He didn't. He didn't understand at all.
The masked man continued, as if the young teen actually asked him.
"It's because I take pleasure in seeing certain individuals in pain. The looks of utter anguish as they realize that they don't have a way out. The look of fear at how easily I could break them. The look of shame as I defile them...! It's just all so...entertaining!"
What...?
"But even more than that...it's the sheer and utter hopelessness that I get when they give up on ever finding happiness that really gives me the goosebumps! It's just so...exquisite...!"
...What was he...?
"...I look forward to seeing that look on little Asia's face. Don't you? So seeing her beloved like this...is a good place to start."
Issei's eyes shot open.
His mind's eye remembering Asia's seemingly broken body on a cross.
Remembering the hopelessness of watching someone truly special taken away from him.
"...Don't..." Issei mumbled quietly, gripping the ruined forest floor with stressful energy.
The masked man tilted his head. "Don't what? Don't do this to little Asia? No way, I will enjoy riding her as long as I can you know?"
The teenaged boy said nothing, he only silently dragged his battered body up to a crouching position.
'...I look forward to seeing that look on little Asia's face...'
"...I won't let you..." Issei whispered, something inside him breaking free as he spoke.
"...Hah? Won't let me what? Maybe you've gone mad? How pathetic..."
Issei's eyes locked towards the masked man.
Furious eyes.
"I won't let you fucking touch her...!" the teenaged boy declared, the gem on his Sacred Gear began to brighten, as if responding to his emotions.
Never again...!
He can't watch her suffer like that again...!
The green glow on his Twice Critical began to expand, the light enveloped his hand as his will and desire to protect someone he cared about grew stronger.
...He wouldn't let her suffer like that again!
Dragon Boost!
With a red aura beginning to swirl around him, Issei charged at him again. If he could just get one punch in...!
But the masked man merely twisted his head, a mocking look in his eye as he raised his leg and smashed his foot into the beleaguered human-turned-devil.
This sent Issei to another tree, nearly breaking it on impact.
"Why bother? You may be strong for a typical human...but you are as weak as a typical low-class devil." the masked man mocked, grinning at the pain he has caused.
The brown-haired boy got up again, ignoring the pain, taking a quick second to check if Asia was alright.
What he saw shocked him.
She was bound up on a tree, held up like a prize to be taken at someone's leisure.
Boost!
Feeling new-found anger rush inside him, he charged the masked man again, wanting just one hit...!
Issei's adversary merely created a magic barrier, using it stop the teenager's approaching punch. The casual maneuver meant to instill into the young teen one thing.
Hopelessness.
"Face it. You are far too weak to stop me. It's over." the masked man mocked, while keeping his hands away from the magic circle to show just how much he was taking this battle seriously.
Not at all.
Issei gritted his teeth. Hopelessness was beginning to envelop him, the man in front of him wasn't trying at all! Issei wasn't like Naruto...he couldn't stop him. If only he could get one punch in...!
But he couldn't. He was too weak.
Always too weak.
Then he remembered something.
Words from what felt like a lifetime ago.
His eyes sharpened, it may seem impossible...but this guy wasn't taking him seriously...so maybe...
"...Hey asshole." Issei said quietly, practically whispered as he tried to do what Naruto would do.
Try a tactic.
"What? Going to beg for mercy?"
The young teenaged boy shook his head, instead he grinned at his enemy.
"A certain someone once said to me...that nothing is over until it's over..." Issei started.
Boost!
A stalling tactic...!
Issei's grin grew. "I just have to say that I prescribe to that philosophy!"
Explosion!
The teen's gauntlet seemingly grew on the boy's hand, enveloping his entire left hand as he felt new-found power overwhelm his senses.
Just enough for this...!
The magic circle which seemed so impenetrable before, immediately cracked under the new-found strength of the young man.
Then just like that, it shattered under the stress.
The masked man's eyes widened.
How!?
He wasn't given enough time to react, as Issei charged at him with his fist raised.
"Fly you son of a bitch!"
Then smashed it into the masked man's face, sending him flying into the forest and smashing him into a tree, breaking it in half.
Just like that, Hyoudou Issei defeated the masked man.
"...I...I did it...!" Issei breathed, shocked that he managed to win.
But he couldn't celebrate. First things first.
He dragged his tired body to Asia, who was wiggling around in her restraints on the tree. Trying to talk from the bound on her mouth.
The perverted boy wanted to admire the pure perverted gold in front of him, but he figured that this wasn't the time for it.
He immediately freed her from her restraints and hugged her, deliriously happy that she was safe.
"You did it Issei-san! That was incredible!" Asia exclaimed with sparkly eyes.
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