Yo. Some of the reviews I already answered, via messaging the sender. Now that I said that, let's finish up the other reviews.

Guest - It's okay if you're done. I don't much care, but I'll answer the rest of your review anyway, just in case. Yuutsu, currently, is not OP. Yes, he is strong and all that, compared to HUMANS. But since he realized his powers, and has gone up against Supernatural beings, Fallen Angels, Devils, and whatnot, he had his eyes opened, that there are stronger beings than him. Dohnaseek wasn't defeated by him - in fact, if he kept battling him, then Yuutsu would've lost. Kalawarner was defeated by Yuutsu, because she used light spears, and Yuutsu's Sacred Gear Devoured it, which led to his victory, so, technically, he didn't win with his own power, instead using a weapon to win for him. He lost to Mira, because did you think she was weak? SHE IS NOT WEAK! She is on Riser's peerage - and who is Riser? A noble Phoenix who has been in many Rating Games and WON, a Pro in his work - of course his peerage isn't weak! In the anime, Issei was wrecked by Mira in one attack, right to the gut, and then upwards to the ceiling faster than you can say, holy shit! Even if she is the weakest in Riser's peerage, doesn't mean that she isn't strong. A feint basically relies on speed and deception. Mira was faster than Yuutsu, and so, his feints had less chance to work. What was left, was deception. And if you remember, not everything was predicted - he did steal her staff away, did he not? Well, if your done, then that's all there is. If I rewrite it, how will you know I did? Should I make a new story, call it To Become a God - Rewrite? Maybe send you a message? Well, I would - except you decided to send the review as a GUEST. Well, whatever. Like your done with this story, I'm done with your review.

Zarroc789 - Yes.

Well, that was it for the reviews. I am a pretty nice person, but sometimes I 'blow up' like I did up above with that Guest's review. In any case, I wasn't actually mad - it was a kind of valid opinion. Kind of. In any case, I answered everything in that review, I addressed every thing he said, and finished with it. Moving on, Zarroc did leave two reviews, with the second one saying 'never mind' but I decided to answer his first, just for the lols.

Yesterday was my birthday, and I did receive a pretty nice birthday present - though I made it and sent it to myself... It was a fanfiction of Black Bullet :D I know - I sound stupid saying that I sent a present to myself...

Then again, besides that, I only got 20 bucks... I wanted new shoes. I was quickly denied.

It was my birthday, but I couldn't get what I wanted?

Even my Mother said she'd come over and drop off some clothes XD ha, the stupid liar. Never even showed up - never even came to try to 'take me back home with her' ahh... Oh, and yes. I do have family issues. Mostly with my Mother.

If I could show you all the text messages she sends me, you'd laugh so much... In any case, before people start being all like 'why do you hate your mother so much?', yes. I do not like her - and let me start this chapter.

P.S. I'll be cutting this into two chapters, so sorry. Tomorrow, I'll be working on the Black Bullet fanfiction, then after that, back to this. I'll try to make an entire chapter, in one day, then switch to the other. Let's see how long I can keep that up :D


Chapter 9: Peerage vs Peerage (and Yuutsu)

"The enemy's headquarters is heavily guarded; the shortest route is to go through the school yard, but..." Rias-sempai said, frowning.

"We'll be in plain sight, with no cover to hide behind." I finished for her, scanning the map.

She nodded. "Yes, the risk is too high."

"Then, what about taking a flank through the track and field grounds behind the school?" Issei asked.

"They might have a counter for that - seeing as it is a blind spot for them." I guessed. Rias-sempai turned to face Issei, and continued with my guess.

"They probably placed an agile Knight and a powerful Rook in this club house." She pointed at the club house mentioned on the map - which was next to the track and field grounds. "Though it's a standard tactic, it's most likely a move that they'll make."

I hummed in agreement. Though I wasn't a big fan of chess, I played some strategy games, so I recognized that as a viable strategy.

In a game I played a long time with a certain friend, there was a mission where you could attack the enemy forces from two sides - a front and open area, and a side passage through the mountains which would hit them from behind. I spent most of my army through the open area, and the a smaller force through the side pass.

However, they had gotten ambushed and was nearly eliminated, but I managed to retreat from that area, and sent more troops there to finish the job. Needless to say, by the time I managed to hit the enemy in the rear, the frontal forces were being outnumbered. It was a pincer attack - a good strategy, however, the ambush turned it into a waste of time, where the enemy was forcing my own troops back. If the ambush didn't happen, then I would've crushed the enemy forces before it could get out of hand.

"What about the gymnasium that connects the two areas together?" Kiba suggested, pointing at the gym. "Wouldn't it be wise to secure it first as it'll provide a forward position for us to attack from?"

