Damn... Lost all my work... roughly five and a half thousand words :(
This version may be kinda bad since I'm really annoyed and wanted to get this out on the 6th, not the 7th, 8th or even 9th.
Years had passed since Sirzechs came to power in the Underworld. The Great War had ended, with the deaths of the Old Satans labelled as due to it. In reality the horrific Civil War had been a pretty easy win for the New Satan Faction. The red-haired Satan, with the help of Ajuka Beelzebub (his new name), created the Rating Games - contests between Devils and their peerages.
Ajuka had researched and created Evil Pieces - magical items no bigger than an actual chess piece with the power to reincarnate any non-God being into a Devil. The pieces were as follows: The King Piece, used to denote the High Class Devil who owns the peerage; they are the most powerful in terms of given qualities; the Queen Piece - it grants a balanced mix of qualities and is usually the second strongest piece; the Knight Piece, used to give a being severely enhanced speed but drastically reduced defence; the Bishop Piece, used to give a being enhanced magical properties without effecting their other qualities; the Rook Piece - it will grant a being massive strength but slow speed; and finally, the Pawn Piece which doesn't effect a being's physical stats - it does, however, allow a being to "Promote" into any of the other pieces.
A High Class Devil is given fifteen pieces upon promotion; this system allowed the Devils to greatly replenish their numbers with reincarnated Devils. However, due to the large number of impure Devils the pure minority began to look down on the impure. It was this arrogance which gave the reincarnated a hard time.
The Rating Games happen when a "peerage" of pieces wishes to attack - and defeat - another peerage to prove their strength and is a great way to promote social status.
Over the years, Harumi Kawaguchi had been trained by Akihito who's magic had repaired. She was subsequently promoted when she could prove her strength, and as a result she had been given her Evil Pieces. She hadn't reincarnated anybody ever, and didn't want to use her pieces unless it was worth it. Harumi and Akihito had formed a close relationship, becoming partners after an awkward situation where she'd accidentally revealed her love for him and was incredibly shocked to find out he held the same feelings for her.
"Buzz!~" the alarm clock rang as an almost-entirely-unclothed Harumi awoke along with Akihito. She had to wake up every day at half-past six in the morning since she liked to help out the agricultural districts and the town.
She yawned and hit the 'Stop' button so as to not annoy Akihito. She got up out of the bed and went to find some clean clothes she could put on after she showered. She opened the wardrobe on the left and picked out a crimson red dress. Still tired, she placed her old clothes into a neat, folded pile which she could take to the laundry room later.
Akihito turned so he was facing the window which let in cracks of sunlight that pierced through his soul like a poisonous dagger. He closed his eyes and fell back to sleep, because he hadn't gotten much the night before.
Just as he was about to sleep the sound of a shower tap turning on woke him, but he didn't mind and just rested his eyes instead. He covered himself more in the duvet as it was warm and cozy underneath it. About fifteen minutes later the tap turned off and a short while after that he saw his girlfriend wearing the same red dress she'd picked out and he had to admit it looked gorgeous on her.
"See you later, Akihito-san. I'm going to do some errands for Grayfia-san, then browse the market. I'll be back in a few hours, so you can go to sleep for a bit." she said, looking down at him who was practically engulfed in a thick duvet at this point.
She smiled when he groaned in approval and then took the pile of clothes out to go send to the laundry room. She closed the door and locked it behind her, giving Akihito the peace and quiet he needed after waking up in the middle of the night several times.
She walked along the silk red carpet, through the empty and luxurious grand hall. She passed through a few rooms and got to where she'd intended to go only to find Grayfia there too. Harumi waved with her spare hand and placed the clothes in a washing machine on the left.
"Grayfia-san, how has your day been?" she said positively.
The silver-haired maid replied, "It's been okay, thank you for asking. How has yours been?"
"Eh, I only woke up about thirty minutes ago. Akihito-san is still sleeping, unfortunately... He didn't get much sleep last night. Hopefully it'll be good after a cup of coffee." she said.
Grayfia looked at her with a smile, "I see. Isn't Akihito-kun always sleeping?"
Harumi replied, "Not usually, but as of last week he's been extra tired and gets most of his sleep in the morning instead of night." thinking about Akihito.
The silver-haired maid's smile turned to that of concern, "I can get a doctor for him if you want?"
The brown-haired female frowned, "I don't think he needs one just yet. Thank you for offering anyway."
