Chapter 1: What does it takes.

The city of Kuoh was by nature a loud and lively place same as it was at night. Vehicles moving about, the people moving about to get home or to a late night shift at work. The sound of the city can still be heard even in the quietest of neighborhoods. for one house it was dead silent. On the outside a viewer can assume that it's nothing but a normal house, but they don't know of the carnage that lay inside. Inside of this ordinary house would give you indications that a birthday celebration. Streamers was hanged up high on the ceiling was now blood splattered, bodies was sprawled over the place cut open like slaughtered livestock, one particular poor soul was hanged up by her feat with her skin removed. Gore was the one word to describe this scene. In the silence you can hear sobbing, a brown hair, brown eyed boy who just turned the age of six was sitting crying on the bed of his parents holding three distinct objects a birthday card with dragons on it and the decapitated heads of his mother and father. He continues to read the same message on the birthday card. Happy birthday baby dragon I hope to see you again, because when I do I am expecting a great battle. C. C. He read it for the final time and opens his mouth to proclaim his promise.

"Mom, Dad I will…"

BEEP BEEP

An alarm sounds off in the early morning as a hand moves over to silence it. With a sigh a figure sits up in his bed. Shaking his messy brown locks he gets up and stretches his stiff body. The teenager goes to his bathroom and shower and get ready for the morning. After he finish he puts on his compression shorts and slid on his navy colored slacks. He paused at the mirror to see cold green colored eyes stare back at him. He looks up and down his very athletic body, that has a number of old scars around his chest and arms, he also gazes over a black horned creature's face tattooed in the middle of his chest right at the sternum. He seems to stare at the mirror like he was lost in a world only his own reflection can show him.

"It's not getting easier to forget huh." He said to himself as he eyeball his own reflection.

After five minutes of this he moves on to his other activates, he finish dressing in his standard uniform of a red t-shirt that hugged his frame and a white button up then finished up with a navy blue coat with his school logo on the right breast pocket.

He moves toward the living room he sees as middle aged man in nothing his underwear sitting on the couch watching military documentaries. The man had light brown colored eyes and brown hair like him but it was cut short at the top with his sides being shaved. The man also sprouted a bushy full beard from his ruggedly handsome face. Like Issei he had a number of tattoos, on his right arm a sleeve of Celtic looking rune designs. On his left arm the Shinto symbols for fire, ice and lightning.

"Hey uncle, I'm off to school." The youth said while opening the door.

"Whatever brat, have a good day and make sure to bring home some milk we ran out . Also remember that we got a possible gig going on. I'll have confirmation by Friday night." The old man retorts without looking away from the television.

"Okay." Issei replied as he walked through the door while putting on his headphones.

A few right turns down the street and a mile walk down the street, he's at his destination. Kuoh Academy a prestigious high school that was an all girls academy till it recently opened up to male students even though many don't attend so the female to male ratio was 9 to 1. As he passes through the gates he's quickly greeted by two other males that was shamelessly reading porno mags in public.

"Sup Issei, I hope you read that magazine I gave you?" A tall bald teenager asked.

"Of course he didn't read it he's not into lolis, he into more shapely women right Issei?" shorter one with glasses added with a wiggle of his eyebrows. Issei keep walking with his headphones on so he didn't even bother to answer.

Ah Matsuda and Motohama the schools self-proclaim perverted duo. He met them in the beginning of the semester. Matsuda was a star athlete at his old school before he transferred, he brought he's school championships in soccer, track and field and baseball. It was speculated he had full scholarships waiting for him at very good universities all around Japan and rumored to have some in America. He soon gave that up when he came here for the pursuit of girls. To this day Issei still tells him that he gave up a bright future just to see some ass. Motohama is an average guy with an abnormal gift. He can just glance at a girl to calculate their three sizes. A gift that if use properly can very well get him high grades in class. Hell he always complain to him that he finds math too easy and he's in Advance Trigonometry

Some days Issei wanders why the hell he put up these two? Oh yeah they're the only ones who didn't automatically judged him on day one and writen him off as a delinquent. Sure he had the look and build of a street thug in his mind he was a pretty solid guy…. until you pissed him off.

The two continued to argue what type of female body type Issei likes, while they walked towards homeroom with Issei just kept ignoring them the whole way because he feel like someone's watching him. After a while he wrote it off as his paranoia and continued to go about his business . Little did he know that somebody was a black hair beauty with vibrant violet eyes dressed in a the standard girls uniform. She reaches into her purse and grabs a cell phone as it rings.

"The target is in sight. Action advised?" she asks

"Remember this mission is straight reconnaissance, we heard rumors that this boy is this generation's Red Dragon Emperor so do not engaged directly, we don't know exactly if he activated his gear so keep an eye on him." A very deep and gruff voice replied.

"Acknowledged." She said. With a roll of her eyes she ended the call.

Like I take orders from you. I already made up my mind...Hyoudou Issei I will have that gear."

After the end of his second period and on his way to lunch, Issei's found himself roaming around the school hall to stumble upon his friends peeking into the kendo club's locker room..Again..

" You know that's very hazardous to your health right? For pete's sake you guys got must be secret masochist or something cause you seem to enjoy getting beat on. A lot." Issei questioned "We know, we just don't care. Why don't you take a peak for yourself and you see why we can't take a look away form this hole?" Matsuda retorted.

