Third Person POV

???: "Stop me if you heard this. Worlds will live...worlds will die. But imagine your every fear every bad decision gave birth to a malformed world of nightmares"

???: "Home to the stories that never should be, it's all one big cosmic joke except no one's laughing on this side...well almost no one"

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The Hyoudou Residence.

The Hyoudou household was your average two-story building that had the appearance of something from an anime, besides that there was nothing weird or special about the place. Though anyone would definitely agree that the Hyoudou's have wonderful taste in structure, plus they got the place for a cheap price.

Within the halls of the house, walking toward a bedroom was a middle age woman with a young appearance, both her hair and her eyes were the same as her husband and her child which was chocolate brown.

This woman was Miki Hyoudou, she was a stay-at-home mother who tended to everything while her husband Gorou went out to work. Sometimes the work she does can get a bit stressful since she would have so much to do, but for the last couple of days, she has been having fewer and fewer chores.

She wasn't sure why she had been getting fewer chores, maybe it was because of Asia. Since they adopted the blonde-haired girl she had been such a sweetheart and had helped so much, she knows for sure that her own son won't do shit.

Speaking of her son, Miki was actually heading toward his bedroom to see if Issei was still sleeping. She does this from time to time just to make sure that he wasn't still up doing anything he should be doing, the brown-haired woman knew that it was 5 or 6 in the morning but that was still too early.

Miki: 'Alright, let's see if he's awake or he's actually asleep'

Knowing her son and Miki knows him a lot, he was probably awake by now. She wouldn't be surprised if he was, but he would probably be doing something perverted.

Miki shook her head as she arrived at her son's door, she grabbed the cold door knob and slowly turned it. She opened and door and poked her head inside the bedroom, like always there was stuff scattered across the ground such as comics, porno, and other things.

However, to her surprise, her son wasn't in his bed at all. Miki's eyebrow rose as she wondered where Issei could be at a time like this, he wasn't the type to wake up and head to school early.

But if he wasn't anywhere in the house then where could he have gone?

The school was the only place that came to the brown-haired woman's mind, that was the only answer to this. But for the first time in her life, she could clearly say that she was shocked by something Issei did.

Miki was just at a loss for words.

This felt like a dream, her son has never done such a thing in his entire life. He has always said that "Boobs shall give me my strength", just another thing he gained from his father.

Miki remembers it all too well, she remembers how Issei became the perverted teenage boy he was. Her husband, Gorou had accidentally left one of his porno comics laying around when Issei was only a small boy. Issei soon discovered it and instantly took a liking to it, from that day forward her innocent little boy had been corrupted by the vile evil known as Porno comics.

Miki: 'Wow...Gorou is never gonna believe this when he wakes up'

(Time Skip Brought to you by Kratos fighting the Egyptian Gods)

Kuoh Academy.

Named after the small town that it was in, there isn't really much known about the school other than the fact that it was originally an all-girls private school. At some point, Kuoh Academy changed into a co-ed school and a new school building was made.

The Academy had several different divisions such as the primary division, high school division, and college division. This splits up the students who are in different divisions, meaning there are first, second, and even third-year students that attend the school.

The third years are sometimes known as "Senpai's" by the lower years, showing respect to them for their skills and their knowledge.

Walking through the gates of Kuoh with a white-haired girl next to him was Issei Hyoudou, how he went from doing some early morning exercise to walking to school in under an hour or more is quite a mystery.

Maybe it's because unlike what others say, the brown-haired boy is actually intelligent and planned ahead by bringing his school uniform within so he could quickly change into it.

Koneko came with him since she still owed him for saving her from being raped by some fat bastard, honestly, she still was surprised that Issei of all people came to her rescue.

But she had a feeling that walking through the gate at the same time with him was a bad idea, basically, all the other girls in the school hate Issei for being a pervert, and seeing him with her would just make things worse for him.

