HighSchool DxD: True Crimson Dragon Emperor

Life. 20

(At Occult Research Club)
The members of the occult research club are currently
standing in front of a sealed door. There are several
yellow tapes with warning words 'Keep Out' written on
it. There's also chains wrapping around the door knob.
'...Just how dangerous is the Bishop?'
(Flashback; At Issei's Room)
Issei, Rias, Asia, Grayfia and Sirzechs gathered in the
room.
"Rias, I had a thought."
"What would that be?"
"Why don't you release your Bishop soon?"
"Huh?!"
Issei decided to enter into the conversation.
"Who is Buchou's Bishop anyway?"
Rias look at him with a serious expression.
"His ability was too dangerous for me to control and
was sealed away."
'So Buchou's Bishop is a he, huh?'
{Meh. Then, I'm not interested in him.}
" Oh, shut up."
'But she said that he's dangerous...Is he like me?'
Issei narrows his eyes, thinking about something else.
But Sirzechs noticed his action, yet, he chose to ignore
it for now.
"I thought you were the one who decided that."
"That's right, but after your battle with Phenex and
Kokabiel, I have begun to change my mind. You've
expanded your family and strengthened your forces. I
think you can handle him...Release him, Rias."
"...If my brother, no. If the Great Maou, Lucifer-sama,
commands it, I will obey."
(Back to Present)
Issei look closely at the heavily locked door.
'Come to think, I've always wanted to ask Buchou why
there are so many seals placed on this door. Looks
like I finally understand why.'
"...Normally, the seals break during night time. This is
so that he can wander around in this building.
However, he refused to do so."
"So he's a Hikikomori?"
Issei raises his eybrow slightly. But Akeno then
revealed a statement of fact about the Bishop.
"But, he's the one making the most money out of all
of us. Even Ise-kun comes after him."
Issei is proud about the amounts of contract he have
made so far. He received a lot of request mostly from
the rich families. The age of summoning him goes
from teens to adults, and they're mostly females. Well,
given that Issei is great in his studies and a great
cooker, women needs man like him to spoil them.
Someone who they can rely on, a man of house.
"If he doesn't leave his room, how did he made the
contracts with humans?"
Issei asked.
"He makes special contracts vis the Internet. He deals
with those people who doesn't want to meet us. Those
who communicates differently. They solve things
through computers. He was able to grab enough
numbers of those superior rank."
Kiba explains the whole thing to Issei.
Xenovia walk forward slightly.
"You said that he was sealed because he was too
powerful. Just what is his ability?"
"..."
Rias remained quiet. She then raises her hand towards
the door.
A red magic circle appears in front of the door and-
*Prangg~*
The seals have been broken. The yellow tape starts to
disappear into thin air. Even the chain disappears as
well.
"...I'll be opening the door now."
Rias reach out for the doorknob.
"..."
*Open.*
"Noooooooooooooooooo~!"
"!?"
Issei, Asia and Xenovia widened their eyes as they
were startled from the girly scream.
In front of them, is a dark room. Not a single ray of
light enters into the room. There's different kinds of
girly decorations in the room. Plushies, Love-shape
table, pink mat and others. It's basically a room for a
girl.
"Is that a coffin?"
Issei points at the middle of the room. A coffin
decorated with pink rose is placed in the middle of the
room. Rias walks towards the coffin and greets it.
"Good evening. I'm glad that you're doing well."
"W-W-What's going on?!"
The girly voice can be heard, and it's coming from the
coffin.
Akeno kneel down and grab onto the coffin. She then
opens the coffin.
"Your seal has been broken. Now, why don't we-"
*Open.*
"Nooooooo~! I want to stay hereeeee~! I don't want to
go outsideeeeeeeee~!"
Inside the coffin is a cute looking girl with a platinum
blonde-hair and pinkish-violet eyes. Her hair style is in
short bob cut with several fringes over her head. She
also has pointed ears. She seems to be around the
same age as Koneko. Her current uniform is Kuoh's
girl uniform...Wait...Something's not right...
*Sniff. Sniff.*
"Huh?! I thought you said Buchou's Bishop is a male?
Why does he look like a she? And he smells like a girl
too."
Issei is greatly confused by the appearance of the
Bishop.
{Ohohoho~! She's cute~!} Ddraig said it loudly with
lecherous tone.
"This is a boy."
{WHAT?!}
Rias confirms Issei's doubt.
"But-"
"Ufufufu. He actually likes to cross-dress."
"..."
Issei is speechless. He looks at Akeno, and back to
the Bishop. Rias gently hugs her Bishop from behind.
