Hero DxD BorN

A.N: I took a part per verbum from A demon Lord's hero from Fahad09 I liked the conversation and decided to add it. Check it, is quite good, also please note that I posted credit to that part, which one is it? Well read it to find out

Chapter 7: Fallen's Machinations

It has been several days since the rating game... to be honest what happened just AFTER the game was rather shocking.

"Emiya Shirou, you are cordially invited by Maou Lucifer for an audience with him, please use this to transport to the underworld" Grayfia said as she gave Shirou a paper with a magic circle in a paper.

Everyone was impressed, to get an audience with one of the king of hell was something near impossible, let alone for a human.

And so he 'literally went to hell'.

He was transported into a beautiful hall, it was... just as if not more ostentatious than Ilyaviel's castle back then.

No, he did not want to remember her, the way she died... it was cruel and unneeded, and she was the one person he could not save.

Her death was in his hands, because he was weak, because he was powerless.

Still, he was to talk to the king of hell himself.

"Welcome Emiya Shirou, I am glad you took my invitation" a voice said.

Clack, clack, clack

Shirou was trying really hard not to trace weapons of holy elements.

His power was great, it would not be a bad to compare him with Michael Roa Valdamjong in his prime.

The power of destruction that the Mahou in front of him held was tightly contained in his body, only a sliver of it was in the air... and that worried Shirou.

Once he saw him... it was impossible to not see the family resemblance.

Sirzechs Lucifer, his long flowing crimson hair and blue-green eyes, it was hard not to see it.

It was... like someone gender swapped Rias.

Still he had a regal presence, but it could also be his own nerves and his instincts that told him to not piss off this creature unless absolutely necessary.

From what he could tell... there was a possibility that he would need to fight him, and thus calculated his odds, just in case.

1:1000

yes, the odds where against him.

"There is no need to make such a face Emiya Shirou... I merely wish to talk to you" the creature said with a smile.

It had the form of man, a rather handsome and beautiful one, but it was still a creature of destruction.

"I see, what Grayfia said about you is true, still please sit down" he said.

Grayfia appeared and put down some tea, it had a rather refreshing scent.

"I wish to first of all thank you... thanks to you my sister's future is hers to decide once again... I am sorry I was not able to do anything, but due to my position I cannot use my influence without repercussions, I must admit I was rather dubious about how can a mere human be able to train a group of young devils... but it seems my fears where unfounded, I must ask however, and this is just between just you, me and Grayfia" he said.

"Lord Lucifer..." Shirou begun.

He rose a hand to stop him "Please... call me Sirzechs, I rather hate formalities" he said with a kind smile.

"Yes... Sirzechs-san... however... I am rather leery, I rather have my hidden ace... as it where" Shirou said.

"I see, it would be rather presumptuous of me, you are leery of us, is it because what we are?" he asked.

"Yes... and no, to be honest I can tell how a person is by the feel of their power... you carry a great one, and you are doing great job restraining it, it has to be no easy feat to restrain that power and keep your humanoid form" Shirou said. Sirzechs was rather impressed that this human boy could tell that about him "Also I trust your sister and her peerage, however, the rest of devilkin I'm still weary of"

"Of course, of course... I understand, also the fact that the old maou faction is still making trouble and the errant devils, they certainly don't paint a good picture of us as a whole" Sirzechs said.

"Old maou faction?" Shirou asked.

"Yes, they would be the ones who like how things where with the old Maous, my predecessor" Sirzechs said.

"I gather they where kind of 'original' devils" Shirou said.

"Very good, you are very quick on the uptake" he said with a smile.

"So, since Rias has considered a brother, and I must say, with your red hair you will fit right in, I also wish to know a bit of your personality, I trust my sister, but as her older brother I still worry, I hope you might understand my position" Sirzechs said.

Shirou nodded "Yes, I was a brother once too" Shirou said.

He did not specify that he was actually the younger sibling.

"What happened?" he asked.

"She, passed away..." he said.

"I see... I am sorry for your loss" he said, and he sincerely meant it.

"Thank you" Shirou said.

