One Week Later(Month 1, Year 2):
Shakya's Training Ground, Buddha's Palace:
Isaiah's POV:
"So…how did it feel to be a narcissist for the first time in your life?" Buddha asked as soon as I walked onto the training ground.
"Amazing." I said with a smirk and he chuckled as he nodded.
"We can already see from your posture." I just smirked as I nodded, Buddha smirking before gesturing for me to sit down. Doing as he asked, he smirked as he sat down in front of me, letting his khakkara float between us.
"Create a blade with Sword Birth." In the blink of an eye, a black blade appeared in my lap, dark crimson streaks running along the blade and the hilt as a small ruby was embedded into the pommel.
"0,17 seconds. Fast enough. Dismiss it and create a blade with Blade Blacksmith." The black blade disappeared in motes of red light as a silver rapier appeared in its place, the hilt a bright blue as light blue streaks wrapped around the blade.
"0,23 seconds. A little slower but not bad. While you're not training, I want you to do something for me. Create a variety of blades with both of your Sacred Gears. Do as many as you can and see how many different blades you can create in a single minute. Then, I want you to work on keeping the strongest form of your Balance Breaker up for as long as you can."
"Okay." I said with a nod, to which he smiled as I dismissed the rapier. "Now then. With you having gained full control over your sin of Pride, it's time to move onto unlocking the first seal."
"What seal?" I asked with a confused stare only for him to smirk at me.
"Your first chakra." He said with a smirk, which surprised and confused me.
"Wait, isn't chakra and senjutsu something that are only able to be used by Youkai?" I asked as I glanced at Wukong, to which Buddha just laughed.
"No, not that chakra! Your internal chakras. The four chakras of Buddhism. The seven chakra system known throughout the world. Those chakras."
"Ooh! So, how are opening the chakras going to help me become stronger?" I asked and Buddha chuckled as he stood back up, gesturing for me to stay seated as his khakkara flew to his hand.
"You know the saying 'Know yourself before you know the enemy' or at least, I think it goes like that?" He asked and I nodded, having heard that somewhere in my past life and in this one.
"Well, basically, the same applies to your chakras, but in the sense that opening each one brings you closer and closer to learning what your concept of transcendence is. That's where opening your chakras come in. Three of your chakras has something to do with your sins and opening the last one is what will give you the concept you need to reach true transcendence." He explained and I nodded while I had a look of awe on my face.
"Wait, then why doesn't everyone just do this?" Here, he smirked.
"Well, an overall of Peak Satan-Class is needed to break through that barrier and learn of your concept, which is something you've reached after your two-month long training session with Wukong." Wukong smirked and waved at me as I glanced at them.
"Also, you need to have control over your sin to open just the first chakra, which, contrary to belief, is something only one in every one hundred thousand Devils can achieve. You're just one of the few monsters in the world that can do so."
"…No one tells me of these things sooner." I muttered with a sigh, Buddha laughing as the four on the side laughed as well.
"Okay, so how are we doing this?" I asked and Buddha smiled.
"Easy. Close your eyes and sit in a cross-legged position." I did as he asked.
"Now place your palms face-up on your thighs while letting the tips of your thumbs, index fingers and ring fingers touch and straitening out your middle and pinky fingers."
"Like this?" I asked as I tried to do what he asked.
"Perfect. Now, I want you to focus on your navel while repeatedly muttering the world 'Ram' under your breath." I nodded as I took a deep breath before beginning.
"Ram." I muttered, slowly taking deep breaths while also focusing on my navel. It was a bit hard to focus on keeping my breathing steady and deep while also focusing on my navel and saying the word 'Ram' repeatedly, but I managed to just nail it.
"Now, think of your accomplishments. Think of your pride. Do not stop taking deep breaths and do not stop focusing on your navel while doing so." Still keeping focus on my breathing and my navel, which was slightly feeling tingly, I focused on what I've accomplished throughout my short three years in this life.
The youngest High-Class Devil at 12 years old.