"His name is Gasper Vladi. He is my family, and my
Bishop. He's also a freshman at Kuoh Academy. He
was a Half-Vampire and Half-Human before he was
reborn as a Devil."
"!?"
The three newcomers, Issei, Asia and Xenovia widened
their eyes at the last part.
{Why~?! Why is the world so CRUEL~?!} Ddraig is
deeply disappointed by the fact.
"Oh, will you just shut up."
Issei scolded his Dragon.
"V-Vampire?" Asia stutters.
'Half-Vampire and Half-Human...So he's just like me...A
Hybrid.'
Issei thought about it in his head.
"He looks so cute."
Asia complimented Gasper.
"That may be true...but it feels weird at the same
time...I guess looks can be deceiving."
Issei folds his arms as he said it. He shows a puzzled
expression while looking at Gasper.
"Eeeeeeek! W-Who are you anyway!?"
Gasper shrieked and points at Issei.
"Oh. I guess I forgot to introduce myself. Konnichiwa.
I'm Hyoudou Issei. Buchou's Pawn. Please to meet
you, Gasper."
Issei bow his head slightly as he introduces himself.
Asia follows after him.
"H-Hello. I am Asia Argento. I'm a human, but I am a
member of Occult Research Club. Please to meet you,
Gasper-kun."
"I'm Xenovia. Buchous's 2nd Knight. Please to meet
you."
"Eeeeeeeeeeeee~! More people in the club!"
Rias then walk towards Gasper and lower herself to his
level.
"Gasper, let's go outside, okay?"
"Noooooooooooo~! I don't wanna!"
Issei look at Gasper and back to the group.
"Is he always like this?"
Kiba just smiles bitterly and Koneko was letting out a
sigh.
Rias decided to try again.
"Please, can we go out? Okay? It's all right for you not
to be sealed any more, you know?"
Rias said it much more gently this time. But...
"Noooooooo! For me the outside world is
impossibleeeeeeee! I am scared! I am scared of the
outside! In any case, even if I go outside it would only
cause trouble for otherssssss!"
Issei look at Gasper and scratch the back of his head.
"Well, this is getting nowhere. Why not just bring him
outside for now?"
Issei walk towards Gasper and did the same thing as
Rias. But he slowly reaches his right hand out to grab
Gasper. But the moment he touches him,
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!"
*Flash!*
"!?"
Issei widened his eyes in surprised. Because Gasper is
no longer in front of him.
'Godspeed?! Teleportation?! No...it's feels different...'
"Uhhhh...Please don't get mad at me! Please don't hit
me! Please let me stay here!"
Gasper is currently at a corner of his room. Crying.
Issei look at right hand and back to Gasper.
'If he were to move in high speed or teleport, I would
have at least sensed it...But this is as if he just
vanished into thin air less than a second and appear at
the corner of the room...Dimension Hoping?'
Issei couldn't figure out Gasper's ability.
"W-What was that?" Asia is surprised seeing Gasper
appearing at different location.
"...He definitely did something." Xenovia seems to be
interested in Gasper.
Noticing Issei's doubt, Akeno decided explain it to
Issei, Asia and Xenovia.
"This kid possesses a Sacred Gear that when he's
distressed, he can stop anything within his sights for a
period of time. His Sacred Gear-"
Issei widens his eyes immediately, knowing what
Sacred Gasper, Gasper possesses.
"You don't mean Forbidden Balor View do you?!"
" " " " "!?" " " " "
Rias, Akeno, Kiba, Koneko, even Hikikomori Vampire
are shock that Issei knows about Gasper's/His Sacred
Gear.
"I-Ise, how did you know about Forbidden Balor View?!"
Rias asked him. She astounded.
"I read."
That's the only answer he gave to his master. He then
continues.
"...Forbidden Balor View, dubbed the "Evil Eye of the
Inert World"...You sure are blessed with as amazing
Sacred Gear, Gasper."
Issei seems to admire Gasper now. But,
"Noooooooooo! I hate my power!"
(In the Clubroom)
"...So basically, Gasper can't control his power?"
Issei ask his master, while raising an eyebrow.
Everyone is currently sitting in the clubroom. Except
Gasper. He stands in the middle of the room.
Rias nod in agreement.
"Yes. Because Gasper can't control his power. He
always unconsciously activates his Sacred Gear. So
Onii-sama decided to seal him in that room."
"I see..."
"There's also another problem about his Sacred Gear.
Its power naturally refines itself over time, giving it the
potential to reach Balance Breaker."
"A Balance Breaker, huh..."
Issei turn his head to look at Gasper.
"?!"
But Gasper is long gone.
"I don't want you to talk about me."
Everyone look towards the corner of the clubroom.
