Dragon's Retry
Chapter 1
The Awakening.
"Gasp! Hrk! BLEGH!!! HUFF, HUFF, HUFF. UUUGH!
Here we have Issei on the floor of his room vomiting up whatever food and stomach acid he had in his gut with the jewel of the Red Dragon shining on his left hand. The boy was so disoriented and in shock that his body would not respond to his demands to move as he lays in a puddle of his own vomit. Ew.
"Ugh my head is spinning. What's going on? Am I with my new host already?" Ddraig asks as he tries to collect his bearings as for him it feels like he got spiritual whiplash. This however gets the Human's attention.
"BLEGH, ugh, spittle, D-Ddraig? Is that you? Fuck me running my head hurts. Hrrnnn where are we?" The boy asks as he holds his hands on his head, trying to resist the monstrous headache he was sporting. Issei clenches his eyes shut and tries to breathe out of his mouth instead of his nose due to the awful stench of the bile he had just finished puking up.
"Ooooh... Wait. PARTNER?! YOUR ALIVE?!" Ddraig's voice boomed out causing Issei to clench his head tighter and groan out in pain and discomfort as he curls up into a ball.
"Uuuu owowow Ddraig come on man not so loud, my head feels like a bunch of monkeys just finished fighting over a bucket of marbles." Issei says as he begins to try to move once again, this time successfully getting to at least his knees as he then wipes the vomit from his face and looks around his room in a bit of a daze as his eyes begin to adjust to the light of his surroundings and the strain that his body is going through.
"How is this possible? I felt your soul leave your body and move on to the afterlife! I felt myself going back to sleep until I would be reawakened with my new host." Ddraig says with a quieter tone as to not cause further discomfort to his host, but he is clearly confused. "By the four Dragon Gods what's going on?"
Suddenly Issei remembers what Ddraig was talking about as his breathing picks up pace and the boy begins shaking. Issei had died, AGAIN! This time in a far worse manner than being simply pierced in the gut by a light spear. He was beaten and burned alive. "T-th-what the fuck!? Then how am I here? I remember it clearly now, I had been burnt to a crisp by that..."
Issei then began to grit his teeth in rage, Riser had beaten him, and KILLED him. Oh this will not stand! The Red Dragon Emperor now had a score to settle with the Phenex, and he wasn't going to fail this go around. Whatever gave him this second chance, he wasn't going to let it go to waste. He begins to try to stand, but just manages to sit on his bed first, he looks out his window to notice that it's dark outside. Must still be in the middle of the night.
However something catches his attention on his wall, a nude poster of a beautiful blonde woman with large breasts that hadn't been there for nearly a year due to his mother finding it and throwing it out into the garbage.
"Wait, Ddraig, something doesn't feel right, and I'm not talking about the way we're feeling right now."
"Oooh. Hm? What do you mean partner?" Ddraig asks in mild interest after collecting his bearings completely. Issei then points at the poster he had been looking at.
"That poster, it hasn't been on my wall in nearly a year, mon had seen it one day and was furious that I had it hanging in the open for just ANYONE to see. She had taken and threw it away in the trash last I saw of it. I never thought I'd see it again." The boy says in mild confusion as he shakily gets onto his feet and walks over to the poster, vomit still on his face and cheek as he walks in front of the window where the poster was hanging next to.
"And? I don't see what your point is partner, better yet summon the Boosted Gear. Something feels a tad off." Ddraig demands as Issei scratches his cheek, but does as he is asked.
Shine
"I'm just saying I think something isn't right man, it's as if we went back in... time? What the fuck?" Issei starts to discern what he is thinking before looking at his Sacred Gear and realizing what Ddraig meant.
"Twice Critical?! I knew something felt off about my confinds. Our progress has been sent back to the very beginning!" Ddraig exclaims in frustration and anger as he sees the state of his prison. Issei isn't fairing any better if the look of confusion and slight distress plastered on his face is anything to go by.
"UUUGH are you serious man?! I have to build my power up all the way again. Those days of training with Rias and the others, pointless." Issei falls to his hands and knees is defeat and distress as he comes to realize that all of his hard work had been for nothing. Ddraig however points something out.
