Issei, the true Dragon of the Apocalypse (translated into English)

by Jyanzein

[Issei x Tiamat/Penemue/Ross/Ophis] How much would a world change where the supernatural existed, and Angels behaved like Angels, Fallen Angels behaved like Fallen Angels, and Demons... behaved like Demons ? Issei has barely entered the world of the Factions, so he can't answer that question. But he will quickly find the answer. WARNING: sexual scenes and explicit violence.

12. Chapter 11: The First Big Step!

After a while, here I am with a new translated chapter!

I took a lot more time than usual because this chapter is much longer than the others. I was also focused on making some chapters and other personal stuff.

Before I start, I'd like to answer a review:

The Beast of Insanity: I'm glad you liked everything so far. I hope you like the outcome of this arc as well and that you enjoy the chapter.

Quetzalcoatl413: I've generally corrected a few things, but there are still a few problems with it. It's hard to see all the mistakes and correct them when your English isn't good, plus the fact that the translator isn't that perfect. I should also add that the first chapters of this story had some problems with the writing and spelling mistakes, so let's say that this becomes a double work because of having to clean up both sides and that takes a lot of time.

With nothing more to say, it's time to begin.

Enjoy!

END OF ARC - CHAPTER 11: THE FIRST BIG STEP OF THE SEKIRYUUTEI!

"Good." Tiamat said to herself, studying the crimson armour closely. She fixed her gaze on Issei's eyes, causing the brown-haired man to glare at her. "Let's have a little spar with this new power you've acquired." The dragoness commented, getting into a combat pose. "I'll use exactly the same amount of power I've been using so far so you can see the difference." Issei merely nodded at her words, mimicking Tiamat's pose.

Tiamat lunged at Issei without warning, causing the brown-haired man to grit his teeth slightly. Still, he was completely surprised when his teacher's movements were easily followed with his eyes. Consequently, Issei blocked the first punch in its tracks, causing a great blizzard to rise up around the place. The chestnut still had a surprised look on his face, while Tiamat gave him a bold little smile after what he witnessed.

Tiamat jumped back a little and continued to throw various punches and kicks that Issei blocked or dodged without much difficulty.

"What is this? The movements that I could barely see before, now seem... normal to me." Issei thought with some surprise, as his eyes followed the attacks without any trouble, at the same time as his body responded with a great lightness, blocking and dodging them. "It's not just that..." Thought the young man, catching a kick that went straight for his chest, causing the flurry of small blizzards caused by the speed to end with a bang.

"I can also parry punches without the slightest problem, being that they seemed almost unstoppable to me before..." A somewhat macabre grin appeared on Issei's face, causing Tiamat to look at him quizzically. "In that case..." Issei further tightened his grip on Tiamat's foot, causing Tiamat's eyes to widen slightly. Following that, Issei attempted to kick her, but the dragon defended her face with her forearm, blocking the attack without any trouble.

After that collision, Issei reacted quickly and tried to punch her in the face. Seeing this, a small smirk shot across Tiamat's face. "Does he really think he can reach me?" He thought, breaking Issei's grip with great ease, using Issei's hand as momentum, somersaulting high into the air and landing with his back to him, causing his opponent to blink in surprise.

Even so, he could not control the sheer amount of force he used in the blow, so he was propelled by his own attack. Tiamat looked over his shoulder with a slightly amused expression as he watched Issei stagger forward, about to fall.

Finally, the chestnut continued to lurch forward as he screamed. His scream got even louder as he saw Tiamat's butt getting closer and closer to his face...

A small clatter was heard, only to be followed after a short second by a scream.

"Hmp-aaaahhhhhhhhh!~" Tiamat's muffled, pleasured scream was heard throughout the vicinity as Issei's fist sank deep into her voluptuous ass.

Issei fell to the ground after that, and immediately bowed deeply to her. "I'm sorry!" She cried out, raising her gaze to denote the large blush on her face. He had seen a lot of 'dirty' things during his life, so he knew a scream from a moan quite easily.

"It's okay!" Tiamat quickly replied, covering her butt and quickly turning around, causing Issei to see a blush on her face for the first time. "It was an accident, and..." Tiamat averted her gaze in embarrassment. "It's not your fault that place is so sensitive..." She muttered under her breath, but it would still be audible enough for Issei to hear her.

The awkward moment didn't last long, as Issei's armor shattered into a thousand pieces.

"What?" Issei wondered aloud, immediately standing up and looking down at his body in confusion.

"What happened?" asked Tiamat, watching him curiously.

Before Issei could answer, he felt his body go limp out of nowhere, causing him to stumble forward. To his luck, Tiamat caught him in a warm embrace.

"Are you alright?" the dragoness asked, concern clear in her words.

"Yeah, I'm just... feeling weak." The chestnut replied, looking down at his hand in confusion.

"*It's normal,*" At the sound of Ddraig's voice, Tiamat and Issei broke off to listen to him carefully. "*It's the first time you've come to this form, and the physical exhaustion is overwhelming. From what I see, you'll have to train your physique for a while longer to extend the use of the Balance Breaker without becoming exhausted."

Issei blinked in disbelief. "Extend the duration'?! But I barely held it for a minute!"

"That's your limit for the moment. You'll have to get a little stronger and get used to the Balance Breaker to be able to use it for longer."

"How long will it take me?"

"*You've already achieved the hardest part, but you still don't have enough time to control the Balance Breaker. I should also tell you that it's not all about brute force. It won't be long before you'll be forced to study your Sacred Gear to advance further."

"Further advancement?" Issei wondered curiously.

"This is bad..." Tiamat's words interrupted Ddraig's response. "With only a minute of use, it will be very difficult for you to defeat an opponent with such a skill." The dragoness held her chin, thinking of a solution.

"*That can be easily solved.*"

"No." It was Tiamat's simple curt reply that instantly silenced Ddraig.

Issei would just stare at her in awe at her imposing expression.

Finally, the dragoness let out a heavy sigh of exhaustion.

"We'll think of something tomorrow. For now, let's go to sleep, it's already late."

Issei just nodded with a smile, agreeing with the dragoness.

LINE JUMP

Issei was lying on the makeshift bed. Tiamat was sleeping next to him as usual, hugging him tightly, as if she was afraid he would disappear from one second to the next.

Issei was gently stroking the dragoness' head that was resting on his chest. Tiamat had a small smile on her face, indicating that she was sleeping with great serenity.

"*Can't you sleep, mate?*"

"No." Issei replied quietly, while still still watching the tender and beautiful expression the woman held. The chestnut brown's smile was replaced by a serious expression. "I can't stop thinking about today. Even Tiamat said it, it will be very difficult to beat him in such a short time."

...

A small, somewhat awkward silence was created in the cave, which luckily managed to be stifled thanks to Tiamat's cute expression and the caresses Issei was giving her.

"*... Listen to me well, companion. There is a way to increase the duration*" Hearing Ddraig's words, Issei stopped his caresses instantly.

"Is that what Tiamat forbade you?"

"*It is. She has valid reasons for doing so, as it is a very dangerous and painful procedure."

"Tell me more."

"*First of all, I want you to be clear about the words 'very dangerous'. It's not a joke, it can kill you."

"You wouldn't be talking to me about this if it could kill me, so get to the point."

"As usual, you don't mince words," the dragon declared with a proud tone in his words. "*I'll only warn you one more time, are you sure?*"

Issei looked at Tiamat with a hint of doubt in his gaze. "I don't want to worry you... But there is no other way for me to get stronger in such a short time."

"*I knew you'd answer that*" Ddraig stated with a satisfied tone in his words, indicating his approval towards his bearer's attitude. "*We should move some distance away from the cave so I don't hear your screams.*"

Hearing the last part, Issei swallowed hard at the idea.

But he finally nodded.

Lifting her hand from Tiamat's head, the woman abandoned her small smile and quickly caught Issei's hand, placing it on her head again.

Seeing this, a smile broke out on Issei's face. "Don't worry, I promise to be back soon." He commented quietly, stepping away more carefully than the previous time, unnoticed by the dragoness this time.

LINE JUMP.

Tiamat woke with a start as she felt strange, as if something was missing.

"Issei?" the dragoness asked, looking around the entire cave, to see that it was completely empty.

Her gaze finally settled on the exit, causing her eyes to widen in horror when she saw a large crimson glow.

"No..." Tiamat thought in terror, desperately getting up and disappearing in less than a jiffy because of her monstrous speed.

She flew through all the trees with absurd speed, arriving at Issei in less than a second.

"Issei!" she shouted loudly, observing how his right arm was completely covered in blood while he gasped in a completely abnormal way.

Issei raised his gaze, to give her a pained smile. "Tiamat? I'm sorry to wake you by that intense glow..." Before he could realize it, the dragoness had hugged him tightly, causing the brown to be surprised by the sudden gesture.

"I told you not to do that!" The dragoness reprimanded him, cupping her face into Issei's neck.

Issei responded to the hug, feeling Tiamat cling to him even tighter after that action.

"I'm sorry, but it was the only way..."

The moment didn't last long, as Tiamat abruptly pulled away, grabbing the arm where Ddraig's soul, or what was left of his soul, was housed.

"You're a stupid asshole, you fucking Underdeveloped Lizard idiot!" the dragoness shouted with great rage, as she shook Issei's bleeding hand hard.

"Even when we first met I wasn't this angry..." Issei thought with her eyes rolling, after hearing the sheer amount of bad words coming from such beautiful lips.

"*Calm down, you crazy bitch! I only replaced Issei's arm with a dragon's! I would never replace her whole body, knowing the obvious result!*" Ddraig shouted. Again, Issei rolled his eyes at the sound of his partner's voice. He was also sure he had never heard him so angry.

"I don't care! You know damn well that with just one body part replaced, he could have died!" shouted Tiamat, shaking his arm even harder.

"*Do you really think I would have done that, at such great risk?*" Tiamat stopped instantly, completely taken aback by what Ddraig had said, and the piercing tone he had used. "*I'm inside him, I've been with him the longest, and I understand Sacred Gear the most out of the three of us, even if my knowledge is basic. Those three reasons are more than enough to take the risk, knowing the boy's body."

Tiamat raised an eyebrow at this. "And what does that have to do with anything?"

"*The Balance Breaker takes more training to release, and my partner managed to wake him up early. Having the records of the upgrades he got on the gauntlet with his first fight, there's also something that doesn't fit. After being with him for so long, I noticed that he has a much greater compatibility with dragons than usual. That his arm has not been corroded by the power is proof of that*."