"So, I can at least see you understand my position... I am also quite interested, how you sacrificed that holy sword and used it as a projectile" Sirzechs said.

"It's an ability I have... I still have the sword with me" Shirou said, trying to derail the questioning.

"Oh? May I see it?" he asked.

Shirou sighed "trace... on"

The blade materialized in his hand.

"I have to say, I never seen this sword before..." Sirzechs said.

"It's special" Shirou said.

"I can tell, does this sword have a name?" Sirzechs asked, he was entranced by it, it seamed like this blade could change from holy to demonic, depending on who wielded it.

"Balmung... the [original] sword of the hero Siegfried" Shirou said.

It was a good thing that Sirzechs did not drink the tea he had, cause he just choked on air.

"W... what?" he said in shock.

The sword was like it was made of gold, a blue jewel embedded in the hilt. Truly it was a beautiful blade, it was not, however the Balmung he knew of.

However the sword did not hurt Sirzechs at all... rather it did not mind him grabbing it.

As soon as he put his hands to it, the blade changed to demonic rather than holy.

"I never seen a sword like this... and... you are sure this is the Balmung? The one that slayed Fafnir?" Sirzechs asked.

"I can assure you with 100% confidence" Shirou said.

Sirzechs could not believe it... such a sword... it was an Excalibur class sword and it could switch from demonic to holy depending on the user... this was a great boon.

"is there anything else you wish to ask?" Shirou asked.

"Yes... if possible, please take care of Rias, she is strong but very hard headed so I worry for her, please take care of her in my behalf" Sirzechs asked.

"She is my friend, why wouldn't I do so?" Shirou said.

"I see... I am glad Rias accepted you into the family... I must say, I accept of you" he said with a smile "Since my position I cannot interact as I would have like, so I wish to ask you to do so on my behalf"

"I see, don't worry I will try my best to keep her out of trouble, tough I fear that would be fruitless, seeing as she has a pair of sacred gears users, one of them being the Booster Gear, power tends to attract power after all" Shirou said.

Yeah, he heard how it happened with the young one called Shiki Tohno, the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception called about many insane people around the poor human... still he got lucky and even managed to win the White Moon Princess's affection. However, they both hated each other with a passion, they are both existence that contradict the other.

"Well then little brother, take care of our sister" Sirzechs said with a chuckle.

"Don't push it... nii-san" Shirou said with a smirk.

Yes, they would definitely get along fine.

Shirou had a rather magnificent feast, after enjoying his time he was escorted by Grayfia back to the human world.

Human world

"Thank you very much for visiting, I must say it seems Sirzechs has taken quite a shine to you" Grayfia said with a smile.

It was like seeing Saber when she smiled, it was a pure smile.She was a person who took her role as a maid of Sirzechs's, but she could express such a smile that reminded him of her.

Shirou nodded... "I got to be honest, I am still unsure what all this entails"

"Is nothing more than what it means... however you will have some fringe benefits, now you can also hunt errant devils and receive payment for it, and you can also be counted as a friendly by us devils" Grayfia said. "However other factions may not like that and see you either as neutral or as an enemy"

"And about the request?" Shirou said, expecting something like that happening.

"Yes, I must say... it is rather... difficult... the request is rather difficult to find someone with those abilities, to be honest it's unheard of" Grayfia said.

"I see..." Shirou sighed.

"Anyways we will keep looking, it's the least we could do" Grayfia said.

"Very well... thank you" Shirou said as he bid his farewell.

With that Grayfia disappeared.

It has been... a rather hectic day, to be honest he was rather... surprised that Hell was NOTHING like the bible described it to be... it was rather... nice truth be told.

"Oh... you are rather unusual person" a person said.

It was a nice day around the pier. And Shirou decided to go there to relax, he felt for some reason like fishing.

There was a man there with long flowing black hair and a rather chiseled form, his face was like a masterpiece, crafted down from heavens, he was inhumanly beautiful.

Also he was a being, from the feeling he got from him.

A power that 'darkened' everything... and the scent of feathers...

He was a fallen, and of immense power.

He was also reading a Bible.

"So... why are you reading the bible in such a place?" Shirou asked.

