Chapter 4

Augustus confidently faced his opponent with his fists tightly clenched as he entered a fighting stance. Vali, on the other hand, was staring at Augustus with his hands stuffed in his pockets, a stern yet somewhat bored look on his face. This, of course, pissed Augustus off to no end, Vali was an arrogant and overconfident asshole and he had every right to be when Augustus thought about it clearly. Not only was he the great-grandson of the original Lucifer, this bastard was also in possession of a Longinus class sacred gear.

Talk about being gifted...

Bolting towards his target, the black-haired devil delivered a right hook towards Vali who easily sidestepped the attack. He followed up with a powerful uppercut, backflipping away Vali countered his attack with a leg sweep knocking him onto his back. Taking advantage of the situation, the Lucifer heir continued his assault with an ax kick. Luckily Augustus was able to dodge out of the way before the attack could reach him, the heel of Vali's foot slammed into the ground creating a large 2ft crater.

Augustus jumped to his feet ready to dive back into the action, however when his eyes settled on the large crater left behind by his silver-haired friend. All he could do was stare at the giant hole in shock, dropping his arms to his side Augusts ran his fingers through his hair.

"Dude…"

Augustus looked at the crater the turned his attention back to Vali.

"Are you trying to freakin kill me!"

Valis brow rose in confusion.

"What do you mean?" Vali asked stuffing his hands into his pockets.

Augustus stammered and pointed at the crater.

"Do you not see the giant ass hole that kick left behind? That kick could've caused some major damage."

Vali scoffed, "Oh please, that was probably the weakest attack I've thrown all day. Stop whining you sound like a wuss."

Gritting his teeth in anger Augustus walked up to Vali and butted his head against the silver-haired teen. "Who the hell are you calling a wuss you shitty pretty boy douche bag?"

Now visibly annoyed Vali pushed back sparking an argument between the two, "Who the hell are you calling a pretty boy dumbass?!"

While Augustus and Vali were screaming and butting heads with one another, on the sidelines at LeFay and a teenage boy who seemed like an older version of the young blonde.

"Arthur, shouldn't we stop them before things get out of hand? Vali is stronger than Augustus it wouldn't be a fair fight."

The teen identified as Arthur flipped to another page of the book he was currently reading, adjusting his glasses he glanced over at LeFay who was watching the scene before them with a hint of worry in her eyes.

"Augustus trains with Vali almost every day, I'm pretty sure he can take a beating. He'll be fine."

Ignoring her brothers' protests LeFay stormed onto the center of the training room where Augustus and Vali were arguing. When she was close enough she cocked back her foot and kicked both boys in the ankle causing them to yelp in pain.

"Oi, why the hell did you do that, you little runt?!" Vali yelled

"Hey, don't yell at LeFay, you shitty pretty boy!"

"I'm not a pretty boy!"

LeFay kicked them again putting an end to their rambling, well to be more specific they stopped arguing because of the cute glare they were receiving from the witch. "Aren't the two of you friends?" The two teens nodded as they rubbed their sore ankles.

Then why are you fighting? Friends don't fight! So, you two better hug and make up right now or I won't forgive either of you!" Lefay glared the two boys, her cheeks were puffed out in a pouting manner as tears began to form in her eyes. Unsure of what to do Augustus and Vali awkwardly hugged one another, LeFay smiled and pulled the two boys into a group hug. She released them both and skipped back to Arthur who seemed to have his eyes glued to his book.

"What just happened?" asked Augustus

"I honestly have no idea," replied Vali

"Sooo, what do you want to do now?"

"I kind lost my appetite for training and I'm hungry now, wanna go eat some ramen? Grafiya restocked the pantry yesterday."

"Sure, why the hell not? I can't stay too long though I gotta meet up with Seekvaira around eight."

Valis' eyes narrowed, "Seekvaira Agares? You sure it's a good idea meet up with her so late?"

"Seekvaira is good people Vali, don't worry I'll be fine. Somebody's being pretty overprotective."

"Of course, if you die then who the hell am I going to use as a punching bag," Vali replied. Reaching into his back pocket he pulled a pamphlet with the Lucifer family crest printed on the front. "Here," he said handing Augutus the sheet of paper. "If you get into any trouble use this and I'll be there to help in no time."

Augustus took the pamphlet and stuffed it in his pocket, "Thanks, pretty boy. Now let's go eat I'm fucking starving." Vali and Augustus left the training room with LeFay trailing behind them trying her best to catch up.

LineBreak: Training with Seekvaira

Small beads of sweat rolled down his face as he concentrated on the orb of demonic energy floating in the palm of his hands. His breath was steady and more relaxed compared to last time he tried this, he sat quietly hoping this time would be different. However, all that hope came crashing down when the orb in his hands dispersed causing the energy in his hand to explode like a grenade. Augustus slammed his fist against the ground leaving behind a small crater.