Tiamat looked rather impressed at the bleeding arm she was holding. "It's true... he can control dragon power quite well, despite being a Demon." Tiamat blinked in confusion. "But how is that possible?"

"*As I said before, he has a great compatibility with dragons. I mean, his body has nothing to do with it, but his soul does. Another example I could give is when he momentarily acquired the sense of smell of a Dragon, tracking your aura the first time he came to the Familiar Realm, when he had just started to wield the Boosted Gear*."

After hearing Ddraig's explanation, Tiamat let go of his arm as he looked at Issei with slightly widened eyes. She didn't know that her new friend possessed such an affinity with her species. It wasn't a bad thing though... in fact, she was strangely glad that it was so.

"Ddraig, there's still something you didn't explain to me." Issei commented, making the dragon listen to him carefully. "I know that replacing one arm with another in itself sounds painful. But why are you at such risk of dying?" Issei asked with great doubt.

"As you said before, the power and blood of a dragon is very corrosive to anyone." Tiamat answered for Ddraig. "That's why I didn't want you to do it. Keep in mind that countless people have tried to transform into dragons by various methods." Tiamat looked Issei straight in the eye. "They all died."

Issei blinked in shock after hearing that. "What?!" I rant.

Tiamat raised her gaze to the night sky. "Well, not all of them. There was one who survived the procedure."

"Really?" Issei asked, very interested in the subject.

Tiamat lowered her gaze, giving him a very small smile. "That's right. Although at the moment, he's locked up in a Dimensional Prison."

"Then I guess he wasn't a very good one..." Issei thought to himself, wondering what a Dimensional Prison would look like from the inside.

Issei snapped out of his thoughts when he felt delicate hands wrap around his waist, only to find himself leaning against Tiamat's back.

"Anyway, let's go back to bed. Tomorrow I must explain the plan of victory." The dragoness commented with a small smile as she felt Issei's warmth begin to invade her body again.

Issei settled onto Tiamat's back and wrapped her arms around her neck. "I agree." The protagonsite replied, giving a big yawn as she rested her head on Tiamat's shoulder.

Seeing this, the dragoness rubbed her cheek affectionately against his, then began to walk calmly.

LINE JUMP

"Listen to me carefully." Tiamat commanded, standing inside the blankets along with Issei due to the cold that day. "Without a doubt, that Demon's ability will be very problematic. But it has several weaknesses that are due to a common point, and that point is its species." Tiamat's words disoriented Issei. "Being a Demon, he possesses many weaknesses that cannot be hidden behind his immortality. For example, divine weapons, divine magic, anything related to God..." Tiamat waved her hand dismissively, indicating that the previous points were not very important. "The magical reserves." Tiamat stared at him, indicating that that was the point they were going to focus on. "From what you told me, this Raiser guy needs a certain amount of magic to heal his wounds, depending on how big they are." After a whole rather serious explanation, Tiamat finally gives him a small smile. "You have to use up all his magic reserves to beat him. You will achieve a victory by knockout or mental breakdown due to the loss of magic."

Issei rubbed his hair skeptically. "I don't know... it sounds complicated. As far as I remember, Raiser had a fair amount of magic. I don't think I can force him to spend it all in such a short amount of time." Issei blinked twice after remembering something important. "By the way, how long did the time stretch out, Ddraig?"

"*Bearing in mind that you were very exhausted yesterday, and the transformation of your arm... I'd say about 3 minutes."

"That should be enough." Tiamat's answer made Issei look at her in surprise. "Remember what you said about Raiser, that he got upset after receiving your Dragon Shot? That's because he's never been in a real battle before, and must have felt a little scared."

"From what I understand, Raiser participated in several Rating Games."

"That's not a real fight." The dragoness replied seriously. "By a real fight, I mean a life-threatening one. You die, or he dies. Rating games are nothing but games. It's more than obvious that guy didn't have any real confrontation in his life if he got desperate for an attack that was far from killing him thanks to his immortality."

Issei nodded seriously. "I get it... You want me to use that card to my advantage, don't you?"

"That's right." Tiamat replied with satisfaction that her apprentice had caught on quickly. "To accomplish that, you have to plant the seed of despair, both in his mind and in his heart. For that..." Tiamat stood up abruptly, her gaze would turn to an icy one as a very imposing and terrifying aura surrounded her completely, causing Issei to panic a little. "The physical damage you implement must be on par with his psychological damage. Make sure you have a threatening posture at all times. If you have to say a few words, say just enough and necessary to sink him. Got it?" Issei nodded repeatedly with a bit of fear at the sight of Tiamat's menacing figure. "In that case..." His countenance changed to his usual typical one. "That's all. If you make sure to use the combat techniques you learned with me, your victory is assured." The dragoness finished, planting her hands on her hips with great pride.

Issei looked down at her hand seriously. "I understand..." Were the protagonist's simple words as her hand turned into a fist. Tiamat watched this with some interest, as she noticed in her apprentice's eyes a hint of doubt.

"What bad weather..." The dragoness said dismissively, rubbing herself from the cold. She watched the snow fall with a grim look on her face.

Issei picked up on this right away, so he decided to ask her. "Don't you get along with the snow?" the young man encircled Tiamat in the warm blankets, causing the dragoness to let out a small sigh of relief as she took advantage of the situation to cling to his body.

"... It's a personal thing. It doesn't bring back good memories." Tiamat clung to Issei's arm, then glared at him. "Perhaps this day will be lost to time..."

Issei rubbed his cheek with a smile at what he heard. "In fact, I was thinking of putting training aside these last two days. I've already achieved the goal I wanted to reach, and I'd really like to spend time with you. Would you like to?" Issei was surprised when he felt Tiamat wrap her arms around him.

If that hadn't served as an answer, the sweet smile in force on Tiamat's face was enough to clear it up.

"I guess I can take that as a yes." Issei commented, returning her smile.

LINE JUMP

Issei fell resoundingly to the ground when he received a heavy snowball to the face. "Damn!" The protagonist exclaimed, jumping to his feet with a mischievous grin on his face.

The little dragon just laughed at his reaction, as he dodged a barrage of snowballs, courtesy of Issei. That pitched battle ended abruptly when they both received a heavy snowball to the face, causing them both to look to where the attack came from.

The dragon's father was juggling more than 30 balls at the same time. Seeing this, they both widened their eyes, completely shocked.

"Retreat!" Issei shouted, being followed by the dragoness' shout.

They both ran and threw themselves behind the nearest tree to dodge the rain of snow that rained down on them.

Tiamat was watching everything from inside the cave along with the dragon's mother. She was watching attentively all the events. After a few seconds, she raised her gaze to the sky to see the snow slowly falling.

"Ever since Dragonfall happened to me, I see snow differently. Those little flakes that fall slowly until they reach the ground, with that silence that makes them inaudible..." A melancholy look crossed Tiamat's eyes as she had a small flash back of her kneeling in a cave as tears fell from her face.

She was crying completely silently, thinking about what she had done to deserve all that.

She loved him, but that guy only saw her as a trophy.

She herself heard that her ex-fiancé had said that no one would marry a woman as crazy and loud as she was, and for that very reason it was very easy to charm her, because the only thing attractive about her was her looks.

He said that her ass and breasts were the only redeemable thing she had, and for that very reason no one would fall in love with her. She was a monster among dragons, someone who didn't deserve to have such overwhelming power as she did.

A monster!

Monster!

Those words repeated incessantly in his head, making his chest burn with pain, and his mind go completely blank due to the enormous emptiness he felt in his stomach, to the point of comparing himself to a huge black hole, where only negative emotions could fit.

"They always remind me of my tears... the only time I ever cried. A long time has passed since then, but I can't forget how broken I was that day." Tiamat closed her eyes as a snowflake fell on her nose.

"It was snowing that day too, exactly as calmly as it is now." Tiamat lowered her gaze, to watch with a small smile as Issei was having the time of his life. "But now it's... different." She raised her gaze again, watching with a joyful gleam in her eyes as the snowflakes slowly fell, while Issei's voice and the roars of dragons decorated the atmosphere.

"Now... now when snow falls, it makes everything around me feel so warm... so familiar, so pleasant. I don't know why, but I don't care to know either. I just want to enjoy this moment. I want to enjoy it with them... I want to enjoy it with him!" '

Just as she finished her thought, a snowball hit her face. Tiamat slowly took off the snowball with a friendless look on her face, to see how Issei was playing with a snowball.

"Want to play?" Issei asked, then sharpened his smile. "Rather, do you want revenge?"

After hearing Issei's words, a predatory smile decorated Tiamat's face, making the young man immediately alert.

Tiamat soon emerged from the cave, creating a massive amount of snowballs with her magical affinity, causing Issei to blink in disbelief.

He quickly moved behind a tree, covering his face as he heard a huge flock of snowballs hit the trunk. When he heard no more, he emerged from his hiding place, without first preparing a few snowballs.

Issei watched with some surprise as Tiamat was relatively close to their position, so they both began to throw a large number of snowballs at each other, though much more gently than last time as they ran in a circle around each other, until finally it happened...

"Hahaha!"

Issei stopped dead in his tracks when he heard Tiamat's laughter.

She had a huge smile on her face as she laughed in an angelic voice.

Issei couldn't help but blush when he heard that melodious laugh, along with the beautiful smile that decorated her face.

The whole approach gave her face a completely precious glow, which did not go unnoticed by him.

True, I'd heard her laugh before, but that case was a bit too punctual.

*Cof, cof! Making fun of Ddraig *Cof, corf!*.

Instead, now she was laughing just because she was playing snowballs.

As Issei was distracted, he received a heavy snowball to the face courtesy of Tiamat, causing him to stagger backwards.

Tiamat's expression quickly changed to a worried one as she saw that Issei was about to fall.

"Watch out!" The dragoness exclaimed, grabbing his arm in an attempt to keep him upright. Unfortunately, they both fell because of this.

Issei felt an extra weight on top of him. That doubt was quickly answered when he felt a warm hand brush the snow off his face, causing a small blush to shoot up his face instantly.

Tiamat was on top of him, still with that smile on her face that made her so beautiful. Her face was just inches away from touching his, making him feel the warm, slightly accelerated breath hit his lips.

Issei would have continued to stare at her longer, had he not caught out of the corner of his eye how an unidentified white object was heading straight for Tiamat's face.

