Draconis: (yawn) Ugh, why do I insist on writing as soon as I get up?
Yukari: Because you have nothing better to do?
Draconis: I could play a few games.
Miyuki: Because there's nothing to watch on T.V other than reruns.
Draconis: There's next to nothing on T.V anyway regardless of when I wake up.
Issei: Then watch some anime.
Draconis: Eh, later.
Kenshin: You just like doing this.
Draconis: Eh, I guess so. Let's get started.
Dragon of the Elements
Chapter 43
A Difficult Promise.
Draconis: Begin!
(Start)
Kenshin and Issei were still waiting on the battlefield when Rias warped in. "I decided to leave Asia out of this. She's only a healer, so she'd likely be target number one." Rias said.
Kenshin nodded. "That's fine, she wouldn't add much of anything to the battle. Sairaorg must be talking to Regulus so he's not here yet." He said before approaching Issei and Rias.
A communication circle appeared next to his head as he walked. "Arbiter Kenshin, you are still officiating this Rating Game, some people won't like it if you speak with one of the teams privately." Belial said.
"Seeing as it's Rias and Issei I'm going to talk to, Emperor Belial, do me a favor and tell Lord Bael to stick his complaints where the sun don't shine. Since I just know he'll be the one bitching." Kenshin said. "Rias is my fiancee and I'll talk to her and her pawn, my friend Issei when and where I damn well please."
"...Alright." Belial said with an unseen shrug.
"Kenshin, what is it?" Rias asked.
"You can't exactly give us any advice." Issei said.
"And I'm not going to, not that there's any to give." Kenshin said. "I still think Sairaorg has the advantage here, but...if there's anyone who could prove me wrong. It'd be you Issei."
"We'll see what happens." Issei said.
"Just, good luck and Rias...be careful..." Kenshin said as he turned to walk away.
"Kenshin..." Rias said.
Kenshin stopped. "Your opponent is a spirit of a Sacred Gear and not just any Gear, a Longinus. You can't expect me not to be worried."
"I understand, but still..." Rias said.
"What?" Kenshin asked, turning his head to her.
"No matter what happens to me, I do not want you to stop the match if Issei is still fighting." Rias said. "I want you to promise me this."
"!" Kenshin's and Issei's eyes widened slightly. "Chief, what ar-" Kenshin cut Issei off.
"You can't expect me to keep that promise if things go south." Kenshin said turning toward her completely. "I heard this from Sairaorg himself, once Regulus gets going, he's hard to stop."
"You have to give us this chance no matter what Kenshin!" Rias protested. "Please...I just...I just want to know if I carry the same weight as Yuuto, Xenovia, Rossweisse, Koneko, Gasper, Issei...and even you and your peerage..." She said, staring into his eyes with a resolute look.
"Chief..." Issei said in admiration.
"..." Kenshin closed his eyes. "Very well..but..I hate that you're making me do this." He said turning and walking away.
"I know...but this is just something I need to find out for myself." Rias said.
"Chief...maybe you should carry this." Issei said holding out the Phoenix Tear.
"No, you'll probably need it more than I will." Rias said. "Regulus maybe a Longinus Sacred Gear, but Sairaorg is still Sairaorg."
"...Alright." Issei said putting the tear away as Sairaorg and Regulus appeared.
Kenshin looked between the two. "Alright, the Final Match. Sacred Gear Longinus Type Regulus and Sairaorg Bael vs. Issei Hyoudou and Rias Gremory, Begin!"
No one moved as Yukari and Miyuki warped in. "What do you need us to do Onii-Chan?" Miyuki asked.
"Keep your eyes on Issei and Sairaorg." Kenshin replied.
"Both of us?" Yukari asked.
"Did I stutter?" Kenshin asked.
"...Alright." Yukari nodded.
Both Issei and Regulus promote to Queen, and Issei and Rias prepare for battle, but Sairaorg laughed. "Rias, before this last match begins, I just want to say something."
"?" Rias shot him a questioning look.
"Your servants are wonderful, they care about you and each other so much, it made them all worthy foes." Sairaorg said. "We've only got our pawns left, so this is it."
Sairaorg stands in front of Issei who spoke up. "Sairaorg-San, regardless of the result of this match, could you apologize to your Queen for me? I hold no grudge against you all, but seeing my comrades get lambasted like that was difficult to watch."
"I understand." Sairaorg said with a smile. "Truth be told, I used to be the same, and if this had been on an actual battlefield, I would be no different than you were just now. No one likes seeing their comrades, their friends get taken down like that."
"I'm glad you understand, but still, I will take you down for them!" Issei declared.
"Hahaha, bring it on then!" Sairaorg laughed. "Let's see how you measure up to my last true opponent!"
Issei activated his boosters and Sairaorg covered his body in touki and the two lunged for each other. Their fists landed against each others faces.
"Ghh!" Issei grunted, pain washing over him. "Keh! I can't believe Kenshin was able to take these fists without his Balance Breaker! But still I've only just begun! Let's go Ddraig!"
"You got it!" Ddraig replied.
"Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!"
Issei increased the speed as he cocked his fist back and punched Sairaorg in the face again. A audible cracking sound was heard as Issei jumped back. Blood was dripping from Sairaorg's nose. "That's the hit my comrades couldn't land on you before!" Issei shouts.
"You broke my nose, interesting." Sairaorg said grabbing his nose and resetting it. "You hit harder than Kenshin did."
"Well I'd hit you harder if I used the Boosted Gear, but I wanted to hurt you, not kill you." Kenshin said not looking in their direction.
"Shouldn't you be watching us?" Sairaorg said.
"My enforcers are more than capable of watching your fight for me." Kenshin replied. "What? Do you want Senpai to notice you or something?"
This drew giggles from Yukari and Miyuki. "Very funny, smartass." Sairaorg snorted.
"Neh heh heh." Kenshin chuckled.
"Kenshin's candor aside...It was a strong punch. It feels as if your spirit is coming inside my body. In such a short time you turned into a devil, how much burden have you put on your body? ! It's a power that can't be attained normally! I felt that you were taking me lightly because you didn't use the new ability you showed to Kuisha. Seems I was wrong. Even with that Balance Breaker, your power is high!"
"Yeah, highly broken." Yukari snorted.
"Eheheheheh..." Issei chuckled awkwardly before diving back into the fray, getting into a flurry of punches and kicks with the Bael heir. He left defending to Ddraig himself so he would be able to focus on attacking Sairaorg. They split apart soon after.
"Haha! A technique honed in actual combat, splendid!" Sairaorg said. "You've been able to attack me without second thoughts because of that eh? !"
"!" Kenshin turned his attention to Rias as her opponent Regulus assumed his lion form. "..." Kenshin masked it, but he was concerned for her. He knew it was a Rating Game, but people could still die in these things and that's what worried him.
"That lion." Sairaorg sighed. "He was originally a Sacred Gear, and still is, but his previous wielder died, and instead of disappearing like Sacred Gears usually do, he killed all those who took his master out. When he finished, I reincarnated him, I felt it was a meeting of fate brought on by my mother's bloodline of lion tamers."
"A Sacred Gear that moves by itself, by its own will, and it's a Longinus! On top of that it reincarnated into a devil! Is it the lion that is amazing or the Evil Piece that is amazing. Either way, this interests me a lot! Very interesting indeed! Hmmm, no wonder we couldn't locate it. Shit! Why do rare phenomenon occur to the Longinus in this era! Forget that! Sairaorg! Bring that lion to my laboratory next time! I really want to research it!" Azazel shouts.
"So that lion is a really rare phenomenon?" Issei thought.
"Even I'm surprised. Usually what happens is that a Sacred Gear spirit's thoughts are cut out until it's awakened in the next possessor." Ddraig said.
"It's not something I can casually just send out to battle. I don't know if it's because his power is unstable because of his current masterlessness. The only time I can send it out in Rating Games is when he's able to be paired with me, because if something happens, I'm the only one who can control him." Sairaorg said.