"Dammit, why the hell does that keep happening!"

"It's because you're trying to force out the demonic energy instead of letting it flow out like it's supposed to," Seekvaira sighed. "Haven't we gone over this already?"

"Yes, we've gone over this several times!"

"Then why do you keep making the same mistake? I thought you would've gotten this right by now, it's honestly not that hard."

Augustus stopped channeling his demonic energy and glared at the pink eyed devil, "Oh I'm sorry that I wasn't naturally gifted with skills using magic like the magnificent Seekvaira Agares."

"Stop with the witty comments and pay attention," she replied.

Seekvaira removed her glasses and sat across from Augustus outstretching her hand, forming an orb of raw demonic energy. The ball continued to grow until it was the size of a basketball "Now all I must do is release the energy I've gathered or absorbed it back into my body, but since reabsorbing demonic energy is difficult for beginners I'll just release it."

The ball of demonic energy shot from his hand into a nearby tree completely obliterating it and the trees in its vicinity. Augustus watched Seekvaira with a hint of awe and envy on his face, he sighed and fell onto the grassy field staring at the night sky of the underworld.

A month had passed since Seekvaira saved him from getting decapitated by Agharr, the two of them seemed to grow closer since then. They weren't exactly friends, but they weren't enemies either they just tolerated one another.

Somehow, he was able to convince Seekvaira to help him hone his magical abilities, she was against it at first but eventually, she caved in much to his enjoyment. Now they were in the middle of who knows where practicing magic. Lifting his hands in front of his face, Augustus concentrated on the demonic energy flowing through body channeling it into the palm of his hand. A small baseball sized orb of energy emerged, the orb grew as he poured more energy into it, before it could reach the size he wanted, the orb dispersed, shattering like a piece of glass.

"Dammit, how the hell am I going to become Maou if I can't do something simple like this?" He groaned in frustration glaring upward at the sky. His view was blocked by a calm looking Seekvaira who had her glasses back on, "You were serious about that? I thought you were just making that up to impress me."

Augustus rolled his eyes at her remark, "Why the hell would I try to impress you four eyes? And yes, I was very serious, and I still plan to do it or die to try."

Seekvaira frowned at his insult, but decided to ignore it, "How do you plan on accomplishing this dream of yours?"

"Uh…I haven't really thought that far ahead if I'm being honest," He jumped to his feet and began pacing around in circles. "That's a good question, how the hell am I going to become Maou without a plan."

"Calm down, you're just fifteen years you have lots of time to come up with a plan. Now let's continue with our training." Nodding, the two of them sat back down and went back to their lesson.

He attempted to channel the orb of demonic energy continuously until he got it right, every time the orb reached a specific size it would shatter setting him back to square one. The energy in his hand formed into a sphere once again, slowly pumping his demonic power into it, eventually, the orb reached the same size as Seekvairas. With a huge smile on his face, Augutsus fired the orb at a giant boulder in the corner of the field. Shattering the stone with ease, Augutsus lowered his hand as he smiled with glee.

"Holy shit! I did it! I actually did it, fucking finally!" He ran up to Seekvaira and embraced her in a tight bearhug causing the young blonde to frown, "Thank you four eyes, you are without a doubt the best teacher in the entire underworld."

Seekvairas frown turned into a smile, "God you really are a morn, now let me go before I kick you in the crotch."

Augustus dropped the blonde from his grip, she landed on her feet and trailed over to the center of the field. Falling on her back she stared up at the sky, admiring the stars that seemed to glisten in the moonlight.

Suddenly an eerie roar echoed throughout the forest catching them both off guard, "Um what the hell was that?" Augustus asked in a shaky voice. He glanced over at Seekvaira who was currently scanning the area for enemies, "I have no idea, but whatever it is it's pretty close."

"Seekvaira, I've been meaning to ask, where the hell are we exactly?"

"In the middle of the forest owned by the Agares clan of course," she replied calmly

"You're telling me, you just randomly teleported us into the forest owned by your family? Why the hell didn't we just go to your backyard or something?!"

"Technically this is my backyard believe it or not! And besides I didn't think something bad would happen we're still in the Agares territory, we just happen to be hundreds of miles away from the house."

"That's even worse! What if we get attacked by a stray devil, or whatever the hell is out there?" He yelled pointing at a group of trees. "I thought you were supposed to be the smart one, the forests of the underworld are called no man's land for a reason!"

The ground shook violently as another roar rippled throughout the air. The trees swayed from side to side until they were torn out of the way revealing a giant spider the size of an elephant. It was charcoal grey, with four eyes, twelve long legs, a scorpion like stinger, and a head shaped like a human skull.