Though, Koneko doesn't want to leave his side. It was like there was a small voice in her mind, telling her to stay by the brown-haired boy's side no matter what. This was something that had never happened to Koneko before, so she wasn't sure how to respond to such a demand.

The students that had arrived at Kuoh early started to notice both Issei and Koneko were walking together, so they began glaring at the brown-haired boy.

On the boy's side.

Boy 1: "Damn you Hyoudou!"

Boy 2: "First Rias, then Akeno, then Asia, and now Koneko!"

Boy 3: "Why does he get to hang out with the mascot!?"

Boy 4: "This isn't fair!"

And on the girl's side...

Girl 1: "Hyoudou is walking with Koneko!"

Girl 2: "How dare he! That fucking pervert!"

Girl 3: "I bet he's blackmailing her likes he's done with Rias"

Girl 4: "Why doesn't he just die!"

Issei flinched a little from the last comment, hearing that word brought back unpleasant memories, memories that he has been trying to forget about ever since that fateful night.

The night Issei lost his life at the hands of his former "Girlfriend", Yuuma, or rather Raynare who turned out to be a fallen angel sent to kill him because she and her allies knew that he had the Boosted Gear.

Issei can still recall the pain he felt during that moment of dying, every part of it down to the finest detail. How could he not forget something so unbearable to the point he wanted to scream and beg for it all to stop, but knew that it wouldn't?

The brown-haired boy ignored the harsh words and gazes that his fellow students were giving him, they didn't really affect him anymore. He had experienced them since the beginning of his school year, at first, he was bothered by it because it was annoying but now he doesn't really care.

Koneko nudged him.

Koneko: "You okay?"

Issei: "Hm? Of course, why would I be?"

Koneko's gaze moved to the other students, Issei instantly got what she was talking about and simply waved it off.

Issei: "Oh, them? Nah, I'm not bothered by their words or stares"

Koneko: "Why?"

Issei let out a small chuckle.

Issei: "What could they do that you haven't already done? I mean, you literally beat the shit out of me and my friends that one time"

The white-haired girl knows what Issei was talking about, her class had just finished sports and went to the changing rooms to change back into their school uniforms. Due to her enhanced senses, Koneko sensed Issei and his two perverted friends' presence, exposing them by revealing their hiding spot which was a locker.

A poor decision on the trio's part since they had no way of escaping from Koneko's wrath, though she may have gone a bit overboard and nearly punched Issei so hard in the face that one of his eyes almost went blind.

Then again it was their fault for being horny teens and peeping on girls while they changed, Koneko was still surprised that they haven't been expelled yet.

Koneko: "you three deserved it"

Issei couldn't help but chuckle a little at Koneko's words, he knew that she was correct about him and his friends deserving a punishment...but did it have to be such a brutal one?

But he wasn't really surprised that it came from Koneko, the white-haired girl really did hate Perverts with a near-burning passion.

Issei: "Yeah, Yeah. I get it"

Koneko: "Good"

???: "Well, this is certainly a surprise to see"

Both Koneko and Issei perked up before they turned their heads in the direction of voice and was greeted by a familiar sight of a person who Issei respects and hates a little.

Souna Shitori or rather her true name Sona Sitri, a beautiful young bespectacled woman with a slim figure, black hair styled in a short bob cut, and violet eyes.

Sona was the student council President, the student council helps share students' ideas, interests, and concerns with teachers and school principals. They also often help raise funds for school-wide activities, including social events, community projects, helping people in need, and school reform.

The black-haired girl was also one of the two devils that had Kuoh as their territory, she shared the place with Issei's master, Rias Gremory, or as he calls her "President" since she was also the President of the ORC .AKA. The Occult Research Club.

Both Issei and Koneko respected Sona, mainly because of all the hard work she does on a daily basis.

Issei: "Morning, Sona. No surprise that you're here"

Koneko waved.

Sona: "Of course, I have to greet the students and make sure they are not doing anything that could cause harm"

Issei: "I feel like that "Cause Harm" part is directed toward me"

This made the black-haired girl raise a small eyebrow.