"So, my opponent is the Longinus then? Very well." Rias said calling forth her magic.
"..." Kenshin kept his eyes on her fight.
Meanwhile Yukari and Miyuki watched Issei duke it out with Sairaorg. "Wow, I know it's partly the Boosted Gear, but Issei's actually holding his own out there." Miyuki said.
"I know. I'm actually kind of impressed." Yukari said. "Still Issei's gotta pick up on Sairaorg's weakness sooner or later. If he doesn't Sairaorg's going to make Issei his bitch eventually."
"What do you mean?" Miyuki asked.
"You don't notice? Watch Sairaorg's right arm when he goes to attack and compare it to his left." Yukari whispered.
"..." Miyuki peeled her eyes. "Oooohhhh...I get it. Sairaorg's right arm must not have healed all the way."
"Yeah, seems the tears aren't an end all, be all healing item." Yukari said.
Issei noticed this as well "Sairaorg-San's right arm punches don't have as much heat behind them. Wait! Isn't the right arm the one Kiba and Xenovia cut off? !" He thought. "Thanks! I won't let your sacrifice go to waste!"
Issei waiting for his moment to strike saw Sairaorg punch his right fist at him. "There!" He thought.
"Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!"
Issei swung his fist into Sairaorg's right arm as it fully straightened out. "Nngh!" Sairaorg grunted as his body twitched in pain.
"Gotcha!" Issei said. "Welsh Dragonic Rook!
"Change Solid Impact!"
"!" Sairaorg, with little to no time to react was uppercutted into the air by Issei's now massive percussion hammered arm.
"My friends put a dent in your armor! A hole that wasn't previously there! Now I'll exploit it!" Issei shouts. "Welsh Blaster Bishop!"
"Change Fang Blast!"
The energy backpack and cannons took form on Issei's armor who took aim at Sairaorg in the air. "Eat this! Dragon Blaster! !"
The blast from the right cannon struck him directly, but the left blast veered slightly off course. "More Touki, how much life force does that guy have? How much does Kenshin have at that if he was able to overcome it?" Yukari thought looking up at Sairaorg.
Sairaorg descended to the ground slowly as Issei panted heavily. Sairaorg was covered in wounds, none fatal. "Damn...he's still...not done yet..." Issei thought.
"Hahaha...You've wounded me more than Kenshin did, then again Kenshin mainly attacked with his fists." Sairaorg laughed.
Meanwhile at the same time. Rias was volleying waves of destruction magic at Regulus who seemed undaunted. "Aah!" She narrowly avoided being batted to the ground by his massive paw.
"Give it up girl. I was the Nemean Lion before I became this." Regulus said.
"Grrh...! As if!" Rias shouts sending several arcing blasts of her magic directly into his face.
"Very well, don't say I didn't warn you." Regulus said leaping over to pounce on Rias. She flew underneath him to dodge. "You really thought that would work? !" He said raising his hind legs and ramming them, one of them at least, into Rias' back.
"Gaaah!" She cried out in pain, feeling his sharp claws dig into her back. She turned and faced him as he turned around.
"..." Kenshin saw her bleeding knowing it wasn't the only wound Rias was hiding. She was also hiding a bite wound into her left shoulder, where she narrowly avoided getting her arm ripped off. "Dammit!" He thought, gritting his teeth, knowing he promised he wouldn't intervene.
"Something bothering you partner?"
"..." Kenshin scowled at the new voice. "What do you want Horobi no Yuurei?" He thought. "I'm busy." (A/N: Spirit of Destruction)
"D'aww I see that partner and my name's just Yuurei remember!" Yuurei said.
Kenshin's scowl deepened. "Let's get something straight here Yuurei, we are not partners. When the time comes, I'll be the one destroying you."
"Ahahaha, a man after my own heart! Before that happens, we really will be partners, partner." Yuurei said with what Kenshin could only assume was a toothy smirk.
"Ugh...what...do you want?" Kenshin thought.
"Why not activate the Juggernaut Drive and tear that Nemean Lion a new one and take the pretty redhead to bed afterward?" Yuurei asked.
"...I'm not gonna dignify that with response." Kenshin thought.
"But you did anyway! Hahahahahaha!" Yuurei cackled as his voice faded out.
"God I wanna beat the shit out of him!" Kenshin thought.
Meanwhile Rias was having trouble dodging Regulus' attacks, and she knew she couldn't keep this up for much longer. "Damn...I guess...this is as far as my resolve goes..." Rias thought.
"If it is...it sure doesn't measure out to much."
Time seemed to freeze as Rias looked around. "Whose there? !" She thought.
"That's not important right now girlie. Now...do you really think such pitiful resolve can really be compared to your servants, much less Kenshin's own?"
"..." Rias' thoughts went silent.
"It can't...can it?" The voice asked.
"I'm fucking trying my best!" Rias thought.
"Try the best of someone better." The voice chided.
"Who the hell are you to talk down to me anyway? !" Rias thought. "You, some disembodied voice who won't even tell me his name!"
"It's not time for you to know my name yet, though I'm sure Kenshin will tell you soon."
"How did you get in my body?" Rias asked.
"Negi Springfield." The voice said. "And I'll tell you something my little succubus, you aren't half the woman she was, compared to her, while you have more latent power than she did...you're far weaker. Ta ta for now, maybe later you'll have better resolve."
Time resumed for Rias who saw Regulus baring down on her. "...Grrhhhh." She let out a low growl and gathered her magic into her palm. When Regulus got within reaching distance, Rias extended her hand forward and blasted him right in the face with it.
"Grah!" Regulus landed in front of her shaking his head around.
"I am not weak!" Rias thought repeating her action. "Who the hell is anyone to tell me otherwise? !" She thought, throwing her magic wildly at Regulus, striking his face and legs.
"..." Kenshin watched as she did so. "Rias...what's gotten into you? You look positively furious."
Finally Regulus sprung over her and landed behind Sairaorg, shaking his head. "Regulus? !" Sairaorg said.
"Haa...haa...haa...haa...finally had enough?" Rias said, panting heavily.
"You were going to overexert yourself and you're bleeding quite a lot, you'll retire soon anyway." Regulus said.
"Huh? ! C-Chief? !" Issei said running up to her. "Here! I'm fine, you need this more than I do!"
"Tch...I'm sorry for being a burden to you at this point..." Rias said, cursing under her breath.
"Chief...? No, it's fine really. I'll just have to make due with beating him now." Issei said with a smile as he walked away. Rias poured the Phoenix Tear on herself and her wounds healed.
"What was that all about?" She turned to find Kenshin approaching her.
"What do you mean?" Rias asked.
"I'd like to think I know you well enough to know that you don't fly off into random bouts of rage, that's more my thing." Kenshin said.
"...I'll explain later." Rias said.
"Fine, but Rias." Kenshin said.
"Yes?" Rias asked.
"Don't ever put me in that position again." Kenshin said. "You hear me?"
"Kenshin..I.." Rias said.
"Don't want to hear it. If you feel like you need to do that again sometime, at least give me a way to get you out of it." Kenshin said. "I don't like watching you get yourself hurt."
"Kenshin I was trying to show I could hold my own." Rias protested.
"That's all well and good, but you're not a fighter like most of us are." Kenshin said. "You do what you can, people will be there to help you."
"...Well I want to be able to do more." Rias said.
"...I understand." Kenshin said. "Trust me I've been there."
"Kenshin, after this Rating Game, I want you to help me train." Rias said.
"?" Kenshin glanced over at her before letting out a fond chuckle.
"Wh-What's so funny?" Rias asked with a glare.
"It's just, it wasn't so long ago that you were instructing me." Kenshin said. "Fine, but remember, I may not be able to help you with everything."
"That's fine." Rias nodded.
"Alright, I gotta get out of here before it looks like I'm playing favorites." Kenshin said walking away from her.
Meanwhile Regulus and Sairaorg were arguing in front of Issei. "Sairaorg-Sama, please just make use of me! It's like you're fighting the Dragon of the Elements, if you keep this up you will fall!"
