Hero DxD BorN
Author's notes: I got to say many people where surprised to hear that I am alive after that high fever... the doctors where also shocked, after staying in a couple of alcohol baths and taking a LOT of antibiotics I am feeling better, the doctors where surprised I was alive... they said and I quote "you seem to be one of those beings who doesn't die even if they kill them" (HA! Take that Emiya Shirou, people don't always die when they are killed XD). Also I MUST apologize for the lack of quality in my fics (my grammar and the like) to be honest English in not my main language, not my second either... I think it was the forth? Anyways, I ask you all to PLEASE bear with me on that.
Also sorry for the long wait... as my apologies this chapter is longer than usual.
Anyways... here is the next chapter, I hope you like it
Chapter 6: Too see her smile/To protect her smile
The next morning
Issei Hyoudou training part 2
"HIIII! IAMGONNADIE!" Issei yelled as Shirou had brought out the BIG GUNS
Issei was being attacked by Shirou with complete killing intent, sure he was using Tora Shinai, but the traps he laid inside the forest they where fighting where by no means 'non-lethal' at least to humans.
Spikes, large wooden logs swinging at breakneck speeds, pitfalls, explosives and bears oh my!
Issei was still not sure where the bears came from.
Issei was not only fighting Shirou but also the environment as well, he had to be careful before he set off a trap, or was tripped with some of the natural growth of the land, Shirou was using EVERY trick he had, for this kind of opponents, no need to use some of the higher tier with him, he wouldn't even be able to blink
Issei was a wreck, he was dodging at speeds only Kiba could follow.
"What an insane regimen Issei has" Kiba said with an awkward smile, he also was bruised and battered, Koneko on the other hand looked fairly well, if anything she seemed... happy.
"Koneko-san? Is... something wrong?" Kiba asked.
"I may have found a way... to like myself... perhaps" she said.
Kiba blinked at this, whatever could she mean?
"GAH!" Issei shouted in pain as he rolled and was shoved into a tree, breaking it.
"Come on little dragon... is this all you have? Where is that conviction?... if you keep this... you won't be able to protect her smile" Shirou said with a smirk on his face.
"Y... you" Issei said as he stood up, staggeringly he walked up to Shirou.
He kept on hitting, even tough his fists or arms had no strength, he just swung them uselessly.
"Good... that feeling 'I don't want to loose... not to that person' use it" Shirou said as he just pushed Issei down with a single finger.
"Hey Kiba... carry him to his room... Asia heal him please" Shirou said.
"You are... rather brutal in your training of us..." Kiba said with a slight wince when his leg's where giving away due to the way Shirou trained him.
"Still to target the weakness of the pieces at such perfect range and just enough to leave me unable to use my super speed granted by my role... this guy... is rather scary, but... I am glad he is also training us" Kiba thought
Flashback/ Kiba's training part 2
I am Kiba Yuuto... and the man before me.
"Naive... stop thinking so much... your blades are crying" Shirou said as with a single swipe broke them with Tora shinai.
"With... a shinai... my blades where" Kiba said in both shock and awe he received a round kick to the face, the hit was such that made him stagger back, then a powerful blow with the shinai was delivered to his left leg, decreasing his speed, he was a pure monster... while having decent speed and strength, his skills where on a level that would leave his previous master to shame.
He did not need strength, nor speed, he would use judicious use of tactics and pin point attacks to the weak parts of the body or of the blade.
"I broke your blades with my shinai, such a thing would be impossible... however it's very much possible, do you realize why?" Shirou asked me.
With my good leg I jumped up and crafted another sword, this one with more mass... if speed won't 'cut it' then something heavy and powerful will.
Shirou sighed as he looked at me like looking at a child making a stupid mistake.
It pissed me off.
I put the weight of the sword and the speed of the descent of my flight path to kill him.
"Trace... On" Shirou intoned.
His Shinai glowed in an eery green as it then stopped my blade, I could heard the stress of the shinai's fibers being pushed to the out-most limit by my blade.
He parried my blow and then... I felt sharp pain in my legs.
2 long and thin blades pierced my legs
"GAAAAAAAAAAH!" I yelled in pain to high heavens.
"You make your blades by virtue of imagination... yet you limited yourself... you can create any type of blades you can imagine, yet you only use European swords... rather than using it to create a blade for any situation... a blade for close quarters, mid quarters, speed and power, overwhelming power... but your imagination is weak and thus... it shows in your swords" Shirou said.
I gritted my teeth as I tried to pry to blades off, but they burned.
"Those blades are special... they are made with rites to 'hate all that is not human'... you should be feeling the pain of it" Shirou said.
Yeah... pain... pain is a word that could not describe it, there are no words to describe the level of pain that I am feeling.
Is like acid is been poured into me, and unlike light spears/swords it was not poisonous, but the pain was still just as high... those blades threatened to destroy the appendage should Shirou allow their hatred to show, my leg was turning into a sickening black.
"You are lucky that is not one of the special ones... THAT would be messy" Shirou said as he snapped his fingers and the blades dissolved.
