Issei Demigod of Olympus

Warm Up!

( Kouh, Forest)

Three days till the summer holidays begin, and nearly two weeks after the first official sighting and declaration of war between the newly founded Alliance and the Khaos Brigade, a name that left a bitter taste in Issei. As he had said:" They use the Creator's Name as their little club of assholes' names. I am going to show them real Khaos." But besides his anger towards the selective group of rebels, he had taken up the request from Xenovia, Asia, Saji and a few others to train them.

His physical well being had been put to question after his short coma from the fight with Vali and the Sphinx, and it had been put to question in good faith. Said faith has hence been crushed. Xenovia had long believed herself the strongest in the group of devils, besides the heiress and the queens, maybe even Koneko could best her and Irina was either among the avenger or the strongest.

So safe to say, Xenovia with her years of fighting, training and former high rank in the church was strong. But Issei was still stronger, and now even more so." RuN!" Kiba screamed, as he came fleeing out of the forest, scratches on his left leg and sword hand. The others barely hesitated to run, as the sound of breaking branches in his chase after Kiba, got them to rethink their earlier remarks." I thought you said he was still recovering!"

" I said he should be!" Asia screamed, as Xenovia grabbed her and threw her up on her back, as Issei swiped with a threatening amount of force where she had previously been." I think he is trying to kill us!" Saji screamed, as the only non-Gremory servant in the group, sensed his death coming and managed to dodge it by a hair's thread.

" Not kill, train." Saji was, moments after Issei said this, put in the ground, head first." Who's next? Or are you gonna keep running?" The devils had gathered in a semi circle, with a good enough amount of distance between them and the beast that was Issei. His body had undergone changes, and hadn't returned to normal in the slightest, so his muscular and friendly look had faded.

Now he was thin, lanky and tall. They already knew his sudden thinnes was not a sign of muscle loss, but rather an intense condensing of them for some mysterious reason. Compressing them so tightly together they were only visible underneath a telescope or enhancing sight spells. And with his new sharper face and features, he became haunting in certain settings of the day to look at. Like a lanky demon of torturous training.

" Or are you all a big group of chickens?" He tilted his head, to the point it seemed like at a first glance he could fully bend it around. Then he smirked, and unfortunately for him, in the light of the slowly setting sun, he looked like an evil character straight out of Jojo. The sight before them didn't need much more than some bold and booming kanji, slightly haunting music and they were good to go.

Unlike an enemy stand user, after a few minutes of fighting, the rest of the trainee devils were bruised, blue and black all over. Meanwhile, Issei was barely faced and just sipping some orange juice." My.. nevermind that, jeez Issei you're so strong. Could you go easy on us just for once?" Saji asked, as he helped the others off the ground, having been hurt the least during training." Nope. No pain, no gain."," And no fun for you." Xenovia commented.

Saji gave her his hand, pulling her up." That too, but I am not a sadist." An eerie quiet filled the air, as all the devils looked at him with a suspicious look." Bullshit." Said Koneko in her usual stoic voice, causing the group to laugh. It wasn't hilarious, but it was funny." I swear, there is never a dull moment with you guys." Issei said, before they all decided to get back home and rest.

( Underworld, River Styx)

A common joke in the world is that cat's hate or are frightened by water. It was more like a rule placed upon them by a certain river goddess, as a by-product of some stupid prank performed by some old cat deity. It's the reason why most felines can in some mystical way foresee their own death, as each time they see even the smallest drop of water, they see their end clear as crystal reflected in it.