"Silence! That power...it's something I use only in a crisis in the Underworld, wh-" Sairaorg was cut off.
"Yet ya used it against me, Sairaorg I'm flattered you think me to be so threatening." Kenshin said walking up to them. "But that said, not using your Balance Breaker...that's like you're insulting Issei at this point, who was allowed to use his Triana, or the three forms of his Balance Breaker you've been seeing."
"..." Sairaorg said nothing.
"I agree." Issei said, surprising Rias and drawing a laugh from the Kuroshi Tsuki siblings. "If you don't take me seriously, completely, it will have been like I've been training for nothing."
Kenshin shrugged. "You can keep fighting him like that if you want, be just like when I assumed my Balance Breaker in our fight. The fight will eventually end in Issei's victory."
"We are fighting for our ambitions here are we not, just like when you fought this shiftless jackass over here." Issei said pointing at Kenshin.
"Hey!" Kenshin snapped.
"Hahahaha!" Yukari and Miyuki laughed.
"..." Sairaorg smiled in an almost creepy fashion. "I see...my apologies for my insults, very well. I suppose you've earned the right." Sairaorg said. "Regulus!"
"Sir!" Regulus said.
"Just don't hold a grudge if you end up getting yourself killed because of this." Sairaorg said. "You maybe strong, but at your base, you're weaker than Kenshin, so I don't know how much of this you can take."
"Just come on." Issei said.
Regulus burst into golden particles that surrounded Sairaorg. "My lion, King of Nemea! You who have been called Shishiou! Answer my howl and become my armor!" Sairaorg declared.
"Balance Break!"
"Balance Break!"
Sairaorg appeared in front of Issei wearing the armor of his Balance Breaker Regulus Rey Leather Rex. Kenshin turned to Issei and patted him on the back. "Whelp Issei, good luck." He said walking away from him and over to his sisters.
"I thank you for allowing me to get serious again, Issei Hyoudou. Now hit me with your best shot!" Sairaorg said.
"Fine!" Issei said going into his Rook form and charging Sairaorg, dropping the percussion hammer as soon as soon as it made contact. Sairaorg blocked Issei's fist with his own. "!"
"Haa!" Sairaorg said, his fist tearing through the thick armor like butter, hitting Issei's body directly. "Sorry, but I learned from Kenshin's Vessel of the Elements, always use touki against amped up opponents."
"? !" Everyone's eyes widened except for Kenshin's as Issei's armor shattered. He coughed out a lot of blood and hit the ground. He didn't move.
"..." Kenshin went silent.
"Whoa..." Yukari said.
"Issei liked to say that his Triana could be compared to your Vessel of the Elements, Onii-Chan, but...to see it get ripped apart like that." Miyuki said.
"It could be." Kenshin said. "But it's like what the Elements do for us. It amps up the base attributes. If I were to use Triana, there'd be a negligible difference in what got amped up, but at our bases, I'm just stronger than Issei."
"Oh dear! The Oppai Dragon is down! Is this the end? !" Naud announced.
Suddenly a dark aura faint though it was, wrapped around Issei as Rias started to approach him. "!" Kenshin moved in between Issei and Sairaorg. "Everyone get back!"
"Kenshin, what is it?" Rias said.
"What's going on?" Sairaorg said.
"This feeling...no doubt about it. Issei might unconsciously be going into the Juggernaut Drive." Kenshin said.
A circle appeared next to Kenshin's head. "Should we end the match then?" Azazel asked.
"No, this place is actually perfect if he does go into it. I'll be able to handle it here." Kenshin said.
"We still have a match here." Sairaorg said.
"If he goes into the Juggernaut Drive, your match is canceled. Trust me Sairaorg, I'm the only one here with the bones to take that thing." Kenshin said.
"So we're gonna dance then partner?" Yuurei asked.
"You try to take me over and I'll make sure you regret it." Kenshin thought. "I'll start the chant if he does."
"Won't we just be warped out of here if he takes us out?" Sairaorg asked.
"No, it won't stop until you're dead." Kenshin said. "It won't stop until we're all dead."
"Sairaorg-Sama, I...hate to be the bearer of bad news, but he's right. If the Sekiryuutei goes into the Juggernaut Drive the only one that could stop him here would be the Dragon of the Elements." Regulus said.
Kenshin kept his eyes on Issei. "Come on Issei, don't make me do this...please don't make me do this..."
Meanwhile inside Issei's subconsciousness, he was surrounded by the Sekiryuutei seniors, each with a creepy smile on their faces and surrounded in a dark aura. "The Juggernaut Drive...the only way...the Juggernaut Drive...is the only...way..."
"Krrhh..." Issei growled as he too was starting to be surrounded in a dark aura. "That...man...Sairaorg...I...I detest him...I want to defeat him, I want power, absolute power, so much so that not even that annoying Element Dragon can stop me!" Issei snarled.
"Issei!" He heard Kenshin's voice say. "If you do this, you will leave me no choice!"
"I...Don't...Care!" Issei shouts.
Just as the darkness was about to take him. He heard something else. People were chanting and cheering. Cheering for him to get up. He heard Irina, Sextum, Sheena, and Asia all cheering him on.
He also heard Kenshin's thoughts. "Issei, please come out of this, you know what I have to do if you do this...please..don't make me do it."
"Come Hyoudou Issei, current Sekiryuutei, let's activate the Juggernaut Drive and go on a rampage!"
"Can't you hear that? The voices of all the children, everyone close to me, hell even Kenshin's sisters are cheering me on in their own way." Issei said. "Chief's counting on me...and Kenshin's even pleading that I don't do this."
"It is the way of the Sekiryuutei to become the King of Destruction." The Sekiryuutei seniors said.
"No, if there is a Dragon of Destruction, it's Kenshin, he already claimed that title remember? I'm just a pervert. All I want is to become a Harem King." Issei said.
"No, the King of Destruction is the Sekiryuutei, the Dragon of the Elements...is just an interloping fool, standing in our way." The Seniors said.
"And yet, he had the guts to stand before you all and fight you before he was ready." An unfamiliar voice said.
A white light appeared. "You...!" One of The Seniors said.
"Who...?" Issei said.
"I am one of the past Albion wielders, the Hakuryuukou." He said. "As for why I'm here, part of me was brought here when you took Albion's jewel into the Boosted Gear. The real me is still with the Divine Dividing. You are quite the interesting character. I can understand why two of the strongest Sekiryuuteis in history vanished while laughing. If it's you who has enthusiasm and amusement that can blow away the curse, then you might be able to change the Heavenly Dragon. No. You may be able to lead the Two Heavenly Dragons and the third Dragon of the Elements to a new possibility. That's why you must become the new dragon along with Vali Lucifer and Kenshin Tsuki Kuroshi."
"Eh, you know about the Dragon of the Elements?" Issei asked.
"Albion mentioned him to me before, the legendary Ragnarok Kuroshi, and his bloodline of Dragon Demons. He said that despite putting him in the predicament he's in to this day. Ragnarok was the only one other than Ddraig at the time to earn his deepest respects. Albion was saddened to hear that Ragnarok had perished, but was glad to know his line continues even to this day."
The Albion Senior vanished after reducing, halving really the darkness around him. "We won't let you! Hatred! Sadness! They are the true nature of the Sacred Gear of the Sekiryuutei! Having the curse inside of you. Spreading the resentment to destroy is the way of the Heavenly Dragon!" The Seniors shout.
"You're wrong. There is another way, I was saved by my friends, those who love me and Oppai, and I will continue to seek that even now." Issei said.
The Seniors start to chant for the Juggernaut Drive, but Issei however chants something different. "I, who shall awaken, am the Sekiryuutei who discarded the principle of domination. I shall walk the road of righteousness, having infinite dreams and hope, I shad become the King of Crimson Dragon and I promise to show you the future that shines in a true crimson light!"
"!" Everyone of the Seniors let out a gasp. "...You...You will show us the future?"
"Yes, or rather, we shall all see it as one!" Issei declared.