"Your technique is good, but it could use more work, what you need to work is on your adaptability to situations... your imagination is your biggest weapon with that ability you have... if you can master it you can create blades that could dwarf anything currently created" Shirou said as he turned around to leave.
"I... I am not done... don't you dare... don't you dare turn away from me" Kiba said as he crawled up to him.
SNUCK SNUCK SHING SHING SHING
My body was pierced in non vial areas by many sword to the floor.
I gasped and shouted in pain, where did those blades had come from?!
"Kiba... the one biggest enemy you have... the thing that is stopping you from growing is your own hatred and anger... I don't know what happened, and frankly... I don't care... but unless you can move on and accept what happened... you will remain as weak as you are" Shirou said.
My vision was going dark... I was too tired... and it seems that I lost too much blood... I could hear Asia shouting in shock and Rias-Buchou coming and looking around... it seemed like she was yelling but everything was sounding muffled. I closed my eyes... I was tired.
"To move on and accept... eh?" I thought as I closed my eyes.
Aftermath
"Of all the stupid... HOW ON EARTH do you think that is training?!" Rias shouted as Asia's abilities with her sacred gear 'Twilight Healing' were put to the test.
"Is not THAT bad... I went trough something worst" Shirou said.
Yes... A Gae Bulg to the heart would definitely be worst... also being hit by supernatural beings... yeah...
"You... are insane... you can't possibly be a human being" Rias said, she was physically restraining herself to not blow me to kingdom come.
"He has a severe trauma, one that is stopping him from obtaining his true potential... I said I will either make them or break them" Shirou said.
Rias was seething, but she was the one who had accepted.
All training regime (combat wise) would fall only to Shirou, and she had to admit, as brutal as they where (Issei was making progress at leaps and bounds... as he did NOT like to be beaten to an inch of his life) they where working.
Also she noticed some changes around, Koneko, who never opened up to anyone, was smiling and sitting with Shirou.
Akeno had begun working out on the physical part, her magic was superb, she was not known as the priestess of thunder for nothing after all.
It seems her lack of magical reserves was also due to her lack of physical attributes, her body could not process all her magic power, in other words, if her body was good she could squeeze and recover her magic even faster.
Akeno seemed to take a shine to Shirou too, for some reason she liked her training sessions with him.
Shirou came with a face-palm at the end of them.
"I swear this girl is as much as an M as an S" Shirou muttered once, his face with a slight tinge of red.
The days flew by... and Shirou decided to talk to Rias alone.
He wanted to test them... but how to do it, having them release real killing intent on him?
And thus he planned something with Rias.
It was convoluted, reckless and completely insane, not to mention potentially hazardous to him... in other words it would be perfect.
She sighed, she did not like this, but... he wanted to prove their battle readiness.
And thus, she was to play the role of the damsel in distress, much to her chagrin.
Shirou also hated this, he was going to play a role of someone he hated after all... well 2 people he hated.
And so Rias used her devil magic to change him into the form he envisioned in his mind.
Who else but EMIYA and Kotomine Kirei would make for a great enemy?
Later that night at the end of the 9th day
It was a normal morning.
"Gahhh... my body is still feeling stiff" Issei complained.
"You think you have it bad? I was a porcupine was a while" Kiba said with a bitter laugh.
"You all have the day off... Shirou left to buy some more provisions to commemorate the end of the training regime so it will be a big feast" Rias said.
Everyone was inwardly cheering save for Akeno and Koneko.
It was a lazy time for them, but they where on the mend.
2 hours later
There was... something odd in the air.
A feeling that would not be able to shake from.
"I have a bad feeling" Koneko said as she was eating a lollypop.
CRASH!
"GYAH!" Rais screamed.
"BUCHOU!" Issei yelled as he was the first in the scene.
A tall tan man appeared before them, with a white shock hair and sharp silver/steel eyes.
He had such a strong pressure on him, a silver sword on his hand.
"So... this is the devil's nests... I came here for your heretic's hearts... AMEN!" the man (Shirou in disguise) shouted.
His hair, unlike the original EMIYA was wild and slightly spiky and unkempt.
"Ch... Church Exorcists?!" Issei said.
"So... this is Lady Gremory... not bad, I would have fallen was she a human and a christian... but as she is a devil... well at least she works as a low grade bait... it seems trash has come out" Shirou said.
"W... Who are you!?" Issei shouted as his dragon gauntlet appeared on his hand.
"My name? Kotomine... Kirei" he said as he charged in with 4 blades on his knuckles.
"Boost GEAR!" Issei shouted.
[BOOST]
Issei rushed in, Shirou shot out the blade from his knuckle.
"DODGE IT!" a voice shouted.
Issei ducked as the blade flew cutting strands of his hair.
Kiba used a blade to deflect it... it did not work as intended but at least it veered slightly off course.
"Kiba help me gain some time!" Issei said.
"You got it" Kiba rushed in.
Shirou dodged the initial attack and parried with the 3 blades that he had in his knuckles.
"In... Insane... what an insane power and technique... even for a human, this is too much" Kiba thought in shock and awe.
