Prologue

The small town of Kuoh is known for its lively people. A boy around the age of twelve playing what you call a game on his computer. His hands are moving at unbelievable pace, tapping and clicking various buttons at the same time.

Final Boss "Fat Uncle"

Suddenly the screen notified him that he reached the final level. 'Fat uncle' what a stupid name for the final boss. He shakes his head. Pathetic. But whatever, they are saying this is the most difficult game till this date. He couldn't agree much. He sure did struggle a bit more than he thought he would.

His face twitched into a small smile. His light green eyes momentarily glowed bright. His hand movements became frantic. After some time,

"Congratulations, Player, you defeated all the villains and freed the world from demon's tyranny. Thank you young hero."

The screen glowed bright at the message and several names displayed. His score is 972, ranked first all throughout.

He sighed happily. And got up from his table and went downstairs to find himself a drink. Just as he opened the refrigerator in the kitchen a voice called out behind him but from another room.

"Issei, are you there ? Some of your friends are asking for you early today. I tried calling you out in your room, but you didn't answer." a female voice asked him.

"I was sleeping mom, thank you for telling me, I'll talk to them." he grabbed a drink and went to his room. Actually he didn't even hear her mother knocking the door, thanks to that game and his headphone.

"Okay dear, make sure you also play outside a bit. Don't go play in that computer of yours all day." his mom called out as he passed the corridor.

"Kay" with a swift reply he closed his door.

Miki Hyoudou, wife of Gorou Hyoudou, let out a deep sigh as she watched tv while thinking about her son.Issei is their precious son. Since his birth, he's always been a silent child. He's not shy or anything fyi. He's just someone who doesn't like to talk a lot. He only talks when necessary. That is their only complaint about him. Not that he gave them any other reason.

He's pretty smart for his age. His teachers always praised their son nonstop. Their neighbours also adore him, some of her friends once said that her son is a prodigy. Gorou is also very proud of his son. He brings him a new game every weekend knowing how much their son loves them. He and her son are pretty close. She at first complained to him that he's spoiling his son too much. But Gorou only laughed and said.

"Am I. Relax dear,Issei is smart, you know that. You've seen his results don't you, he tops his class every year, his marks are excellent. So don't worry. Let him enjoy his childhood."

She sighed again after remembering those words of her husband.Gorou is what they call 'Cool Dad'. So it's basically a necessity that she plays the strict mother role.

"Mom, I'm going outside." she snapped out her thoughts at his voice.

"Okay, return home in time." She called out to him as he skipped outside of their house.

Issei opened up his smartphone as he sat alone in the swing. Some notifications popped up on his home screen. So he opened Twitter to see what's this all about.

"Glad to tell you guys, a new champion has emerged. Name's @BlackOath. He scored the highest point ever, the mighty 972, way ahead of anyone. #NewLegacy."

It has almost 10k likes. There's also some replies to that tweet.

"Hey, isn't that the same guy, who also scored highest in 'bloodbath' previous week. God he's OP af."

"Ikr, he's pretty awesome. He's my classmate actually. @BlackOath dude you rock."

"Seriously @BlackOath again, that guy is a genius from what I have heard. Best of luck for future pal."

"HEY GUYS I AM LEON, HIS BEST FRIEND. Do you guys know he just started #NewLegacy two days ago, when I told him about it. He really is OP. @BlackOath I'm crying dude, you made me proud so much."

He face-palmed himself. This game sure is a hype. But literally he didn't expect it to be this much.

It'll be an interesting day tomorrow in school. He laughed imagining Leon's face about it. Leon is his best friend. He's a good guy, they also lie in the same neighbourhood. He's a bit eccentric, but honest. That is why he likes the guy. He then makes a self reminder to call him up later.

He got up from the swing and began his daily exercise. He's a nerd but a smart athletic one. He stretched his body to various poses. He then went to continue his regular push-ups.

1-2.3……………140-141-142, he panted heavily. He set today's target to be 150 but just as he thought he can't do it anymore, a buzzing sound was heard and it's like a jolt went through his whole body starting from his left hand. He collapsed. What was that ? He looked up at his left hand to see it's trembling, several veins are visible. It's the same as before. He encountered the same thing a few days ago. He shakes his head to the sides and gets up. He looked at his watch and returned to his home without thinking much about it. Nor that it'll help him anyway.

A month later:

Issei's reading a fantasy manga, while eating some snacks in between. Fantasy has always been his favourite genre. The story he is reading is about a boy, a big perverted one, he's kind though. It's about how he managed the empire with his strategic mind and also gained himself a harem in the process. There's some plot holes, Issei can point them out easily. He's always been a good strategist, utilising all your resources to win victory should be everyone's point. It is also another reason why he is so good at games.

