So..., this is a story that I somehow managed to write in my spare time as I was getting writer-blocked in writing my original story at fictionpress. It somehow managed to become a full fledged story that has reached Phenex arc as of now. I don't really know if it's good or not, but I just decided to post this since Season 4 is coming soon. So, yeah, here it is. Happy Reading.

Phantasm Dragon Emperor

Prologue

"Ugh, now that Rin is gone, what should I do?" a young boy said as he walked through the park.

The boy seemed to be around 6 or 7 years in appearance. He had spiky dark hair with some white strands, an evidence of his foreign blood. The same could also be said about his skin, which was somewhere between light tan and pale white, and his eyes, with yellow eye on the left and black one on the right, showed that he had a rare case of heterochromia, probably also caused by his foreign heritage. While he was still youthful in appearance, it could be seen that he had already surpassed the children of his age with his height at 4 feet and 6 inches, dwarfing the rest of the children that were playing at the park.

"Why does he have to go to Europe anyway? Now I have no one to play with. I want to play with the other kids, but they say that I'm too tall to play with them and that I'd cheat since I'm too tall. I need to find someone else to replace Rin, but how can I do that?" the boy said, depressed.

As he wandered aimlessly through the park though, he suddenly came across a peculiar sight on one of the benches at the small park. A young girl, probably around his age from her appearance, give or take a few months, was currently fidgeting on the bench while looking like she was really scared about something but also anticipating it.

Although he was still just a kid, the boy was mesmerized by what he had seen. Long white silver hair that reached her waist, clear sky-blue eyes, pale white skin, along with a white dress with black frills that reached just below her knees, all of them accentuated her foreign yet elegant, strange yet breathtakingly beautiful atmosphere around her.

Now, he was clearly not an expert in this kind of thing, evident from his age, but he had at least asked his father this one time about why he married his mother.

"Dad, why did you marry Mom? I mean, not that Mom isn't pretty or anything, but I'm just curious," the boy asked his father.

"Curious, huh. Hahahaha, I guess that should be common for kids your age, right? Hahahaha, alright, come here," the father said as he motioned towards his lap. Following his father's instruction, he sat down.

"Now, look in the kitchen. What do you see?" the father said.

"Um, I see Mom cooking dinner for us," the boy answered, unsure of what his father's intent might be.

"What else?"

"Uh, she's smiling, and she's humming that song that she always sings when I'm going to sleep, and, and she also seems to be really happy," the child answered enthusiastically.

"Hmm, what about her eyes, Issei?" the father said addressing him directly.

"Her eyes?" Issei said while tilting his head, confused.

"Um, Mom's eyes look really pretty, and warm, and kind, and, and, and there is also this kind of calm feeling when I look into Mom's eyes, and somehow I know that tomorrow will be better than today," Issei answered.

The father smiled after hearing Issei's answer.

"You see, Issei. That's why I married your mother. Because she told me, taught me, that life isn't only filled with fighting, battles, and war. That even with my bloody past, past is only history, today is a present, while future, is like the mystery gift that you receive every weekend at that restaurant," the father said, eliciting a laugh from Issei since he clearly knew what his father's talking about near the end. About the bloody thing and all of that, Issei didn't give any thought since he didn't understand it.

"Is that why you love Mom, Dad?" Issei innocently asked.

"Yes, that's why I love your mother very dearly, a lot more than anything else in this world. But that doesn't mean that I don't love you, Issei. I love you very much. After all you're the proof of our love, and also our beloved child."

"Hehehe, thank you, Dad. Right then, I promise, that when I grow up I'll find a girl like Mom, so that I'll also be as happy as Dad is!" Issei said out loud.

"Hahahaha, look forward to it, kiddo, hahahaha," the father laughed in reply.

Back to the present, Issei was still staring at the girl. Looking again at the girl's eyes, he noticed that the scared sky-blue orbs had the same kind of atmosphere that his mother had. Although right now it was being hidden behind fear and apprehension, he knew that behind it all lied the same warmness and kindness that he had seen in his mother.

Resolving himself, he decided right then that he wanted to make the girl smile, no matter what. He then started to walk towards the girl slowly, so he wouldn't startle the girl.

"H-hey, I've never seen you around here. What's your name?" Issei asked awkwardly.

"H-huh? Ah! Um, I-I, um, my name is," the girl stuttered.

