Red Dragon Emperor of Domination

Chapter Eight: Familiars

More of Issei's past is revealed and it seems he may have finally bitten off more than he can chew, what will become of the Sekiryuutei?

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Issei had just finished school for the day and was heading to meet up with Kiba. However, something got in the way. It was Asia.

"Oh, hey Asia." He patted her head gently, causing her to blush lightly.

"R-Rias-Bucho w-wants to see you..." She said shyly.

Issei smiled. "Alright, let's go see what it's all about."

"Hai!" Asia agreed happily as they made their way to the Occult Research Club.

Issei was standing in front of the whole peerage of Rias Gremory. Everyone, with the exception of Asia, was wary and a little afraid of the person in front of them. Though, they sometimes wondered why since the young man in front of them would occasionally absentmindedly stare at a butterfly like a three year old. To his defense when nobody in the room has enough courage to talk to you, it's easy to get distracted by things like a butterfly in front of a window. ''S-so Issei, I guess that you have a sacred gear. After yesterday it's pretty much obvious...'' Rias trailed off at the end of her sentence when she noticed Issei was starring out of the window and completely ignoring her. She gained a tick mark and wanted to say something, when her queen took a cup of tee and gave it to the boy. ''Here, Ise-kun.''

''Thank you, Akeno-senpai.'' Said girl giggled and walked back to the side of her king. ''Ufufu, he didn't ignore me.'' That gave the redhead a second tick mark. ''Issei, since when did you call Akeno by her first name?'' When the answer 'since before school today' came, her right eye started to twitch. Her queen decided to explain it to her best friend. ''When I told Ise-kun that we want to discuss something after school, I told him that it was alright to call me Akeno.''

''So Rias, what did you want to discuss?'' The twitching got stronger after another 'Ufufufu' from behind her. ''We wanted to go to the Familiar Forest to get Asia-chan a familiar and we wondered if you want to come too?''

''Familiar..? You say?"

"Yes, Ise-kun, a Familiar." Akeno confirmed.

At this confirmation, Issei's eyes began to slowly take on a distant and haunted appearance. A faint green light shined from within green and red dead-fish eyes. An ominous and oppressive aura began to radiate from him.

'Familiar... yes, that's right.... I had a familiar.'

The image of the clubhouse had faded away in favor of a woman's face. She had purple hair and light purple eyes, with square pupils, with glasses covering them. A red marking was on her forehead, and she had a pink flower in her hair. Her full lips were curled into a small smile, with tiny fangs barely visible from behind her lips.

[Partner.]

Ddraig called out, attempting to snap his partner out of his trance.

'But... she's gone... I failed.'

The image of a silhouette fading into glowing dust came to mind.

[Partner! Focus on my voice, don't focus on those memories!]

'I remember her.... she was my familiar; a gorgon...'

Ddraig's voice didn't reach him. The Welsh Dragon could do nothing to bring Issei out of his flashback.

[Grr... Damn it! ....guess all I can do is keep his aura in check...]

-flashback-

Issei landed with a thud, groaning as he sat up, the rainbow light of the Bifrost fading away as he rubbed his eyes