Flashback

Bright lights illuminated the room. It was a light that could blind anyone.

A boy weakly opened his eyes but couldn't move anything else. He had bags under his eyes and his eyelids still felt heavy. He slowly glanced to his arms bounded by black chains that gave off a light blue hue. He didn't even try to resist them as it always ended the same.

His chest, legs and head were chained. He could feel his energy being drained slowly whenever he woke up like this. They even placed chained his mouth with a mask under it to keep him from spewing flames from last time. They were careful around him. He was far too dangerous despit being a just a child.

He had a strange taste in his mouth. It was extremely bitter and didn't go away. It was af if it was coursing through out his body. He hated this fast me since it was one of the first things he wold notice when he woke up.

He hated waking to this sight over and over. It was like a never ending nightmare for him except this was reality. This was his life right now. He groaned a bit, alerting the men that he was up again.

"Shit he's awake again." One of the men said turning around and shuffling something he couldn't see.

"He's is tied with the red dragon so it makes sense he's a tough one." Another said grabbing the boy's head.

He growled but it didn't faze the men at all. As long as he was all wrapped up like how he was, they didn't have anything to worry about.

"When your like that who the hell would be afraid of you." One said stabbing a needle into his neck.

The boy grunted as the man pressed down on it causing the dark purple liquid to flow into his neck. He felt the veins in his body begin to throb and started thrashing.

The men stepped back as his thrashing began to calm. He was feeling sleepy again but he didn't want to sleep again. He didn't want to see It again. His body didn't comply to his wish though as his eye lids began to grow heavier with each second.

"Nighty night kid." Those were the last words he heard before he was knocked out and fell into the darkness where a row of teeth and glowing green eyes awaited him.

Present

Issei's eyes shot open. The first thing he saw the starry night sky. That's right, he was outside camping with Shirone who curled up near him and sound asleep.

The two were camping out in a mountain on their journey to find Sun Wukong. They couldnt travel forever since after a few hours of walking, Shirone would just sit and not move until she was rested of felt like going on. He had no choice but to comply to her wishes since she was the lead.

He lifted himself up and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He needed sometime to clear his a bit. It's been a while since he last had nightmares. He decided a walk would be better to take his mind off things. He began to walk away from the camp.

He stumbled upon a trail that lead up the cliff he was on. He thought about taking it to help clear his mind a bit. Better than just sitting around and doing nothing.

"She should be able to find me if I go off a bit." He mused and took the trail up hill. He walked for about 5 minutes until he smelled something putrid. He stopped and smelled the air again. He could smell blood in the strange stench he was picking up. He gripped his sword and began to run up the trail but stopped when he saw a human arm on the side.

It was bulky so it had to had been a male. It was pale white and had a few purple splotches on it as well. Normally, when something is rotting, all types of insects would be all over it but this one didn't have not even a fly buzzing around it.

He picked it up feeling it to be lighter than it should be. The strange smell was all over it and must have been the strange substance that was on it.

"This man was attacked." Issei turned to see Shirone behind him staring at the arm.

"Well he didn't exactly slip and fall." He said letting the arm fall out of his hand. Shirone gave him a glare and then turned up hill.

"It's coming from that direction."

"And?"

"I want to see what it is." Shirone said walking up the hill. Issei grabbed her shoulder stopping her.

"This isn't important. Let's stick to our path." He said but Shirone shook him off.

"I'm curious." She said simply. Issei frowned.

"Ever heard curiosity killed the cat." He said but Shirone ignored him. He sucked his teeth and had no choice but to follow her. She always made up her mind faster than he could complain or try to talk reason to her.

They came to a halt as they saw a village in the view. The houses were made of clay with straw roofs with only one room in each. They slid down and saw pots and pans littered everywhere. A few clothes tossed around along with buckets and wood.

The place looked as if they just up and left. Shirone could sense the malicious aura in this area was more dense than before. She looked around with disgust.

"These were not good people." She throught while walking.

"I didn't think villages like this were even still around." Issei said walking to the center of the village. He gave a brief glance around the place noting the stench from earlier.

"It's coming from that well. That malice." Shirone pointed to a large well. The bucket was thrown to the side and the interior had cracks all over it. There was a blood trail leading down it that piqued Issei's interest.

"I can see the aura, it's a foul one." She said walking closer. She peered down it trying to get a good look but it was too dark for even her to see. It was eerie and she felt as if someone was looking back at her.

Issei began walking toward her when a large, black hand came from the well and grabbed Shirone. Issei eyes widen and he began running to her but the thing threw her up in the air and took her down into the well with it.

"Shit!" He jumped into the well, which was much deeper than he throught. He crashed into a few wooden planks until he hit the bottom which made a squish sound. In front of him was a large hole. It was a cavern that was underneath the village.

