Shin High School DxD - Volume 2 - Chapter 4.2

Oppai Dragon VS Switch Hime, I came to keep my promises! 

I — Hyoudou Issei arrived at Kuoh Academy in my Dragon Deification form. She’s here—. I know it. Once I entered the new school building, I activated the thrusters on my back and flew along the corridor with high speed while climbing up the stairs. 

I flashed back to the incident one and a half years ago. During the Phoenix fight, I was fighting alongside Rias on the rooftop of the school building and fell over countless times due to the damage I had endured, but in the end, I always stood up again as I aimed for the top. …Although the damage I suffered during the fight with Kiba wasn’t as bad as that time, it still affected my body and became troublesome. Had I not thought of that surprise attack, I might’ve been defeated. As expected, Kiba’s sword technique and Gram’s [Dragon Slayer] attribute was admirable. Plus, that also proved to me once again that technique types were my worst enemy. I arrived before the rooftop’s door and opened it. Sure enough — Rias waiting at the rooftop. I then said this, 

“Buchou, Hyoudou Issei, here at your service.” 

Rias was surprised upon hearing that, and then laughed as if she understood what I meant. 

“Fufufu, that was quite the act, —Ise.” 

I got closer to her and asked, 

“Buchou. The battle continues, right?” 

“Yeah.” 

“Fufu.” 

I stood before Rias and laughed a bit. I rephrased the lines I had said back then. 

“Ufufu, you do still remember it, Ise.” 

“Well yeah. I mean, I showed you my worst side at that time. That’s why I still remember my lines from back then.” 

—I won’t give up. I’m dumb so I don’t know anything about “foreseen” or “checkmate”. But I can still fight. 

I remembered that I stood before Riser after saying that. I clenched my fist and said, 

“I’ll continue to fight as long as I can clench my fist — that’s what I said. And that promise, I’m still keeping it.” 

I’d faced countless [Checkmate] situations. —However, I was still alive. I was trying my best to keep living. That’s why I couldn’t be easily defeated. Rias said, 

“Before we fight, there’s one thing I want to say. The lines that you said just now—. I think that was your coolest side that even made me fall in love with you.” 

Following that, something appeared from the shadows below her legs. 

“—Gasper, let’s go.” 

<<Let’s fight without holding any grudges!>> 

Rias then transformed into her [Forbidden Invade Balor the Princess] form without chanting the verses. She could probably do that within a certain period just by chanting the verses once. As Rias and I released an enormous amount of aura from our bodies, we flew towards the sky. The field had already been shaken several times due to the fierce fight between Ddraig and Crom Cruach. I could also see huge amounts of aura and flame being released from far away. Despite the fact that this was a pseudo-space, I believe that this replica of Kuoh town wouldn’t last long as well. That’s how fierce the fight between Crom Cruach and Ddraig was. 

On the other hand, the fight between the [Kings], Rias and I, started. First, both of us fired a Demonic power bullet to each other! Her sphere was her destructive power strengthened by a layer of darkness, while mine was my Dragon Shot. Both of us fired a gigantic one. Both of those giant bullets clashed in the sky of Kuoh Academy and created a big explosion. The shock spread throughout the entire sky. Now that the enemy was Rias, I would not hold myself back! This technique was the best against girls! I concentrated on the pink images within my mind and released them at once! I also used the [Penetrate] ability onto the technique in order to make sure it would go through! 

[Penetrate!] 

“—Pailingual! Hey, Rias’s Oppai! Let me hear your voice!” 

It was a secret move of mine that let me listen to a girl’s true feelings! As I listened carefully—. 

<<[—Ah, —Th,—-I, —Time—, Senpai—, Oh Ise—]>> 

Shit! I could even hear Gya-suke’s voice along with Rias’s! Was this because of the combination technique with Gasper!? So that’s why Gasper’s feelings were mixed into it when I tried to listen to Rias’s feelings, huh! Even though he’s my precious junior, I don’t have any intention to hear from that guy! Was the effect of [Penetrate] too strong? No, it was probably Rias’s plan to counter that! Then, how about this!? I concentrated my pervert power on my hand, added the Dragon Deification power to it, and then released it at once! 

“Boobs Power Wave! Dress Break Dragon God Mode (read: DxD)!” 

The Dress Break DxD could affect the target even if they’re far away! Rias received my technique which undid her combination technique with Gasper, turning her into the normal Rias. —However, the darkness clothing that was torn off reattached to her once again, making her return to her combination form! S-So this was futile too!? That meant that she had thoroughly prepared countermeasures against my perverted techniques…! Rias then tried to shoot a giant bullet of her destructive demonic power and said, 

[I’ve taken enough measures against you!] 

