Here I am with another translated chapter!

I'm still continuing with this quick sequence of updates, and I think I'll keep doing it for a few more days.

As always, I'm going to answer a review before I start.

Rain: This fight is divided into several chapters, so I hope you can enjoy it. Personally, I tried to make it better than the original work, although I don't know if I succeeded. This fight is not only for show, as it will explain the operation of the Divide Dividing, as it will be different from the original work, as well as certain singularities that will be presented in the Boosted Gear. Finally, these dialogue errors may not only be due to a translation problem, but may also be a source problem. That is to say, I may have written it wrong in Spanish and I didn't notice it. I will try to be a little more attentive to these things.

Now it's time to start.

Enjoy!

"Let's see how much your words are worth."

Those were Vali's last words before his helmet materialized again, ready for combat.

Issei mimicked his action, with the addition of stretching out his arm and causing a violet magic circle to appear, at the same time a katana appeared with its sheath. The Sekiryuutei drew the sword from its sheath, opting for a distinctive pose, having one foot forward while the tip of the katana pointed at the albino's neck.

The air crossed between the two, and circled around to where the other spectators were, who by now, had taken care of all the enemies and were together, watching the fight that was about to take place. Meanwhile, Odin and Yasaka seemed more attentive to break the powerful magic circles that held them captive, but they still watched out of the corner of their eyes what was about to happen.

Meanwhile, a little further away, Penemue and Tiamat were standing on the shattered ceiling of the room where the meeting had once been, watching intently what was about to unfold.

"...Shouldn't we intervene?" Penemue asked, causing Tiamat to put her hands on her hips with a half-smile.

"First don't you want to see what he might be capable of after all his training?" Tiamat answered her with another question, causing a small smile to appear on the Cadre's face.

"Yes, and very much so." Penemue replied, fixing her gaze on her beloved.

Despite the time that passed, the two were still in complete silence, until it was finally broken.

But not by them.

It was the work of their tenants.

The green gem glowed brightly in Issei's hand, indicating the dragon's presence.

"*From now on, whatever awaits either of us two...*" Ddraig's tone sounded even harsher and more piercing than ever. "*It's death.*"

The dragon's final words caused both Issei and Vali to reassert their combat stances.

"*In that case, let me tell you the same... *Ddraig!*" Vali's wings flashed brightly, at the same time Albion's words came through.

Inside their helmet, both of them frowned, and everything around them went black. On one side of Issei, Ddraig's flaming face could be seen. While on the other side, it could be seen as next to Vali was the white flaming face of Albion.

Not even those imaginary flames were audible.

The silence was breathtaking, as if both bearers were waiting for some kind of signal to start fighting.

"*All right!*" Ddraig's figure became fully present at Issei's side.

"*The tenth battle between the White Dragon Emperor and the Red Dragon Emperor...!*" Albion's figure mimicked Ddraig.

"..."

"..."

Both dragons clenched their teeth tightly.

"*Begin!"

Both dragons launched themselves at an impressive speed and collided loudly, creating a great burst of light. A second later, two people in Ddraig and Albion's armor could be seen trying to kick and punch each other, covering and trying to counter their blows. The figures were changing in size, and the scenery depicting them around them changed from wars, to completely desolate wastelands, or to massive destructions, symbolically representing all the battles of the Sekeryuteis and Hakuryuukous up to the present day.

Finally, the symbolic act ended, where you could see how Issei and Vali were dancing in combat on par with the above demonstrated. White flames adorned the half where Vali stood, while red flames adorned the other half where Issei stood.

Vali was in charge of dodging and blocking all of Issei's blows with great elegance, spinning on himself. The movements of both were extremely perfect, so it was a delight for the eyes of anyone who liked fights.

Still, it was clear who was faster...

And, therefore, it was clear to see who was having more of an advantage.

Issei was trying to cut him with his katana, but was repeatedly met with the great surprise that Vali's armor was vastly stronger than his own. He assumed that this difference was mostly due to the power gap between the two.

But that alone made him think of a quick solution.

"I just need more bluntness!" he thought, widening his eyes under his helmet.

In one of Vali's many blocks with his hands, the katana went flying upwards, causing the albino to miss immensely.

"How strange. I'm sure I didn't increase my strength..." He thought.

When he saw that Issei had left a strange opening, the albino tried to strike him in the chest, only to be surprised when his rival grabbed his arm with both hands, to then propel himself and make a great somersault, taking the katana with his feet and making the blade fall at an extremely high speed, piercing the side of Vali's helmet, producing a deep cut on his cheek. Or at least, so it was supposed, due to the fact that a small amount of blood was ejected from the helmet by the cut.