"Ah, sorry, it must be rude of me to not introduce myself first. U-um, my name is Hyoudou-Dubh Issei. Nice to meet you," Issei introduced himself, albeit still a bit awkward.

"O-oh, um, m-my name is Valiana Lu-, eh, L. Cifer. Nice to meet you too," the girl, Valiana, said. If Issei noticed that Valiana suddenly changed what she wanted to say, he didn't say anything about it.

"Hey, do you want to play tag with the other kids?" Issei offered.

"E-eh?" Valiana said confused.

"C'mon, just come with me already. It will be fun, I promise," Issei said while pulling her hand.

"A-alright then, Issei," Valiana followed Issei.

"Geez, just call me Ise, alright. Everyone calls me that."

"O-okay, Ise," Valiana said with small blush on her cheek.

"Now, c'mon, the others are waiting!" Issei said, pulling Valiana with him.

[... Soon...]

Since Issei managed to find someone to replace Rin, the other kids allowed him to play with them again. But of course, since Valiana was a girl, they couldn't be too rough on her, or any other girls for that matter. For the first time in forever since with her family, Valiana felt happiness, and hoped that somehow this would never end.

Soon enough, 5 hours had passed and nearly all of the kids had left the park with their parents, leaving only Issei and Valiana around. Before they left though, they took a photo together using a polaroid camera that one of the kids got from his parents. After that, the other kids made Issei and Valiana take a picture again, except this time it was just the two of them while they were holding hands. This was because they thought that since Issei was the one that invited a girl, moreover a pretty one at that, to their games, he should have the privilege of taking a picture together with her, much to their chagrin and blushing.

"Ne, Ise," Valiana said.

"What is it, Ana-chan?" Issei asked Valiana. Over the course of the tag, Issei started to call Valiana Ana-chan. His reason was that Valiana was too long to say, so he shortened it to Ana, resulting in another blush from Valiana.

"I wonder if we can still do this tomorrow," Ana sadly answered.

"Huh, why not? You'll still be here tomorrow right, Ana-chan?" Issei asked, confused with Ana's answer.

"Well, it's just, my grandfather won't approve of this. Ever since my parents were gone, he had been the one that took care of me. And he always says that I must not meet other people and play with kids my age."

"Eh, what kind of a grandpa is that? If he truly cares about you he should allow you to play. After all, it's not dangerous."

"N-no, it's not that I'm afraid of other people, it's more like I'm scared of grandfather. If I disobey him, grandfather will become angry, and then he will punish me. I don't want to be punished," Ana said with tears now flowing from her eyes.

"A-Ana-chan! D-don't cry, alright? I promise that I'll always protect you, and then you won't have to face your mean grandpa again, how about that?"

"P-promise?" Ana asked while wiping tears from her eyes.

"I swear on my life," Issei said, bumping his fist to his chest.

"Ho, then this will surely be interesting," an unknown voice suddenly said out of nowhere.

'H-huh, what was that voice?' Issei thought. But without having any chance to think further he was suddenly hit by something in his stomach, resulting in him crashing into a nearby tree.

"Ise!" Ana cried in alarm.

'Ugh, what happened? My back hurts,' Issei thought.

[Boy, can you hear me?]

'W-what the?! Who said that!' Issei frantically thought.

"I-Ise! Are you alright?!" Ana ran to crouch beside Issei.

"A, a, a, stop right there, my little disgrace. Or would you like that boy to disappear like your parents, hmm?" a voice suddenly called Ana, who froze when she heard the voice.

Turning her head towards the source of the voice, Ana's face morphed into one of terror and fear.

"G-g-g-grandpa?"

"Now, now, what did I tell you about calling me grandpa? I told you to call me Rizevim-sama, right, my little disgrace? Or do I have to punish you again before you understand, you little bitch?" the now identified grandfather said.

He looked like a middle-aged man, probably in his late 30s or early 40s, only a couple of years older than Issei's father, with long silver hair and a beard. He was also wearing some sort of weird attire which was silver in color. With his appearance, Issei found it quite difficult to believe that he was a grandfather of someone, not that he had any time to dwell on the matter now.

"H-hey! Why did you say that to Ana-chan?! You're her grandpa, right? That's not nice!" Issei angrily said.