"Is because is an interesting book" the man said.

Many of the people looked at him, it was hard not to, he was inhumanly beautiful.

"but, isn't the Bible written by man?" Shirou asked.

"Yes, it was, ergo is flawed, but even if it is flawed, I wish to understand the one who wrote it" the person said. "When you create something you always leave a bit of yourself in it... a reflection of your true nature, so I wish to find the reflection of the man who wrote this"

"I am surprised by this... by the cross hanging on you I would have thought you where a Catholic" Shirou said.

"I am a believer, I am a follower of God and believe that Christ was his gift upon all humankind, just because I don't believe that the Bible to be completely accurate it does not mean I don't believe in God" he said.

Shirou thought about it "Then why read it, if it was made by humans?"

"Because human's are so fascinating... even God himself was quite taken by them, HE created thousands of creatures but held humankind above them all, even his loyal flawless angels he commanded to bow down to Adam, the father of all humans" he set the bible on his lap and traced with his finger the engraved title with his fingers "So I wish to know, what makes them special, what was it about them that captivated even the All-Mighty himself... that is what I look for them in these pages" he said with a sad smile.

He looked into the sky, as if trying to see something beyond.

"Humans... they where given a gift by God... as they where the only ones who opted for it, the gift of 'free will', as all others rejected it, saying that it was 'too heavy a burden to carry', so after the humans used their intellect on how to use their new found free will... guess what they did" he asked with no slight amusement unable to hide behind his smile.

Shirou could not think what it would be "I have no idea"

A sardonic smile appeared "The humans turned towards heaven and and yelled out 'Lord, tell us what to do'"

Shirou broke into laughter, yes, he should have expected that, that was a rather human thing to say and do.

"That, son of man, was the exact reaction that the rest of heaven had... along with many angels they laughed at the sight. They thought that God has chosen wrong, that humans where unworthy of bearing such gift, but none would ever dare speak of it" he said once more.

"God was not laughing, he was neither upset or angry in any shape or form, he merely watched down upon humans with the same infinite patience he always had for his children, so we decided to say nothing and turned back to watching the humans" he continued.

"They kept insisting on guidance, over and over and over... so then the humans changed their prayers for help, turned to curses of hatred, they cursed his name and insulted HIM in any ways they could think of... all the while God did not react; he merely continued to watch over them silently and patiently... then... the insults ran dry and decided they did not need God or his help, that they would decide their own fate on their own, to be honest it was rather painful for us to see you humans stumble around, making the same mistakes over and over again, only to start over and repeat it in the next generation, many angels turned away, unable to bear watching any longer... Father however continued to watch, never once did he stop watching your kind... then one day... IT happened, humans begun to learn, it was the most remarkable thing I have ever seen" Shirou rose an eyebrow at this "you must understand" he continued to explain, "when God created us Angels, he made us perfect, we where unchanging beings, an eon can pass and we would behave no differently than we did the day we where born... why would we? God made us perfect, and thus perfect we remained"

"But you human, you changed. You became more than what God made you to be, more than HE intended you to be... trough your own abilities you have surpassed Adam and Eve, the humans who God created with his own two hands... and did so without guidance of the Lord... that changed quickly... I watched as mankind learned and their earlier failures begun to turn to success, mistakes became lessons to be learned from, eventually men grew in numbers until they became so large that they spread around the globe, outnumbering any other race; as such accomplishment was not enough to satisfy them. Man, despite all the years, still remembered the splendor of Heaven and tried to match it. They tried to create a kingdom of their own to rival it. They gathered all the riches and the greatest craftsmen in all the lands and begun to build a city to try to rival God's own.. a 'heavenly kingdom' they said... they failed of course, but just as at the start, they keep trying over and over again... while they keep failing they begun to get closer to Heaven's splendors... like the kingdom of Uruk or Atlantis, I thought for sure they would be able to succeed... but I never got to find if Father's faith in them was right for they where stopped" he said with a mournful tone of voice.

"By whom?" I prompted when it looked like this being was about to continue... I had no idea why this creature would speak to me, I had to admit I was rather curious what he had to say.