Shirou had made his body sturdier and stronger using runes to enhance himself as well as using self-reinforcement. With a hand he grabbed his neck.
"URK!" Kiba's hand released the swords as he struggled for oxygen... Kiba struggled to get out of the powerful grip from the priest in front of him, but it was useless, he could begin to see dark spots around his eyes.
He quickly rose Kiba to cover from the thunder that fell down.
Kiba's body was charred badly.
"KIBA!" Akeno shouted, Shirou threw the smoldering body of Kiba to the side as trash.
"The princess is no longer needed... so I will store her to dispose of her later" Shirou said as he pierced the ground with his blades, a barrier was created around it.
He had to thank Ciel if he ever found her again, this was a very easy, yet powerful barrier to make.
[Boost] [Boost]
"YOU BASTARD!" Akeno shouted as she made it rain thunder down on him.
Shirou pulled a bow out from thin air.
"My core is twisted in madness"
Swung
Akeno put her all on making barriers to stop the projectile from reaching her.
Her barriers where completely annihilated, more like, they where a nuisance AT BEST.
The projectile flew and tore through her barriers as if they where wet tissue paper.
She dodged, but even then she received physical damage from it, it was as if the projectile...
"It was spinning so fast... that it created a vacuum like space... that would seriously kill anything under Maou level" she said in shock... her arm hung limply by, useless
He had good combat skills, and from this he also had ranged attacks.
"Ei!" Koneko jumped and tried to punch.
"AMEN!" Shirou yelled in a guttural voice to further fester fear in them, he had twisted his body and grabbed her hand.
SLAM
"GAH" Koneko laid on the floor as she was flipped and shoved into the ground.
"Hei!" she kicked upwards, but the exorcist's skills where insane, he put the blades over his chest and absorbed the power into the blades to decrease the power that would propel him upwards.
To be honest, he was just using Archer's looks with Kotomine's clothing... and using the way a certain priest from an anime he was recommended by his peers at school to watch... to be honest he found it funny... as priests he knew of didn't fight as that crasied priest... but there was one that was close... Kotomine Kirei was every bit a monster as that priest from the anime... however they differ, one wanted the salvation of the people, the other wanted nothing but to bring a monster to devour everything.
Hell-something or another... didn't matter.
"Swine... abominations... come... I shall cleanse this place of your filth... AMEN!" Shirou yelled.
Rias on the other hand was sweat-dropping, this guy was REALLY getting into character.
"Still you don't have to go overboard" Rias thought with a sweat-drop.
Shirou then received a powerful blow from Issei.
He had to fall along the hit, else his neck would have snapped... he landed perfectly even if he twirled in the air due to the sheer power on Issei.
That punch alone would make Berserker step back... good, his power increased... skill needed to be polished though.
"So... a devil with a sacred gear... come then... I shall cleanse this world of you... useless filth!" Shirou shouted as he prepared an attack.
"SHINE BOOST GEAR!" Issei yelled
[EXPLOTION!]
An Aura of power surrounded Issei.
Shirou smirked.
Issei put his hand out "DRAGON SHOT!" a small ball of power appeared.
"Shit... did I fail?" Issei thought.
Then... a torrent of power rushed out.
"TH.. this is bad! Aias would be unusable... it would show who I am... so all I could do..." Shirou thought as he traced a new weapon... a small dagger.
"Rule Breaker... all spells are broken!" Shirou shouted in his mind as the dragon shot was completely erased.
With a snap of his fingers the blades surrounding Rias disappeared.
"That would be enough... they pass the test Rias" Shirou said.
"Wh... what is going on?" Issei said in shock.
Kiba stood up... while he was in pain he was in working conditions, same as Akeno and Koneko, sore and beaten but still pretty much ok... he had another blade on his hand as he had crept close to Shirou to attack from the back.
"So... what is your verdict?" Shirou said as the disguise fell apart showing Shirou with a smirk.
"Issei's growth has skyrocket to what I would been able to do on my own... he now can hold 2600 seconds worth of boost and fight effectively for at least 15 minutes on max boosts... your attack, had it landed on Shirou would have been higher than most High Ranking devils easily" Rias said with a smile
"You said you where the weakest? Now you are one of our aces... all of you had increased their combat skills" Rias said with a smile.
"NO... Rather while I am feeling pleased about being stronger... WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?" Issei yelled.
"While... I hate to admit this... I have to side with Issei-sempai... what was the point of this?" Koneko asked.
"To test your battle skills in a (simulated) Real life/death situation... where the opponent is actively trying to kill you" Shirou said.
"*cough* Still... did you really had to really try and kill us?" Kiba asked as he was feeling sore as he dusted himself off... his skin, while still sore was still in one piece.
"Ara ara... Shirou-kun... you didn't need to be so violent on this first time" Akeno said as she held her right arm.
"Actually... if it was the YOU from before the camp... you would have been dead 10 times over" Shirou said.
All of the young devils thought he was joking... but his serious face killed those thoughts.
"So... with this... I can honestly say... Let's kick their asses!" Rias said with flame in her eyes.
"hahaha... what a lively woman, that one is" Shirou said.
