"What is he doing?" Issei asked in confusion from behind me as I meditated in the spot where he was attacked by Lionel. It just some path on the outer edge of the town, a distance away from Kuoh, not too far from the forest. Not the one by the church though. When I asked him what he was doing here, he said he was headed back from a contract. That's when I remembered his demonic power being less than that of a three year old Devil.

"He's meditating." Kalawarner answered. "Analysing the life energy or aura of every living creature in a set radius. He's trying to find Lionel's Fallen signature, or maybe Asia's Sacred Gear." She explained.

"Senjutsu?" Kiba asked worriedly. Understandable. I wouldn't be surprised if he knew of Koneko's little secret. I mean, her name means 'kitten' for God's sakes!

"No." I answered him before Kala could. "I'm just focussing all of my senses across the radius that Kala mentioned." I told him. "Senjutsu is the actual control of chakra and chi. I'm just identifying the basic aura of the people around me." I explained. Even if he was standing behind me, I could hear him nodding in understanding. One of the perks of my senses in their current state.

"What's with the purple glow?" Issei asked, making my eye twitch. I was fine with telling them what I'm doing, but I need to concentrate dammit! It's already wll past noon! We're burning daylight as is!

"I think it's his his life force." Kalawarner provided her theory. Huh, I didn't tell them about this, did I?

"Touki?" Kiba asked in surprise.

"Or some variant of it." Kala supplied with a shrug.

Well, they weren't wrong per se. This purple glow is technically my Touki, my life force. However, it is only visible now because I'm focussing my senses and consciousness across a wide area. That requires a ton of concentration and quite a bit of power, which is where the glow comes from. It's essentially a visible manifestation of my focus and concentration, rather than my fighting spirit, like with Sairaorg. I can't use it in a fight.

"I got something." I said, suddenly opening my eyes as a presence hit me. It wasn't a Fallen Angels though. It wasn't even remotely Holy. It was… Demonic, in a sense, but it also had a similar feel to it… Cold and dark in some ways, but soft and compassionate too. A lot of power, and quite a bit of intelligence. Wait. I know this presence. It's the same one I felt outside of the cafe the day I first performed!

Opening my eyes, I directed my attention to the direction the presence was coming from. Nothing of note to the naked eye, besides a small bush, but the presence was there. Focussing a little, my eyes widened when I saw something I hadn't expected to see again; an adorable black cat with bright golden eyes, staring right at me. This can't be a coincidence. There's no doubt in my mind that's the very same black cat that I…

Wait…

Black cat…

It couldn't be…

"Holy shit!" I mentally yelled, my eyes wide. What the fuck is is she doing here?! She's not supposed to appear until after the Summit Meeting, which is still at least three months away, if I have my mental clock right. Since it's currently early May, and the meeting takes place about a week before Kuoh's summer vacation, which starts early August.

Still, I have to wonder why she's here. If she's as good with Senjutsu as the franchise suggests, she might have figured out what I am by now. She might even know that I know what she is now. Need to make sure though. Staring right into her eyes, I allowed my own to flash a bright molten gold for a split second, planting the seed. It bore fruit. With a catlike smirk, the feline's eyes flashed her own shade of gold, returning the acknowledgement.

That confirms that I suppose.

With that out of the way, she turned away, looking back at me over her shoulder. Flicking her head in the direction she was headed, she took off into a sprint, allowing her aura to flare, telling me exactly where she is. Why was she doing that? Did she want me to follow her? Would she lead me to Raynare and Lionel? She might. I mean, I know she's not the villain she's portrayed as in her first appearance, but I'm still questioning her motives for being here, now. I suppose I don't have any better lead. And we're running out of time.

"This way." I said, standing up from my meditative position and running in the direction the cat was.

"Finally!" Issei exclaimed in relief as he and the rest followed. In annoyance, I conjured a small orb of the crimson flame of Lethe, and shot it at his head. Should feel like a really hard coin hitting his skull. "Ow!" he yelled, making smirk in satisfaction.