Sona: "What makes you believe that, Hyoudou?"

Koneko proceeded to pull out a very long list from her pocket, surprising both Issei and Sona because they wondered how something so long managed to fit into something so small.

(I feel like there's gonna be a joke for this)

Sona: "How did you...?"

Koneko: "Don't ask"

Not wanting to ask any more questions, Sona shook her head. Things sure have been getting very strange over the last couple of days down, but nothing too unusual since she was a part of the supernatural.

Strange things happened all the time, Sona could name a few but that would probably take up both Issei and Koneko's time and she doesn't want that to happen.

They both had a big day coming up, they would be off to train for the next 10 days in order to defeat Riser Phenex and free Rias from the forced Marriage she was in. Sounds easy enough to do, but in reality, there were so many problems that Sona could easily identify.

However, at the moment she needs a little bit of extra help with something she needs to be delivered to the principal's office.

She then looked at Koneko.

Sona: "Koneko, could you assist me with something"

Koneko: "What is it?"

Sona cleared her throat.

Sona: "you see, I need something delivered to the Principal's office. Normally I would do it, but the object is quite heavy and even though I'm a devil heiress...my strength is nothing compared to a Rooks"

The white-haired girl crossed her arms.

Koneko: "So you need me to lift it?"

Sona nodded her head.

Sona: "yes, that is what I'm requesting"

Koneko sighed a little before turning her attention to Issei.

Koneko: "You go on ahead to the clubroom, I'll meet you there"

Issei nodded his head as he watched both Koneko and Sona walk off in the direction of the gym, the brown-haired boy wondered what this "thing" needed to be delivered to the principal's office.

The black-haired girl said that it was heavy so it also had to be pretty fragile, Issei knew a thing or two about fragile items like vases, statues, and even very old things like music boxes. Maybe it was something from a museum, something from ancient times like during World War 1 or even more ancient.

Issei: 'I wonder what it is'

Ddraig: ['Eh, I wouldn't worry about it, Partner']

Issei: 'Yeah, your right'

Since Issei had arrived at Kuoh earlier than he usually does, maybe he should head over to the clubroom and see how president and Akeno were doing. The brown-haired boy had a feeling that they were there since they were the ones making preparations for the training.

He couldn't help but feel excited to see president and Akeno, especially their massive boobs. But besides that, he just likes being around them since they are very nice to be around.

Issei smiled as he started to make his way toward the clubroom, his hands in his pockets and ignoring the hateful glares he was getting from the females and males around him. He was used to getting so much hate that it doesn't really bother him anymore, though there are times when he wished he didn't get hate for just existing.

So what if he peeped at girls and so what if he always talked about woman's boobs, he was just a teenage boy who had urges, and what was so wrong with that? If you ignore those things then there was absolutely nothing wrong with Issei Hyoudou at all.

But there was actually something wrong with him, he can't stop thinking about what he experienced last night. It wouldn't get out of his head, he felt like whatever it was is squeezing his heart with its claws. Issei felt like he could hear it whispering to him, saying that it will "Make him its" or whatever.

He'll have to let president know about this because Issei trusts her, maybe she can figure something out for him cause so far...Issei can't trust himself to solve this problem.

Issei continued walking for a little bit before he arrived at his location, the brown-haired boy smiled at the sight of the building before him.

The ORC or rather The Occult Research Club, was originally abolished due to the lack of members, but Issei had heard that upon her entry into high school, Rias Gremory and her best friend Akeno revived the club as the president and vice-president.

Issei didn't know much about the building, but there were some theories that it was the Old Kuoh School Building before it became Co-ed. Probably the reason why a new one had to be built since there was zero way that the new students would be able to fit inside such a small building, if they somehow did manage to do that then things would probably become....bad, well worse than it currently were.

Issei: "Damn, I can't believe I used to be creeped out by this place..."