She nodded and walked out before being stopped by Harumi, "Wait!"
Grayfia turned to face the High-Class Devil, "Yes?"
"Do you need any errands done? I'm free for quite a while today and pretty bored."
Sirzechs' wife shook her head, other than the laundry she didn't really need anything done. "Harumi-san, if you need something to do you could explore, or train, or even just browse Lucifaad."
Harumi nodded and took her hand off the maid's shoulder to which she subsequently walked away.
About an hour later, Akihito awoke to a knock at his bedroom door. He groaned due to his sleep being disturbed. He turned over and fell out of bed onto the floor. With his sheets messed up he crawled over to the door before jumping up. He turned the handle but forgot it was locked, 'Harumi...' he thought.
He told the person at the door to wait and grabbed a spare key from his bedside drawer. Unlocking the door, he noticed it was Ajuka who looked the polar opposite of him.
"Jesus... owch! You look like you got dragged through a bloody bush." the green-haired Satan said, looking at the groggy Akihito.
Akihito replied with a yawn, "Gee, thanks." sarcastically.
Ajuka looked at the half-asleep Akihito, "Come follow me and I'll get you a coffee."
The brown-haired male nodded and thanked the Satan before following him, locking the door behind himself.
The two men walked into the dining area which was basically a less-luxurious Grand Hall, except with a kitchen surrounding the table. Ajuka walked over to the kettle, got some water and boiled it. He put it in a cup, then placed a spoonful of coffee grains into the water. He stireed it, then asked if Akihito liked milk and sugar in it.
Akihito nodded for both of them asking for two sugars whilst he was at it. Ajuka nodded and once done gave the coffee to the brown-haired male.
"Do you like it?" he asked.
"Yeah, it's pretty strong for me but overall it's good. Thanks." the ex-Colonel responded, taking a sip before placing it on the table. The Satan nodded, appreciating the compliment.
"So, Ajuka, what did you need me for?" Akihito asked.
Ajuka spoke, "I have reason to believe Rias-san and her peerage will be visiting soon, and if so Sirzechs will most likely ask you to help train them for the Rating Game between them and Riser Phenex's peerage."
Akihito looked at him after taking another sip of coffee, "And how does that require a Satan to tell me personally?" quite rudely.
Ajuka cleared his throat, "It's because Harumi-san and almost everybody in this house has noticed your sleepiness recently. You can't train yourself let alone others in that state. It's obvious coffee's effects won't last that long considering how quickly your enhanced body filters it out."
"As such, I have developed a pill which should energize you for many days. A pill which cannot pass through your body's filtration system easily." he continued. The Satan held out a palm with a green pill in it.
Akihito looked at the pill, "And how do I know that's safe? What if it's poison?"
Ajuka narrowed his eyes at the brown-haired male, "You know me better than that. Now, can you tell me what's causing these rounds of sleepiness? Do you think it's a bug or is something keeping you up at night?"
Akihito took another sip of coffee, "Many things. One is Harumi. Ever since she became a High-Class Devil she has close to reincarnating people multiple times. On each of those occasions something stopped her. I worry for her safety, especially with the Rating Game season drawing near."
"I see. And the other things if possible?" Ajuka asked further.
"The Welsh Dragon." Akihito responded.
"WHAT?"
The brown-haired male smiled at the Satan's reaction, "I sense the presence of both Heavenly Dragons here in this Underworld. The Gods in the Shinto Mythology were terrified of them, constantly fighting in the Great War as forces from every Faction surrounded them. As you know, eventually the God of the Bible sealed them into Longinus-type Sacred Gears."
Ajuka nodded, slightly concerend.
"Ddraig and Albion, their hosts are within this Underworld. I'm concerned about the future of our people and the lives of those I care about."
Ajuka still kept the pill, "I see. So, you're worried about people dying due to the Dragons?"
Akihito nodded in agreement, "My parents were killed by a single Shinto God, and considering one of these Dragons has power close to multiple of them I don't feel safe anymore. Me, even with my God-killing lightning, could only match the power of one of them. That attack lasts a few seconds before I use up my reserves again, meanwhile their power is constant. And there's two of them."
Ajuka agreed, "Sirzechs and I would kill them if they came too close."
Akihito interrupted, "But that's where you're wrong. One of them, I don't know which, is the most powerful host history has seen. I can sense it. I doubt even a Super Devil could kill that single host if he were at his peak."