"Watch out!" Issei exclaimed, grabbing her very firmly by her waist, causing a small blush to decorate Tiamat's face as she felt the man's firm, warm grip.

Issei rolled over, receiving the snowball in Tiamat's place, though instead of hitting her face, it hit her shoulder.

Still, he had something else to worry about right now.

"...Thank you." Tiamat declared, feeling like her chest was starting to burn with a huge warmth.

But unlike the other time, it was a warmth that was completely cocooning her.

And most likely due to how their noses were in contact, along with Issei's grip on her hips, and adding that she was now the one bearing all of Issei's weight on top of her body, and it wasn't bad at all.

"No problem." Issei replied, not finding the strength to pull away from Tiamat. For some strange reason, he was incredibly drawn to those beautiful cool light blue eyes that, oddly enough, gave off an enormous amount of comfort and warmth that was directed solely towards him, and it felt incredible.

It was as if her gaze was calling out to him.

It was telling him that he needed him right now, in this very place.

And that vision wasn't far wrong, as Tiamat let him know in a subtle way.

"Are you comfortable?" the dragoness asked with an amused tone in her voice, causing a huge blush to shoot up Issei's face, not only because of her words, but also because of how her hands wrapped around Issei's back, enclosing him in a deep embrace and making their torsos much more in contact.

All in all, he could feel how her large padded breasts were pressing tightly against his chest.

Before Issei could reply with a resounding "I'm sorry!", a snowball hit him hard in the face, sending him rolling to Tiamat's side.

Tiamat looked in the direction of the giggling little dragon, while her parents slapped their faces disapprovingly.

The Dragon Queen felt a little strange when Issei pulled away from her body. She wasn't sure what it was about, but... if she could explain it with a feeling, it would be disappointment.

"Why should I be disappointed?" She thought, frowning slightly. She looked down at the snow to see that her hair was completely strewn across it, causing her to give a small sigh.

She would have to shake it out well to make sure there was no snow left in it.

LINE JUMP.

"I'm finding it harder than usual to find food today. Issei commented with a heavy sigh of exhaustion at the end, observing how the mother Dragon was accompanying him in the dark night with some fruits in her hand.

Luckily, the snow had stopped, so that made things a little easier.

Issei blinked twice as he remembered something extremely important. "Tomorrow is the last day... What should I do? What could I do?" Issei wondered as he put his hand to his chin, then looked at the dragon mother carefully. "Wait a minute... you guys are like family, aren't you?" the aforementioned looked at him curiously, nodding. "Does that mean you can also use magic circles to move from place to place?" she nodded again, causing a small smile to break out on Issei's face. "I need to ask you a favour..." Hearing his words, the mama dragon watched him carefully.

LINE JUMP

In this last month, Tiamat managed to sleep totally august, despite not using her magic to cover herself. All this was thanks to Issei, since her heat gave him an impressive well-being, added to the blankets that surrounded them because they helped even more to capture the heat and smell of Issei. Being a dragon, her nose was very sensitive, so being able to smell Issei meant a lot more than she seemed.

Even so, today she felt especially hot. It was kind of strange, since they were in the middle of nowhere, facing a winter that was scorching. In fact, it is for that very reason that she began to wake up.

She opened her eyes slowly, and as always, she was snuggled into Issei's body while she had her face colliding with his, her hair scattered all over her mattress, giving her an incredibly pretty appearance.

Wait a second!

Mattress?!

Tiamat poked half of her face above the covers, completely stunned by what she was seeing.

It was a room. To be specific, a human habitation. It was full of photos of two people she didn't know, adding to the typical things that were in a double bedroom. She rolled her precious icy blue eyes in all directions, studying the place. She wasn't scared or alert as Issei was right next to her. It took her a few seconds to realize that said bedroom looked suspiciously familiar.

"...Isn't this the room that was on the first floor where Issei lived?" the woman wondered inwardly, her eyes slightly widening. "How the hell did we get to this place?"

"Have you woken up yet?" Issei stuck her face out of her blanket, giving her a toothy smile.

"How did we get here?" the dragon asked quickly, looking at him in genuine surprise.

Issei only increased her smile even more after hearing the question. "When you were asleep, we moved to this place thanks to our little friends. I hope you liked the surprise."

"How was it possible that you could move me from one place to another without me noticing?"

Issei rubbed her hair with her smile still in force. "I just carried you in my arms. You were so asleep that you didn't realize it, you just murmured something and hugged me tightly."

Upon hearing Issei's response, Tiamat hid her face again in her blankets so that she wouldn't see the small blush that had formed on her cheeks. "Because?"

Issei looked at her with some confusion due to her attitude, a confusion that was instantly dispelled. "Today I plan to fulfill the promise I made you a month ago."

Hearing this, Tiamat threw the covers off of her in one swift motion, impressing Issei. "Shall we go out to eat?" The dragon asked with her typical expression, although the sparkle of emotion that was present in both of her eyes indicated that she was happy.

"Exactly! I already have the park where we're going. We just need to bring my barbecue, some meat and that's it." Issei replied with a big smile on her face.

"Barbecue?" the dragon wondered aloud.

"There is no other device that cooks meat better than a barbecue!" Issei exclaimed, holding up her thumb. Seeing this, Tiamat only responded with a small smile on her face. "First, you have to prepare!" He exclaimed again, jumping up from the bed.

The first thing Issei did when she got up was to go to the kitchen and see the cell phone.

"Forty missed calls?" The chestnut wondered incredulously.

Who could have called him so many times, considering that his clubmates don't have his number?

The answer came instantly.

"Matsuda, Motohama, Matsuda, Motohama, Matsuda, Motohama..." Issei muttered under his breath as he had a blank expression on his face. Finally, he closed his cell phone and took a deep breath.

"When we meet again, I'll have to come up with a perfect excuse." The protagonist thought, rubbing his head in frustration.

"Everything is ready." Issei turned to see Tiamat. She had a backpack on her back, and her typical white outfit that was somewhat tight that highlighted her beautiful figure.

"Then let's not waste any more time!" Issei exclaimed excitedly, making Tiamat nod with a small smile.

Somehow, Issei had conveyed all of his emotion to her. Or rather, she was just so glad to be able to go out to eat with him, and spend some pretty nice and comfortable time alone.

Issei felt the same way as Tiamat, although he also had other reasons to be so excited, since he had only done this with his two friends. Doing it with a company as nice and beautiful as Tiamat was, added many more points.

LINE JUMP.

During the journey to buy food, Tiamat looked from one place to another, somewhat impressed. He had never seen the new way of living that humans had, since he had isolated himself for almost two millennia. He found it fascinating that each one goes on his own, the structure of the buildings seemed fascinating to him, the cars seemed fascinating to him, absolutely everything he saw seemed fascinating to him.

But, thanks to her neutral and serious personality, those emotions could only be distinguished by Issei himself, who already knew her quite well. They had lived for a month together, after all.

Finally, they both arrived at the park that Issei had used for the purpose of training the last time he was there, but now the purpose was completely different.

Issei and Tiamat were sitting in the middle of the park, on top of a square blanket that served as a kind of picnic. They were both watching intently as the food was being made. Issei mostly to make sure he didn't ruin anything, while Tiamat couldn't resist the fabulous aroma he gave off from the grill.

Issei looked away from her to see Tiamat's completely emotionless face, something very common for her. He admired her for several seconds, being completely stunned by the great beauty that her hair, her face, her eyes, her body, her skin gave off...

"Our date? When did you take me to various places? You know what, it was so hard to pretend I was having a good time hahahahaha! It was totally boring! And then you wonder why no woman notices you?! Do not make me laugh!"

Raynare's words hit Issei's head, causing him to lower his head and grit his teeth, feeling a small sting in her chest.

"Why do I remember that now?!" He cursed himself at the thought of him.

"Something wrong?" Issei looked up from him quickly upon hearing Tiamat's worried tone. He didn't want her to worry about such trivial matters.

Still, he couldn't help but ask the question.

Issei looked down at him regretfully and rubbed his cheek. "Are you having fun?" Tiamat blinked in confusion upon hearing the question.

Not hearing an answer, Issei assumed what she was thinking without even looking at her face.

"Sorry... I made it sound like something cool at the time, but I guess there's nothing special about eating out. I'm really sorry! I'm sorry I got your hopes up for nothing!" Issei yelled, squeezing his eyes shut.

"Who made you think that?" Issei abruptly opened his eyes and looked at Tiamat's serious expression.

Finally, Issei's shocked expression quickly softened. "... You realized?" He asked, a bit embarrassed, and then lowered his head with some pain that did not go unnoticed by Tiamat.

"Do you remember that I had a 'girlfriend'? Well…she told me that everything about me was completely boring, and for that very reason women don't like spending time with me."

There was a rather awkward silence for Issei, which made him clench her fists from the discomfort of the moment.

After a few seconds, a smile spread across Tiamat's face and she took Issei's hand, causing the brunette to look at her in surprise.

The dragoness didn't say a word. She only began to slowly approach hers while using the chestnut's arm to encircle her waist, until she finally supported her body on it and affectionately rubbed her cheek against Issei's, making that the chestnut blush.

"Tiamat? Issei asked with her blush still in force, not understanding why Tiamat had supported her face with hers after the affectionate caresses he received from her.

"Maybe she's right. Women may find you boring. But first and foremost, I'm a dragon, I'm a warrior, I'm a bloodthirsty. Lastly, I'm a woman too, but that's the last priority in everything." the list of things that I am. So, you have to believe me when I tell you that this is a lot of fun. Why? Because we dragons don't usually have these kinds of outings, it's something totally new to me..." Tiamat She snuggled a little closer to Issei, resting her face on the brunette's shoulder so that he could see the sweet smile that was in effect on her face. "Something new, which is very nice and fun. I'm sure that's because I'm experiencing it with you."

Hearing his explanation, the painful pinch he felt in his chest was replaced by thousands of emotions spinning at a rapid speed in her chest, making him feel very warm in that place. A warmth that overwhelmed him, in a good way.

Since his body reacted that way, he couldn't help but feel honored by the dragoness.

"Are you serious? I-I wouldn't consider myself that important." Issei answered, rubbing his hair in embarrassment, while her face still remained a faint reddish color.

"You don't need to remember the words of that woman, I can assure you that she has no idea of love if she manipulated you like that." Issei just nodded seriously, agreeing with Tiamat's words. "Just focus on what you were thinking earlier." Tiamat concluded, even with her sweet smile in force on his beautiful face.