I nodded at his plan, however - "A good idea, but wouldn't the enemy also target it? According to the map, the gym is near the middle of the area - which means that it will give an attacking advantage. So, obviously Riser wouldn't want us to have it, so he'll send some, possibly two or three, of his peerage members there to secure it."

Rias-sempai nodded at my words. "That is true - however, it may be our best plan."

"It's indoors, so perhaps a Rook's strength will be more useful than a Knight's speed. So, we should send Koneko-chan and someone else, rather than Kiba, who could make it there faster. He will be more useful fighting outside, with terrain to use to his advantage." I said.

"Then it's decided." Rias-sempai agreed.

"Fighting is difficult, isn't it?" Asia-san whispered to Issei.

"We just need to trust Buchou and carry out our orders." He responded back, a confident smile on his face.

"You're right." She said back to him, with her own smile as she stared up at him.

"First, we need to set up a defensive line." Rias-sempai ordered, standing up.

"Kiba, Koneko. Could you set up some traps in the forest?"

"Yes." Kiba.

"Roger." Koneko-chan. "Come, Shiro."

A white cat appeared in Koneko-chan's hands. A blue jay landed on Kiba's shoulder.

"We'll get going now." Kiba said, turning around and walking away. Koneko-chan followed after them. The door opened and closed.

"Akeno," continued Rias-sempai. "once the traps are set, could you cast a pseudo-reality over the area?"

"Understood." She answered, giving a light bow and walking away.

"U-um, what about us?" Issei questioned, scratching the back of his head, looking nervous.

"Hm, your right." She responded, turning towards Asia. "Asia will stay here with me because of her healing ability. If you fall, it'll be very bad for us." She finished, walking away.

"Understood." She responded.

"Yuutsu. Can your Familiar create traps?"

I thought about it. "Byakkotai can create some basic traps - however, they won't be very skillful. They aren't his specialty, so they'll probably just get in the way. However, he can cast a kind of Glamour over the building, and hide it from far away. But if they get close, they'll instantly see through it, unless they are just good enough to see through it either way..."

"I see. So a kind of illusion?"

"Correct."

"Then, go ahead and set that up - it'll give us a bigger defensive boost."

"Then, I'll wait for the three of them to finish setting up their traps to cast it." I nodded and left the room. As I left, I could hear Rias-sempai addressing Issei.

It was ten minutes later, that Akeno-sempai sent a message to Rias-sempai. Right after, Rias-sempai told me to set up the illusion.

"Come on out, Byakkotai." I said, in which the Byakko appeared from blue flames out of thin air. "Create an illusion over this building, please."

Blue Magic Circles appeared around the old school building, and after a second, the circles disappeared. I sent a message to Akeno-sempai afterwards.

"Akeno-sempai. I had my Familiar cast a Glamour over the old school building - so can you see it?"

After a few seconds, I heard her reply. "From my distance... I can see it, however it is on a blurry image. Hard to see clearly."

"Thank you. Rias-sempai, it's set up."

"Then, I'll explain my plan."


"Once you enter the gym, a battle will be imminent, understood?" She said.

Koneko-chan, Issei, and me met up outside of the old school building, which contains the ORC room. Our mission, was to infiltrate the gymnasium and to secure it.

"Understood." The three of us said at the same time.

"Kiba, are you ready?"

"No problem." He replied.

"Akeno, provide support when necessary."

"Got it, Buchou."

"Operation, start!" and with that, the three of us took off at a run. "Our opponent isn't just the Phoenix, but the feared, Riser Phoenix! Regardless, we will defeat him!"

Smiling, I replied - "It'll be a hard fight, but don't worry: We'll make sure you win!"

And with that, the conversation stopped. The three of us stealthily ran through the woods, towards the gym.

On the way there, I constantly checked our sides, making sure a surprise attack was impossible. Byakkotai was riding on my shoulder, and he was watching the sky, as well as keeping his ears up. So any sound that we miss, he'll easily be able to hear.

"Issei." I asked the brown haired Devil Dragon. "What did you talk about with Rias-sempai?"

"With B-Buchou? W-well... she actually unlocked some of my power!"

"Power?" I asked, frowning.

"Yes! You know that I have all eight Pawn pieces right? Apparently my body couldn't take all eight, so she locked some of them within me, and earlier she unlocked them!"

"I see." It made sense; having the Boosted Gear means that he would have more potential, and so, he'd need more than one piece to be reincarnated. But since he was being reincarnated from the body of a Human, there is obviously a limit to what he can actually take, so he'd have to get stronger, before he can use all of his power.