The youngest Satan-Class Devil at 13 years old.
The strongest Devil of my generation and probably a few generations above me.
The youngest rune master that is able to write and understand all nine of the major runic languages as well as understand a bit of Gremorian itself.
The only Devil that is able to use Holy-Demonic Weapons.
… When I look at it like that, then yeah, I'm glad I'm not a prideful narcissist, even though there's some part inside of me that's already proclaiming myself as the strongest.
3rd Person POV:
Unknown to Isaiah, a light orange aura was slowly appearing out of his navel, wisps of it slowly reaching to his limbs and head and covering them in the same orange aura as well as it stretched and morphed to cover his entire body. Buddha smirked as he saw the aura appearing, a giddy feeling sprouting in his chest as he softly walked around the boy.
'It took me a little over an hour to reach the point for my aura to cover my body. Truly, a monster among Devils.' Buddha thought with a proud smirk as the aura now slowly began to pulse. The ground under the boy was trembling and yet, he was completely still, ignorant of the world around him.
"…How long does it usually take to open your first chakra?" Okita asked Wukong as soon as he noticed him stare at Isaiah in shock.
"Old man Buddha and I are destructive monsters in our own right, but it still took me a week and him an hour or so to reach the point where the aura covers us. For the boy to do that in under thirty minutes…Okita, you have a damn monster of a student." Both Okita and MacGregor looked shocked at his words before a happy grin appeared on Okita's face as he turned to back to Isaiah, who was now slowly waking up from his trance.
"That's my gaki." He muttered with a smirk.
Isaiah's POV:
As I opened my eyes, I felt the air around me pulsing, the ground shaking slightly before it stopped trembling. Looking down at my hands, my eyes widened as I stared at the light orange aura covering it and looking at the rest of my body revealed that it was covered in the strange aura as well.
"The Manipura or the Solar Plexus Chakra. Focuses on one's sense of confidence and belief. Unlocking it releases your true self and allows you to express what ever you feel like." Buddha explained with a smirk and I smiled as I stood up, the aura pulsing one more time before disappearing. I could still feel it, softly drumming under my skin with it feeling most intense in my abdomen, I stumbled slightly as my legs felt like jelly.
"It takes a while to get used to having your first chakra open, so you'll get time to do so, but before that, Wukong." Wukong just smiled as he stood up, coming to a stand-still in front of me as Buddha walked off to join the others on the side.
"This is a sparring match. Fight each other using only your Touki." I just sighed as I nodded, staring at Wukong who was waiting with his hands behind his back before I activated my Touki. I was not prepared for it to literally rip into existence, the air around me raging as my Touki burned and roared for all to see. I was also surprised at the small sparks of orange mixed in with it as the tingling sensation in my navel increased tenfold.
"Come on, gaki." He said with a smirk and I grinned before I took a step, blitzing past him and slamming head first into a tree as Wukong and Buddha just cackled.
"Fuck!" I groaned as I pulled my head out, ripping the top half of the tree off and shaking my head to get rid of the wood chips before my senses blared at me from behind. Quickly flipping over the attack, Ruyi pierced the area where my body was and destroyed a dozen or so trees behind the one I destroyed before retracting back to Wukong, who smirked at me.
With a grin, I tensed before blitzing towards Wukong, a loud boom echoing throughout the field as my fist blurred forward. Wukong lifted two of his fingers and blocked my fist, the air around us quaking as his hand trembled slightly. With a smirk, he pushed me back and I flipped through the air before rocketing back towards him. My leg arched through the air and I swear I heard small sonic booms echoing around it. Wukong just smiled as he blocked the attack with three fingers of his left hand, his right hand snaking forward to stab me in the abdomen.
Grunting, I twisted in the air and barely rolled out of the way of the attack, but gasped as an elbow slammed into my side and blasted me off to the side. Skidding across the ground, I flipped to my feet and readied for an attack only to deadpan at Wukong, who was standing with a relaxed smirk on my face.
"Is there a reason for this?" I asked Buddha and he chuckled.