"Devils" he answered "You have to understand that back then they where completely different than what they have became today; they where truly evil and vile creatures. They still are, mind you, but back then it was in an entirely different level... so much so that the current Lucifer would rather spit at them than call them his kin"

"That was the start of the Great War... God did not want to interfere with the affairs of mankind because he wanted to see them grow... to witness them fulfill their true potential that even God himself could not predict the limit of it... that is why their prayers for guidance went unanswered... he wanted them free of Heaven's and hell influences so that men could grow unhindered... so when he witnessed Devils encroaching the domain of men, corrupting them and twisting their minds, he went to war to protect them, and the rest... as they say... is history" he said with heavy eyes.

"Humans are not so great you know?... I seen some commit sins that would make even the devils cringe at them... atrocities so horrifying that none dare speak them else it would stain their souls at the mere mention of them" Shirou said.

Shinji's raping of Sakura... Ilya's death at the Hands of Gilgamesh, Kotomine's betrayal at Tohsaka's father and his lying to her... EMIYA's own life... the Undead Apostles that came from Magui who wanted to attain immortality to reach Akasha... the root... so many things... so many sins, so many people... so little time.

He nodded knowingly at that "That is true, even I cannot deny those words... that is why I always compared humans to the night sky"

Shirou was slightly was slightly confused "in what way?"

"And endless darkness.. the night sky is dark and foreboding, it blankets the world and would cause even the bravest souls to despair, and what little light you do find is always outnumbered by the ever encroaching darkness, fighting a battle that it will eventually loose... the human soul, no humanity as a whole is like that- pitch black... they are so many lies, so much hypocrisy, betrayal, wrath and rage that stains their very souls pitch black. It is why when I look over the sea of human souls all I can perceive a near endless darkness. It is enough to paint the entire sky black and the few good souls, those flickers of light that shine so bright, so far apart"

He closed his eyes for a moment before turning back to Shirou, staring at him, "But do you know what is the first I think when I imagine the night sky?" he asked

"What?"

"The stars" he answered, he looked up to the sky once more as if he was staring at the very beings he was speaking of "I think of the stars"

"Why is it that when we think of the night sky, we do not picture a pitch black sky but a sea of shining stars? The human soul is like that, Flicker of lights on a backdrop of darkness... our eyes can't help but be drawn to them, captivated by their light... even tough we know that the darkness is infinitely more than the light, one limitless while the other limited... that between each radiant star there is a near endless 'nothingness' that divides them, yet when I think of space, when I think of the night, all I can picture is stars... they captivate me, those lone few that shine... they draw my eyes to them so I no longer notice anything else but them... and I love them for it" he said with a kind smile.

"To me humanity is not the many who do wrong, but the few that, despite how very hard it is to do so, choose to do it, not because they have to, but because they choose to do it because it is right, that is why... I adore humans" he said with a bright smile "Humans like you"

I felt a bit awkward... but then I remembered something...

I was not a true human.

I was a blade, a sword to be used in war, an instrument to save the many...

My body is made of swords.

My own reality marble was a manifestation of someone who is passing over what 'human' is... someone who had a mentality that was 'not human'

"I don't believe I am special" Shirou said.

The being game me a beaming proud smile, it reminded me of that smile.

When Kiritsugu found me.

"You are, even if you yourself don't think of it.. even if you try to remove yourself from it, you are still too human, I can see the pain in your soul, so many things that had happened to you, your soul is scarred and marred... yet you remain pure... and it shines, oh how it shines, it shines so bright that it dwarfs everything I seen before" he said.

The being took the gold crucifix and planted it on my neck.

"Emiya Shirou, you who are Adam's child, allow me the honor of introducing myself to you" he said with a slight bow.

The scent of power increased, Sirzechs... it seems... was not the only monster

To be honest I was expecting an Angel, by the way he spoke of God...

10 wings of dark wings unfurled before me from his back.

"I am Kokabiel, the fallen angel who guards the stars, one of the Lords of Grigory" he said with a bow, placing his hand on his chest. "And I will deliver the will of God upon this earth, I also wish to thank you for caring for Mittelt... it was... regrettable what she got involved with Raynare, please take care of her"

Then... with a flutter of wings, he vanished.