It also explains why I sense more Devil Energy, or Magical Power, inside his body; it was simply sealed within him.

That was when Byakkotai snarled, and hopped around on my shoulder, to look in front of me.

A girl jumped down in front of our path, from the top of a tree.

Wearing a white haori with a red obi, worn underneath a red happi coat. Bandages on her forearms and shins, black guards over her hands. Wearing a pair of zori for footwear. Light brown eyes with blue hair styled into four short ponytails, with two pointing up and two pointing down. The front of the hair featured split bangs going across her forehead, with the side bangs framing her face.

Swinging a wooden staff to the side, causing the wind to blow, was Mira.

The three of us stopped in place, however- "There are three of us! Let's just take her down and continue on!" Issei said, raising his left arm to summon his [Boosted Gear].

"Stop." I said, moving an arm in front of him.

"What?"

"I'll take her on. You two hurry the the gymnasium - I think she is just a distraction. If we waste too much time here, they'll take the gym and prepare their own attack."

"Your right." Koneko-chan agreed, dropping from her fighting stance.

Thinking about my words, Issei realized that I was correct.

"I don't want to say it, but good luck beating her up. Come on Koneko-chan." Giving me a smile and a thumbs up, the two Devils ran ahead. Mira let them pass her by like they weren't even there in the first place.

I had Byakkotai go with them, just in case.

I stared down Mira, who simply stared back.

The wind rustled the tree's leaves, and the grass.

The two of us, stood there, waiting for the other to move.

Mira suddenly sighed and looked up at the green sky. "When we fought last." She said, not looking at me. "I was stronger than you. I defeated you with some level of ease. However..." She stopped.

"However...?" I pressed, wanting to hear what she had to say.

"However... I could tell. You are strong. And you will just become even stronger. Right now, at this time, you are a threat to Riser-sama... Each time I thought about it, I came to the same conclusion: I had to beat you. And it has to be alone. If I can defeat you, who has the potential to become stronger than Riser-sama, then maybe I won't be the weakest anymore. Though I am a mere Pawn, maybe I can become stronger than the others." She twirled her staff, and pointed it at me. Her eyes stared into mine with a confidence I couldn't describe.

"I will beat you here and now, just like last time." She declared, and swung her staff sideways, grasping it with her other hand, before taking a step forward.

"Then," I breathed out, stepping forward with my left foot and back with my right. My left hand dropped down to my sword, which hung at my side. My right hand raised to chin level. I smiled loosely. "Let us have a good fight." I finished, and ran forward.

At the same time, she ran too.


"I hope Yuutsu will be okay..." Issei said, thinking about how he stayed behind to fight that blue haired girl, Mira.

"He'll be fine." Koneko-chan said, peeking out from the curtains the two hid behind. Koneko-chan's muscles tensed. "Enemy." She declared.

The lights in the gym suddenly started to turn on.

"We know you're there, servants of Gremory." A voice called forth.

"I guess there's no point in trying to be sneaky." Issei whispered.

The two of them walked onto the stage.

"So it's the Rook and the overly-excited Pawn, even though you were wiped out." A big-busted girl wearing Chinese clothes said. Behind her, were two twins with green hair. "I'm the Rook, Shue." The girl named herself.

'Shoe?' Issei thought to himself, but shook his head. 'It sounds the same, but it's Shue. With a 'U'.'

"Niru! I'm a Pawn!" The twin on the right said.

"Same! Name's Neru!" The twin on the left said.

Koneko-chan frowned. "That Rook's level is extremely high." She stated.

"What do you mean?" Issei whispered to her.

"Based on her battle strength, I'd say she's at a Queen level."

"Seriously? We're at a disadvantage from the start. But we've gotta do what we've gotta do." Issei raised his left arm, and his [Boosted Gear] appeared. "Boost!" He called.

[Boost!]

"I'll go for the Rook. Issei-sempai, please take care of the Pawns." Koneko-chan said, stepping forward, straightening her gloves. "Even if you make them chase you around."

"Don't worry about me." He said back to the cat-like Devil. "I have a chance at winning this. Let's go!" He yelled, jumping forward. A moment later, Koneko-chan did the same.


I jabbed my right hand forward, but Mira blocked it with her staff. My fist hit the staff right in the middle, and I tried to push it hard enough to break, but Mira spun the staff to the side, knocking my fist to the side. Letting my body fall after my hand, I fell past Mira, and flipped forward, using the same hand I punched forward with, to bounce myself forward. Landing on my feet, I spun around, kicking with my leg.

Mira moved her head back, and my foot just barely passed her by.