"Yes, but you're still not going all-out with your Touki. Don't worry about passing out. You'll have tomorrow off, so let loose." With a sigh, I turned back to the smirking Wukong before I grunted. If releasing it before just made the air tremble, then releasing it all was like releasing a concentrated earthquake.
The ground under me cratered completely, destroying half of the training ground as Wukong just smirked before putting his left arm behind his back, gesturing for me to attack. In the blink of an eye, Wukong lifted four fingers and slapped my leg to the side, the air visibly warping slightly from the shock wave my kick created as we grinned. Landing on the ground, my legs and arms blurred as I kept up the attack, Wukong smirking as his right hand blurred and slapped away all of my attacks.
The ground under us cracked and space itself trembled as space itself warped around us. Rolling under another knife-hand, he jumped with a smirk as I tried to leg-sweep him, but that was a feint as I spun to my feet and tried to roundhouse him. Wukong just rolled through the air under the kick before he lifted his hand to stop my stomp, pushing himself away and bracing himself as he smashed feet-first into the ground. Not giving him rest, I followed after him, trying and failing to hit him as he just parried, blocked and dodged my attacks with a happy smile on his face.
"Stop!" Buddha shouted, making me stop as he nodded at Wukong, who just nodded before Buddha turned to me with a smile.
"Well done. You've managed to make Wukong use four fingers instead of just two." Wait, what?! It finally hit me.
I was able to make THE Sun Wukong use four fingers to fend off my attacks with just my Touki when before I had to use Storm King's Aura to get him to use two fingers.
…How powerful am I going to be after I've fully opened my chakras?
"Now that you know how powerful you are, it's time to learn control. I'll give you the week off. Use the same meditation method I taught you and focus on doing nothing but controlling your Touki. After the week is over, you'll personally fight against me and I'll see if you're ready for opening your second chakra."
"Okay. Wait, before I go." I said as I pulled out a stack of envelopes.
"Letters. One for Sirzechs, one for Zeoticus, one for Venelana, one for Grayfia, one for Millicas, one for Rias, one for Koneko, one for Gasper, one for Issei, one for Saji, one for Sairaorg, one for Tsubaki, one for Sona, one for Seekvaira, one for Alivian, one for Evelina, one for Surtr and two for Akeno since one is from me and the other from Bardou. Could you send them, please?" I asked as I handed them over and Buddha chuckled as he nodded.
"Of course." I smiled as I thanked him before I heard MacGregor speak.
"It's time for your daily magic boost, though with how much you can handle, it will only be another month before the boosts will have no effect whatsoever." He said and I nodded.
"Sure." He nodded before we walked towards the lake, with Bardou happily following after me as everyone else went back to their daily activities.
The Underworld, Hell:
Gremory Castle, Gremory Territory:
3rd Person POV:
Akeno smiled as she sat down on the bed in Isaiah's room, which had become her & Koneko's room after he left. She never knew that Isaiah used to help her with her nightmares, but the happiness she felt when Koneko mewled and snuggled up against her would be enough to keep her happy for the next century.
Looking at the two letters in her hand(She giggled at Rias' face when she was the only one to receive two), she smiled as she opened the dark blue one first, one of Isaiah's favourite colour along with dark violet.
My Dear Akeno
I swear to Satan that first week I was barely able to fall asleep without you next to me. I miss that beautiful girl that used to make me smile when I just looked at her. I miss those shimmering violet eyes that stared at me with a hint of mischief.
Training is tough, but knowing that you're waiting for me is enough to keep me going.
You're not actually going to believe this, but I met three of the First Satans' familiars and I have to say, I don't compare to them at all.
Agrukk, the familiar of Asmodeus and Anubue, the familiar of Beelzebub, are just like the usual pure blood devil, full of crap and arrogant without measure. Grithyx, the familiar of Leviathan, is much more friendly and cordial, though he is one lazy serpent as he would rather sleep than worry about an 'insignificant insect' as he calls me. I wanted to meet Comraicrer, but Grithyx, Okita and MacGregor forbid me from doing so, saying that he's just like the original Lucifer. Arrogant and narcissistic, yet powerful beyond belief.