"I'm not losing you." He said as he drew his sword and began running into the deep cavern.

With Shirone

Shirone was taken into a small room and thrown to the floor. She held her head and looked up to see a decrepit girl who looked to be in her early teens. She had long white stringy hair that touched the floor and dark purple eyes and tanned skin that had cracks in it with a few scales that were pitch black.

Shirone could see that dark purple aura around this girl. Was she the source? Her aura was more denser than the village. She looked around the room giving it a one over.

The room was dirty and aged. The wallpaper was peeling off the walls and had black mold under it. The ceiling had holes in it but there was another room above it. There was a small bed only big enough for one person with straps on it.

She looked down at Shirone who began backing away.

"Yo...you.." she spoke in a soft voice. The girl began walking towards her. Shirone backed into a wall and the girl got right in her face. Her sclera were black with purple cracks in them.

"Are you going to make fun of me too? Are you going to kill me?" She asked. Shirone was speechless. She felt her voice caught in her throat. Black gooey dragons began to form around her and getting closer to her.

She had to get away from this girl. She didn't know what this girl had for her but she didn't like it. Shirone placed a hand behind her and charged her magic. The girl grabbed her hair and stared into her eyes.

"I only wanted to help...but damned me to hell." The girl said. Shirone swing her hand with fire but the girl caught it before it could hit. She didn't however see the other hand blast her in the face. It wasn't strong, but it was enough to make the girl stagger back. Shirone then kicked the girl away to the ground. A dragon head lunged at her but she ducked under it. It made a hole in the wall that could allow her to escape.

She ran out of the room looking for a way out or to hide. She felt a rumble and saw the goo dragons flying behind her. She fired fire balls at them only stopping them for a second before they chase after her again. She cursed under her breath as fell into a opening in the ground.

She caught herself and landed on her feet. She gave a look over and hid into a random room on her left. Soon after the dragon heads flew past her down the hall.

She breathed a sigh of relief and sat down.

"I need to find Issei." She closed her eyes and began a mental search for him. The place was much bigger than she though it was. It was about 5 levels with four of the levels being underground. Each floor had a bout 20 rooms and large hall that connects the levels to each other.

She found Issei on the 1st level, which was above her. She was on the 4th floor near the center hall. She bit her lip. He needed to get here fast since she didn't think she would be able to take the girl herself.

"He better hurry." She said to herself. She couldn't fight that girl alone.

With Issei

Issei was walking the halls trying his best to sense Shirone but couldn't find anything. He was a bit surprised to find a lab here but knew they were in places you would least expect them. They were also protected by a barrier that warded off humans from exploring them.

"No wonder I had that damned dream." He said to himself.

He then stopped as he heard foot steps coming toward him. He tighten the grip on his handle and waited for the person to show themself.

It was the same girl Shirone had encountered. She stopped and stared at him.

Issei felt something from her. He had a distinct feeling that he knew her but he never saw her before. He couldn't put a finger on it.

"This girl...somehow we're the same...but why do I feel angry?" He thought to himself.

"Are you the one who took the girl." He demanded. The girl looked up. Her eyes were like a dead fish.

"You..." she slowly raised her hand and pointed at him.

"You and I...are the same... but I'm stronger." She said and the dead bodies around her began to jolt. Black liquid spewed from their mouths and eyes. It came it Issei, who jumped up to evade them.

He threw his sword at her but the black liquid protected her. He came down and charged at her, evading the liquid that flowed past him like torrents.

He got near enough for attacking and threw a punch, but the black goo was fast and blocked him again but he wasn't done. He took his sword which was stabbed into the ground swung down, cutting the goo. Before he could attack again the girl jumped back.

He composed himself and prepared for her next attacks.

"Your not like...the others." She spoke and this piqued Issei's interest.

"The others? Do you mean the other kids that were here?"

"Yes. I was banished here to seal the demon inside me. The others were weak. I was stronger." She slowly began to walk towards him.

"It wants you. It wants to eat you." She came at him fast but Isse was ready. She fired several goo balls at him to which he evaded. He swung his sword down as she in attacking range but he cut through black liquid.

His eyes widen and narrowly dodge an attack that came from behind. He jumped away from her and shot flames at her. The black goo formed a wall in front of her to block off the attack.

"This whole place...this is my place.." she held out her hand as black liquid began pouring from the cracks in the wall, ceiling and floor. Issei began running away as the goo began to encase the walls and ceiling.

He stopped as the goo was faster and covered the area in front of him. He came to a stop as it began swallowing everything around him fast than he could act.

"Its not going to be that easy." He created a crimson orb and fired it at the ground. The blast destroyed the floor making him fall straight through the lower levels. He rolled off the floor and began running away deeper into the halls.

