Welcome back to another chapter, these incoming chapters will be focusing more on Yukihara and Alice. Granted they always do but it'll be a lot more important.

I cant say here what exactly I'm planning but what I can say before you read this is... It'll give a little better insight on the Characters.

But let's just get straight into it now

He was her Protector. She was his voice of reason. They were both middle class Devils that were gifted fighters in there own ways among the ranks. This made them enter many tournaments and fights in the underworld granting them the Nicknames Izanagi and Izanami. Question is, do they even want the titles...

Chapter 10: Kōnoshima and Takamagahara

"What do you mean exactly by that?" Rias asks. Leon sighs before repeating himself for the third time. "Yukihara and Alice won't be accompanying you with your training expedition."

"And why exactly is that?" Rias ask him. "Because Lord Izanagi and Izanami both believe their training will benefit them a lot more than if they went with you... no offense Lady Gremory" Leon says while bowing.

"So do we not get a say in this at all?" Kiba ask him as Leon turns and looks at him. "Sorry I'm afraid not, besides Yukihara and Alice have no real oppositions on why they can't go."

"Guys it'll be fine, trust me by the time we come back we'll be kicking ass by no time" Alice says cheerfully. "And speaking of Yukihara where exactly is he?" Akeno ask as Leon and Alice just look at each other.

"He's already on his way to our destination claiming he doesn't want to waste anytime when their isn't much to be wasted" Leon says as Akeno nods but her face shows the feeling of sadness running through her.

"But he did leave a message before he left" Leon states quickly noticing Akeno's facial change as everyone looks on intently on what he has to say.

"He said to tell Rias that while he may not agree or like most things if not anything you do he's grateful for all you've done and is willing to train extra hard to maintain your dignity verses an asshole like Riser."

"For Koneko and Kiba he said that if he comes back and he's faster or stronger than either one of you in your respective field he'll lose all respect for your friendship" Leon says as Koneko and Kiba both smirk.

"Please as if that idiot could be stronger than me... but bring it" Koneko says. "Damn now I really do want to train even harder now" Kiba reveals thinking.

"For Asia he says that your not a fighter and similar to Alice, you hate fighting if it can be avoided. But this can't be avoided so get stronger not just for this Rating Game but for us as a family." This makes Asia smile in happiness.

"I promise I'll get stronger... you just wait and see Yuki" Asia says. "And finally for you Akeno he said you're the closest person he has here besides Alice and that's sad since he barely talks to you. But he wanted you to know that there's this new sushi place opening up?..." Leon says confused trying to understand the importance of bringing that up. "But he believes that you and him should go together after we all beat Riser's ass."

Akeno smiles and blushes as Rias looks at her with narrow eyes. Is Akeno... Falling for him?... No she can't be, even after all this time we barely know him

"I'd love that actually" Akeno says smiling as Leon nods. "I'll inform Master Yukihara admittedly" Leon speaks while bowing to everybody.

"My Lady I believe it's time we get going" Leon says to her. "But do we need to go so quickly, we just got here" Alice tries to rebuttal.

"Yes we do, time is of the essence at the moment. Besides I don't think your brother will last very long... especially if they're on duty" Leon states before sighing.

Yukihara drinks down the water given to him by Yin. "Thanks" he says to the celestial spirit as she gives him the cold shoulder.

"Your not welcomed, it's just that my master doesn't want you getting hurt... or atleast until we get there" Yin says as Yukihara just watches as she walks away.

"Sorry about my sister, she isn't the most pleasant person to put up with" Yang says to him as he nods understanding.

"But I have one question if you don't mind answering" Yukihara says looking around but seeing nothing but water. "Why are we on this boat in the middle of nowhere?"

"We're heading to a island called Kōnoshima also called the Island of the Gods. It's the entry to your training" Yang says.

"Kōnoshima? I've never heard of it and trust me when I say I would know about any Shinto Islands..." Yukihara says as he leans against the rail of the both and looks out into the ocean.

"My mother didn't know about my father or Alice and me being Devils. She claimed we were too kind to be Devils so she would always call us her guardians sent from heaven. She was right about us but our father... that's a different story" Yukihara says lowly as Yang looks at him with eyes of sympathy already knowing their past thanks to Izanagi and Izanami.

"But anyway... Mother would always tell us about everything Shinto since that was her main religion. And I've never heard of any Island known as Kōnoshima" The user of War states.

Yukihara feels his orb on his hands pulse before disappearing as a White Lion magic circle appears behind him. "That's mostly due to the fact that Kōnoshima isn't your regular island of worship, in fact it's forbidden for humans to step on it." Leon says plainly with Alice next to him.