So this was Kokabiel... a leader of the Fallen angels.

It was... rather nice, this was an actual nice conversation with a fallen apart from Mittelt, to be honest he was NOT expecting this.

He looked at the cross, he analyzed it with his Structural Grasp, it was a simple cross made of high quality gold, there was no spells, nor charms.

Ok... good.

It looked nice, and was a gift, so no sense of disposing of it.

And thus he went to his home.

"Mittelt I am back" he said.

Mittelt was in her room resting on her bed while reading Shoujo manga and eating apple crisps.

"Oh.. welcome back 'onii-san', you are back from your trip she said with a smirk.

While he was on the meeting with Lord Sirzechs, he came up with the idea to keep Mittelt, as he was the one who defeated the fallen angels he had a say on what to do with them.

And now, one of the lords of the Fallen angel faction have given 'his blessing' of sorts for him to keep Mittelt.

"I am back, I need to rest, too many things happened in a few hours, I need some time to 'digest' all of this, wake me up if it's an emergency ok?" Shirou said

Mittelt nodded as she burned a incense with soothing properties to help Shirou relax, while she had a small girls body, she could not do any work outside, so she could at least make him be more comfortable.

Shirou slept soundly till the next morning.

Morning Monday 7:30 AM

Shirou and Mittelt where walking to school, when suddenly Shirou's olfactory sense where assaulted by a scent of 'power'... one of it was similar to Rias' power of destruction... but the other one... it was malleable, something that changed from one thing to another... and Mittelt, she was shivering in fright...

"T... this power... how can 2 of those things be here?!" she said as she paled.

He turned to see two persons bundled up with white cloths.

"Oh... I never thought I would meet one of those despicable beings so soon... the Lord must be favoring us today" a voice said, the voice was a bit gruff... so it was hard to tell if it was from a male or a female.

"Oh? A fallen angel going to school that is very very rare...oh well, at least we will get a warm up before having to do our jobs... ah God... thank you so much for your blessings" the other person (definitely female) said.

She fell to the floor, the two had erected something like a bounded field around them.

"Oh... but we have a civilian here, please remove yourself from here... we have to deal with a pest problem" said the gruffer sounding of the two.

*Shuck schuk twang*

The two pian dao Kanshou and Bakuya had flown and dug themselves into the ground behind of them both, cutting their white robes hoods off.

They where both girls.

"Oh? It seems he is a heretic, Xenovia" the one with light brown hair said.

"Ah... since he is in league with the fallen then there is no need to hold back divine justice on him to save his soul from his sins... is there?" Xenovia, the one with blue hair with a stand of green.

"Will you atone for your sins?" the light brown haired girl said with a kind smile.

Shirou the begun to laugh a them, it was weird... his laugh... it was filled with pity and scorn at their words.

"Atone for my sins? I have no sins to atone for, nor have I forced such a meaningless concept on anyone" Shirou said.

"Irina... this man..." Xenovia said as she pulled the bundle, she was grinding her teeth, this man was mocking their faith.

"Ah... only the might of Excalibur would purge him of his sins" Irina said with a smile as a ribbon on her arm begun to move.

The two pulled out two blades... the second I saw them I was thorn in what to do... either to laugh and cry at the ridiculous thing in front of me... or kill them for the affront of using such a name with those trinkets.

"Excalibur Destruction... Excalibur mimic... 2 of the 7 fragments of the so called holy sword Excalibur... jesus... sending children with stupid toys as those, as if they knew what Excalibur truly is" Shirou said as he whipped a tear from his eye, this was just so absurd.

"T... TOYS! How dare you... these are pieces of Excalibur... a person like you should be afraid of such power-" Xenovia said, but then she quited down.

The man was staring at her with such cold and nearly hate filled eyes.

Her body trembled as she could see behidn the man...

The power of war.

He was a blade... forged in the flames of an inferno... a blade for war/ a blade for peace.

And this man had just send all the killing intent towards them.

