Kingdom Hearts DxD

Chapter 9

Excalibur Part 3


Oddly enough it feels like it has been 3 weeks since this battle has started. Still for those of you who aren't quite caught up with recent events I'll recap a bit for all of you. At first two Holy Sword wielding representatives of the church came to inform Rias that they would be causing a bit of a ruckus in her territory as she works to retrieve some of heaven's lost property. From there I learned that 1 representative was the girl who attacked me, the other is an old friend of Issei, and Kiba was the last surviving subject of Project Holy Sword. I'm not really in the mood to give a long recap so from there we were attacked by a psychotic priest, Issei's backside long with my own were brutally murdered, there was a declaration of war by a fallen angel, a giant black dog that I swear I've seen before, a re-encounter with a Heartless my friends and I fought a while back, and finally an encounter with someone who the aforementioned psychotic priest claimed knew me. Phew…. That was a long winded speech, so now back to business just seconds before you were left off last time with a few additional details.

"Who are you?!" I asked this mysterious woman.


This woman dressed in the same black cloak as me doesn't answer with words, but actions by taking off her hood. Suddenly the memory of the nightmarish dream I had were rushing back to me, and another memory of our past together came rushing back to me like I was watching my life flash before my eyes. We were just ordinary high school students gathering our things after class let out for the day.

"Say Jaxson you going home man?" One of my male classmates asked.

"No not yet because it's…" I was trying to say.

"It's her birthday today right? So are you going to do it? You know confess your love to her I mean." One of my female classmates asked as she interrupted me.

"Sigh… how many times do I have to tell you that she and I are no more than friends." I tell the female classmate.

"But you haven't realized she wants to be just more than frien…. Ow what was that for?" The male student mumbled before I slapped him on the back of the neck.

"For making up stories, but seriously guys I have to go now so I'll see you tomorrow." I tell the two classmates of mine.

It was then I realized these two are my friends….. or were my friends in my old life. I spent several minutes wandering the school's hallways to try and find the pink haired girl when suddenly darkness fell before my eyes. I don't mean the Heartless though as I'm referring to someone placing their hands over my eyes.

"Guess who?" a familiar voice asked.

"The McDonald's clown. Ow what was that for?" I jokingly answered before the familiar voice slapped me on the back of the neck.

"Seriously would it kill you to play along? Especially since it's my birthday after all." The pink –haired girl pouts as I turn to face her.

"Sorry I thought I was with the Ronald Mcdonald thing." I say apologetically to the pink-haired girl.

"Alright I'll forgive you if you do me a favor." The pink haired girl tells me.

"Which is?" I curiously ask.

"Carry me on your back." The pink haired girl answered.

"Sigh…. don't you think you're getting too old for that?" I ask the pink haired girl.

To which she quickly and in a straight forward manner answers "Not a chance" with a smile to boot.

"For the love of… jump on." I tell the pink haired girl as I bend down on one knee.

"Yay!" the pink haired girl happily.

"And you wonder why people think we're dating." I tell the pink haired girl.

"I wouldn't… mind ya know if their thoughts were true." The pink haired girl quietly mumbled.

"Hmmm did you say something?" I ask the pink haired girl.

"Nothing….." she quickly responds as I could feel her cheeks turning red on the back of my neck.

"Still there's something I want to tell you." I … well tell the pink haired girl.

"What would that be?" she asks me.

"Happy birthday…." I tell the pink haired as this flashback ends right after I hear myself speak her name.


It seemed as if little to no time has passed while I was lost in the complexities of my own mind. I confirmed this as I glanced over to see Rinako's group hold their own against the Reverse Armor Heartless while Rias's peerage are fighting off two Cerberus.

"I remember…. who you are now." I tell the pink haired girl.

"Who am I then?" the pink-haired girl said like she was rebuking my realization.

"You're … Lux….. Luxea." I reveal as just saying the name put a great burden on my heart.