There's a big cardboard box placed at there, and it's
moving.
"I don't want attention~!"
Issei, Asia and Xenovia all have a sweat drop on their
head. Akeno just smiles, Kiba smiles bitterly, while
Rias and Koneko just sigh.
"...You do know that we're still here right?"
*Poke. Poke.*
Issei kneels down and poke at the cardboard box.
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek~!"
The cardboard box tries to move away from Issei but
he's already the corner, and there's no place for him
to go.
"I can live inside this box! This will be my Dragon-
guarded castle!"
"What in the world are you talking about?"
Issei look at the box and a sweat drop on his head.
Akeno walk towards Rias.
"Buchou, it's almost time."
"Yea. Akeno and I have to attend the preliminary
meeting for the leaders' conference..."
Rias then look at her Knight, Kiba.
"Yuuto."
"Hai, Buchou."
"Onii-sama would like to know more about your
Balance Breaker. So, I need you to come with me."
"Hai, Buchou."
"Ise, can I ask you to train Gasper while I'm away?"
"Train him?"
Issei raises an eyebrow.
(Outside the Occult Research Club)
"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~!"
Gasper is currently running in the woods near the
Occult Research Club...
"You'll meet my Durandal if you slow down!"
*Swing!* *Swing!* *Swing!* *Swing!* *Swing!* *Swing!
*
...Xenovia is currently swinging her Holy Sword around,
while chasing Hikikomori Devil. She seems to enjoying
it.
"Come on, show me some spirit!"
"Run! Run!"
Issei, Asia and Koneko look at the two of them from
the side.
"She looks like she's having fun."
Issei said it. Both him and Asia smiles bitterly as they
look at Xenovia chasing Gasper around.
"Why are you doing this to me?!"
Gasper is sitting under a tree with teary eyes. The way
he sits and poses is both cute and disturbing...
"A wholesome spirits can only exist in a wholesome
body. We'll start by giving you some stamina...Heh."
Xenovia explains the whole thing seriously, but her
half-grin gave her up. She really is enjoying it.
"I'm too tired! I don't want to move anymore!"
Koneko quietly walk towards the Bishop.
"Gya-kun...This will give you some energy."
Koneko then puts her right hand into her pocket,
searching for something.
Oh? That's very kind of Koneko. They did say, sharing
is caring right? Who would've thought that Koneko is
so kind...
She took out two garlics from her pocket...
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeek!
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~! I don't' like
garlicccccccccc!"
That really gives him the energy, because Gasper is
back on his feet. He's being chased by Koneko this
time.
"It's not good to be picky."
"Noooooo~ Koneko-chan is bullying meeeeee~!"
"...Looks like Koneko-chan is enjoying it, too."
Asia said it with a bitter smile.
"I've never seen Koneko teasing someone..."
Issei also has a bitter smile.
"Yahoo~ I found you, Red Dragon Emperor-chan~"
*Huggggg~*
"!? Leviathan-sama?!"
Issei is shock when he heard a girly voice calling out
of nowhere. Before he can turn around to find out who
it is, he was hugged from behind by none other than
the Magical Girl, Serafall Leviathan.
"Onee-sama! You're supposed to be the preliminary
meeting for the leaders' conference! Please follow
your schedule!"
Sona rushes out from the woods and widened her
eyes when she saw her sister hugging the Pawn of
Rias Gremory.
"K-Kaichou?!"
"Hyoudou-kun?!"
"Kaichou~ Wait for me~"
Another person came out from the woods. This time,
it's the Pawn of Sona Sitri.
"Wha?! What's the meaning of this Hyoudou?! Why are
you being so close to Kaichou's sister?! Get away from
her you Playboy!"
*SNAP!*
A cruciform popping veins appear above Issei's left
eye right away.
"Look closely you idiot! I'm not the one hugging
Leviathan-sama! And stop calling me that stupid
nickname!"
Issei shift his eyes slightly to see Serafall is resting
her head on his shoulder from behind.
"Leviathan-sama, please refrain yourself from doing
this...It's not good for others to see us like this."
"I don't wanna~ I wanna be with Dragon-chan~"
"What?!"
" " "Huh?!" " "
" " " ..." " "
Issei blushes when he heard that. Asia, Sona and Saji
are shocked hearing Serafall saying that. Xenovia and
Koneko has no expression, their feelings are neutral.
Gasper is currently hiding behind a tree.
*sfx.*
"!? Who's there?! Show yourself!"
Issei heard a faint sound from the bushes. He quickly
steps forward, causing Serafall to release him from
her grasps. He then raises his right hand, and opens
his hand aiming it towards the bushes and trees. Issei
pushes his hands up into the air with his palm facing
the sky.