Ajuka gulped a bit but shook it off, "I understand. Now, do you still want the pill or can you promise me you'll be okay to train them later?"
Akihito shook his head, "I'll be okay. Thank you anyway." he said, taking the last swig of coffee before handing it over to the Satan who lazily left it by the sink for a maid to clean it.
The Satan walked away with the knowledge of both the Heavenly Dragons and quickly started heading towards Sirzechs' office to tell him of the news.
"How may I help you, young lady?" a Devil wearing an overcoat said.
The lady was Harumi, and she pointed to a bouquet of flowers - an assortment of different colours of roses which looked absolutely beautiful.
"That'll be a five bronze coins; but for you, since you're so pretty, I'll give them you for a single coin." he said trying to be a gentleman.
She blushed, "It's okay, have the coins." Harumi said as she handed him the full five bronze coins and a single gold coin as a 'thank you' for being so kind. The man quickly handed over the bouquet and thanked her for the money.
He looked at the gold piece and inserted it into a metal safe below his counter. Harumi turned and walked away in the opposite direction she came from, heading to a special location she knew Akihito cherished.
It was a few miles down a cobblestone path. She didn't want to be lazy so she walked it instead of teleporting. When she finally got there, she walked up the hill it was situated on and placed the flowers inside a hole carefully dug into mounds on each side of the grave. She noticed that the flowers Akihito had put there last year were gone but didn't worry much.
Harumi quickly bowed to show her respect to the beings who the grave was addressed to - Akihito's parents. They were both instantly incinerated by the original Raijin as soon as he found them, despite their efforts to protect themselves and their child. Akihito only survived because his father teleported him to the Underworld just before the lightning struck them. In tribute, Akihito had the grave and the land it was situated on moved to the Underworld, close to where he'd been sent by his father.
A tear rolled down from her eyes and dripped on to the bouquet of flowers she'd bought. She wiped her eyes to stop more tears from forming and thanked both of them for sacrificing themselves in order to save their child. She knew she wouldn't be anywhere close to where she was now without him in the world and thanked them yet again for giving birth to him.
Every year she went there and payed her respects, sometimes without Akihito who usually went on his birthday at night, preferably alone.
After a minute of mourning she walked away, back down the hill and back towards the way she came.
Back in the market, Harumi saw a tall, blonde-haired Devil wearing a burgundy blazer and matching trousers. He was at least five foot ten, probaly almost six foot. She noticed a red-haired woman surrounded by five people that looked equally as young and immediately knew who they were.
"Get out of my way, you brat!" the blonde Devil yelled as a messily-brown-haired teenager stood in his way. The teenager was clearly a member of Rias' peerage, and she waited aside to see if he would pull any moves.
"Buchou doesn't want to marry you! Can't you see that?!" the teenager said, putting his hand in the way which meant he was deadly serious.
Riser grunted, "How would you know?!" he yelled in response.
"How would I know? Wouldn't you be able to see that if you truly loved her? The only thing you want is power and women, and that's saying a lot coming from me!" the teenager replied, self-annihilating his pride.
Riser laughed, "You've got guts, kid."
"And you won't if you don't back off!"
The blonde-haired male spoke, "Don't threaten a pure-blood, brat!" as he summoned a ball of fire.
Rias began to speak from behind the teenager, "Issei? Move!" she screamed as the teenager stood there in front of her, ready to take the blast of fire that the Devil was conjuring.
"No, Buchou!" he responded, staying in his original position.
Rias knew she couldn't do anything to persuade him so she tried to convince Riser not to instead. Issei summoned his Sacred Gear, which was something that caught Harumi's attention. The former-maid began to ready her magic silently whilst the attention wasn't focused on her.
"Riser, don't!" Rias continued herself as her peerage members summoned their magic to try and counter the blast. Then the blast was fired, quite literally, he let the flames whirl around; their tips making such heat that the bystanders could feel it. Riser thought he incinerated Issei.
It was then that he made the mistake. Harumi instantly teleported to in front of Issei and summoned an even stronger blast of purple magic, which not only ate the fire but also repelled it back to the Phenex in the form of violet fire. The cocky Devil was sent back about ten feet as he had not expected someone to interfere.
"That'll be enough, Riser-san." Harumi said, pushing the teenager back to the center of Rias' peerage where everyone looked equally as surprised. She summoned an even bigger blast of purple fire and let it stand on the tip of her index finger, ready to be released.
