Chapter 1 Awakening
Part 1: Bael Territory, Bael Rating Game Stadium. 1 year Cartil's death
I arrive outside the stadium and walk up the stairs. I walk over to a statue and I place my hand on the plaque. "This statue is in honor of my cousin Cartil," it reads. I smile and walk past it. I look at the stadium. There are screens on the outside for people who can't make into the arena. There seems to be a rating game going between Sona and Dulio. I walk towards the entrance and guard comes up to stop me. I run behind him and knock him out. I hide his sleeping body. I walk inside.
I am walking through the halls and watching everyone run around to get food then get back to watch the show. I follow someone out to the stands. I look around at everyone who is watching. I spot them. They do not look in good shape. I sigh. "It's worse than I thought," I say to myself. I spot someone looking at me and I leave quickly. I run down the halls and duck into a room. I look around and the room is empty. "That was too close." I walk over to a window.
"I found you," a woman's voice says. "I thought I felt something familiar."
"Hello Grayfia," I say. "I suggest you keep this quiet for now. It's for the better so my enemies can't find out." I look back at her. "Tell Sirzechs and Sairaorg thank you for taking care of them." We hear panicking and we step outside the room. I hear what sounds like an attack. "Grayfia you help evacuate people I will see what's wrong." I run down the hall and into the stands. I can see Grim Reapers and in the center of the stadium a teleportation circle. Hades appears. I draw my sword and jump down. When I land in the center I notice that Sairaorg has jumped down to. "You should focus on helping your people Sairaorg, I will handle Hades."
"I want revenge for Cartil," he says.
"Revenge can wait," I say to him. "Your duty is to protect the people." He nods and reluctantly leaves. I turn to Hades. "So it only took a year for you to recover and attack again." I sigh and charge forward. I cut through multiple grim reapers and slam into Hades knocking him into empty stands. I fire bolts of lightning at him. There is an explosion upon impact. I turn and block an attack from a grim reaper. I grab its face and slam it to the ground. I jump into the air as Hade's attack comes at me and hits the grim reaper instead. I land and start laughing.
"Who are you?" Hades asks. "How dare you interrupt my revenge against these devils." He fires more magic attacks me and I dodge them. He charges forward and slashes at me with his staff that has scythe blade. I block it with my sword and punch him in the face. He raises his other arm up and casts a spell. I spin and kick his arm up sending the attack up. I grab his staff and throw him into the stands. I raise my hand up and start casting a spell. I turn and block an attack from a grim reaper. I point move my arm and point it at Hades. I fire magic at Hades and then spin to attack the grim reaper.
I grab the grim reapers face and sigh. "Seriously how stupid are you?" I ask. "I am destroying Hades and I can kill all you grim reapers easily. So why do you keep attacking me?" The grim reaper I am hold drops his scythe. "Smart move now back up and let me deal with Hades." I let the grim reaper go and he backs up. I turn back to Hades and notice he is back up. "Do you feel it yet Hades?" He glares at me. I smirk. "Better question is do you realize yet who you are facing?" I teleport behind him and place my finger on his back. I fire a beam of holy light threw him. He stumbles forward and looks back at me.
"It can't be," he says in shock. I kick him forward and jump into the air. I grab my cloak and pull it off.
"Its play time," I say and crimson light shines brightly lighting up the stadium. "Crimson Archangel reawakens." I change into the Crimson Archangel but it's changed.
Part 1.5: Outside the Stadium
I am standing here with everyone as we wait for news from inside the stadium. "Hades attacking on the anniversary of Cartil's death," I say. "He is truly a monster." I turn to Hanalil who is looking back at the stadium. "This must be hard on you."
"The screens are on," she says. "I can see the battle going on." I turn along with everyone that has also heard it. "Whoever that it is he is destroying Hades easily." We are watching the battle going on. We notice the grim reapers back down. We see figure shoot a beam of light threw Hades from behind.
"Is he an angel or fallen angel?" I ask. We see him leap into the air and then a bright light of crimson shines blinding us. "What is going on?" The light stops and when we look back to the screen we are in shock.
"He is alive?" she says. "Cartil is alive?" she falls to her knees crying. The rest of us surround her for support. I look back to screen.
Part 1.75: Inside the Stadium.
I cross my arms and smile. "It feels good to be back in this form," I say. I look at Hades and smirk.
"How the hell are you alive?" he questions. "You life force was almost 0 when I ran away. You should be dead." I land on the ground and walk up to him. I laugh and smile.
"Bitch I am immortal," I say and punch him in the chest. I then elbow him into the back of the neck. I summon the God Slayer and stab him in the back while he is still on the ground. I kneel down. "This time I am going to slaughter you. Do you feel the pain yet?" I pull out of the God Slayer and jump back. I rub my hand on the blade. Hades gets back up and glares at me.