"You could say that again" Issei said.
Koneko then pulled Shirou's cheek.
"O... ouch K... Koneko-chan? th... that hurts" Shirou said as she continued to pull.
"That... was scary... don't ever do it again" Koneko said.
Shirou smiled... "Aye... I promise" he said as he patted her head.
And so... after Asia had to heal them, they left to go back home.
Raiser will rue the day he decided to mess with her.
Day of the Game, Morning
Shirou woke up early that day, there was no classes to be had so he had done his route earlier as well, right now he was sitting with his 'sister' Mittelt.
"So... how was the camp, got any good results?" she asked.
"Uhmm... you could say that, the only thing they lack now is skill, they have the strength to beat their foes, but... can they use it effectively?" Shirou said.
"So basically you made the devils into monsters... but monsters that can't use their power correctly... hahahah... you are a funny guy" Mittelt said with tears on her eyes, this was so absurd.
"Yes, I can trust them not to abuse their power" Shirou said.
"So... are you really going trough with this? You might die as the lone human in a group of monster" Mittelt said worried.
Shirou smiled.
"it wouldn't' be my first time to be in such a battle of monsters as a lone human... remember?" Shirou said.
Yeah... Mittelt could remember, a lone human managed to completely obliterate a mid-level fallen angel.
"Still my involvement will be limited... I shall only use 4 moves, after that I will retire" Shirou said "It wouldn't be fair otherwise" he said.
"Wouldn't be fair... you know how stupid that sounds when is a human who says it?" Mittelt said with a chuckle.
"Yes... I suppose it would, considering who you beings are" Shirou said.
And so after breakfast is done Mittelt gave Shirou a small golden container.
"Here... for good luck" she said with a slight blush.
Shirou blinked owlishly "Oh..t.. thanks"
What Mittelt did is a old Japanese charm... she used her nether region feathers to make a good luck charm, just as women would use hairs of their nether region.
Not that Shirou knew what Mittelt had done.
Mittelt's heart had changed with her stay with Shirou, experiencing life as a individual rather than a tool of the Grigory, or rather of Raynare.
She learned the truth... she had been using them all from the start... they where traitors and thus would be disposed of.
But, this human... not only did he shame them but he also saved her.
He was an enemy... he was an ally... he was a killer/he was a savior.
He was a saint/he was a sinner.
And... to be honest, she came to like him.
Because, he treated her like another person, he asked questions and decided not to push if she was too uncomfortable, but would come back to it later when she had a good mood and get the answer.
He feed her and gave her a place to stay... and for that, she was grateful.
And so he left for the Occult Research Club's room at the old school house, it was time.
ORC Noon.
Shirou walked in, all of them where in, they felt a bit giddy... it was their first serious battle with another devil... they where jittery.
"Having seconds thoughts?" Shirou said with a smirk.
"And how... but... I have to do it..." Issei said.
"Good, hold to that nerve" Shirou said.
Shirou then turned to Rias "So... can that be done?" Shirou asked.
"Yes... they accepted, it seems they underestimate your value so they gave me this" Rias said as she handed Shirou a piece.
It was a bishop, it was slightly worn and you could see cracks on it.
"A one shot piece for a single game... will break after the game... but it won't turn me, right?" Shirou asked.
"That is correct, lord Ajuka... I mean Maou Beelzebub, was interested in this... he said it was a challenge to him to make something like this and so he gave me this, he said "this should work properly" is what he said" Rias said.
"SHOULD work?... haaah... well that's good enough for me I suppose, I am used to uncertain elements, so I will be fine I guess" Shirou said in resignation.
The piece then went inside of him.
"Uhmm... Buchou... what about the normal bishop you had?" Issei asked.
"I will tell you that later, unfortunately there are reasons for that... but Shirou volunteered to replace him for this fight" Rias said, it was certainly a sore point to her.
"Ah... I see" Issei said.
"However, Rias added, he will only help us for 6 moves... so we have a limited amount of 'moves' on him, also... he will act independently" Rias said.
Shirou then turned as he felt someone coming in via a magical circle.
Grayfia has arrived.
"It is ten minutes until the start of the battle, have you finished your battle preparations?" Grayfia asked in her natural neutral tone. "Please remember that the great devil, Lucifer-sama himself, will be observing the battle" she added.
Rias sighed "So... my brother is going to be watching uh?" she said listlessly.
"Brother?" Shirou and Issei asked in unison.
"The president's older brother is none other than the demon king, Lucifer-sama" Kiba said.
Shirou whistled.
"That means you got to put twice the effort Issei" Shirou said.
"The time draws near, everyone please get inside the summoning circle, once the battle starts, you will be transferred to the battlefield from there, feel free to do as you wish in that space, that is why is there for, furthermore... once inside, you may not leave until the battle is over" Grayfia said.
They stepped in, they all had the face of someone who would 'not accept anything other than a win'... to loose would be a sin.
The circle activated a flash of blinding light
Flash
they remained in the same place... everything was the same, but Grayfia was nowhere in sight.
Once they explained that this was a reproduction of the real place, a separate dimension of sorts, and that this will be the battle ground.
