Isse Hyoudou shook angrily because he had allowed Asia and Gasper to be eliminated right in front of him. Though, he knew Kiba was going to handle it, he was the kind of friend he could count on. Akeno stood next to him and the two of them looked up at Riser Phoenix sitting on his throne. Halfway between Riser and them was Ravel, wearily keeping an eye on Isse Hyoudou. Isse flew at the two of them with Akeno right behind him. Ravel's eyes suddenly went wide as she panicked.

"Ahh! Don't come near me pervert!" Ravel screamed and flew off.

"Ara, ara looks like you scared the little birdie away" Akeno said laughing.

"I'm sorry I'm so lecherous" Isse said letting out a deep sigh.

Riser finally stood up from his throne looking down at the rest in annoyance. To say he wasn't frustrated was an understatement. Most of his peerage had been eliminated and the rest were barely able to hold their ground.

"If you want something done right you got to do it yourself" Riser said to himself as he straightened out his jacket.

Isse and Akeno landed close to him and Riser turned to face them. Riser didn't even know who these Devils were but they were blatantly in his way. It seemed to him, that their King was the weakest so Riser was going to take him out. He didn't want to waste any more time on them then he had to.

"Hey, I got a question for you" Isse said suddenly.

"Ya, what's that?" Riser asked him.

"How did you get so many women in your peerage?" Isse asked generally impressed.

"Ha...delicately" Riser said smirking.

"Nothing about you seems to be delicate at all" Akeno said laughing slightly.

"Maybe you'd be interested in joining?" Riser asked looking towards Akeno.

"Ara ara, you could never replace Isse" Akeno said hugging Isse's arm.

"You're right, trash belong together" Riser said smugly.

"Hey!" Isse said angrily.

Isse charged Riser already not liking the guy. Riser didn't move or even attempt to block. Isse punched him square against the face pushing him back. Riser smirked again as the cut on his face instantly healed.

"Ha! You can't hurt me I'm an immortal ph...!" Riser started to say before he was suddenly talked from the side.

All Isse saw was Riser standing there, a bunch of black flames, then nothing. Isse looked to his left, where there was now a huge hole in the stadium. Standing in front of the hole was Saji covered in black flames.

[Vritra...] Ddraig said wearily.

[Well, if it isn't the Red Dragon Emperor] Vritra said a little unfriendly.

"You ignorant piece of trash!" Riser said angrily, as his body began regenerating itself.

Soon after, Sona, Tsubaki and Kuisha landed behind Saji. The three of them looked ready to fight.

[This fight is mine] Vritra said warningly.

Immediately Vritra charged at Riser and the two of them clashed with red and black flames. In front of Isse the other three prepared to fight him and Akeno. Kuisha flew up high and Akeno followed her and they began their fight in the sky.

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Koneko was slowly gaining ground on Nimura and Yura. The two of them could not believe the strength of Koneko's punches. They quickly learned that it was better to dodge them than to block them. Nimura went in for a high kick as Koneko had her back turned. She was surprised when Koneko caught her leg out of the air and swung her towards Yura. The two of them collided, rolling in the dirt. They struggled to stand up, panting from exhaustion. The two of them charged together at Koneko. Koneko grabbed Yura's arm and threw her over her shoulder. Then she ducked under Nimura's kick and with nowhere to go Nimura was left vulnerable to Koneko's next attack. With a powerful blow to her stomach, Nimura was sent flying backwards and into the stadium wall. She began to disappear in a white light as the rubble collapsed around her.

Yura tried to surprise Koneko but Koneko could sense her. She sidestepped Yura and dealt a solid blow to her stomach. Yura instantly coughed up blood but stood her ground. Koneko then swept her feet out from under her and before she hit the ground, Koneko bought her foot down on Yura's midsection. Yura was blasted into a small crater leaving her defeated, and she also began to dissapear in a bright light.

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Kiba was having a difficult time fighting a knight on horseback. The horse from the underworld was fast and his lance gave him more range than Kiba's sword. He charged and charged again, and Kiba kept dodging and rolling out of the way. If he was going to finish this, he was going to have to do it in one blow. Kiba watched his movements carefully, looking for an opening. Beruka charged Kiba again and Kiba barely dodged the tip of his lance again but Beruka swung it sideways hitting Kiba across the shoulder. Kiba rolled to the ground holding his injured shoulder.

This time Kiba saw an opening. Kiba switched his stance to a two-handed one, holding his sword down low to his side. Beruka eyes him carefully and with a final charge, prepared to finish him off. Kiba relaxed himself, focusing solely on the opponent in front of him. Just before Beruka's lance struck Kiba, he stepped to the side and jumped. Kiba's cut through his lance, splitting it clean in two. His sword traveled all the way to its intended target. Kiba's sword sliced Beruka across the chest leaving him stunned. Kiba landed on the ground as the horse trotted to a stop behind him.

"Impossible..." Beruka said as he fell from his horse and was eliminated.