"Well you hadn't grown that much in terms of power partner. If what you say is true about us being sent back in time. Then perhaps we should use this to our advantage." Ddraig says as Issei moves over to the bathroom to wash his face clean, only to realize that he has vomit in his hair too, so he decides to take a shower.
"How do you mean bud? Got something in mind for us?" Issei says as he reaches for some clean clothes and checks the time on his clock. it was the beginning of June, meaning he was in the middle of his summer break of his first year if he is correct about the time travel thing. Ddraig continues.
"What I mean is if your correct, then we have nearly a year to grow strong enough to best that fire pigeon and settle the score. I for one am not satisfied with how things turned out, especially since we were cheap shotted while in the middle of combat with that bird. I say we do some training up in the mountains." Ddraig suggests as Issei gets in the shower after stripping and begins to wash himself.
Issei thinks for a moment, that's not a bad idea actually. It would serve to get stronger to protect Rias easier if he grew his power further than what it was before. He then is distracted by the idea of being rewarded for his hard work by getting to smush his face into Rias's breasts. The boy grows a goofy, perverted smile as he is then interrupted by Ddriag.
"Getting back on topic, it will do you good to know that Dragons are beings made of pure aura, we resistant to and cannot use magic. it's honestly why you lasted so long against the Phenex in your battle, if you were more powerful you would have had an easy time with him and his flames." Ddraig says with confidence as Issei finishes his shower and steps back into his room with nothing but a towel on.
"Really? I could have beaten him easily?" Issei says, amazed by the idea that he would have been powerful enough to best Riser with such effectiveness that it would seem like a cake walk.
"Indeed, if you had Balance Breaker during that battle things would have turned out different then what had happened. You would have had that plebian running for the hills. So in the year we have before that fated reunion, you should grow as strong as possible, and make acquiring Balance Breaker your top priority." Ddraig says, giving the boy a goal to reach for himself to get stronger. Issei however, has his doubts.
"Eh I don't know Ddraig, do you really think I can make it to Balance Breaker within the time frame I have? I dont exactly have any sort of talent you know." He says, making a fair point before feeling a steering pain in the back of his head as if being slapped roughly by a metal rod. "OW! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR?!"
"That was for belittling yourself. You had only awakened the Boosted Gear for two months and you had already reached the final stage before Scale Mail. Trust me, even if you don't awaken it before the fight, you will likely awaken it during said battle." Ddraig finishes before causing the gem on the back of Issei's hand to disappear, signifying that the conversation is over for him. Issei clenches his fist in determination.
"Fine then! I'll do it! I'll work hard this next year and acquire Balance Breaker! I'll make you proud partner!"
Issei takes a step deeper into his room.
Squelch.
... Issei feels something warm and chunky between his toes. He looks down and sees that he stepped in his own vomit.
"EEEEEEW!!! OH COME ON!"
After cleaning up the vomit from his floor, (and taking yet another shower) Issei goes back to sleep to rest up for the training in the morning. He wakes up with a startle as the door to his room opens and hears a scream.
"Ahh! Issei! What is the meaning of this?! How many times have I told you to STOP putting up such raunchy posters!"
Issei's face pales and he makes a dash for the poster to protect it, but the woman who had shouted was faster than him, and ripped the portrait from the wall and tears it into pieces in a fit of rage. This woman was Issei's mother, Miki Hyoudou, and she was not pleased with her son at the moment.
"Mom please wai- NOOO!! YOU MONSTER! I JUST GOTTEN THAT POSTER BACK! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO MEEEEEEEEE?!" Issei cries out with crocodile tears running down his face. However calling his own mother a monster wasn't exactly the wisest of moves he could have made. A tick mark forms on his mother's forehead.
"Ara Ara, what a mouth you have on you there son, why it's as if you want to die today." She says as a metal coat hanger suddenly appears within the palm of her hand and Issei's face pales in terror. Having no idea how she had gotten it from since his closet door was closed. A voice was then heard behind the mother and son.