I responded by firing a gigantic Dragon Shot as I widened our distance. …Shit! Now, I wonder what I should do. Well, in order to end this match, I’d have to either use Infinity Blaster or Longinus Smasher! Nope, she should have thought of countermeasures for those as well. It’s my strongest weapon after all. It’s natural that she’d have some kind of counter against those. If I did fire those things, that would take up most of my stamina at once. I couldn’t just randomly shoot it out. If that’s the case, should I do a form-changing stamina competition with Rias? No, I should use Dress Break once again and attack at the moment the darkness clothing gets torn off—. 

As I thought about this and that, Rias made her third eye glow mysteriously and tried to stop me! I quickly escaped from that place and got away from her sight! Even if my body were stopped only for a moment, that would be very dangerous! If I had to endure the gigantic destructive demonic power, even my Dragon Deification armour would be—. Rias didn’t have Gasper use his abilities — the beast of darkness and others often as she wanted him to save his stamina in order to focus on this form. …In other words, this was Rias and Gya-suke’s peak condition, huh? I’ll come right at them! That being said, the moment I tried to engage in a close-ranged fight, Rias dived into the shadows near her. I remembered the things that Sakra had said to me. 

—In the Gremory group, do you know the biggest difference between you and Rias Gremory? Rias Gremory is strong even without you. However, without Ravel, there are times when you wouldn’t be able to function properly. That is a big difference ZE? 

I didn’t know how to respond to Sakra’s words, because that’s exactly how I felt too. 

—Being able to use the Phoenix girl is good and all. However, you also have to be able to do your own surprise move from now on as well. Your current condition will serve you alright in the preliminaries. —However, you might get matched with me in the main tournament, and when that happens, you won’t be able to do anything in your current condition, you know? It should be clear in your head now just how weak you were when you defeated Cao Cao in the Demonic Beast Riot. 

It should be clear in your head now just how weak you were—. That’s right, just like the fight that I had with Kiba…I had to utilise a surprise attack or its kind to get stronger! That’s how I originally escaped death after all! I should think of a surprise attack using the resources I have… A technique that will go through Rias… Dress Break and Pailingual didn’t work on her. Especially Dress Break, which only removed her clothing of darkness temporarily… That was the moment that I came up with a certain idea. …If that’s the case, what if I did something while it’s trying to reattach itself? I’d have to try that out! In order to carry out the plan that I had in mind, I prepared to use Dress Break once again as I found an opening! I increased the perverted power in my hand and fired it at Rias! 

“Dress Break DxD!” 

A moment later, Rias’s clothing of darkness was temporarily torn off! 

“It’s useless!” 

As she said that, I lengthened the tail part of my armour and pointed it at Rias! The tip of the tail then spread out and — latched onto Rias’s breasts! 

“—Absorbbbb! Go, my tailllllllllllllllllllll!” 

The tail which was stuck onto Rias’s breasts made a suction sound as it started to absorb something from her! Rias’s face instantly turned red and she screamed! 

“Nooooooo!” 

It’s inspired by one of my breast techniques — Nyuutron Beam Cannon! You could say that it’s the preparation stage for it! 

Nyuutron Beam Cannon was a technique of mine (inspired by my dead grandfather), in which the tail part of my armor would attach itself to a woman’s breast and absorb their [Breast Energy] and change it into demonic power, letting me fire out a powerful blast… I believe that even my comrades couldn’t understand the logic behind my technique. After all, the amount of people who had seen me using this technique, or even the times I’d actually used this technique were low. Even Rias hadn’t actually seen the process closely as she had only learned about it through rumours. The same went for Gasper who turned into Rias’s clothing. That’s why I thought of surprising her by making the first move with a close-ranged assault. —My prediction was right! Even though the clothing of darkness reattached itself to Rias, my tail still stayed put! During that time, my armor’s tail kept absorbing her breast energy! At the same time, Rias’s breasts also — got smaller! 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh! 

My bride’s breastttttttttttttttttts! Her breasts were shrinkingggggggggggggggggg! Who’d expect that I’d be shown the sight of them shrinking in real time…!? 

But, this too…was in order to win! I threw away my emotions and continued to absorb her breast energy! On the other hand, Rias, whose breast energy was being absorbed by me, seemed like she was losing her power. This was the technique’s side effect. 

[…I-I won’t lose…from this…!] 

Rias tried to fire her destructive demonic power, but her aura simply couldn’t manifest. 