" Two reasons. One I wont see anything new that I haven't seen before and Two cause I know that they will waffle stomp your balls if you fucked up and got caught...Again. Also that last time you needed me to bail you out you still haven't paid me for my help."

" What kind of friend charges friends to help them? What are you some kind of mercenary?" Matsuda said in a hushed tone.

Issei said nothing but raised his eyebrow. " In fact yes I am... and a damn good one,."

"What's the worst that can happen." Motohama decided to chime in.

" Famous last words my friend." Issei pinched the bridge of his nose cause already had mental picture of what's gonna happen and started to count down from ten in his head.

All hell broke loose when Issei hit zero from his mental countdown and he saw there wasn't a damn thing neither of them could do at the moment, but to pray to God that he will send someone to save them. It's because the Kendo team captain just happen to bring her starting lineup circled around them armed with kendo sticks to bring justice to the perpetrators.

" I see no way I can get them out of this, well I can get away with little effort, but I don't want to leave the guys out to dry." Issei thought while scanning for a possible way to get him and his friends out. " Then again then again I warned them about what's gonna happen. So it their fault for not listening...It's like dealing with that wack job African war god all over again."

" You Pervs never learn do you? Disgusting beast. You shame your ancestors and wish to tarnish the purity of the ladies here." She proclaim.

" Just so you know, I'm not with them I'm just the spectator so count me out of your beat down because this don't have nothing to do with me." Issei added with his hands up in a surrendering motion. His to companions shot him look of absolute betrayal, he glance back with a look that says sucks to be you right now. The captain looked unconvinced she shot him a ugly sneer towards Issei she gave her thoughts about him.

" It don't surprise me that the delinquent of Kouh have associated with these pigs, after all trash belong with other trash." She replied smugly with her nose up.

" That's a little harsh don't you think? You don't even know me." Issei gave her the most blank stare he could muster. He never really had a good luck at the kendo club new captain before and right now she is looking oddly familiar.

" What's to know? I seen your type before...One who live off violence, the one who don't care whos hurt in the process." The captain gave Issei the coldest look that would've been intimidating to anyone else but him. They continued to try to stare each other down, but Issei rolled his eyes and begin to walk away.

" Running away?" The girl ask in a harsh tone.

" No, i'm walking away, can you see that? Nothing gonna happen that's worth my time, the two guys that did the offence is long gone." Issei said over his shoulder. To the girls that was out there they was too wrapped with the seemingly hostile conformation to notice that the two peeping toms was gone. Issei continued to walk down the hallway unbothered till he heard the tell tell sound of running feet. With a sigh he stopped in place and turned to see the Kendo captain's face inches away from his.

" You know...she is kind of cute, if she was looking like a total psychopath right now."

" What now? If people saw this they would start to…"

" Fight me, I want to you to fight me in the Kendo dojo." She said loud enough for onlookers to hear and come closer.

" Why? You said it yourself that i'm the type to live off violence so why would I agree to that? If this is some way to get back at the guys peeking at you, your beef is with them not me. Now get out of my face so I can get to class." He moved to turn around till her hand shot to his shoulder to stop him.

" COWARD! Why are you so afraid to face me?" She said shaking with rage. Now Issei had a feeling that this went beyond just the peaking. Now he is really certain that he seen this girl before.

" ….Fine I'll do it. What is your terms then?"

She puts on a smile that looks almost predatory "If i win you have to do whatever I say, you will be my personal servant for a week...that should help you learn your place and keep you in line. But if you win it's vice versa."

" Fine I agree to your terms, but don't blame me for what happens next. The match will be straight after school during your practice."

" Fine."

With that Yuri finish the conversation with a swift 180 degree turn to completely show her shapely back towards Issei. " She does have a nice athletic butt a little fat there but not bad." Issei thought with a long hard stare before the bell brought him out his train of thought.

It didn't take long for news to break out about Issei's pending bout with the Kendo team captain who was a consecutive national champion.

A few minutes later in the student council room, they're two people currently occupying it despite it's usually filled with people. Those two just seem to have a quiet game of chess going on with
" I know you heard about that match that's going on after school, I want to see what's your thoughts on this." A girl with raven black hair that was cut short that it hanged over her glasses. Her purple eyes had an amused gleam to it as she straighten out her uniform that seems to hug on to her slightly curvy frame. She continued to move chess pieces across the board seemingly taking out her friends pieces with little effort. A file with Issie's face on it sat to the left of the chess board.

" I surprised to see that you not stopping an unsanctioned match like this Sona. I kind of thank you for that because this is the only time I can get a rough idea on what he's capable of. I only heard rumors about him, even with my connections I cant verify" The other girl spoke with frustrated tone, her heart shaped face bunched up as she tries to find way to get away from her friends troublesome rook . Her deep blue eyes scanned around the board to see what she can do to maneuver around her friend's trap.

" I'll send Kiba to look and scout him out, Koneko said he smelled strongly like a dragon. I would like to see if he could be a good addition to my peerage." She said while moving her knight over to try to corner Sona's queen.