*Do!*
The ground at the bushes and trees burst opens.
"Uahhhhh~"
*Thud!*
A tall man flies out from the bushes and landed on the
ground in front of the Devils. Well, his face landed
first. He's wearing a Yukata.
"..."
Issei look at the man lying on the ground. He half-
closes his eyes, knowing who that man is already.
"What are you doing here, Azazel?"
"Teh, teh, teh...That really hurts, Hyoudou Issei. What
was that anyway?"
The tall man got up and starts to pat his clothes.
"Hey, don't blame me. You're the one snooping around
here. Anyway, that was Earth Magic: Earth Blast."
While Issei is having a normal conversation with the
tall man, Serafall and Sona are on high alert. The
others are still confuse and not knowing who that man
is.
"H-Hyoudou Issei-kun, did you just say that he is
Azazel?!"
Sona is really shock seeing the Governor of the Fallen
Angel standing in front of her. In her school.
"...Azazel, why are you here?"
Issei continues having the conversation with the
Governor. At that instant, everyone except Asia and
Gasper got into battle stance. Serafall raises her
magic stick, while Xenovia raises her Durandal. Saji
immediately summons his Sacred Gear. Koneko rushes
forward, trying to circle around Azazel.
But they were stopped by Issei as he brings his left
hand to the side.
"Stop. He's not here to fight."
" " "..." " "
Everyone remains at their position. But they haven't
lower their guard yet. Azazel just simply walk towards
Issei.
"You seemed pretty calm for seeing your enemy
standing in front of you."
Azazel said it calmly. Issei just smirks and reply,
"Heh. You ain't gonna scare me with that level of
power you're emitting right now."
"...Hahahahahaha! You're an interesting one, Hyoudou
Issei."
Azazel laugh heartily at Issei. Everyone else just
doen't know what to do at this moment. Azazel then
look around and goes back to Issei.
"Is the guy with the Holy Demonic Sword here?"
"You mean Kiba? No, he's not."
"Haihh...What a pity."
Azazel then starts to say things about Sacred Gear.
"Forbidden Balor View, Sacred Gears like that are
extremely dangerous if the user is too weak."
He looks at Asia.
"The wielder of Twilight Healing, it's nice to meet you
in flesh."
Azazel nod his head to greet Asia. But Asia is too
afraid and just hide herself behind Issei.
"Raynare and the girls talk a lot about you."
"!?"
"They really enjoy spending their time with you."
"..."
He then moves his eyes to Saji.
"That must be Black Dragon's Pulse, Absorption Line."
Issei turn his head slightly to take a look at Saji's
Sacred Gear.
It's a small, cute lizard-chameleon with violet eyes. It
has a deformed face that appears on his hand.
"In my advice, if you wish to train the Vampire,
connect the line to him and absorb his excess power
as he uses his Sacred Gear. It'll give him a better
control."
"Absorb..."
Saji look at his Sacred Gear closely.
"What? You didn't know?"
Azazel then points at Saji's Sacred Gear.
"That Sacred Gear holds the power of Vritra, one of
the Five Dragon Kings. The Prison Dragon, or Dragon
King of Evil. It can absorb the powers of whatever it
touches. You can also connect it to other things for a
short time as well, to transfer the power you had
absorbed."
"...My Sacred Gear can do this?!"
Saji look at his Sacred Gear with doubts.
Azazel then puts his hand on his chin,
"There is a quicker way, though. Let him drink the
blood of the Red Dragon Emperor."
" " "!?" " "
Everyone but Issei is shock hearing that statement.
"My blood, huh..."
"Well, Vampires are supposed to drink blood after all.
Just give it a shot and see how it goes."
Azazel starts to walk away from them.
"...You really have a strong interest in Sacred Gears,
huh?"
Azazel stops and turn his head slightly to look at Issei.
He half-grin at the latter one.
"Heh. You could say it's my hobby. Jah, I'll see you all
at the conference."
With a wave of his hand, Azazel continues to walk
away.
"Mou, just what does he want?! Coming to So-tan's
school without any permission is very rude. Right,
Dragon-chan?"
Serafall moves closer, while Issei back away slightly.
"Y-Yes. My name is Hyoudou Issei...You don't have to
call me Dragon-chan..."
"Then, can I call you Ise-chan?"
Serafall asks him happily.
"Umm..."
Issei look towards Sona, trying to seek help from her.
But, Sona just covers her face with her hand, trying to
hide the embarrassment. Saji however, is crying in
tears of jealousy.
"S-Sure?"
"Yaaaaaa!"
*Huggg~*
Issei blushes again as Serafall hugs him for the
second time.