<<Rias-oneechan! I-I will! B-But!>> 

If Gasper separated from Rias, she’d be vulnerable and I could just finish her off by using my strong techniques. Gya-suke must’ve realised that as well. While my tail was still attached, I gathered the energy gained from her breasts to the four cannons of my Dragon Deification armour. The number [99] appeared on the jewel of my armour. It’s Rias’s bust size—. As an enormous amount of energy gathered around the cannons’ muzzles, I pointed them at Rias! Rias’s breasts — were completely absorbed by my tail, to the point that they had completely disappeared! Despite the fact that they’d return given some time, it was still too much of a sight! But this was a Rating Game! This was a match of an International Tournament! I wiped my tears away and prepared the cannons! 

“Rias! I’ll shoot!” 

“[<<D?D D?D D?D D?D D?D D?D D?D D?D D?D D?D D?D D?D!!!!!!!!>>]” 

I screamed along with the voice coming from the jewel! 

“Nyuutron Beam Cannon + ? Blasterrrrrrrrrr” 

The ace move of Dragon Deification and my Breast Techniques combined, creating a dreadnought-class bullet that enveloped Rias and Gasper—. 

—Nice one. 

While being enveloped in the aura bullet, that’s what I heard Rias saying. The sky of the whole game field turned crimson as a giant explosion occurred—. After the shockwave from the bullet stopped — I couldn’t catch sight of Rias and Gasper. Following that, the announcer said. 

<<The retirement of team [Rias Gremory]’s one Bishop and [King] has been confirmed! As such, this match — is won by team [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth]!>> 

[Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!] 

As the winner was decided, the spectators also cheered. I could hear the crowd’s cheering. The commentator also yelled, 

<<Oooh! Finally, the fated match between [Oppai Dragon] and [Switch Princess] has been decided! The winner is, [Oppai Dragon] aka Hyoudou Issei’s team, [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth]!!!!!>> 

[Oppai Dragon! Oppai Dragon! Oppai Dragon! Oppai Dragon! Oppai Dragon! Oppai Dragon!] 

The spectators chanted my name. Everyone was so hyped up. —Suddenly, Ddraig, whose body was full of wounds, came over to me. …One of his arms was broken, and his wings were also full of holes. Still, it didn’t seem like he lost. I asked my partner. 

“…I won, Ddraig. How about you?” 

[Yeah, I couldn’t finish the match with Crom Cruach. Although the Evil Dragon was injured, well, he was still strong nevertheless! It has been a long time since I’ve had a nice match!] 

He made a very satisfied face! His fight against Crom Cruach must’ve been very entertaining. As I looked towards the place Ddraig was fighting — there were no more houses as everything had become one with the ground! Just how much fun did you have!? Ah! There were cracks all over the field’s sky! Had I had a longer fight against Rias, I can’t imagine how this field would have turned out to be… 

I took a breath and said to my partner. 

“It’s just the beginning.” 

[Yeah, now that we’ve won this match, I’m also looking forward to our next match.] 

I then did a fist-bump with Ddraig. 

“[We’ll aim to be the strongest!]” 

The third match of the Rating Game World Tournament—. It’s our victory, as team [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth]! 

Durandal 

Durandal 

After the match was settled, Xenovia Quarta fell to her knees. —Even though Ise, their [King] had defeated Rias and won…what appeared before her eyes was Vasco Strada who was unscathed. 

—I couldn’t defeat him. Nevermind that, I couldn’t even give him a hard time. 

Even though Irina and Nakiri Kouchin Ouryuu who were fighting alongside her didn’t retire, they had both used up all of their stamina, forcing them to collapse on the spot. Judging from the retirement announcement, the remaining members of team [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] were Ise (Ddraig), Xenovia, Irina, Rossweisse, Ravel and Nakiri. From the enemies’ side, Akeno, Koneko, Strada and Crom Cruach were left. 

…So it’s true that we can only defeat Master Rias with our current strength. We couldn’t manage to defeat Strada and Crom Cruach. 

Strada then took a deep breath and said, 

“Hm, it seems like the match has been decided.” 

Strada picked up the broken part of Durandal II and said to Xenovia and the others, 

“I’m dropping out early from this tournament. —But, keep going on, young ones.” 

In response to her predecessor who encouraged her, Xenovia was— 

“Your Eminence! I…!” 

Strada then smiled cheerfully. 

“Warrior Xenovia. —My body is that of a human. There is a limit to my age. But I’ll strive so that I can live for thirty more years. During that time, come and challenge me again.” 