I hope you pull through for me, Kuroka.

We ran through the forest for a short while. It seemed that wherever Kuroka was leading us to was just outside of the city, just barely within the borders of the radius I had with my senses. I would have discovered it sooner or later, but Kuroka's assistance has sped things up greatly. Yeah, that's what I keep telling myself. Anywho, I stopped when I felt Kuroka's presence come to a halt, literally right above me.

That means she's in the trees. If she stopped, we must be right where she wanted to lead us.

Taking a few cautious steps forward, I grinned like a maniac. There, a short distance away, was a large rock in a small clearing, which had a small cave entrance in it that, from where I stood, seemed to extend downwards. Standing just outside the cave was a guy, around my age, maybe a bit younger. His hair was snow white, and his eyes were the same shade of red as Rias' hair, though that was not a compliment in any way, given the deranged look hidden behind his eyes.

Yeah, Rias' hair is better.

He wore a priest's uniform, and was fiddling with a gun, a pistol, out of boredom no doubt. There's also no doubt in my mind that he has a sword of light or two hidden in that coat somewhere. Or maybe another pistol. Or both. Most likely both. Calming my nerves, I flared out my aura out a bit, directly at Kuroka, sending a feel of gratitude towards her. I didn't get any kind of response. Her aura just disappeared, and I assume that she went on her merry, furry way.

"This is it." I whispered, focussing. "There's at least 70 human signatures in there, along with two Fallen Angel auras, and their guard dog." I told the others, who looked.

"That's him." Issei spat with an enraged snarl. "That's the bastard that nearly raped Asia." he hissed. Yeah, he's angry.

"Freed Sellzen." Kalawarner whispered grimmly. "He's infamous amongst the Fallen Angels for killing any Devil or Devil contractor he comes across." She said with a shake of her head.

"I've heard of him." I half-lied. "He's utterly insane and deranged. One of the most dangerous Devil Hunters ever." I grimaced. So too did the two Devils present. "I suppose the only thing we can do is take him head on. Four on one should have relatively good odds." I said, though I was unsure. Freed is a difficult character to take down.

"Let's get this over with." Kiba said with a slight dark tone to his voice. Ah, the famous 'Priest and Holy Sword' hate that's foreshadowed in the early bits of the franchise. I have an idea for that, but it's a ways off, so I won't bother for now. The four of us made ourselves known to the insane Priest, who smiled like a maniac.

"Weeell!" He said in what I can only describe as a poor facsimile of surprise and happiness. "Look what the cat brought in!" He said brightly. "Two Devils, a hot piece of Fallen ass, and some new blood!" He grinned widely, rubbing his hands together evilly. "Fun, fun, fun, fun, fuuun!" He cheered, pulling out a sword of light and undoing the safety clip on his pistol. Why on earth would this guy put the safety on the first place? I have no idea.

"Where's Asia?" Issei demanded, summoning his 'Twice Critical.'

"Oh, you mean the Devil-loving-bitch-whore-nun?" Freed asked nonchalantly. "She's in the room at the end of the corridor through the cave." He shrugged. Doesn't have much of a filter, does he? "Of course, you'll have to take me down first." He said that unhinged grin.

"Well then, no problem here." Kiba said, summoning a sword from his Sacred Gear.

"Sword Birth." I observed. I must admit, seeing that IRL was actually kind of awesome. Hearing me, he smirked and nodded. "Well, I suppose I could use a weapon too." I said, holding my hand out, palm facing downwards. "By the fire of the Dragon King, by the will of the Gods, come forth!" I chanted. A black magic circle appeared before me. Emerging from it, came a sleek, black sword; a jian. The blade, as stated before, was jet black, as was the handle. The guard and pommel looked to be made of gold. "Dusk!" I announced, gripping the handle.

"Holy crap!" Issei shivered at the sight of the sword. Understandable. "Th-that's a fuckin scary sword!" He squeaked.