"L-Leviathan-sama, please. You mustn't do this!"
"Geez, I won't let you go if you keep calling me that.
You must address me as Levia-tan at least."
"...Please let me go...Levia-tan..."
"Okay~~~"
"Onee-sama! We are leaving this instant!"
Sona walk towards her sister and start pulling her
uniform. Forcing Serafall to come with her.
"K-Kaichou, can I stay with Hyoudou-kun and help him
train Gasper-kun? I can be very useful to them."
Saji seek permission from his master.
"...Alright. Just don't make any trouble, Saji."
"Hai."
With that, Sona drags Serafall away from the group.
"I wanna stay~ Ise-chan, help me~~~~~"
"...Why me..."
Issei just watch Serafall being dragged away by her
sister.
(At the Gym Stadium)
"Alright Gasper, are you ready?"
Issei is currently standing on a table. Both he and
Gasper are in gym uniforms. Issei's wearing his usual
opened all-black tracksuit with red accents and his red
t-shirt underneath it. Gasper is in white t-shirt with
navy blue accents with the Kuoh Academy emblem
embroidered on the left front with navy blue bloomers...
Isn't that supposed to be for girl?
"...Gasper, why are you wearing girl's gym uniform?"
"B-Because it looks cute."
"...Alright. If that makes you feel comfortable, so be it.
You ready?"
"H-Hai..."
There's a grey line attached at the top of his head.
The line goes all the way to Saji's Sacred Gear,
Absorption Line.
Since Gasper cannot control his Sacred Gear, Issei
wants Gasper to first stop a specific item, instead of
the whole area. He then decided to use the volleyballs
for Gasper's practice. The current aim of this practice
is that, Issei will throw the volleyballs to Gasper, and
he will have to stop the balls movement.
"Here I come, Gasper!"
*Throw~*
As Gasper saw the ball coming towards him,
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!"
*Shine!*
Within a second, he's no longer on his spot.
"...He ran away, huh."
Issei look at the line connected to Gasper. The line
follows all the way to an opened stadium door and
outside.
"He's pretty fast if you ask me."
Issei folds his arms as he wait for Gasper to return.
He then saw Koneko coming into the gym, while
dragging Gasper behind her.
"...He was running off again."
"Gomenasai~~~~~~~~"
Gasper apologized as he was being drag back into the
gym.
Xenovia who is standing behind Issei shows a troubled
look.
"It's basically a hassle, just by simply getting him to
train."
Asia who is standing beside Xenovia then says it while
tilting her head slightly,
"Maybe it's still too strong?"
"Mm. I guess so. Saji, could you absorb a little more?"
"No problem!"
The line starts to glow in purple colour. It's absorbing
Gasper's power.
"Kyaaaaaaa~~"
Gasper made a cute shriek.
"Thank you for you to volunteer in helping us, Saji."
"No. Don't mention it. I'm benefitting from this too."
Issei then look at Gasper.
"Gasper, do you wanna try drinking my blood?"
"Noooooooooooooooo! I don't like bloooooooooooood!"
"Huh? But aren't you a Vampire?"
"I don't' like blooooooooood! I don't like the
smelllllllllllllllllllllllllll!"
"...Good for nothing Vampire."
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Koneko-chan is being a
meanie~~~~~!"
Xenovia scratches the back of her head.
"This is a pain..."
(Outside Gasper's Room)
"Gasper, please come on out. I'm sorry for dragging
you out here."
It appears that after the practice during yesterday,
Gasper immediately lock himself in his room. He's
currently shutting himself in. not wanting to see
anyone. Even if it's his master, Rias. Issei and she are
currently standing in front of his door.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah~~~"
They can clearly hear the Hikikomori Vampire crying in
his room.
"I'm sorry Buchou. I didn't want to interrupt your
meeting, but..."
Issei bow his head slightly as he apologizes to his
master.
"It's okay, Ise. You did your best to help him."
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I don't wanna go outside!
Waaaaaaah!"
"Looks like I've caused him to be more shut in than he
ever was..."
Issei scratches the back of his head. He feels guilty
for causing Gasper like this.
"...There is a reason why Gasper act like this..."
Issei look at his master and listen to her story.
:Gasper's father is a renowned Vampire, but his mother
is a human. Vampires value Pure-Blood more than
Devils do. Consequently, Gasper was shunned by his
family. The humans...they called him a monster...They
feared him, because he has the ability to stop time yet
he couldn't control it. They loathed him. "If he stops
you in time, he can do anything to you." That's what
they thought when they found out about his ability..."
Issei shows a sympathetic look.
"...I didn't know his past isn't a happy one...He's just
like Asia..."