"Uh have I come in at a bad time Miki? I was wondering when brea..." he stops his words in their tracks before seeing the situation, and subsequently closes the door and holds it closed as Issei began rushing over to the exit, trying to escape.
"Noo dad! Come on don't do me like this, she's got the coat hanger! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME HERE WITH HER!!"
Thwack, crack, pow, slap.
"AHHH!"
On the other side of the doorway where the husband Gurou Hyoudou was hiding in a curled up ball, he quietly mumbles something that isn't heard by his aggravated wife.
"Forgive me son, I know these are trying times but you WILL grow stronger from this." He says with fear in his voice, while he does wanna support his son in his dreams, he is also TERRIFIED of his own wife.
After a few minutes of getting beaten by his mother, Issei was kicked out of the house for the day and told to go touch some grass for once. The boy pouted by the treatment but it DID give him the excuse to go explore the city and do some training. As Issei began jogging to build his stamina back up, he communicated with Ddraig via his mind.
'So Ddraig, what kind of training should I do first? I know I have to get my Sacred Gear back up to where it was but I don't think my body can handle that kind of power right now.' He conveys to his draconic partner who hums in agreement.
'Agreed, right now your body would likely break down after only receiving three boosts, thankfully the Twice Critical form of the Boosted Gear only allows two so you should be fine in that regard. But you are right, building your stamina and body back up to what it was will be beneficial to you since your base will be higher than what it was before. So some basic training will do you wonders right now. Perhaps buying some weights for strength training and lugging around a rucksack full of rocks for your stamina will do you some good.' Ddraig says in agreement while making his own points. Issei's body was dog piss weak right now where even girls with sticks could take him down with ease. He needs to fix that sooner rather than later.
"Damn Ddraig, you really want me back to where I was don't ya? You never sounded this motivated in the times that I had met you in my dreams, hell the only time you sounded motivated at all was during the fight against Riser." Issei says, pointing out something he noticed about his partner. This causes Ddraig to huff in annoyance.
'Of course I'd be motivated in a fight where a lesser being has the balls to talk down to a mighty dragon such as I. Arrogance without the power to back it up is meaningless and disgraceful, besides I once hunted Phoenix birds in the past, so I was feeling a bit nostalgic for the hunt once more.' Ddraig says with a huff before puffing out his chest in pride of his past might. Although he does deflate a bit when Issei points something out in-between labored breaths.
"Y-Yeah, but in terms of power right now I'm like a child. Man it sucks being the weakest Red Dragon Emperor. I have to do so much in order to catch up to my predecessors." He says, making a point.
'Doesn't help that you're a shameless pervert either, you'll more than likely make a fool out of us at some point.' Ddraig shivers in disgust and weariness from within Issei's soul.
This however lights a fire inside Issei's stomach as he starts to run faster, exerting his body more and more as he runs around town. "DAMN RIGHT IM A PERVERT! And proud of it, women's bodies are meant to be worshipped and praised, especially tits! Oh my God I wish I could slam my face into a pair of tits right now!"
Ddraig sighs and shakes his head within Issei's mind scape before cutting communications with the boy, but not before letting out one last bite at his host.
'Stars above I hope you don't become worse than what you already are.'
"Hey what's that supposed to mean!?"
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"Ddraig?"
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"Great, I'm just talking to myself here. Definitely don't look like a crazed jackass doing that." Issei says with a deadpan expression before he continues his jog.
However, a few dozen meters away in the air hiding behind some tree branches, there was a small abnormally shaped bat that was watching Issei closely. After Issei got far enough away from the small creature, it flew off to report its findings to its owner and master.
Inside the Old School Building at Kuoh Academy. ORC Clubroom.
Sitting at the desk of the ORC Clubroom was Rias Gremory, sipping on some tea made by her queen Akeno Himajima. She had been doing some last minute paperwork while looking at the files and reports of her peerage members before heading off to the underworld for the summer like she and her peerage had done every year. Although something seemed to be bothering her this go around as she stared at a particular document.