Riser stood up, his arm regenerating, "Oh? You're the friend of Akihito, the traitor who failed awkardly to kill Sirzechs. Release it, sunshine, I'm immortal. You can't kill me."
"Don't speak of him like that." she muttered as the ball of magic grew even stronger. It got to the point where the wind was being effected by the intensity of the blast.
Riser laughed, "Aww. What are you gonna do, get the traitor on me? Awwwww, boo-hoo!~" he teased.
"SHUT UP!" she shouted, letting the ball of fire release. Riser knew it wouldn't kill him, but that didn't mean it wouldn't hurt. The blast hit him directly in the center, completely ripping out a chunk of his body. He screamed in pain as he was flung a few hundred feet away, sent flying into a stone wall.
He looked down to see that his body wasn't regenerating the wound. It just stood there as pieces of gut and blood splattered everywhere. The pain got so intense that he fainted as everyone looked at the former-maid. She blushed and quickly teleported away to the palace.
Rias was taken aback, Akeno just laughed accidentally letting her sadistic side out. The others were, too, startled by the fact that the Phenex wasn't regenerating. Some of the bystanders began to feel sick and began wondering about the type of magic Harumi possed.
The crowd soon dispersed, no one went to check on Riser. Rias and her peerage walked the other way and took a quick turn to Sirzechs' palace, where Harumi had teleported.
Harumi appeared just outside her room, she unlocked the door as her eyes began crying rivers. She had never injured someone so badly, and although he was arrogant, she didn't feel like she'd ever have to use that kind of magic.
Akihito wasn't there, which she was slightly shocked about, but ultimately didn't mind much. She needed alone time. She quickly walked inside, closed the door without locking it and jumped on the bed. She didn't want to go outside or see anybody, and certainly didn't want to be known as the Devil who killed another.
A knock was heard at the door, "Go away..." Harumi replied, crying further.
The door opened slowly, and a silver-haired maid entered. She closed the door behind her softly, "Harumi-san? What's wrong?"
The brown-haired woman spoke but her words were inaudible.
"Slow down. Calm your nerves and tell me what happened from the start." Grayfia said, sitting on the end of the bed and looking at Harumi who was crying into her hands.
"W-well... I think I killed someone." she muttered.
"A Devil?"
"Y-yeah. Riser Phenex." Harumi replied.
Grayfia's eyes reflected that of her concerned expression, "Doesn't he regenerate?"
Harumi cried further, "I used a curse that stopped his regeneration for a while..."
The silver-haired maid got up, "I doubt that would've killed him. He's still a High-Class Devil."
"N-no, I blasted a hole into his stomach and then I flew him into a stone wall." she elaborated, "I saw guts and blood fly out and splatter on the walls and floor."
Grayfia admittedly began to feel a little sick, "Was it an accident?"
"Definitely not. He was going to kill Rias-san's servant and then forcefully marry her." Harumi replied, finally talking properly and sitting up.
Sirzechs' wife spoke up, "I will have to tell Sirzechs-sama of this if Riser-san dies. You know that, right?"
"Yes..." she replied, leaving Grayfia to go whenever she felt like it.
Chandeliers lit up a marvelous room, glass panes letting in just enough light to not be bothering. Standing in the center of the room was a hardwood desk with many things on it. Sitting at this desk was a red-haired Satan, finishing off his paperwork. There were tons of it to do and he'd barely pased the "half-way point".
A carpet stood in the room, a scented candle to make writing at least somewhat pleasurable. He took his pen and wrote down many pages of reports he had to complete. Unfortunately, during the writing of the third page a knock came at his door. Sirzechs groaned and told the person at the door to come in.
His wife, Grayfia Lucifuge, came through the door along with Rias Gremory and her peerage. Grayfia held the door open as the peerage walked in, formatted in a single-file line.
"Take a seat." he said, stashing his paperwork into a neat pile and placing it in a drawer.
There were many seats placed around the room, all made out of expensive, hand-made material. The peerage took a seat whilst Grayfia went to the dining room to make tea for everybody, her footsteps echoing through the wooden room.
"So, about the Rating Game, you needed to talk?" he said, looking at his sister.
"Indeed, Onii-sama. We were walking through the markets of Lucifaad and were approached by Riser." she said, remembering the events.
She continued, "He tried to take me with him, but my Pawn Issei stood in front of me to protect me."
Issei awkwardly smiled, scratching his head but didn't say a word.
Sirzechs nodded, looking at the teenager who felt amazed to have the Satan King of the Underworld even notice his existence.