"The Dragon Cleaver…" Kalawarner whispered in awe. I smirked at her. Dusk was a lesser Demon Sword that was gifted to me by Eris on my 20th birthday, a few months before I moved to Kuoh. Forged from the remains of the Prison Dragon Vritra, Dusk has the same dragon slaying abilities as Ascalon and Gram, though not nearly as powerful. Not alone at least. It's one of two enchanted weapons I own. The other is far too dangerous for me to use. For now at least.

"What, you think you can beat me just because you have a fancy sword?" Freed sneered. Then, he suddenly perked up, as if he realised something. "But ho! Where are my manners?" he asked with a bright smile. Uh, timing? "Freed Sellzen at your service, Exorcist Extraordinaire!" He introduced with a bow. "No need to introduce yourself, Takeo." He grinned widely, shocking me. "Mr Lionel told me all about how you were all up Ray-ray's business." His grin turned more perverse than Issei's and Dante's combined. "Not that I blame ya. Who wouldn't want a piece of that hot Fallen ass?" he swooned. So Lionel was spying on us for some time huh? Creeper. "Now, what is a shitty Fallen babe and a shitty human doing with a bunch of shitty Devils?" He asked curiously, before gasping. "You're not shitty Devil worshipper's are you?!" He exclaimed in mock horror.

"What's next? Shitty chicken?" I asked myself with a sweatdrop. "Jesus, did you live in South Park before coming here?" I asked in deadpanned tone. Funnily enough, South Park does exist here. Not the biggest fan, but I have watched a bit of it.

"What?" Freed asked in confusion. In response, I cleared my throat.

"Look! If somebody ordered the Shitty Beef, and they complain because they say they ordered the Shitty Shrimp, it's not my fault he gets the Shitty Chicken poured all over his fuckin head!" I exclaimed in an imitation of Freeds voice. Everyone else stared at me incredulously. Well, I'm not surprised, I'm having a little chat with a supposed enemy.

"Waaaaa?!" Freed yelled out loud. "Is that what I sound like?!" he wailed. I nodded."I gotta fix that." he sighed. Wow, bipolar much? "But first…" he trailed off. Grinning like a maniac, he shot towards me, intent on running me through. However, with my Battle Instincts active, my mind became sharper, and my perception faster. Gripping dusk, I maneuvered myself to a defensive stance, and swung my sword upwards as Freed closed in, slamming his sword away, and forcing him to adapt to the sudden force by jumping backwards.

"Whoa…" Issei mumbled at what he saw. Shaking off his surprise, along with Kiba, he steadied his own stance with his fists and gauntlet, as did Kiba with his sword and Kala with a spear of light.

"Let's take him down!" I growled, lunging. Kiba seemed to be on the same wavelength as me, and lunged too. He was much faster than I am, so he was able to get the first hit in, but Freed deflected it with his sword, whilst aiming his gun at me as I came, shooting. I was able to dodge the bullets, surprisingly, if I'm being honest, and slashed at him. He sidestepped, dodging my attack and using his sword, which was still in Kiba's, to push the Knight towards me. Thankfully, we were able to regain our bearings before any kind of collision.

Kalawarner, who had taken flight at some point, through good number of light spears at the crazy man, but he either dodged them or deflected them with his sword. Kiba and I made the next move, jumping up high and coming down on him. He blocked me with his sword and knocked Kiba to the side with the butt of his gun. Meanwhile, as I landed from a decent jump backwards, I coated the blade of Dusk in the golden flame of Acheron and swung, sending a flurry of molten gold Hellfyre at him.

"Whoa! Is it getting hot in here?!" Freed cackled like a maniac as he barely managed to dodge the blaze unscathed. He did sustain a third degree, at least, burn on the side of his enough, he didn't seem bothered at all.

"Promotion to Rook!" Issei suddenly called out loud, catching all of our attention. Wait, when did Rias give him permission to promote? "Try this asshat!" He screamed, lunging. Freed couldn't dodge in time.