It was a message from her father regarding the marriage between Rias and Riser stating that the Phenex family was trying to push the date of the wedding up from after college to the last semester of her high school year.
This infuriated the young heiress as she crumpled up the document into a tight ball and turned it into dust using her Power of Destruction. Akeno chuckles at this in amusement.
"Ufufufu. Having love troubles again Rias? Seems like you can't catch a break at all these days." She says with a giggle and a smile, but in reality she was worried for her long time friend who had honestly been given a raw deal with this whole engagement. Rias growls for a moment and glares at her Queen before sighing and flopping her head down in defeat.
"I, I'm Fine Akeno. I'm just tired of this whole arrangement I'm stuck in, and if what my father says is true then they're trying to push up the date from the end of my college years to when I graduate high school." She says in mild dispair as she places a palm to her forehead, trying to fight a growing headache as suddenly there is a tapping on the window behind the chair that she is sitting in.
Akeno notices as well. "Ara Ara. Seems like your little familiar has returned, hopefully with some sort of good news." She says as she walks over to the window and opens it, allowing the bat familiar to fly in and land on the desk in front of Rias.
"Hm, how was your mission young one? anything of interest to report?" Rias asks with slight tiredness in her voice, but also some interest as well, she heard that there was a Sacred Gear within Issei Hyoudou and wanted to verify it herself before doing anything else about said information.
The familiar flaps its wings and makes a noise, as if speaking.
"Kii, kii, swii!!"
"He was talking to himself while jogging? Curious, do go on." Rias says in mild interest, her attention not fully on her familiar as it conveyed it's message to its master.
"Swii, ki kee!!"
"He kept mentioning someone named Ddraig? Hm. where have I heard that name before?" she says before pulling out a large book on Sacred Gears from her pocket dimension and flips through a few pages. While she flips through the pages she stumbled across the Boosted Gear and Divine Dividing from the list of Longinus Gears. It read that they were both powered by one of the two Heavenly Dragons.
Rias frowned, oh how she really wanted to find one of these two Sacred Gears. They would be a marvelous boon against any of her enemies to have one of the Heavenly Dragons on her side. The young heiress sighs and closes the book after looking for a bit longer through it. Finding nothing about anyone named Ddraig. She knows that whoever Ddraig was is sealed in a Sacred Gear, she just couldn't for the life of her remember which one.
"Hrrm. perhaps I could ask father or brother about this 'Ddraig', hopefully they're in a powerful sacred gear so I could bring them into my peerage." She says with a tired tone before looking back at her familiar, and pulls out a bag of treats and gives one of them to the bat.
"Thank you for your assistance, you did a wonderful job. You may go now." She says with a smile on her face while the familiar bounces and cheers while grabbing hold of the treat before disappearing from their sight in a cloud of smoke.
"Ufufu, that familiar of yours is so adorable Rias, but I don't know if asking your father about this 'Ddraig' will be a wise idea, after all if it turns out that they are a powerful being sealed within a Sacred Gear he may do something about it to ensure the wedding proceeds without issue." Akeno says to her master, making a point as she grabs hold of Rias's tea cup and goes to refill it.
Rias sighs and she leans forward into her desk. "I know Akeno but I'm running out of ideas for this whole wedding thing except for worst case scenarios. As much as I don't want to marry that man I know it will damage my house's name if I cheat on him, and honestly dying sounds better than having to deal with that disgusting pig." Rias says with a scowl as she stands up as the clubroom doors open to reveal Kiba and Koneko.
"Sorry for being late president, Koneko wanted to get some last minute sweets before heading to the underworld." Kiba says with a sweat drop rolling down his cheek as he gives a smile to his peerage mates and master.
"I regret and apologize for nothing." The nekomata says with a straight deadpan expression on her face as she noms on a piece of chocolate. This causes Rias and Akeno to chuckle in amusement as Rias walks over to a large part of the room and summons a transportation circle.
"Well now that we have everyone, let's get ready to go. We don't want to be late now so we?" Rias says as she steps into the circle after the rest of her peerage does the same.
Before long they then disappeared from the clubroom and after a few seconds of waiting made it to the underworld. Specifically the Gremory Manor in her family territory.