"Riser tried to burn him to ashes, but luckily a female bystander repelled the shot back into him. I think she was Harumi-san, though I cannot say for sure."
Sirzechs' expression went from being mundane to that of weary, "Did anything else happen?"
Rias elaborated, "Yes. He regenerated and teased the female about Akihito-san being an apparent 'traitor'. She got angry and used some weird purple flames which cut a hole through his stomach, flung him into a wall several hundred feet away and made it so he couldn't regenerate his wounds. I don't know where Riser is now, but all I can say was that attack came very close to killing him."
He nodded, "Yeah, it was Harumi. She specializes in enchanted magic, so I'm going to assume she used a curse to stop his regeneration, then wounded him with her magic. It's very old magic and goes back to the ancient days of Shinto Mythology, a field Akihito himself is extremely fluent in."
Then Issei piped up, "Sirzechs-sama, if I may ask, who is this Akihito man?"
Sirzechs focused his eyes on the ignorant pawn, "Ah, you're the new guy. Hyoudou Issei, right?"
Issei nodded before the Satan began to speak again, "Akihito is the last remaining descendant of the Shinto God of Lightning, Raijin. He used to be a Colonel of the original Lucifer, before the New Satan Faction captured him. Harumi is his girlfriend and former-maid, so he probably taught her Shinto Magic so she could protect herself."
The brown-haired teenager was jealous that he had such a cute girl, but nodded trying to contain his feelings.
Then his Sacred Gear automatically came up which caught the Satan's attention.
["Indeed, he knows Albion and I. Unfortunately we were usually too busy fighting to talk."]
Everyone looked at the gauntlet. It held a pulsing, emerald-green gem.
"Welsh Dragon, you talk?" asked Lucifer before getting a ["Not usually."] reply.
He nodded towards that and focused his attention back to Rias again, "The Rating Game must be put off then. Harumi won't be punished this time since she was protecting you and your peerage. If it happens once more, I'll have to reprimand her."
The red-head nodded, "In the future, we may have another Rating Game. Would it be fair to ask if the training could still start? My peerage and I wish to get stronger for any upcoming events in the future."
She looked at her peerage and they all agreed with her. Sirzechs nodded and summoned a contact magical circle. A few seconds passed before Akihito picked up, "Hey, Akihito. I want you to come to my office as fast as possible. Got that?"
The ex-Colonel replied 'Yes.' and before Sirzechs could even speak a knock came at his door. He told the person at the door to come in and undoubtedly it was Akihito.
"You called?" the brown-haired man talked, scanning the room before his eyes landed on the Sacred Gear around Issei's arms.
"AHA! It's you... you're the host! All the while it was under my nose, too." he said, focusing on the Sacred Gear.
He continued, "I guess the fighting didn't work out too well for you two, huh, Ddraig?" he teased.
The green gem pulsed and a booming voice rang through the room, ["Shut it foxie."]
Akihito laughed, "And of all Gods, the God of the Bible? That guy sucked. Didn't know the Heavenly Dragons could drop so low."
Every Devil in the room winced, before the gem lit up again, ["I may be sealed but I can still crush Shinto foxes."] which made him laugh further.
Then Akihito looked back to Sirzechs who simply gave the 'Are you done?' look. He cheekily smiled and took the only remaining seat which was by Kiba Yuuto.
"Akihito, I need you to train Rias and her peerage. Can you do that for me?" the Satan asked, looking at him.
"Eeeeeh... I'd rather not." which gained a giggle from Akeno but a dead-serious death glare from the red-haired Satan, "W-wait, actually I change my mind." he continued after seeing the glare.
"Thanks. Training will start as soon as I say-"
ZAP.
In an instant everyone except the Satan had been teleported to the grassy hillsides a few miles away from the border shared with the Fallen Angels.
"Pardon my rudeness ladies and gents. I'll train you here over the course of two weeks. Well, twelve days. You each get a day with me dedicated to training and another day with Harumi. Our courses will overlap, meaning if I train Rias-san on the first day, Harumi will teach her on the second. I'll be teaching the next person on the second too, and so on. On the days where you aren't training with either of us, you will be doing endurance courses and sparring." he said.
Everyone nodded except Issei who just groaned. Akihito looked at him, "If you don't want to do this go back to Earth and perv on the girls at your school like you always do. It'll just make your reputation even worse than it already is." which got another laugh from everybody and a blush from Issei.