Rias gave them magical communicators to all and Shirou dropped his bag, they had 30 minutes before the actual battle starts so this was known as the 'battle preparation period'.
Kiba brought a map of the school, segmented into pieces, like a chess board.
"A suggestion if I may... the gym since it is a good place to use as a foothold... why not use it against them?" Shirou said as he turned cold and logical, his eyes turned like steel daggers as he took into account what he could do.
"What do you suggest?" Rias said.
"I am fairly sure you are thinking the same as me... however, rather than use Akeno to demolish the place... why not set explosives and take them without using her, thus saving her stamina further... I will also cull down their numbers exponentially, there is a piece I wish to fight against too... but I shall leave Raiser to you and Issei's hands" Shirou said with a smile.
Rias nodded.
"Akeno, Koneko, set traps around the building as well as illusions, since we lack numbers we shall overcome them with strength and tactics" Rias said.
"I will take my place atop the building... at the start I shall take down at least 4 pieces, this will be the first move" Shirou said.
Rias nodded.
Shirou nimbly jumped out of the window and climbed up a bow appeared in his hand and loaded a altered blade...
"o sword, let thee be filled" Shirou chanted.
The blade drank deep from his magic, but it bother him none, his magic had become stronger... able to take in this blade's requirements, also... to be honest he wanted to use and see how it would work as a projectile since EMIYA never used it.
To be in this world was a boon... his magic, meager in his own reality had augmented to the power of 3... for some reason everything was on increments of 3... 21 circuits... that held 10 units each... but now it was increased to the power of 3... so he had even the ability to use Holy weapons that otherwise would have killed him... not to mention he was now a magical energy factory, compared to what Ilya could do back on the other world... it would be comparing a pond to an ocean, but THAT come with another set of problems... only because he had so much power did not mean he could use it reliably, he had to readjust himself to it, and no matter how much time passed, he still needed to work the nuances of having so much power in his body.
Still thinking about his stats could wait...
The blade-arrow begun to glow orange.
Balmung, the sword that fell the sky demon... a demonic and or holy weapon (depending on the one who wields it)
"Game... start" Rias said.
Shirou took a deep breath, he aligned himself and reinforced his eyes, he could see his targets.
He had his targets, and now... he wouldn't' miss... he COULDN'T miss.
He was a natural born archer... his skills trained in life/death battles and many battlefields.
He shot.
Twang.
The arrow-sword flew at subsonic speeds towards the School house.
BOOOM
"GYAH!" ARGH!" "WHA-"
"Raiser's 1 Bishop, 1 Knight, 1 pawn, 1 pawn retired" Grayfia said.
Shirou smirked... the building had exploded and everything inside was exposed... it was no longer a feasible place to hide.
"What was the chess jargon... ah yes... 'take' was it?" Shirou said with a smirk. He immediately jumped down and went to the gym, he had a backpack with him and looked inside to find...
Raiser's HQ
"D-damn it... what the hell was that?" Raiser said in shockas he cleared his way from the rubble as 4 of his pieces where 'taken' in just one attack.
That... that was a holy attack, who in Rias peerage had the ability to do that? Was it the priestess of thunder? He doubted it... but who could it be? It was maddening... if that had hit him... it would cost him quite a lot to regenerate, it even managed to wound his other pieces.
"It seems I underestimated you Rias... let's get serious, do not let any of them retire... kill at sight" Raiser said, his ego was hit, this insubordination will not stand, who where they to stand in his way to protect the purity of the devil world?
"YES MASTER!" they said.
Gym
"Koneko, Issei... I managed to retried a few of their pieces... now it's time for you to bring more, bring them in so we can deal with them, make sure they can't escape" Shirou said "but remember to get out"
"Roger" "...understood" Issei and Koneko said.
"We know you are there... you cowards... how dare you attack in such a brutish way!" the one dressed with a china dress said.
All of the girls looked like they where mad.
Issei and Koneko got out of their hiding place "buy me some time... I am setting it" Shirou said.
"Issei-sempai, you get the pawns... I'll get the rook" Koneko said.
"Stay safe" Issei said.
Koneko nodded.
"Boosted GEAR!" Issei shouted as the sacred gear appeared.
[BOOST]
The twin girls pulled something from their bags.
It was a chainsaw.
"TIME TO RIP THEM APPART!" they shouted in glee as the engine roared to life.
Issei charged in... he used his sacred gear to block one of the chainsaws, and then he felt something coming.
He dropped to the floor as the wooden weapon from the pawn that beat him before struck air.
Issei dodged their attacks, they where slow, WAY SLOW, and now, that he was using his boosted gear, it was laughable.
"ITADAKIMATSU!" he said as he used an open palm on the chest of one of the twins, and then smacked the derriere of the other.
"GYAH!" "AWWW" they yelled as they blushed fiercely.
"TAKE THIS!" the pawn that beat Issei yelled as she attacked with her weapon.
He grabbed in and snapped in one feel swoop with a single hand.
And then he proceeded to hit her chest with an open palm strike.
