Issei Hyoudou (Metempsychosis of DxD)

Issei Hyoudou, mostly referred to as Ise by his friends, is the main protagonist of High School DxD as well the upcoming fanfiction "Metempsychosis of DxD".
He is a second-year student at Kuoh Academy and the current wielder of one of the thirteen Longinus, the Boosted Gear.
== Appearance: ==
Issei is a 17-year old high school student of average height with messy brown hair and golden-brown eyes. After he got turned into a Demon, his eyes turn red when he is enraged. 
Most of the time he is seen wearing Kuoh Academy boys' uniform wich consists of a black blazer with white accents, matching black trousers, a white button-down shirt with black highlights underneath as well as a black ribbon. However, Issei lacks the ribbon and leaves both his blazer and dress shirt open and wears a red T-shirt underneath to represent his favorite colour, although his teachers and fellow students see it as a form of delinquency and rebellion. During summer he wears Kuoh Academy's male summer uniform which is basically the same, except it's missing the blazer and has a short-sleeved dress shirt, instead of a long-sleeved one. He keeps his red shirt.
In his free time he wears casual clothes.
After training with Rias for a month, his body starts to get more toned and muscular, his red shirt now perfectly hugging his body, as well as his hair getting messier and his face sharper, which increases his popularity among the girls at school, saying that he became more serious and wild.
== History: ==
Issei's parents at first had problems getting children and had two miscarriages at that time. When Issei's mother got pregnant for the third time, Issei's father went to a Shinto Shrine every day to pray that it would succeed this time. As the child was born, his father gave him the name Issei wich means "Honest" in japanese to indicate his fathers honest prayers.
Issei's childhood was relatively normal, he had a childhood friend called Irina Shidou with whom he played every day, but unfortunatly she and her parents moved to england, but the night before she left she stole Issei's first kiss. Since then Issei thought Irina was gay because he thought she was a boy at that time due to her tomboyish behaviour and looks. Some time in his childhood, Issei met an old man who told him stories about breasts, wich led to his perverted tendencies. It later turned out that the old man was Azazel, the leader of the fallen angels.
In middleschool he met his best friends Matsuda and Motohama. One year before the start of the story, Issei and his two friends enrolled into Kuoh Academy where they became the famous "Perverted Trio".
== Personality: ==
At the beginning of the story, Issei is shown to be ignorant, sefl-centered, arrogant and perverted, often indulging into lecherous fantasies, as well as peeping on the girl's changing room which leads to him being hated by most of the girls as Kuoh Academy as well as gaining notoriety for being one of the Perverted Trio, along with his friends Matsuda and Motohama. 
Despite his incredibly flawed traits, Issei is a kind, courageous, selfless and compationate person, determined to protect those who are important to him. He is extremely loyal to his comrades and always stands up for them. Because of his bad reputation, he doesn't seem to care about other people's reputation, which is shown when he ends up befriending Akira Kujo, who is feared as a delinquent at Kuoh Academy. Having great kindness, Issei is also very caring "putting his nose into other people's business" as he helps his friends and loved ones to overcome their fears, anxiety and mournful past. In spite of his perverted tendencies, Issei follows a strict moral code, which dictates that he would never lay his hands on a woman without her consent, and refuses to take advantage of women when they are upset, even when they are offering themselves to him. This is shown when Akeno wanted to have sex with him to forget about her sad past and her father. Issei refused, knowing it would just hurt her more and comforted her instead.
Ironically, Issei himself is a very troubled individual, aside from his unhealthy obsession about breasts. As mentioned by his mother, he has a habit of not forgiving himself if he does something wrong: always apologizing if said thing mentioned and showing an expression of pain and regret. It is shown he suffers from extreme self loathing and hatred, although when people address his mental health, he always brushes it off, telling them not to worry. On top of this, after getting murdered by Raynare, as well as after hearing her say that no girl would ever love a guy like him during their final battle, Issei had developed trust issues, as well as a fear of admitting his true feeling to girls, thinking they would turn their backs on him, Raynare's words haunting him for the rest of his life. He would also become oblivious to the feelings of the girls around him, often believing they are just teasing him when making their advances towards him. 