Issei nodded decisively, she wasn't going to let Raynare ruin her day.

"OK!" The brown-haired man put a hand to his chin, thinking carefully. "What was I thinking...?" Issei snapped his fingers with a smile on her face. "Right! I was just admiring your figure!" Tiamat blinked in slight surprise as a blush shot across his face. "You have the great beauty that comes from your hair, your face, your eyes, your body, your skin, your smile, your attitude, your way of being. Basically, your entire body and personality fit perfectly, making you the most beautiful woman I have ever met!" When she finished her speech, Issei stirred slightly when she felt how Tiamat's breasts pressed tightly against the side of her torso, feeling how her body was much closer to his while she received a strong hug from him. her waist.

When he tried to see Tiamat's face, he found that she had buried her face in the small cavity between the chestnut's neck and shoulder.

"Don't you like it when they talk about her appearance?" Issei wondered with a raised eyebrow, not knowing that the dragon's reaction was due to her heart pounding, followed by great warmth filling the pit of her stomach and her chest, making her body a mess of heat. feelings right now, that even his mind couldn't fully process.

And all that was generated just by a few simple words...

"Oh, the meat!" Issei exclaimed, separating from Tiamat.

"What's happening to me?" Tiamat wondered, putting a hand to her chest out of sheer instinct. "It's kind of like when I was in love... But now it's much stronger." He thought to himself, taking his other hand to her chest as he looked at Issei unable to take his eyes off her.

Issei's words hit her mind again, making her body shake from the warmth that those emotions so strange to her transmitted to her.

A completely yearning sigh escaped from her beautiful lips as she was accompanied by her desire-filled gaze. Luckily for her, Issei was too focused on the meat to listen to her.

She continued to look at him throughout, until she finally felt strong enough to ask a question in her mind.

"... I am beautiful?"

That's right, she found it incredible that someone would tell her that she is beautiful, after the words she heard coming out of her ex-fiancé's mouth so long ago.

LINE JUMP.

Issei sat in the tub, stretching out his body in pleasure. Although the natural hot springs found in the Family Kingdom are very comfortable, there is no better place than your own bathtub. Her body was surrounded by a small towel that was responsible for covering her manhood.

When she finished washing her hair, Issei slightly widened her eyes as she began to feel various strange things. It was a similar feeling to her when she had discovered her Demon powers after reincarnating.

Although this time, it was just a strange thing.

"Do I smell honey?" Issei wondered, completely puzzled by the situation. His confusion increased even more when he could smell a rather strong mint smell coming from outside the bathroom. In fact, it was so strong that he felt a small aura being drawn in that direction. "Mint? Wait...it's exactly the same as when I saw Tiamat's aura, although now there's also that smell..." A slight blush appeared on Issei's face. "Wait a minute, why is his presence so close?"

Issei's response was answered instantly when Tiamat opened the bathroom door. Luckily for her, she wasn't naked. She was wearing her white underwear. She fit her quite well, and it didn't seem like a tight fitting garment. But because of her voluptuous body, her bra and panties fit her body a little too tightly.

"Do you mind if I take a bath with you?" The dragon asked with her typical serious expression on her face.

Issei just nodded with a small smile. "It doesn't bother me."

Tiamat watched him with a small smile as she saw her attitude changed from her. "I see that this month has served enough for you to no longer be ashamed to see me half-naked." The dragoness commented, sitting on top of Issei to enter the shower, because she was very small.

"Changing the subject, I think my body is undergoing a strange change. Now I can feel your aura, and various scents." Issei said, caressing and washing Tiamat's hair, causing the dragoness to close her eyes in satisfaction.

Perhaps it was because he was too focused on the new changes he was undergoing, and for that very reason he did not realize that Tiamat's creamy and soft skin was in contact with his. But Tiamat was not exempt from such information.

"It is a peculiarity of dragons to track other dragons. Only my kind can use said power. This process would sooner or later occur in your body, and most likely it came so early thanks to the fact that now your body has a 'special' arm." Tiamat answered, wrapping her legs around Issei's and resting her back on the protagonist's chest with great satisfaction. "Tracking only works if the dragon is using a ridiculous amount of power, or if they're relatively close."

"I see, so dragon powers..." Issei commented, imagining how many powers a dragon could have. "First the Dragon Shot, and now this..." The young man drifted so long in thought of him, that he acted entirely on instinct as he wrapped his hands around Tiamat's abdomen and rested his chin on the head of the woman. dragoness.

A small blush shot across Tiamat's face as he felt the sudden contact, but he didn't bother about it. In fact, quite the opposite. A small smile appeared on his face as he leaned even more into Issei's embrace and joined his hands with the man's, in a very affectionate gesture, to the point of being loving.

"He acted so nervous before, and now he seems like a completely different person... Chances are he had problems with perversion before to get so nervous. Another option could be that he's a full-fledged virgin, but we wouldn't be in this position if that were the case." The memory of when Issei accidentally hit his butt flew into his mind, making him look down, feeling how his hips were perfectly positioned in the delicate spot for Issei. "I wonder... if that perversion would wake up now... Would feeling his member squeeze my butt feel even better than that time?" After thinking about that situation, Tiamat couldn't help but squeeze his thighs with great force as she felt a tingle that she hadn't felt for a long time invaded her crotch and inside him.

"Hmm?" Issei snapped out of his thoughts, and started sniffing like a dog. "What is that? It smells like lemon." Issei wondered out loud with a raised eyebrow.

Hearing Issei's words, Tiamat blinked in disbelief and quickly stopped squeezing his thighs. "Smell of lemon?" The dragoness asked with confusion.

Issei blinked with the same expression as Tiamat. "No...I think I got it wrong...I'm still new to this smell thing." He commented, rubbing his hair in embarrassment.

"I think we should leave now." Tiamat declared, rising from his new favorite seat. "This time, I'll make dinner. I'd like to practice the things you've taught me." The dragoness finished, giving her a sidelong look.

Issei could see the small smile from her, causing her to get up instantly. "In that case, I'll go buy the products from you." Issei commented, getting out of the bathtub quickly and closing the sliding door.

Tiamat only stared at the door for a few seconds, until he finally brought his hand to her intimate area, giving it a little squeeze and then raising his hand again.

She watched her hand carefully, as if she was searching for something.

If you looked at it with the naked eye, you could only see small drops of water. But looking deeper, she could see a strange thin slimy thread connecting her index finger to her middle finger.

"I can't believe she turned me on for something stupid..." The dragoness thought with a slight frown, looking at the fluid with a bit of revulsion. Until she finally dropped the token on her. "Wait... when was the last time I got turned on?" the dragon wondered in great surprise.

LINE JUMP.

Tiamat's meal had been a success. Even Issei was very surprised that he could reach a level almost as high as him, being the first time he had worked with said ingredients. Thanks to that, Issei could see a huge grateful smile from the dragoness, who indicated how grateful she was for her words.

Still, all good things always come to an end.

For the first time in a month, the two of them sleep separately, since it was not necessary to sleep together since the climate in the residence was perfect. Issei slept in his usual bed, while Tiamat borrowed his parents' bedroom.

After spending a whole month sleeping with Issei, it was quite difficult for her to fall asleep in such a big bed.

She just…felt empty.

And that feeling of emptiness, is what made him have nightmares...

...

"I don't know what the hell you're thinking, but you better stop following me. You misunderstood things from the beginning, I only helped you because you hurt me. I'm warning you, you better not follow me anymore. I have a woman by my side." I'm not going to cheat on her, especially if it's someone like you. This is goodbye, and I hope I never see your face again, crazy. Don't make me regret saving you even more. Goodbye."

Those were Ddraig's words that were engraved on the ground as a farewell message totally befitting of her pedantic attitude when she was still alive.

Those words were not only engraved on the earth, but also in the heart of Tiamat.

She remembered those words in her dream, and she could only scream when she saw how a crimson dragon was flying high above. She didn't know why, but her wings didn't work, didn't respond to her. She couldn't reach it.

After that day, she was sure that love was a term that should stay out of her life forever. First, someone who cheats on her, and then someone who abandons her.

After that, they kill her mother and all of her friends in the war, except for Tannin. That emptiness that she had in her heart only increased to a great extent. She knew that she was to blame for not having been there for them, but the hatred that she felt towards Ddraig at that moment blinded her completely, and she simply blamed it on the Celestial Dragon. All her misfortunes were due to that foolish dragon.

Without realizing it, Tiamat woke up and gave a great cry. He quickly looked around, to see that she was in Issei's parent's room. Her heavy breathing and sweating were clear arguments of what she had been dreaming that night.

She put both hands to her abdomen, in an attempt to stop that agonizing emptiness that she felt in the pit of her stomach, which was so strong that it gave her the impression that her insides were going to tear into a thousand different pieces. .

It was a completely unbearable feeling.

Even so, the serious look continued to be in force on Tiamat's face. No matter what she dreamed, she had sworn that she would never cry again, and she would swallow all those horrible feelings to keep her promise.

In any case, her impassive face was torn apart by the melancholic look that graced her beautiful light blue eyes, which were now being consumed by sadness.

Still, she wouldn't cry...

"Tiamat?!" Issei burst into the room, completely alarmed after hearing Tiamat's scream.

The dragoness was in her underwear, but she didn't care in the slightest. What mattered to her at this moment was the agitation that her best friend had, added to the profuse sweating and the look full of sadness that adorned her face.

He quickly went to her and sat on the edge of her bed, looking at her with great concern.

"What happened?" Tiamat didn't answer her question, she simply hugged him tightly, causing the brunette to widen her eyes in surprise. Still, it didn't take me long to hug him back.

Issei's embrace was so warm and strong that he began to absorb all the negative feelings from Tiamat's body. Quickly, that heartbreaking feeling of emptiness had transformed into a warm and rather cute feeling. He felt great, and she didn't understand how Issei had managed to cure her discomfort so quickly.

"I'll sleep with you today. If you want, of course." Issei commented, stroking her hair to reassure her even more.

Hearing those words, Tiamat hugged Issei even more tightly, burying her face in the brown chest while she nodded.

Finally, they both went to bed in their underwear. Neither of them cared about that detail, they just wanted to feel comfortable with each other. Sleep without any problems.

After several minutes, Issei managed to fall asleep, still holding a firm hug on Tiamat's body.

The dragoness just watched him in silence for several seconds, feeling how her body was completely connected to his as usual, although this time with much less clothing.

Still, she had her mind working on other things.