However, right as she started to go forward to attack, I jumped up with my other foot, letting the other fall back to the ground to support my weight, and kicked her straight in the chest. She was knocked back, spit flying out of her mouth as all the oxygen in her body was knocked right out of her.

She managed to make a flip in the air, however, and landed on her feet, sliding back a few feet.

Breathing a little harder, Mira said to me: "You've gotten faster... and stronger."

I let a smirk come out. "Well, obviously. I was given ten days to train: of course I would be stronGER!" I said, rushing forward on the last part. Mira stood back up completely, and spun her staff around, then stabbed it forward.

Right at the last second, however, she pulled the staff back and spun lightly over a punch, and then swung the staff at the back of my head.

Grinning, I did a back flip over the staff, and landed with the grace of a cat. As soon as my feet touched the ground, I launched forward, jabbing a fist into her face.

Mira responded by flipping the staff, hitting me in the right shoulder.

She then pulled back the staff quickly, and thrust forward, but I grabbed the staff with both hands, surprising her. Not letting the opportunity go asunder, I pulled the staff forward, and ultimately, her. She stumbled towards me, and I jumped up, hitting her in the gut with my knee. She groaned from the attack, but ignored the pain. She headbutted me in the head, making me let go of the staff and stumbled backwards, holding my head. Her attack had broke the skin; causing some blood to spill down my face and over my nose. However, the same had happened to her, or was that just my blood?

Either way, she took a few steps back, getting back into stance.

Shaking my head, I sent a smile her way.

"[Devoured Eclipse]!" I called, and the light blue armor appeared over my body. I raised both my hands and cracked the knuckles. "Now, let's see what else you can do, eh?"

Smiling, I ran forward, arms back.

Frowning, Mira spun around, letting her staff spin clockwise vertically, while she spun counterclockwise horizontally. Then, yelling, she swung the staff down towards me. I raised my protected arm, and blocked the strike, however-

She stopped just before impact, and twisted the staff underneath my arm. Before I could react, flames appeared at the end of her staff, and she jabbed it at my face. Pulling my head back, I narrowly avoided the aflame staff, and came out clean, except my eyebrows which -

"No, no, no!" I panicked, patting the fire out from my eyebrows. I raised my right arm, and used to shine from the armor to check my eyebrows. A relieved sigh passed through my lips. "At least my eyebrows are still fine. Though a little crisped at the edges, they made it out alive."

I then stared at her staff. The fire around the end of it went out after a few seconds.

"What was that ability?" I asked her.

"Oh, the fire? It's my ability - Pyrokinesis." She stated with a smile. "Don't let it touch you, or else you might just lose."

"Then I think I'll avoid it like my life depends on it." I said and took a step forward. Narrowing my eyes, I raised my hands and-

Mira thrust her staff forward, her Pyrokinesis ability taking effect, as the flames appeared on the end of her staff!

I reached forward, and grabbed the staff... by letting it get close enough that-

[Devour!]

The flames were Devoured, and Mira was shocked. Then, letting the Magic cover my two arms, a blazing red aura appeared around my hands, in the same color as her Pyrokinesis!

"Surprised?" I asked, and pushed her away from me through her staff. Mira fell back and nearly hit the ground, but she used her hand to flip herself around and land on her feet.

In that maneuver, however, I caught the sight of her underwear.

"You really need to wear pants..." I said, sighing.

"What?" She said, confused at what I was saying.

"Though I have to admit; you wear some cute stuff."

She blinked a few times, and then her face turned red, understanding what I was saying.

"I never would've guessed that you wear teddy bear un-"

"STOP!" She shrieked, and ran towards me.

However, in her panic, I easily slipped underneath her swing, and punched her in the gut, making her gasp in surprise and pain. She was then launched from my fist by the force behind the blow, and she landed against a tree. Her staff dropped from her hand, and her head hung down.

I walked towards her, not even out of breath, and stopped in front of her.

"Surrender." I said to her.

She looked up at me. She was breathing shallowly, and her left eye was closed, with her right halfway closed.

"I-I..." She murmured, gritting her teeth. After a few seconds of thought, she relented. Her head went back down, and the strength left her body. "I give up..." She said, closing her eyes.

A blue light started to surround her. After a few seconds, the light disappeared and she was gone.

[One of Riser's Pawns have retired.]

The light meant that she was defeated, and so she was teleported out of the game. If you were injured too much, then you'll automatically be teleported out. Once all pieces of a side, or just simply the King, retires, then the game will end, and the other side will win.

The point of a Rating Game is the defeat the King. Once the King falls, you win.

"It was a nice fight, Mira." I said, to no one. I then looked towards the gym, when-

A lightning bolt shot down from the sky, obliterating the gymnasium.