"We...can create the future?" They asked.
"Yes! Come on! Let's get started men, women! I am a Sekiryuutei, but let's end this destructive path here! And create a new future starting now!" Issei said.
Back outside, Rias' chest started glowing in a crimson color that spread to Issei. "Wh-What the? !" Rias said.
"The hell? !" Kenshin said. "Shit!" He crossed his arms, ready to incant the Juggernaut Drive.
"Kenshin wait!" Yukari said. "If this aura is starting from Rias' chest, do you really think it's with a bad purpose?"
"Yeah! Could Issei ever think of doing something evil when breasts are involved?" Miyuki asked.
"...Heheheheh, no I guess not." Kenshin snickered and walked away. "OK, no threat here, let him get up and we'll get this show back on the road." Sairaorg nodded.
The glow around Issei's body died down and he got back up, but his armor had darkened in color, to the same shade of red as Rias' hair. "Hm?" Yukari and Miyuki both said in interest.
"Ugh...yo Ddraig, everything alright?" Issei asked as he sat up.
"Yes, your consciousness got bombed to the depths of the Boosted Gear, I tried to follow you in, but the past users presence was so dense I couldn't." Ddraig said. "What's more and this is what amazes me, the curse they carried is almost completely gone!"
"Yeah, I was helped by a past user of the Dividing Gear." Issei thought.
"Huh? So that orb of the Divine Dividing you took in had some consciousness in it after all, I'll have to peek in and see if Kenshin's Boosted Gear has a consciousness separate from mine soon." Ddraig said.
"It might." Issei thought.
"In any case, you promoted to Queen during all this." Ddraig said.
"Huh? Oh, so I did." Issei thought. "My armor's darker though."
"Yes, it's like the same color as the hair of Sirzechs Lucifer and Rias Gremory." Ddraig said.
"The armor has shifted from red to crimson, like the Satan Lucifer Sirzechs, like his own master's hairs." Azazel announced.
"Yes, I would even call this Cardinal Crimson Queen." Sairaorg said.
"Hey, weren't you supposed to gain power by sucking on Rias' breast? !" Azazel said.
"Like I'd let that happen! Poking is one thing, but he's gonna have to find another 'Switch Princess' for that!" Kenshin snapped. A collective 'Awwww!' went through the audience. "Ugh." Kenshin rubbed his temples.
"Yes, this armor is the color of the hair of a master I am honored to serve." Issei said. "Chief, no...Rias Gremory! For this honor, I will bring her victory in this fight and protect her alongside the man she's come to love, my surrogate older brother Kuroshi Tsuki Kenshin! And to protect those I love, Asia, Irina, and even the woman who had come to fall in love with me, I'm talking about you Seekvaira!"
In the crowd, the woman in question felt her heart skip a beat. "Aaah?" She said, her face dyed in red. "I-Issei...?" She thought.
"Issei..." Rias said.
"Heh..." Kenshin smirked.
"Elder brother?" Yukari said with a questioning look.
"Another sibling?" Miyuki said.
"Ooohh...Issei-kuuunnn..." Irina swooned.
"I-Issei-San..." Asia said with a blushing smile.
"Hahahahahahahaha! Looks like you've come to a realization after receiving something from Rias' chest." Sairaorg said. "That said. I won't fall here, one loss is enough for me. I shall defeat you and continue on to my dream."
"You can try." Issei said, readying himself for battle.
"Alright, you ready?" Kenshin said pointing at Sairaorg. He nodded. "Are you ready?" He pointed at Issei. He nodded back. "Alright, Continue!"
"Star Sonic Booster!"
Issei charged Sairaorg who covered himself in touki and prepared himself. Issei got in front of him. "Solid Impact Booster!"
"Grrh!" Sairaorg grunted in pain as he received the attack from Issei. "Damn! It's like...It's like I'm fighting you all over again!" Sairaorg thought, glancing at Kenshin.
Sairaorg and Issei went into a wild flurry of blows neither one giving an inch, each attack being taken, and dealt out in return. The field shakes with each blow that connected, creating fissures and holes in the dimension.
"Amazing, Issei's actually using power almost equal to my own when I use the Vessel! It's imperfect, but still! To think he's come so far in such a short time!" Kenshin thought.
"Yeah, he's perverted as all hell, but he's earned my respect." Salamander said.
Issei's fist tore through Sairaorg's armor and dropped him to his knees. "Grh! Why are you shaking? ! You can take this! You've taken blows like this before, very recently!" He berated his body.
The crowd cheered, half for Sairaorg, half for the Oppai Dragon. "Partner, the Queen form hasn't fully synched up yet, the increase in power will start from now, but soon you will lose the Balance Breaker!" Ddraig said.
"Keep it on for as long as possible! I won't fall here!" Issei thought.
"Endure it...! Endure it!" Sairaorg shouts. "You think I can name myself as the next head of the Great King Bael clan if I take losses to both the Sekiryuutei and the Dragon of the Elements? !"
"Partner, the Regulus Balance Breaker is resistant to projectiles, but at close range it shouldn't matter." Ddraig said.
"Yeah, and try to keep the blast radius as small as possible so he takes the most damage I can put out!" Issei thought.
"Right!"
"Crimson Blaster!" Issei called out taking aim at Sairaorg with the cannons hidden in his wings.
"Fang Blast Booster!"
"Gruhhh!" Sairaorg was knocked onto his back, sent tumbling painfully across the ground.
"..." Kenshin went to check on him when a spirit appeared between Issei and Sairaorg, facing the latter. "Sairaorg, get up! Get up! Don't you have an ambition to fight for? ! So that others won't have to taste the pain that you once did? !"
Kenshin looked around, it seemed only he, Issei and Sairaorg could see the spirit. "Misura Bael, Sairaorg's mother."
"Mother...?" Sairaorg said.
"Are you not going to create a world where people can attain a position based on their ability, not where they were born from? !" Misura said.
"Now go on, my lovely Sairaorg, my beloved son." Misura said as she faded away.
"..." Sairaorg got back to his feet. He filled his lungs with air...and let out a loud roar, that while mighty, was also sad.
"..." Kenshin stared at him. "Sairaorg...if we had met earlier in life, even then I would have been glad to call you friend." He thought.
"Hyoudou Issei!" Sairaorg shouts, blood dripping from his arms, legs, and face. "I will not lose here! I will fulfill my dream!"
"Neither...will I!" Issei panted. "I have my own ambition to fight for! I will make Chief the King of the Rating Game one day and become the Ultimate Pawn!"
The two roared toward each other and went into another flurry of fists. "Gahh! Damn! He just won't stop! If I let up for even a single moment, he'll knock me out cold...no, I can't think of defeat, Vali was a strong opponent, Cao Cao was a terrifying opponent, Sairaorg's strong overall, and Kenshin, who faced down all three, fearlessly with a smirk on his face, he's getting stronger all the time! I won't be beaten! I won't fall behind! I WILL NOT SURRENDER! !" He thought.
Issei and Sairaorg broke apart and jumped back before lunging toward one another. Most of Issei's armor shattered off, leaving just the arm his was punching with. The two's fists met with their faces and stayed there, the armor on Issei's fist broke away, while Sairaorg and Issei both remained standing.
"..." Kenshin narrowed his eyes as they didn't move at all afterward. He approached them.
"It's...Alright Dragon of the Elements..." Regulus said. "S-Sairaorg-Sama has lost consciousness."
"So...So has my partner." Ddraig said. "He didn't...want to be left in the dust by you, who had defeated this man in front of him."
"And Sairaorg-Sama was so thrilled, to have found two strong opponents to fight, with his dream on the line." Regulus said.
"...Oh Issei..." Rias said.
"..." Kenshin closed his eyes and smiled. "Issei, Sairaorg, you two are truly partners that I could dance with till my heart's content."
Yukari and Miyuki approached them. "We'll see them out." Yukari said.
"Yeah." Miyuki said.