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Ravel felt bad for just leaving Riser back there, but then again she didn't really care, as long as she was away from that lecherous person. She wouldn't be able to stand the embarrassment if he used "that" technique on her, especially since it would be broadcasted all over the underworld.

She joined up with the rest of the peerage who was barely holding their own against Sairaorg's peerage. She wanted to distract herself from the pervert so she decided to help out as best she could. With the added pressure Riser's group was able to push back Sairaorg's group. Ravel couldn't believe how strong all of these other peerages were. She thought that Riser's peerage was strong and never expected this.

Whether it was luck or not, the lightning dragon that was flying around came down and attacked Sairaorg's group from behind. It struck down a rook and a bishop who were unable to defend against it and Riser's group. Now that the odds were now six to two, it was only a matter of time before the other rook and bishop were eliminated. Of course they were not going to go down without a fight and eliminated two pawns and a rook before Sairaorg's last rook and bishop were eliminated.

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Isse Hyoudou watched as the Prison Dragon and the Phoenix fought. The black and red flames scorched everything as they attacked each other. Across from him were two women with luscious oppai.

"Who exactly are you? What is it that you want?" Sona asked him, pushing up her glasses.

"I am Isse Hyoudou, and I will become a harem king!" Isse said proudly.

"I knew it, you are just a lecherous beast!" Tsubaki said distastefully.

"I should work on my intro" Isse mumbled.

Tsubaki charged him with her naginata. Isse barely had time to dodge her. She was fast, but Isse had been training with Kiba every day for years, and Kiba was even faster. Isse was able to keep dodging Tsubaki but he was caught by surprise when Sona started attacking him with her water based magic.

Isse was caught in the side and blown into the wall of the stadium. He barely managed to recover before Tsubaki was on top of him with her blade. In a split second Isse was able to summon his gauntlet and use it to block Tsubaki's blade before it could take his head off. He pushed her back and Tsubaki stood next to Sona. Both of them ready to fight Isse with everything they had.

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Akeno was fighting high in the sky against Kuisha. Akeno had seen her magic and what it could do. Akeno was not about to let Kuisha hit her with her own attack. As Akeno attacked Kuisha with her holy lightning, she paid attention to the holes Kuisha opened up in the sky. When her holy lightning was swallowed by one hole and directed back towards her by another she would raise her hand to redirect her own attack. Kuisha kept opening up more and more holes to deflect the holy lightning. No matter how many time she tried Kuisha couldn't strike Akeno with the holy lightning.

"Ara ara, it seems we aren't able to hit each other" Akeno said laughing.

"You haven't even seen the extent of my power" Kuisha said confidently.

"Oh, then perhaps we should make this more interesting" Akeno said smiling.

Suddenly the sky began to darken and flashes of lightning could be seen above the two queens. Kuisha barely had time to react before a lightning bolt struck her from the clouds. She created a hole and sent it towards Akeno.

"Ara ara" Akeno laughed and sent the lightning right back at her.

Soon Kuisha was being attacked by multiple lightning bolts and everyone she sent to Akeno was only sent back. Kuisha started making more and more holes to deflect the lightning and she had to start making the holes bigger and bigger to swallow more of them. Akeno looked like she was dancing as she caught the lightning and sent it back to Kuisha. The entire time she had a sadistic smile on her face as she fought with Kuisha. Kuisha was getting worn out, there was no way she was going to be able to keep deflecting all of these lightning bolts.

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Koneko joined Kiba in the middle of the map. Both of them were facing Sairaorg with determined looks. Sairaorg's pawn stayed behind him not intending to fight as Sairaorg stepped forward. Without any signals, Koneko and Kiba attacked Sairaorg simultaneously. Kiba reached him first bringing his sword down on Sairaorg. He dodged Kiba's sword only to run into Koneko. He blocked Koneko's small fist but was pushed back several feet. The two of them didn't let up and kept up the pressure in Sairaorg. Sairaorg was a master martial artist and the two of them had trouble landing a solid blow.

"You two are good" Sairaorg said complementing their speed and strength.

Sairaorg started to go on the offensive. Koneko tried to block one of his punches but was knocked off her feet and went tumbling through the dirt. Kiba feigned his attack and created an opening. He brought his sword down on Sairaorg's shoulder. It was as if Kiba had struck steel, the sword had barely cut him at all. Kiba barely dodged his counter-attack and retreated back to Koneko.

"He is using his pure energy to create a shield around himself" Koneko explained.

"Even if I can hit him, it won't do any damage" Kiba concluded.

"I'm not fast enough to land a serious blow" Koneko told him.

"Then I will create an opening for you" Kiba said as he raised his sword towards Sairaorg.

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Isse had been going back and forth fighting Sona and Tsubaki. It was difficult to go on the offensive with Sona's very versatile water magic. The two of them made a good team and they were even able to wound Isse. Isse jumped back and raised his Gauntlet.

[BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!]

"Dragon shot!" Isse yelled aiming for the two of them.

The massive blast blew a huge hole in the stadium. As the dust began to clear Sona and Tsubaki were still standing. The blast had injured Sona's arm. She was holding it glaring at Isse. Tsubaki was breathing heavily still holding her naginata high.