[Two of Riser's Pawns have retired, as well as a Rook.]

'That must have been Akeno-sempai...' I thought, running towards the destroyed Gymnasium. 'Which means, that the plan is going well.'

The plan - to use an important area as a trap to take out several enemies - it worked well. A bold strategy, that while definitely taking some out, would leave us without some cover and a place to attack from.

"The scary part is yet to come." Rias-sempai said, through the communication stones in our ears. "The enemy's side still has more pieces. It'll take some time until Akeno can release her powerful attack. While we wait for Akeno's Magic to charge up, we'll push forward. Now, move on towards your next objective."

"Understood." I said.

The next objective is to rendezvous with Kiba at the track and field grounds, where we will attack the rest of Riser's peerage.

As I changed directions, planning to make it there earlier than Issei, I heard another explosion coming from the gymnasium. I decided to ignore it, until-

[One of Rias's Rooks have retired.]

I stopped in my tracks. 'Koneko-chan was...!' Looking over towards where the gymnasium is, I thought about it.

I could either go and help Issei, or continue the mission.

No. Issei is strong; plus he has Akeno-sempai with her. They should be able to handle even the enemy Queen.

Nodding, I decided to continue on towards the track and field.

[Three of Riser's Pawns have retired.]

"Hm? Oh, that must be Kiba's work." I smiled. "Seems as if he had a good time."

If my math is correct, Riser now had nine pieces left, him included, and Rias-sempai has five pieces left, including herself, plus me, making six. We were three behind, but we were closing in real quick, with only one casualty.

'Sorry Koneko-chan. I'll make sure to take someone out for you.' I thought to myself.

"Kiba, Issei, Yuutsu." Rias-sempai's voice appeared with no warning.

"Hm?" I hummed, waiting for what she had to say.

"Both I and Asia will give the enemy's headquarters a surprise attack. So distract them as much as possible, and buy us some time."

"A surprise attack?" Issei asked, surprised.

"I have no choice." She replied. "I had plans to take on the offensive after Akeno had recovered, but the enemy decided to attack the Queen directly."

"However Buchou," Kiba this time. "for the King to enter enemy headquarters is a risk too big."

"You would normally be right." I said to Kiba. "However, in this situation, they would not expect it. Of course, they would have thought about it, but ruled it out. What King would be crazy enough to just dive into the enemy's headquarters, risking the entire game?" I grinned.

"Exactly. No matter how immortal Riser's physical body may be, the hearts are not. If we were to give them a fatal blow, we can win against Riser. I'll directly tear Riser's heart apart!"

From there, the conversation stopped.


When I arrived at the track and field grounds, I met up with Issei and Kiba.

"Hey!" Issei greeted. "How was your fight?"

I gave him a lopsided grin. "It went well. Is Koneko-chan alright?"

"Yeah... She'll be fine." He said looking down.

"It's not your fault." I said, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Y-yeah." He then turned to face where Riser's pieces were hiding. "We know you're hiding! Come on out! Let's have a face to face battle!"

Sand blew across the field, and from behind it, a woman appeared.

"I am the Knight under Riser-sama's command." She stated. "The name is Caramine. I could only think of you as fools to want to have a frontal battle. But, I like fools like you very much!" She finished, drawing her sword. Her ability, Pyrokinesis, the same as Mira, activated and her sword caught fire.

"I am the Knight under Rias-sama's command." Kiba said, walking forward. "Kiba Yuuto." He drew his sword. "I was looking forward for a Knight on Knight battle."

"Well said, Gremory's Knight!" Caramine said, pointing her sword at Kiba. She then charged forward at the same time as Kiba.

Their blades locked together for a second, before they pulled back - and slashed at one another again. They danced around each other, slashing and stabbing, trying to one-up the other.

"Wow... more importantly, hasn't my part disappeared just now?" Issei said, watching the fight with amazement.

"Issei, it's not like she is the last one left..." I reminded him.

"That is right." A voice from behind. The two of us turned around.

"This doesn't change a thing." Another voice, this one to our right. We turned and faced the new girl. "All she's thinking about are swords, swords, and swords." The girl in the pink dress continued. "She even had an apathetic face when five pieces were sacrificed... Jeez, how irritating she is." She started to walk forward, towards us. The girl who spoke before her, and another girl, started walking towards us from two different sides.

"And just when I thought I found a nice handsome guy... I can't believe he is also a swordsman freak. Really, I'm out of luck." A new girl appeared behind the pink dress wearing Loli at her right. And two similarly looking girls, though with different hair and eye colors, on her left. "Though, at least there is one left..." She finished, referring to me, probably.

