Laying down on his back, Issei tried to catch his breath as his adrenaline faded from the fight he'd just been in. Trihexa had broken out of the isolation barrier two weeks before and had wreaked havoc once again in the world and no one from the supernatural could tell if those that had been fighting it were still alive or not as they were not answering any calls from the line that had been setup for that purpose.
He had been fighting almost nonstop lately trying to stop the onslaught but he couldn't do anything about it and he had to watch all of his friends and loved ones fall and had been about to die himself and was waiting for it to happen when he was whisked away from the battle by none other than Great Red himself and while he was thankful for the save, he wasn't sure what to think about it.
"[Are you ok partner?]" Asked DDraig as he himself tried to calm down from the fight, not too sure what to think about what had just happened, and was honestly expecting that his partner wouldn't be alive much longer and didn't know what would happen to him at the end of it.
"Yeah, somehow. I thought I was a goner myself there for a minute until Red showed up." He said before turning towards Great Red who he noticed he was on top of. "Thanks for the save there Red."
"It is not a problem Red Dragon Emperor. You may have lost the fight against the Apocalypse Beast and lost all of your friends and loved ones, but I have had this feeling all along of the fact that you would be the one to take care of the Beast and is why I stepped in to save you, even if you might have wanted to pass away to be with your loved ones again." Great Red said, surprising Issei at his thought process and that he was the one that Red thought would be able to beat Trihexa.
"But how?! I'm not anywhere near the strength needed to take it down, even with the body that I got from you and Ophis Red, I just don't see a way to do it. No offense to you Red as I am thankful for the help back then."
"[Normally I would agree with you one hundred percent partner as where you are now there is no way you could beat Trihexa, but if I had to guess I think Red has an idea for that.]" DDraig replied, figuring that Red would help Issei train to become stronger and possibly get better use out of his new body since right after it was given they had to leave the Gap and go into battle.
Though one could say that Ophis had helped train Issei since then, it's possible that there was something that he had gained from Reds body they didn't know about yet.
"You're right that you aren't at the power needed to take Trihexa on right now and I have a guess as to what DDraig thinks I would do but what if I was able to send you back in time to where you could train from a younger age and be ready to take Trihexa on when its released or you might even be able to stop its release if you play your cards right."
"[Is there even such a power? If there is I've never heard of it though it wouldn't surprise me that you would know of a spell like it.]" DDraig muttered though he couldn't say he was surprised that there was a spell out there for that sort of stuff. Whether or not it was a good idea or not was up for debate but he also didn't mind it if that's what his partner decided to do.
Issei though couldn't help but ask a question though. He didn't mind the idea but still. "If that's true, I would definitely do it to help stop something like this from happening again, but I have to ask, wouldn't there be repercussions if we were to travel back in time? If there's one thing I've learned in all my life, or at least heard enough times, is that time travel can cause issues between the universes or something like that."
"To answer DDraig's question first, the Biblical God created this power eons ago from what I can only guess might have been an accident and while he knew that if it was ever used it might not end well like you said Issei, it might be best for others to know about the spell and how to cast it in case of situations like this one. Only the highest tier of deities know about the spell as well as both me and Ophis know of it too. In response to your point Issei, you're right it normally would but you have to take into consideration the state of this world right now. It's not like much of anything that isn't terrible hasn't happened already to worry about, though I do understand your concern."
After thinking about it more, Issei couldn't fault Great Red for what he had said and was thankful for this gift, but knew he wasn't the only one that this affected. "I feel like this would be a good thing. Though I have to ask you DDraig, what's your thoughts on this? It's not just me that this affects after all since you're a part of me."
"[I agree with you partner and will back whatever decision you make. I don't mind the idea of going back in time and getting strong enough to handle this situation when it comes up.]" DDraig said, happy with his decision and that Red had offered it.
"Then I will take up your offer Red. Thank you for everything you have done for me so far, though I do have one request of you after you send me back." Issei said, getting a look of confusion from Red as he listened. "Can you destroy this universe once you send me back? I don't want to run the risk of something happening that might affect us in the past." He finished. While he knew very little, close to nothing, of this subject, he knew that he didn't want to run the risk of something happening to them again.
Red couldn't help but admire the kid that had come so far since he had learned of the supernatural. "I can do that for you as I agree. I will also send myself back in time to help you if you ever need it. Don't worry about how it will work out, it'll be a mental link like what you and DDraig have in a sense and it will work out since you have part of me as your body." Red said, getting a nod from Issei as that made sense to him, thankful once again for the help. "When do you want to be sent back to."
"Honestly, surprise me on that as I don't have a good guess as to a timeframe. Once again, thank you for your help Red. I know I wouldn't have survived if you didn't pull me out, but I also know you didn't have to help me."
"You're a great kid who I've loved watching grow up this past year so it was no issue. But with that, I'll send you back before I destroy this universe. Expect to hear from me shortly." He said, before activating the magic to send Issei back in time and once that was done, did as he promised and removed this universe from existence before making the time travel jump himself.
Will he redo cannon to fix what he messed up in the past, to make his loves better than before? I hope so, it would be cool to see him redo things to make him go from weak will to confident!
Be the best Devil Dragon King he can!
There will be changes to canon in some ways but in others canon will be the same except for him being overpowered in some aspects. We'll just have to see what happens in the future.
me and the guy who commisioned this story have been hashing out ideas and figuring out our plans for the past few days and have quite a few interesting ideas in mind. Or i think them interesting at least