"What the hell is that?" Augustus asked slowly backing away from the atrocity.

"It's a widower, an S rated monster. I read about them in a book about supernatural creatures, specifically ones that live in the underworld. These things are extremely dangerous and very territorial. They've been known to capture their prey and lay eggs inside of them while the victim is still alive."

"Wow they sound like wonderful house pets, so we can either get eaten alive or turned into some kind of bug cumdumpster?"

"Your vulgarity isn't helping anyone at the moment."

"We're about ten seconds away from being eaten alive and your complaining about a couple of bad words," Augsutus scoffed. "So, do you have an idea that hopefully ends with us surviving this?"

"Sorry I don't really have anything in mind. I could try freezing it, I've never dealt with a creature of this caliber, so I don't know how it'll turn out." Seekvaira replied

"I see, so you're just as clueless as I am. If that's the case then there's only one thing we can do," Augustus reached out tighly grasping Seekvairas hand. "Run like hell!"

He sprinted in the opposite direction dragging Seekvaira along with him, the widower screeched as it rushed after the two teenagers. They ran into the forest dodging trees and roots sprouting from the ground. The widower was right on their trail knocking over every tree that got in its way, growling in an animalistic manner as he pounced at his prey.

Seekvaira fired several magical bullets at the creature hoping to slow it down somewhat. Obviously, her attacks didn't faze the monster because it continued to crawl towards them, growling and shooting corrosive webs from its stinger.

"Holy shit! That thing can shoot acidic spider webs? Why the hell didn't you mention that?!" Augustus yelled dodging a bullet of webs that hit a nearby tree.

"I didn't know! There wasn't a single page in the book that said anything about acidic webs!"

"Alright! Alright! Stop yelling at me and keep running four eyes!"

The two continued sprinting through the forest, their view slightly blocked by several stones and trees. Augustus peeked over his shoulder, the widower was right on Seekvairas heels ready to pounce on top her. Predicting the widower's movements, he shoved the blonde out of the way and dove to the ground sliding under the creature's attack, it flew over his head and landed on the ground in front of him.

Augustus stood up and fired an orb of demonic energy at the creature's eye, injured and frenzied the Arthropod began flailing around as webs expelled from its stinger. Rearing back on its legs the spider released an eerie screech as it opened its mouth revealing numerous rows of dagger like teeth. Before it could lunge on top him the giant insect froze in place leaving a puzzled expression on Augustus's face.

His eyes widened when he finally what was happening, turning around he looked Seekvaira. The beautiful pinked eyed devil glared at the widower with a forced smirk on her face. With one glance he could tell Seekvaira was having a hard time keeping the creature at bay.

"Hey, Seekvaira! How long can you keep that thing frozen?"

Seekvaira shrugged her shoulders, "This is the first time I've used my ability without the dome, I'm having a difficult time holding it in place as of now. If I had to predict the time range, I'd say fifty to sixty more seconds until it breaks free."

Augustus smiled

"That's all the time I need! Just hold it until I'm done doing my thing."

Seekvaired glared at the black-haired devil, "What thing? Don't tell me you're about to do something incredibly stupid that'll probably get you killed."

Augustus ignored her rambling and reached into his back pocket, pulling out the pamphlet Vali gave him. "Here goes nothing." He thought to himself. Augustus threw the pamphlet to the ground, seconds later a bright light radiated from the sheet of paper blinding everyone in the area including the monster that was currently trying to devour them. When the light died down, there stood none other than Vali Lucifer with a cup of Ramen in his hands. Upon further inspection, Augustus noticed that he was dressed in nothing but boxers and a pair of socks.

"Dude where the hell are your clothes?"

Vali swallowed the ramen in his mouth before facing his friend.

"Well, I was actually lying down in bed when you summoned me here. I didn't exactly have a lot of time to put on some clothes." Replied Vali.

"You told me to summon you if I ever needed help, right?"

Vali nodded.

"Well, be a good pal and help us kill that damn thing!" Augustus shouted pointing at the giant spider.

"Hold my Ramen for a second," Vali said turning around

Vali's face adopted a smile as his eyes settled on atrocity before him.

"Oh, that thing looks pretty strong. Albion, do it!"

[Vanishing Dragon Balance Breaker!]

A white aura laced around Vali's body as his body was encased in a body of white armor. He launched of the ground, a pair of blue teal wings erupted from his back as he flew towards the widower. Seekvaira released her hold on the widower when Vali's fist contacted its face. The force from his punch alone caused a powerful shockwave strong enough to knock the widower several feet away.

The beast jumped to its feet, growling at him like a rabid dog.

