The next morning Issei woke up and noticed that he was alone in bed.
It was weird because girls always woke him up for school. As he got dressed he went to the kitchen and saw that no one was there either. But then he noticed a letter in the living room on the coffee table.
He picked up the letter and started to read.
"Good morning Issei, You're probably wondering where we are. Don't worry we are fine, we will be gone for about a month or so.
We will be staying with Tiamat. You will have to live alone for a bit but don't miss us too much.
We will see you in a month. Bye-bye, our red dragon prince~"
"A whole month? Just what are you planning?" Wondered Issei.
"Eh, they'll be fine. If they need me they can just call me" Said Issei to himself.
"Guess I'll be alone for a while," Said Issei.
Issei made lunch for himself and packed his bag and went to school.
As he got to school everyone saw Issei come alone and they wondered why was that.
The school day went more boring than usual. Issei just slept most of the time and trained in his mindscape.
That was until the school day was over but before he could leave someone came up to him.
"Hey Issei" Said an emotionless voice behind him.
As he turned around he saw Momo standing with a smile, but he saw right through her, she was extremely sad and depressed.
For a moment Issei thought how beautiful she looked and her hair looked so soft. Issei blushed a bit.
'C'mon issei get it together! what's happening to you?!' Thought Issei?
'Partner I think she will fit well in your harem' Said Ddraig amused with a chuckle.
"U-m y-yeah?" Said Issei shaking a bit but not as much as with the other girls.
"Umm, Sona called for your presence" Said Momo.
Issei saw how sad and broken she looked.
Suddenly he remembered that she had a huge crush on Saji.
'Guess they know about it' Thought Issei.
Issei then came up to her and hugged her bringing her head to his chest and started to stroke her hair carefully.
That shocked Momo not understanding what was happening.
"It is alright to be sad.....I can see you heartbroken just like me..... don't hold it in just let it all out .....and stop thinking about that jerk....you deserve happiness...don't let him ruin your happiness and future" Said Issei. Hearing his words Momo immediately hugged him back tightly and broke down completely.
The hallways echoed with cries. Unknown to them someone watched the whole thing silently. It was Saji.
He was sent to check why they aren't coming yet. Now he felt even worse than before. Not wanting to make it worse he just left.
After ten minutes of crying, she stopped but didn't stop hugging him.
"Better?" Asked Issei as he put his chin on top of her head.
She nodded slightly.
She felt full again as all of her emptiness was filled with warm feelings. She felt warm and comfortable. She didn't want to let go. She wanted to stay with him.
"Thank you....but... you don't need to hold it in either...you deserve your happiness too...you don't have to hold it in" Said Momo.
Issei chuckled.
"I don't know if I should cry anymore...I'm a dragon now...I should be strong.....but I cry like a cry baby..." Said Issei with his voice cracking.
"It doesn't matter if you are a dragon.... everyone cries...even dragons..so don't hold it in.." She said as she tightened the hug.
"I think it's enough of crying for me, real dragons bleed not cry" Said Issei.
He didn't cry this time as he thought that enough tears were shed already over that but his aura leaked a bit and Momo felt just how broken this dragon was...
Issei looked into her eyes. To him, those eyes were one of the most beautiful eyes he saw.
"Your eyes are beautiful..." Said Issei with a warm smile.
Momo's heart skipped a beat and blushed.
But she did something unexpected...
She kissed Issei.
Issei's eyes were like dinner plates.
But.....he returned the kiss.
After five more minutes of making out, they stopped to catch their breath.
Issei looked into her blue-green shining eyes and she looked into his slightly glowing emerald green and frost blue eyes.
"I-I...I want to stay with you forever Issei!" She shouted as she hid her face in his chest.
Issei was taken aback.
"B-but why?.... Aren't I disgusting pervert?.... I don't get it..." Said Issei doubting her.
"No! you were a disgusting pervert....but now that side is gone or at least reduced greatly.....and now you show more of your good sides..... you are caring, and gentle. I came here just to fetch you but you made me feel better just with words and a warm and comfortable hug.....your calm and soothing voice made me calm....and your strong embrace made me feel safe.....I never felt like that..." Said Momo as she looked straight into his wide-open eyes and kissed him to prove her point.
