High School DxD: Rise off The Solar God

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Both Sirzechs and Issei looked to see a man who possessed similar features to Riser.

"Lord Phenex." Sirzechs said.

The father of Riser Phenex walked over to Issei, and put his hands behind his back in a formal manner.

"What my son had done...was truly unforgivable. The Phenex Clan is known to be a noble clan in the Underworld. But what Riser had just demonstrated, he let his arrogance and paranoia overwhelm him. That being said, I sincerely apologize for my son's foolish actions."

Looking up at Sirzechs, and then Lord Phenex, Issei narrowed his eyes further, and walked past them, prompting the two males to raise eyebrows. Lord Phenex turned around to look at Issei, noticing the young man had stopped.

"Issei Hyoudou. Before my son had begun to make plans in order to arrange his battle with you, he had started a bet with Sirzechs and I. If you had succeeded in winning, you would inherit all of my son's possessions."

Sirzechs stepped up, while keeping his distance away from the young man.

"As a result Issei, all of the properties formerly possessed by Riser Phenex, are now bestowed upon you. Because you won."

"..."

A series of black flame-like ribbons surrounded Issei once more, and he transmitted away, leaving a surprised group of Devils.

Dungeon of the Phenex Clan

Issei reappeared in a dark place, and he grunted when he sensed his cousin's energy aura, and someone else's. Walking towards the source, he saw Leiko, and the Chinese young woman who had brought him to the Underworld.

Widening her crimson-ruby eyes, Leiko stared at her transformed cousin with her mouth agape. Next to her, Xuelan widened her eyes and backed away.

"I-Ise-itoko?!"

"Y-You?! Where's Riser-sama?!"

Issei glared at the girl coldly. Leiko shuddered as she noticed the foreign expression on her cousin's face.

'Issei. He looks so different. Aside from his appearance, anyway.'

Xuelan narrowed her eyes, and took a fighting pose.

"Hey! Didn't you hear me?! Where's Riser-sama?!"

"...He's floating around in the arena. Endlessly."

Xuelan widened her eyes in confusion. Walking over to the glowing bars which contained his cousin, Issei placed his hands on the bars, and closed his eyes. The glowing bars suddenly dissolved as they were absorbed into Issei's body, freeing Leiko from her prison.

Running towards her cousin, Leiko wrapped Issei into a tight yet loving hug. Calming down for the moment, Issei allowed the exchange between himself and his cousin. Xuelan stared at the two in shock, unable to comprehend Issei's answer to her question.

'Floating around? Endlessly? I don't understand!'

Turning around to face Xuelan, Issei narrowed his eyes and walked over to her, their faces almost touching as he stopped. Xuelan paled at Issei's gaze. It was obvious he was struggling to control himself.

The Chinese young woman didn't know why, but she suddenly felt her face heat up as Issei glared at her.

Not saying anything, Issei walked past Xuelan, with Leiko slowly following her cousin. Of all the years she had known him, Leiko had never seen Issei like this. He was usually quiet, but now...he was in a combined state of peace yet raw fury.

'Ise-itoko...'

As she watched Issei leave, Xuelan's face gained a light red shade, and she found herself frozen at her spot.

"W-what the hell is he?"

Outside of the Arena of the Underworld

Issei reappeared in front of Sirzechs and Lord Phenex, glaring at the two of them. Before reappearing in the Underworld, he had taken Leiko back to his house safely. While doing so, he noticed that Leiko had kept staring at him with a strange look. Seeing as he was transformed, he didn't put it past her.

"Issei Hyoudou?" Sirzechs asked.

Remaining quiet for a moment, Issei narrowed his eyes.

"What's this nonsense about me being bestowed Riser's possessions?"

"It is exactly as I said. My son had permission to fight you, under the conditions he had agreed to. The conditions he had promised to you if you won, were to award you his wealth, the mansion, and...his servants." Lord Phenex explained.

"I don't care about any of those. And for the matter concerning his servants, they can all go to Hell."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Issei realized the irony of his last statement, but he settled for just gaining a sharp edge to his brown-black eyes.

"But I assume that this is Hell, isn't it?"

"Yes."

"That's right."

Shaking his head at his ironic statement, Issei glared up at the two Devils.

"Which means you two are Devils. Well, to put it bluntly, I could care less about Riser's possessions and his servants. You might as well give the possessions and the mansion to the servants themselves, because I want nothing to do with either of them."

Saying Sirzechs and Lord Phenex were a little taken aback was an understatement. They were extremely surprised. Surely, Issei had earned the right to Riser's possessions, and yet he refused it! Just like that!

Sirzechs rose an eyebrow.

"But surely you do realize the benefits of inheriting Riser's possessions."

"If I'm inheriting whatever pertains to that bastard turkey, then whatever I'm gaining means absolutely nothing to me."

Both of the Devils widened their eyes a little at Issei's words.

'What a strange boy.' They thought simultaneously.

Looking around the Underworld, Issei scoffed and looked back up at the two Devils.

"I'm done. There's no point in me being here. Do whatever you want with Riser's inheritance, because quite frankly, I'm not going to know what the hell I want to use it for anyway."

A pool of black flame-like ribbons covered Issei's body again, and he transmitted away from the Underworld, leaving Sirzechs and Lord Phenex, contemplating amongst themselves.

Earth - Barren Wasteland

Issei fought to keep his breathing steady as he stared at the ground, trying in vain to suppress the tears threatening to leave his eyes. His transformation had dissipated the moment he left the Underworld, but the young man didn't care about that.

He couldn't go home now. He knew he currently wasn't in his right state of mind.

He stood on top of the mountains in the wasteland, and fell to his knees as he gritted his teeth. Despite himself, genuine tears started to erupt from his eyes. No matter how much the fury within him blazed, no matter how close he was to losing his sanity, he couldn't deny the severity of what he'd just done.

He had killed someone.

He'd never imagine that he would be angry enough to actually commit murder. It wasn't like him.

Issei's body trembled from the anger and confusion deep within himself. He wrapped his arms around his body, and shook heavily from what he'd just done. The image of Riser slowly disintegrating into nothingness burned in Issei's memory.

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