" I don't know Rias, we don't know much about him and that's saying something. We pulled his medical records, did numerous background checks, and even followed him for days but we still can't find out much about him. " Sona said with a quick move of her rook made Rias' knight back off.

" Also the fact the only thing we know is that he's parents and a number of his father's coworkers died in a accident, and he is now staying with his uncle named Kato Hyoudou who moved back from the United States, much isn't known about him either except that he served in their Army for over decade in an half as a mechanic of some sorts, seeing that our sources also said Kato spent a lot of time in Ireland and Kyoto. " Sona paused to move a piece to trigger a trap that made Rias lose five pieces in the expense of a pawn

" Issei also has a number of unexcused absences that could range from a day to two weeks at a time. We approached him about it and he always has a seemingly plausible excuse to why he wasn't here. From my grandmother is sick to family reunions in Tokyo. That's kind of strange considering we still haven't found any living relatives of his, we spied on him during a number of his activities after school. He goes to one of those mixed martial art gyms and goes to the city library a lot too." Rias continued to try to salvage the chess match in her favor but Sona crushed each attempt till she was just closing in on Rias' king.

" We should keep monitoring Sona, if he has gear that could help me I have win him over."

" What if you can't Rias? What if you can't get him to your side?" Sona questioned while moving the final piece to finish the game. With the game over the Gremory heir stood up and stretch making her well size "assets" bounce. Making Sona shoot her a jealous glare.

" I have to find a way to get him Sona...By any means necessary. Plus you got admit that he is a very interesting guy" Rias said while looking out the window to look out towards the school yard. Sona sighed and picked up Issei's file and read it over.

" What a puzzle you are Hyoudou… Wait why does his medical records says his eyes are brown when they are green?"

HOURS LATER AFTER SCHOOL.

The match was about to begin as both Issei and Yuri stood across from each other, trying to stare each other down. Yuri was don in a simple white Kendo robe that allowed free range of motion, Issei is just in his red t-shirt a that clings tight to his body that show how muscular his body was. Yuri found herself looking over his body noticing how much definition his body has and also took notes about his scars that over his arms.

Issei's eyes quickly scanned around the gymnasium to see who came to witness the bout to his surprise,the stands had half the student body was that interested in the match because they wanted to see Yuri take down the "Troubled child of Kuoh"seriously how did he get that title he didn't do anything to warrant it. Among the few that came was Matsuda and Motohama yelling cheers to boost his morale, the fucked up thing is he knows in their mind they are seriously thinking he might not come out on top. His eyes continued to wander until they came into contact with sapphire blue ones. With those eyes came a handsome face with fair colored skin and mop of neatly trimmed blonde hair. Yuuto Kiba the school's prince of the sorts was in attendance along with a flock of girls trying to get his attention.

"So the Prince decedents from his throne to see me . The devils spying on me again huh?" Issei thought bitterly.

His relationship with the blond boy is kind of one sided. Kiba wants to be friends with Issei, Issei wants Kiba to just fuck off. That attitude towards the blonde was pretty evident ever since there first encounter, but Yuuto didn't stop trying for some odd reason to the point Issei is uneasy showing his backside towards the guy. His eyes shift over towards his opponent who haven't moved a muscle. The referee for the match was Yuri's teammate Sonya who was second year and was pretty average in the looks department. She said nothing as the only thing she did was raise a red flag above her head, then both fighters raise there boken in a stance that comfortable. Yuri took a wide stance with her wooden sword above her head at an angle, with Issei carrying his at the low ready. The gym goes silent as the anticipation builds to the ceiling as soon as Sonya dropped that flag both combatants ran towards each other. Their practice swords clash right in the middle of the mat as Yuri quickly realize that the muscles in Issie's body isn't just for show.

He starts to dominate the deadlock as soon as his feet was set, with small grunt of effort he shoves, no throws Yuri way from him. Showing off some impressive agility she kept her ballance and stayed on her feet.

" He's way too physically stronger than me to go head up. , but skill is on my side." Yuri thought as she recovers from the toss.

She quickly move in to engage him, Issei brace himself for the attack as she let lose a flurry of skilled strokes that chipped at his defense. The attacks would only last a minute with Issei's defense still standing tall. He let his shoulders drop a little and switch to a questionable stance that had a big opening that Yuri saw, and quickly moved in on trying to finish the job. She rushed at him so quick if you wasn't paying attention you would of missed it.

" This is over Issei..after this you will answer to what happened with my brother." She thought while delivering what seem to be the killing stroke against Issei's unprotected side. Her practice sword came into a powerful horizontal swing that it seem it would crack or break Issei's ribs.

"Your good ,but not good enou..." Her eyes went wide Issei ducked in low and spun under her swing that moved him behind her. For her time slowed down a little as she looks over her shoulder to look into his eyes. The eyes that looked so dead and cold that it froze her her tracks. With that he moves to capitalized with a hard stroke against the back of her head.

" PULL BACK!" A voice in Issei's head shouted

The blow connected with a loud thud and a second thud was heard as Yuri dropped to the ground unconscious. You can feel the crowds sense of disbelief, the minds stretching to come to reality that the school champion has be beaten by the school delinquent. Issei didn't even spare a second glance at the downed girl as he walked out of the area. He straight up ignored the cries of the kendo club, the cheers of his only two supporters, the outrage of the crowd, and most of all the look of absolute disappointment from Kiba. On his way out he discarded the Boken near the gym doors with a neutral expression on his face. Exiting the school grounds he begins walking his usual route towards his house, which involves going over a road bridge that he stopped to gaze out towards the city.