He kept running and looked behind to see the girl flying after him. He jumped up and fired off several blast in random locations. The girl stopped to look through the smoke. She squint her eyes trying to see but a blade came right at her through the smoke. She couldn't dodge in time and was stabbed right through her left eye

She flew back hold her eye and wailing trying to pull the dagger out. Issei came from the smoke going for a diagonal swing. She covered herself in black goo and vanished before he could cause any damage.

She became a puddle and began slivering away. Issei fired several more blast at it. The building began to rumble as he kept firing at her but none of them hit. Issei chaser after it firing more blast at it. The building rumbled again as the floor beneath him broke.

He tumbled down but quickly rised back up. He looked around but didn't see the girl anymore. He cursed her and looked around.

"I'm getting sick of this." He said as fire began to burn off his body. He held up his hand but heard a noise from behind him. He turned to see Shirone running toward him.

"There you are." She stopped in front of him to catch her breath.

"Where's that girl? Did you fight her?"

"Yea but she got away. I think she is the same as me."

"She has something else inside her. It must be the what's giving her power."

"I see. Let's go after her." He said and aimed his hand to the floor. "Pretty sure she went to lowest level." A crimson orb began to form in his palm. Before he could fire, Shirone grabbed his arm.

"Anymore of that and the place will come down on us." She said and he sighed.

"Can you lead me there then."

"That's all I ever do anyway." She said walking past him.

"I also want to ask that girl a few questions as well so might as well." She said as he began following her.

Elsewhere

The girl retreated to another room panting. She hadn't come that close to death in a while. She hadn't had to fight someone either. Her eyes were now a light brown and her hair black. Her left eye was fully healed as well as if she hadn't been stabbed.

"WhAt ARe YoU doiNg. GO OuT ThERe." A voice boomed in her head causing her to hold her head.

"N-no...I'll die!" She pleases but the voice boomed again.

"As LoNG AS iM HeRe, You WoNT. I WAnt THe ReD OnE! NOOOOOW" The girl began to feel pain that spread from her head to her body. She could feel something crawling inside her skin. She began to squirm as it crawled up to her head.

Flashback

A young girl stood in front of the village well. Around her, were villagers who held pitch forks and swords all pointed at her. She held up her hands but they didn't stop their charge in the slightest.

"How the hell are you here! Are you here to kill us!? Demon child?!"

"We gave you to the gods and even they didn't want you!? You have no place for this world."

"She dares to come here again."

"We must kill here! It's the least we can do for the gods after we gave them such disgrace."

They all came at her she tried to reason with them but they didn't listen. They don't want to listen.

She didn't have anyone to take her side. She was all alone. That was until they came.

Flashback end

The girl slowly stood up as her hair began to change to deathly white. Her eyes lost its warm brown color and into cold purple. Dark purple veins grew all over her body and her skin darkened.

WHo wAZ ThE OnlY ONe WhO AcEpteD YoU. wHo GaVe yoU A cHAnCe?" It said as the girl stood up again.

"You did...even after everyone else had abandoned me. You were there for me. You acepted me. You gave me power." She spoke robotically. She began walking out the room as black goo formed around her. It circled around her in the form of wyverns.

"They sent me to you...this was fate...this was destiny..." She said as she walked the dark halls.

With Issei and Shirone

The two had made it to last level of the lab. The last level was much more, cleaner than the others. The walls were still a pristine white and lights were still on. The equipment was still clean with a bit of dust. There were a few cracks here and there but the place was mostly intact.

The two walked wordlessly looking around.

"I had heard of these from the fallen angels before. So these are those testing labs huh." Shirone said glancing around.

"They took humans and tested on them to fuse dragons into them. I could never know why and never found out why." Issei said.

"I see. So that's why you want to find Azazel. Answers, revenge, justice."

"I'm not a hero. I don't care why. I just want to kill him for making my life the way it is now. After that I don't care."

"Hmm." Shirone stopped as she felt something coming. She narrowed her eyes and shouldered Issei to be alert.

"Here she comes." She said. A black puddle formed in front of them and began to take shape. It took the shape of the girl who glared at them. She seemed much more aggressive now and leaned a bit forward and bent her knees.

"I need to kill you. My guardian said so. You are evil people." The girl said as the black liquid began to swirl around her.

"Good your here. Time for some payback." Issei said drawing his sword.

"Bring it." She said as the black liquid formed dragon heads that came at him. He ducked under it and lunged at her. He swung down but another dragon head flew past him causing him to jump back.

Shirone began firing blast at her but the dragons flew around her, protecting the girl. One dragon opened its mouth and fire goo balls at her. Shirone ran to evade them and took cover behind a wall.

Issei spewed flames from his mouth at her. A dragon lunged right into the flames, canceling out the flames. Steam covered the area blinding Issei.