"Tch, what a persistent boy. I've already kicked you with a portion of my power, and yet you still resist like a cockroach, quite commendable really, for a trash like you. Hmm, alright, because you're still going to die, boy, I'll tell you everything. My name is Rizevim Livan Lucifer, the son of the Maou Lucifer himself. And that little disgrace over there, is the horrible excuse of a granddaughter of mine. That imbecile son of mine, the proud and great devil, the descendant of Lucifer himself, dared to marry a woman, a human woman?! What a joke! Hehehe, I truly relished it when I killed both of them, really slowly. Ah, the sound, the voice, the wailing, now that's ecstasy, hahahaha," Rizevim said.

"W-what?! B-but, you said that mother and father disappeared, and so you took me in, but you actually killed them?! W-why?" Ana asked, distraught by what she has just heard.

"Why? Why?! Look at me girl! Look!" Rizevim said while spreading hands. From his back sprouted twelve black leathery wings, like those of a bat.

"Look! The ultimate proof that I'm the true descendant of the Lucifer! Only a true descendant of the original Maou can have more than one pair of wings. And yet that imbecile dared to dirty this pure blood, this proud blood, by that of a lowly human, utterly unacceptable! So that's why I killed that ex-son of mine, and your bitch of a mother too," Rizevim nonchalantly said.

"Y-you... I hate you!" Ana screamed as she charged Rizevim, only to be kicked in the stomach.

"Guh..."

"A-Ana-chan!" Issei shouted as he saw Ana's body getting flung out to a nearby tree.

"W-why? Why did you do this?! You are family, right? So why are you doing all of this?" Issei asked while still trying to move his injured body.

"Why? Why? Listen up, boy. Devils are beings that have to be evil, wicked, brutal, bad, scum, brutal, and vicious. Copying what's done by a hero? Hero? That is something that a 'just person' would do. You know, beings like humans and Angels? And what are we? You do know we are 'evil' and 'bad' existences, right? Then isn't it obvious what we have to do?" Rizevim loudly said.

"D-devil? I-is that true? D-does that mean, Ana-chan is a devil too? Is she evil too?" Issei's muttering, distressed.

"N-no! Don't listen to him, Ise! I-I truly meant what I said before! I truly cherish the time when we were playing, and I really want to play with you again, Ise. I'm truly grateful, that you invited me to play with you. So please, Ise, believe me," Ana pleaded.

"... Yes, of course. Why should I doubt Ana-chan? She's my friend, and friends never doubt each other. Don't worry, Ana-chan. I'll always believe you," Issei replied.

"Ise..."

"Blegh, what the hell with all of this lovey-dovey crap? Alright, change of plans. I actually wanted to torture you first, boy, before I killed you in front of this little bitch. But you've already taken quite a bit of time from me, so I'll have to kill you now," Rizevim said while lifting his right hand, gathering his devil power.

"N-no!"

"Ana-chan!"

"Guh..."

Ana crumpled over after she blocked Rizevim's attack intended for Issei.

"A-Ana-chan, are you alright?!" Issei frantically asked.

"Ugh... I-I'm fine, Ise," Ana replied.

"Tch, what is this? Just like your father, getting in my way when I tried to kill your mother, and finally died together with her, pathetic. Fine then, though I already had plans for you, if you want to die with the boy, so be it. Just don't regret it...," Rizevim said with a manic glint in his eyes as he gathered more demonic power than before in his right hand.

Looking at the immense energy, Issei could only stay still hugging Ana's weak body, trying to protect her.

'Tch, is this it? I-I finally found what I'm looking for. And yet, I can't protect her at all. Please, my body, move, move, move, move. I need power, power, power.'

'I want more power.'

[So be it, boy. I shall lend you my power.]

"Hraaaaah. [Dragon Divider!]," Issei shouted, along with a new unknown voice. From his back, Issei also sprouted wings like Rizevim, except he only had two pairs. One was a pair of metallic white colored wings with transparent blue webbing, while the other was a pair of white scaly wings, like those of a dragon, with black and yellow patterns on the webbing.

"W-what the hell?! Divine Dividing and dragon wings?! Are you fucking kidding me?! This boy is both a dragonkin and the current Hakuryuukou?!" Rizevim said, surprised by what he had seen.

Lifting his right hand, Issei shouted again, "[Half Dimension!]".

Suddenly the amount of demonic power that Rizevim had, both the one in his right hand and in himself, drastically decreased.

"W-what the?!"