Four hours later later.
"Huff, huff, huff. Fuck I'm exhausted!" Issei says as he lays on the ground, his body was covered in dirt and sore everywhere.
"Is this really your current limit? If it is then we really do have a LONG way to go before you get anywhere near Second Liberation. Much less Balance Breaker." Ddraig says with exasperation and disappointment in his tone.
This however catches Issei's attention as he tries to sit up, only to flinch at his soreness. "Man I'm going to have a seriously hard time if this is what I gotta deal with the whole year." The boy shakes his head before continuing. "Anyway, what is the Balance Breaker anyway? I don't think I've ever heard of it before."
Ddraig scoffs and shakes his head within the Boosted Gear. "It amazes me that your master failed to teach you of anything important when it comes to your own powers, even if she knows next to nothing on what the Boosted Gear can do, she could have at least taught you what a Balance Breaker is and what it is for this particular Longinus." He then sighs before speaking once more.
"A Balance Breaker is a bug in the Sacred Gear system made by the Biblical God. Either he left it there or he somehow over looked it is anyone's guess, either way it is a bug that allows humans to BREAK the Sacred Gear's limits and become something more. Sometimes the BB is a gauntlet, a necklace, or in our case a suit of armour known as the Scale Mail."
"Ooooh that sounds so cool! What does the Scale Mail do?" Issei asks with stars in his eyes, he's clearly excited over the idea of having a cool suit of armour. This causes Ddraig to chuckle a bit before continuing.
"Mhmhm, indeed. The Scale Mail actually removes the cool down of BOOSTING, allowing the host to boost endlessly and eventually letting the user reach god class or higher in terms of power. It's why the Red and White Dragons are so feared and sought after. Because of all of the Longinus out there we are considered one of the most dangerous to go up against even though we are considered Mid-Tier. Because NO ONE with a brain wants to deal with the Heavenly Dragon's wrath." Ddraig says with pride in his voice, although he does seem a bit miffed that he and Albion are only considered Mid-Tier in terms of ranking.
Issei however looks like he just landed on a gold mine as he bounces up off the ground and stands up ready to keep training. "So your telling me that if I get this Scale Mail that even Gods will be wary of me?! That sounds so cool! I'd be able to get a Harem with ease with that kind of might!"
This causes Ddraig to frown, not another whelp obsessed with getting a Harem. He sighs and says with a melancholy tone. "Yes. Red Dragon Emperors have a relatively easy time getting women to flock to them. In fact most of my hosts in the past had gotten loads of women to join their Harem, So you should have one as well."
"Why do you sound so put off by that dude? Shouldn't you be happy that you help your hosts pick up chicks?! I'll be surrounded by tits of all sizes now if I grow strong enough!" Issei seemingly unable to understand why Ddraig seems to have lost his steam after he had mentioned getting a Harem.
"Can we just focus on training please?" Ddraig pleads as Issei flinches from the sudden volume. The boy waves his hands around a bit before continuing his running, alternating between doing a set of ten squats every few minutes as he does so on request of his resident Dragon's request.
"So, huff Ddraig. When do you think I will be ready to fight Riser? Huff huff I know the Scale Mail will make things easier for me but do I NEED it in order to win?" Issei asks in between labored breaths as he continues his run/squats. This somewhat brings the Dragon out of his funk so he may explain.
"Judging from how you did against the Phenex in your battle against him. you would need a MUCH higher base power than what you had. I'd say bring your body's strength up till it's comparable to four to five of your previous self's boosts. Hmm head over to the forests boy, we need to have a goal to reach." Ddraig says as Issei nods his head and jogs his way over to the nearby forest, his stamina running near empty from the constant jogging and squats. The boy's legs are going to be really sore in the morning.
Scene break; Hyoudou Household.
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Sitting at the dinning table eating lunch was the matriarch of the house Miki Hyoudou. Her husband Gurou seated next to her enjoying his lunch that his wife had made a few minutes ago while reading the newspaper since today was a Saturday. Miki however, had a disgruntled and concerned look on her face.
