Chapter 10
Diodora was very afraid. He had watched the fight, and had paid some of the mages to get him his prize, but they were some of the first ones to die. By His hand. The punches that went through stomachs and chests. One had been ripped apart, one clawed gauntlet on the chest and the other had been on the crotch. Ripped in half.
Svetlana hugged him.
"He's going to kill me."
"No he won't, he'll die-"
"Did you see him rip apart that one mage?"
"Yes, but-"
"I stand no chance." Diodora was haunted.
"We'll destroy him. I will destroy him." She kissed him and then left. His bishops went in to comfort him and she went to the pawns, rooks, and the remaining knight.
"Listen up, we need to show our king that we will triumph over the dragon."
Diba Barari, a girl that had black hair and amber eyes stepped forward. Her 'DD' cup and very attractive figure didn't take anything away from her serious expression. "The rooks will defend." She looked to the other rook, Sesselja Sigvaldadóttir, a nord. Her ice blue eyes held a hard edge. Her figure was stocky and she had a 'D' cup, her platinum blonde hair in a bun. Diba was dressed in a shawl and a gypsy skirt while Sesselja was in business attire.
"I have an idea. The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Sesselja smiled.
"Who?"
"Freed Sellzen."
"He's crazy."
"He lost a lot to him as well."
"But he's a ice cube in the abyss...how are we going to get to him?" One of the pawns, an american with dull brown hair and sharp green eyes looked confused.
"Our allies. And our king needs another knight." Svetlana looked to the pawn.
"But him?"
"He's more likely to try and kill us than work with us."
"Offer him the chance to carve up the red haired slut." Sesselja spoke thoughtfully.
"That...should do it." Diba nodded.
"She was apart of the group that had stopped Kokabiel."
"It goes without saying that the abyss is enemy territory. We'll promote to queen when we get there." The pawns nodded as one spoke up.
"Get to it." Svetlana ordered, the knight and pawns obeyed.
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Michala and the pawns, now promoted to queen, had to thank a person for helping them get to the abyss.
"Do not stay long, I can't stay here forever." That was what he said when he used his sword to cut a portal into the fabric of reality from their home to the abyss.
"Adrianna, take those four with you and make a distraction. We'll get our new comrade out." She pointed and the black haired girl nodded.
Three pawns went with Machala and went past ice block after ice block till they found their man.
He was still dressed the way he was, but his expression was of pure fear.
Michala nodded to a pawn and she bowed her head in prayer and glowed.
The ice prison glowed and then started to melt, the other pawns bowed their heads in prayer and it melted faster. Michala said a small prayer and pulled her sacred gear, a single edged sword. With the ball she struck the ice and it shattered.
He got the ground in a heap breathing hard.
"Wha...Where?"
"No time for questions, we need to leave, now." Michala pulled the crazy priest along as he tried to get his bearings.
"But-"
"We'll answer your questions, just not here." A pawn in white robes put his arm around her shoulder.
When they got to the rest of the pawns, three were wounded and the other two were putting up a good fight.
"We're leaving!" Michala was a blur, dancing around the fallen guards like they're standing still. The other pawns helped the wounded as a rip in space/time appeared. They all stepped through and they were gone.
When they appeared at Diodora's estate the wounded were seen to by the bishops and the crazy priest was brought before Diodora.
"We need a knight, and you need protection. We can make a deal." Svetlana looked at him coolly.
"Devil scum-"
"Just saved you from an eternity of being an ice cube." Sesselja spoke to him.
"Be thankful. We have a bonus for you though. Rias Gremory." Diba looked to him.
"Lucifers sister?"
"You can gut her like the whore she is." Svetlana smiled as she seen the gears turning in Freed's head.
"I can get revenge for my master?"
"Yes, join us and you can." Millie smiled.
"I'll do it."
"Then take this piece and become his knight."
"I, Diodora Astaroth, do hereby reincarnate Freed Sellzen into a devil." The power warped and flowed into the crazy priest till two devil wings sprouted from his back.