The brown-haired boy made his way up the stone stairs until he found himself at the door, he grabbed the doorknob and turned it. Issei made his way into the building, walking through the old and dusty rooms. He didn't understand something, why the hell were the other rooms and halls full of dust and cobwebs when the clubroom itself was clean?

It made no sense to him at all, but there was no point in trying to figure it out right now.

Issei needs to stay focused.

He made his way upstairs and down another hallway, walking by more cobwebs and dusty rooms. Issei paid no mind to any of these as he approached a room that had the label "Occult Research Club" on it. Though before he actually got to the door, something felt....off to him for some reason.

For some reason, Issei's senses were telling him not to go toward the door. He decided to ignore this feeling as he walked up to the wooden door, hearing two familiar voices on the other side.

???: "So, Rias. What's the game plan when he arrives at the house?"

That Voice belonged to Akeno, the vice-president of the club and Rias Gremory's Queen piece.

Issei wanting to hear more about their conversation because he was curious, secretly looked into the room and saw the two girls.

Akeno was a beautiful young woman with a voluptuous figure, very long black hair, and violet eyes. Her hair was tied in a long ponytail, reaching all the way down to her legs with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backward, with an orange ribbon keeping it in place.

Rias wasn't too far off, she was also a beautiful young woman with a voluptuous body, white skin, and blue eyes. Her most distinctive feature is her long, beautiful crimson hair which Issei believes she had inherited from one of her parents.

Issei was thankful to Rias because she brought him back when he was just about to die, sure it cost him his humanity and eternal life of "Slavery" but if it meant that he could live once again...

It was worth the trade-off.

The brown-haired boy would do anything for Rias, and that wasn't his perverted side speaking either. He genuinely wants to be by her side and assist her in any way he can possibly, even if that means he has to die for her.

Wait, Die for her...

Remembering that word sent a shiver down Issei's spine, he started to become the words that a certain someone said to him...words that he has been trying to forget.

Rayanre: "Would you die for me?"

Those words.

Those were the last words that Issei felt before his stomach was pierced by his former "Girlfriends" Light spear, she was a fallen angel that was using him to make him drop his guard. Issei doesn't want to remember the pain he felt, but he knows that it will always be within him...

Scared into his memory.

He let out a small sigh as he started to calm himself down, he should be thinking about such things right now.

Rias: "It's simple, Akeno. We win and finally get rid of that useless human"

When Rias said those words, it caused Issei to blink for a second.

Issei: 'Wait, what?'

He wasn't sure he heard the crimson-red-haired devil girl correctly, did she just say get rid of a "useless Human"?

Akeno: "Aww, do we have to Rias? I wanted to play with Issei before we take his Gear~"

Rias: "You can mess around with his dead body as much as you want after we kill him"

The brown-haired boy's eyes widen as he swore he felt his heart stop beating from what he was hearing. They were talking about him, they were calling him a useless human. More importantly, they were talking about getting rid of him, no, this can't be right.

This had to be all in his head, Rias and Akeno would say such a thing....would they? Sure, he knew the two can be harsh to enemies but Issei was a part of the Peerage...he was family to them.

Issei: 'T-this has to be all fake...'

Akeno giggled slightly.

Akeno: "I still can't believe he fell for everything like a moth to a flame~"

Rias smirked as he brushed her hair, the expression on her face... was one of pure pride and arrogance.

Issei could feel his blood going cold as a ringing noise began to fill his head, the sound was so loud that it was actually drowning out Ddraig who was secretly listening to everything and trying to get his partner's attention.

The Welsh dragon was angry, no he was fucking furious from what he was hearing right now. However, he will deal with Rias and Akeno later because he needs to snap Issei out of his trance before something happens to him.

Ddraig: ['Partner!']

Rias: "Of course it was easy, we knew that he had the Boosted Gear and so did the Fallen. We just allowed them to do all the work for us, I ordered my familiar to give Issei the Flier and now...the Dragons power is mine~"

The Flier.