" I took it too far didn't I..." He thought to himself like he was seeking an answer in his own head. Surprising enough something answered.

"What do you think? If I didn't tell you to pull back some you could have seriously hurt that girl. You have to remember that your body is alot stronger than the average humans boyo " A deep ancient voice in Issei head replied.

" That could of been bad. Even if I fell through with the blow it would of been an accident. I didn't want to be there Draig so I ended it as fast as I could."

" Your haste almost cripple that girl." Issei twitched when he heard that. " You have to exercise caution partener. The power you earned could…"

" Somebody's coming."

"Yes I sense her...she has the stench of a fallen angel so proceed with caution."

" Alright,we will finish this later." Issei cut the mental connection with the dragon.

He turned towards the presence to a girl named Yuma if Issei remembers correctly. The girl stop to stand in front him and stared at him, taking in every inch of his body. After a minute into her observation Issei decided to try to cut to the chase.

" Is there something you want? Your starting to A. creep me out and B. bug the hell out of me."

" Umm...my name is..."

" I already know what your name is, I ask what you wanted not who are you. So I ask again what the hell do you want?"

" Oh...I...want...to..." She finished off meekly.

" You want to what?"

"Ask you will you go out with me?" She finished with a small bow.

Every part of Issei knew it was a trap, but he ignored it in favor of curiosity of what does a fallen angel want with him. Issei simply turned around a began to walk away, he look over his shouldered and yelled.

" Ok, see you Friday at 7 at the movie theaters downtown."

He didn't even acknowledge her acceptance of the invitation he just simply keep walking. When Yuma made sure he was gone she let a breath she didn't know she was holding. It was a shock how the boy looked up close. At first she thought he was passable to her in the attraction area to her eyes, but truly didn't realized how handsome he was until she went up close. Nevertheless she had to stay focus on the task ahead of her, even she thought the boy was cute.

Friday At The Movies.

The young couple was just exiting the movies after seeing a new horror film, and frankly they was both disappointed in how it went. For fuck sakes the movie was very irritating and predictable, from the beginning, to the famous trip and fall scene, and the villain being defeated after the stupid way possible. With that most people will be in the worst of moods after seeing that, but with Issei and Yuma they was laughing their asses off.

"Wow who.. ever the damn director is, ...must be high off some very good drugs." Issei squeeze out in between fits of laughter.

"Yeah and the plot was so awful that a kindergartener could of wrote it." Yuma added.

As they exited the theater Yuma notice Issei starting to walk away.

" HEHE, okay that was a good laugh." Issei stopped and look at his watch noticing how late it was getting." It's time for me to go." Issie turned to walk away.

" You're not going to walk me home?" She asked with a pout.

" a good enough neighborhood for a girl to be walk alone so you're good, I'll call you again...maybe."

" Bye." Is what she said but she in her head she was cursing up a storm due to how he was walking towards populated areas, and she remembered that he live in the city, so she can't kill him in front of everyone. Even if she raised a barrier she would have alerted the devils of this town.

" It's okay, he's lucky that I like to stalk my prey before the kill." She headed down an ally and disappeared in a purple light that left a few black feathers.

Issei walked in his house to be greeted by his uncle who was watching tv, what was playing was a video that seemed to be some kind of camera recording showing a vast villa with a huge farm of some sort and a mansion, he was wearing black camouflage pattern pants and a black t-shirt. He called Issei over to him, as he approached he noticed that the coffee table was littered in folders that had pictures. Issei picked up a file that showed three men walked through what seemed to be an airfield. One was a handsome latin man in his 30's or 40's with a well trimmed black hair that was slicked back like an American mobster. He was sprouting a neat goatee. He was wearing what seemed to be a very expensive cream colored suit that finished with black dress shoes. The picture was so clear that Issei can see a gold ring with a huge ruby on it surrounding the ruby was archon runes that was embedded in the gold. On his left was a tall bald man in what seems to be in his late 30's that had scars all over his face that ranged from what could be burns to deep gashes.

He was wearing an all black suit with a navy trenchcoat, his head was turned an Issei could see that the "man" had a symbol on his neck right below the right ear that he recognized, the angelic symbol for fall. On the latin man's right was short round elderly man that had an eyepatch over his left eye. The man wore a catholic priest's robes and in the picture he smiled and revealed a gold tooth.

Kato gave Issei a file with the man in the white suit on it. " The latin man you see in the picture is one of our targets, Diego Sanchez Moretz A.K.A ,El Distribuidor de la muerte."

" The dealer of death." Issei translated. Kato nodded and waited for Issei to flip the the thick file.

" He was born in a single parent home in Juarez, his mother left leaving him with an abusive father that had deep connections to the cartels, his rap sheet started a the tinder age of 13 when he was committing carjackings and got caught selling stolen merchandise. From there he caught the attention of the higher ups in the cartel his father worked in. Soon he graduated from small time to the big leagues. He started small arms deals and had an monopoly on the drug trade on his block." Kato reached over and hand Issei and news article about a mass fire at a hospital in Juarez fifteen years ago. At the age of 22 the cartel needed more proof of his allegiance to push him up the ladder, so he set fire a hospital that had most of the cartel's enemies in there due to a gunfight that broke out earlier that week."Kato gestured Issei to keep looking through the article to see the charred bodies of various sizes.