The metal part of the sword dug completely into the ground behind Vali and cracked the ground, emphasizing the speed it had taken in its path.

Far from losing her balance, as her body twisted by the blunt cut indicated, Vali pulled herself together from one second to the next, something that took Issei by complete surprise. He barely gave him time to cover his chest in an X-shape before rolling backwards from the huge blow his opponent had dealt him.

After rolling a few meters, Issei somehow managed to compose himself and landed on the ground. His gaze parked for a short second on the completely shattered armor of his arms, which quickly regenerated thanks to Ddraig. He raised his gaze again to his destined rival, who was wiping the blood protruding from his helmet.

Finally, Vali waved the blood to the ground and disappeared in a huge burst of speed that generated a huge blizzard in his former position.

Issei quickly stood up and leaned both his hands forward, stopping Vali's blow by a miracle. Both continued with the dance of kicks, punches, jumps over each other, and other acrobatics. This time, that sequence lasted less time, as Vali caught both of Issei's hands with his own, creating a sort of grapple.

The bodies of both were trembling intensely, indicating that they were propelling a great deal of their strength not to yield to the power of the other.

Vali dematerialized his helmet, denoting his bleeding cheek.

"I'm starting to get bored of this!" He exclaimed with a big grin, at the same time letting go of his grip on one of Issei's hands, though he still exerted pressure against it with his arm.

Issei watched the hand in complete disbelief, as he saw a white colored orb grow larger and larger in his opponent's hand.

"You're too easily distracted!" the albino exclaimed, delivering a hard knee to Issei's chin that shattered the lower area of his helmet, then kicking him hard in his face, sending him flying and ending up smashing his helmet in the process.

Vali took a big leap backwards and aimed the orb in the direction of his target, which still hadn't finished bouncing off the ground.

"DRAGON SHOT!"

A huge arc of white light that shattered everything in its path was sent towards Issei.

Luckily, Issei managed to respond in time and recomposed himself in the air, landing fruitfully while creating three magic circles in front of him that acted as a barrier.

The powerful Dragon Shot impacted against the first barrier, damaging it greatly and shattering it in a matter of a second, as well as the second one. Finally, Issei used much of his strength to hold the third one, causing the barrier to crack quite a bit, while the excess energy passed to his sides. Issei could not help but be impressed at such a magnitude of magical power. He felt like he would be swept away by the attack just because of how fast and sweeping it was.

A few seconds passed where everything he saw was only white because of the magic, until finally the attack ceased, and a huge curtain of dust was generated in the whole area that did not allow to see anything.

Issei abandoned his posture, seeing how his magic circle was only a breath away from being destroyed.

His ears pricked up as he heard a strange movement to his right.

"Over there!" He thought in alarm , looking to the right of the barrier, only to widen his eyes in shock when it was his katana.

"A feint?!"

Although Issei's resolve had been rather quick, he didn't have enough time to turn around and respond to the attack at the same time.

Issei received a large kick to his neck, which twisted like jelly. Issei's pain-covered eyes were quite clear, at the same time as his whole body violently slammed into his own barrier, finishing it off by shattering it.

Finally, he could see Vali's full body appear out of the dust, smiling a huge hungry grin as he was about to deliver what was supposed to be the final blow.

Issei used the same flip of his body in his favor to grab his katana still in the air, delivering a strong sword into the air that took the albino by complete surprise, but he was still able to dodge it, raising his arm quickly. Although, in that way, he canceled his attack, and his body was completely exposed.

Issei didn't waste a second and with his other hand, he struck a strong blow to Vali's abdomen, generating a huge air current, indicating that the attack had been very strong.

But, Vali's armor had not received any kind of damage...

A big smile appeared again on the albino's face.

"I must admit, that was a good move." Vali thought, as he began to aim his other fist at his opponent's chest.

"But the difference between us is abysmal!"

Just before the albino's fist embedded into his chest, Issei opened his fist, which was still still resting on Vali's abdomen, denoting a small reddish orb.

"DRAGON SHOT!"

Ddraig's loud scream was followed by a great scream from Vali, as his entire torso was exposed to a powerful reddish light that severely damaged his armor, causing him to spit out a large amount of blood in the process.

Issei did not waste the opportunity, delivering a strong upward punch under his chin to then deliver a large kick to his chest, sending him flying, and causing Vali to roll for the first time in the entire fight.

