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Kaito froze mid-way through a push up.
…Eh?
No way.
Was he hearing things?
'No, no you are not,' the voice snorted, 'I would have spoken sooner, but well, you were in the middle of something not long ago, and I'm still adjusting to this, it's a welcome change don't get me wrong, especially with what I've learned since I figured it out, but it's still quite the abrupt change from I'm used to.'
There was no doubt about it now.
"Ddraig!?" Kaito goggled as he held his position midway through a push up, "How are you speaking in my head?"
Telepathy of some kind?
'Not quite, I thought it would be obvious though,' Ddraig laughed and sounded actually cheerful compared to earlier when he spoke to him for the first time, 'The Twice Criticals were made through my flesh, the Boosted Gear contains my soul. Through adding the gem you took after beating the crap out of my current failure of a partner, a link was established and allowed me to simply put, manifest my consciousness within your Twice Critical.'
His mind whirled, rushing a mile a minute as he processed that, and just exactly what it could mean.
'Did…did you jump Sacred Gears!?' Kaito gaped in shock.
'If only,' Ddraig huffed, 'I'm still bound to the Boosted Gear and that shitty brat. I can simply manifest part of my consciousness here within your Twice Critical, kinda like one of those clone things Vritra used to use. I used to not get it, it seemed like such a weak power but now I'm understanding how useful it is, Vritra was a real genius!'
That was….something alright.
Kaito wasn't really sure how to react to suddenly having one of the Heavenly Dragons inside his head.
Actually….wait!
His eyes widened, couldn't Ddraig see into Issei's mind and shit!? And didn't that mean he could-
'See your memories?' Ddraig finished for him drily, before a low, almost menacing chuckle escaped him, 'Yes….and what a horrible fate it seems I'm in store for. Boob Dragon Emperor? What a pathetic state I ended up in within your memories. Quite frankly, it would be a mercy to kill me for good at that point.'
Kaito's thoughts ground to a halt.
He wasn't sure how to process that now. That Ddraig could see his memories now, and had his knowledge of the world, or at least some form of it. The DxD world he knew of after all, didn't have any connection at all with Ikki Tousen and whatever else might be different.
Wasn't it ludicrous….that a guy like him was even here?
'Not really, so a human from this world fused souls with a human from another world, where this world is some sort of fiction? Or at least some of it?Hardly the most shocking thing I've seen or heard of,' Ddraig snorted, 'Perhaps there's a seer in that world the other half of you came from and saw into this world, perhaps something else. It's nothing that grand, though it's interesting you got a Twice Critical twice over. Our compatibility must be extremely high, if you were born before that foolish brat I have for a partner right now, most likely you would have been the one to obtain Boosted Gear. Pity that.'
Honestly, Kaito wasn't sure how to process all of that. He could admit he'd envied Hyoudou for getting the Boosted Gear, but it wasn't like he was ever unhappy with his Twice Critical.
Just somebody like Hyoudou getting Boosted Gear, rankled him.
Still, Ddraig was taking this extremely well.
'Does it sound like it? Trust me, I'm not, in fact I am absolutely seething with rage,' Ddraig scoffed, 'Even putting aside your memories gained from the fusion, if you had gained Boosted Gear in place of your first Twice Critical, by this point you would no doubt be in the top ten strongest beings of this world! The strongest Red Dragon Emperor in history! Instead, I'm destined to become a laughing stock….Boob Dragon Emperor!? Just thinking about that…that atrocity to my reputation makes me want to bite that useless brat in half.'
Well…Kaito wasn't going to humbly deny the praise or anything like that, but there was one weird bit that stood out to him.
Despite all that crap, the Ddraig he knew of seemed a lot more chill and seemed to actually like Issei.
'…I honestly cannot comment on that, I have no idea why this apparent other me isn't seething with rage….the fact this other me is a crying loser attending therapy of all things though, means my pride was broken, how pitiful,' Ddraig growled, 'Hey why don't you kill that brat and take Boosted Gear? Stealing a Sacred Gear isn't all that hard honestly, I can walk you through it.'
He wasn't even sure how to reply to that, beyond.
No?
While having the Boosted Gear would be amazing, he quite liked Rias, and Asia…and Akeno he supposed. Killing Issei would make him their enemy, and by proxy Sirzechs. And probably have Serafall out to kill him as well because of the shit he caused.
He didn't give a shit about Hyoudou but the clusterfuck that would come about from killing him wasn't anything he was interested in, especially since it would drag Irina and Yanagi into it all.
'Tch,' Ddraig clicked his tongue, 'Why is this useless brat so lucky!? Damnit, then I suppose my only hope to keep my reputation is hoping the brat dies somehow, or….you as my legacy I suppose. Fine, that'll do. Kaito, from now on, you're the Black Dragon Emperor! The legacy of me, the mighty and legendary Ddraig! And make sure to tell everyone that shitty brat has no right to the name of Red Dragon Emperor!'
That sounded so chuuni and edgy though. He wasn't gonna go around calling himself the Black Dragon Emperor!
That was a real brass neck!