"I'm fucked…" He mumbled with a hopeless look before getting bashed in the face by Issei's gauntlet clad hand. Needless to say, he was sent flying. "Oof!" he grunted painfully as he slammed into a rather large tree. Getting up, he snarled in Issei's direction. "You bastard!" he roared, pulling out two more lightsaber knock-offs(I call copyright here) and lunging. He was stopped by a flurry of crimson flame flame from me, sending him into another tree, this time with more force. I think I actually heard a crack there. "Well, I know when I'm outmatched." Freed let through a faint groan before looking up at me with a wide grin. "But know that you, Takeo, are gonna be meeting the tip of my sword very soon." he… Well, my first thought is that that was a purr, or reasonable facsimile thereof, but it also had a hissing tone to it. Then he pulled out a small metal orb. "See ya fuckers~!" he cheered, throwing the ball down. With the bright flash of light that appeared, we all had to look away. When the light cleared, Freed was gone.

"Dammit, he's gone!" Issei growled, clearly upset that all he got was a punch at the guy who molested Asia.

"Issei, not now." I told him sternly. "There'll be another day to take him down. Right now, we have to save Asia and Raynare." I said soothingly as I pointed to the almost invisible son. "It's already sundown, and we have no idea how long it'll take to get rid of the Exorcists in there." I pointed to the cave entrance. "We need every second we have, and can't waste any time chasing after Freed." he took a deep breath and nodded.

"You're right." He mumbled. Nodding back at him, I looked to the others.

"Let's go." I said.

"Lead the way." Kiba said. Not giving much of a response, I headed over to the cave entrance. Inside was staircase leading downwards, no doubt to a larger, underground cavern that could house 60 or 70 Exorcists. With a deep breath of my own, I dismissed Dusk and began the descent.

"That was predictable." I said as I stared into the barrel of the pistol that was aimed directly at my face. Once we'd gotten to the bottom of the stairs, we were greeted to the sight of a long corridor with several doors along the length, on either side. At the end of the corridor was a large, round glass window. Of course, there were also two guards at the bottom of the stairs. I tried to bullshit my way past them, but they were smarter than what I thought.

"Kill'em." Priest #1 said to Priest #2.

"Geez, what is it with people wanting to kill me these days?" I asked the air with a soft sigh.

(Play: Lucifer - SHINee - Start at 0:24)

Grabbing Priest #2, the one aiming a gun at me, by his wrist, I spun around and pulled his arm down, breaking it. As he cried out in pain, I was able to take his gun and deliver a good punch to Priest #1's face before pushing him into the wall, nonchalantly walking past him. For some reason, the others didn't seem to see any reason to intervene with the fight as a third priest came running towards me. He threw a left hook, which I sidestepped. Then he tried to hit my stomach, but I dodged that one too and was able to grab him by the back of his neck, slamming his head into the wall, cracking his skull I believe.

As I did so, I heard the footsteps of a fourth Priest, a woman this time, approaching. Smirking at her as she activated two lights swords, I threw the gun I held at Priest #2, who had regained his bearings and charged at me, despite his arm being broken. The gun hit him right in the head, knocking him out. Confidently, I walked over to the lady Priest, who was glaring at me fiercely. She lunged at me, but Priest #1 from a few seconds ago was charging me from behind. So, I sidestepped and grabbed him by the neck, using him as a human shield to protect me from Lady Priest.

Sneering, she pulled back and tried to stab me again, but I adjusted my position and she ended up stabbing Priest #1 again. Still smirking, I tossed the Priest through one of the doors in the wall and delivered a hard hit to Lady Priest, who had tried, and failed, to slash at me. The result was her hurling up some blood and passing out on the ground. As I continued on my way through the corridor, several scantily clad women ran past me, fear evident on their faces. Really? Priests buying hookers? Come on. Then again, they are Stray Priests, so I guess fornication isn't a big issue for them anymore.