Issei grabbed his neck as he rubbed it with a small grimace of pain, watching as Vali slowly got up from the ground.

"That's amazing..." Issei thought. "He took a Dragon Shot at point blank range and even then his armor didn't give in to the attack." He finished, genuinely impressed at the power of his opponent.

"I must admit, you have a lot of interesting tricks." The albino commented, wiping the trickle of blood from his lips. "But, I'm sure you copied that last one from me." He stated with quite a bit of grace in his words. "It doesn't matter what tricks you use, though. After all, you're already using the most Balance Breaker can give you right now, while I... I haven't even used my Sacred Gear." He concluded, causing Issei to look at him with great intrigue.

"Your Sacred Gear?" he asked, opting for an attack pose with his katana.

"Each Sacred Gear has its own power." Explained the albino, something Issei already knew. "While yours is in charge of increasing, mine is in charge of reducing." He added, causing Issei to widen his eyes at the revelation.

"My power is known as Divide."

"Why didn't you use it yet?" Issei asked immediately after hearing his words.

Vali simply folded his arms with a smile.

"Divide is a much more complex power than Boost. I need to get in contact with the user I want to apply my power to. It can be either physical, or magical."

Issei couldn't help but frown.

"That doesn't answer my question!" He exclaimed.

A smile appeared on the albino's face, which was answer enough for Issei.

Though, if that hadn't been enough, Vali raised both of her hands to emphasize the massive destruction that had been caused by a single one of his Dragon Shot.

Basically, he was telling him to his face that he was too weak to have the need to use that power.

"Damn...!" Issei exclaimed with venom in his voice, as he reaffirmed his grip on his katana.

"Do you have something to tell me?" Vali asked with his smile still in force, bracing himself for the shock.

The albino widened his eyes dangerously.

"Why don't you say it to my face?!"

Finally, the two of them were thrown off at an enormous speed, heading for a collision.

Just when there was a meter left for the two to meet, everything started to move in slow motion for Issei as he thought...

"I know very well that I am much weaker than him." The thoughts made Issei's gaze slowly soften outwardly.

"I know very well that I don't stand a chance if I fight with my own strength." The thoughts continued...

"But, I'm not like you, Vali..."

The albino's hand slowly began to form into a fist and raise against his opponent's abdomen, while Issei changed the trajectory of the katana to a more diagonal one, rather oddly.

"Yes, I love battles just like you. But, if it's to protect my comrades..." The image of Rias and the others entered the scene for a short second.

"If it's to protect my best friends..." The image of Matsuda and Motohama flashed through his head. He didn't know the reason, but in his thought Gasper, Azazel, and Tannin were also added.

Finally, Issei's eyes slowly moved to where his reason for being was.

"If it's to protect my world together with those women, and their world..." Endless memories flashed through Issei's mind, projecting all those precious moments he spent together with those two wonderful women.

Those two beautiful women who were able to shake his whole being even at a time like this...

"I don't care to borrow the power of my enemy!"

Finally, time returned to normal and both blows collided at their fates, generating a huge rumble and crater at their feet, which raised a small curtain of dust in response.

Everyone watched with great intrigue as the dust disappeared. Everyone was surprised, except for Tiamat and Penemue, who gritted their teeth angrily at the sight.

The two figures were still stuck together from their two attacks, although the forcefulness of one over the other was quite clear.

Issei's legs shook intensely from the pain, while he tried his best not to vomit. Finally, it became impossible for him to hold on, so he lowered his gaze and vomited a huge amount of blood, being able to see more clearly how Vali's fist had gone completely through his armor, reaching his abdomen, and almost piercing him in the process.

Meanwhile, Vali just sighed in disappointment as he saw that Issei's katana had dug deep into the armor in a downward diagonal fashion, just below the gem at the center of his chest.

"Now can you see the difference?" The albino asked, clearly bored with the combat. "My strike went all the way through your armor, while you could barely get through my armor using a katana. You couldn't even cut through my skin." Vali looked at his rival's shadowed gaze with mild curiosity. "But, you could have tried to pierce my neck, knowing that the density of my armor in that place is much lower. I doubt someone like you would have overlooked that."

Issei coughed up even more blood, generating a small puddle at his feet.

"If I had, you would have dodged it. You know your weaknesses quite well, just like me. That's why you let it hit you, because you saw no real danger." Issei replied, coughing up some more blood.

After a second, Issei raised his gaze with a strange smile, something that undoubtedly confused Vali.