Suddenly issei's instincts kicked in and he gently bit her shoulder. She let out a small moan.
As she backed away she looked at him one last time.
"I-I ...I love you Issei Hyoudou!" She shouted as she ran out of the class.
Issei stood there for two minutes stunned.
"What just happened? I let my instincts take over my body" Asked confused Issei.
"Hahahaha You just got another girl to your harem partner, that's the power of dragon's aura" Said Ddraig out loud laughing his ass off.
Issei sighed and left the class as he took his bag.
As he walked towards the student council Momo was standing around the corner opposite to where Issei was going.
"What just happened??? I can't believe what just happened...but... I don't regret it...I fell in love this quickly?" Said Momo as she stood.
"So who's the lucky guy?" Asked voice.
Momo looked to her left and saw Tsubasa standing with a smirk. Momo blushed because she got caught.
"So who is it?" Asked Tsubasa once more.
"I-Issei" Replied Momo.
Tsubasa's eyes widened from shock.
"You for real???!" Asked shocked Tsubasa.
Momo just nodded shyly.
"How? when? why?" Asked Tsubasa.
"Just now in class. Sona asked me to fetch Issei.
He somehow saw that I was hurt from the inside.... maybe because he experienced it too.
Without a word he just hugged me and said to let it all out...I cried for about ten minutes...I felt so good with him...I felt safe...I felt full again...his voice calmed me... suddenly I kissed him.....and said that I want to be with him forever.....and as I ran out of class I said that I -I I love him..." Explained Momo.
"Wow.....That was unexpected....well good luck I guess" Said Tsubasa as she left for the student council room.
Back with Issei.
Issei knocked on the door. The door was opened by Sona's queen Tsubaki.
"Oh, Issei. Please come in" Said Tsubaki.
Issei came in and saw Sona and the whole peerage except for Tsubasa, Momo and Saji.
All of the peerage members looked at him with pity.
Issei then looked at Sona.
"Hello Sona, how can I help you?" Asked Issei.
"Hello, Issei. I just wanted to apologize for what my pawn did to you" Said Sona.
As she said that everyone saw Issei tense up.
"I-its not your fault.....you had no control in this matter" Replied Issei as he looked at the ground.
"That is true, but still..." Said Sona feeling a bit guilty.
"Sona..... don't worry I'm not mad at you nor your peerage except for Saji. You can rest assured that everything is fine now...I'm getting better...I have some help...You don't need to feel guilty like Rossweisse...none of you are at fault here you aren't their babysitters... honestly I don't care about them anymore.....we still are allies and maybe friends?..I just don't want to feel heartbroken for the third time..." Said Issei.
Hearing his words Sona and her peerage felt better...
"Who broke your heart the first time?" Asked Tsubasa as she walked inside.
Everyone looked at her and Sona was about to scold her but Issei answered the question.
"It's my first girlfriend...Raynare...She killed me and that's how I got into this mess" Answered Issei.
Tsubasa felt guilty now for asking him this question she was about to apologize but Issei continued.
"But unlike ORC I still love her with all my heart even now" Said Issei.
Everyone looked stunned at Issei.
"I mean, she was ordered to kill me...it wasn't her fault really.....and the worst part is that she looked very guilty when she killed me...It looked like she hesitated..." Said Issei.
"I have to go now.... sorry." Said Issei as he disappeared in Red and white flames.
Everyone in the room was silent for some time but Ruruko was the first to talk.
"He still loves her even when she killed him...." said Ruruko out loud.
"And the best part is that Momo is in love with that guy" Said Tsubasa shocking everyone in the room once again.
"What do you mean Tsubasa?" Asked Sona.
"Momo said it herself that she loves him. They even kissed" Said Tsubasa.
"Alright, I think it's enough surprises for today. Everyone can go home now" Said Sona.
Everyone packed their stuff and left.
The next day Issei woke up a bit later than usual. He almost came late for school.
When he was waiting for the bell someone came to his desk.
"Oh, so he's still a pervert, that means he lied to everyone about changing, I wonder what he did now that student council member is here" Said one of the boys while the girls didn't know what to think.
"Hey Issei" Said Momo.
"Oh, morning Momo" Replied Issei.