"It seems to have lost its bite," he says. "I didn't feel anything from it." I laugh and the sword begins to shine brightly. He covers his face as he watches. The blade's shape changes, the handle's gems change, and 2 new runes appear on the blade. I slide my hands on the blade again.
"It has evolved into the God Slayer II, Runix," I say. I slash at him and send a wave of energy at him. He screams in pain. He falls to his knees and punches the ground. "It doesn't just tear at the soul of a god anymore. It takes their power and absorbs it. It is also permanently infused with the power of destruction and holy energies. I am at a whole new level now. I walk up to Hades and lift him up. I impale him with my sword and smile at him. He screams in pain and flinch a little. "That pitch is getting to ear bleeding areas." I throw him away and into the stands. I crack my neck and watch. He stands up and raises his hands up. I tilt my head up and he summons a few Cerberuses. I sigh.
"Still cocky now?" he asks. I snap my fingers and 2 summoning circles appear. 2 dragons appear from the circles and take on humanoid appearances. "What the hell?"
"Drago and Glacia, can you take of the dogs for me?" I ask. "Hades is annoying me now."
"As you wish Commander," Drago says and they leave. Hades begins casting multiple spells at me and I jump back dodging them. I sheath Runix and smirk.
"Is that really all you got?" I taunt him. "It me with your best shot, I will let you hit me with it." I hold my arms out to the side and wait. He casts a large spell and fires it at me. I take the full impact and laugh. Crimson light engulfs the light and my armor as completely changed. "Crimson Archangel King Formation." I reach into my trench coat sleeves and pull out dual pistols. I aim them at Hades and fire. The magic bullets hit Hades and he screams.
"What the hell is that energy made of?" he questions.
"Cursed bullets made from the same energy as the Runix," I say. I dash towards him and unlock on him. He keeps moving around to dodge but is only able to dodge a few. He land in the middle of the stadium. I lift my hands up and the pistols disappear. I pull out Runix and dash forward. I slash him and he falls to his knees. I turn to Hades and raise my hand up into the air and chains wrap around him. He screams in pain until I wrap a chain around his head forcing him to scream into to the changes. I walk up to Hades and grab his face. "Death is too good for you. For your crimes against my family and the peace of the world, I Cartil Gremory, sentence you to a fate worse than death. I will be turning you mortal."
The chains tighten as his power drains. After his power has been drained he falls over and the chains disappear. I turn away and look to see the last of the dogs fall. I take a deep breathe and return to normal. "Good work General," Drago says as he walks up to me. "It seems your new sacred gear has synched with your powers and body well." I nod. "It looks like we have company." I turn and get knocked to the ground by a crying Hanalil. I hold her as she cries into my chest.
"Hello everyone," I say. "Yes I am alive and I will explain later. This is Magma dragon Drago and blizzard dragon Glacia." They bow.
"I am Drago," he says. "I am the Commander of Cartil's Dragon division."
"I am Glacia," she says. "I am Drago's second in command of the dragon Division." They both wave.
"I guess we better go and get everyone so I can explain," I say while looking at Hanalil.
Part 2: A warehouse in the Capital of Lilith.
I am sitting watching people come in and sit down. I am waiting for everyone so I can explain. I sigh and look to my left where Ophis has appeared. She is looking at me. "I sense great red in you," she says. "I am curious to what you did." I smile.
"I will tell you the full details in secret," I say to her and she tilts her head. I feel someone tugging my shirt and look to see Ri.
"Are you really back daddy?" she says. I put my hand on her head and mess with her hair.
"Yes I am," I say.
"Don't leave again please," she says begging with teary eyes. I pick her up and set her on my lap. I kiss her forehead.
"I won't be leaving," I say. "I will be around for a long time now." I smile. She hugs me.
"Okay so explain what happened," Yin says. "You have been gone a year, I think you need to explain."
"I have been in the dimensional gap," I say. "My life force was dropped to the point where I had less than a year to live. I was dying so I made a judgment call. I fled to the dimensional gab on great red. I spent 3 months recovering. I was facing the realization that I wasn't going to be able to help anyone anymore. So I worked on fixing my life force by creating a new sacred gear out of the flesh of great red and the power of infinite I was giving by Ophis. I then worked on controlling my new power and creating new weaponry. If I was able to I would have come back sooner. I couldn't have, I am sorry."
"Explain the dragons," sister says demandingly. I sigh.
"Tannin," I say and everyone looks at him.
"He has a pact with those dragons since the time I was training him," he says. "They still needed more training before he felt like they were ready." I place Ri on the ground and turn away from everyone.
"I understand that no one believes me," I say. "That is fine, I understand. I have a mission to complete so I guess I will take my leave. Drago and Glacia lets go, it seems we are no longer needed here." I create a teleportation circle.