== Powers & abilities: ==
Demonic Powers: As a Demon, Issei can use Demonic Powers, giving him the ability to use magic and energy attacks. Although, since Issei was formerly a human that got reincarnated into a Demi-Fiend via Lilith's parasyte, Issei's Demonic Powers continue to grow everyday, with the parasyte infecting it's host more and more. As stated by Rias and various other characters, Issei's potential is exceptionally high, saying that with enough training and by fully accepting his Demonic blood, Issei could become one of the strongest Demon's in existence, albeit at the risk of losing his human mind. Since Demons are beings of energy created by the negative energy and sinful desires of humanity, Issei also gets more powerful depending on his emotional state. When he is enraged, Issei gets a massive power-boost, although he might lose his sense of reason. Fortunately for him, his Demonic Powers also get stronger via his lustful desires. He can also use his Demonic Powers in tandem with his Boosted Gear, increasing his already strong power-level to even greater hights without having to utilize too much of his Demonic Powers. Because of all these perks, Issei is considered an ideal Demi-Fiend and Red Dragon Emperor, Rias saying that she now knows why "He" chose to reincarnate him.
* Dragon Shot: Issei's signature move. It is a basic energy blast enhanced by his Boosted Gear to increase it's destructive powers. The downside to this technique is that it drains quite a lot of his energy, although after he gained more of a mastery over his powers and delved deeper into his demonic side, this stopped being mutch of a problem. He also developed a small scale Dragon Shot that he mostly uses against weaker opponents like low-level entities or humans.
* Elemental Magic: Like a lot of Demons, Issei can use elemental magic by manipulating the elements around him or by creating his own. He mainly uses fire and earth magic. During a close combat fight Issei sometimes engulfes his first in flames to burn his opponents with his flames.
* Dress Break: The second of Issei's signature moves which he uses mainly against females. This move allows Issei to "strip" women by first coming in contact with them, concentrating his demonic power and desiring to see his opponent naked, then snapping his fingers, which then strips the target of their clothes. Issei stated that it has no effect on male opponents, because he has no desire to see them naked. He stops using this technique later on, because it's useless against most of his enemies.
Superhuman physical capabilities: As a Demon, he is also a lot stronger, faster and more durable than most humans. He was able to beat Freed Sellzen, one of the best Exorcists in human history, with one punch, without any prior training. He also has a much faster growth rate than humans, being able to double his physical capabilites with one month of training. His strength continues to grow a lot over the course of the story, becoming a genuine physical threat to a lot of supernatural entities, as noted by Ddraig, especially by using the Boosted Gear, although using it puts a big strain onto his body, so he has to keep his body in good shape. 
Incredible stamina: Issei has shown to have incredible, courtesy of his Demonic physique. Through his daily training with Rias, he gained even more stamina to use his Boosted Gear. After his training with Tannin, Issei obtains enough stamina to Boost his power 10 times, on top of being able to use his Balance Breaker for around an hour. 
Enhanced senses: As a Demon, Issei's basic senses are a lot sharper than that of human. He can also see better in the dark than in the light. His senses can also be powered-up by the Boosted Gear.
Omnilingualism: Like every Demon of the Fiend race, Issei gained the ability to speak every language in existence after his reincarnation.
Expert hand-to-hand combatant: At first, Issei's close combat skills were below average, but after training with a lot of fighting experts throughout the course of the story, he slowly became an incredible hand-to-hand combatant. While he is more of a brawler type fighter, who uses his immense physical strength and speed to overwhelm his foes, he also has quite a few skills and techniques in his arsenal that allows him to combat and beat opponents on-par, or even stronger than him, without boosting his strength.
Skilled tactitian: While he is often outsmarted and considered and idiot, he has proven himself to be quite the skilled tactitian in battle later on in the story, using the experience he gained through his many battles to outsmart his foes and beat them with brains, rather than brawns, although he prefers the latter a lot more. His comrades are also aware of this and can rely on him in dire situations.