Kenshin nodded and turned to Rias. "Rias Gremory's Pawn Issei Hyoudou has been retired, but...The King of the Bael Peerage, Sairaorg Bael retires along with him, thus ending their match in a tie. Therefore, your winners are Rias Gremory and her peerage!" He announced.
(break)
Later.
Issei came to, looking at a hospital room ceiling. "Huh?"
"Ah you're awake." Issei looked over and saw Sairaorg laying in the bed next to him.
"You're in my room?" Issei asked.
"Yes, I suppose Sirzechs-Sama and Governor Azazel set this up so we'd have someone to talk to when we woke up." Sairaorg said.
"Actually I suggested this so we'd only have to beat the press away from one hospital room." The two turned and saw Kenshin sitting in a chair, reading volume three of the erotica Venerana and he enjoyed, while a lit smoke was held in between his lips.
"...How long have you been there?" Sairaorg asked.
"Long enough." Kenshin said.
"So...I lost huh?" Sairaorg said.
"The Rating Game yes, the fight no. The fight ended in a tie." Kenshin said. "You two clocked each other out at the same time."
"S-Seriously?" Issei said.
"Man, that's kind of disappointing." Sairaorg said. "I'd rather there be a clear winner, but I guess there was one in the Rating Game."
"Don't take it too hard." Kenshin said. "It's not like you got blown away in either fight. You shouldn't get discounted too much."
"You don't know my father." Sairaorg said with a sigh.
"And I'm glad for that." Kenshin said drawing a chuckle from Sairaorg.
"I may act like a nice guy, but the only reason I'm even close to him, is because I want to become a Satan." Sairaorg said.
"Thought so." Kenshin said.
"I still think you should strive to become one." Sairaorg said.
"Still mulling it over." Kenshin said.
"You would be an example to other reincarnated devils, that nothing can hold them back." Sairaorg said.
"You know he's right." Everyone turned to find Sirzechs walking into the room.
"Yeah, but I wouldn't even know how to go about doing it so I'm leaving the decision open for now." Kenshin said.
"Yes, but imagine, one of the Satans married to the Empress of the Rating Game?" Sirzechs mused.
"Boosted Gear...Grayfia." Kenshin said.
"..." Sirzechs turned away so Kenshin couldn't see him blush. "Anyway...Issei-kun, there is talks of promotion concerning you."
"P-P-Promotion? !" Issei gaped.
"Congrats." Kenshin and Sairaorg said.
"Not just for you, but for Kiba-kun and Akeno-San as well. You three have helped fend off attack after attack from terrorists and you even performed admirably in Rating Games and during the mission to Mundus Magicus." Sirzechs said.
"Take it." Sairaorg said. "You deserve to be hailed as a hero of the Underworld, same as the two of us." He pointed to Kenshin and himself.
"..." Kenshin went silent.
Sairaorg noticed this. "Is something wrong Kenshin?"
"Wha? Oh...no, nothing." Kenshin said shaking his head. "It's just...no one's ever referred to me as a hero before."
"I find that hard to believe." Sairaorg said.
"Yooouuuu would be surprised." Kenshin, Issei and Sirzechs said. "Anyway, we still need to designated the stadium and other things for the examinations to take place." Sirzechs said.
"Examinations?" Kenshin asked.
"You leapfrogged the first two levels of devilhood, but normally you would have to take exams and tests to be granted middle class or high class status. The only reason you've been shooting up the charts is because you've been performing admirable military accomplishments." Sirzechs said.
"Ah." Kenshin nodded.
"That said, when the time comes, you can put names forward for recommendation, and attempt to get your house rank up." Sirzechs said.
"Neat, I'll consider it." Kenshin said.
"Alright, if that is all, I'll be going " Sirzechs said before going into a mutter."...Now I need to have alone time to get the image of super voluptuous Grayfia out of my head, and stop pairing her with Rias as well." Only Kenshin heard him.
"Neh heh heh." Kenshin snickered. "Anyway, I'll leave you two alone...maybe I could get Akeno and someone else together for a little yuri fun..." He mused as he left.
"Bastard!" Issei called out.
"Hahahaha, anyway, the promotion is nice, but...Seekvaira, you want to be with her, romantically, right?" Sairaorg asked.
"...Uuumm..w-well yeah...I do actually." Issei said with an embarrassed look.
"Then why not tell her soon, just the two of you and hell, if you fail, you can come to my place. We'll have coffee and I'll hear you out." Sairaorg said.
"Th-Thanks...that means a lot." Issei said.
(break)
Later.
Kenshin walked into Rias' room at her house. "You wanted to see me?" He asked.
"Yes, now is a good time for us to talk about...that..." Rias said.
Kenshin nodded. "I see...do you want to go first?"
"Sure...what..had happened was that when I was about to be taken down by Regulus, time seemed to stop...and this voice started to mock me, belittle me...and I just snapped." Rias said.
Kenshin nodded. "It was probably the Death God you're connected to then. It sounds like him."
"Who...?" Rias asked.
Kenshin let out a sigh. "His name is Yama. He is not only the Shinigami, he is Ragnarok's elder brother...When Negi passed on that piece of herself to you, it carried him along with it."
"The Shinigami, Yama...Ragnarok Kuroshi's older brother...?" Rias asked with wide eyes.
"Don't worry, all he can do right now is talk." Kenshin said.
"Why was someone like that connected to Negi-San?" Rias asked.
"Because in the battle in which Ragnarok Kuroshi lost his life, he cleaved off half of Yama's soul and that half reincarnated almost immediately. One reincarnation was Hottan...and another was Negi herself."
"I...I see." Rias said. "So...w-will I..."
Kenshin reached over and embraced her. "Like I said, I won't let that happen." He pulled away and smiled at her. "Besides, don't I have to start helping you train soon?"
"..." Rias smiled and kissed him. "Yes, but...let's put it off for now. I've just won the Youth Devils tournament...and now.." She cupped his cheeks, licking her lips. "I wanna have a little fun."
Kenshin smirked coyly. "Would that fun involve me? Cause that would be fantastic."
"Ufufufu..." Rias giggled. "It wouldn't be fun if it didn't involve you." She fell backward, taking Kenshin with her. "Come, my Dragon of the Elements...your bride to be demands your attention."
"Ooh I love it when you talk sexy to me." Kenshin said as he leaned in, kissing her neck.
(break)
Meanwhile.
Issei stood in front of Seekvaira's room. "OK Issei, you can do this...I mean you already did it...in front of a crowd of...thousands..." He said with a blush. He swallowed a lump in his throat and raised his hand to knock when the door opened. Seekvaira was on the other end of it.
"Oh, hello." She greeted. "I assume you're here to talk like we agreed, please come in."
Issei nodded, he noticed she was wearing a bathrobe. "Were you about to go take a bath?" He asked. "I can come back later if you want."
"I'm actually coming back from a bath." Seekvaira said.
"Ah." Issei nodded. "I...uh heard you didn't do so well against the Sitri."
"Yes..." Seekvaira sighed in exasperation. "That girl...she's really clever and yet Archduke Kenshin was able to beat her, and I was not..."
"Well in your defense, when Kenshin played her, it was a variant of Scramble Flag where you had to capture the opponent's flag and run it back to your base. It's called Capture the Flag. It simplifies things when you only have to defend one objective." Issei said with an awkward grin.
"Hmm...I suppose." Seekvaira said. "Still, the Gremory, the Bael, the Kuroshi and the Sitri, so many big names came out for the Youth Devils tournament this time."
"Well yeah, having Kenshin and Sairaorg-San there alone complicates things." Issei laughed. "Maybe it was just a bad time for you to come out."
"Maybe." Seekvaira remarked with a smile. "I only got one win, and that was only because my result against the Astaroth was overturned due to foul play."
Issei nodded. "See-" He went to say.
"You know...I kinda like your armor." Seekvaira said. "It's like a miniature mech."
"Then I bet you really love my Rook form." Issei joked.
"Ufufufu." Seekvaira covered her mouth, hushing her giggling. "Yes, you could say that."