"Hraah!" Issei shouted at the top of his lungs as he charged and delivered a punch straight to Rizevim's solar plexus, throwing him to the far end of the park.

"I-I did it, ugh," Issei said before he fell unconscious to the ground.

"I-Ise! Wake up, Ise," Ana cried out while frantically shaking Issei's body, trying to wake him up.

"Don't worry. He's just unconscious," a voice suddenly said.

"W-who's there?" Ana asked, startled and scared by the voice. She had enough with sudden and mysterious voices for today.

"Hey, hey, is that a way to say hello to your uncle?" A man then appeared.

The man appeared to be quite tall, 6 feet and 2 inches, and also young, maybe around 20s. He had average build, black hair with golden bangs, and black goatee.

"U-uncle Azazel?!"

"Yep, your beloved good ol' uncle," the now identified Azazel, the Governor General of the Fallen Angels and the Grigori, said.

"Uncle!" Ana cried as she hugged Azazel.

"There, there, everything's gonna be alright, okay?" Azazel said as he patted Ana's head, trying to calm her.

"Azazel, what are you doing here?"

"Hn, oh, Rizevim. Heh, looks like the boy has done quite a number on you, huh?" Azazel said as he turned his head to look at Rizevim.

Rizevim's attire now had been dirtied with grime and dust, with a tear here and there. There was also blood flowing from his midsection and his mouth.

"Tch, the boy's just lucky, that's all," Rizevim answered,

"Hahaha, maybe. But you know what you have to do now, right?" Azazel suddenly turned serious as he narrowed his eyes at Rizevim.

For a while, none of them spoke a word, silently communicating with their eyes, until Rizevim relented.

"Grrr, fine. But remember, Azazel. I shall return for them," Rizevim said as he disappeared using a magic circle.

"And at that time, they'll be ready for you, Rizevim."

"Now, Valiana-chan, let's go home, alright?" Azazel said to Ana.

"B-but, what about Issei? We can't just leave him there," Ana said.

"Ah, don't worry about your little boyfriend," Azazel said, resulting in Ana blushing madly.

"How about you come out now, hmm?"

"*sigh* You always know, huh, Azazel."

A man then came out from between the trees. He looked like he was in his late 20s to early 30s. He was quite tall, a bit taller than Azazel. He had a lean but muscular body. His hair was black with blonde strands. His eyes were like Issei, except that his left eye was the one that was black, while his right eye was gold colored.

"Hehehe, so, it's truly you, pffft, hehehe, hahahahahahaha," Azazel suddenly erupted into an uncontrolled laughter.

"U-uncle? What's wrong? Who is that man?" Ana asked, confused with her uncle's outburst.

"Hahahaha, to, to think that you, pffft, the battle maniac, khk, turned over a new leaf, married a human woman, a-and then had a son... Hahahaha. Oh, this is gold," Azazel continued to laugh while wiping fake tears.

"*sigh* Alright, Azazel, please, stop it," the man said again.

"Alright, alright, I'm sorry *wheeze*, pffft," Azazel said while still recovering from his earlier outburst.

"Phew, to answer your questions, Valiana-chan. That man, is your future father-in-law," Azazel teased Ana, resulting in Ana blushing madly, again.

"N-nice to meet you, Mr. Hyoudou," Ana said to the now identified Issei's father, while still trying to control her blush.

"Hahaha, no need to call me Mr. Hyoudou. Hyoudou is my wife's maiden name. My name is Chrome Dubh. You can call me Chrome, Valiana, or even Dad. What Azazel said is right, you're going to be my daughter-in-law after all, hahaha," Chrome said as he also teased Ana.

"A-alright," Ana complied, now already became redder than a tomato.

"But still, to think the Evil Dragon of Evil Dragons become a father. That's quite unbelievable, you know," Azazel said.

"Eh?" Ana said, confused.

"Hey, I have my own reasons and circumstances, you know. That being said, what are you going to do now?" Chrome asked.

"I intend to bring Valiana with me to the Fallen's territory. I'm going to train her, so she can survive on her own. What about the boy?"

"*sigh* At first I had hoped that he won't be exposed to the supernatural world until he was at least a teenager, but I guess that's just wishful thinking. The only thing I can do now is erase his memory, and hope that it will be at least 10 years before he's exposed again. I want him to at least have a normal childhood, you see."

"Besides, his mother will kill me if she finds out his son is exposed to the supernatural this early," Chrome continued in whisper, though no one paid that any mind.