"Oh, and if you dare spy on Harumi I'll personally fry you to pieces, got that?" he said, looking at Issei with a death glare which made him almost pee himself which again gained laughs from the others.
He picked out a piece of paper and read down the list, "Okaaaaay... I'll start with Akeno-san." he said.
The voluptuous figure teasingly spoke, "Ufufu~"
Akihito blushed a tiny bit since Akeno was, in his opinion, the best-looking out of them. No one noticed but he thanked the Shinto Gods Harumi wasn't there otherwise she would've killed him.
"Alright, all of you other than Akeno, I want you doing what I said before- endurance courses and sparring!" he boomed which made everyone do as he asked. Even Issei didn't stand around and starting jogging up the hill.
Akeno looked at them and then right back at him, "Akihito-kun, what shall we start with?"
Akihito pointed towards a rocky cliff by the sea and asked her to shock one side of it. Immediately she summoned her Kimono outfit and her two wings fluttered out, which caught him off-guard. He saw her transform and was taken aback by her beauty, even feeling as low as Issei due to his perverted nature.
She teased him again, but that wasn't what made him shocked. It was her wings, one was that of a Fallen Angel and the other was a Devil wing.
"Akeno-san...?" he asked.
"It's my wings, isn't it?" she said as she knew he'd ask sometime or later.
He nodded before she continued, "I don't want to talk about it." she said seriously.
She then summoned a bolt of yellow lightning and proceeded to zap a portion of the rock until it broke off.
Akihito looked at her seriously, "You did good, but by the end of today I want you able to disintegrate an entire boulder-sized portion of the cliff. First, I need you to accept your Fallen Angel side. It is why you can't control your lightning greatly."
Akeno frowned, "I hate my dad- the Fallen Angel side of me."
Whilst still looking at her, he spoke, "Akeno-san, I have a similar experience, but I learnt to accept it."
Her head tilted to one side in confusion as he elaborated, "Your Shinto clothes, they remind me of my background." he said, pointing to her clothes.
"I am a descendant of Raijin, the Shinto God of Lightning. He always hated humans, and eventually one of my ancestors mated with one, eventually going down the chain to make me. My mother... she was a Kitsune- a Youkai. My dad was the descendant of Raijin which gave me my powers. A few years ago, he incinerated them. They tried to save me but could only manage to teleport me away before the God killed them both." he said, frowning.
"Ever since, I never wanted to use my lightning. I felt disgusted using the power of a God that killed my parents and forbid the advancement of humanity. I accepted it a while back, and from there I've been able to manipulate my powers with great precision. Watch." he said, pointing toward the same cliff.
He held out his hand and formed multiple blades of lightning which cut through a portion of the rock extremely accurately. He then balanced the rock with his powers, and used his other hand to form multiple lightning-animals that flew. Eventually they dissolved into a huge bolt of lightning. Before it struck, he froze the bolt mid-air which created a stroke of arcs that touched the boulder.
"I can stop the movement of my lightning, slow it, form physical objects and manipulate other objects. See that frozen bolt? Keep staring at it." he said, as she looked amazing at the amount of precision he had.
He then began to slowly increase the speed of the bolt, creating more arcs as he intensified its power. Eventually it touched the boulder and immediately disintegrated it into tiny pieces barely bigger than individual grains of sand.
Akihito then snapped his fingers which made him teleport instantly around the place which shocked Akeno since he didn't need to use a magic circle. Eventually he teleported right in front of her and summoned wings made out of lightning which fluttered in patterns of arcs, an effect he liked due to how pretty it looked.
"I would never expect you to have anywhere near this much control over your powers, but I'm saying that if you finally accept them they will provide great wonders for you. You will be much more powerful if you learn to utilize them fully without rejecting them. Your father's blood will always be half of you, whether you like it or not." he said seriously, dismissing his wings.
She looked to the cliff and noticed how smoothly he had cut out a portion of it. It was almost entirely smooth on the side it was cut.
"Now, Akeno-san, I want you to meditate. Just sit, clear your mind and ignore all thoughts of hate and rejection. Stay in that state for ten minutes, and only think about your powers. Don't reject them, utilize them." he said. She nodded, dismissing her wings too and sat down on the grassy floor.