"Do you want to go for lunch today?" Asked Momo.
"Sure, why not. It's boring here alone anyway" Said Issei with a smile.
"Alright, then see you later" Said Momo as she left.
The boys were shocked while the girls sighed in relief.
The lunch break started and Issei went to look for Momo.
After ten minutes he couldn't find here anywhere.
"Just where is she?" Asked Issei out loud.
As he was bout to leave he saw a group of boys and Momo arguing.
"Just go away scarecrow. You ugly bitch think you can do whatever you want here just because you are a student council member" Said one of the guys.
"Ye! no one even wants to be with someone ugly as you!" Mocked another one.
Momo was about to cry.
Now Issei was pissed as someone just insulted a dragon's greatest treasure, Dragon's mate.
He went straight to Momo and hugged her from behind and put his head on her shoulder touching cheeks together.
"Sweetheart, are they bugging you?" Asked Issei.
Momo nodded slightly.
Issei looked at them with a cold expression.
His eyes glowed green and blue, a huge western dragon appeared behind him looking at them with rage.
They got so scared that they literally pissed themselves.
"If you gonna do anything to my precious princess again I will make you suffer" Said Issei with his voice mixed with Ddraig's.
The boys passed out.
"Are you ok Sweetheart?" Asked Issei.
Momo looked at him straight into his eyes.
"Am I really ugly? did I really force you to be with someone ugly like me?" Asked Momo.
"Course not. My princesses are the most beautiful women there are.
I love you and nothing will change that" Said Issei as he kissed her.
Momo felt better after hearing his words and kissed him back. Students around the school who saw them were shocked.
"Now, how about that lunch?" Asked Issei.
Momo looked at him happily with a smile.
"Yes! let's go ise!" Said Momo as she grabbed his hand.
They went under a tree that Issei loved to take naps under.
"Hah, I wasn't here for a while" Said Issei as he sat down.
Momo sat down next to him as close as possible.
"Oh crap" Said Issei.
"What is it?" Asked Momo.
"I forgot to make some lunch....ugh," Said Issei.
Normally Ingvild or Irina would make them lunch for school but now that issei was alone he didn't even think about it.
"We can share mine" Said Momo as she opened her lunchbox.
Inside there were a couple of sandwiches and rice with some fried chicken.
"I have only one pair of chopsticks so we will have to share that too" Said Momo.
"Say aaaah" Said Momo.
Issei opened his mouth and let Momo feed him some chicken.
"Wow! it's delicious!" Said Issei.
"Really? I made it myself" Said Momo happy.
"You are a great cook Momo" Said Issei as he enjoyed the food.
"Thank you. I'm glad that you enjoy it" Said Momo.
They ate together for a couple of minutes in silence until Momo decided to ask Issei something.
"Hey, ise... Do you still love Raynare?" Asked Momo.
"So you know that too huh? to answer your question yes I do" Said Issei.
"But why? she killed you" Said confused Momo.
"True, but she was ordered to do so... plus I could see she didn't want to do any of that...she was ordered to...I think she was threatened to do so, I saw guilt and fear in her eyes...I actually wanted to help her but when she killed Asia my mind was lost in blind rage.." Explained Issei.
Mono just nodded in understanding.
"Where are the others? I mean the rest of your harem?" Asked Momo.
"They left for a month to meet someone" Said Issei.
"Umm, this red mark appeared yesterday on my belly" Said Momo as she revealed a red dragon mark on her belly.
"What does it mean?" Asked Momo.
"Remember when I bit you? that's how dragons mark their mates" Explained Issei.
"Plus it looks cool on your cute belly" Said Issei as he started to caress her belly.
Momo blushed as she covered her belly while Issei just chuckled.
They finished their lunch break with a short kiss and made their way back to class.
Once school day ended Momo had to go to Sona and do her work so issei decided to visit someone as he had free time.
There he stood in front of the old school building.
Taking a deep breath he opened the door and walked in.
He walked upstairs and reached another door on which he knocked.
After a knock, he heard Ria's voice saying to come in.
As he opened the door and entered the room he was met by looks of surprise from everyone but Kiba and Rossweisse.
"I-issei! do you need something?" Asked Rias surprised.
She hoped that he came here to get back with them but all of those hopes were crushed when issei answered.