A silence went over them before Issei took it as his opportunity to speak. "Uhm..."
"Issei, I heard you in the match, if that's what you came to say." Seekvaira said placing her hand on the bridge of his nose with a smile. "But...if I may, could I ask why you were so hesitant before?"
Issei took a breath and went through the events that transpired with Raynare. "And...since then, up until just recently...I was always scared to take the next move, even with Irina and Asia who got to me first...uhm! S-Sorry!" He bowed.
"It's OK, I...didn't expect you to be a virgin." Seekvaira said. "It's actually comforting to know you have experience."
"I-I see." Issei said.
"That aside...what you went through...that's...awful...I think I understand why you didn't let yourself get closer...you didn't want to risk having your heart wounded again." Seekvaira said.
"I'm sorry, that I upset you." Issei said.
Seekvaira shook her head. "It's quite alright."
"OK." Issei said.
"You know, you don't have to pose as my suitor anymore if you don't want to." Seekvaira said. "My mother spoke to me after my game. She knew why I had suddenly done such a thing, she told me that I didn't have to worry, that I would still be the next head of my clan when the time came. That my younger brother would just be next in line."
"Huh, well that's good, should I just start calling you Lady Agares then?" Issei asked.
"Oh no!" Seekvaira waved him off with a laugh. "At least not in private anyway."
"But...uhm well...I was really flattered that you considered me marriage material." Issei said scratching his cheek with a blushing grin.
"Well...you know, we could do as Princess Rias and Archduke Kenshin are doing and just be engaged if you want." Seekvaira said, a somewhat shy tone in her voice, her hands down at her waist.
"Y-You still want to? !" Issei asked.
"O-Of course." Seekvaira said with a blush. "I..I can't recall when I've had more fun with someone whose courted me before."
"U-Uhm...wouldn't that make you..." Issei said.
"No, you aren't an heir to another clan in the seventy two pillars. You would actually become apart of my clan." Seekvaira said.
"Oh." Issei nodded. "Would that mean I'd have to abandon Chief?"
"No, you would be able to continue being in service to Princess Rias." Seekvaira said.
"OK." Issei nodded. "Uhm..may I think about it before I give you an answer?"
"Of course. Take as long as you need." Seekvaira said.
Issei nodded. "Thank you, Seekvaira."
"..." A warm smile spread across Seekvaira's face. "So...you're already over it huh? I'm glad...I was really worried that...you weren't as interested in me as I was in you." She said.
"Oh no no no! I was very interested in you!" Issei said waving his hands in defense.
"Hmhmhm...I see that now." Seekvaira said. "Um...tell me, would you like to spend some time in the sauna with me?" She asked.
"W-With you? U-Uhm...no one will care?" Issei asked.
"To my parents, you're still my chosen suitor, I've yet to tell them otherwise." Seekvaira remarked.
"Then...sure." Issei said. "I-I mean, who would say no?"
"Ufufufu." Seekvaira giggled to herself. "Come with me then." She said walking out of her room. Issei followed close behind.
Issei entered first, a towel wrapped around his waist and sat down. "Aaah...this is really relaxing." He sighed. "I should do this more often after training."
"You probably should." He turned to find Seekvaira walking in, wearing nothing. He figured she would sit across from him like last time, but was surprised when she took a seat right nest to him.
"A-Aaah..." Issei said with wide eyes and a flushed face.
"Hm? I...I thought you were over your hesitance." Seekvaira said, concern in her eyes.
"I-I am, but...it's still kind of makes me nervous to have a beautiful, naked woman sit so close to me." Issei said. "It's natural Seekvaira, don't worry."
"Oh." Seekvaira smiled softly. "OK then. I hope you don't mind if I move a little closer."
"!" Issei's eyes widened further as Seekvaira moved in a little closer, his left arm getting wedged between her breasts. "Oh man...her soft boobs are surrounding my arm! It feels so nice!"
"Everything alright?" Seekvaira asked.
"Yeah." Issei said with a nervous smile.
"Good." Seekvaira said, an unnoticeable streak of red painted across her cheeks.
The two sat in silence as they soaked it all in. "...Oh man...now it's starting to smell like her in here..." Issei thought.
Similar thoughts passed through Seekvaira's mind as one of her now erect nipples grazed his arm. "Mm...uu..." She held back a moan.
"?" Issei glanced over at her. "Are you OK?"
"Huh? Y-Yes...I'm fine." Seekvaira said shaking her head while one of her hands moved around.
"Hn..." Issei grunted.
"Are you OK?" Seekvaira asked.
"Y-Yeah, just...it's getting a little uncomfortable in here." Issei said.
"..." Seekvaira nodded and glanced down. "!" Her eyes widened, seeing a slight tent being pitched under his towel. "Mmn..." She closed her eyes, letting out a quiet moan.
"?" Issei glanced over at her, only to stare in shock as he noticed one of Seekvaira's hands was in between her legs, and he could tell her index and middle fingers were moving. "Sh-She's masturbating? !" He thought.
"..." Seekvaira glanced at him. "...I was hoping you'd notice..." She said.
"Y-You were...I-I mean!...Y-You were?" Issei said.
"Issei...I was angry at you, but...I've been fantasizing about...what could have happened that night..." Seekvaira said.
"S-So you wanna..." Issei trailed off as Seekvaira nodded.
"Yes...take me." Seekvaira said as her lips overlapped his, kissing him softly. Instead of getting all stammery and nervous. Issei cupped her cheek and kissed back. "Mm? !" Seekvaira let out a moan in surprise, she was not expecting him to comply so quickly, but she wasn't going to complain as she pushed against his tongue with her own.
"Haa..." Issei let out a soft gasp, feeling her hands rub up and down his body. "Mmn..."
Finally the kiss broke after a minute. "Haa...haa..." Seekvaira panted.
"Haa..haa...wow...you know for a normally serious woman, you sure are erotic when you want to be..." Issei said.
Seekvaira smiled softly. "You're the one who gets to see this side of me, only you, no one else."
"Oohhh mannn..." Issei said.
"Yes...you love breasts right? Well you may enjoy mine as much as you please." Seekvaira said, pushing her chest together with her arms.
"You don't have to tell me twice!" Issei exclaimed, his hands going right to the Agares' heiress' breasts, but he hesitated to go wild with them, instead taking a gentler approach.
"Mmn...ooh..w-wow...your hands are so soft and nimble." Seekvaira said, letting out hushed moans.
"Haha, yeah...usually I'd like to go nuts when doing stuff like this, but I don't wanna freak you out." Issei said.
"Oh, mn..w-well that's all well and good, but you won't startle me. I asked for it." Seekvaira said.
"I know that, but I'm trying out a pointer I got." Issei said as he pushed her nipples in with his index fingers.
"Hyauu.." Seekvaira let out a quiet cry as her hardened spires were pushed inward.
"Hanpph..." Issei leaned downward and latched his lips onto her left nipple, swirling his tongue around it while his finger flicked back and forth along her right.
"Hya!...aah, mmn..hmh...umg.." Seekvaira held back a series of gasps and moans as she felt Issei work on her. "Haann..!" She let out a quiet shriek as Issei started to suck on her erected digit.
"Mmn..." Issei moaned in content as he continued his actions. He eventually switched nipples and gave some loving attention to her right.
"A-Are you...trying to extract power from me, Oppai Dragon?" Seekvaira said between moans and gasps.
"Hahaha, no, I'm not in my armor for one and for two, what would I be using it on?" Issei asked.
"Haau..g-good point..." Seekvaira said.
Issei's eyes widened a bit as he felt Seekvaira's hand gripping his shaft. "Aah...S-Seekvaira..."
"Mmhmhmhm...did you...expect me to just sit back and take this?" Seekvaira asked as she pumped her hand up and down faster and harder.
"Hn...aag..mmh..." Issei grunted and moaned. "Alright, if that's how you wanna play." He moved his left hand and started to rub her genitalia with his index and middle fingers.