"Besides, this is precisely what I was looking for." After his words, Issei tightened his grip on his katana with all his might.

The albino could only raise an eyebrow at not understanding this, but it didn't take that long to receive an answer.

Using the katana as leverage, he had the gem in Vali's armor ejected, at the same time there was a small silver explosion as the albino lost his armor in a forced manner.

Everyone was in complete disbelief at this move, especially Vali himself, who stood up from the ground and watched as Issei stood up in the distance, while the gem he had extracted remained at his side.

Issei dropped to his knees and spat out another large amount of blood, then clutched his abdomen tightly at the searing, burning pain that coursed through his stomach.

It was slowly fading, but no doubt the blow had been far more critical than it appeared.

He knew quite well that it was going to hurt like hell when his body cooled down.

"I can't lie to you, you surprised me. It's been a long time since the last time someone managed to remove my armor completely." The albino commented, then materialized his armor again. "But how is it that a move like that can help bring you victory?" he asked, unable to come up with an answer on his own.

"That won't help me achieve victory." He answered him, wiping away the blood that ran down the corner of his lips.

Issei took the gem next to him, looking up and giving him a predatory smile.

"But this does." Concluded, causing Vali and everyone else's eyes to widen in shock after what they heard.

"Do you intend to use the White Dragon's power?!" Rias asked, incredulous at what she heard.

Penemue was alarmed at what he heard, and was already about to leap towards the fight to interrupt it, but Tiamat stopped him with her hand.

"Remember, he replaced his demonic arm with that of a dragon." The dragoness stated with great calm. "If he suffered no consequences on that occasion, this is just child's play."

"Ddraig, you always say I have a great affinity for dragons!" Issei exclaimed, raising the gem to as high as his hand could go.

"*I understand how you think mate, and I'm with you all the way!*" Ddraig exclaimed in the same enthusiastic and somewhat overlaid with madness tone as Issei.

Vali just deigned to watch wide-eyed as Issei tried to embed the gem in his left arm, causing a red and white screeching light to start fighting each other.

"*Are you okay, partner?!" shouted Ddraig at the top of his lungs, so that Issei could hear his voice over the incredibly annoying noise the lights were making.

"My arm hurts like hell, but that's a long way from stopping me!" The young man shouted back with another shout, holding a huge grin on his face as he felt the power of the two Celestial Dragons begin to merge.

Finally, a strange violet glow reigned over the other two glows, blinding everyone for a few seconds.

When everyone opened their eyes again, they couldn't believe what they were seeing.

"Issei's armor on his left arm..." Xenovia commented, widening her eyes beyond belief.

"It's white!"

"*He has fused the power of two incompatible entities. This is unheard of...*" Albion declared with a tone full of disbelief.

Though without a doubt, the most impressed of all was Vali. They only needed to see his face to prove it.

"Ddraig!" Issei asked, clenching his left fist tightly, which now possessed a white aura and armor.

"*As expected, no secondary effects!*" the dragon exclaimed rather excited at what he was witnessing.

Finally, Vali snapped out of his stupor, and began to laugh frantically, as if he had been cost the best joke in the world. Something Issei didn't receive very well, and his scowl was proof of it.

"What do you think is so funny?" he asked, pointing at him.

"It's not funny, this is fucking entertaining!" shouted Vali with a huge grin on his face. The albino pointed at him with great excitement. "I don't know exactly who you are Hyoudou Issei, but you're the most interesting guy I've come across so far!" He shouted with the same excitement with which he pointed at him, then thought carefully.

A somewhat confused look crossed Issei's face as he saw Vali's expression change dramatically.

"But, seeing what I've seen, I think you might be even more interesting..." He thought, then raised his arms and gave her a somewhat macabre smile. "To make this even more entertaining, I'll take it upon myself to kill your parents once I'm done with you!"

"What?!" Tiamat wondered, rather impressed at the albino's outburst.

"He's provoking him." Penemue answered her doubt quickly. "He knows Issei hides much more potential. He wants to unleash that potential through his emotions, since the Boosted Gear responds to the emotions of its bearer."

"Do you think Issei can go even further?" Tiamat asked, thinking that the Balance Breaker was already at its limit.

"The limit of that Balance Breaker is only reached when your emotions overflow, and you have enough level to reach it. It works just like the evolutions of that same Balance Breaker." Penemue replied, unable to help but stifle a small smirk. "But, Vali won't accomplish anything if he tries for a place where emotions are almost non-existent."