" He succeeded in not only killing the opposition, also 132 innocent people. The cartel love the craftyness and his ruthlessness to move him up and had him put in charge of the distribution."

Kato handed Issie a different folder with nothing but pictures filled of vice.
" And Distribute this mother fucker did, He sold drugs, weapons, and even humans. He spreaded poison and vice all of his area of Santa Copla. Over the years he met people that shot him to the top of the cartel."

Issie listened but didn't comprehend one simple fact.

" I get that this guy is a evil son of a bitch I would nothing more then to put a sizable hole in his head, but what this got to do with us? I know the Americans and Mexican DOJ can handle this without us. We deal with more the supernatural cockbag the regular one."

Kato replied with a grin and gave him files on the other two men with Diego.
" That what I was getting at. The tall dark and fubar guy name is Cortez Mandoza formerly known as Diess the butcher. A fallen angel that fled west after the war, defecting from Baraquiel Storm legion. He adapted his new name and hired himself as a Sicario and met Diego. Diego was so impressed with his work that he made him his right hand man, his top enforcer to keep his power absolute." Issei found himself flipping through Diess' profile and stopped on a photo of a mass grave filled with gruesomely ripped apart bodies, he saw not just men bore witness to more than a few families that filled that grave. Issei felt white hot rage filled in his very being and had to take several deep breaths to calm himself.

" As long as Diego feeds his appetite for extreme violence , so he don't care he's doing dirty work for a lower being." Kato picked up the remote controller for the tv and flipped through recording to stop on the photo of the priest. " The real mark is this man excommunicated priest Marcus Debartolo. He is wanted from the Vatican for a mass number of reasons. The biggest reason is his connection to Valper Galilei, the most wanted man in all three Christian factions."

" I would of thought the Church would send operatives after him." Issei commented.

" They did." Kato handed him another photo which had four crucified bodies with exorcist robes that was in shreds and that had tell tell signs of torture on the bodies. " Diess did all that. They knew that the church would send for them. Crazy thing is they sent five so ones MIA presumably here the good part, our payment for this operation is coming from three different sources."
" How much?" Issei wasn't hurting for money, but he could use some new things for himself...and probably take Yuma somewhere nice.

" Six hundred thousand US dollars." When Kato said that Issei almost choked.
" That alot for a Cartel kingpin and some ex Grigori members."
" You really underestimating how much the Vatican wants this asshole. The Americans are paying a hundred and fifty thousand for our help with taking out Diego, Two hundred and fifty thousand we are getting from that fake blond bastard for Deiss head, and Two hundred thousand for the priest from the Vatican if we take him alive." Kato got up to go to the kitchen for a drink, he reached his alcohol cabinet and pour himself a glass of scotch.
" We roll out tomorrow night we are heading to Mexico for a six day op, we are linking up with the Vatican's Special Activities Department team lead by an old friend of mine Exorcist first class Frank Potter.. The locals are not exposed to the supernatural so when the time's right the Exorcist team will alter their memories to limit exposure." With that said Issei went in his room to pack for the flight.

Two Days later in an Undisclosed location in mexico.

Issei found himself rolling his eyes in disbelief as his uncle and another man held each other at gunpoint. Him and Kato was decked out in blacked out tactical gear that looks like it belongs to a SWAT unit with black pants and black pattern jackets finished with black steel toe boots. With a plate carrier full of 5.56 mm magazines along with an assortment of gadgets strapped into him. On his belt he had attached a combat knife that's in its shief with a silver 9mm Beretta with runes inscribed on the Barrell. He has a M4 carbine that had various attachments on it most noticable is the suppressor on the end of the barrell.

While he is used to this type of act from his guardian he can't be he doing it to the " Help." It started off fine with the long flight to Mexico, to the meet up with the Operatives from the Vatican. While his initial impression of the team leader Frank that he look like a man who been around the block. A man that stood a solid 6 feet to Kato's 6'2, tan sunbeat skin with black hair with white streaks giving him a Spaniard look. His salt and pepper hair was cut at the sides with him styling it back. What stood out the most was his neck tattooed of a Cross with a crown of thorns above it. Issei initial thought that Frank was just another Bible thumper was thrown out the window as as the man has a mouth of a drunken sailor. He was dressed just like him and Kato with a addition to a black trench coat For the most part he is a professional as much of his craft demanded. So was Kato , but why did this happened...over a damn card game. The exorcist lost and accused Kato of cheating and words was said. Then Kato shot his mouth to him and talked all types of shit about Frank's mother so now this.

" For so called professionals they aren't acting the part, Kato had to show his ass huh? Well it going better than that negotiation that went down in Africa." The dragon in Issei commented.

For Issei himself he had enough, with a shrug he strolled up between the two and in blink of an eye the two men found themselves missing their pistols.

" Can we please get this show on the road...I have to go back to school soon if you forgot." Issei said while he field strip both his Uncle and Franks weapons. With a last grunt the two men sent each others glares.