Survival skills: Because of his training under Tannin, Issei developed survival skills that have helped him a lot throughout the journey.
Stealth: Issei also learned how to mask his presence and to move without making sounds, although this takes a lot of concentration.
Swordsmanship: While not as proficient as Xenovia or Kiba, Issei has learned the basics of swordsmanship through his training with Kiba, which allows him to use Ascalon effectively in battle.
== Equipment: ==
Boosted Gear: Also known as the Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet is a Longinus-class Sacred Gear wich contains the soul of the Welsh Dragon, the Red Dragon Emperor Ddraig, and is the main weapon in Issei's arsenal. It takes the appearance of a red, dragon-like gauntlet with a emerald-green jewel and and two golden spikes, that manifests on the users left arm. The Boosted Gear has the ability to [Boost] wich can double the users power every ten seconds allowing the user to surpass even Gods when fully mastered. It also has the ability to [Transfer] the stored power into another being or another object. This can also be used on the user to enhance a certain part of the body. Later Issei also gained the ability to [Penetrate], one of Ddraig's orginal abilities that were sealed away by God, wich allows him to break through every barrier. 
* Boosted Gear Scale Mail: Also known as the Red Dragon Emperor's Armor is the Balance Breaker of Boosted Gear wich creates a red dragon-like armor with green jewels, that covers the users body and strengthens his powers and abilities. When activated, the user can double their powers without the ten second limit, this also applies to later forms. The armor has two rocket thrusters on his back for a temporary boost of speed and flight. From them can come out a pair of retractable dragon wings for proper flight. 
* Dividing Gear: Also known as the White Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet is the Boosted Gear version of [Divine Dividing]. It debuted during the first battle between Issei and Vali, where the former placed one of Albion's jewels on his right gauntlet. The Dividing Gear resembles the Boosted Gear but it is white in color and the jewel is blue instead of green and rests on Issei's right hand. With Dividing Gear, Issei has all the abilities of Divine Dividing. 
* Juggernaut Drive: Also known as Dragon of Supremacy is a stronger version of the Scale Mail, where the user unleashes the full power of the Welsh Dragon, allowing him to surpass even Gods, but the form consumes the users lifespan and the user will lose their sanity and go beserk. The Juggernaut Drive takes the appearance of a more dragon-like version of the Scale Mail with sharp dragon claws, a mouth-like thing on the helmet with sharp teeth, and an overall more organic look, making him look like an actual dragon. The user can fire a destructive red beam of draconic energy out of the mouth part. When he uses it for the second time in his battle against Merkabah, he was able to control it for a few minutes, using his demonic powers as fuel 
** Longinus Smasher: The Juggernaut Drive also has access to the Longinus Smasher; the forbidden move of the Boosted Gear, where the user boosts his powers to the limit and unleashes it in an powerful beam of energy that is capable of killing a God. 
Ascalon: Ascalon is a legendary Holy Sword that was previously wielded by Sain Georg to slay dragons. It is currently in possession of Issei after he got it as a gift from the Archangel Sandalphon. Ascalon has the appearance of a european sword with a reddish-purple grip and a golden hilt with stylized crosses at the edges of the guard. Ascalon has all the abilities of a common Holy Sword, along with the ability to slay dragons. He mostly uses it without taking it out of the Boosted Gear, but he can launch it out of the gauntlet as a long range surprise attack. He also gained the ability to extend it's length. He sometimes lends it to Xenovia, who dual-wields it in tandem with her Durandal. 
== Trivia: ==
* Issei's birthday is on April 16, just like his original depiction.
* Issei's first name means "sincere/honest" and his surname "soldier", so his full name means "sincere or honest soldier.
* His first kiss was with his childhood friend Irina Shidou.
* His favorite food is cheesecake.
* Issei has a secret stash of his porn collection that he kept perfectly hidden within household goods inside the closet located in an unused room.
* Issei is a fan of the Dragon Ball franchise, although he doesn't seem to like Dragon Ball GT.
* His favorite video game series is Dragon Quest.
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