"Wait," Nivana says and runs up to me. She gets between me and the circle. She stares at me and I blink. "There are 2 things that only Cartil would know to have on him. They are never seen so a fake could never recreate them. Take off your shirt." I blink again.
"You want me to strip in front of everyone?" I ask and she nods. "If you wanted to touch my chest you just had to ask nicely." She glares but with blush. I take of my coat and drop it on the ground. I pull off my shirt and toss it on the ground. She touches my chest. "You did not have scars before."
"That kind of happens when you take hits from a soul destroying scythe," I say. "Something wounds can't heal." She touches the necklace and inspects it. She grabs my left arm and looks at the bracelet. "Satisfied now?" She glares at me and I look away.
"Strip more," she says.
"I am not getting naked in front of everyone," I say. I grab her arms and lift them above her head. I lean in next to her ear. "Stop being naughty or else. Besides where is our son?" her eyes go wide. I let her go.
"You can be a real pain," she says.
"You married me," I say. "I still will never understand why any of you girls decided to marry this mess." I laugh. I feel hand on my shoulder and it spins around into a hug.
"My baby boy," mother says. "I am so happy you are back." I look at her and smile.
"I here for a long time now," I say. "I love you mommy." She smiles. She stands back when father walks up. He smiles and nods. Sister and brother walk up. I hug them both. "Our family will be whole forever now."
"I hate to interrupt this touching family reunion," Sig says as he appears. "Cartil I need the power you took from Hades. When need it for his replacement."
"No," I say. "You will get that power when I learn who the replacement is and if I can trust him or her. Until then you will never see that power."
"Fine I understand," he says and leaves. I walk over to Hanalil and grab her hand. I pull her up and kiss her.
Part 3: Phoenix Residence days later
"Its good to see you have returned," Lady Phoenix says as we walk down the hall. "I hope things are going well now." I yawn. I look behind to see Ravel running up.
"I have barely gotten any sleep since I have returned," I say with another yawn. "I had to make up for a lot in a lot of ways. I feel well used right now." Lady Phoenix laughs. We stop at a door and she opens the door. We walk into the room. I see a crib and I walk up to it. I smile when I see the sleeping baby girl.
"She is beautiful isn't she," Lady Phoenix says. "Revatil Phoenix, she is named after you in a way. You may pick her up." I reach down and carefully pick her up. The baby girl wakes up and looks at me. She smiles and I feel more at peace.
"What I am going to show you both stays quiet," I say. I turn around to look at Lady Phoenix and Ravel.
"You have a new secret," Lady Phoenix says. "I will keep it quiet and you will to wont you Ravel?" she nods. I smile and summon 3 sets of wings.
"You have devil, angel, and dragon wings," Ravel comments. "What did you do?" I look down at the baby girl in my arms.
"I crossed a line to survive that should have never been crossed," I say. I kissed the baby girl's head and place her back in her crib. "I am the Crimson Devil who has the power of god. I have devoured the dream and stolen the infinite." My retract my wings and turn around. "I won't be finishing that chant or else this house would become a crater." I look back to the baby. "When you are the right age you will seek me out for training." I walk to Lady Phoenix and Ravel. "Thank you both. Its time to go, I need to prepare for my journey to Egypt."
"Good luck Cartil," Lady Phoenix. "Thank you for this gift." I nod and leave.
Part 4: Same warehouse in the Capital of Lilith
I stand in the middle of the warehouse. I am joined by the different leaders for team AxA. I look around. "So this will work," I comment. "This will be team AxA headquarters. I have already contacted father and brother. They will be helping give this building a makeover fitting our team." I turn to everyone. "We are team AxA; we are the elite fighters from all the factions whose soul purpose is to keep the peace."
"What is our first step then?" Issei asks.
"Since they have been silent for awhile now," I say. "Our first step is Egypt and those gods. Rias, Vali, and Sona prepare your teams. They will be joining us on our trip to Egypt in a few weeks."
"What about me?" Issei asks.
"You are a leader therefore you will not be joining us," I say. "You are to guard Japan while we are gone." He nods. "Don't worry so much Issei. Are you afraid that she might be hurt or are you going to miss her boobs?" I laugh as they both blush and turn away. "You both are so easy to read even after you both have done it."
"How do you even know about that?" Sister questions and I laugh.
"Ravel and Akeno have been in contact with me since I returned," I say. "With how much Akeno has told me, I could write a book and make tons of money. Grabbing Dragon and Switch Princess, their smutty adventures, that sounds like a nice title." Sister gets mad and fires destruction energy at me. I place my hand up and it stops. "I am teasing you, I would never do that. Brother on the other hand might."
"How strong are you now?" Vali asks. "I am curious of the strength you hold now." I smirk and summon my sacred gear.