'So Riser sent the rest of his pieces at us. Surrounding Issei and me, a total of six girls...'

"Issei, I'll take three, and you take three!" I whispered to my friend. He nodded, but before he could say anything-

"That aside, isn't Rias's choice in men a bit weird?" She said, analyzing Issei.

"You've got a cute face, but a terrible personality, eh?" Issei shouted at her. "[Boosted Gear]!" He called, and his Sacred Gear flared into life on his left arm. [Boost!]

"[Devoured Eclipse]!" I called out as well, and my Sacred Gear appeared around me.

"Oh my, I'm sorry." The Loli girl said. "I won't fight you."

"Huh?" Issei said, confused.

"Isabella."

At her words, the girl with the mask - the one who spoke before her - walked forward. "I am Isabella. I'm a Rook under Riser-sama's command. Well then, let's do this. Rias Gremory's... Pawn!"

As she finished her words, she ran at Issei, punching forward. Issei barely dodged the blow and the two entered a fight.

"Hey!" He yelled dodging her attacks. "What's up with her!?" He pointed towards the Loli girl, but then quickly ducked under a punch. "Why won't she fight?"

"She may be fighting as Riser-sama's Bishop," Isabella answered. "but she is only there to watch the battle."

"What's with that?"

"Her name is Ravel Phoenix."

"Phoenix?"

At those words, Ravel, the Loli, started to wave and smile.

"She is a part of the Phoenix family, she's Riser-sama's little sister."

"Little sister?" He said, looking at the girl.

"That is what it is!" she said, nearly uppercutting Issei.

"That birdy bastard! That guy really is a perverted idiot!" Then a perverted look appeared on his face, and Issei started to smile. However, he was interrupted when a punch connected to his face, though he managed to take it pretty well. Probably some kind of perverted thing to avoid pain whilst thinking about perverted stuff.

But anyway, enough of that. I turned towards the remaining girls who haven't moved yet.

It seems as if they were letting Isabella fight Issei one-on-one.

I grabbed the hilt of my sword with my right hand, and drew it. The blade slid out of its scabbard, and as it was pulled out, branches appeared from the side of the blade.

When it was completely out, and pointed towards the enemy, a total of seven branches were there - marking the seven-branched sword as what it was.

Three on each side, with the point as the seventh, my sword was fully drawn.

Ravel blinked at my sword.

"A seven-branched sword?" She questioned, tilting her head.

"You are correct." I replied.

"Hm... Then, Siris, would you take care of him?" She suggested and or ordered.

"Yes." She walked forward, and unsheathed her own sword, a Zweihander, a two-handed sword. "I am Riser-sama's Knight, Siris."

"I am... Well, I'm not one of Rias-sempai's pieces, but I am an Angel. Oame Yuutsu. Call me Yuutsu."

"Well then, Yuutsu, prepare to be defeated!" She ran forward, but suddenly stopped, halfway to me. She jumped up into the air, raising her massive sword.

She struck down, and I jumped lightly back, avoiding the sword. It hit against the ground, causing the ground to rumble and cracks appearing on the ground where the sword had landed.

I whistled. "Pretty strong." I said.

"Of course!" She replied, swinging the blade horizontally.

I blocked with my own sword, and pushed back.

"What?" She was surprised.

"Don't misunderstand." I said, and pushed her back. She slid against the ground, and with a final show of strength, I launched her into the air. She flew back and landed on the ground. Though she was able to wield her heavy sword with ease, when she is falling down towards the ground, gravity plus her sword's weight will push her down to the ground with my force.

She hit the ground, hard. Though she quickly got back up.

"Your sword is pretty impressive; you don't see many people out there handling giant swords like that. However, in the face of a true sword - it is nothing."

"What?" She charged forward, and slashed diagonally at me. I ducked underneath the slash.

"A sword with no feats versus a sword that is legendary. Which one do you think will win?"

I slashed upwards, and following my branched sword, lightning appeared.

It slashed through Siris, cutting parts of her clothes off at the same time, plus the lightning electrocuted her. She yelled in pain and fell to the ground.

"Of course, in the face of the power of the True Seven-Branched Sword, there aren't many swords that can match up." A blue light surrounded her, and she disappeared.

[One of Riser's Knights have retired.]

[One of Riser's Rooks have retired.]

Turning around, I looked at Issei.

"Good job Iss-" I started, but was cut off.

"But that was a cruel technique you used." Caramine said. "No, it's a fearsome technique towards a girl."

"I saw that for the first time as well." Kiba said. "How do I put it... I'm sorry that our Issei is a pervert."