He couldn't dodge the torrent that crashed into him. He crashed into a wall and then another came and flung him around. He fell to the floor as a barrage of torrents attacked him from all angles. The torrents tore through his skin as each passed by him.

It stopped for a while before he saw a large dragon head come down from above him. It crashed down creating a crater. The force cleared the steam to reveal that Issei wasn't there. The girl looked around but couldn't see him anywhere.

"Behind you." Issei said and sliced her shoulder. The girl growled and jumped away with the liquid creating a barrier around her.

"How did you end up here. Did you kill those villagers?" Shirone asked.

"Yes I killed them. They tried to kill me so I did it first. Why does that matter to you?!" She said fired off torrents at her. She ran from behind the wall as the torrents destroyed the wall.

"And now your next." She held up her hand but was punched in the face. She fell on the ground and held her cheek. She looked up to see a foot stomp her beach into the ground.

"Is that all." He said bringing his sword over his head. He swung down but only slashed the floor. He ducked his teeth as the girl materialize in front of him. He turned to her glaring at her.

"I'm getting real tired of you doing that." He said in low voice. The girl only smirked and tainted him to come at her.

"You have no fighting experience, do you." She became confused at his comment. It was true but how could he know?

He bent his knees low and threw his sword to Shirone.

"I'm going to finish this. I have no time to wast on low inferior like yourself." He glowed a crimson aura. "Boost!" The aura exploded as he lunged at her faster than before.

The girl couldn't react in time from his sudden speed boost. He grabbed her by her neck and threw to the wall making it cracked. She coughed out blood and looked up but was punched through the wall, destroying it. She tried to get him off by firing a torrent point blank at him but he bent backwards to evade it.

She composed herself as the liquid began swirling around her. Issei swarmed his body with fire and looked back at Shirone. "Hide!" He commanded and she ran off into a room.

The fire became more violent and the girl had a feeling of dread. Issei held up his arms and stretched out his body. "Flame control!" He shouted and the fire burst around him creating a large fiery explosion. The girl tried to make a barrier but it after a while the fire was too hot and evaporated it.

The girl screamed as she felt the burns all over her body. She felt as if she being cooked alive. When the fire died down, The girl had burnt skin and her scales were falling off. She feel to the ground barely able to move.

"How...how...how are you so strong..." she said looking up to Issei. His aura had vanished as he knew the fight was over now. He walked over to her as she managed to get herself leaned over the wall.

He grabbed her wounded shoulder and stabbed her in the stomach with a flaming sword he had created. The girl was speechless as Issei he swung upward, cutting her chest and shoulder. She slide down the wall and sat there as she felt the fire burn her.

"W-why...why...did this happen..." She looked up to Issei who had a blank face. He had no emotion for her. He could feel some sympathy for her, but he couldn't let it show.

"Why...why did this happen to me...all I ever...wanted was what others had..." she spoke softly.

"After what we been through. There was no going back to a normal life." Issei said as Shirone came behind him.

"Why did those villagers try and kill you." She wanted to know. If she grew up there, shouldn't they had been like a family. Life isn't easy in a village and everyone has to stick together like brothers and sisters. How could they try and kill such a young girl?

"It doesn't matter...anymore..." she said and became still. Issei closed her eyes and turned to Shirone.

"Why did you care? Did you feel sorry for her." He asked but she didn't say anything.

"I did...but I guess her circumstances were different from mines...but I still wanted to know I guess." She said turning around. Issei shrugged and began following her. They found an staircase that led outside to the base of the mountain. It must have been an entrance for the people inside.

While walking Issei questioned himself. While fighting her, he began to feel increasingly angry at her. As if he didn't want to even look at her. He had a distinct feeling they were the same somehow but not on the same level. He could feel the anger boiling deep inside him even talking to her.

Could this had been the dragon that was inside him? He decided it didn't matter. It was over now as it time to get back to the their journey.

Elsewhere

Two figures came out of a swirling portal. One was a tall man with tanned skin. He had black spikey hair with purple eyes. He wore a black tang top with combat pants and boots.

Next to him was a girl with blond hair and soft green eyes. She had fair skin and wore a black sleeveless shirt, black shorts and boots. She also had a collar on her neck and bracelets on her wrist.

They were in a large forest where Issei's cabin was located.

"Well?" The man spoke looking around the dark forest.

"She has been here. She is gone now though." She held up a compass that had a strand of white hair tied around it.

"She went that way." She said pointing in the direction.

"Alright then let's go. I need to get this guy off my back." The man said and unfurled his black feathered wings.

"You lead." He said and the girl nodded. She unfurled her own wings but they were different from the man's. They scaly and had three spikes at the top of them. They scales themselves where a pure gold color.

She flapped then once and took off with the man closely behind her.