Irina and Xenovia fell to the floor... over the weight of something that they could not oppose.

"Stupid child... do you think THE Excalibur could ever be broken? Those... trinkets... mere toys... are but fragments of a blade named Excalibur, but it is not the true Excalibur... it is just a powerful blade that took on the name of a renown sword to further itself... they cannot even compare to the real thing... and don't you dare touch Mittelt... she is under my care, the devils have already said as the one who defeated them I had a say on what is to come of her... so back off... this is your first... and last warning" Shirou said.

Irina and Xenovia shivered in place... it was like staring at a dragon made of blades... it was such an incredible ken-ki pressure

Shirou, with snap of his fingers, made the pian daos disappear into wisps of prana.

"X... Xenovia... who was that person?" Irina asked worried.

"I-I don't know, but he knew of the swords we had, and still laughed at them, was he right... was the swords we carry merely placeholders of the REAL Excalibur?" Xenovia said.

"N... no... I refuse to believe that heathen... we have the might of God behind us, nothing can stop His will" Irina said.

Xenovia nodded, but she did not want to voice her opinions.

"That man... the second he saw those swords... his eyes filled with anger at them... as if they where an affront to him... or to someone he cared for... but why would that be? What could a man like him know of those blades?" Xenovia thought to herself.

Just then... a girl with short black hair and eyeglasses came in.

"So... envoys of the church..." she said.

Irina just waved in salutations.

ORC afternoon

This was a rather complicated situation...

Devils on one side... and the 2 members of the church on the other... the person with the fallen angel girl was also here, did they know about him?

"Oh... Shirou, good timing, I like to introduce to you two members of the church, they came here because they needed to talk to me, the owner of this area" Rias said.

Shirou nodded.

"So... what have this church fledglings came to beg from you, onee-san?" Shirou said.

"O... onee-san?!" the two church envoys said in shock.

"Well... yes, due to his help, I was granted a relief from a situation I did not want to be involved, not to mention he trained my entire peerage to top form before the game, so, as a show of thanks I invited him to become an honorary member of my house as my cute little brother" She said with a smile.

Everyone was acting somewhat normal, if not weary, however Kiba... well Kiba was outright hostile, there was definitely blood-lust and killing intent in the air around him

"Though... I am actually older than you... ahh... so this is what you must have felt like uh... Ilya?" Shirou thought somewhat bitersweetly.

"I... I see... anyways... I wanted to ask for your cooperation in certain things... as you may not know... 3 pieces of the Excalibur where stolen from storage under the care of the church" Irina said.

"So the holy sword of legend, Excalibur... just how many are there?" Issei said.

"Well there is only one, but it broke... however someone else has a different opinion" Irina said as she glared at Shirou who shrugged unrepentantly. "Anyways, it broke in battle a long time ago" she said.

Xenovia undid the wraps around her sword.

"its current form... from the pieces of Excalibur, 7 new blades were created via alchemy... this is one of them- Excalibur Destruction" She said as she showed her blade "This is under catholic supervision" she said.

She took the rope from her arm and turned into a Japanese katana " And this one is... Excalibur mimic... is really convenient that it can transform it's shape" she said with a smile as the sword turned into a ribbon and took the shape of a heart.

Kiba's blood lust and killing intent begun to grow, Shirou stomped on him to distract him for bit with pain "so... what is your business?" Rias asked.

"Of the 7 Excaliburs, 2 of each are held by the catholic, protestant and orthodox churches, and the remaining one was lost during the Great War" Xenovia explained further "This discussion is about how one was stolen from each sect and brought to this land"

"How careless... so who would do such a thing?" Rias asked.

"The one who stole it is the leader of the fallen angels, the 'ones who guard against the children of god"... Kokabiel" Xenovia said.

It was lucky that Shirou did not yet put the hot liquid to his mouth, else he would had make a spit-take on Kiba.

"The leader of the fallen angels?! What's more... Kokabiel, one whose name is inscribed on the Bible..." Rias said as she paled.