She sat there for 10 minutes whilst Akihito jogged around about a hundred meters away. Eventually she summoned her wings again and Akihito looked at her, shocked at how easily she'd done it. Instead of one of both wings, she had four Fallen Angel wings. She concentrated, taking a deep breath and fired an extremely strong bolt at the entire cliff which caused many rocks to fall off and disintegrate before her. Akihito was impressed but decided not to disturb her. She focused again and manipulated her lightning into blades of electricity, even turning blue as she implemented her father's Holy Lightning ability into her powers.
She summoned as much blue lightning as she could and fired it into the sky which created bolts of electricity that arced like crazy. She lost her breath, and quickly her wings fluttered down. Akihito teleported to her and caught her, stopping her from falling flat on the ground.
She smiled at him, "Arigato, ufufu~"
He just chuckled, "And that, Akeno-san, that's the power that will win you future Rating Games. Once you've regained your magic, I want you to train your elemental magic and endure the effects for as long as possible. Once you're tired, rest for a bit and then increase the time you want as your target slowly and steadily."
He helped her up as her magic started getting stronger and stronger, eventually regaining it all. She did as he asked, trying to endure the effects. Initially she could only last for a few seconds at full power, but by the end of the day she had been able to utilize her Holy Lightning ability in her prime for a solid two minutes which greatly impressed her.
"Tomorrow, Akeno-san, you will be training with Harumi. You've met her before, and she'll teach you, among other things, greater control of your magic and how to enchant it to have different properties. As a Queen, your balanced powers would be perfect for that course." he said.
She hugged him, her breasts engulfing Akihito's face which made him blush heavily. He had to get out of her grasp quickly before things became more intimate, "Akeno-san..."
"Ufufu~ Akihito-kun is blushing, you pervert~" she said, teasing him which made him laugh.
"Akeno-san... Harumi is my girlfriend, please do not, ever, hug me like that in front of her or she'll kill both of us." he said seriously.
She laughed, "Not in front of her then~" whilst teasing him even more which made Akihito's nose almost bleed.
"Seriously." he said with a stern face after initially blushing. She nodded and went to rest in the warm sun by the shoreline.
The next day, Akihito had gotten Harumi to come train them whilst he took Kiba. She smiled, and whilst gone Akihito made it absolutely certain to Akeno not to make a move on him. She agreed saying she didn't want to be fried by Harumi, to which both of them laughed.
Kiba followed him to a place about half a mile away from the field he trained Akeno on.
"Kiba-san, you're the Knight of Rias-san, right?" he asked.
The blondie nodded with a chuckle.
"Right, and it says on this sheet you have a sword-generating Sacred Gear called Sword Birth." Akihito replied, looking down at his piece of paper he'd brought. It was like a cheat sheet for him and it's the only way he remembered everyone's names - a fact he didn't want anyone else to know.
Kiba nodded and demonstrated the ability by generating five swords all of different elemental properties. Akihito was impressed, even his magic control couldn't come close to the amount of manipulation over swords that Kiba's had.
Akihito generated a sword of lightning - just a normal blade so as to not make it harder for Kiba... yet. He walked back a few feet and gave Kiba the 'challenge me' sign. Almost immediately the Knight implemented his close-to-super-sonic speed which caught Akihito off guard. He knew Knights were fast but definitely didn't think they were as fast as Kiba.
Luckily Akihito's lightning-fast reflexes allowed him to keep up. Kiba and Akihito's swords clashed yet the brown-haired male had to admit Kiba was a much better swordsman.
What he did have though that Kiba didn't was strength. Kiba was about to deliver an apparent "finishing" blow before Akihito enhanced his speed with lightning and put his foot in the way so Kiba feel straight over.
Then Akihito pointed a sword to his throat, "See, Kiba? That's the flaws of a Knight. You have incredible speed and even caught me off-guard initially, except in the odd chance someone does trip you up like there, you're totally defenseless. Admittedly, though, your swordsmanship is amazing. I never thought I'd be pushed back by you, but I did several times."
Akihito disintegrated the sword and held out a hand to the blonde Devil lying on the floor defeated. Kiba took it to which Akihito pulled him up on to his feet with relative ease.
"Now, as you don't specialize in actual magic, we're going to have to do this the hard way. I want you to repeat your techniques but try to catch me off-guard. Each time you do, I'll step up a tiny bit to give you more of a challenge. There'll be a lot of pain involved but once done I can promise you damn straight your defense would be great." he said.
Akihito continued, "Furthermore, if you see any opening in my defense, take advantage of it. I have really quick reflexes, but a true swordsman knows how to use those reflexes to put me down. Each time you lose, I want you to implement a different technique."