"As I said before, you are a Dragon of Light..." Tiamat delicately positioned her hand on Issei's cheek.

A smile full of love and affection adorned Tiamat's face for the first time, while she did not take her eyes off her.

"You are MY Dragon of Light, because you managed to light up my world in just one month. When I was so depressed and so hurt, completely devastated by pain, you came to lift me up. When I am with you, I feel like my head smells miles high When I was a puzzle, you came to put me back together." Tiamat joined her nose with Issei's, while he began to rub her cheek with caresses full of love.

"As you said when we first met, 'life is a drink, and love is a drug'. I had taken the wrong ones and was completely devastated, but you offered me the right ones in those first three days...and now I have no enough. You covered me with your beautiful white wings when I was so depressed..." Tiamat closed her eyes deeply and brought her body closer to Issei's, their lips were practically touching by that action.

"You make me feel so drunk and high. So high, so high... I promise that I will help you in any way possible. Not only for helping me and showing me a better way, but also for allowing me to feel what a love is so healthy and TRUE." Just when he was about to seal his lips with Issei's, memories flooded his head.

"No one will love her, she is a crazy deranged woman that the only good thing she has are her breasts and her butt."

"Don't come near me again. Goodbye."

She abruptly separated her face from Issei's, having a somewhat sad look on her face.

"...No. You've helped me so much... You've become my best friend, and I wouldn't want us to part just because of my feelings." She deeply closed her eyes as a small smile spread across her face. "It's okay like that..."

She thought that, but a voice inside her constantly repeated:

"How long is he going to be fine like this?"

Although that little voice in her mind was tormenting her, it wasn't loud enough for her not to sleep with a small smile on her face.

After everything she had lived through, having the man she loved by her side, someone as good as Issei... she didn't care if they didn't have that intimate relationship that she wanted so much right now. She just wanted to have him by her side, and keep laughing with him. That's all she wanted.

She wanted to be together with the Light Dragon of hers...

LINE JUMP.

"Hyoudou... Hyoudou."

Hearing an unfamiliar voice, they both sat up in bed quickly. Tiamat covered Issei, while threatening an outstretched hand towards the albino woman.

Grayfia noted how the two were in their underwear, though it didn't seem to affect her. "Sorry to interrupt, but it's almost time."

"Oh! It's the servant woman!" Issei exclaimed, recognizing the newcomer. It didn't take long for her to blush, as she finally realised she was in her underwear, due to the woman's words.

"My name is Grayfia, Mr. Hyoudou." The albino would comment, giving a small bow. "I'll be waiting for you outside the room. Don't forget to bring the pamphlet I gave you the first time we met." Issei just nodded, still embarrassed by the situation he found himself in.

Finally, both Issei and Tiamat got dressed without saying a word. The tension in the air from nerves was almost palpable.

"... I guess I'll be going now." Issei commented, tucking the pamphlet into his trousers.

Tiamat couldn't believe that he always wore his Academy attire for everything, but this was no time to question the reason for that action.

"Do you have something to say to me before you leave?" Tiamat asked, crossing her arms as she saw the serious, indecisive look in Issei's eyes, something rarely seen in him.

Issei lowered his head with a hint of regret. "Well... I..." He raised his head with a nervous smile. "Do you think I can stop Raiser with just three minutes?"

Tiamat turned her back to him, looking at the window seriously as she still stood with her arms folded. "Taking down an enemy who possesses such an ability will be very difficult with your current level." The dragoness replied, causing Issei to lower her head sadly.

"But..."

Issei looked up again in surprise, only to see Tiamat turn around to give him a big smile.

"I believe in you." She finished, placing a hand on his shoulder to comfort him.

Issei's surprise was replaced by a small smile.

"What am I worrying about?" Issei wondered aloud, walking towards the door.

He paused as he grabbed the doorknob, to give Tiamat one last look.

"I promise not to let you down!" He exclaimed with a big grin between his teeth.

Tiamat smiled back, giving him final parting words. "Good luck!"

LINE JUMP

"STOP!"

Issei's shout made everyone turn around, looking with great surprise at the boy who had appeared by kicking the door hard, practically kicking it off with one blow. His gauntlet was active, glaring at the fiancées who had yet to formalise their vows.

The Gremory retinue smiled at this, knowing that it would come at some point.

Rias could only watch in shock, while Raiser seemed to begin to get angry at what was happening at HIS wedding.

"What is the meaning of this!" Raiser shouted, pointing at his subordinates. "What are you waiting for, cut the nuisance out!" Raiser looked at his entourage with great surprise as he didn't move from his seat, causing him to grit his teeth. "...Are you challenging me?!"

"It's not that, Raiser." Raiser watched as the Demon King positioned his hand on top of his shoulder.

"What is the meaning of this, Sirzechs?!"

"Have you already forgotten that anyone could break into the wedding?" Sirzechs questioned, his condescending smile ever-present on his face.

Raiser blinked in surprise, only to have him start to laugh cautiously, and finally burst out laughing.

"Even the nobles didn't have the guts to barge into this wedding, and you're telling me that stupid brat will do it? You can tell he's a complete fool!" Raiser exclaimed, finally finishing laughing.

"Brother!" Rias exclaimed, being stopped by Raiser.

"Very well. You will be my last flame before I become a married man. Just be warned, I won't be as benevolent as last time. You did interrupt my wedding, after all." Raiser commented with a smirk of superiority on his face, causing Issei to smile inwardly.

"First part of the plan successful."

"The battle will take place on one of the official Rating Game stages. You can use anything you have to your advantage, as long as it is no more than two items. The fight will end when the opponent is knocked unconscious, surrenders, or dies."

Raiser laughed at Sirzechs words. "I don't need items to polish the floor with a Low Class Demon."

Issei walked towards the stairs, until he stood in front of Raiser. "Same here." He commented with a small smile, making Raiser visibly annoyed by this.

Was he calling him a Low Class Demon? Was he?

"Wait, Issei!" exclaimed Rias with great concern, causing the aforementioned to give him a glare.

"Don't worry, President. I'll be done with this in 3 minutes." After saying those words, both Raiser and Issei disappeared through a magic circle created by the Demon King.

As soon as they disappeared, Rias' worried look twisted into a satisfied smile as he watched his brother.

"Good job." Sirzechs murmured, positioning his hand on top of his sister's head, causing Rias' smile to grow.

"I can't wait to see how those two idiots put on a great show for us. I just hope that show isn't ruined by another Raiser victory." Rias thought.

LINE JUMP.

Issei looked around to see that he was standing on a huge piece of land that looked like a chessboard, though the pieces were spread out and many of them were in terrible condition.

He quickly came into focus when he saw Raiser appear a few feet away from him.

Issei met his gaze instantly. "For starters... Promotion, Bishop!" A huge bishop piece appeared in front of him, disappearing in an instant.

Raiser watched him with a raised eyebrow. "Are you a fool, do you know well that Promotion to Queen strengthens all your stats, while Bishop only improves your power and magic reserves?"

A small smile broke out on Issei's face. "Yes. I know very well that Queen Promotion can grant you other benefits, but the power is distributed. The Bishop, on the other hand, only concentrates on anything to do with magic."

Raiser gritted his teeth slightly as he listened to her explanation. "Are you saying you only need to improve your magic to beat me?" Issei replied with a bold grin on his face, making Raiser start to get really annoyed.

"Are you ready to begin?" The Demon King's voice echoed in place, causing them both to nod. "Then... Begin!"

Raiser clenched his fists tightly and shouted with great force, causing a small blizzard to rise around him. Soon he was surrounded by a thin yellow aura that gave off power.

"What do you think, brat? When I said I wouldn't have benevolence, I meant I would use all my power from the start."

"Woah... Lord Raiser plans to use all his power!"

"Don't you think he's overreacting? He's fighting a Low Class Demon..."

"He'll sweep the floor with it in less than 10 seconds, I'm sure."

All the voices that could be heard only made Raiser's smug grin increase even more. "Don't worry, I'll make sure to control myself so you don't end up dying." Issei was just looking at him seriously, causing Raiser to raise an eyebrow. "What's the matter, cat got your tongue?"

A smile broke out on Issei's face. "Are you done? Because I'd like to go in with all my power too."

Raiser got a little twitch of his eyebrow. "Do whatever you want! Totally, everything you do will be completely in vain!"

Issei clenched his fists tightly as he gave him one last mocking look. "Such confidence... How easy will it be to take her down?" Issei's gaze completely transformed to a perfectly composed one.

Raiser heard Issei's fists clench even tighter, making him pay real attention to her.

"Nothing I do will do..."

"Surely he's a Reincarnated Demon if he thinks he can take on someone like the Great Raiser. He's an idiot."

"The good thing is, he'll get what he deserves, and he'll finally understand not to get involved in such important things."

"For the moment, let's see what a ridiculous thing he's about to do."

"*Start the countdown, partner!*" Everyone in the audience was surprised to hear Ddraig's voice.

Issei stretched his arms towards the ground with great force and finished with a huge shout to the sky.

"¡OHH-AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Raiser was quick to cover his face from the huge blizzard that had been generated as he watched in complete amazement as a crimson aura completely surrounded Issei's body.

The serious gaze of the protagonist was easily distinguishable through the huge whirlwind and the red aura that had been generated because of him. His eyes took on a green colour for a second. His left foot flickered crimson, revealing a strong blood red armour in its place. Next to change was his head, which was covered by a crimson helmet. Then, his arms were also covered by the same armour. Before the party ended, his legs were completely surrounded by the crimson armour, causing the huge blizzard around him to intensify a little more. To end the show, a gem appeared in the middle of his chest, then flashed green and materialised the entire armour in his torso sector, ending the transformation and causing a huge red flash to completely blind Raiser, along with the huge blizzard that had intensified even more, if that was possible. The audience was watching the screen that was completely red from the dense aura, causing their jaws to tremble at what they were witnessing.

Without warning, the huge crimson glow dissipated along with the blizzard, causing Raiser to finally catch a glimpse of Issei. When he saw her figure, his eyes could do nothing but tremble with shock.

"WELSH DRAGON: BALANCE BREAKER!"

"Balance Breaker?!" Rias exclaimed/shouted, completely shocked by what she was witnessing.

Sirzechs just smiled sideways at his sister's reaction.

"This is better than I expected." The Demon King thought, a mysterious smile on his face as he stared at the Red Dragon Emperor.

Raiser could only continue to stare at him without being able to say a word. He was completely transfixed by what was happening in front of him. The threatening, suffocating crimson aura Issei was giving off didn't help either.