Anywho, as I was about to pass by another door, another Priest, marking the 17th human I'd seen, including the hookers, came out of said door and aimed a gun at my head. I grabbed him by the wrist and held it in place as Priest #2 from earlier came running at us. He took the shot that was meant for me. Following that, I twisted the Priest's wrist that I was holding and pulled up, forcing the gun to aim up and the butt of the pistol to point towards his face. As I triggered the release mechanism, the magazine shot right out of the handle, hitting the guy's face. As he stumbled from the sudden hit, I delivered a hard kick to his stomach, sending him right through the aforementioned big glass window, which lead to another room, a rather large one. It was probably soundproofed, given the fact that only now did the around eight hookers notice that a fight was going down and run.

(End Music)

Standing in the middle of the room, I couldn't help but give out a sigh. I'm honestly kind of disappointed. Around 20 of the human signatures I felt were prostitutes. Honestly, that's just ridiculous in my eyes. I… I can't even put it into words, it's that ridiculous.

"Wow…" I heard a surprised voice let out a gasp from behind me. I turned and saw the other three, looking at me with shock, even Kala, who knew I was a Demigod.

"What?" I sked.

"Mental note: do not piss him off." Issei said to himself. Ok… A soft, low giggle from Kala caught my attention as she gave me a look. One I recognise from Raynare back on our last date...

"Kala?" I asked in uncertainty as she sashayed towards me. Suddenly, she gripped my face and pulled my lips to hers. "Mmmmph!" I let out a muffled cry of shock as she forced her tongue into my mouth, letting out delightful moans. "Her lips taste like blueberries." I noted in my mind in the six or seven seconds the kiss lasted. As she pulled away from me, a light string off saliva connecting our lips, I felt my cheeks burning as she laughed at my reaction.

"I've made a decision Takeo." She seductively whispered in my ear. "I'm havin your babies one day~" She cooed, letting go of me and walking over to the door. All I could do was watch her go.

"Well, that was…" Kiba trailed off as Issei glared at me with the rage of a hundred virgins.

Pervert.

Then again, I'm hardly any better.

"Pretty boys like you should just die!" He hissed in my direction.

"Now now Issei." Kiba chuckled in amusement. "I'm sure you'll get a lady soon enough." He smiled brightly. "What about one of those ladies that ran past us earlier?" he suggested.

"You don't wanna go anywhere near those girls, believe me." I deadpanned, having gotten my coherent thought back.

"Why not?" The blonde asked in confusion. Oh Kiba, you're much more innocent than you let on, aren't you?

"They're slappers, Kiba." I sighed.

"Slappers?" The boy asked, still confused, making me roll my eyes.

"That's what we Brits call prostitutes." I deadpanned. In an instant, the boy's face lit up redder than Rias' hair. I had to admit it was amusing. Still, he really was quite innocent, wasn't he? Ironic, in fact, given his backstory. Issei on the other hand… He seemed to be thinking about something."Oh good God Issei, have some class!" I snapped in the pervert's direction as I saw the contemplative expression on his face. One that instantly turned to fear as I glared at him with glowing gold eyes. He was silent after that. "Let's just get this overwith." I sighed, continuing after Kala.

The room we were in, as stated before, was rather large, and when we got to the other side of said room, we found a large set of double doors. It took all of the mental resistance I had to not pull an Aragorn here. It would have been awesome~ However, time is a limited luxury we have right now. It's already 9pm. Three hours to spare. I'd like to think we're making really good time, but it's always best to not let your guard down. Instead, I called forth an orb of crimson flame.

"All yours." Kala said, gesturing to the door. With a wide grin, I compressed the flame into a small collection of power and tossed it. On collision, it exploded in a big blaze of red, sending both doors flying. On the other end, was a large underground room, and I mean large. More like a cavern really.

There were Exorcists scattered across the place, all muttering under their breath. I don't know, nor do I particularly care, what they were saying, but it must be either quite important, or the total gibberish of a bunch of mentally unstable bastards. No other explanation s to why they'd ignore two massive doors flying into the room and squashing at least 10 of their numbers dead.