"Aaahn!" Seekvaira let out a sharp gasp. "You know, as much as I am enjoying this. We don't exactly have the luxury of time. Who knows when someone might come in here."
"Hng...wh-what do...you suggest we do then?" Issei asked.
"..." Seekvaira thought for a moment before an idea came to her. She pushed Issei onto his back and stood up, before laying on top of him, her position reversed to his own. "I believe this position is called...sixty nine, if I recall. Now we should be able to do each other at the same time more effectively.
"Right." Issei nodded, his hand reaching up to rub her lower lips.
"Mmn..." Seekvaira held back a moan and took Issei's length into her bust, shifting it up and down. "This must feel amazing for you." Seekvaira said with a giggle. "Knowing your affinity for a woman's breast and all."
"Aahh...y-yeah...I've had it done to me once before, but neither girl who did it were as big as you are." Issei said.
"Oh ho, well that's good. So I'll try to make myself the best you've had." Seekvaira remarked with a smile as she squeezed her breasts together and worked them harder against his shaft.
"Ggh!" Issei grunted. "Alright, two can play that game!" Issei said stabbing two fingers inside her, while his tongue worked the erected digit at the top of her pussy.
"Hyan!" Seekvaira cried out. "N-No, not there...ooohh!"
"Sorry, I'm not gonna stop now." Issei said, his tongue pushing and prodding against her clit.
"Hng, uhn, mmn! Mm! Ahh!" Seekvaira gasped and moaned from what he was doing to her. "Fine...if that's the way you want to play.." She craned her head downward and took the head of his cock into her mouth.
"Mmnn!" Issei latched his lips onto her clit and started to suck on it. "Man am I glad I still remember the pointers Kenshin gave me while we were drinking!" He thought.
"Oi Partner." Ddraig said
"Kinda busy Ddraig, what is it?" Issei asked.
"Been gathering some boosts since you started. Wanna use them?" Ddraig asked.
"Hmm...yeah, heighten this feeling we're both having." Issei thought.
"Done." Ddraig said.
"Mmhn!" Seekvaira's eyes widened as the sensations she had been feeling intensified. "Wha...oohhh! Mmmn!"
"Aagh...fuck...oh man...big mistake, I can already..." Issei said thrusting his fingers in and out of her as he flicked her clit with his tongue.
"Y-You did this? !" Seekvaira asked in between moans.
"Y-Yeah with the Boosted Gear, but don't worry, what I did to you I also did to myself." Issei said.
"I-I see..." Seekvaira said. "Well..i-if we're both feeling close, we should just get it over with and move on." She took her chest away from Issei's cock and took it into her mouth, swirling her tongue around it.
"Mmn!" Issei groaned as he felt her sucking hard on him as she did so, making a lewd sucking sound as she did, he returned the favor and sucked just as hard on her clit, thrusting his fingers harder and faster into her. He felt her shivering, her body anticipating the impending orgasm.
Seekvaira squeezed her eyes shut as she pistoned her head up and down on him. She felt him twitching underneath her, knowing he was getting close. "Yes, let it go, cum for me!" She thought.
"Haaaa!" Issei finally couldn't take it anymore and came.
"Hyaa!" Seekvaira cried out, her own body beginning to seize up in climax as Issei's seek shot into her mouth, and on her face and neck.
Seekvaira collapsed against Issei, panting heavily. "That...that was...amazing..."
"Yeah..." Issei said
"Hn?" Seekvaira licked her lips, taking off a bit of the semen on her face. "This is...mmn..this tastes bitter, but it's kind of nice."
Issei handed her his towel, which she used to wipe herself off. "Alright...now I guess we should either continue or get out of here."
"Well...seeing as we're both still alone, I don't sense anyone coming, we should continue." Seekvaira said moving forward, climbing off of him. She sat down facing him and raised her leg up. "Come..."
Issei nodded and moved in closer. He lined himself up and pushed against her. "Alright, here we..."
"Wait." Seekvaira said.
Issei stopped, a slightly deflated look on his face. "What is it?"
Seekvaira giggled at the look on his face, but her face flushed. "I just wanted to say that I want you to finish inside. Devils are on the brink so if I conceive a child, I wouldn't mind it."
"Alright." Issei said with a grin. "I was probably going to anyway, because it's hard for us to conceive as it is."
"Right." Seekvaira nodded. "OK, continue."
Issei nodded and moved it, kissing her lips as he pushed his way inside, he felt a distinct lack of resistance inside her. He pulled away and stared.
"Oh, you must be wondering why you haven't hit my hymen yet. Well, it's sort of a thing women in my clan do, if we're married off, and not for love we usually break them ourselves. So it doesn't hurt as much if we are forcefully taken."
"Oh, wow that must have been painful." Issei said with a wince.
"Eh, not as much as you think." Seekvaira said. "Now, continue again."
"Alright." Issei said kissing her again.
"Mm...Mmn!" She moaned into him as she felt his cock pushing further into her. "Oohh...it's so hard, and so warm..." She thought.
"Grrh...haa..haa.." Issei started thrusting, panting softly.
"Haa...haa...haa..." Seekvaira gasped pleasurably as held him close.
"Nngh...unn...I'd usually complain that this way doesn't let me see your boobs bouncing, but...it feels so damn nice that I can't really...complain." Issei grunted.
"Why don't you just use the Boosted Gear to increase your resistance to pleasure?" Ddraig asked.
"Good idea, but it wouldn't be fair, maybe for someone a little more eager like Kuroka, or someone with a little more experience like Sheena, but not for a virgin, formerly anyway, like Seekvaira."
"Aahn, mmn, there will be many more times to come, but for now just let me hold you like this while your thick cock ravages me..." Seekvaira moaned sweetly as her hips rose and fell to meet his thrusts.
"OK..." Issei said moving his head to the crook of her neck. "Hm...Kenshin said Chief loves it when he kisses her neck, I wonder if Seekvaira's the same."
Seekvaira's eyes widened as Issei started licking, kissing and nibbling at her neck. "Ooh! Wh-What are you...mmn, aahnn!"
"This must be an ero zone for you, if it's touched in a sensual fashion like I am doing now, it feels really good." Issei said.
"Mmn, w-well don't stop!" Seekvaira ordered.
"Haha, yes ma'am." Issei chuckled and went back to what he was doing.
"Haan, mm...yaannn..." Seekvaira moaned and whined as, feeling completely at Issei's mercy. All she could do was hold on to him and meet his thrusts.
"Hnh..fuck...you're getting tighter...!" Issei grunted.
"I-I know, I...I'm getting close again...Mmmmnn!" Seekvaira said. "Nooo...please not yet...!"
"Seekvaira..?" Issei said.
"Please...I don't want this...to be over yet...!" Seekvaira whined in ecstasy.
"Hahaha, like you said..." Issei trailed off as his thrusts got harder and faster, building toward his own climax. "There will be many more times to come...so what's the big deal if this one ends a little early?"
"Mmn! Oohh..! You have...a point!" Seekvaira cried out. "I-I'm gonna...!"
"Hnnng!" Issei grunted as their hips met for the last time. "Aaggh!" He gasped and moaned
"Aaaahhhhhnnnnn! !" Seekvaira's body arched toward him, feeling a series of hot bursts enter her womb. She soon slumped against him panting. "Haa...haa...haa..."
"Are you OK?" Issei asked.
"Y-Yes...that...just felt...amazing..." Seekvaira said, pushing herself off him, but keeping him lodged inside. She smiled. "So...what you said, basically parroting what I said...is that to say..."
"Well, I still want to think about it, but there's no reason why we can't just go on like we have been." Issei said. "If you don't mind."
Seekvaira leaned forward and kissed him softly. "Of course not, take all the time you need. It is a big decision"
"By the way, you're always welcome to visit us more." Issei said. "I'm sure Chief would like to build relations between the Gremory and the Agares, so you'd be welcome, and don't mind Kenshin's antics so much, he likes to joke and mess around with the people he's fond of."
"I'd like that." Seekvaira said. "Alright, let's get out of here before someone comes in."