"I take you as my knight." Diodora pushed the knight piece into the man's chest and he glowed a black aura.
"Your speed is faster than normal, you will need to train with Michala to get used to it."
"Of course."
"Go."
They could all see the disdain in Freed's eyes, but he followed the girl to the training area.
"Keep an eye on him." Diodora looked to Svetlana.
"Of course." She bowed deeply as he went into his bedroom.
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Issei woke up to an unfamiliar weight on him. He cracked his eyes open and saw a platinum blonde mop of hair. This person wasn't Koneko. When he moved the nine year old girl hugged him and moved her head.
"Sorry…"
"It's ok imoto. I'm better now." As he got up he noticed he was still dressed as Gasper was still dressed.
"Rias-ne cooked, and Akeno-ne took care of stuff." She looked away.
"Thanks, what kind of stuff?"
"Said something about a freed guy escaping."
He looked thoughtfully and then scowled. "I'll have to thank her." He kept his tone neutral as he didn't want to scare her. He then smiled and looked at her. "Lead the way to breakfast?"
She smiled brightly and took his hand and pulled him along.
When they entered they saw Fabienne sitting at the table with Kiba.
She took a seat as he did.
"Glad to see your up." Rias smiled warmly at him.
"I think I needed the rest. We need to talk after this." The way he said it made her shiver in a good way.
"Sure." Rias smiled.
As others came in, Ravel sat next to Issei and Tsubaki on his left. The meal was filled with normal chatter.
When everyone had left and it was just Issei and Rias, he looked to her seriously.
"I know that Freed escaped. When did it happen?"
"When you were asleep, Diodora sent his peerage to break him out."
"What are they doing about it?"
"They're adding more security and magic barriers. To get there they'll need to go to a certain place and then be teleported."
"What kind of security?"
"Angels, devils, and more fallen."
"What place was the prison?"
"The abyss."
"If they got in and out of there, then they have a good friend."
"So you're saying it's pointless?" Rias looked confused.
"I'm saying, that they could hit anywhere they want. So why get Freed?"
"He's crazy?"
"He is crazy, that makes him unpredictable. And unpredictable means wild card."
"But we beat him before-"
"That was when he was human. Now he more than likely isn't." Issei looked down.
"Mix crazy with whatever he has become...I see." Rias looked like she had finally got it.
"And now we have a bigger headache. He's more than likely a devil."
"Diodora got him out, do you think he'll reincarnate him?"
"He does need a knight."
"Fabienne was removed from his service. And the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
"Only I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him." Issei shrugged and looked up.
"I have nine pieces left, but finding people to fill them…"
"You'll find them. You look for those in need."
"Everyone has a purpose, it's just finding it."
"I get it." He got up and left, she followed.
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Freed used the unholy blade and blocked Michala's, with a quick twist he took the blade away from her.
"That was faster than I'm used to…"
"You need to get used to it."
"...then the pretty boy that Gremory has, he's just slow."
"Or he's holding back. Now I won't hold back." With that she became a blur, her attacks coming from all angles.
He blocked most of the strikes, only a few nicking and cutting him. He tried to counter attack, but all he hit was afterimage.
"Good, now go faster." Her relentless and ruthless attacks kept coming and he tried to keep up.
He finally used a burst of speed that sheared her unholy blade completely in two.
"Good." She stared down his blade at him smiling.
"I know what you're doing witch."
"Well, you have to be better than the whores knight and the dragon." She smiled at him as her skin glowed gold.
"What are you doing?"
"It's my sacred gear, the shield of faith. I'm unbreakable with it activated." She punched his blade and it shattered. "Now go all out on me."
"That's it witch, you will burn!" He pulled two knives and was a blur, his strikes tearing through her clothing like tissue paper.
She laughed as one of his knives struck her throat and it broke. "Now, now, we're allies here. That's enough training for now. Master does have a sword for you, but it took a lot of haggling to get it."
This intrigued him and he looked at her.
"I know all of the blades of legend."