"Huh? What? What did I miss?" I said on the sidelines of this conversation, but was ignored.

"Hey you! Don't go on apologizing to the enemy, Kiba!"

"However-" Kiba started, but stopped when Ravels spoke over him.

"Hey you perverted boy over there... Can you see what that is?" She said, pointing towards her left.

Looking over there was...

"Buchou! Asia!"

They were flying up to the roof, or rather, Rias-sempai was flying and carrying Asia.

"Ruin Princess, Twilight Healing." Ravel said, getting back our attentions. "Priestess of Lightning." She said, referring to Akeno-sempai. "[Sword Birth]" Kiba. "[Boosted Gear]" and the [Devoured Eclipse]. There are some fine named lined up here. But we are the Immortal Phoenix. We are Immortal!" She sent a signal, and the two remaining Pawns surrounded me and Issei, while the other Bishop stayed by Ravel's side. "Do you now understand how much despair this will bring you all?

"Ni and Li." She said, Ni being the blue haired Pawn and Li being the Red haired Pawn. "These Pawns are a lot stronger than they look." At her words, the two girls jumped up into the hair, Ni in the lead of Li.

Their target... Issei!

"[Boosted Gear]!" [Boost!]

Ni landed on Issei's left shoulder, and jumped off, causing him to lose his balance. Li slapped her hand on Issei's head, going right over him.

Then Li appeared on the ground, sliding at him. She tried to kick him in the leg, but Issei hopped out of the way. Ni appeared next to Issei, and punched him!

"To let your lower half of your body rule of your brain!" She said, hitting him over and over in the stomach, followed with a last punch to the face. She then jumped back as Ni came at his side. "You're just a pervert!" She finished, and the two of them kicked Issei at the same time.

...In all of their movements, their underwear was completely exposed...

I don't know about them calling Issei a perverted, but they should try to look in a mirror sometimes. Though I completely agree; Issei was a pervert.

I may not know how Issei had won his fight, other than a red laser beam appearing in my peripheral vision, but when I looked, he was already alone, the Rook he fought had already disappeared.

Anyway... I think Issei can win that fight, so I think I'll just fight the two Bishops who aren't doing anything...

Though It'll probably just end in us talking as I wait for Issei and Kiba to finish up their fight... Ah, who cares?

Just as I stopped paying attention to the fight, Issei screamed out-

"[Boosted Gear]!"

-which made me look back at him. And what I saw, amazed me.

[Dragon Booster Second Liberation!]

The gauntlet called out, and was surrounded by a green aura!

The Sacred Gear cracked, and more spikes shot out of it, while the total length grew just a little bit longer!

Did his Sacred Gear just evolve? The Hell happened? I should really stop thinking to myself...

"I-It changed!" He said, staring at his Sacred Gear. Then Issei thought about something, and- "Kiba!' He yelled towards the Blonde Knight. "Release your Sacred Gear too!"

"Release?" He answered, confused. He blinked, but answered in kind. "[Sword Birth]!"

He stabbed his sword into the ground.

A blast wave was sent towards Issei, and with a yell, he punched the blast caused by Kiba!

[Transfer!]

Then, without warning, swords shot up out of the ground all over Issei!

The attack was basically Kiba's [Sword Birth] amplified by ten!

I jumped up out of the way, letting my wings appear and take me higher into the sky, in order to avoid the swords that appeared at my feet. Ravel screamed in pain as she flew upwards on wings made of fire. The other Bishop screamed and ran, but a sword stabbed her straight through the chest, causing her to disappear. The same happened to the two Pawns Issei was fighting and the Knight Kiba was fighting.

[Two of Riser's Pawns, one Knight, and a Bishop has retired.]

'Issei Boosted the power of Kiba's attack... Seems as if he has a new power now.' I thought to myself, as I flapped my white wings. Ravel just so happened to fly up next to me when she had avoided the swords.

"What was that?" She screamed, looking down at the display of power, even as the cuts in her feet healed.

"Issei's new power." I answered, and she looked at me.

"An Angel..." She whispered with wide eyes, but I ignored her.

"[Boosted Gear... Transfer]." I named, nodding at Issei. "The power to transfer his Boosts to a teammate." Cupping my chin, I continued. "Though, if he has another power, I wonder If I have one too... I'll have to ask Pagho later..." I barely held back a laugh. "Still a funny name though." That was when it happened.

[Rias's Queen has retired.]

"What? Akeno-sempai?" I said, looking towards where she should've been. All I saw was the smoke of an explosion.

"Taken." A voice appeared near Issei. Looking over to where he was, I saw Kiba disappearing.

"Wha-?"

[Rias's Knight has retired.]