" The kids right Frank we have everything we need so let's do this thing." Kato said while sitting back into his chair. Frank didn't say a word but reached into his jacket and retrieved a circular disk the size of a frisbie. WIth a push of a button a blue holographic image appeared that resembled a sizeable Villa with a big mansion. With another push of a button and twelve more people dress like Frank showed up in the meeting area.

" This here is Diego's compound in the far valley fifteen miles south from here." Frank in a voice that was deep and commanding, he then pushed another button and instead of a hologram a real time video was showing, " We have a drone over his airspace so we have eyes in the sky. Right now Diego is preparing to have a vast shipment of goods delivered to him. We don't know what it is but he brought the Fallen and the priest with him." Frank then turned to his team. " Diego had a personal guard of thirty men. These isn't run of the mill thugs and wanna be Sicarios, Some of them are ex Mexican Army so be on your toes." He then pushed another button on his disk and in went back to compund blueprints.

" We make our approach from the south right into the front gate...before you ask Kato yes we are going for the smash a grab approach, but with a twist. The drone is armed with guided missiles so we have close air support but it's only limited to four strikes. So what we will do is hit the compound when the shipment is in tonight, the drone will create chaos and we assault from there. To give us the most of our blitz tactic we already hacked the power grid so as soon as it starts, light will cut off giving us the upper hand cause the enemy isnt night vision capable but we are."

" From the initial breach we will split into two groups of six and seven with two of you going after the fallen." After he said that it was a mass look of uncertainty in the room. Frank quickly notice that. " I know it sound foolish but the one going isn't going unprepared cause you will be accompanying the Red Dragon Emperor. " He said while point at Issei. The young man did quick scan of the faces he seen around the room and none of the rest of the guys stood out except a lanky young adult that looked in his mid twenties with pale features brown eyes and, green cropped hair stood out. " I need a volunteer to go with him. You are not to engage by yourself against Deiss , only to provide back up understood?" Frank waited looked for a volunteer, seeing as hand was raised he was about to volunteer himself until the green haired guy hand shot up.

" Ah Nico not bad, tonight you will be partnered up with him throughout the op...that concludes my brief, we roll out to the Compound at 2000 hours and should get there at 0000 Hours. That starts our mission time when the drone is inplace to strike. Remember to keep the faith, you can do this. You have the best training in the world, the best equipment, the support of the Church, the current Red Dragon, the best freelancer in the world and last but the most important you had God on your side." Frank concluded with his people giving a loud amen. Meanwhile Issei flinched at the last line.

" Only if you knew the fucking truth." Issei thought with a shake of his head. He look at his blue haired partner as Nico inspected his gear getting it ready. The dragon wielder walked over and without a word starting his pre combat inspections looking over Diess file one last time. A low to mid tier fallen angel was nothing to worry about to him. He looked over to his companion and saw how efficiently he is working and decided to not to speak to him right now as he seems like the strong silent type. They worked in silence till the time to leave was upon them.

They left via helicopter the whole ride there was nothing but quite. The pilots dropped them off three miles down the from the compound in a clearing before a dense woods. They grouped up in circular formation each rifle and eyes scanning for trouble in the middle of the formation was his uncle and Frank. They waited the sounds of helicopter blades was far off in the distance to move.

" All team leaders this Bishop 7, radio check over." Issei heard Frank in his headphone that was attached to his helmet

" Bishop 7 this is Ghost 1 read you loud and clear." This time it was his Uncle's voice.

He keyed his mike with the push of a button on the side of his helmet.

" This is Dragon 1 I read you loud and clear." He whispered.

" Let begin shall we gents?" Frank said. With that the operatives and Kato and Issei stalked through the woodlands with the full moon giving them illumination till they saw the lights of the Mansion. They came to halt when they saw gate the was bolted by a high brick wall with a two men armed with AK47s and ballistic body armor , the front gate security detail. Two of Franks men got down in the prone and took aim waiting for the signal.

Frank then reached into his backpack and grabbed a tablet. He tapped a few keys and a video came to life. It showed Diego talking to some truck driver behind a large cargo trailer. The priest came into view with Diess stalking behind him. The priest took a look inside of the trailer smiled and nodded to Diego. The dealer shook hands with the driver and ordered some of him man to start moving the wooden crates. After the last crate was moved the trio went into the main building of the mansion.

" Okay" Issei's radio came to life. " The drone is in position five mikes till the op starts, the first strike will hit the garage cutting off his main means of escape Unless that winged bastard shoots down the drone it should cover any escape routes away from here. Get ready Gents."

Issei saw his partner take out a heart shaped locket form his shirt and kiss it before putting it back. Issei looked down at his watch watching in silence as the clock hit 0000.

" Cardinal this is Bishop 7. We are beginning Operation Mockingbird." Frank radioed up to his command.

" Bishop 7 this is Cardinal...execute." With that the power to the entire villa went out. Then dead silence . Only the sound of crickets rang about the night till the very air screamed. With a sudden explosion a fireball erupted from the garage.. The sound of mass panic came through out the night. Making the gate guards furiously call up to their bosses asking for guidance and what going on till they was silenced by suppressed rounds entering their heads. The group moved forward towards the gate that was now opened due the electronic failure. The two operatives that took the first shots double tapping their targets.