"Correct…. So Jaxson, shall we begin?" Luxea tells me as she summons a keyblade of her very own.

Compared to Luxea's keyblade mine lacked the beauty in its design as the guard of her keyblade had the shame of a silver bird spreading it's wings around the hilt, a bright blue gem on that bird, the blade was as thick as a katana though not shaped like one, it's point was shaped like the tip of a spear with a section hollowed out in the shape of a heart, and two more blades rest upon it zigzagging in random directions on one side of this keyblade.

"You should be focusing on the fight and not my weapon!" Luxea yelled as I once more snapped back to reality with her only a few feet away from me.

"We're friends aren't we? Why do we have to fight each other?" I ask Luxea just barely able to dodge her keyblade while being unable to raise my own against her.

"We were friends….. but you don't remember it do you? The day you betrayed our master!" Luxea yelled.

"Stop screwing around Jaxson! It may hurt, but the only way you're going to learn about your past is if you win!" Rinako yelled at me as she notices Luxea's weapon at my throat.

"So this is the new girl you've been listening to? The one Seraphim is interested in." Luxea's asks Rinako.

"Seraphim? Is he our master?" I ask Luxea.

"No… he's someone our master has an alliance with." Luxea tells me.

"Yeah he's been listening to me. He's my servant so he has no other choice." Rinako tells Luxea.

"No he's mine! After today I'll be taking him back!" Luxea yelled in response hiding subtle hints of jealousy in her voice.

"Luxea are… are you jealous?" I ask.

"No I'm not!" a slightly red faced Luxea yelled at me.

She then attempted to run her sword through me, but my body instinctively responded to block her keyblade with my own.

"Dam…. Looks like I have no choice. Fine… I'll fight you and we'll see which of the two of us are stronger." I tell Luxea as we start exchanging blows.

"Make no mistake you are stronger than me, however you still won't win." Luxea declared.

"We'll just see about that!" I retort.

After our latest clash I jump back a few feet and perform that series of high-speed slashed technique again and it was my best attempt at it yet, however Luxea was able to block every attack without having to move even the slightest amount.

"Surprised? Whether you're able to notice them or not that technique works by finding your opponents biggest blind spot or openings in their defense and move at high speed to an optimal position to strike at both, however I know where both are for me so I know where to blade." Luxea explained.

"How?" I ask.

"Didn't I… oh that's not what you meant. It's because I know all of your techniques, skills, and powers and as such I know how to counter every one of them." Luxea tells me.

"Let's see you counter this!" I yells while preparing to cast multiple spells at once.

Balls of fire, shards of ice, blades of wind, and lightning bolts… I launch several of each and Luxea responds by firing off the elemental opposite of each spell as they come or merely knocks them away with her keyblade.

"Not even your body can recall how to react to my techniques despite the fact we've sparred against one another countless times, and that… my old friend is why you'll lose to me." Luxea said with a confident swagger.

"Don't get overconfident Luxea." Saphira tells her host.

From there the battle continued as a simple exchange of our blades. Still… I noticed there was something strange going on as the fight developed. Though I've only been able to get close enough to graze Luxea a few times, it became harder for by blade to cut her skin with each grazed wound. Somehow her defense against my attacks were suddenly increasing every few seconds. It was rising too fast for it to be some kind of status buff in rpg terms and if the fight continued this way, I'd burn myself out and ultimately be defeated. Little did I know I wasn't the only person to notice that strange detail about this fight, but in the meantime Issei is watching each of the three fights going on right now cursing himself for the fact he can't join any of them.

"You need to calm down and keep focused partner. You never know when one of these…. Heartless things can creep up behind you." Ddraig.

"I know that…. It's just I wish I was strong enough to be able to help the others directly instead of acting out a support role." Issei moans.

"Train hard after this battle and maybe you'll be able to do that one day, but for no… hmphh what the." Ddraig was saying before something else suddenly caught his attention.

"What's wrong Ddraig?" Issei worryingly asks.