Kiba nodded, and ran back to the place he'd started in. Same with Akihito.
Both of them took off, Kiba using a different technique to try and take Akihito down. He summoned a lightweight-yet-strong blade which was easy to manouvre with.
Swords clashed again, sparks flew and sounds of pain emanated. Both Akihito and Kiba got hit, but everytime the former did he stepped up his power to make it more of a challenge for the blonde Devil.
After five minutes, Kiba was winning by about three points, and thus Akihito made it so the increments in power he added when he lost were much more significant. Quickly, they were in a tie. But that didn't stop Kiba. He used new techniques he'd never tried before, and when Akihito saw what he was doing, he'd react. When the ex-Colonel reacted, Kiba would switch his technique again to make it so the reflexes were turning into a bad habit rather than an advantage.
They did this for two hours straight. Each time Kiba got seriously injured Akihito would either grab Asia to heal him or pump healing energy into Kiba himself. Admittedly, his healing wasn't as proficient as Asia's but it definitely worked.
Eventually it got to the point where Kiba's defense was almost as good as an actual Rook. His strength had been steadily increasing too, but wasn't at the same levels yet. Akihito switched training to improve his strength, not defense. This meant having Kiba lift heavier and heavier weights. The bodies of Devils were very adaptable, making it easier to gain brute force rather than defense.
The Sun started setting but not before Akihito had truly finished his final stage of training with Kiba. He let the Knight rest for a minute before getting him to do the challenge.
Kiba was to summon the strongest sword he had, regardless of its weight and try and keep the sword at the same force Akihito was applying. This meant if Akihito was applying a hundred kilograms of force, he expected Kiba to apply the same.
The brown-haired male summoned a big sword of lightning, reinforced with magic which made the manipulated lightning stronger. They started, with Akihito first applying a bit of strength which was easy to counter, steadily increasing the force. It eventually got to bodybuilder-levels of force which Kiba was just barely able to counter. Akihito added a tiny bit more which eventually made the teen crack.
The two immediately stopped, and Akihito was proud of the teen, "Congratulations, Kiba-san. Sorry for the hard training, it's just you don't use normal magic and thus I had to do it this way. The great news is, however, that you've gained the rough strength and defense as a talented Rook. Your speed has stayed the same since that wasn't what I was training; consequently, you still have the same speed as before but with drastically improved strength and defense."
Kiba nodded, holding out his hand for a handshake to which the brown-haired male took and shook. Both of them smiled, but the blonde was pretty worn out. He'd already broke a few bones and sprained many muscles. Akihito's healing repaired them but definitely not as effectively as Asia's Twilight Healing.
"Kiba-san, tomorrow you'll be training with Harumi. She will teach you enhancements which will greatly improve your proficiency in your Sacred Gear. Heck, you might even achieve Balance Breaker later. Good luck, dude." he said, waving the blondie goodbye.
(set during the same time as Kiba's training!)
Harumi told Akeno to follow her, to which she did. "Akeno-san, it has came to my attention that you've been able to use your Fallen Angel Mode, right?" she asked.
Akeno nodded in agreement, "Yes, Akihito-san taught me how to accept my bloodline."
The brown-haired girl acknowledged this and spoke, "In today's training I will help you learn to manipulate your elemental magic with more control than before. At the end of the training, you should be able to enhance your powers to the extent where you should be able to combat a High-Class Devil."
Akeno nodded again, "Thank you in advance, Harumi-san."
"It's alright, let's begin." she replied, initiating the first stage of training.
HORRIBLE cliffhanger I know! This is the longest chapter I've made. I wrote a 230-line chapter a few days ago and then it was deleted by accident (without saving!), and thus I had to rewrite everything which is why I'm late writing this. It's my birthday today (8th January) and I turn 17 so I probably won't be writing at all today.
Thank you all for reading, sorry for the huge timeskip too, I just couldn't write from a comfortable point directly afterwards. Vali and the others will be introduced later (not next chapter, probably in two or three chapters). I planned to introduce Rias and her peerage this chapter, and from this point the DxD gang will become more friendly with Harumi.
OH, SPOILERS: RISER IS *NOT* DEAD... yet. The blast Harumi fired stopped his regeneration for a short while, it's back now just greatly slowed down. He should be fine for the Rating Game soon! :p
Oh, and yay! 40,000+ characters and over 450 lines/7,000 words!
-SatanPie