"NVGs down." Kato said over the radio.

Pulling their night vision down, Issei seeing nothing but green, the Infrared lasers from their weapons and some burning wreckage. the team swept through the villa killing all the guards the come across so quickly and silently they was caught unaware trying to dose the garage fire. They made it to the main entrance, they stacked up to the door waiting for one of Frank's men to slap a breach charge on the doors. The man ran to his side of the team with his detonator in hand and counted down from five with his fingers when he landed zero the door exploded into the compound.

Some poor guard was on his way out and caught the blast killing him instantly his four friends was stun to the point they was still holding their ears so when Kato and Issei went end they shot all four of the guards. The rest of the group entered and with a hand signal from Frank they began to break down into their respective groups with Frank leading the six man team heading to the priest west wing and Kato's team moving towards finding Diego in center area of the villa.

Nico and Issei moved towards finding their target moving through the east wing. They encountered more guards which wasn't much of a problem form them. They silently move through the east wing using their advantage of the dark to the fullest extent. They continued on till they reached a door that judging from the blueprints it should lead to a cellar. They opened the door and descended down the stairs. Neither said a word as they took in how wide and long the cellar is. It was very spacious that held a lot of odd and old things. Issei spotted out a old WW2 styled howitzer. Both Nico and Issei pushed through spotting another door at the end of the cellar.

Pillar after pillar passed not seeing a single soul, but hearing the sounds of gunfire from above on both direction keep the two knowing that mission is still going on. They was passing the last pillar till Issei saw a machete flew around the corner towards his neck. Issei ducked and the guard buryed it into the wooden pillar. He didn't get the chance because Issei combat knife flashed in the darkness from his crouched position he stab the men in the inner thigh, twisting on the way out he sidestepped stab the man between his ribs into his heart for a finiale Issei cut him deep across the jugular. Issei then resheathed his knife and keeping moving towards the door. Nico stood there in shock of how fast the action happened cause only three seconds had elapsed. The guard stood place and dropped the ground dead when Nico passed him.

" Cardinal this is Bishop 7, HVT false prophet is captured." Franks voice cut through the silence. Good the priest has been caught.

The duo reached the door Issei sensing something was wrong, dived back as the door exploded. Him and Nico was thrown back by the blast, a figure came into the view as Diess shown himself.

" So," in a gruff and raspy voice. " This is the people who want to interrupt my fun? I swore I killed a lot of you "Exorcist" myself but o well the more the merrier."

With that the fallen angel gained enough room a unfolded his wing revealing two pairs. No words was spoken as Issei upped his weapon and shot the fallen in the shoulder staggering him. Issei continued to shoot/as the former angel to fold his wings around his body to keep from getting shredded by gunfire. Nico joined in and started laying down lead at the angel/

Diess decided it was time to make a move and unfolded his wings, in a burst of tainted light energy knocked them back. Nico hit a pillar and slided down the wood, Issei fell directly on his back sliding back. His hands still working switching to a fresh magazine he switch his selector switch from semi to auto and unleashed a hail of bullets to the angel. Deiss quickly folded his wings once more, his own wings blocking his field of vision, didn't notice Nico back on his feet nor did he see the frag grenade that was thrown landing near his feet.

A explosion rocked the cellar as the grenade threw up a lot of dust and debri in the air making a smoky. Recovering from the place of cover behind adjacent pillars they recovered and lifted they're goggles.

"Did we...do you think we…" Nico started.

" Dont fucking say it man, we got to do all the checks first then we can say we did." Issei interrupted as he look for any signs of the fallen. He moved closer towards the settling dust cloud to look for a body. Only to find nothing, not even a single sign of Diess.

" Stay sharp man I don't have a visual he might…" Issei stopped to lean to the side to avoid a light spear that was thrown at him. Issei looked for the origin only to stopped for to hear a loud thud behind him. Issei turned his head slowly to look at Nico...who had light spear in his abdomen. Issie rushed towards him to check on him looking over the damage. Nico currently losing a lot blood, his breathing is rapid short breaths, as his skin is currently lined with sweat.

" Hell yeah I got that grenade throwing bastard." A voice from the shadows was heard as Diess stepped into view. That grenade did number one him but not as much as it should. His legs was shredded with cuts, with burns covering his left leg and both of them was riddled with shrapnel. His suit was blown away to reveal his muscular upper body that was riddled with scars. " Hopefully he don't bleed out immediately I want to savor his misery." Issei said nothing as he removed his helements and placed down his weapons. He looked towards the butcher with a cold look in his eyes.

" I'm going to rip your heart out." Issei stated to the man before him. The scared angle did nothing but smile thinking that it's just another empty threat one he heard over the years.

" Nice threat kid, nothing original but it sounds cool." Diess said mockingly.

" That not threat, but a promise of what to come."

Issei's skin took on a slight glow as red arcs of electricity danced around his body. The two things that caught Diess of guard was that Issei green eyes glowed of power and currently his pupils now has a lizard like slit. The most important thing that caught his eye was the crimson red gauntlet with a green gem in the middle that was had a dragons face that was on Issei's left arm.

