not just Vali. Then your brother can really hold a poker face." Jaune commented with a casual ease, "alright. Let's talk."
-xXx-
Normally seeing a sweating idol with the sunrise backdrop exercising to the bone will give Issei a boner. Especially how those clothes are almost transparent enough to see skin. But unfortunately for Issei, it is not normal times anymore.
VRRRRMMMM
Issei flinch when the front of a Classic Mercedes Benz tap his ass as he ran through the morning with Cinder-senpai. Mr. Arc was behind them with, driving his car, and using it as a motivator. Cinder-senpai was like half a mile ahead, now Issei as to face the potential to get runned over!
"Faster Issei!"
Issei pushed! His lungs hurt! His feet hurt! Even his knees!
VVVRRROOM!
The car tapped his ass again, but a bit harder, making it feel like a slap.
"You said you don't kill dragons left and right!" Issei cried
"I don't!"
"But you are going to run me over!"
"I experience worse kid! Be thankful you haven't met Ozpin!"
The car once again drove forward to tap Issei's ass… Issei cried internally!
[Well, you did want to train. Be grateful that he is not throwing dragon fire at you…]
"Fire or getting run over still results to death!"
"Why is Cinder-sama walking with that pervert?!"
"What is going on?!"
"Why?!"
Issei was too tired in the morning to even bother the gossip going around as he and Cinder-senpai entered the school grounds.
He was dragging his feet as his muscles ached, especially his legs. Looking at Cinder he saw that she it not winded at all and most probably didn't feel the same aches Issei's feet felt since she is wears high heels.
And for some reason Cinder looked annoyed
"Seriously, this school can't be subtle" Cinder said as they entered the school building, "looks like this is where we part, Issei. But I would be meeting you again, remember dad's instructions."
"Yeah, don't go with people you don't know, and with people you know for their safety."
"Of course your friends is out of the question since you three belong to the same class... but no outing"
Issei could only nodded tiredly as Cinder-senpai walked away to her own classroom.
"TRAITOR!"
He his sore ass met double kicks, courtesy of his two best friends
-xXx-
School went on how it usually went, except he was dead tired and scared on what comes next. His friends not knowing Yuuma-chan didn't help and only cemented the fact that his first date was an assassination attempt.
What a way to spend your youth.
"Kya!"
"Its Kiba!"
Issei tired looked up and saw the Damn Handsome entered the room, smiling like a prince charming as he waves his fans.
But the moment he saw Kiba approach him, something was up
[Your guess is correct, partner. This boy is a supernatural being, a devil to be precise]
All Issei can do was try to make a face that he was not scared, but that only resulted him looking very nervous.
"Issei Hyoudou?"
"...yes?"
"Please come with me to the Occult Research Club"
Alarm bells rang, as Issei's mind rang one hundred miles an hour.
Kiba is a handsome man part of a club with members of renowned beauty. He is also a devil, and his club members looks too beautiful. And he wants me, a notorious pervert to enter their club building? Which looks like a haunted house?!
"No.." not even bothering being polite as Issei's hair stood on his skin. The shiver ran on his spine and electricity danced in his veins as fear struck him, hard.
Kiba maintained his polite smile, "I insist."
Issei's feel glued on the floor as he pushed his sore ass further to his chair. Then stared back at Kiba with obvious defiance.
Tension rose as the 'duality' of men stared one another... none of the students did a thing as they somehow felt as if the classroom will become a battlefield. Little did they know that the boys subconsciously leaked their own aura, trying to intimidate one another to bulge.
Dragon vs Devil.
"I knew this will happen, Issei calm down." The tension immediately broke by the sound of a silky voice. Cinder walked inside the room with grace as she comfortably walked up to Issei and urged him to stand up, "we have an important meeting with Gremory and the Council President."
Issei just looked at Cinder, unsure. But Cinder smiled at him, "don't worry. Dad contacted them ahead and told me to make sure to talk to them when we have time. C'mon."
And like a lost puppy, Cinder pulled Issei with her. Kiba soon after, not before the entire class bursting into chaos.
-xXx-
The journey to the old school building was tense, and it almost felt like an execution. His only reassurance he got was Cinder-senpai confidence.
The moment Issei stepped into the old school building, he felt something strange, like the entire building is soaked by some mystical power of sorts.
[That is the Boundary Field or 'Forcefield' of the building to protect its inhabitants]
"Really, but why didn't I see any glowing wall or hit an invisible wall?"
[Because the master of the magic wants you in…]
That makes sense. Would be incredibly rude if your guest just hits an invisible wall.
When the trio entered the main room, Issei saw a room expected of a haunted house. Dark interior, a summoning circle on the floor, Victorian interior, and finally the only lighting the room had a candlelight. Warm light luminated the spooky place and its inhabitants, making them look like people telling a campfire horror story.
But they are still hot, and the shadowing made those oppai look better.
Issei stared at a set of tits with lust and love, and the owner of said tits merely giggled.
"Ouch!" Issei flinch as he felt someone pinch him.
"Focus Issei." Cinder-senpai said in a hiss.
Issei can only nod with embarrassment and observe the room better. There were two groups, one was obviously the Student School Council, with their rather stoic looks and that green rope around their necks to signify their position, and the other was the fabled and basically the hottest group in school!
Issei tried his very best to not gawk at the three girls Kiba stood behind!
One was the cutest girl Issei has ever seen! Wait! He is not a lolicon, he swears! But how can he ignore that fluffy head and petite body!
"Pervert" oh shit, looks like Issei failed his objective because Koneko-chan looked at him with distain.