"I need a moment with Rossweisse" Said issei.
Rossweisse stood up and walked towards him.
They were about to leave until Kiba said something.
"Go get her tiger" Said Kiba with a smirk as he mimicked the tiger's claw.
All of the girls glared at Kiba while Rossweisse had a huge blush.
"Haha will do brother! but you should think about yourself right now" Replied issei making the poor Rossweisse blush even more.
"I have someone in mind don't worry" Replied Kiba making Issei smirk.
They left the building and were slowly walking away from it.
"What do you want to talk about?" Asked Rossweisse still with a blush but calm and collected voice.
"Rose, can you bring me to the old man?" Asked Issei.
"You mean Odin? sure but I can't teleport us there directly as I don't have access to the territory because I became a devil, so they had to take away my direct access so I wouldn't attack them with armies from the inside, so we will have to go to Norway and enter from there" Answrer Rossweisse.
"Alright, can you take me there tomorrow? I need to ask something from him plus invite him to a meeting I'm planning about" Said issei.
"Of course, I can but I'll need permission from Rias" Replied Rossweisse.
"Okay i'll see you tomorrow at the park and if you won't get the permission then come anyways" Said Issei as they stopped walking.
"Okay then see you tomorrow" Said Rossweisse with a blush.
She must be fantasising about something she watched from tons of movies about romance and the scene reminded her that a man always kisses the woman before leaving plus Kiba's words kept repeating in her head.
For some reason, Rossweisse got very excited.
Issei saw her blush and her eyes couldn't concentrate on one thing, especially on his eyes.
Issei chuckled inside his mind before he walked up to her.
"Meet me ten minutes before school" Said issei as he kissed her cheek.
Issei felt just how hot her cheek was from the blush.
"Buh-bye!" Said Issei as he left her alone to stand and think about what just happened.
She touched her cheek where issei kissed her and a small smile formed by her beautiful lips.
She turned around and went back to the old school building.
The next day issei was standing wearing his regular clothes in a park near the fountain.
He was waiting for Rossweisse.
Right on time he heard someone calling for him.
"Ise!" Shouted Rossweisse from behind.
Issei turned around and saw her with a big smile as she waved her hand.
Issei smiled at the sight of Rossweisse.
"Hey Rose, you got permission I guess?" Said Issei.
"Well actually no, she was very against it as she said and I quote 'I won't let you go with my precious and adorable pawn, I know that you are going to steal him from me too like the other whores" Said Rossweisse.
"Well, are you?" Asked issei with a smirk.
"What?" Asked Rossweisse.
"Are you trying to steal me?" Asked issei.
"Wh-wh-wha?!" Rossweisse couldn't utter a word as she started to tremble and a strong blush formed on her beautiful face.
She looked cute for issei as well as amusing, he rarely saw a flustered side of her.
"Don't worry I was just joking" Said Issei.
Rossweisse looked at issei with an angry pout.
"Stop teasing me! you know that I haven't had a boyfriend once and I can't tell when you are serious and when you are teasing me!" Said Rossweisse as she crossed her arms under her breasts.
"We can change that once all the bullshit is over" Said issei as he started to walk away.
"What do you mean!?" Shouted Rossweisse as she started to speed walk towards him.
Norway, behind three mountains.
Issei and Rossweisse arrived in Norway by teleporting, Issei planned to arrive by plane but he had limited time plus he had something else planned for later.
Rossweisse was wearing her Valkyrie armour, even if it was revealing her skin it had magic seals that prevented her from getting cold.
"Well, where is Asgard?" Asked Issei.
"Behind these three mountains, we need to climb over them and right behind them, we will reach an invisible barrier that surrounds Asgard" Explained Rossweisse.
"You intend to climb that?" Asked Issei as he pointed at the mountains.
"That's the only way for us to get into the Asgard as I don't have direct access" Rplied Rossweisse.
"Nah, I'm good I don't have much time anyway," Said issei.
"What do you mean?" Asked Rossweise.
"Balance breaker" Said Issei.
[Welsh Dragon Balance breaker!" Roared Ddraig a red draconic armour appeared on issei.
He didn't let Rossweisse say a thing as he just grabbed her bridal style and took off from the ground.