"Can do." Issei grinned.
(break)
The next day, Issei walked into the dining room of the Gremory household to find Kenshin and Rias. Kenshin's nose twitched. "Someone got laid last night."
"...Ugh..." Issei groaned. "Is nothing sacred to you?"
"No." Kenshin said. "I'm in kind of a bad mood as it is."
"Same here." Rias said. "Glad to hear you patched things up with Seekvaira-San though."
"Uhm...what happened to irritate you two?" Issei asked.
"Well..." Rias said.
"We were about to do, what you did last night, but right when we were about to start..." Kenshin groaned.
"Onii-Sama comes in to present the trophy I, err we had won." Rias said.
"It wouldn't have been as embarrassing, if Grayfia wasn't there...if her parents weren't there...and if we hadn't been halfway out of our clothes at the time." Kenshin said taking a sip of a cup of tea.
"W-Wow...I-I'm sorry to hear that." Issei said.
"It's fine, it's not like we won't have plenty of other opportunities." Rias shrugged.
"By the way, expect more visits from her, to see me anyway." Issei said.
"That's fine." Rias and Kenshin both said. "Just because you're my servant doesn't mean you can't have your own life Issei." Rias said. "Hell, Yuuto's lately been entertaining the thought of finding a girlfriend."
"Eeeh? !" Issei said. "Pretty boy with a girlfriend? !"
"Good for him, he's taking my advice." Kenshin said. "Anyway, Rias do you wanna get a jump on training?"
"Let's wait until we get back, I want to relax a bit more." Rias said.
"OK." Kenshin shrugged.
"Training?" Issei asked.
"After you started fighting Sairaorg in his Balance Breaker, Rias asked me if I could help her train, you're wel-" Kenshin said.
"That won't be necessary." Rias said cutting him off.
"?" Kenshin glanced at her. "Um, if you were hoping for time alone, you'll get it, but I will have Yukari, Miyuki and occasionally Ragnarok-ossan help out. I was hoping to just have Issei boost your power so you could control that better too, and even help out with your stamina."
"Oh." Rias nodded. "I see, OK then."
"Oh...uhm, by the way Rias, I have a date lined up." Kenshin said.
"Oh? OK then who is it with? I'll have to plan something else to do that day." Rias said with a smile.
"Wow, I'm...gonna have to get used to that myself." Issei thought, seeing the casual conversation about Kenshin's dating someone else.
"Yukari." Kenshin said. "She's been meaning to ask for awhile, but we've been so busy lately she never got around to it."
"Very well, you don't need my approval, but I appreciate you telling me." Rias said. "Enjoy yourselves."
(break)
Sitri Hospital
"So, what am I doin' here?" Kenshin asked, standing with Azazel, Tamamo was perched on his shoulder.
"I figured you'd like to tag along, did I misinterpret?" Azazel asked.
"No, I'm just curious why you wanted to come here." Kenshin said.
"And what brought you here Tamamo-Chan?" Azazel asked with a grin.
"Eh, I just felt like tagging along." Tamamo said.
They ran into Sairaorg who was at a flower stand. "Yo Battling Champion." Azazel said.
"Oh, hello Governor Azazel, Kenshin and Tamamo." Sairaorg greeted. "What brings you here?"
"Oh no reason, just happened to be in the area." Azazel said.
"Tagging along." Kenshin and Tamamo said.
"How is Hyoudou Issei doing?" Sairaorg asked.
"He's fine, he smoothed things over with Seekvaira, and they're back to being an item." Azazel said.
"I heard about what happened to you, man that sucks." Kenshin said.
"Well, I can't say I didn't see it coming." Sairaorg said. "I'm used to this."
"Still, cutting ties with you because you lost two fights against powerful opponents? Give me a break man." Kenshin said.
"It is kind of nonsensical." Tamamo agreed.
"And our resident idiot is worried about you." Azazel said.
"Well, give him this message for me, that I will catch back up to the dragons quickly." Sairaorg said with a confident smile.
Kenshin returned the gesture and held out his fist. "You never know Sairaorg, I might just leave you both in the dust."
"Hahahaha, you'll be hard pressed to get rid of me." Sairaorg laughed, bumping his fist against Kenshin's. At this moment, a butler of Sairaorg's came rushing toward them, panting heavily. "Calm down, what is it?"
"Sairaorg-Sama, it's Misura-Sama...she's..."
"Come on Sairaorg." Kenshin said running by the butler, Sairaorg passed him by, running toward his mother's hospital room.
When they got there, Azazel following with. It was the exact opposite of what they had been expecting. The doctors were staring in shock at an awakened Misura. "M...Mother.." Sairaorg said walking up to her. "It's me, Sairaorg, do you recognize me?"
"I do..." Misura said extending her trembling, weak hand toward her son's face. He caught her hand with his own. "I see I have been watching your growth within my dreams. You...truly have become a splendid person."
"...!" Sairaorg's eyes misted over, before a single trail streamed down his cheek. "I still have a long way to go, before now, I was already beaten by two dragons, but..."
"I know, I know." Misura said. "You'll get them next time, I know you will."
"Mother, when you're all better, let's go back, to our home." Sairaorg said.
"Of course." Misura said.
"Uhm...p-pardon the interruption, but Archduke Kenshin asked me to give this to you Sairaorg-Sama." His butler said.
"Huh?" Sairaorg asked. He took it. It read.
Hey Sairaorg,
Azazel, Tamamo and I thought we'd be intruding on this moment, so we left.
However, once Misura-San gets better, you should swing by our place in Kuoh, you, Misura and your peerage, we'd love to have you over sometime.
Tell Misura-San that Rias and I said get well soon.
Kenshin.
Sairaorg smiled and put the note away. "So, tell me how you've been doing, I may have been watching through my dreams, but it'd be nice to hear you tell the story." Misura said.
"Well..." Sairaorg said.
Meanwhile Kenshin, Tamamo and Azazel walked toward the exit of the hospital. "Unbelievable...she actually came out of it. She should beat the disease now." Azazel said. "You actually helped her pull through with what you said."
"Well, I don't deserve all the credit. I just took the basis for Issei's Bilingual and applied it to my physical touch mind reading ability." Kenshin said. "I wouldn't have heard anything otherwise."
"Physical touch mind reading huh?" Azazel said. "OK, guess what I'm thinking right now."
Kenshin placed his hand on Azazel's head and closed his eyes. "...You're thinking about ways to catch my mother topless later."
"Damn how'd you know?" Azazel asked.
"...guh..." Kenshin shook his head.
"Ufufufufu, naughty naughty." Tamamo giggled, waving her fan.
The three left the hospital, where a son and a mother were reunited after so much time apart.
(Chapter end)
Draconis: Yawn...
Kenshin: You start tired, you finish tired huh?
Draconis: Damn straight.
Rias: A thought occurs.
Draconis: Huh?
Rias: A year ago yesterday is when you first started writing this story.
Draconis: Oh hell! Are we already at a year old? !
Issei: What, did you forget?
Draconis: No, It just feels like...well yesterday that I started. Huh..well anyway I've been getting asked to update the harem lists so...
Kenshin: Rias, Akeno, Xenovia, Yukari, Koneko, Serafall, Sona, Tamamo, Ravel, Rossweisse
Issei: Asia, Irina, Kuroka, Kazumi, Seekvaira, Sextum, Sheena, Kunou, Yasaka, Le Fay, Kiryuu, Chachamaru
On the fence: Miyuki(was leaning Vali, now I'm not sure, if I decide against it, Vali will still be paired with someone.) Evangeline(slight lean Kenshin)...that's all for now.
Kenshin: Not a lot of people on the fence huh? In other news, these harems are getting big.
Draconis: Yeah Yeah, I know that, but it's meant to be that way, besides Issei's potential harem in the LN is huge. Also some of the characters I have plans to pair with you two aren't even introduced yet.
Kenshin: Eh, I guess you got a point there.
Anyway, next time we settle some things before starting volume eleven. See you all then!
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