Issei's helmet dematerialized, giving him a look that was identical to Tiamat's when she was angry, or trying to assert herself.

He had learned very well from his master...

All Raiser could think of was a forced smile. "All that fuss just to put on that armour?" The blond commented, moving into an attack stance. "You'd better put your helmet back on." He would add at last, his look much more serious than usual.

He didn't know why, but that suffocating aura, along with Issei's stare was putting him in a very bad mood, so he wasn't going to hold back in the slightest.

A small smile broke out on Issei's face. "The helmet? I won't need that to beat you."

Hearing those words, Raiser clenched his teeth tightly and trembled with anger. "Tsk. Have it your way, then don't reproach me when I knock your head off!" shouted Raiser fiercely, spreading his phoenix wings to lunge at Issei.

Raiser moved like a flash of light to where his foe stood, delivering a huge punch to Issei's face.

Oh at least, that's what everyone expected...

"What?!" Raiser thought, blinking in complete shock as he saw how his fist had hit the air, as Issei had tilted his head to the side to dodge it, seemingly with great ease. Issei's tempered, piercing, and serious expression only made this fact annoy Raiser even more.

Issei jumped back a little and began to fly away, crossing his arms while still suffocating him with his gaze and aura.

Raiser just gritted his teeth hard and followed him swiftly, making numerous attacks that were aimed at the chestnut's face with impressive speed. Issei dodged all the blows with ease, swinging his body and ducking back and forth in the air, performing a great display of impressive movements, as if he were dancing.

All Raiser could do was grit his teeth more and more as he watched Issei dodge all his attacks, with his arms crossed and that cursed look still on his face. After several seconds with the same result, Raiser decided to break away from him and tried to deliver a strong downward side kick that would be impossible to dodge, because if Issei tried it he would break him in half. Or so he thought.

A great roar was heard as Issei parried the kick that was heading straight for his cheek with his forearm. It was a completely successful block, as his armor didn't even flinch from the impact.

Raiser could only stare at him in disbelief, unable to understand what was going on.

"But you only started two months ago? How are you able to parry and dodge my attacks!"

Issei merely remained silent, knocking Raiser's leg off of him with a sharp movement of his arm, causing the phoenix to be forced to compose himself. Even so, he had no time to rest, as a strong punch was fired at his face, which he managed to dodge by the skin of his teeth by dodging to the side.

Unbeknownst to the audience, the fight quickly turned in Issei's favour in less than a second, as he was throwing paws and punches left and right at Raiser's face that were miraculously being dodged.

Raiser gave a small frustrated yelp as he saw an opportunity to counterattack, but it was nullified by Issei as his fist crashed hard into his own, causing both attacks to cancel each other out and create a very small shockwave at the centre of the impact.

Again, without anyone understanding anything, Raiser and Issei began to collide all their punches, paws, and knees, creating small shockwaves throughout the arena due to how fast they were moving.

"What's going on? I can see them in a blur because of the speed..."

"They're colliding all their attacks, cancelling each other out. It's impressive."

"How is it that a Low Class Demon can match the attack strength and speed of a High Class Demon?"

"I don't know, but I must admit it's impressive."

Sirzechs just laughed at the comments. "Yes, evenly matched..."

Rias could only watch the shockwaves with wide eyes, as could his entire entourage. They couldn't believe that Issei could be dealing with such a strong enemy, from their point of view.

"I don't get it! How can you keep up!" Raiser asked/shouted, at the end of his tether. He couldn't believe that a low Class Demon was standing up to him.

Issei looked him straight in the eyes, causing Raiser to widen his own slightly from the look his opponent had held throughout the fight.

"Your movements are very slow and weak, so it's very easy to match them."

Hearing Issei's explanation, Raiser widened his eyes in great fury. His movements reached an even greater speed, as did his strength. Seeing the drastic change, Issei bent his back backwards to dodge a punch that was headed for his face. Raiser appeared in front of him, clenching his fist tightly.

"Try to match this!" he shouted with great force, delivering a hard punch to Issei's face that shook absolutely everything around him for a second.

The protagonist's face was forced to turn sideways by the inertia produced from the blow, his eyes covered by his hair. The bloodthirsty grin on Raiser's face indicated how great it felt to land that blow.

Without warning, yet another tremor was heard, sounding even louder than the last.

Raiser's smile faded instantly, and he slowly lowered his gaze to see Issei had pulled himself together without him even noticing, delivering a heavy blow to his abdomen that went all the way through him.

Raiser could only open his bleeding mouth in disbelief as he trembled in pain. He tried to fix the situation quickly, punching Issei in the face. Yet, he couldn't even finish raising his arm when Issei had already landed a huge punch to his jaw that sent him flying to the edge of the arena, crashing hard into the wall, and sending the already battered piece of horse completely crashing down on top of him.

Issei merely lowered his fist and began to slowly advance towards Raiser, for he knew that this was not over yet.

A huge explosion of flames was released on the spot as an orange magic circle appeared above the rubble. When the smoke and dust cleared, Raiser could be seen standing there, breathing heavily. His body was already healing at an enormous speed, but he still couldn't help staggering to his knees on the ground, as he began to cry out in silent pain. Those two blows had left him with no stomach, half of his spine missing, and his jaw shattered. All in all, it was very painful.

"I-I don't understand! I swept the floor with him last time! How could he get so much better in such a short time!" he thought with great anger and frustration, the accumulation of such emotions was so great that they had already completely flooded his mind, and his eyes showed it clearly. "I don't care if you are the sekiryuutei... I will kill you for this humiliation!" He finished his thoughts, watching with great hatred as Issei stood a couple of feet away from him.

Raiser's eyes grew wide as Issei's figure became a blur to his eyes. He instinctively rolled to the side to dodge the kick that went straight for his chin. Still lying on the ground, Raiser looked down at him, gritting his teeth tightly as he trembled in disbelief.

Raiser wasted no time and quickly got up to try and land a few kicks that went straight for Issei's face, but Issei himself blocked them with his forearm without flinching a bit. After a few seconds of the same, Issei bent his leg backwards and charged with all his might, letting out a scream at the end when he landed a hard kick to Raiser's face that made him spit out a large amount of blood. If that wasn't enough, Raiser ended up swallowing a large amount of the ground as he was dragged several metres by the momentum of the blow, leaving a line of destruction in his wake.

Issei pulled himself together and looked at him carefully. Raiser began to pick himself up from the ground with considerable difficulty as a large amount of fire surrounded his face, which helped him heal after a second. The phoenix finished pulling himself together without much trouble, though his slightly ragged breathing and hate-filled gaze indicated that he was mentally unstable.

"This is over!" shouted Raiser with great force, rising into the air, and raising his right hand in Issei's direction, causing a small ball of fire to begin to be created in his hand. Within seconds, three magic circles of significant size were created in front of his hand.

Murmurs began to rise in the audience.

"Will he use that attack?"

"It's Lord Raiser's second best attack, the boy will end up badly injured, oh even dead."

"It's a pity, he had great potential."

"Come to think of it, it's normal for him to have such potential if we're talking about the same sekiryuutei. It doesn't matter if he's Low Class."

"You're right."

"Brother!" Rias tugged at Sirzechs' robes, only to be surprised when she saw that her brother's face was still impassive as usual, forcing her to look at the screen to find out what she was waiting for.

"I don't care if you're the sekiryuutei, you must pay for your insolence!" Raiser shouted at last, causing a small, but powerful fireball to shoot out of his hand, which turned a golden colour as it passed through the three magic circles, indicating that there was a lot of concentrated magic.

The attack was so fast that it left a glowing trail in its wake. Raiser's maniacal grin did not waver for a second, while Issei still continued to cross his arms, holding that look on his face.

The attack was over the trajectory in less than a second, and just when everyone thought Issei was about to be defeated, the exact opposite happened.

Issei raised his hand and deflected the attack into the sky like it was nothing, rendering everyone completely speechless by the action. It only took a few seconds for Raiser to speak.

"How did you become so strong in just a month? How did you learn to fight so well in such a short time?" Raiser waited for a few seconds for an answer that never came, as Issei just continued to stare at him with that impassive, suffocating stare that infuriated Raiser to his utmost point, causing him to shut his eyes tightly and grit his teeth.

"SAY SOMETHING!"

The scream was so loud that even Raiser's sister herself was surprised, as she had never seen her brother lose his temper in such a manner.

Raiser opened his eyes and began to gasp for breath, not only because of the scream, but also because of the large amount of magical reserves he had expended to throw the previous attack. He continued to watch Issei, who didn't seem to want to say a word.

But just as he was about to shout again, Issei opened his mouth...

...

...

...

"If you don't surrender, I'll kill you."

"..."

They were simple words...

But those words, were enough to make something inside Raiser shake him completely.

Something changed inside him.

Those were his feelings of hatred, anger and frustration that he felt because of that dragon boy.

Those feelings were replaced, changed, by a specific one...

And that was...

Panic.

Raiser's face transformed into one of utter terror when he heard Issei's words. The expression on his face was impossible to imitate, it was an utterly icy, cutting terror. That feeling was the real Hell. He wanted to shake it off as soon as possible.

Raiser rose even higher into the air, his utterly horrified face still palpable as he stared at Issei in sheer terror.

Raiser raised both his hands to the sky, beginning to create a huge fireball.

"I can't lose... I can't die!" Raiser thought in desperation, putting an immense amount of his magical reserves into the attack. About three magic circles appeared again, but this time they were spread across the entire path he had to take to get in front of Issei.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" He unconsciously began to scream due to the large charge of energy he was using to prepare the attack. The large fireball grew larger and larger, to the point of being completely gigantic.

"The magnitude of the attack is immeasurable, it's going to kill him!"

"Hmmm... Apparently it has angered Lord Raiser. Otherwise, he wouldn't use that attack."

"Now he won't stand a chance. He can't dodge it, and it's multiple times stronger than the previous attack."

"It was a good fight..."

"Brother?" Rias asked uneasily as he watched the huge fireball that didn't seem to stop growing.

Sirzechs features were faltering for the first time in the entire fight. "He spent that much magical power in a single attack? I didn't expect this... Damn it, the Griffin won't be able to save him with such a large magnitude of explosion, he'll die with it! What the hell are you thinking, Raiser! You know better than to let him die!"

As Sirzechs clenched his arms tightly in his hands, that's when Rias realised that things stopped going as planned.