Koneko had subdued the enemy rook as well, however part of her dress where torn in the fight, this rook was a high level one, easily at a queen's level.
Issei then had a creepy grin "Are you ladies ready... shall I finish you off?" he said.
"DIE PERVERT!" the twins yelled, as the other pawn was sad that her weapon was broken.
They charged with their chainsaws bathed in the fire of the phenix.
"EAT THIS! MY SPECIAL ATTACK" He said as he rose his gauntlet arm.
He snapped his fingers "DRESS BREAK!"
The 3 girls's outfits where completely shredded.
"GYAAAH!" all 3 girls shouted in shame as they tried to cover and have at least a semblance of modesty.
"ENEMY OF WOMEN!"
"YOU PIG! LUST INCARNATE!" the twins shouted.
Koneko and even the enemy rook looked at him with disgust.
"I misjudged you" Koneko said in her usual tone of voice, however the sheer amount of loathing could be felt from her stare.
"You are the worst" the enemy rook said
"Koneko-chan, Issei... both of you can get out, everything is set" A voice said in their com channel.
"Roger" Koneko said.
Then, both left.
"You're running away?! This is an important capture point!" the rook yelled.
"Yes, this is an important point" Shirou said with a smirk "That is why I decided to use to use it as a lure..." then with a click of a button.
BOOOOOOM
"Take" Shirou said as the explosion took those pieces.
"Pawns x 3 and Rook 1 eliminated" Grayfia announced.
Rather than let Akeno waste her magic on this, it was much better to use something that could do the same with human designs.
C4, military grade, he had asked Rias to get this for him... she was, to a no small degree worried about it, but when he explained HOW he would use it... she smiled.
It would be a great way to rub it to Raiser's nose about human talent.
Shirou had to admit, it might been a bit more than just his father's ideals that rubbed off on him.
He was a ruthless pragmatist in battle after all, he wouldn't use his magic skills all the time, no sense on having people familiarize with his skills.
2 moves more left.
Issei and Koneko made it barely in time as the whole gym exploded behind them.
"Is it me or if we where looking at ourselves, we would look like the heroes of an action movie?" Issei asked himself.
Koneko just shrugged.
"Anyways good job!" Issei said as he wanted to pat her head.
"Don't touch me" she said as she avoided his hand.
"Hahaha... is ok, I would never use it on my allies" Issei said.
"Even so... you are still the worst" Koneko said as she walked away.
Just then... a huge explosion.
"KONEKO!" Issei yelled.
"One move" Shirou said as the attacker looked around.
The Rook was not removed so that meant that... "Akeno... she is all yours" Shirou said.
Akeno was smiling beatifically "Yes... I will punish her for trying to harm poor dear Koneko-chan" Akeno said as she licked her fingers rather erotically.
Koneko was spared of being eliminated due to a sword sticking out.
The sword created a 'barrier' around her... and negated the explosion's power.
The blade had 'absorbed' the attack and negated it.
It was Ascalon, a Holy Blade... but no one needed to know that.
Issei, when he saw the blade... his boosted gear begun to shake for some reason, even he felt some primordial fear at the blade.
"Wh... what is that?" Issei thought "why am I so cared by that blade?"
"A presence I haven't felt for so long... how nostalgic" A voice said from within the deeps of Boosted Gear.
Koneko rushed to a nearby building, unwilling to be caught unaware while Issei continued towards the main building.
He got pulled into a corner by Kiba.
"JESUS! Don't' do that... I almost slugged you" Issei said as he tried to control his beating heart.
"hahaha... sorry about that" Kiba said, he truly was apologetic.
"Anyways... we have company" Kiba said as he saw someone looked around.
"Pieces of Gremory! I know you are there... come out and fight!" a voice said.
"Well... it seems like I can't walk out of this one... after all... I am a 'knight' too" Kiba said as he walked out of their hiding spot.
"I am 'knight' Kiba Yuuto" Kiba introduced himself.
"I am the 'pawn' Hyoudou Issei" Issei said.
The knight chuckled "to come forward like that... I like straight forwards idiots like you" said the knight.
Both Kiba and Issei chuckled, a situation of the pot calling the kettle and all that.
Kiba charged in.
"F-Fast!" said the knight of Raiser.
Kiba's speed had increased due to the training Shirou put him trough, or rather, is not like he was faster...
Rather, there was less useless movements in him.
Kiba was attacking nearly from 3 different angles at the same time, due to his speed and increased mastery of his own movements.
Iseei could only gape in wonder... it would take him a LONG time to reach his level.
"Seems like you are free" a voice said.
It was a woman with a half mask on her face, she had brown hair with a few red highlights.
Another one also close by sighed "seriously... she's way to unrefined, her head is filled with nothing but thoughts of swords" the young aristocratic looking young lady said.
"So is you two against me... ok... let's get this over with" Issei said as his boosted gear reappeared.
[Boost]
"Oh my, I won't be fighting you know? Isabelle, would you mind?" the little lady said.
But then... Issei vanished.
"Uh?!" Isabelle grunted as she felt something on her stomach.