Diess look in shock as Issei took a few steps towards him and vanished. Looking down he see the green eye boy crouched down in front of him with his armored fist quickly rising to his face. The uppercut connected with the sound of a clap of thunder as the fallen body shot through the ceiling of the cellar. His body slapped the ceiling and then the floor of the kitchen, getting up slowly as his back and jaw took a lot damage. He turned his head to spit out blood and a few teeth, looking towards the hole in the floor he waited for Issei to come up with a light spear in hand.

He wasn't disappointed when a streak of red lighting shot out the ground. Diess smiled when he saw Issei jump up from the hole, he swung his spear hopping to split the boy down the middle. He was more then surprised when Issei's gauntlet hand caught the spear and crushed it, then with his other hand punched Diess right in the nose breaking it instantly. The dark angel staggered back with his body's natural reflex closing his eyes. With that Issei closed in on him shooting right into the taller man's reach and begin to unload punches into Diess unguarded body and face. The fallen jumped back gaining space created a dagger out of his light energy and stabbed at Issei trying to cut him. Issei slipped and dodged every dagger swipe till he had enough. With Diess last attempt a stabbing Issei the young man sidestepped and using his armored hand grabbed him by the wrist pulling it towards him forcing Diess' elbow to fully extend. Using his right hand Issei threw a palm strike into the joint snapping Diess arm in two.

Bellowing in rage Diess wings gave a glow as he used his light energy to sharpen the tips. He used his wings to swipe at Issei midsection only for the dragon user to jump over them and delivered a spinning kick to Diess head hard enough to launch him out the window to the sizeable backyard of the mansion. Having enough Diess launched a light spear directly into the kitchen hitting the gas stove making the kitchen go up in ball of flames. The fallen angel let out a breath that he didn't notice that he was holding.

" When I found out who that was….Voy a destrozar a su familia. ( I'm going to destroy his family)" Diess said to himself. He gathered himself up to look at the wreckage making taking note of the destruction he caused.

" BOOST!"

Diess heart skipped a beat when he heard the voice from behind him. A loud popping and ripping sound was heard over the sound of the fire. Diess looked slowly down to see the grass stained red with blood...His blood. He looked further down to the sight of his own beating heart and the crimson gore covered gauntlet that was holding it. Issei leaned closer to his ear and whispered.

" Promise Kept. Plus, Ya estan muertos. ( They're already dead)" Then he crushed it killing his target. After that he blitzed back into the still burning kitchen straight into the hole in the floor. Nico pushed himself against a pillar with him passed out but he finished bandaging his abdomen. Issei scooped him up into a brides carry and swiftly brought he backout where he was at. He layed Nico down on his back and pushed his fingers against his neck feeling his faint pulse. It was weak but there.

" Cardinal this is Dragon 1 target Crow is down, I need immediate medical personal to my position. One causality in red condition."

" Dragon 1 this Cardinal I am pinging you location for medic and the rest of team is on the way."

" Dragon acknowledges."

He quickly reached into both Nicos and his medical supplies to see what he can do. He bought a plastic vial that had violet colored liquid in it. He moved kneeled down to Nico putting head o n his knee and pressed the vial to his lips only for Nico to push his away.

" It's too late my friend. The tainted light already poisoned me plus ost of my insides are cooked anyway." Nico said weakly. He then reached down into his tattered jacket and pulled the locket out.

" Take this...if you ever see her tell her I'm sorry...I may not know you but I know her please watch over her if you ever meet her. Keep her safe from herself. Please promise me."

" I swear on the name of the Red Dragon Ddraig Y Goch that I will."
Then Nico took his final breath. Issei said nothing but pocket the necklace. The rest of group came around Issei as the helicopter that was recovering the team came into view. Issei looked at Frank as the older man kneeled beside Nico pulling out a cross and prayed over Nico's body. The rest of the group bowed their heads in a moment of silence. Issei then notice Kato with a man with a bag over his head and wrist tied back currently knocked out judging how still he was.

" They probably got Diego while i was Fighting." Issei thought himself.

A few days later.

The next few days was rather boring as the Strike force from the church left with the priest and the body of Nico. Frank gave Kato the money that was earned, Kato gave Diego to the local government in exchange for their money. Next thing Issei knew he was on a plane heading back to Japan. During the long flight Issei looked over Nico's locket opening it to see a picture on the right side of it. Him in a tuxedo holding a blue haired girl that had green tips with earthly brown eyes. She looked beautiful smiling in her white bridal dress, the happiest day of life. There is an inscription on the side in Italian. To my beautiful wife Xenovia may our love continue forever. Issei closed it and made a silent vow to keep his promise to Nico.

The plane landed back in Tokyo and the train ride back was tortured for Issei's mind as he wanted nothing but sleep. Kato and Issei said no words as they walked through their front door. Issei walked in his room and shut the door and did nothing but let sleep take him. Meanwhile a women with long black hair and purple eyes, she was wearing what could be described as a bondage suit with boots that came to her knees. She had a pair of ebony colored wing holding her in the air as she saw Issei bed light went black.

" Where did you go?" She asked herself. With that she turned back and disappeared in the night sky.

Authors note: Sorry for the long wait. I gave this story a big revise cause i could do better I will like to thank you all for your patience the next chapter will be up soon.