And, to top it all off, floating above them, in all his four winged 'glory,' was Lionel himself.

"Well, what do we have here?" he asked redundantly s he saw the four of us approaching. Kala prepped a spear, Kiba conjured a sword, and Issei and I summoned our Sacred Gears. "I must be slipping if I can't kill one little human." he let out a sigh.

"Takes more than a light spear to kill me Jackass." I snarled, heat in my eyes. What's that about? Ah, I don't care. I just wanna tear Lionel apart limb from limb! "Where are Raynare and Asia?" I demanded, showing my fangs. Wait, fangs? Whatever.

"Ah, young love." Lionel sighed mockingly. "They say it never works out." He noted, smirking at me as he conjured a light spear. Growling, I crouched down and pushed off of the ground, jumping straight towards him. My hands ablaze in my Sacred Gear's shadows, I tried to deliver a hard punch to his face. With a bored look, he blocked it with his light spear. "That the best you can do?" He asked, his free hand lighting up in a blue light light as he summoned his Twice Critical. "Not good enough." He said with a cocky smirk, delivering a hard punch to my stomach. As I spat out the blood that came up, the force from his hit sent me flying into the wall. Aaaaand, there go my ribs again.

"Takeo!" Kala screamed, letting her wings out.

"No!" I snarled in her direction, surprising her. "He's mine." I growled, getting to my feet despite the pain. Hesitantly, Kala nodded, turning her attention to Kiba and Issei.

"Alright boys, you and I are going to take down the Priests and keep them off of Takeo, got that?" She asked. They both nodded, readying their respective sword and gauntlet. "Good luck Lover Boy." She smiled at me softly, readying a light spear. Nodded, I turned my attention to Lionel, who was looking down at me with a smirk.

"Well, at least you'll give some entertainment." he shrugged as his left eye changed. The purple-red iris turned a bright forest green, and the sclera turned black. Wait, I've seen that before. It was in the book Sona showed me; it was one of the forms a Shadow Attribute could take. That must mean. "How's this?" He yelled, swiping his spear. A blade of wind cut right through the air, headed straight for me. Grunting, I was able to duck under the blade and sprint in the guys direction.

Snarling, I focussed the shadows into my hands and jump up high, matching his altitude. With an inhuman roar, I tossed the collections of shadow energy at him. Flexing his wings, he dodged the first blast, and deflected the other one away with his spear. Oddly enough, the spear shattered on contact, but neither of us paid attention to that. He and I had our fists ablaze in black flame and dragon's fire respectively, and we both struck at the same time, causing a small explosion of power. We were both pushed back from the force. Whilst he landed safely, though somewhat heavily, on his feet, I fell right on my back.

"Bastard…" I grunted through gritted teeth, shakily getting up to my feet. Rolling his eyes, he conjured another spear of light and threw it. In that moment, through all the emotions of rage and bloodlust I could feel, I conjured a spear, identical to his, from the shadows of my Sacred Gear and hurled it. He was quite shocked when I caught his spear and tossed it right back, along with my own. Taken by surprise, he ended getting my spear of darkness impaled in his thigh. The pain made him hunch over, which caused his spear to miss him. Shame. I would have liked to kill him with his own light~ However, something interesting happened.

"Fuuuuck!" He howled in pain, clutching his thigh as the spear of darkness dissipated. Spewing from the wound was a deep purple mist, much like the Stray Devil from before, when I hit him with my Holy flame. Seeing that, I let out a deep, dark chuckle. "What are you laughing at, you fucking worm?!" Lionel snarled in my direction.

"It makes sense…" I said, my voice deeper, darker. Kind of evil sounding actually. I could feel my fangs poking my bottom lip, and the heat in my eyes was at an all time high. The purple glow, no doubt. "Light is toxic to Devils. Just touching it scorches their bodies, and it's said to be the worst pain a Devil can endure." I allowed a savage grin to don my face. "If that's the case, it makes sense that Darkness have the same effect on an Angel, eh?" I asked, slowly walking towards Lionel. "Fallen or not, you're still an Angel, aren't you?" I narrowed my eyes. I don't know what's happening to me, this is more than my Battle Instincts, but I don't really care. I'll happily descend into whatever this madness is if I can take this guy DOWN.