Issei was a little shocked, he was trying to make a slight hit... btu for it to have actually pierced her defense, even slightly...
"Preparations complete... get ready.. not quite dragon wave... DRAGON SHOT!" Issei said.
A medium sized torrent of magic gushed out... Isabelle had the correct idea to dodge.
Flashback
"Sometimes... in order to obtain an advantage you sometimes need a feint" Shirou said to Issei.
"an advantage... uh... a feint uh" Issei said.
"Yes... sometimes you need to do something that is pointless in order to gain the upper hand" Shirou explained.
Flashback end
"Here we go... my special technique... DRESS... BREAK" Issei shouted.
"When I said an advantage... I didn't mean that... oh well... it worked in the end I suppose" Shirou thought.
"W... what is this?!" Isabelle said in confusion.
"AND THE FINISHER... DRAGON WAVE!"
"thanks for the memories... I'll save them into my mind's hard drive" Issei said with a smirk.
"Rook retired" Grayfia said
"It would be wise not to think of him as an ordinary pawn... his skills while lewd... well... to a peerage made with females... he would be their natural enemy" the knight said.
Kiba bowed "I am sorry that our Issei-kun is a perv" Kiba said.
"DON'T APOLOGIZE DAMN IT!" Issei said.
Two pawns came in and charged in... it was two beast-like girls
"Nyah " they yelled as they jumped. They attacked low, they did a low sweep kick to injure Issei leg's.
He tensed his legs
"GYAH!"
"What the nyah?!"
They had hurt themselves more than Issei.
"I got trained like a beast by a demon-like teacher! You think that would bring me down... compared to what he did to me... wahahahahahhahahaha!" he laughed maniacally as he remembered the many, MANY times he came an inch to death.
Having swords piercing his body in many (non-lethal) spots... was worst than someone hitting him.
Not to mention he almost died when he almost choked him with those chain-nails of his... that was seriously not cool... he could see his grandfather who had passed away.
"He has a very thought body" the girls said as they nursed their legs.
"Sheesh... what kinda teacher you had?" the cat girls asked.
"THE BEST!" Issei said as he did a lariat on one of them, making her pass out.
"Well I can't let my junior out do me, now can I?" Kiba said.
He brought out a blade of ice.
"FLAME DELETE!" Kiba said
The Raiser's knight's flame sword froze and broke down.
"What?!" she said in shock.
"Goodbye" Kiba said as he stabbed the sword on her stomach.
No elegance, no chivalry, no waiting for the other one to pick themselves up... just brutal and cold pragmatism.
"H... how cheap" the knight said with a snarl.
"Have you forgotten the codes of knights" the knight said.
"No... rather have you forgotten where are we? In a battlefield 'there is no need for chivalry, you are not strong enough to use it, if you where strong enough to do it, it would be something else... you where not strong... and neither am I, so I decided to forgo them, as otherwise... like you... I would be in your part" Kiba said "I may not like it but I had to admit that as much as I hate it... the one who trained us is right"
"You have... a scary teacher" she said as she vanished in a red light
"Raiser 1 knight retired"
"so... who is this master of yours who trained you to this level... he must be a high class ultimate devil to have raised you all that much in such a short time" the young lady said.
"Actually" Issei said.
"It was me" another voice said as the two beast-like girls where thrown away by the red haired man.
"UH!? But you are... a human! How did you get in the game?! Are they crazy?!" the little lady said.
"Compared to the things I fought... you may as well be babies to me" he said as he looked at the young lady pitifully.
"You think you are so great... what can a human do against the might of devils" she declared.
"True...humans are weak... they can easily be killed... however..." he said as he disappeared.
There was a golden spear right on her neck, gently pricking her.
"Humans have a desire to 'exceed' to 'survive' and thus because of it they push themselves more and more, to push the limit of what a 'human' is and can do, we use the weakness that is 'to be a human' and turn it into a strength... ingenuity, tactics... fighting dirty... nothing is too much for those who want to survive, those who have something to 'protect' the young pawn there has something he wants to protect... even if it's not a tangible thing... is enough for him to push himself to that level... so, do you surrender, or do we go for the nuances? I will tell you this... this spear is cursed, once I hurt you with it NOTHING will heal your wound, is a cursed spear that will prevent you from healing AND regenerating" he said.
The little lady begun to fear him... she could feel a powerful 'strength' from the spear, if what the red haired boy said was true then...
"Raiser bishop retires" Grayfia said as she decided to NOT test it.
"Let's get moving... Rias is waiting" Shirou said. "also that was the last move left for me... I will see you all later" Shirou said as he disappeared.
"Rias (replacement) bishop retires" Grayfia said.
Issei and Yuuto busted in the stronghold of the opponent.
"PROMOTION QUEEN!" Issei said.
With that he felt immense boost to all his parameters of defense, offense and magic.
Isse, rather than take the stairs decided to take the fasted route.
He clenched his teeth "this is gonna hurt" he thought to himself.
[Boost]
"HAAA~" he roared as he jumped upwards... he went to the roof with barely any pain.
"th... this is insane!" Issei thought "I barely felt anything... has my body gotten THAT strong?"
