sword dragon and the phoenix -chapter – 22- training and forging
this chapter will have Shirou and issei train with their factions for new problems
as they learn of other problems brewing around the world
This chapter will cover episodes 1-3 of dxd born with plenty of my own content mixed in
Shirou pov
It was a new few months after we knew both apocalyptic events were over, but as January ended, I found out my peace was broken as Odin the king of the Norse gods came to me and said "I could use your aid with a project. Is it true you can make a copy of any weapon." I replied, "yes but I have to had seen it at some point and it doesn't have any real physical structure other than magic it won't last." The god then asked, "would you be able to work with the original blueprints and materials to make a copy that will last?" I replied back "in theory I would have to practice, but I should be able to make what you need how much time do I have."
We replied to me "as soon as you can." I then asked, "so what do you need me to make?" he replied "Thor's hammer, it's kind of lost and Thor only has his staff. I can't work with the dwarves that originally made it but I can give you the materials that was made from and the blueprints use." I then asked "I might have to make it look and work like it does in the movies. Would that be a problem?" he replied, "as long as it can hit hard it should work." I replied, "I will get back to you after when its done." Odin then gave me an address and said "for some reason the only communication method that I can connect with is snail mail, I don't know why but I am guessing the Greeks may be part of the problem. I will mail them to you soon."
With that I talked to my inner dragon and asked, "do you have any blueprints I don't that could help?" I soon heard back "I have a few blueprints for weapons from my old world, and we should be able to work on a hammer by you meditating and entering your blade works. I can even absorb the material through the bracers. It will take at least a month to do but we should be able to do it. We will work on it for a few hours each night. Good thing you haven't decided on college yet."
I knew what my father-in-law wanted, and I knew I still wasn't completely sure if I wanted to stay at Kou or enter the work force or go somewhere else. But as I thought it over to myself the dragon within said "I loaded two designs into your blade works database. For the practice hammer we will need stygian iron and a large blood diamond, then for the second we will need Odin's materials.
Issei pov
After school, I would be going to Rias' family house to both train and study. I knew my time in high school was coming to an end and just learned another end of the world situation was on the horizon. I woke up to learn that my family home was remodeled to house the many girls added to the harem. I also learned that Shirou had a much more hands on approach to his harem, but he liked that kind of thing and Akeno was a much less hands on queen.
But as I thought about the new house and was happy my parents accepted it, visions of Yuma and how she killed me started to fill my mind. But I didn't have much time to further think and only give Asia a big hug. I had yet to go home but knew it would be soon. Before the trip Rias had to tell us about the underworld and that it wasn't just the realm of the dead. She said, "devils do punish some evil souls, but most souls go to lands of the dead connected to their own beliefs." But we soon figured out it would be best to take a break from school to train as we learned Shirou would be working in a special area as well on a project. The leading Satan, aka Rias' brother had to get special materials for Shirou, and he would be left alone for hours and hours to work on projects and only come out to eat.
As we arrived, we learned that Odin was coming to both talk with the Satans and given Shirou some special materials. Rias told me "From what I know only my brother and Shirou are to know what the material Odin is delivering are for. It's supposed to be top secret. After that Rias explained that people could cross into the underworld from other worlds, but it was tricky, and few knew those tricks. But you could get from the Greek underworld or Norse Asgard to the land of devils, but she didn't know how,
It was as Rias talked, we ended up teleported out of the train and into a rocky area. We then soon met with a dragon and forced them to battle it. but I was having issues using my new scared gear form and the dragon was stronger than all of us combined, but as we started to worry and struggle. The dragon soon revealed himself to Tannin, a dragon king that became a devil and would help us train in our powers.
But before training, we would have to take baths and in the men's bath, I got to see Shirou and the number of scares he had. when I approached Shirou said to me "no, I can't tell you what I am working on just that I need alone time to do it." but in the battle, the other two boys told me something was off about Koneko.
Shirou pov
I soon learned I would be transported to the devil underworld and would work on the project and be taken out of school. Then when I made it to the underworld, I learned the hammer I had to make was very large. Then when I talked Odin, he swore to me secretly and asked if Thor could use my practice hammer until for a while until the real hammer is recovered or the copy hammer is made. I knew I could only leave the special room to eat, sleep and take baths and would have to do most of that alone to keep the project secret. I knew I would have to keep things secret no matter what.
Issei pov
As we came into the house, we had lots of maids waiting on us and soon enough Rias was greeted by her younger nephew between her brother and Grafia. After that, that we got to see Rias' mother and see how sexy she was. Then came dinner and I had to watch to figure out how to use each fork. Then Shirou came in and said to me "it doesn't matter what fork you use if you aren't openly rude in any way. Then Rias said to him, "the food is great did you show the cooks how to do it?" he replied, "I helped a little bit but didn't have enough time, my first project is nearly done." He then finished his food quickly and went back to work again.