"Son of a bitch!" Lionel screeched, generating an orb of golden energy. Destruction Meteor… Sneering like the smug jackass he is, he threw it at me. Instinctively, I held my hand out, palm facing him, and generated a large purple magic circle. A barrier. When the meteor collided, I was completely protected from the explosion. He sneered at me, seeing me unharmed. Well, unharmed is not exactly accurate. I still have the blood coming from my mouth, and bruises everywhere from the fight. The meteor didn't hurt me, though.

The power that coursed through my body was absolutely amazing. I've spent most of my life as a weak, helpless little human boy, both lives. Now, however, having this power, fighting for what i want, it was an exhilarating experience. I can only imagine how good it will feel to tear Lionel's heart from his body. See how he likes having what he cannot survive without being taken away. The look on his face is going to be delightful.

"You're stronger than I initially thought, I admit." He conceded, still gripping his thigh. Most of the poison seemed to be gone. "And you're also quite durable." He chuckled, looking over my injuries. "However, I am on a tight schedule. I can't afford to hold back much more." he said darkly bringing up his Twice Critical. As he held it up, the red gem started glowing brightly. "Time to finish this." he hissed.

"What…." I trailed off in my head.

"Balance Break!"

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Am I the master of cliff-hangers or not?! You know I am! Kneel before me!

OK, now that that's out of my system…

Another one bites the dust. After four days this time! I'm on a roll. Now, rest assured, Kuroka's willingness to help Takeo will be explained at a later date. I planned on having her appear early because A) she's one of my favorite characters and B) her first appearance is way too far in the story for my liking. No, she's not going to be Takeo's familiar. Never been a fan of that set-up to be honest. She will be in the harem. Still accepting suggestions for Familiars BTW.

Question for ya'll; how was the fight scene so far? And the part with the music? I couldn't resist adding that one in. I've never been good at fight scenes. At least, I don't think I am, so I'd appreciate feedback on those.

Addressing a small issue, I've been told that Takeo appears to be somewhat of a Gary-Stu character. That may be true, now that I think about it, but it was not intentional. I'm trying to rectify that with the fight here. Make the fight end in Takeo's victory, but with no small amount of struggle. If I fail miserably, I apologise.

Another thing, people are asking me why Takeo was so accepting of being in a new universe with a new body, a new name, new memories, and a new past. Keep in mind, he lay in limbo for a long time, long enough to lose his mind. Go read the first chapter. WORD BY WORD. A lot of people, and I'm not innocent here, don't read the dialogue-less paragraphs in stories that have a lot of content. Most people just skim through the dialogue to get a rough idea of the story. Again, I'm not innocent there. Anyway, Takeo came to terms with the fact that his life would change forever during that time in limbo, when he just lay there, going over his life in his head. He processed his grief, he accepted the change, and faced it all head on. Sure, he may have lost his mind once or twice over during that time, but he's fine now.

Concerning his fighting skills and use of his power, remember, Takeo has a PAST in this universe, which was created when he entered it. In his past, there a lot of training with his powers and abilities. Just read every chapter WORD BY WORD and you'll see it. Said past is still very real, keep that in mind. Takeo just got a head start in his life as 'Takeo' because this was the first universe that he visited, so the memories took time sync up, as it were.

I hope this clears that all up.

Quick question; in the anime, some people yell out 'Balance Breaker' when activating their Balance Breaker, whilst others just yell out 'Balance Break.' Which one would you go for?

One other thing. I plan on making the Hero Faction WANT Takeo in their ranks, so at some point in time, they're going to approach him and 'offer' him a spot in their little group. How awesome would it be if Takeo disarmed Siegfried and forced whatever Demon Sword he held at the time to submit?

That'll be all. For now.