After meeting Yuji and deciding that right now going back to the others won't be a viable option with him out of the picture it would be better so he can figure out his new abilities
Issei sat in the living room with a large number of movies in front of him
Issei: you have a lot of these don't you?
Yuji: trust me this helps you had the queen with you so it changed your vessel and soul together but that's not a bad thing
Issei: mind explaining why the movies? I thought training would be a bit different
Yuji: fair, you see with cursed energy it's based on emotions. Keeping a level head about everything will help you keep it in a constant state so that it doesn't go haywire
Issei: like dragon emotions, if im too angry then it goes out of control
Yuji: yes exactly, I suppose you can use this training to keep it to yourself, your cursed energy is based on your negative emotions you see Cursed energy leaks from the human body and accumulates. When it ferments over time, it gives birth to Cursed Spirits which are the creatures you saw. There are a lot of Cursed tools, cursed objects, and cursed corpses that are all infused with cursed energy that can be used for your own gain but also at risk. Jujutsu sorcerers can manipulate their cursed energy and channel it into various techniques
Issei: so theres more like me?
Yuji: yes we are small in number but we can do a lot of unexplainable and unthinkable things. Now then take this
He handed Issei a bear with large fists with boxing gloves on
Issei: cool bear
bang*
It instantly hit him in the face knocking him over
He heard giggling and saw Ember floating behind him with ophis watching him as well
He then heard ddraig laughing in the background as well, he held his face where the bare hit and picked it up
Yuji: the bare reacts to your cursed energy output too high it will hit you in the face to low it will hit you in the face, I used this guy to help me when I started because I had the king of curses I was forced into this life very fast as your self
Issei: okay so basically keep it calm?
He nodded and walked towards the door
Yuji: I suggest starting with the romance movies first then moving onto action it will help you keep it low to high easier
Issei: sure thing...
bang*
He held his nose with an irritated expression and kept calm as best he could and picked it up and brought it to the couch with him and started the first movie "Titanic"
Issei:" fuck me..."
bang*
This continued for a few weeks each time the punches to his face grew from maybe 30 times a day to 15 till it reached once a day where he let his guard down which was when he realized that it reacts when his guard is lowered and his energy starts to rise or lower depending on how he is feeling once he realized this he kept it at a constant pace and after 3 more weeks of just watching movies he could act like normal with the bear with him and it wouldn't react or even move unless he moved it, he could be himself and relax but it still didn't move he had mastered keeping the bear at bay which in turn meant his regulation of cursed energy was perfect
Later in the bathroom issei looked at his hair change colour again to jet black
Issei: huh I liked the white hair but my eyes stayed red, weird
Ember: wouldn't it be representative of your cursed energy not causing changes?
Issei: yes but it almost doesn't look like me I mean even a few of my features changed after Great Red completed my dragon transformation
Ddraig: indeed perhaps see this as your final form your magic reserves including your cursed energy reserves have been stockpiled to an immense amount you might give the faction leaders a run for their money in power and strength alone
Issei: sweet
He left the bathroom and saw the massive scar from his throat to his stomach, he traced it with his finger and he almost didn't feel any pain from it, it was sensitive but he could move more freely without being in pain
He met up with Yuji again and found him looking at a picture of a young blonde woman
Issei: I feel like ive seen that face before
Yuji: yes Jenifer Lawrence, well done now we can move on to the part of figuring out what cursed techniques you can use
Issei: sure, well I think there was one nothing could touch me I had a few people try and touch me and it sent a few flying across the room while some could touch me
Yuji: that is part of the cursed technique called infinity, what else
Issei: well I could see how magic flows in people and also see them when they are not even in the same spot I always knew where they were without them even saying anything even when they wanted to hide their tracks with it as still able to find them and yet I could see them clearly I even had to put on sunglasses always because it was hurting my head to look at others head on
Yuji: im sure you know of the 6 eyes already
Issei nodded in agreement
Issei: how do I know if I can do other things?
Yuji: Practice, Everyone is different for instance you could stand a chance to be like the queen's first tamer/creator he could copy almost everyone's techniques and use them like he wants
Issei: does this count as a sign?
He held his hand out and a small creature formed in his hands and flew to Yuji
Yuji: what a unique ability you can make your own cursed spirits what about taking them in your arsenal you might be able to be a shikigami user or have the ability to manipulate a cursed creature itself come with me
Issei followed Yuji and they walked deeper into the land they resided in and issei could feel something off almost like a complete evil it was super small yet he could sense the creature they were walking towards
As they entered a room he saw the creature fully in all its glory it was so disfigured he couldn't make out what he really looking at
Yuji: go ahead and try and change its form if you can or try and capture it like a Pokemon
Issei(confused) first off what am I looking at?
Yuji: a transfigured human that is beyond saving the cursed energy turned it into this creature killing the person it once was
Issei: you have the king don't you?