"Partner the only Sacred Gears on our side should be our Boosted Gear and the sword boy's Sword Birth right?" Ddraig asks.

"Yeah seeing as how that bastard Kokabiel said Jaxson's keyblade wasn't a Sacred Gear." Issei answered.

"I definitely recognize the pulse from this Sacred Gears repeated activation, but…. I can't recall what it is. Wait….. It's coming from that keyblade wielding girl." Ddraig warns Issei.

"We should warn Jaxson then." Issei suggests.

"There's no need for that he'll land right in front of you in about 5 seconds." Ddraig informed.

Two seconds after Ddraig said that Luxea kicked me rather hard in the stomach, and after three seconds of flying through the air I ended up landing inches from Issei like some strange twist of fate.

"You alright man?" Issei asked me as he helped me up whilst Luxea was observing us from a distance.

"Issei I need you to fire off the most powerful Dragon Shot you can without affecting the number of times you can use Transfer." I urgently tell Issei.

"Sure, but why?" Issei asked.

"I can't get close enough to that girl to land a major blow. I need something to draw her attention." I explain to Issei.

"Alright just let me know when." Issei tells me as I run back towards Luxea.

I used another instant burst of speed, but only to get behind Luxea rather than use that high speed slashing technique though for what I have planned I want her to think it's the latter of the two.

"I told you I know all your moves, so that's not going to work on me." Luxea tells me.

"Yeah well let us just see if two times is the charm." I tell Luxea.

Once again I move some distance away from Luxea in order to fire off multiple spells again.

"How many times do I have to tell you that your techniques won't work on me?" Luxea asked as she counters this attack the same way she did before.

"My techniques may not work, but let's see if his make a difference!" I yell.

"Take this lady!" Issei yelled as he fired off an energy beam from his gauntlet of a Sacred Gear.

"Dam…. Reflect!" Luxea yelled as she casted the same hexagonal defense spell I did.

It was then I noticed that Luxea's magical ability wasn't as strong as I initially thought. She's only able to form enough of a defensive wall to block Issei's attack leaving the rest of her open from multiple directions.

"Now let's see how take this!" I yell.

Using the nearby storage shed as a catalyst, I jump off of it and towards Luxea using the flow motion skill as I later recalled it to be named. The moment I was above her at Luxea's side I dived down right at her intending to end this fight right now hopefully without killing her.

"Tch… I was hoping to not have to reveal this." Luxea thought.

"Well it'll be interesting to see Ddraig's reaction at the very least." Saphira mumbled as she listened in on her host's conversation.

I thought my attack would be enough to inflict some serious damage to Luxea and it probably would have, however she stopped my attack with her free arm alone.

"What the…. that attack…" I was saying.

"Would have been enough to finish me of if you approached me from the opposite direction." Luxea interrupts me.

"You say that I'm stronger than you so this attack at the very least should have made your arm completely useless." I point out.

Since his friends were already gaining the advantage over the two Cerberus, Issei decided to join my fight and attacked from the opposite position though this time she blocked him with her keyblade.

"The section of my cloak you're trying to cut through is reaching its limit for damage, so you're about to find out why that attack failed." Luxea revealed.

Issei and I were equally confused by what Luxea said, but we finally figured out what she meant when her cloak's left sleeve suddenly ripped itself to shreds under the stress of my attack revealing…..

"What the hell is going on here?!" I ask out of shock.

"That's impossible…. It looks exactly like mine." Issei said due to being as shocked as I am.

It was as if the two of us…. or three if you count Ddraig were staring at a perfect copy of Issei's Boosted Gear on Luxea's left arm only for every part that was red/green/yellow on Issei's Sacred Gear were a dark blue/dark pink/orange on Luxea's.

"I thought that was you I sensed Saphira." Ddraig said like he just saw an old friend.

"Yes well I wanted to say something sooner to you Ddraig, but my current host forbade me from doing so." Saphira explained.