Training under Buddha and Sun Wukong is fun, though, especially Wukong. We usually play pranks on Buddha if I don't have training and running away from a Buddha covered in tar and cockatrice feathers is much more fun than I expected.
There was also the upsetting moment of the year, such as Joker being forced to go with Agrukk to spare our lives. I regret not just fighting Agrukk and running away with MacGregor and the others, but I knew that Agrukk would not rest until he killed us or get his brothers to help him do it.
I've gotten a bit more used to not having Joker's presence with me, but I know that one day, I'll go there and kick that mutt's ass along with any other that tries to keep my boy away from him.
Anyway, Bardou is getting restless next to me as he wants to write a letter too, so I'll have to end it here. Love you lots and I look forward to kissing those luscious lips of yours again, both the upper and lower ones.
From your Darling
Isaiah
P.S. Bardou also made me write a letter for you, which should be the second envelope you got.
P.P.S. Touch the runic seal at the bottom for your present.
Akeno giggled gleefully as she touched the seal at the bottom, sending a bit of magic into it. The letter glowed before turning into motes of light and reforming back into a very familiar shape, Akeno licking her lips as she held it in her hands.
"Fufufu~ You and I are going to have a wonderful time together." Akeno muttered with a gleam of lust in her eyes as she caressed her new 'weapon' before she put it down and picked up her second letter.
Dear Mistress/ Mother
Master/ Father is transforming my barks into words using a translation and writing rune, so whatever I bark comes up here.
Please send me ways to keep Master from acting like an idiot. Joky wanted to go on his own since he wanted to find his own unique path to grow, but Master is already creating dozens of plans to try and kill my Dad(Most of which include me going with him, which I don't want to do) I miss your presence, Mistress, though I don't miss the stench that you and Master make when mating. My nose still burns whenever I remember it(Really Bardy? -Master! This is my letter!)
Anyway, ignore that. Master won't say this, but he really missed you the first night and Joky had to knock him out to make him sleep(That's true.) I swear, at least send him something to remind him of you and make him keep up with his training(Just no panties! I don't want to have to explain that!).
Anyway, Creepy Wizard Man is looking for master and I. Oh wait, I forgot to say, Mistress. My flames has evolved from the bright orange to a dark violet, which Master says is just below the dark blue flames and the level after that is the neon blue flames, the same level of flames my Dad had. It is a lot harder to condense and increase the concentration of the flames, so I guess it's going to get a lot harder to reach the next level.
Bye Mistress and please send those methods and the presents please before Master starts to break down(Oh fuck off Bardou)
From your favourite son
Bardou
P.S. Don't forget about the presents!(Okay, that's enough, ya idiot)
Akeno giggled at the ending as she laid back down on the bed, smiling up at the ceiling before she looked back down at her new 'weapon' with a smirk.
"Time to put you to the test, big boy." She muttered as she picked it up with her right hand, lifting her skirt with her left before letting out a deep, satisfied groan as it entered right before she moaned as she felt the tingling of electricity and the heating runes on it activated.
Just like the real one.
A/N: And there we go! Another chapter, another week! I have to say, the training arc is…not going slow, but it's a bit slower than I wanted it to be, so I'm going to pick up the pace a little.
For those asking that why they didn't just teleport away with Agrukk like they did with Anubue, the problem is the fact that Agrukk is the youngest of the group, the 'baby' if you will. If you have a baby sibling, you would do everything in your power to kill and/ or destroy what made them upset, which is exactly what Anubue, Grithyx and Comraicrer would do.
They might not be blood-related brothers, but they grew up together and they fought in the Great War together while also losing their parents, having only each other left as remnants of their masters. I don't know about you all, but I love my baby sister to death and if anything happened to my mom, I would go to Hell and back to protect her, just to keep that remnant of my mom alive.
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