A smirk shot across Issei's face, something that surprised Vali.

"If you're trying to make me angry, you're not on the right track." He commented, crossing his arms. "My relationship with my parents is broken." He stated, indicating that he didn't care in the least if anything happened to them.

This was certainly a setback to the albino's plans.

"In that case..." He thought, averting his gaze to where Rias and her servants stood.

Vali pointed at them, causing his rival to follow him with his gaze.

"Then, I'll start with your beloved comrades!" He spat, causing Issei to grit his teeth slightly.

"You won't do anything, you bastard!" He shouted angrily at him, something Vali met with a rather deep stare.

"That's far from enough..." He thought, only to have his gaze then settle on Tiamat. "He knows Tiamat could kill me with a blow, so it's not worth trying to go in that direction." Vali closed his eyes for a short second, deep in thought. "So, all that's left for me to do is..." Vali fixed his gaze on Penemue, frowning slightly.

"I guess I don't lose anything by trying..."

Before Issei lunged at him for his words, Vali held up his hand in a sign for him to stop.

"On second thought, I should leave you to die and force you to watch me torture Penemue to death in the worst possible way."

At those moments, Issei's hair shadowed his gaze.

"That's not going to do it either..." Penemue thought aloud, waiting for the reaction of her much-loved student.

In those moments, Issei's body began to tremble with anger, at the same time his gauntlet glowed brightly.

A flood of memories of him and Penemue flashed through his head.

Of that time when they both witnessed the fireworks...

Of that time when he went with her for a single day to the beach...

Of all those times he slept next to her, and the way she would open her heart every time they were alone...

All those precious moments...

Her beautiful smile...

"*Bearer of Albion.*" Ddraig's voice echoed, making everyone look rather curious, especially the albino. "*If there's a next time, you'd better choose your words more carefully.*" He concluded, only to have a huge surge of crimson power surge up into the sky afterwards, generating huge currents of brutal airs.

"Are you serious?!" wondered Penemue aloud as she covered her face because of all that was happening. A faint blush was roaming her cheeks because of her future lover's reaction.

Issei clenched his teeth tightly as he raised his gaze, crossing his arms in X. Finally, he abruptly stretched his arms to the side, causing all the crimson energy so potent emanating from him to concentrate solely on the armor, generating a huge explosion of ultimate power, where the following word was heard:

"EXPLOSION!"

The curtain of dust slowly disappeared, dazzling a completely serious Issei, as the crimson glow faded and appeared on his figure, showing that he was holding a lot of power. His crimson armor, now even more crimson, looked more imposing with that glow and that thin reddish aura so pure that it surrounded him completely.

A small sideways smile appeared on Vali's face as he saw the result.

"That's what I was waiting for..." The albino whispered, then clenched his fists tightly.

"Ahhhhhh AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

A loud scream erupted from Vali's lungs, causing a huge glow of white to blind everyone for a few seconds.

The clouds of Hell were pierced by this powerful aura, which was controlled much faster than the previous one, returning to the albino's body at a noticeably faster speed.

He stretched his arms out to the sides as Issei did at the end, causing a final small burst of power to be generated around him. After a few seconds, Vali appeared out of the dust with his armor glowing with the same intensity, and with that thin pure white aura surrounding him.

Though unlike Issei, Vali seemed to be smiling quite pleased at what was about to happen.

The two began to approach in slow steps, causing everyone to fall completely silent, watching with great attention.

"That energy..." Sirzechs commented, completely impressed.

"Yes, it is the power of the Celestial Dragons at its purest. The limit of the Balance Breaker." Azazel commented, completely awed at the sight.

Finally, the two stood face to face, where the two shared a rather deep gaze. The two auras were violently clashing against each other.

Vali was simply enjoying what was transpiring, but Issei didn't seem to reciprocate the feeling.

"If you touch even a single hair on Penemue..." Issei's voice sounded as low, harsh and stern as he had ever heard it before.

"I swear I will make you meet fates worse than death."

After hearing his words, Penemue could feel every fiber in her body jump with a myriad of precious emotions. Her completely shocked face and the huge blush that covered much of her face was all Tiamat needed to see to know that the woman had fallen even more in love with Issei, if that was possible.

"Am I really... am I really that important to him?" the Cadre wondered, feeling her heart pounding and her chest burning with passion. A passion that only Issei could control.

Vali's smile didn't falter after his words. In fact, it only increased.

"Prove it with actions, not words."

END OF CHAPTER!

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