Now what is interesting here is the fact I could actually hear what they're saying. Perhaps these two are allowing us to listen in on their conversation or it could be an effect of their Sacred Gears resonating with one another.

"Wait who are you talking to Ddraig?" Issei asked.

"Saphira and like myself and a few others she's a dragon that was sealed inside a Sacred Gear." Ddraig explained.

"What's her Sacred Gear's name and abilities?" I ask.

BTW we're still trying to get through Luxea's defense as we have this conversation just in case you've forgotten.

"Defensive Doubling and as the name implies it's a defensive Sacred Gear. As for its actual abilities… it's well a defensive version of Boosted Gear in that it doesn't increase my attacking power every 10 seconds, but rather my resistance to all forms of abilities every 10 seconds. The only difference is that Defensive Doubling lacks the ability to transfer that resistance to others." Luxea explained.

"So that explains why it felt like it was getting harder to cut you…. Wait why tell us this? We're your enemies right now aren't we?" I ask.

"You are my host's enemies right now and no offense Ddraig, but you would have told them anyway so she just decided to beat you to the point." Saphira explained.

"And I was trying to buy time… so I could do this!" Luxea yelled.

She caught both Issei and myself off guard by suddenly rotating her body around and using the momentum of our attacks against us. We just barely managed to avoid hitting each other when Luxea jumped out of the way actually.

"Shit have to regain my balance." I thought.

"You won't have time for that!" Luxea yelled like she knew what I was thinking as she ran back towards Issei and I.

Luxea carefully maneuvered herself in between Issei and I. Through her keyblade she knocked Issei to the ground pretty hard likely knocking him unconscious and with Defensive Doubling she did the same to me.

"Now I suppose I should tell you something about yourself before I finish the two of you off." Luxea mumbled as she pointed Defensive Doubling at me and her keyblade at Issei.

"What would that be?" I ask as I try to find a way out of this situation.

"I know of your encounter with the Holy Sword wielder Xenoiva and the fact she was able to cut you with one. Weren't you curious why you didn't react the same way normal Devils do?" Luxea asks me as she starts charging up what appears to be her own version of Issei's Dragon Shot out of both weapons.

"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit curious." I honestly answer.

"There are two reasons behind that resistance and in some cases immunity. The first is that as a keyblade wielder with the ability to travel between words….." Luxea was saying.

"What do you mean travel between worlds?" I interrupt.

"Then that means the master's seal was more effective than he expected if you can't even recall that information. Anyways….. a keyblade wielder has a certain degree of immunity or resistance to the unique magic of a world." Luxea explained.

"What do you mean by a certain degree of immunity or resistance?" I curiously ask.

"I'll give you an example then….. On a certain world there's a treasure chest with cursed gold coins inside, and if you touch them you're supposed to become a skeleton under the moon's light and lose your ability to enjoy life's pleasures. There was another keyblade wielder that touched those coins, but was able to retain his humanity due to that immunity." Luxea explained.

Remember I'm still on the ground possibly about to die, again just so you know people.

"What about the other reason?" I ask.

"The other reason is far simpler. We incomplete existence cannot be completely affected by anything." Luxea informed.

"What are you talking about? And what do you mean we're incomplete existences?" I ask as I start to become a little worried.

"You know that a Heartless steals a victims heart to become stronger, however what we are is the hollowed out husk that remains behind. We're the husks whose remaining will refuses to be left behind. We are….." Luxea was saying, but somehow I already knew what her next word would be.

"….Nobody." I say finishing her sentence.

"So you do remember something after all? Yes we are and among the few unique ones of our kind to boot, but my uniqueness is more of liability than a strength." Luxea explained.

"I think I already know the answer, but why tell me all of this?" I ask.

"I suppose it's because I always was a bit of a talker. Now I may have said 'finish you off', but unlike your friend I don't actually intend to kill you. You can say goodbye to this fleeting fantasy of you….. cough cough cough." Luxea was saying before she suddenly started convulsing.