"Of course, we all know that Gasper would never do
such a thing."
"He wouldn't. Gasper is a very kind kid."
Issei said it without any second thoughts.
"I-I don't want this power. Everyone stops. That's why
everyone's afraid of me. Everyone hates me. I hate it
too. I don't want to see my friend's frozen face
anymore! Waaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!"
Gasper is really crying out loud in his room.
"I don't deserve to be a King..."
Rias look down on the floor and shows a very sad
expression. She's disappointed in herself.
"...Buchou, please leave Gasper to me. I'll speak with
him, one-to-one. I believe that Gasper will open up
soon. So please, leave the rest to me."
Issei look at Rias with a strong determined look.
"Ise..."
Issei gives her a small smile.
"He's my first male underclassman. I want to know
him better. I'll take care of him."
"...Ise, I'll be counting on you then."
"You got it, Buchou."
Issei shows her his toothy grin with a thumbs up. Rias
smiles at him, and look at the door with a slightly sad
face before she teleports away.
Issei then sit down on the floor and lean onto the door.
"Gasper, I'll be staying here until you come out here.
Alright? If you wish to talk, I'm here."
It's already Evening time. Issei sent a text message to
Zack and tell them not to wait for him. He's not going
back for dinner today.
"...Gasper, are you afraid of us, or your Sacred Gear or
both?"
"..."
Issei look at his left hand and continues,
"I have a powerful Dragon sealed within me as well.
I'm scared of myself too. Every time I use it, I fear
that something in me...something bad will happen...But,
I still use it."
"...That power could take your precious things away
from you. Why do you still use it all the time?"
"Because I need this power to fight and protect for the
people I care about. I've seen people at their lowest
point...Buchou, Asia, Raynare...I never wanted to see
their sad expressions again."
*clench.*
That's why, I have to use this to fight for them. I don't
want to see the people I lo- I care about to get hurt. I
will become their sword, their shield...For me...they are
everything...and that includes you, Gasper."
*open...*
The door besides Issei is slightly opened.
"I-I know about that battle too. I was locked in here
though..."
"You don't have to feel guilty about that. Besides,
you'll be with us from now on. Right?"
Issei look through the gap, and grin at Gasper.
"B-But...I'm just going to hold everyone back."
"No. You're not going to hold us back."
"!?"
Gasper's eyes widened when he heard Issei said that.
"You are my important underclassman. In terms of
being a Devil, I will have to look up to you, senpai."
Issei said it with a grin. Gasper blushes when he heard
Issei called him senpai.
"Most importantly, you are a part of my family..."
Issei said that to himself.
"I-Ise-senpai?"
Gasper tilts his head as he didn't hear the last part.
"It's nothing."
Issei gently place his hand on Gasper's head and rub it
gently.
"Please lend me your strength, Gasper. Let us help
Buchou together. In return, if anyone tries to bully you
again, I'll blow them away."
"B-But...I can't contr-"
"Then drink my blood. If what Azazel said was true,
then we can temporarily help you control your Sacred
Gear."
"B-But, I'm scared! I'm afraid of drinking blood from
living things...The only thing I can force myself to do is
drink from a blood bag. My power is already this
scary...What am I going to do if it gets even stronger?"
"It's not that scary, you know."
"!?"
Gasper widened his eyes when he heard Issei said
that.
"To be honest with you, I wish to have an ability just
like you. You can also say that I'm kinda jealous."
Issei smiled sheepishly and said it with light blushes
on his face as he scratch his cheek with his index
finger.
{Hey! What about me?! Am I not good enough for you?!}
" Shhhhhh! I'm trying to help him for goodness sake!"
{...Oh~ I see. Okay. Okay. I'll keep quiet.}
Issei and his Dragon communicated for a second.
"I-Ise-sanpai is jealous of my power?"
"Yea. Think about it, if you can fully master and freely
control your power, you can save anyone when they're
at risk or in danger."
"I-I don't understand..."
"Alright, I'll give you an example...What do you like?"
"Eto...I like bunny."
"Alright, for example, if you see a bunny is about to get
hit by a car, what would you do?"
"Eeeeeeeeek! Not bunny! I-I will save it!"
"That's correct. You will and you can save it."
"? How?"
"You stop the time. Or, you stop the car. I can't stop
time, but I have my speed. Normally that's fine by me,
but if you can stop time, you can basically stop my
movement."
"? I don't really understand Ise-senpai's meaning..."
"...Alright, I'll give you another example, let's say you,
Buchou and I are facing an enemy..."
Issei paused for a while and look at Gasper. The latter
one keeps nodding his head, saying that he's okay so
far.
"...Say that I'm far away from you two and Buchou is in
danger."