Numerous blasts of spider webs shot from its stinger, which were all easily dodge by the silver haired devil. Vali tried to close in, but the widower followed up with a several close-range attacks. The widower swung at him with its long razor like legs, Vali caught the attack smoothly and hurled the beast into the air. Flying above his opponent Vali interlocked both of his hands and slammed them against the beast's head, plunging it to the ground. His wings began to grow as a deep voice echoed from the armor.

[DIVIDE! DIVIDE! DIVIDE! DIVIDE! DIVIDE! DIVIDE! DIVIDE!]

When the announcements were done the widower was lying on the ground struggling to pull itself to its feet. Vali landed right in front of the beast and raised his hand, a silver beam of energy shot from his palm obliterating the beast instantly. "Well, that was disappointing. I guess looks can be deceiving after all." Departing from his armor Vali walked up to Augustus and Seekvaira who were watching him in awe.

"Amazing, his power is probably on par with an ultimate class devil," said Seekvaira. She looked over at Augustus then averted her gaze to Vali who had now gone back to eating his ramen.

"Yeah man I knew you were a badass and all, but I never thought I'd actually get a chance to see you fight."

Vali shrugged.

"It wasn't really all that honestly, but I do wish that thing had been more of a challenge."

While they were conversing a blue magic circle with the Agares family crest appeared a couple inches away from them.

Seekvaira could only stare as the blue light died down revealing two angry blonde-haired adults when their eyes settled on Vali and Augustus the two adults frowned pulling Seekvaira away from them.

"We sensed a strong magical presence, who are you and why are you here uninvited? Don't you know this is Agares territory?"

Augustus couldn't help but sweat at the powerful aura leaking off the two devils in front of him, they weren't as strong as Vali, but they were still stronger than him nonetheless.

"My name is Augustus Filamond I'm a friend of Seekvairas and this," he said pointing at Vali. "Is my best friend Vali Lucifer."

The man assumed to be Lord Agares stepped forward, "Oh yes, you're Lord Rizeviems, grandson, the wielder of the Longinus Divine Dividing. I've heard a lot of great things about you." He smiled and turned towards Augustus, "And you're the commoner who got accepted into Seekvairas school, she talks about you all the time you know."

Seekvairas face grew red at her father's words, "Father! Why are you telling him that?!"

Lord Agares laughed and rubbed his fingers through his daughter's hair, "I'm sorry sweetheart you know daddy has a habit of talking too much."

His smiled faded away as his expression became serious, "Now young lady why don't you explain to you mother and me why you're outside the safe zone? You know the forests are off limit."

Seekvairas head sunk as she diddled with her fingers, "Well I wanted to find a quiet place to help Augustus train his magic abilities and I thought what's quieter than a forest? There's nothing out here but grass and trees."

Augustus scoffed.

"Don't forget about the monsters."

Seekvaira glared at Augustus before turning her attention back to her father, "Your friend is right Seekvaira, the forest is a very dangerous place especially for someone your age. Not only did you put yourself in danger, but you also put your friends' life in danger. What if he had been severely injured?"

"But he wasn't injured! He even saved me from being hurt, I don't see what the big deal is."

Lord Agares sighed and looked at his wife who nodded at him, "Seekvaira we'll talk about this when we get home." He looked at Augustus and adopted a warm smile, "Thank you, Augustus, for protecting my daughter from danger. If you ever feel like coming by the visit Seekvaira you are welcomed to do so."

The Agares family teleported away leaving Vali and Augustus alone.

"Did they seriously just leave two fifteen-year-old kids alone in the middle of a monster ridden forest?"

Vali nodded in agreement as he slurped down a mouth full of noodles, "Hey you wanna go back to my place and play some video games?"

Augustus shoved his hands into his pockets with a smile on his face, "Sure why the hell not. Maybe we can get Grafiya to play with us again. Who would've thought she was into video games."

A silver magic circle appeared underneath them both, in a flash they were teleported to the Lucifer castle.

Authors Note:

Hope you enjoyed the new chapter. Work is making it harder for me to update regularly. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the new chapter and let me know what you thought of it. Augustus met Seekvairas parents and they're surprisingly friendly. The widower was basically a rip off of the spider creatures from the mist. It'll be a while before the story hits canon territory so be patient lol the next chapter should be up in a week at best. The next chapter for my newest story Dark Skies will be up in a couple of days. When I originally wrote this chapter, Seekvairas parents were assholes, Augustus lost his right arm in the fight with the widower after he saved Seekvaira and died from blood loss. She revived him, and her parents showed up and saved them both. Rias was also there with Seek and Gus to when I originally wrote this chapter but I took her out, so I could focus on those two.