Though she claimed she wasn't to kill, I thought Issei and I were both screwed as those 2 collections of blue energy were about to fire. I was relieved in more ways than one when Luxea started convulsing, but then out of the fact we were friends I started to worry over her. She collapsed onto one knee holding herself up with her keyblade. When I looked even closer I saw that she was coughing up a lot of blood. It reminded me of the story how Issei overstressed himself against Raiser Phoenix.

"You're at your limit Luxea. Defensive Doubling can no longer hold back the strain from using your keyblade." Saphira informed.

"Dam…. Cough cough I thought I had more time than that. I guess I was too happy to see him, and ended up wasting time." Luxea mumbled as she continued to cough up blood.

"Now's my chance." I thought as I got back up to charge Luxea again.

"I sai…. Cough cough that you won't beat me, but it seems we'll have to finish our fight another time." Luxea tells me as we exchange blows for another time.

Rather than the force applied being equal between the two of us, I could tell that Luxea's defense suddenly weakened as she's barley able to fend off my blows.

"Kokabiel I'm at my limit so I'll be leaving now, but I'm leaving the Reverse Armor here for your use." Luxea yelled towards this Fallen Angel's throne in the sky.

"Very well, and you can tell Seraphim that his debt to me is repaid." Kokabiel responds.

Luxea only gives a slight grin or smirk in response before waving her hand and summoning some kind of black doorway or portal if you prefer out of the ground. I tried to stop her by swinging my keyblade with both hands, however I ultimately failed as she was still able to block that attack and punch me rather hard in the stomach with Defensive Doubling.

"The next time we meet I won't be as distracted, so try to remember more of your strength before then." Luxea tells me as she walks into this door of darkness right before it closes behind her.

Luxea may have been able to get in a few pretty good hits on me, however after examining myself I notices I wasn't too badly injured. Once that was taken care of I quickly ran over to where Issei was sprawled on the ground.

"Too many opai….. ha ha at last I'm a harem king." Issei mumbled in his unconscious state.

"Oh for the love of…. wake the hell up!" I yell as I start repeatedly slapping Issei across the face.

"He he big opai in my face." Issei chuckles as he starts to drool in his sleep.

"Sigh…. somehow I know I'm going to regret saying this, but… If you don't wake up right now Issei I'll convince Rias to let only me and no one else grope here breasts!" I yell at Issei.

"NEVER! BUCHOU'S OPAI BELONG TO ME!" Issei screams nearly punching in the process as gets back up on his feet.

"Good now that you're awa…." I was trying to say before I suddenly stopped due to a lightning bolt suddenly streaking past me just centimeters away from my face.

"Rinako what are you doing?" I ask as my king was clearly fuming mad.

"Ho-how dare you say you'll do such lecherous things to my cousin of all people? Es-especially since you've already groped m-my breasts, gained a fiancé, and slept with a dog you perverted playboy lolicon!" Rinako screams as she clearly overheard what I said while continually firing lightning bolts at me and clearly forgetting we're all in a life or death battle at the moment.

"I just said that to wake this guy up! I wasn't actually going to do it!" I scream back as I point at Issei whilst continuing to dodge my King's attacks.

"Eh really? Well…. I guess I can sort of forgive… you this time." Rinako tells me as she calms down while for some reason her cheeks turn a little red.

"Ruff ruff can you quit it later with your lover's quarrel master? We still have a bad guy to beat up." Koroyuki yelled.

"Ditto." Illandria followed as she and Koroyuki are literally trying to fight off an arm and a leg of the Reverse Armor Heartless.

"Issei, can you still fight?" I ask.

"For some reason my head feels like I've been slapped in the face several times, but I'm good to go." Issei answered as he cracked his knuckles.

"Then let's get right back in it!" I yell.

And as Issei and I split off to join our own friends in their fights….. fade to artist rendering of scene.


To Be Continued