After that I went to bed, and it wasn't long until I was joined by Asia and Xenobia. The two girls soon told me Gasper was sleeping in a box over his bed. Then breakfast and after that I learned my trainer would be the dragon, I battled the other day. I would have to train with him. I also learned that Ravel's peerage was here for their own personal training as well but didn't get the details. But each other member of the peerage got their own personal training. I knew each was getting their own painful training but mine was mostly dodging fire blasts over and over. It was after one day; I got to meet the opponent I faced a few days ago and knew I still had room to grow. But I had yet to claim the power used again.
It was a few days later that I came out of training and got a break and saw Shirou again. he told me "I met with Odin and gave him the first project a few days ago. But my timetable is getting worse on the second project. I hope I can get it done soon." then he went to a room that I knew Ravel was in and sleep. Seeing how tired the boy was there was likely no lovemaking in his future.
After that I went to check on the overly tired Koneko, I found out she was sleeping and then learned from Rias that Koneko is a cat yokai known as Nekomata, that was known for having two tails. Rias then said that the girl was saved by a devil with her older sister and said older sister went berserk and killed her master. After that Rias was given control of Koneko and took control of her.
It was after that the party came and soon enough a fight broke out. but Shirou soon broke up the fight as Ravel showed up to aid the tired Shirou around the party. it was after that I saw Koneko run off and soon chased after to see a black-haired cat girl with her. When Rias heard me mention said cat girl, she just told me to run with her.
Rias told me that the cat girl had been pushing herself too hard but was scared to use her full powers and lose control. I then asked Rias "could we maybe have Shirou make some kind of magical weapon for Koneko?" my king then said, "that may be a good idea, but Shirou is super busy."
Shirou pov
At the party, I could tell something was off with Odin, I saw the all-father with a woman that had lilac hair. The god talked with the two devil leaders and the current leader of the fallen faction. Then he even convinced Sona's sister to do a magical girl transformation that shocked even Odin himself. After he talked with the devils, the god came to me and said in a whisper "right now my son is in the middle of a raid with two of Loki's children as a vanguard. Is there anything else I should know about that Orphic hammer?" I replied "it can break any magical binding and free anything hidden from others. I left a note around the handle." He then replied, "that's amazing, so in theory my son will be able to free that from its hiding place during the raid?" I replied, "it will but the hammer that break any bindings." As I said that a dark feeling came over me like someone was thanking me."
It was right as Odin was about to sign the pact, a man with long black hair came through a portal and said objection and then revealed himself as Loki. Then he said to me "Thanks for that orphic hammer or whatever you called it. I was having issues with the sword and that one last binding." Then Odin said to me "well the gig is up, how close is the other project to completion." I replied "I didn't finish the outer structure or a way to make it easier to life but its mostly done. But don't expect it to last through more than one battle."
Loki then gave a speech about wanting to stay free and avoid outright ending the world via Ragnarök and then summoned a wolf and a creature that was a mix of squid and lobster and said "I would've summoned my sons but that would be too dangerous now. so, I bring Garm and the kraken."
Issei pov
We soon ran into Koneko's sister as well as the man with the power of the monkey king. But they seemed to have some kind of plan and one that required keeping us busy. It wasn't long after meeting them, we felt somebody attacking the party but as we tried to leave the dark cat girl made a barrier to hold us in. Not long after that, the dragon I trained with arrived to provide help. The descendant of the monkey king was holding him off and then the dragon told us to try and take down the older sister cat.
After that, Koneko was about to leave with her sister until Rias told her off the ledge. But as she did the evil cat used poison mist of Rias and her sister. With that I knew I had to try and break the two free.
Shirou pov
The sheer word Kraken started to drive Jan into a rage, and she soon used her ship to attack it and I used Lancer's other spear to drive the wolf into a corner. After that, the united devils sent all three out of the room.
Issei pov
The danger that the girl I loved was in pushed me to use tap into the power of my new balance breaker form. Then the sheer will to defend the girls allowed me to fight even harder. But it took touching Rias breasts to fully unleash my power and then use it to break the barrier then escape to cure the others of the poison.
After that we returned to the party to learn about Loki and that we would have to face him again very soon. after that, the delegates signed pact Odin then said "something is causing an issue with getting a hold of the Egyptian, Greek and Roman factions. Before we are able to get them on board we need to learn exactly what that is.
Chapter end
Next chapter will have issei and Shirou face off with loki
But first ichigo will have to defend new rome from a zombie invasion and plan for the next attack
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