"Eh, but, does that mean Ise will forget me?" Ana asked, scared that Issei would forget her.

"No, don't worry, I'll just modify his memory about meeting Rizevim. He'll still remember about you and playing with you. But, that means you can't see him anymore, at least not until he's exposed again to supernatural world," Chrome explained.

"I-I see," Ana said as she looked down.

"Hey, don't be sad. You both have a photo of both of you together, right? If you miss him, just look at the photo. I'm sure Issei will the same. Ah, to see my son take his first couple photo, time sure flies fast, huh," Chrome said.

"Y-yes, you're right. If I miss Ise, I can just look at the photo. Thank you, Mr. Chrome," Ana said gratefully.

"Alright, now that's done, let's go home, alright, Valiana?" Azazel said.

"Y-yes," Ana said as she stood beside Azazel. Black light started to envelop both of them.

"How about the training, Chrome? Surely, he can't stay like that, even if you seal his powers and the Divine Dividing," Azazel asked.

"Don't worry, there's a lot of ways to train someone without magic, you know. Besides, the seal will automatically break on his 18th birthday or if he's exposed to the supernatural world," Chrome answered.

"I see. Well then, see you next time, 'Chrome'," Azazel said with a smirk.

"See you again, Mr. Chrome," Ana cheerfully said, though she still had some sadness in her eyes.

After that, both of them disappeared in a blinding light.

"Now, to do something about my son," Chrome pondered as he walked to near his son.

[Have they left?]

"Yes, they have left, Albion."

[Good, now we can talk about your son, my current partner. But still, I agree with Azazel, to think that the Crescent Circle Dragon married a human woman and become a father, moreover the father of the current Hakuryuukou, that's what I'd either call fate, or a really bad joke, *chuckle*,] Albion said, holding his laugh.

"Yeah, yeah, stop it. I don't want that said to my face again, alright? *sigh* And I think Azazel's bad enough," Chrome mourned.

[Hahahaha, fine, fine. Let's get back on topic.]

"Okay, I'm sure you've heard the outline. I'll seal you, along with Issei's draconic power, until his 18th birthday or until he's somehow exposed to the supernatural world on his own, when the seal will break on its own."

[That's a good plan. Except for one thing.]

"What is it?"

[When I first woke up, I lend your son my power, as you know. But somehow, he accessed part of my powers that is supposed to be out of his reach.]

"And that is?"

[He used Half Dimension.]

"... Are you sure? Isn't that can only be accessed if the user is in Balance Breaker form?"

[Yes, I am. Even I don't know what is the reason. I presume this is connected with your son draconic's heritage, hence why he somehow can access more powers than my previous bearers. After all, none of them are half-dragon, or even have dragon blood in them. But this makes his young body receiving too much strain, moreover from what Rizevim has inflicted to him. Continual exposure towards magic and the supernatural I fear will endanger him, especially since he never as much as coming in touch with any of them before now.]

"I see. How long do you think he needs?"

[When I examined him, around 5 to 6 years. 10 years, right before he matures, if we really want to be safe.]

"Hmm, that means he may be ready before his 18th birthday," Chrome said, thinking deeply.

[What should we do now?] Albion asked.

"... We change the plan a bit. If he is truly ready before his 18th birthday, then that is fate. We will change the condition of his memory's returns into when he is physically and mentally ready towards the supernatural instead of the 10 years countdown," Chrome finally replied after thinking a bit.

[You, you already have some plans, don't you?] Albion asked.

"Well, even if I'm now an ex-Evil Dragon, I'm still the Crescent Circle Dragon, right? So, of course, I have some cards in my sleeve," Chrome answered.

[Heh, then let's do this.]

"Alright, I hope you're ready, Albion. See you again in around 10 years, hopefully" Chrome said as he lifted his right hand, glowing with black and yellow power.

'Heh, looks like, my son's life is going to be so much interesting. Hehehe, I'll look forward for it, kiddo... Oh shit, how am I gonna explain this to Tomoe?! Oh man, I'm so screwed!'

So..., how is it? Sorry if there're any errors in it. Whether it's bad or good, feel free to comment either by review or PM. If it's not clear, the pairing is Issei x fem!Vali, without harem. To be honest, I don't know if I should post this story or not, but my friends told me that this is good. So yeah, here it is. Expect the next chapter soon.

May We Meet Again.