"Do you think I was too hard on him this time?" Miki had asked to her husband who wasn't really paying attention.
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"Ugh, Gurou!" Miki shakes her husband's arm to grab his attention, which works as he looks over with a smile.
"Yes dear?" He asks with a curious look in his eye, seems like she wants to have a serious conversation with the look that is in her eye, the man sets down the paper and turns to his wife, giving her his full attention.
"Do you think I went too hard on him this time? Issei I mean." Miki says with a worried look on her face as she looks towards her husband.
"You mean with burning his poster or beating him with a hanger and sending him outside for the day? Cause I will admit the boy needs to go outside more and get some sun, it would be good for him." He says after he thinks for a moment, the part about the hanger causes Miki to flinch with embarrassment with how she acted.
"All of it I suppose. I know teenage boys will always find their... vises but I don't want them being blatantly open for the world to see. Oh if only we could have gotten him out of his perverted habits before he because stuck in those ways." She says with sadness in her tone. Her husband places a hand on her shoulder and smiles warmly.
"Hey it's alright Miki. We did the best we could raising him, he's still a good boy at heart even with his perverted side. There is nothing left for us to teach him, now he has to figure things out on his own." Gurou says with a soft tone before Miki sighs.
"Ooh... My baby boy just grew up way too fast for my liking. I just wish I had a few more years with him before he has to face the world." She says with a forlorn expression on her face.
Gurou, not wanting to see his wife like this, comes up with an idea. "Say, how about we go out of town for awhile, go on vacation as a family to the States. I do recall you saying you want an excuse to brush up on your English and visit at least once." He says with a warm smile as he then takes a bite out of the onigiri he had left on his plate.
Miki however, seemed a bit worried at the idea. "What about your job, won't they get mad at you for going away for a long period of time?" She asks with some hesitation, although liking the idea of cleaning up her English, she still didn't want her husband to get in trouble with work.
"Aooh its well bea faane." Gurou says with a mouth full of rice before swallowing and repeating himself. "It will be fine Miki, I have about a month worth of vacation days saved up from working with the company for so many years. That and I could work while on the vacation too if they ever need me. it should be fine." He says as he takes another big bite of the onigiri.
Miki thinks for a moment on the idea before looking at her husband with a curious look. "Ok, where would we go in the US if we did do this trip? We're not exactly the most well off dear." She says, making a good point.
This caused Gurou to pause as he then got up to go retrieve his laptop. "I'll have to call my boss and request the time off, but I doubt they will refuse it" He says after coming back with the laptop and his phone.
"Huff, huff, fuuuuck! Did I surrriously ha-ave to run all the way out here Ddraig?" Issei asked as he put his hand against a tree to support himself. The Dragon however chuckled at this in minor amusement.
"Heheh, Ahem. You wish to become powerful enough to save that girl don't you? Then you must train your body past its limits and surpass your previous self.
This causes Issei to deadpan at the Dragon Emperor's attitude and grumbles under his breath, but loud enough for the Dragon to hear him.
"Sadistic lizard."
Tweeeeeeeeee
"Gah! What the fuck Ddraig?!" Issei screamed out after covering his ears in order to drown out the noise to no avail.
"I heard that brat." Ddraig growled out, apparently he did not take kindly to being called a lizard. The Dragon cleared his throat before speaking.
"Ahem, anyway. You see that large boulder that's about one and a half of you in size?"
Issei after slowly uncovering his ears after having a massive headache due to what he could only assume to be Ddraig whistling. The boy looked up and saw the boulder in question and slightly paled at its sheer mass. "Holy shit that's a big rock, what am I supposed to do with it?"
Ddraig chuckles at the boys simple mindedness before speaking. "Go to the opposite side of it and walk about ten meters away from it. Then draw a line in the dirt with your foot."
Issei does what he is told and walks about ten meters away from the boulder before looking back at it, then his gauntlet. "Ok, now what Ddraig?"