"The new type sacred gear known as the Infinite Dream," I say. "I am currently above Ultimate devil by a lot I would say closer to Devil King Class." I place my right hand on my left gauntlet and slide part of the armor pack. I lift my left up and reveal slots in the armor which 2 of them have been filled. "I decided to play with Ajuka's system and put into sacred gear. Currently only Knight and King formation are unlocked. Besides the Crimson Archangel formation system, I have a new form. Though I don't plan on using it anytime soon, though Vali the power you should be more curious about is the power I will get into the future."
"Alright you have peaked my curiosity," he says. "I will still follow you." I turn to Dulio.
"How is heaven?" I ask.
"The reconstruction is almost complete," he says. "The system improvements you did have given everyone new hope. It's nice to see a lot more smiling faces. I want to thank you for the advance protection system for 3rd heaven. The souls of the children are even better protected." I smile. "Strada is also happy there." I look down.
"I wish I could be there to take him there myself," I say. "I will visit him soon." Dulio walks up to me and places his hand on my shoulder.
"He will like that," he says. "Another thing there will be an angel baby soon." I look at him. "I hope you will come see it when the child is born. Since it's all thanks to you that this is possible." I nod.
"You are a miracle worker," Sairaorg says. "You are beginning to see your hard work come through." I turn to Sona.
"I am building a school in my territory," I say. "I will help Sona's dream now and the dreams of every pure blooded devil married couple who struggles to have children. We not only fight for peace but for the future of the next generation and those that come after."
"I assume you are going to mass produce the Miracle Tear," Ruval says. "I would like to help if you would let me." I nod.
"What are ranks?" Dulio asks.
"I am in charge of everyone overall," I say. "Vali is my second in command. I will break everyone into Squad leaders soon. Dulio will be commanding the Angel division. The dragon commander as you know is Drago."
"Vali is an interesting choice for a second," Sona says.
"A battle crazy fool knows how to plan properly," I say. "He was giving every one here the run around before changing sides."
"I believe in Vali," a female voice says. Vali starts freaking out. I laugh.
"Looks like Vali's ice princess is here," I say and he glares at me. "Well looks like I have to start teasing you too."
"Do it and I will kill you," He says.
"Vali I could seal your sacred gear and kill you before you realized you lost," I say. "Don't even try it butt boy." He continues to glare. "I am tempted to see what happens if I trap you and her in a room for 24 hours." Vali walks off and leaves. Everyone laughs. "Alright everyone lets meet up again in a few weeks before the Egypt trip to talk more about the plan."
Part 5: Cartil's house a day later
I am sitting at the table with Ruval going over the plan for the Miracle Tear Factory. "It would be best to keep in my territory since it will be better protected," I say to him. He is thinking.
"What about the school?" he asks. "Your territory will already be targeted from that would it really be a good idea to also put the factory there?" I smirk.
"Seeing as my territory is a 3rd the side of the Gremory territory," I say. "I do think it will be a good idea. I plan to work with magicians and Rosswiese to work on a barrier that prevents teleportation. I have guards planned for the factory and people to watch over the school."
"Alright," he says. We start going over the building plans. "How about you change these 2 rooms around it may be better for production." I nod. Nivana walks up and places tea down for us both. I smile and signal for her to lean in. I kiss her cheek. She smiles and walks off. "It feels like things have returned to normal for you."
"Mostly," I say. "The whole having to take care of my son is new to me. I wasn't around when Ri was a baby. I hate that I missed that but I am glad she is around now." I turn to Ri who fell asleep in the chair as she was watching us. "Being a father is the greatest thing to ever happen to me."
"You want to spread that joy to other," he says. "I think I understand you better now. I am glad I met someone like you. By the way what is your son's name?"
"His name is Zeo," Nivana says as she returns to the room. She is holding our son. She hand him to me. "Its your to take of your son." She smiles and walks into the kitchen.
"He is always so peaceful when he sleeps," I say while looking at my son. "I wonder who they will take after when they start training." I look up to Ruval. "Thanks for the help. We will get these plans shorted out soon I hope."
"As do I," he says. He turns to Nivana. "Thanks for the tea and food." He leaves. I stand up and lift up Ri onto my back. I walk down the hall. I place Zeo in his crib then I go down and place Ri on her bed. I walk out and into my room. I feel someone hug me from behind.
"I understand how Hanalil felt when she couldn't be near you," Nivana says. "We all learned the pain and we never want to experience it again. I am so happy your back but please never do that again." She is crying.
"I am not going anywhere," I say and turn around. I hold her close. "I am staying with you and them forever. I need you girls just as much if not more than you all need me. My strength comes from your love. I am glad you girls are letting me recover from all that play time." She giggles. "The cute Nivana returns, maybe I should do something about it. I think I have recovered for some play time." She blushes.
"That's not fair it was my turn," We turn to see Yang in the doorway. "That's cheating Nivana." She pouts.
"Technically it's my fault," I say. "The mood is dead now. So I am going to take a bath." I leave the room.