"Issei?!" Rias and Asia both said in shock.
"HOW DARE YOU MAKE BUCHOU CRY YOU YAKITORY BASTARD! TAKE THIS!" Issei yelled
[BOOST!]
Issei moved fast, too fast for Raiser to track.
CRACK
Issei punched him right on his chin, an uppercut.
He controlled the strength, he didn't want to blow his head off, just make it rattle with enough force.
Raiser then went to hit Issei, but as soon as he gave a single step.
"What?"
He tripped, or so he tough, as he stood up only to happen once more.
He tried to regenerate, however there was nothing to regenerate, he didn't hurt himself to regenerate.
It's just that his sense of balance had gone to shit due to Issei's attack.
Flashback
"Issei, since he is an immortal... the best way to deal with him are twofold, either you break his spirit by making him think his immortality will be next to useless... OR use an attack or weapon with the ability to 'seal' his immortality... if you attack his joins or parts that might mess his sense of balance it would be good" Shirou said and explained how to use this to his advantage.
Flashback end
"TAKE THIS!" Issei yelled as he smashed the palm of his hands right on his ears.
"GAH!" Raiser yelled as blood begun to drip from his ears.
[Boost]
"DRAGON... PUNCH!" Issei yelled as his hand begun to glow... the demonic power gathering around it.
DOGAN
Raiser gasped as the contents of his stomach spilled out of him.
"W... wait... d... do you understand what you are doing... the hopes of devilkin rest on this pureblood marriage" he said as he struggled to stand up.
"Like I understand such things... all I know is you made her CRY" Issei said as the 'presence of draconic power' washed over Raiser who was now backpedaling.
"If you ever come near my buchou... I will end you" Issei said as he glared at the fallen phoenix who looked pitiful.
All his previous arrogance gone.
He was now one who had become broken due to his new found [fear of dragons], he would not recover anytime soon.
Rias smiled at Issei... he did it... he really did it... and by extension she also did it... she had won a game that was doomed from the start... she would really show appreciation to Shirou after this... even if he was not her peerage, she would consider him part of her family.
[Raiser has admitted defeat... the winner is Rias Gremory] Grayfia said.
She was quite conflicted, honestly she was glad she had won, as she did not like the idea of her sister-in law to be taken by this slimy guy... but the question was... how did they gain so much strength and used such tactics, that was no mere simple strategies... what the [provisional] bishop had done was terrifying, he had used mundane weapons and effectively took them down... the use of the C4 was scary... but the worst was what he did with that bow and 'arrow'.
He had made a Holy sword of considerable power and 'sacrificed' it without even a single doubt.
That man was scary, real scary.
That man had combat skills that where otherworldly... not to mention his ability to raise the level of these young devils so fast, which was quite ironic as devils are viewed as the enemies of mankind.
That also meant that their overly theatrical plan to stop the wedding was also scrapped... pitty.
Still she was glad it ended this way.
"You seem... happy about it, but disappointed, was it because your backup plan to interrupt the wedding a very elaborate one?" said Shirou as he drank some tea she had made.
A slight twitch in her eye let Shirou know all he needed.
"I have to say, this tea is fantastic, is it done with tea that grows in the underworld?" Shirou asked.
"Ah... yes, you seem to have a good sense of taste" Grayfia said, feeling a bit awkward at the sudden change of topics, but still stoic enough to at least present face.
"The brats should be coming out... well from the sense of euphoria I am sensing I can tell ti went well" Shirou said with a smirk.
Indeed, Rias peerage was complete, if a bit tired...
"I have to admit... tough brutal, your training was indeed effective" Kiba said.
"Shirou Emiya... I would like to give you my heartfelt thanks, if it wasn't for you... I would be tied to a man I did not love, and my peerage would become annexed to his by association, so Gremory, no... as Rias... I wish to thank you" Rias said. "That is why... even if you are not a devil I wish to accept you into my family... please accept this as a token of my heartfelt thanks"
With that a magical seal was 'carved' into his palm without any pain.
"No need for thanks, I did it cause you needed to be 'saved' from that man" Shirou said.
"Fuhuhuhuh... I should also thank you... your training was quite... 'enlightening' to me as well" Akeno said.
Shirou was fighting REALLY hard not to be flustered.
*cough* "A... anyways... now that is done we should retire for the time being... we have classes on Monday after all" Shirou said.
And they all parted ways, unknown someone was planning something from behind the scenes.
"Kuhuhuhu... Valper have you and your pet exorcist gathered what is required?" asked a beautiful man that sat in a throne.
"Yes... we obtained 3 of the Excalibur fragments... so we shall invade the Territory of his sister?" Valper asked
"Yes... yes we will... and war shall start once more" he said as he looked at the dark sky.
"Remembering your past?" Valper asked.
"You could say that..." the beautiful man said.
"Lord Kokabiel... if everything goes to plan... you shall have your wish" Valper said.
He thought that Kokabiel was planning to just eliminate the 3 factions... but it was more than that...
"Time will tell" Kokabiel said "Time will tell"
Chapter end