Involuntarily his mind went back to his left hand. He just consulted a doctor a few weeks ago, after various testing and scanning even they couldn't find what's wrong with his hand or body. There's also that dreams of his, a giant red dragon saying something incoherent to him. That dragon also has green eyes and a huge body. To simply put it's gigantic. At first Issei thought, it's some side effects of his negative thoughts. But then this dream began to appear almost every second day. That dragon seems like saying something to him. It's almost like it's saying something about his left hand.

He doesn't know what to do. His parents are also quite concerned about it. Suddenly he put his manga book down and stood up. Lifting his left hand up in the air, he swings it in different motions.

"Hey ! Dragon can you hear me ?" He tried to ask his hand. Yeah lame right, he thought the same but there's nothing wrong in trying.

Actually nothing happened.

Let's try again. "Hey, red dragon can you hear me ?" He asked in a formal tone. He's being serious here dang it.

He stared at his left hand hard. He focused and focused more on his left hand. He almost glaring daggers at it.

This time something actually happened. Not with his hand though.

A knock was heard from his door.

"Ise, dinner is ready, come downstairs." With that being said his mom went back to the kitchen.

He let out a deeeeeep sigh. Oh boy how can he be this stupid, shaking his head he went to join his family for dinner.

The next two weeks passed out in a blur, he didn't think much about his issue lately. School days are now frantic, the year is almost at end, exams are coming too. So he also invested his time in his study. He has a great affinity for his study. He loves to study actually. Science and maths are his favourites.

Currently he is going to the shrine. His mother requested him to drop some flowers at his grandparents grave.

Just as he entered the shrine, he came upon an unusual sight. At the edge of the shrine's boundary several mens wearing some samurai type uniforms, circled a girl about his age. The girl has back hair and bright purple eyes. It also seems like she's crying. He went close to them.

"Sorry girl, we know it's not your fault that you are a monster, it's that bastard's fault. Because of him we have to kill your mother now we have to kill you too, after all we can't let our blood tarnish by your filthy blood any more." The tall person in the middle said with some venom in his voice. He is a middle aged man with a rough build.

Issei could predict what's gonna happen next. He thought of his options. Clearly there's no way he can beat them, even though he knew a bit of karate from his school.

Maybe there's no other option, but surely he can't let them kill this girl. He swiftly moved between them and stood in front of the girl.

The tall man's eyes widened. "Hey, where this brat came from." He asked his subordinates. They only shook their heads in confusion.

"I won't let you harm her, clearly you can solve this in a different way." Issei tried to state the point logically.

"Boy, it's none of concern whatever we do, stay outside of our business or." He pulled out his katana to his hand and took a step menacingly.

The girl in the meantime latched to his back cowering in fear. So he has no other option, his mom always used to say that he is kind, he himself always thought the opposite.

"I think you should run, I'll try and hold them back as long as I can." Turning his head to the left he softly said to the girl. Her eyes widened, she looked terrified but nodded nonetheless. She then ran deeper into the forest.

"Hey where do you think you were going, catch the girl." The man screamed. The three others beside the man looked startled for a moment but then tried to run forward.

Issei immediately stood between them. "I won't let you."

The man then swung his sword towards him. Issei jumps up from the position and kicks the man running towards the girl on his right. He then ducked several other strikes, and went to grab the katana of the fallen man. He grabbed the katana in both of his hands and glared at them. The weight of the sword is much heavier than he anticipated. It will be difficult then. Issei then swings his sword in forward motion trying to injure someone, he's fit thanks to his daily work-out but the sword is way above his limit. Two of them jumped up from their position in an attempt to avoid it. Unfortunately one of them jumps quite late, as a result the sword pierced into his left thigh. The man screamed and fell down immediately.

Now there's only two of them remaining. He then went forward trying to cut the other man down. The man defended his strike with his own. There's a creepy smile on his face. Issei's eyes twitched. Suddenly a heavy kick comes from his right side hitting him straight in his abdomen. Issei went flying and crashed into the nearby tree hard. His eyesight became blurry. The tall man was laughing cruelly in front of him.

So this is it. At Least he tried his best. With a bitter smile he closed his eyes.

Instead of black, he saw red, only red. No in front of him is that red dragon. It also looks like he's smiling. Although he doesn't know if it is he/she, his instincts are telling him it is he.

Author Note:

Here's a new fanfic. Actually I am pretty young and rookie, so please be soft. My grammar is bad, I know. English isn't my first language.

Anyway onto the fic, You will see more about Issei's character in the next chapter, so it'll be long.

Another matter; I'll make myself clear, the harem will be small. Rias, Akeno, Rossweisse, Sona, Tsubaki Shinra. These 5 only. No one will be added in future. (What can I say, I like Onee-samas)

Till the next time, Thank you.