Ddraig hums for a moment before answering. "By the time you are able to lift this boulder with only the Twice Critical assisting you, then you should have a strong enough base to move on to the Dragon Booster stage of the Boosted Gear." He says with a grin that Issei couldn't see, but the boy KNEW that Ddraig was enjoying this, even if it was just a little bit.
"Ddraig are you nuts?! I'd need at least Koneko's strength in order to do much as move this thing and you want me to lift it?!" Issei says in a panic as he realizes that his resident Dragon is serious. Now the boy was certain that Ddraig was a sadist like Akeno and he didn't like that fact at all.
"Oh quit being a baby, you would have been able to lift this if you had your rook trait active but since your a full on human again, you have to build that strength back up from scratch. Now, to make things interesting, if you manage to achieve this before your summer break ends, I will teach you how to use basic Dragon fire." Ddraig says which catches Issei's attention.
"Wait I can use fire?! Seriously?! That would be so cool! Having a new skill would make things a lot easier against that... Wait wouldn't fire be useless against Riser?" He asks, catching himself before he gets too excited.
Ddraig pauses for a moment, rather surprised that Issei had cought onto that before laughing a bit. "Hahaha! Seems I underestimated you boy! Yes it would be useless against the Phenex unless used correctly. The real purpose will be made known to you when you achieve the current goal."
"Hmmm. If you say so. Might as well try to move it now to see how far I am from achieving this outlandish task of yours." Issei says as he summons the Twice Critical and activates its ability.
BOOST!
Issei feels the power swell up within him, realizing that he will never get used to the feeling of having his power grow like this, he waits about ten seconds before activating the ability again, feeling his power swell inside himself once again.
BOOST!
Issei nods at the power the Twice Critical gave him and dug his hands into the ground near the boulder, hoping to find something to grab onto with it before feeling the bottom, it feels sharp to the touch as he feels a cut forming on his right hand.
"Ow, stupid fucking, Hrk!"
Issei then tries to lift the boulder with all of his strength feeling it give barely any purchase before giving up and pulling his hands from the ground and dismissing his Sacred Gear.
"Ugh, this is going to take awhile, man I was only one for awhile but I miss being a devil, things were much easier to do as one." Issei said, not entirely correct but still missing it none the less.
"Hmph, you really miss being one of those weak and pathetic devils? I'm rather disappointed partner." Ddraig says with mild disappointment before Issei's body felt even more sore then before, finally being pushed to his current limit he decides to go home.
Upon reaching his house he feels a bit nervous, hoping that his mother wasn't still pissed at him, he would rather not get hit right now as he slowly opened the door to his home. "H-Hello? Mom, Dad I'm home!"
He hears some noise coming from the kitchen as he slowly makes his way towards the area and peaks his head in to see him parents talking over his father's laptop with a picture of a large green statue on it. His mother was the first to notice him and she seemed rather worried about him.
"Oh my, Issei are you ok? You're covered in dirt and grim!" she says as she gets up from the dining room table and walks over to her son, checking for any injuries or scratches.
Issei was a bit nervous but answered his mother to ease her worries. "I'm fine mom, just got a cut on my hand is all." He said, raising his right hand to show his mother the lightly bleeding wound that was covered in dirt.
Miki grimaced at the cut before going to the bathroom to get some first aid. "I'll be right back Issei, for now talk with your father, I think you'll like what he has to say." She says with a warm smile as she exits the kitchen.
"Heh have a rough day today son?" Gurou asks his only child as Issei sits down where Miki had been sitting, the boy sighs before scratching his cheek.
"Eh just wanted to get some exercise in for the ladies ya know? May have gone a bit overboard with it though." He says sheepishly before looking at the laptop, not exactly recognizing the statue at all as he tilts his head to the side. "So uh, what is this about Dad?"
Gurou smiles and looks over to his son before patting his shoulder. "Heh no wonder you look like shit, surprised you didn't go to matsuda or motohama's place." He laughs a bit at his son's expense before looking to the laptop. "Anyway, your mother and I were thinking of doing some traveling this summer... How do you feel about going to New York?"
"... Eh?"
AN: Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter. Please leave a review on what you thought and what I could improve on!
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