"He wiped out exorcists covertly dispatched a few days ago, which brings us to our request... no, our demand- the devils must keep out of the fighting between Grigori and us over the Excaliburs, in other words- we came to tell you to keep your noses out of our business" Xenovia said.

"oh? And should I refuse? I am not a devil, even if I am a member of their house, so your so called 'demands' have no effect on me... so tell me, what if I refuse?" Shirou asked.

Xenovia smirked, she put her hand on the handle of her bundled up blade.

This one had balls at least.

She then turned towards Asia and Issei.

"Meeting you at Issei Hyoudou's house was the last thing I would have expected but... are you the witch Asia Argento?" Xenovia asked.

Asia became rigid in fright once she heard those words.

Irina got close to Asia "At one point, the word on the inside was that you're a former 'Holy woman'? I had heard that you have drifted off somewhere in exile, but I didn't think you had become a devil" Irina said as she inspected Asia closer.

"Ah...um...I am..." Asia was feeling scared.

"It's ok... I won't let the higher ups know you are here" Irina said "it'd be a real shock for people who where around the 'saint' Asia to hear her current situation" she said in a painful tone.

Asia looked even more downcast.

"But a devil? For one who was called a 'saint' to have fallen as far as you have... do you still believe in God?" Xenovia asked.

"A girl who has become a devil shouldn't have faith in the Lord, right?" Irina said.

"People may commit treason and still feel a sense of guilt, so there are some who do not loose their faith... I get that feeling from you" Xenovia said.

"It's just, I can't let it go... because I have always believed" Asia said.

"I see... then in that case, is better if we kill you right now... I will behead you in the name of God, our God will reach out with his benevolent hand to even the most sinful" Xenovia said as she unwrapped her sword fully.

This girl.

"GHAGH!" She yelled as Shirou had used a weird martial arts movement and grabbed her by the neck and slammed against the wall

"Should you ever threaten anyone who is around me like that... I will not leave it with this 'light' punishment" Shirou said.

Irina shivered, she never even saw him move at all, and Xenovia who was a more powerful swordsman... was pinned to the wall like a exhibition of a insect.

Hack... hack...ahh...

"Oh... I thought I might have accidentally killed you, I have not really perfected that move, I only saw it once many years ago" Shirou said as Xenovia managed to get out of the caved wall.

She glared at Shirou, who just continued to just look at her.

"You dare challenge us, take on the church by yourself... even if it's you..." Irina said.

"A challenge uh... then is perfect, I will also participate" a voice said.

Feeling of raw hatred, Yuuto stepped forward.

"And who are you?" Xenovia said as she stood up with a bit of help of Irina.

Swords begun to burst from the ground "I am your sempai, though... I am a failed creation" Yuuto said with a heavy voice laced with hatred, venom.

The swords around him where demonic swords, all of them vibrating by the will of their maker... to make his wish come true... to kill, to destroy.

That which has made a deep wound in his heart and soul.

They stepped outside, while Shirou was part of the Grimory house, he was still a human, and thus had more leeway in 'this world' however, he was going to take a church exorcist armed with Excalibur weapons.

Rias was, for obvious reasons, worried for her new little brother.

They where on the back where PE took place.

"I wish to confirm something, this is a private duel that doesn't concern the church... we don't plan on things getting messier, I take it you guys also recognize that?" Xenovia asked.

"Yes" Rias said as she noticed Yuuto's increased breathing.

"I shall test the power of Rias peerage and family..."

"Shirou, even tough you are a human..." Rias begun

"Ah...don't worry... but one question anee-san... is it ok if I kick their asses?" Shirou asked with a smirk

"Kuhuhuhuhu" a laughter could be heard.

"Are you laughing?" Xenovia asked to Kiba.

"The thing that I wanted to so hopelessly crush has appeared in front of me... it must be the so called 'devil's luck', don't you think?" Kiba said.

Xenovia got into a stance " I heard that there was someone among the test subjects who escape being disposed, is that you?" she asked.

Kiba's raw hatred further increased, the demonic aura around him intensified.

"So... I guess I am your opponent?" Irina said.

"While I don't have anything against you... it is not in my nature to just surrender needlessly" Shirou said as he traced his pian dao "Also my sister's knight is having a internal struggle due to your swords it seems, what did that girl meant by test subject?" Shirou asked.