"DIE, YOU FUCKING REINCARNATED DEMON!" Raiser shouted at the top of his lungs, throwing the giant ball towards Issei.

Issei watched with his impassive gaze as the ball with a diameter of about 20 meters approached his position, passing through the magic circles, becoming more and more yellow because of it.

When it was only a few metres from touching the ground, all the debris shot out in various directions, out of the enormous pressure generated by the attack.

Sirzechs gritted his teeth slightly. "It's over, and we haven't even started the plan..." Sirzechs looked away, unwilling to see all his wonderful plans slip from his grasp.

When the attack was only a meter away from Issei, the protagonist raised his right hand.

"Dragon SHOT!"

He shouted with great force at the end, causing a crimson bolt of lightning much smaller than Raiser's attack to slam into the giant ball, stopping its advance in its tracks, and it didn't take long for it to advance towards Raiser's direction.

Everyone; even Raiser himself; widened their eyes in complete shock at what they were witnessing. Issei had practically unleashed an attack with only a second's preparation and was overpowering the mini sun that Raiser had thrown in no time.

"No!" Raiser shouted, completely desperate as he threw a small amount of flames towards the attack to regain control, but the attack continued to slowly advance towards his direction. "...Impossible, this can't be happening..." Raiser said, completely terrified, creating a large magical circle that served as a barrier, in a poor attempt to fend off the attack.

Both magical attacks hit the barrier and shattered it in less than a second.

"THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING-GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

A completely blinding light illuminated Raiser's figure, and then nothing could be seen of him, as he was completely enclosed within the attack.

A second after that, the glow that surrounded the entire arena wavered for a second, only to expand into a huge golden explosion with crimson edges.

The blast was so loud that it managed to be completely deafening. A huge whirlpool had been generated around the shockwave, which was responsible for shattering all the chess pieces in the arena.

When the magnitude of the attack finally stopped expanding due to the containment barriers, which Sirzechs himself had placed in advance, the shockwave shrank and disappeared out of nowhere, leaving a huge curtain of dust all over the arena, leaving absolutely nothing to be seen.

Murmurs began to be heard from the audience, completely disbelieving what they had just witnessed with their own eyes.

As the dust began to dissipate, everyone stared intently at the screen, creating a huge silence in the room, which quickly turned into gasps of shocked people.

Issei was standing in the middle of the arena, with his helmet on. The armour would be severely damaged, but still it had not let its wearer take any damage. After a second, the armor self-regenerated and Issei's helmet dematerialized.

"*Partner, we have 20 seconds."

"Alright." Issei nodded earnestly. "It's time to move on to the third phase."

"*What do you plan to do to win?*" Ddraig asked, genuinely intrigued.

A small smile appeared on Issei's face. "The first thing Tiamat taught me, the feint. If that fails, I'll be sure to save some Dragon Shot for last."

"*I see... sounds promising,*" Ddraig replied with an excited tone in his voice. He couldn't wait to see what his partner would do.

Their chatter ended just as Issei managed to make out through the dust as a large amount of fire landed in front of him.

After a few seconds, Raiser's figure became visible. He was kneeling on the ground, his eyes completely lost in the panic of the moment as his body trembled in terror.

He wanted to end it all quickly, and he couldn't do it.

Beads of sweat were running down his face, while the faint gasps of exhaustion were present in the air, added to the moans of pain that could be heard coming out in between. That magical aura around him had completely disappeared, indicating that he had almost no tricks left up his sleeve.

Issei wasted no valuable time and positioned himself in front of Raiser in one swift move, causing the blond to become very visibly alarmed and rise up to try and deliver a desperate blow to the protagonist, a blow that failed for obvious reasons. He then attempted another punch which Issei dodged with ease, causing a small smile to appear on his face as he saw how Raiser's punches were already lacking in technique, and were only desperate measures to escape his predicament.

Issei wasted no time, and approached him with that smile still on his face, causing Raiser's eyes to widen in horror.

Issei flexed his right arm and charged with all his might in an obvious attack, causing Raiser to look at his prominent punch with anticipation.

"It's too obvious!" shouted Raiser, covering his left side and leaving his right side completely exposed.

Issei's grin increased even more as he landed a hard left to the side of his ribs, causing him to spit out a large amount of blood and go flying, eventually ending up rolling on the floor.

Raiser got up with some ease, though his trembling never left his body. The wound on his mid-torso eventually healed, and he looked up again to see Issei. But when she did, she could only blink in disbelief when he was already in front of her again, charging her with yet another punch just like the last one.

"You won't fool me with your ridiculous feint this time!" Raiser thought, covering his left side with one hand and his right with the other.

Although his reaction had been correct, he could not withstand the enormous pressure exerted by Issei's fist, so his forearm ended up giving way with a horrible "crack!" as it was ejected at a great speed by the force of the attack. As this time he flew into the sky, the only thing holding him back were the Sirzechs' barriers, as the battlefield was completely deserted for obvious reasons.

Raiser's body fell with a thud, which was completely broken when the sound of something shattering into a thousand pieces reached everyone's ears.

"Time's up!" Ddraig warned with a slight tone of concern in his voice.

Issei would stagger from the breaking of the Balance Breaker, as the loss of power hit him abruptly.

"Shit!" he cursed to himself. "I should have prepared some previous Boost in my gauntlet so the difference wouldn't be so great!" Issei thought as he leaned on his knee, but it was too late to think about it.

The crimson energy surrounding Issei ended up fading away completely. The only thing that had not disappeared from his armour was his gauntlet.

Raiser began to stand up with difficulty, due to the pain he was currently feeling. The smile on his face was indescribable.

"What happened! That power was so short lived!" Raiser's smile was completely wiped away as his vision became somewhat blurry, and he ended up falling to his knees because of it.

Issei's eyes grew wide at the sight.

"Mental exhaustion! This is my chance!" He exclaimed, extending his hand towards Raiser as a small ball began to grow larger and larger in his hand.

"You plan to throw it at me from 100 feet away? Your attack is very strong, but it's no use if you don't hit your target, hahahahahahahaha!" Raiser laughed loudly as he tried to fully erect himself.

Finally, the crimson ball managed to be large enough to fit into his palm.

"If it's that easy, then ski it!"

"DRAGON SHOT!"

Raiser watched the attack with a smirk on his face, but his expression turned into a complete puzzle as he prepared to move.

"... What-what's wrong?" he wondered, staring at his legs in horror. "I-I can't move them." Raiser raised his hand and expended the last of his remaining magic to counter the attack.

Issei's eyes widened in shock as another massive fireball materialized in his opponent's hands, but considerably smaller in size than the last. "He still had that much magic?!"

Ah unlike his previous attack, the fireball traversed its path in less than a second, impacting heavily against the Dragon Shot considerably weaker than the previous one, winning the clash by a very narrow margin and causing both attacks to explode very close to Issei, so it was inevitable that he would take some damage from the blast. He could only be seen to cover his face in vain, only to give a small cry of pain as he was enveloped by the edge of the blast.

Raiser watched the small curtain of dust as he gasped for breath. He was completely exhausted.

Raiser gritted his teeth and fell to his knees on the ground, clutching his head tightly as he felt that everything around him was a complete blur, and the enormous pain still lingered in his ribs on his right side.

Wait a minute... They hadn't healed yet?

Raiser looked quickly at the stabbing area, only to widen his eyes in complete shock as he saw blood seeping from the wound from his broken ribs, and there was no flame covering it to heal him.

Raiser got up with great difficulty, staggering from side to side as he clutched his ribs with an expression of horror and pain on his face.

He just hoped the boy was unconscious, because he didn't want this torment to last a second longer.

When he finally arrived at the scene, his eyes widened as he saw Issei propped up on his knees. His shirt was in tatters, and his trousers were a bit battered. His skin was visibly bruised, but it was nothing serious. On his hand the gauntlet had just materialized, implying that the small gauntlet had managed to absorb most of the impact.

Issei raised his gaze, causing Raiser to unconsciously take a step back.

"This ends now." It was Issei's simple words that made Raiser's teeth clench tightly.

Issei lunged at Raiser with a shout, charging his blow exactly as he had the last two times he had done so.

Seeing this, Raiser's eyes widened as wide as they could go.

"Now you don't possess the strength you had before!" he shouted with a big grin on his face, catching Issei's right fist with difficulty, as the strength was still evenly matched.

Issei charged his left arm towards Raiser's abdomen, being dodged by a millimetre thanks to the blond's anticipation.

"I told you I wouldn't fall for your ridiculous feints anymore!" shouted Raiser with great force, starting to drive his fist straight for Issei's throat.

"¡I WIN!"

"But what are you saying?"

Raiser startled a little when he saw Issei's hardened gaze.

"You already lost when you let despair flood your mind and heart."

Raiser blinked in complete shock when he felt his attack stopped by Issei's hand as he grabbed his forearm, only to feel the chestnut open his fist and tighten his grip on Raiser's other hand that had blocked him earlier.

At that moment, all became silent and everything began to slow down.

Issei's eyes could only visualise Raiser's figure in front of him. Everything around him was black...

He was looking at Raiser, specifically at his chin...

A loud deafening roar broke the silence. That loud, cutting, devastating roar had been originated when Issei's knee impacted with shattering force on Raiser's chin.

Time had come to a complete standstill at that precise moment, watching from different angles. All that, just for everyone to observe the magnitude of what that blow meant.

The knee was repeated again, and again, and again, and again in the reader's mind from different angles, until finally everything started to slow down again.

The mouths of the whole audience were wide open, they couldn't believe their eyes.

As everything was going much slower, the figure of Raiser spitting out a large amount of blood with blank eyes was easily distinguishable. Meanwhile, Issei was still in the air just like Raiser, his knee still bent, his vision completely obscured by his hair.

Finally, the young man looked up with great seriousness to see Raiser's body still slowly falling, about to hit the ground.

"Taking down an enemy who possesses such a skill will be very difficult with your current level."

...

...

"But..."

Issei's eyes recorded the moment as Raiser's head began to Rosar the ground.

"I believe in you."

The first sound heard in that long silence, would be Raiser's body landing on the ground, crawling like a sack of rubbish a few feet, until his face fell limply to the side, denoting his eyes rolled back in his head.

Issei finally landed, gazing intently at Raiser.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"R-Raiser Phoenix has been knocked unconscious. The winner is Hyoudou Issei!" The Demon King exclaimed, declaring the end of the battle.

After those words, another overwhelming silence followed.