"What kind of Devils are you?" Sona asked Isse seriously.

"Huh?" Isse said confused.

"What is someone like you doing in this tournament!?" Sona said letting out her frustration.

"Someone like me? I may not understand everything and I may be lecherous, but that's who I am. I may not live in a mansion or have responsibilities like you, but I do know one thing. We are all Devils and we all have hopes and dreams. So, 'someone like me' is fighting for those dreams" Isse said in an awe stunning speech.

(That was…so beautiful" the announcer said as many tears were shed in the audience.)

"You may be able to fight for your dreams, but my friend can't. So I will fight for her" Sona said raising to her feet.

Sona and Tsubaki redoubled their efforts against Isse. They both had a new look of determination on their faces.

The fighting continued on as the fate of Rias Gremory hung in the balance.

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Akeno and Kuisha were fighting a fierce battle in the darkened sky. Lighting erupted throughout the whole battle field. The longer they fought the more worn out they were becoming. Both were breathing heavily from their battle.

"Ara, ara, it seems like you are running out of stamina" Akeno said mockingly.

"Ha, the same thing could be said about you" Kuisha retorted.

"Perhaps" Akeno said grinning.

Akeno summoned her holy lightning and it shot out from her hand directly at Kuisha. Akeno was getting worn out and Kuisha knew it. Kuisha was only going to get one chance. She absorbed the lightning from Akeno's attack like usual, except, this time was going to be different. She opened the hole above Akeno and Akeno prepared to redirect the lightning again.

Kuisha smirked as knew that this fight was over. After she had absorbed the holy lightning she used a technique that she had not used before to catch Akeno off gaurd. She divided the holy power from the lightning and attacked Akeno directly with the holy power. Akeno was not prepared for it and was struck with the holy attack that came from the hole above her. She let out a cry as she was struck and started falling from the sky.

Kuisha relaxed as she saw Akeno start to fade in a white light. The last thing she saw was Akeno's smirk, before Kuisha was unexpectantly struck by Akeno's massive lightning dragon. She screamed as the holy lightning tore through her body. Kuisha had also been caught off guard, forgetting about her opponents holy lightning dragon. Both of the queens had eliminated the other and were fading into a white light as they fell from the sky.

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Saji and Riser were going all out. Their fire was spreading throughout the whole stadium. Saji was practically going berserk but Riser kept regenerating every time. His black flames tried to wrap around Riser but he pushed back the black flames with his own. No matter how many times Riser struck Saji he kept coming back. It was as if Saji could feel no pain.

Saji could tell this fight was not going anywhere. It was time Saji put their original plan back to work. Suddenly dozens of absorption burst out of Saji's gauntlet. Riser tried to block them with his flames but it was useless. Nearly all of them connected with his body. Riser immediately felt his energy and stamina being drained. He started ripping out the absorption lines only to have more connect with him. As the tables suddenly began to turn Riser seethed in fury.

"Enough of this!" Riser yelled as flames erupted from his whole body.

Riser was not going to be beat by some pawn no matter who it was. Not too far away from them Sona and Tsubaki were fighting Isse. Sona had left her guard down as she was focusing on fighting Isse. Riser was grinning maliciously as he was surrounded by flames.

Without warning, Riser broke off his attack with Saji and headed straight for Sona. Everything happened so fast that Sona was not able to react. A giant pillar of Phoenix fire consumed Sona. Everyone stopped completely stunned as Sona faded away in a bright white light.

"No…it can't be" Tsubaki said as she also started to disappear.

"YOU BASTARD!" Saji and Vitra roared as they charged Riser but disappeared just before they reached him.

"Team 1 eliminated" the moderator announced that stunned everyone.

"Ahaha! You failed Sona Sitri! You lost because you were too weak. Don't worry, I'll tell Rias that you tried. She could have been my wife, but now she will be my servant. I'll let you visit just to see how far she has fallen!" Riser laughed at his fallen foe.

"Don't laugh, don't you dare laugh" Isse said as an incredible amount of anger welled up inside of him.

"She was nothing more than a pest to smash under my shoe" Riser said grinning smugly.

"She had hopes and dreams. She was fighting for her friend and you laugh at her!? I could never forgive someone like you" Isse said shakily in anger.

"Hahaha, you should just burn away with the rest of the trash!" Riser said as he struck Isse Hyoudou with a massive column of fire.

"Balance Break"

So much fighting in this chapter and I still haven't gotten to the main fights... Next chapter for sure will have the main fights. I think you guys already know whats gong to happen to Riser haha.

Sorry for taking so long to put this chapter up. It has been ridiculously hard for me to find time to write. Then when I finally did I broke my iPad which had everything on it. So that really sucked, but I'm saving up to buy a new tablet preferably one best for writing.

Also, I don't know if any of you would be interested, but I am writing a couple originals. One is Science Fiction the other is Fantasy. If you are interested I am setting up a site so people can read them and leave some reviews/input for me to work with. Thinking about it actually makes me super nervous. Anyway, I'll let you all know more next chapter.

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