"B-Buchou!?"
"If I cannot save Buchou on time, it is up to your
power, Gasper. You can stop the time around you and
save Buchou."
"I-I can save people? I-I'm not a scary monster?"
"Of course not. I find you look very cute."
Issei grin and rub Gasper's head...But deep in Issei's
head,
'...You have no idea what a "monster" is...'
Gasper blushes as he likes the feeling of his head
being rub. Gasper then smile for the first time.
"Ise-senpai...You're very nice...Nobody ever told me
that they envied my powers or provided any specific
examples. I only thought that people hated my power."
*bump.*
Issei gently hammers his fist on Gasper's head. But he
remains grinning at Gasper.
"Idiot. Forget what the other said to you in the past.
They're just a bunch of idiots. You are gifted with
something very special. Don't let others tell you
otherwise. Start believing in yourself. I told you before
right? If anyone badmouthed you again, I, Hyoudou
Issei, one of the Heavenly Dragons, the Red Dragon
Emperor, will blast them away."
"...Ise-senpai, would you like to come into my room?"
Issei smiles when he heard Gasper invited him into his
room.
"Sure. Lead the way, Gasper."
With that, both of them enters into the room.
(In Gasper's Room)
It's been a couple of minutes since Issei entered into
Gasper's room. They talked a lot of different things.
From the contracts they had formed, to their favourite
food and drinks, to video games and to Issei's school
life.
"So basically, my classroom has two Kuoh Academy's
most perverted students. They call them the Perverted
Duos."
"That sounded very scary..."
"It's fine. They always sneak into the girls' changing
room and peek at them..."
"T-That's horrible!"
"But they always ends up getting beaten by the Kendo
Club girls. It's actually pretty fun to watch. I'll show
you next time."
"Hahahaha. I look forward to it, Ise-senpai."
Gasper smiles again. But this time, it's even better, he
laughed.
*open*
Kiba enters into the room. His eyes widens when he
saw Issei and Gasper are actually having a
conversation. He smiles at Issei charmingly.
"Nice job, Ise-kun. You're actually getting along with
Gasper-kun already."
"Yo, Kiba. I can see that you've return from the
interview about your Balance Breaker."
"Yea, so what were you two talking about?"
"Mmm...Nothing important really. I just told Gasper
about how the Perverted Duo always get beat up by
the Kendo Club girls."
Issei said it with a grin. Kiba smiles as well,
understanding what his pal meant.
"Oh. That one. It is funny, it never get old."
"Yep. I agr- !?"
Issei look to see Gasper is no longer beside him.
"...Why are you back in the box again?"
Issei has a sweat drop on his head as he found out
Gasper is sitting in his cardboard box.
"S-Sorry. But I feel more comfortable talking to people
like this..."
"Haihhh...Oh well, at least the top remained open.
Looks like you're improving, Gasper."
Issei rub Gaspers head as he saw the Vampire
changes his way already. Kiba walk towards Gasper.
"You can't stay here forever, especially now that your
seal's been broken."
Gasper look down when he heard Kiba said that.
"B-"
"Don't worry Kiba, Gasper is improving a lot. Give him
some time. You can't expect someone to change his
or her way immediately. Not everyone is can do that."
"I-Ise-senpai..."
*open*
The door opens again. This time it's Xenovia, Asia and
Koneko.
"I can seem that you're getting along very well."
Xenovia said it with her hands behind her back. She
seems to be hiding something...
"Eh? Asia? Why are you three doing here?"
"Ano...We think that Ise-san shouldn't be the only one
who's looking after Gasper-kun..."
Asia explains a part of the reason, Xenovia continues
after her.
"...So we were discussing how we could help him."
Gasper tilt his head slightly.
"H-Help me?"
Koneko walk towards him...
"...You are part of our family."
Gasper's face brightens when he heard such touching
words.
"K-Koneko-chan..."
"...Here. Have a present."
Koneko then tosses something into the box.
"?"
Gasper look down to see what it is...
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!"
They're garlics...
Gasper quickly jumps out from his box and tries to exit
the room.
"Hyah!"
Xenovia has something on her hand. She then places
that thing onto Gasper's head.
"..."
Gasper stopped his pace. Xenovia turn around and look
at Gasper with a smile.
"How's that?"
"Eh? I feel safe...Huh? Huh? I like this."
There's currently a paper bag on Gasper's head. It has
two open holes for his eyes to see.
"What's going on?" Kiba sajed curiously.
"It was Asia-senpai's idea." Koneko answers Kiba's
question.
"Oh. Asia's plan huh." Issei look at Asia with a smile.