Issei remembers that Flier, Rias's familiar was the one who....gave him the flier before his date with Raynare. The brown-haired boy's pupils became smaller as it all started to piece together for him, Rias let him die so that he would serve her since she quote on quote "Saved" his life from a near-death experience.

She knew about the Fallens and could have taken care of them, she could have prevented his death from happening. But she didn't do that, Rias instead decided to sit on the sidelines and wait for the right moment to make her move.

Ddraig: ['Partner, snap out of it!']

She lied to him.

Ddraig: ['Partner!']

Used him.

Ddraig: ['Partner!']

Manipulated him.

Ddraig: ['Come on, snap out of it already!']

Issei slowly clenched his hand into a fist and gritted his teeth, he clenched his hand so hard to the point that his nails dug into his skin and caused blood to pour out. The once shock, surprise, and horror emotions that filled him had now been replaced by new and more dangerous ones.

Rage.

Anger.

Hatred.

How could Issei not feel these emotions, he had been lied to by the person who "saved" his life and found out that she had been only using him since he was the Weilder of the Boosted Gear. Rias never cared for the brown-haired boy or his life, all she cared about was power and herself.

This wouldn't go unpunished, Issei will make her pay for what she has done.

He will make her fucking pay.

Issei started to growl as his eyes which were now filled with betrayal, anger, hatred, sadness, and other types of emotions changed from chocolate brown to a more blood-red color.

Issei: 'She...will Pay!'

Ddraig: ['ISSEI! SNAP OUT OF IT!']

The Welsh Dragon was starting to get very worried about his partner, but he was also confused at the same time. With this level of negative emotions, Issei should have unlocked a form sealed within the Boosted Gear known as the "Juggernaut Drive". But the fact that it wasn't activating was a surprise to the dragon, though there was also another huge problem.

Because Ddraig was connected to Issei, he could sense his life form and can feel it...slowly dying. The Heavenly dragon immediately believed it was the "Dragon Fall" sickness, something that many dragons had to suffer through. How it works is when a Dragon's mate either betrays or dies, the dragon's life force will slowly begin dying, stripping them of all its strength to the point it can't move.

The sickness is extremely painful and when it's all over, the dragon shall die. The only "Cure" to it is either moving on or getting a new mate, which isn't as easy as it sounds. Ddraig knows that because he used to be friends with a dragon that suffered the Dragon Fall sickness, the poor lizard couldn't let go of the past and ended up dying.

HOWEVER, with Issei, it was....strange since the crimson-haired devil girl and her friend weren't his mates. Issei shouldn't be suffering the Dragon Fall, which means that whatever was happening to him was something far worse compared to the Dragon Fall.

Issei ignored Ddraigs words and slowly turned, making his way away from the door. He needed to go somewhere, to a place that he was familiar with.

A place where it all started.

(Time Skip Brought to you by Me reading DragongodAstaroth "The Betrayed Heavenly Dragon of Remnant" book)

After leaving Kuoh Academy, Issei wandered the streets of the town for a little bit before he came to his destination. It was the location where everything began, the moment the brown-haired boy lost his life and became a devil.

The Kuoh Park.

The Fountain.

Issei made a promise to himself in secret, he told himself that he would never come back to the fountain...no matter what. However, it seems that he has to break his own promise because he needs to do something in the location, something that shall assist him in the future.

Rage kept on filling the devil boy's body, manifesting itself in the form of a dark red aura. The aura was so malicious and threatening that any animals in the park started to run for their lives, prey or predator...it didn't matter what it was, it ran for its life. Issei continued ignoring the pleads and begs that were coming off his partner, his eyes now permanently changed from brown to blood-red.

He gritted his teeth, slowly they started to change from regular human teeth into sharp fangs. In anger, Issei unleashed a very loud scream which soon changed into a mighty thunderous roar that shook the very heavens themselves.

Issei:

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