Hearing that, Issei raised his gaze to the sky, dropping his arms to his sides.

"Why do I feel this way?"

Issei closed his eyes in utter tranquility.

"I just won a battle against a strong guy..."

"It was just a successful rematch against someone who had humiliated me..."

"I only did it for the president..."

At that moment, that's when Tiamat's words came back into his head...

"If you find that moment..."

Issei raised his gauntlet to the sky, and clenched it with great force.

"You will be completely fascinated by the true meaning of combat!"

"¡YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!"

Issei Shouted with great force and shook his fist with great passion, to shake off all the fabulous emotions that were overwhelming his mind completely.

Hearing his shout, Rias trembled with excitement, as he had been freed from the Arranged Marriage.

"Woah! He beat Raiser!"

"Who is that guy!"

"I have no idea, but apparently he's the bearer of the Welsh Dragon!"

A great deal of muttering and shouting began to be heard from all the demons in the room, with the exception of Raiser's retinue who rushed to his aid.

Issei was forced to stop his revelry as he was teleported into the room, causing him to look to the front of him out of obligation as he saw the entire Raiser Squad quickly approach him, giving him various compliments and congratulations on how he had performed, causing a big toothy grin to break out on Issei's face as a slight blush shot across his face at the words of his friends, and as Koneko stroked his hair with a hint of admiration on her face.

"That was amazing, Dragon Boy. Or should I call you Issei." Sirzechs walked over to him, clapping for his victory along with his sister, who greeted him with a tight hug.

"Issei, I was so worried!" Rias exclaimed, hugging him even tighter.

Issei broke away from the hug, shocking those present. "You don't have to be anymore, now you're free to marry whoever you want!" The protagonist exclaimed with a raised thumb.

The Gremory entourage looked at each other seriously for a minute, even Sirzechs' face got a little serious. Seeing this, Issei looked at them all with confusion.

"Did I say something wrong?" He asked, seeing everyone looking at him strangely.

"Issei, let's go talk outside." Sirzechs commented, being joined by Rias.

The Gremory retinue looked at each other earnestly.

"I suppose Lord Sirzechs will resort to plan B." Akeno commented, giving a small sigh of weariness. "For the moment, we shouldn't worry. Everything went according to plan, with the exception of certain irregularities. Let's let Rias have a little trip with Issei, so they start getting closer."

Kiba just nodded with a tired smile on his face. "I just hope everything goes well. I wouldn't want to have to do certain 'things'."

"Ah I wouldn't mind." Koneko commented, generating a magic circle at the feet of her friends.

"Ah me neither." Asia concluded with a mysterious smile on her face.

A few Demons looked at each other in confusion as Issei had left along with Sirzechs and her sister.

"That she is free to marry whomever she wants? Then why did he rescue her, knowing he would be Engaged to her if he did?"

The other fully-muscled demon with purple eyes bowed his shoulders. "I don't know, I'm not that close with my cousin." The guy folded his arms with a defiant grin on his face. "But that guy is most interesting. I hope we can talk soon."

LINE JUMP

"I would like you to escort my sister to the Academy."

"Escort? Wait, sister?!" Issei blinked in disbelief at the end. "Now that I remember, Grayfia had told me about this..." Issei concluded, rubbing his chin.

Sirzechs chuckled at Issei's nonchalant attitude. "My name is Sirzechs Lucifer, I hope we get along." Rias' brother said, bowing his hand and being shaken by Issei immediately.

"Same here!" Replied the protagonist with a smile.

Just as they finished introducing themselves, something glittered loudly in Issei's right pocket, causing him to let out a small cry of surprise as a strange bird appeared between him and Rias.

"By this I meant escorting her." Sirzechs commented, resting a hand on the Griffin. "I hope you take good care of her."

"Brother!" Rias exclaimed with a blush on his face, causing Issei to look at her in confusion and his brother to chuckle.

In the end, they both climbed onto the griffin and raised their hand in a grand farewell, disappearing into the reddish sky of Hell.

When there was finally no sign of them, Sirzechs lowered his hand, and a grim smile graced his face.

"It's time to try the first step..." Rias thought with an evil grin on his face that Issei didn't see, as he was looking straight ahead. "Knowing what Issei's attitude is like, I'm sure a right first step is to use some of my gifts. After all, I don't think Issei has changed that much in just a month." Rias hugged him tightly by his bare back, causing her slightly exposed cleavage to rub against Issei's rough skin from the recent battle.

In a way, Rias was right. It's very hard for Issei to change all that perverted attitude in a month.

What she didn't know, was that her body looked like a plank, if compared to the well-exercised and voluptuous body of a certain dragoness, who had the chance to 'see naked' every day thanks to the natural hot springs. Somehow, that mysterious dragoness had served as a remedy to control that side of Issei to a great extent. That, and thanks to her new mentality, allowed her to face that one dark side she had in her heart.

Rias blinked in surprise when Issei seemed unfazed by his action. Still, he didn't have time to get angry, as something came to his mind thanks to his earlier thought. "Hey, Issei. Where were you all last month?"

Issei looked over his shoulders to answer him. "I was training in the Family Realm."

Rias was visibly taken aback by the revelation. "But, we looked everywhere for you there. Well... everywhere, except for the place where a monster lives that would be able to tear you apart in less than a second."

"A monster?" Issei asked with a roll of his eyes. "Well... in a way, that idea isn't quite right." He thought.

"Yes." Rias nodded. "There's no telling what kind of monster it is, since no one survived to tell the tale. Everyone who tried to find out what's going on around that area ended up disappearing without a trace." Before Rias could continue his conversation, he could watch as Issei spoke through a small magic circle in his ear.

"You can teleport me, I'm looking forward to seeing you too, and thanking you!" Issei gave Rias a quick embarrassed glance. "I'm sorry, President, I must leave you alone. I know I promised her, but... that person helped me too much, and it would be very cruel and ungrateful of me to keep her waiting."

Before Rias could ask who it was, Issei disappeared in a celestial magic circle and made the girl fall to the front, since she didn't have the back of Issei's back.

"'Make her'?" Rias frowned as he noticed that the word meant a lot more than it sounded. "I'd better tell my brother about this..."

Looks like someone's going to have to go back to the Academy alone...

LINE JUMP

As soon as he appeared in the cave, Issei felt very soft and delicate arms wrap around him completely, enclosing him in a deep embrace. The next thing he felt, was how the cleavage protruding over an unbuttoned one pressed tightly to his chest, feeling a great warmth in that little triangle that was exposed, causing him to blush almost immediately.

Still, he was much more focused on returning the hug.

"Congratulations!" Tiamat exclaimed with great enthusiasm. He was so happy, even his little canine fangs decided to make an appearance.

"How do you know?!" Issei asked in great surprise, breaking away from the embrace a little to see Tiamat's beautiful smiling face.

Tiamat gave him a small tap on the forehead as she laughed. "Remember, we can feel what the other feels, silly."

"Then you know how I felt when I won, don't you?"

Tiamat nodded with a smile. "Yes, yes! You finally knew that courage you lacked to get caught up in the feeling of what a battle is like! It's exactly the same feeling as mine when I enter a fight, no matter who my opponent is!"

"I guess you've rubbed off a thing or two on me!" Issei added as they both continued to laugh.

"I wasn't the one who put that idea in you about replacing your demon arm with a dragon's!" Tiamat exclaimed with a chuckle, until finally something important popped into her head. "Wait a minute, do you feel something weird in your arm?" Tiamat inquired seriously, touching Issei's arm with both her hands, looking for any part that was out of place.

"No, why?" asked Issei with great intrigue at the sudden change in attitude presented by her best friend and future lover.

"As I said before, a dragon's power is very corrosive. When you use it, there can also be serious consequences. Still, you seem to be fine." Tiamat concluded. Her gaze twisted to a more tender one as her touches began to transform into caresses, causing Issei to be surprised by the act.

"... You have given your arm to save your mistress. She must be a very good woman for you to have decided to give away a part of your body to rescue her..." Tiamat's gaze changed to a more delicate one as she continued to stroke his arm. "It must be great to have someone who really appreciates you that much."

"If it were up to you, I'd give up my other arm." Tiamat raised her gaze, visibly impressed by what she had heard. "And if that's not enough, I'd also give up both my legs. And then my right eye, I suppose..."

By now, Tiamat's feelings and emotions were running so fast they were impossible to describe.

She just... she just needed to expel them somewhere, in one place, otherwise she would explode.

And for that very reason, Issei was receiving a big kiss on his forehead from Tiamat.

Issei could only blush and feel his heart flutter out of control for such a stupid thing as a kiss on the forehead was. But he couldn't help but think that it felt very... special.

After a few seconds, Tiamat pulled away from Issei and gave him a big smile. "That's very nice of you, but I won't allow you to give away parts of your body to save me. If anything, I'll be the one to save you." Tiamat concluded, positioning both hands on Issei's cheeks in a very affectionate manner.

"I won't be behind you forever!" Issei exclaimed with a smile on his face, standing up suddenly and causing Tiamat to be surprised. "I made a bet that I'll beat you, and I intend to win it!"

"Hmp." Tiamat said with an amused tone in her voice as she stood up straight. "That I'll have to see for myself. But, for now, I will make sure you learn many other basic techniques that we left out because of your meager magic, and they are very important. With your new power, I'm sure you'll be able to master them."

"You bet!" Issei exclaimed, clenching his fist tightly with conviction.

Tiamat's determined expression would turn into a smirk. "But before that, you have to make up all the classes you missed throughout all these days, you know what I mean?" Tiamat asked, pulling out Issei's black briefcase from behind a stone.

At the sight of the briefcase, Issei began to sweat profusely as a pokerface dominated his expression, turning completely pale instantly.

Tiamat waved the briefcase close to his face, further increasing her smirk as she saw him avert his gaze elsewhere.

"You know that, don't you?"

END OF CHAPTER!

I hope you liked this chapter. It was really complicated to translate because of how long it was, but I finally managed to finish it. In this chapter I did two different focuses, the first one was Tiamat and Issei going deeper into their relationship, while the second one was the final battle of this arc. Probably because I wanted to add so many

Interesting facts!

1: Ddraig sleeps all day if Issei isn't training, isn't in danger, or isn't in an interesting battle.

2: Rias still can't use the Power of Destruction, as it was forbidden by his brother, because he can't control it properly. For the same reason he didn't use it when he fought Raiser.

3: The second Waifu will make an appearance before the battle against Kokabiel.