With those parting words, he left the place. Nakiri, who had collapsed, smiled bitterly. 

“…In thirty more years, His Eminence Strada will be more than a hundred years old.” 

Irina also laughed. 

“However, I don’t think he was joking. His Eminence would still be strong even if his age were more than a hundred.” 

Even with more than half of the offence squad of the team [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth], Xenovia Quarta, Shidou Irina, and Nakiri Kouchin Ouryuu, they weren’t able to defeat him—. Still, Xenovia strongly wished to surpass him. 

Parents.2 

Parents.2 

Part 1 

A post-match discussion was taking place in the VIP spectating room as Rias’s father — Zeoticus shook hands with Ise’s father Hyoudou Gorou. 

“Hyoudou-san, that was a good match. Congratulations.” 

Gorou was embarrassed in response to Zeoticus’ words. 

“T-Thanks, but for my kid to beat Rias-san…” 

“No, this is a match. Our girl’s team must’ve done their best as well. And above all, that was a good fight considering her opponent was her own fiance, Issei-kun. As expected of the partner that Rias chose.” 

“N-No! That’s not true! Anyway, Bina-san, about Grayfia-san—” 

“Yeah, we’ve taken care of her as well—” 

As both fathers continued their post-match discussion, Ise’s mom Miki was also able to calm down. She had been worried that her son or daughter might’ve gotten hurt or involved in an accident during the whole match. She couldn’t stop worrying as she also heard the things that happened after one’s retirement. Still, she wanted to quickly go to the hospital room where Asia was. Rias’s mother — Venelana was watching beside her as she said. 

“That was rather nerve-racking, wasn’t it?” 

“Yes, my heart was pumping. Especially when Asia-chan was defeated, I almost lost myself… —But…” 

Miki smiled upon looking at the sight of her son on the monitor. As Ise returned to the stadium, he waved his hands and smiled towards the spectators. Miki said, 

“I think my kid was really cool. He’s a little bit perverted though.” 

Venelana added, 

“Yes, both Rias and Issei-san were really great.” 

—Then, the two fathers stood up from their seats. 

“Now, Hyoudou-san, let’s go meet our children. I am worried about Rias and my daughter-in-law.” 

Gorou responded to Zeoticus’ invitation, 

“Of course! I am also worried about Asia!” 

Venelana invited Miki. 

“—Let’s go to where our children are, shall we?” 

Miki answered with a smile. 

“Yeah.” 

As they left the spectating room accompanied by their escort, Kanzaki Mitsuya, Miki then looked at the monitor one last time. Miki then smiled upon looking at the sight of her son who was speaking for the post-match interview. 

“…Ise, I’ll come and see your next match as well. Please do your best until the last moment. Now, I have to go and visit Asia-chan.” 

Part 2 

Bina Lessthan — no, Grayfia Lucifuge, who lay on top of the hospital room’s bed, finally opened her eyes. She looked at the ceiling, and upon realising that it was a hospital room, she recalled the fact that she had been defeated by Rias. —Suddenly, there was someone who called for Grayfia. 

“Okaa-sama!” 

It was her beloved son, Millicas. Millicas was here… As she touched her own face — she realised that she had returned to her usual form. Now that Millicas was here, he must’ve known that her mother had transformed into a teenager and wore a mask in order to participate in the tournament. She had been keeping this from Millicas… Ever since Sirzechs’s departure, she rarely had the chance to see her own son…due to her participation in the tournament. She once again realised just how selfish and cruel of a mother she was… She couldn’t bear to look at Millicas’ face. —Despite that, Millicas then started to talk merrily. 

“Okaa-sama! You were so cool! Although you lost to Rias-neesama… But now that I know that Bina Lessthan is you, I will rewatch all your match clips!” 

Millicas wasn’t angry and didn’t even looked confused as he proudly accepted his mother’s participation in the tournament. Grayfia was shocked by that response. Finally, she asked her son. 

“…Are you not mad at me? I mean, I didn’t tell you anything and participated in the tournament… And I did not even talk to you that much while in the house…” 

Millicas replied with a smile, 

“It’s okay, you participated in the tournament after all! Plus…the sight of Okaa-sama fighting in the match was…the best!” 

Grayfia’s eyes watered in response to Millicas’ answer as she started to cry. She hugged her son and apologised. 

“… I am sorry… I am sorry… Millicas, I am sorry…” 

“…Okaa-sama? Why are you crying?” 

Millicas didn’t know how to respond to his mother, who was crying and apologising at the same time. Grayfia must’ve already found the thing that she must truly protect—.