"This one was forged by the great devil Caliban. The original Caliban." Now he was interested. "It was never used out of fear. It drove the bearer completely insane with bloodlust."
"How many devils did it kill?"
"One. Caliban himself. He went over the edge and was brought down by a knight of the great Lucifer."
"And why would the master gift me this blade?"
"You're already insane with bloodlust."
He smiled at the thought.
"Now follow me to the tailors."
"Why?"
"We don't wear crosses."
xXx
Issei sat across from Azazel and looked annoyed. Mittelt sat near him with a cup of tea.
"So you're saying a rift in spacetime just opened up and swallowed them? What item can do that?"
"Only four that I can think of. I'm discounting the fifth due to it killing the bearer."
"Perfect…" Issei rubbed the bridge of his nose. "And let me guess, at least three are items of legend?"
"Two are, yes." The fallen cracked a smile.
"What are they?"
"The elven blade n'tan, currently being held by the new king of camelot, Arthur Pen. He is a descendant of the original Arthur Pendragon. The sword has four known abilities, and one is opening corridors from one place to another."
"A rift."
"Another is taming any creature, no matter how...aggressive."
"And when you say 'creature', you mean anything."
"Yes."
"Tea." Mittelt refilled his cup.
"Shall I continue?"
"Nope, all it says is bad news."
"The next ability you'll love."
"Fine."
"The blade makes him immortal."
"As in can't be killed, or only immortal till his head is cut off?"
"No one has tried to cut off his head...yet."
Issei Rubbed his eyes and Mittelt took his cup. "Then it's headshots-r-us then."
"Wanna hear the next one?" The Governor General smirked.
"Lay it on me." Issei looked to him seriously.
"The Silver Bell of Kringle. It's only ability is to move someone from one place to another, and if you're wondering, yes it is from that Kringle. Kris Kringle, Santa Claus. There is a rumor that it can even send you to a different dimension."
"Would you discount this one?"
"It hasn't been seen for nearly five hundred years. It's a very rare sacred gear."
"Do you think the last bearer went someplace else?"
"Maybe." Azazel shrugged.
"Or it could've been stolen."
"Doubt that."
"The rarity?"
"Yes."
"Next."
"The Boots of Mercury."
"Hermes the Messenger of the Gods. Who has that one?"
"A boy in america, the only reason he made the olympic track team at thirteen is because of those boots. High speed is their primary effect, skipping dimensions is secondary."
"If he goes fast enough-"
"He can even outrun time."
Mittelt got up and took everything back into the kitchen.
"He'll need to be careful with that."
"The next one is of angel make. The Ring of Hadraniel. She was one of the ones that died during the three way war. It was said that she had a human she loved and she gave him a ring that would bring him to her wherever she was. But it was a two way spell. I'm not sure what happened to the ring, but there's rumors that it will only show up in his bloodline."
"Has this one been missing?"
"Yes, for over two thousand years."
"What about number five?"
"It's really nothing to worry about-"
"I still want to be briefed on it, who knows, it may appear. I don't like surprises."
"The Blade of Caliban, it was created by the original Caliban. It also killed him. It drives the bearer completely insane and the blade drains essence from blood. If you don't feed the blade, it will drain your essence."
"So if you don't feed the beast, it will kill you. Where does the dimension hopping come from?"
"If it's fed to where it's sated, it will take you wherever you want to go."
"I see…"
Mittelt sat next to him. "Lord-" She stopped at his glare. "Issei, I can talk to a few people I know in the underworld."
"Do you want anything in return?"
"...A date…" She looked down.
"Oi…" Issei hung his head.
"Hahahahaha, you'll have to set up a schedule with all the dates you have." The Dragon in his hand chuckled as Azazel laughed.
"Sure." Issei looked annoyed as he got up. "Well I gotta get home. The others will love this news…"
As the door closed Azazel looked to her with a half-grin.
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Fin Book 2
A/n: I know it's been...waaaaaaay too long. But i finally found the muse again. Lemme know what you think will happen in book 3.
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