Yuji: I don't the king was killed a long time ago when I was your age, but he was with me for so long that I have a good amount of his powers and abilities along side my own
Issei: okay
He stepped forward and held his hand out and he saw the cursed energy move around his hands watched it go away and spread around his arms and force his scales to grow well as he held his hand out it looked like the creature's body started to transform and slowly turn into a bird then turned into a orb of pure cursed energy
Yuji: hmmm as I thought you could copy other people's cursed techniques to your own will
Issei: and my magic seems to be reacting accordingly to it
Ember: (chuckling) With my power too you are super strong now issei
Issei: well then
He took out a piece of rope and tied his long hair back
Issei: let's get to work
Yuji: good luck
Issei: huh what do you mean good luck?
Within seconds a large creature burst out through the wall grabbing him and breaking through a few walls
This monster was huge holding him back And Yuji walked behind it and smiled a wrinkled old smile
Yuji: Meet, beast
The creature started growling at him
Yuji: as much as you can use magic to fight right now is your cursed energy training you can only use the cursed energy techniques to fight now you may first use your fists, this is a 3rd grade creature pretty weak for trained sorcerors but for you who has fighting abilities and needs practice using your cursed energy hes the best bet
It grabbed his legs and slammed him into a wall
Issei: "I'm in for a rough time"
DdraigEmber: yes...
Elsewhere in the underworld
Everyone could be seen standing around a grave sight with a single tombstone in the Gremory graveyard to hold the closest they had to their blood family they hyoudous
It was a sad day no one said a thing, and no one could they had no experience with this before it had been a long time since they had a loss like this the hyoudou family had been such a large part of the family that it felt like a bad dream without any of them in it
Sirzechs stood forward and spoke to everyone that was around ranging from the gremory family the Phoenix family Akenos father, a few angles siraorg and his mother, the Yokai clan Uta and the rest of them along with sona and her peerage
Sirzechs: thank you all for coming today, we lost an amazing family, friends and genuinely good people, that is hard to come by in this day and time to find people that you can trust and who will be there for you when you need it they made us feel human even when we are not, we were underprepared for this day because we all for sore a future where issei and his family would be here with us for a few thousand years to come, but today we have to say goodbye to a brother, son, father, rivel, apprentice, lover, the list goes on, I want to say that this isn't the end of issei and his family they won't be forgotten as long as they live on in our hearts then they won't leave our memories
They all gave a small round of applause for him and they showed the statue made for him they couldn't help but smile knowing that if he were here he would be laughing with them
With issei
He stands with his hands covered in blood panting out of breath and looking at the creature he had blasted into pieces with a few punches
Yuji walked close to him clapping
Yuji: well done you saw how to fight with hand to hand
Issei:(tired) yea when I tried to hit it either there wasn't enough force behind my attack but also it did something weird where I hit him but the damage came long after my initial hit...
Yuji: I was the same It is something that can be used well if you are smart enough for it I used to add more energy just before the hit impacts the enemy giving them a harder hit than what I really hit them with
Issei: (tired) cool
He took a knee
Yuji: rest we can get you used to more fighting tomorrow with someone who is a shikigami user and they can teach you how to summon and fight with them
Issei:(tired) works for me
Yuji walked away and Issei stayed sitting for a few minutes
Ddraig: you seem more tired than normal
Issei: I am im using my actual energy in a fight here, im sure the more I do this ill get better
Ddraig: im impressed with this old man he seems to be very knowledgeable
Issei heard footsteps coming closer to him as he looked up he saw the loli dragon walking closer to him eating a cookie
Issei: you sleep well enough?
Ophis: hmmm this room had some barrier around it so no sound came through I didn't know you were here till I saw the old man walk from here
Issei: Yeah getting used to fighting with this power I have now
Ophis: hmmm your aura seems changed I wouldn't think it's you if I had to meet you after this
Issei: for real? Well what does it feel like
Ophis: anger hate agony, I think that's what the cursed energy gives off your dragon side isn't Ddarigs or great reds but your own you're a new dragon so not even current dragons will know this is you with the hair change and full eye change you really are a different person
Issei: just what I needed an identity crisis
He watched as the bright orange ball of fire left his body and floated around his head
Ember: well not only that you have scary eyes now and they only scream anger and are tired
Issei: huh well I feel like that might as well keep to it this is me now others are going to need to either like this version of me or they not going to have to deal with me
Ddriag: vali and the white one will be very surprised to see this change in you
Issei: ill kick his ass regardless but I need to go get done
He went to the hot spring and enjoyed the hot water relaxing his muscles he looked up and saw the barrier around the place
Issei:" Huh keeps things hidden and I can change it to my liking might need to learn that "
After eating he went to sleep after a few hours he sensed something closer to him that grabbed him his eyes opened and he saw a jellyfish-looking creature wrapping its tendrils around his legs as he realized what it was doing he pulled his legs out of its grasp and flipped out of the bed and started running as he ran around the temple grounds he saw the beast creature back on its feet walking around with other creatures flying around
As he made his way to the plaza he saw the barrier forming around him and sensed another presence behind him and it wasn't ophis or Yuji this one was dangerous
He turned around and saw someone that looked like the man that tried to kill him
Issei: oh hell no that's not funny
???: it's not look's like they brought him back too bad for you im worse than him
Issei: huh?
howl*
A large black and white wolf landed infornt and it was growling at him
Issei: shit...