Next was of course the girl who owns the tits he was staring. Akeno Himejima, arguably the second more beautiful girl in the entire academy with grace of an eastern noble but a body of literal sin!
And finally, Rias Gremory. The most beautiful woman in the entire school, with crimson hair which looked natural instead of dyed, and a body of lust. But her elegance rivals Akeno's with a western twist, and her oppai! Oh her oppai!
"Hello Sona, Gremory-san." Cinder-senpai said
"Hello, Cinder. Hyoudou." Sona replied politely…
"Do you know why we are here?" Cinder-senpai asked
"In a matter of fact, no we don't." Sona shook her head and looked at Rias, "why did you call them here, Rias?"
Rias Gremory looked stiff, scarily so, until she abruptly stood up, and walked towards Issei. Issei's hormones have gone overdrive in seeing a hot beauty approach him like Rias Gremory! But when she was came near, she bowed!
"Hyoudou-san. I am very sorry for my neglect on what is going around my territory of responsibility."
All of the devils were shocked at the action the Gremory Devil, especially Sona. She was a long-time friend of Rias and knows that Rias will never bow that quickly, unless of course something forced her, but she have to ask
"Rias, why are you apologizing?"
Rias looked at her friend with some embarrassment and spoke, "A Fallen tried to kill Hyoudou-kun."
Issei immediately saw the alarm and distain within the eyes of the group of devils, especially Akeno-senpai.
"I am surprised that you would immediately bow in apology for your mistakes, Gremory-san." Cinder-senpai commented with a hint of sarcasm, "as far from I know, your side don't take responsibility."
"Please to group us with the same group of Devils which don't take responsibility, Arc-san." Rias-senpai sniped back, "I have a pride of a Gremory!"
"Indeed, pride." Cinder sniped.
"Enough." Sona sternly said halting the building tension of the two, "Cinder, please don't wrongly place your prejudice on us, however I fully understand your hate considering history has always been against us, but I will not tolerate prejudice on those who don't deserve it."
"Well, I am sorry for it." Cinder-senpai slightly bowed, "but we are getting of the point. The problem still exist of Fallen roaming in Devil territory, and apparently they are hurting humans."
"They are rogues." Rias announced.
"How are you so sure?" Sona asked.
"Because Azazel himself declared so." Rias tried to suppress the shiver on her spine, "I spoke to him about the situation and has specifically ordered this group to only observe Issei."
"Wait…" Sona cut in, "I am confused. How are you able to contact Azazel? Don't tell me you ask Lucifer-sama for help?! And why observe Hyoudou-kun?"
"Well…" Rias looked embarrassed, "Let's say Jaune Arc is really well connected and has enough clout to casually ring Azazel. And Issei apparently is the Red Dragon Emperor."
Utter shock painted on the faces of the devils as Issei himself was confused. Being extremely new to this side of the world, Issei understandably has no idea the terms and names they were throwing around, or the politics of the supernatural world.
The first one to react was no other than Tomeo-chan as she burst and yelled, "Jaune Arc knows the supernatural world?!"
Many of the devils near her winced, but they all tolerated her surprise as they themselves are surprised.
"I don't know what I should be more surprised, that Jaune Arc is that connected or that Hyoudou-kun is the Red Dragon Emperor." Sona sighed, "but I feel I should not be surprised considering Cinderella Arc is too well-verse on the supernatural and the Hyoudou-kun does have the desire and balls of a dragon."
Issei doesn't know if he should feel insulted or amaze. So, Mr. Arc was that powerful? How?!
[I believe it is because he is part dragon.]
What Ddraig? Really?!
[Well, not really. Even though my instincts told me to run from a Slayer like him, a part of me felt 'Dragon Essence' in him even though his flesh is human.]
"So do you claim Issei for your peerage?" Sona asked while Issei is once again in the loop because of the Jargon.
"Not happening; Jaune Arc has stake his claim as his student." Rias shook her head.
Sona merely raised an eyebrow, "so Jaune Arc is not part of the Grigori?"
"No, he is independent."
"Azazel allowed this?"
Rias sighed at a memory and replied, "he laughed at it and agreed. Even rambled on possibly bringing the White Dragon Emperor to be trained too."
"So Jaune Arc is has that amount of clout, no wonder onne-sama keeps on visiting his restaurants."
"Yes…" Rias can only sigh, "I am so sorry Issei Hyoudou."
-xXx-
Wack! Wack!
Issei gripped a wooden sword tightly and swung to the air. His form was slopy, he spent too much energy, and his foot work is still so stiff. But for some reason, the wooden handle felt right. Issei continued to swing, and ignoring the more loud and quick sounds of steel clashing!
Giving in to the temptation of a distraction Issei picked at the side and saw something out of a movie.
A tornado clashing against a mountain, or more precisely Cinder-senpai trying to penetrate her father's defense, but failing. Mr. Arc was not even moving his feet! But he blocks or parried his daughter no matter.
"Issei! Get back to work!" Issei freeze and proceeded to swing to the air once more!
"When can I actually spar?!"
"Don't worry! Soon!"
"Wait! Nevermind! I am not fighting you!"
"Ohhhh don't be scared!"
[Normally I would frown when my partner is scared of training, but considering who your mentor is, I feel the same.]
Issei wanted to cry.
Author's Notes!
Welcome to chapter 2! Okay, so this is the direction of the story, I will write it in mind that many of you guys haven't read [All the Difference in the Worlds]. So Jaune's exploits, skills, and relationship with Cinder will unravel in the eyes of Issei, so Jaune will really be a mysterious person.