"Ah... that's right, you wouldn't know, well apparently many years ago the church was doing a project called "Holy Sword Project", it was in order to artificially make a human able to wield a Holy sword, in this case Excalibur, however they all resulted in failures and thus disposed of" she said.

Shirou noticed that she felt, shall we say, disgusted by it... that meant that they where not ones who supported the project.

"However, even tough you are a human you allied yourself with the devils, therefore I wont' go easy on you, I will judge your sins with this Excalibur, AMEN!" Irina said.

"Irina, isn't it? I must commend your bravery, however, even your primal instincts are already telling you 'it's useless to fight this person' I can see it in your eyes, your skin is crawling, and even your legs seems like they will give up on you" Shirou said.

"I believe in the Lord... he will guide me trough" she said as she charged.

"It's useless, God won't listen to humans, so it's up to humans to stand on our own two feet and do what needs to be done" Shirou said as he closed his eyes.

"I am the bone of my sword" Shirou intoned, as the magical power around him intensified.

He rushed to meet Irina's own rush attack, her Japanase Katana withstood the attack of Kanshou.

She jumped to avoid being decapitated by Byakuya.

Still, Shirou continued his pursuit on her, his attack flawlessly continuing one after the other.

A machine...

Machine had no need for emotions, just to repeat the same things, over and over again, in cold, perfectly chaining to the next, no stops, just cold, brutal efficiency.

Crack... the 'holy blade excalibur' begun to crack under his attacks.

Shirou twisted himself and delivered a reinforced kick to the navel of Irina.

"Gyah!" Irina yelled as she was brutally launched towards the trees, her sword broke under all the attacks.

"That weapon does not deserve the name of Excalibur" Shirou said.

Irina was knocked out, so the battle went to Shirou.

Rias was shocked, for a human to fight against trained exorcists wielding Excaliburs even.

"The girl was not fully trained in the use of that sword, she only had half a decade at the most" Shirou said as he sat down on the grass.

Kiba's fight was not going well, not well at all, that girl... Xenovia, had trained to use the sword more effectively... or rather, she was just a simple minded idiot who used the destructive power of her sword E*calibur Destruction... Shirou did not want to add the 'x' to it cause he did not view it as the one of his romantic interest... no... those swords where blades that mocked the true glory of that blade.

Due to his own raw anger and hatred that clouded his eyes, he lost... he made a lot of stupid moves and even more stupid decisions, his desire for vengeance led to him loosing with a blow to his stomach with the hilt of E*calibur Destruction... The sword re-wrapped itself up with the holy cloth.

"This fight was definitely enlightening... Emiya Shirou of the Gremory I should say... you definitely live to the name of the family that took you in" Xenovia said as she helped Irina stand up, who was still quite dizzy from the battle.

"So... a draw then?" Rias said with a smirk.

Xenovia nodded as they parted ways... things would get rather interesting.

"Well I am going home, Mittelt will get a bit grumpy if I don't have dinner ready" Shirou said.

"ok, take care ok?" Rias said as she hugged Shirou, making Issei rather jealous.

"Come sometime to my home, I shall treat you for dinner if you'd like" Shirou said.

"To eat something from my little brother... will you pamper me?" Rias said with a smile.

"Yes anee-san" Shirou said with a smirk as Issei was nearly fuming and Yuuto was chuckling at it, tough it kinda hurt, Akeno was taken back when she felt a small pang on pain in her chest.

"Am I... jealous?" Akeno thought to herself

"Anyways, I am leaving, please take care" Shirou said as he went back to his home.

Shirou's apartment

When he got in, he wanted to face-palm... but he then thought it wouldn't be enough, not nearly enough... he would need to face-bash himself against berserker's body to get the amount of damage he needed to get out of this stupid situation.

On his table, and with a terrified, yet subservient Mittelt, was Kokabiel himself partaking of some tea.

"This is SERIOUSLY not going to endear me with the church faction now" Shirou thought as he sighed, stepping in to get over with this

Chapter end