The wolf launched at him and he pushed it out of his way and made a run for it
As he ran he saw Yuji standing there with a smile on his face
Yuji: don't worry about my friend as of right now you can only use shikigami
Issei: got it
He slid and brought out the bird that he caught and it carried him back towards the man he had seen before And stood ready
Issei: so you're him huh, what's your name?
megumi: Megumi fushiguro at your service brat
he made a hand movement and a large serpent came slithering toward him and wrapped him up in a chokehold
Isseis bird came back and attacked the eyes of the snake and Issei used this chance to try and take the snake for himself
but before he could it disappeared into the shadows
Issei looked confused but decided to pull out his sword and slice which sliced the wolf and one of the bird creatures in the sky
they all looked confused
Megumi: looks like you have dismantle as well as cleaver interesting but it's dangerous
Issei: what?
The shikigami around him disappeared into the shadows and everything felt like it was calming down
Megumi walked closer and looked at Issei
Megumi: looks like we would need Yuta but hes long dead with the queen trapped away
Issei: oh didn't Yuji tell you I had the queen a little over a month or two, a man that looks a lot like you used this blade of his and cut me down and took it from me
Megumi: well ill be damned but you still seem to have her leverage she might come back to you if you get that ring back
Issei: how long have you two been alive
Yuji: a while a lot of our friends have either passed on or died in battle you're the first cursed user to make their appearance in a few hundred years
Issei:(shocked) WHAT!
Megumi: reversed curse technique the stronger the user the better, this technique takes negative energy and positive and in turn can heal the body by turning the negative energy into positive energy so you can heal yourself and keep yourself alive for long periods of time but if the body is too far damaged then you have less of a chance to bring someone back to life
Yuji: using this technique also keeps the body fresh at all times so you can fight for long periods of time
Issei: I see
Megumi: What I'm really concerned about is how many innate techniques you have shown now
Issei: what do you mean?
Megumi: many sorcerors can have more than one but there are a few that have only one that is only theirs and no one can copy them it embeds itself in ones brain and having to many will overload your brain that could have some severe circumstances
Yuji: Yuta was able to use many many because the queen rika, was an external aid to assist him with his cursed energy
Issei: Would Ddraig or Ember help me?
Megumi: maybe but it's still dangerous if you can copy innate techniques at will only stick to 3 at a time it was the maximum one person should be able to handle
Issei: okay I can work with that, so what now
Megumi: you tried to take my Orochimaru just now didn't you?
Issei: Yeah I can manipulate the cursed spirits
Megumi: see that's an innate technique so that's one and you either used dismantle or cleaver just now to cut my divine dogs and nue
Issei: Yeah I just slashed my sword and that happened
Yuji: with proper training you can just look at people and cut them not needing to slice so be careful with that one it was the king's innate technique
Issei: okay I'll keep that in mind, Megumi how can I get more shikigami as much as I can fly my bird friend is actually pretty useful
Megumi: im familiar with the magic world since ours are so close think of them as familiars find and if you have curse manipulation and idle transformation you can turn ordinary techniques into some powerful creatures for you to use
Issei: interesting how do I find more?
Yuji: follow us we can show you
They walked away from the temple and made it to a hospital, as they got closer issei could feel and see all the cursed spirits either attached to dying people or lingering around feeding off the sadness, anger and dread in the hospital
Megumi: Because of all the death that comes with a place like this it's a breeding ground for cursed spirits they cause things like headaches and can even kill a person if they are weak enough just by feeding off their negative energy It is very similar to schools no matter where you go its always places that a lot of emotions can be happy or sad
Issei: huh I never thought about it and always wondered why hospitals felt that way
Megumi: Watch as we make a vail around this place to keep them hidden we can walk in and take the cursed spirits out
Yuji: it been a while since ive let loose
He hit his fist into his other hand and became younger he kept his glasses but now looked roughly the same age as Megumi who seemed to be around their mid-40s
Yuji: you about to see what special grade sources can do and what your goal should be just like cursed spirits where the lower the number the stronger the same rankings can be given to sorcerers
Megumi: now then let's see what shikigami we can get you there are bound to be a few strong ones
Issei: then let's do this