"N-No. I don't really like talking to people, but I don't
mind calling them. I just told Xenovia-san and Koneko-
chan that hiding my face might help me."
"That's very smart of you, Asia."
Issei smiles and gently pat Asia's head.
"Heheh. Thank you, Ise-san."
Asia blushes slightly and takes her time to enjoy Issei
patting her.
Suddenly, Gasper turns around, and ask the groups'
opinion.
"H-How is it~? Does it suit me~?"
He starts walking towards them like a zombie. There's
red glint made by his eyes coming from the pair of
opened holes.
Asia seems to be frightened by his new look and hide
behind Issei.
"This is your idea, Asia."
Issei look at his back and smiles bitterly. Asia just
remained quiet and keeps on shaking.
"You've got a very looming presence." Kiba said it with
a bitter smile too.
"It's like a pervert coming after you. It's simply...
overwhelming." Xenovia added.
"This is nice~ I like it~"
Gasper starts walking around his room in zombie
mode.
"Heheh. At least he's enjoying it." Issei grins as he
look at Gasper's action.
"Oh! Maybe with this, I can become a full-blown
Vampire! Thank you very much, everyone!"
{...I seriously doubt it.}
" Hahahahahahahahahaha."
Issei just quietly laughed in his head.
(At Kuoh Academy's Hallway)
Issei is currently walking around with Asia following
beside him. Coincidentally, they cross path with Rias
and Akeno.
"Oh. Buchou, Akeno-san," Issei greeted them with a
slight bow.
"Konnichiwa." Asia greeted them with a slight bow as
well.
Rias smiles at them. She then added,
"Good timing."
Akeno follows after her.
"Ise-kun, we would like you to come with us after
school."
Issei raises an eyebrow and point at himself with his
right index finger.
"Me? You sure?"
(Somewhere around the Town)
The sky is getting darker. It's as if a heavy rain will
soon approach.
Issei is currently walking up the stairs, alone. It's a
very long stairs as a matter of fact.
"I've never been to such place before...Hm?"
He look up to see a Torii.
"A Shrine? I thought that Devils aren't supposed to be
here."
{Like you would care. You've been going to the
Church for so long. Why do you even care about a
Shrine?}
"Hm. Makes sense. But why would Buchou and Akeno-
san asked me to come here?"
{Beats me. We'll find out sooner or later. Just keep
your guard up.}
"Roger that."
Issei continues walking up the stairs.
"Welcome, Ise-kun."
He look up to see Akeno is standing in the middle of
the stairs, welcoming him. She's currently in her miko
dress.
"Oh, Akeno-san."
"Sorry for making you come here on such a short
notice."
"Nope. It's fine. Where is Buchou anyway?"
"She will be here after her final meeting with Sirzechs-
sama."
"Don't you have to be with her?"
"I must welcome somebody here."
Issei raises an eyebrow. Not understanding what Akeno
meant
'Somebody? I wonder who it is...'
As they've reach the top part and crossed the Torii,
Issei takes a look around the Shrine.
"I didn't know there was a shrine this big here. But, it
looks...abandoned..."
"It was abandoned after its last priest passed away.
Rias held on to it for me."
*Sniff, snif*
"!?"
Issei's eyes widened as he took in a few breathe.
"Akeno-san! Get behind me!"
"I-Ise-kun?!"
He immediately got into serious mode, when he
smelled foreign scents. He pulled Akeno behind him by
pure instinct. He look up in the sky and flares out his
red aura.
"Who's there?!"
*Shine~~!*
The sky suddenly brightens with bright light. So bright
that it causes Issei to shield his eyes with his arms.
Two silhouettes descend from the dull sky.
"Are you the Red Dragon Emperor?"
"It is nice to finally meet you, Hyoudou Issei."
Two people slowly descend from the sky.
One is a handsome looking man with long blonde hair
and green eyes. He's just like Azazel, he has 12 wings
growing from his back. But, unlike Azazel, his wings
are coloured gold. There's also a halo at the top of his
head.
The second one is an extremely beautiful woman with
a curly blonde hair and voluptuous figure. She has 10
wings of pure white growing from her back. She too
has a halo at the top of her head.
'Angels?!'
Issei widened his eyes as he knows who they are.
"Ise-kun, it's okay. They're the one I'm supposed to
welcome."
Akeno places her hand on Issei's shoulder trying to
calm him down.
"Huh?"
Issei's seriousness and aura disappears right away. He
then look at the two Angels.
The handsome looking man just smiles peacefully at
him,
"I am Michael, Leader of the Angels."
The extremely beautiful woman then introduces herself
as well with a beautiful smile,
"I am Gabriel, one of the Yondai Shitenshi. Michael's
sister. Please to meet you."