"You sure were late, Yubelluna." Ravel said, flying towards the Queen.

"Just like the rumors, the Queen was quite strong." She said. "Still, I had to use this thing's power to win." She held up a vial.

"A win is a win after all. You are after all, the most reliable person around."

"What is that bottle?" Issei yelled at the two.

"Phoenix's Tears." Ravel answered, showing one of the vials. "Phoenix household's treasure that can instantly heal any kind of wound."

"Is that even possible?" He yelled back at her, disbelieving of something that can basically completely heal someone's injuries.

"Oh my, you do know that only two items are allowed in the game, right? You do have a Bishop with Twilight Healing, anyway. Since only my family can produce this, it's exchange rate is high. The Immortal Tears, since the start of the Rating Game, this item has brought the Phoenix family their wealth and glory." She started to life, however... "W-wait, are you ignoring me?"

Issei had started to run. His goal? Rias-sempai. He was running towards Riser's headquarters.

I sighed, flying next to Ravel.

"Please forgive his bad manners. He just really wants to win." I said to her.

"R-really?"

"Yeah. I do, of course, also want to win, but ignoring someone is not something I like doing." 'Especially if they're a Loli.'

"W-well... I can't exactly fight, so..."

"I'm going to fight the Queen. When I beat her, I'll join Issei in kicking Riser's ass. No offense, family member and all."

"None taken, but do you honestly think you can beat Yubelluna?"

"Well, yes I do... She uses a lot of Magic, right?"

"Yes..."

"Then, my victory is mostly sealed. I'll only lose if something goes wrong." I smirked and turned to the approaching Queen.

Up on the roof, Issei finally appeared and join Rias-sempai and Asia.

In the air, I faced their Queen, Yubelluna. Ravel slowly flied away with her fire wings in order to watch the fight.

"To avenge Akeno-sempai, Kiba, and Koneko-chan... I will beat you here and now." I said, pointing the True Seven-Branched Sword, Shichishito, at her. Electricity zapped around the branches, and then traveled up the main blade.

"Oh, really? Do you think you can really face me? Huh, Angel?" She sneered, and prepared to fight, a purple Magic Circle appearing in front of her raised metal staff, which was pointed at me.

A purple Magic Circle appeared in front of me, and in surprise, I didn't move.

It then exploded, however...

"What!?"

[Devour!]

"Ah, thank you for that! So, an explosion caused by Magic still counts? Well, I guess it would if it's Exploding Magic." I said, smiling. "Now, then... Are you ready to resign, Queen?" I flapped my wings and rushed forward!


And there you have it folks!

Now first off, Mira and Siris!

Yuutsu defeated Mira and Siris, but Mira, being weaker, somehow lasted longer? Well, Yuutsu fought her barehanded, without his sword, and she fought using a staff, so of course it took longer, he had to be careful of its reach and all that.

With Siris, he used his superior sword to win, so, basically he mostly relied on its power. Her sword may have been big and heavy and powerful and all that, but in the face of a true sword, it was more like a twig. So Yuutsu easily took care of her, using more of his real power.

To sum it up, Yuutsu used all his skill at unarmed fighting against Mira, and his skill in the sword against Siris, while mostly relying on the strength of his blade. Etc. Etc. You read how it went, so you should know.

Next chapter, we'll see Yuutsu's full power in Magic. Then his absolute full power, taking all three and using them together to fight Riser with Issei!

Anyway, as I said earlier, I split it into two chapters because I can. Sorry if the chapter was a little lacking, as in, short. I wanted to make it longer, but it was either about 7k words, or 14k words, if I can somehow stretch out the fight with the Queen and Riser... probably adding something after it.

Anyway, next chapter is the Arc 2 finale! I can't wait to write it! Probably on Saturday, if I can...

Anyway, and I for some reason, say anyway a lot... Anyway, please follow and or favorite if you enjoyed, and please leave a review!

If you somehow really like a character that is a part of Riser's peerage and you want to see more of them, please tell me and I will consider adding them more to the story, along with Riser, possibly, maybe!

As for Mira, well, I'll probably add her in anyway since I, for some reason, took a liking to her -.- Not because she is kind of a Loli, but because... I don't know. I actually have no idea.

Anyway, next chapter will have the Omake song that I have to write for reasons unknown to me...

Actually, a friend was all like, you should do it again, I want to see it, and so, I am forced to do it again.

The only problem, is that I DON'T KNOW WHAT SONG TO BLOODY USE! If you could help me, I'd be really thankful... In any case, I'll probably just pick a random song If I can't find one I want to use for this arc.

Well, let's stop there before people complain...

Ciao!