"Leon nice of you to finally join us" Yin says rolling her eyes. "Yeah yeah but can we really get going, cause at this pace we won't get their for another 3 hours."

Yin and Yang both nod as they look around since there are regular humans on this boat. "Wait if Kōnoshima is forbidden for humans where does this take us?" Yukihara ask.

Yang shrugs. "I don't know but it's going in the similar direction but this is where we get off" He finishes as his eyes start to glow white and Yin's glows black.

"Yuki I think you should cause a distraction" Alice says as he looks at her. "And how am I suppose to do that?"

"I don't know make an explosion or summon something" Alice says. "Fine... Sensō no Arano" (Wasteland of War) he says lightly as he stares behind the ship and holds his hand in a fist at a specific point.

He tightens his fist even harder before opening them breathing heavily. But nothing happened...

"Did you mess up or something?" Leon ask him as he shakes his head. "Just give it a second I couldn't explode the surface or a little underneath I had to go a little more deeper than that."

Suddenly a huge explosion can be heard as all the humans race to see what happened as a lot of water spikes up. Yin and Yang waste no time transforming into their Sea dragon forms before diving under water quickly.

Leon transforms into a small lion cub as they all jump off the boat. Once underwater Alice looks around to make sure everyone's ok and sees a pissed Leon clearly not liking the water.

Yin and Yang notice the three under water and swim next to them as Alice grabs on to Yin while Yukihara pulls Leon into his arms before holding onto Yang as the two swim quickly trying to get as far away from the boat before resurfacing.

Yukihara and Alice both take a huge breath as Leon is knocked out of his cub form as he's back to his humanoid form as his hair is wet and takes a deep breath.

"Are you two trying to kill us?" Leon says to them as Yang chuckles. "Sorry we kinda forgot you guys can't simply breath under water like we can."

Leon glares at him. "Your an idiot and I hate you" He says as he looks over to Alice. "My Lady if you could make a platform for me it would be very appreciated" Leon ask her as Alice nods and grants his request.

Leon gets ontop of the platform before transforming into his adult lion form. He looks confused as his body is still wet as he growls lowly before his eyes turn Gold and he roars as a heat wave comes off him drying him off.

The Golden Flames then surrounded his feet as he jumps on the water as the flames are somehow making him able to walk ontop of the water. "You can walk on water with those Golden Flames?" Yukihara says suprised along with Alice.

A loud roar comes off Leon as Yukihara smiles before turning serious. He swims over to where Leon is before climbing onto his back. "I think we're wasting time here, Alice let's hurry up and get to Kōnoshima."

"Don't have to tell me twice" Alice says as Yin dives under water and before resurfacing ontop of Alice so she's on her neck. The Celestial spirits all look at each other before nodding and taking off towards towards Kōnoshima.

Yukihara is forced to hold on pretty tightly to Leon's mane but he doesn't mind and same with Alice and Yin. This trip better be worth all of our efforts... because if not we'll be in trouble during that Rating Game...

After an hour of them treading the ocean they finally reached the Island of Kōnoshima. Yin and Yang stop at the shore so Alice can get off Yin safely and Leon simply jumps ontop of the small docks as Yukihara gets off him.

"So this is Kōnoshima?... Well it really does look abandoned" Alice says looking around only seeing a Shinto gate colored in red and a path can be seen behind it leading deeper into a huge forest.

"So what exactly are we suppose to be doing here exactly?" Yukihara says confused not being able to sense any magic pressure throughout the entire island.

A soft landing sound is heard as Alice and Yukihara both turn around to see Yin and Yang both back in their humanoid form. "Well were here to guide you to our actual destination" Yin says coldly as she walks towards the path.

"And hopefully avoid those 2 if we can..." Leon and Yang day at the same time as they both follow Yin. Alice and Yukihara look at each other before shrugging at each other before following them.

"So you three are trying to avoid someone?... Who exactly is it?" Yukihara ask as he didn't have to wait long for his answer as a gigantic Axe goes flying towards him.

"Celestial Summon: Barrier" Alice says making a barrier around Yukihara trying to shield him but the axe hits the barrier shattering it and sending Yukihara flying backwards on the ground.

"Was all that necessary to our guest, especially those who hold Izanagi and Izanami in them?" A calm voice says as a barbaric laugh is heard.

"That's exactly why I had too, to see if they could live up to all the hype everybody was talking about" He replies.

Yukihara looks up and sees a man with the same suit as Leon but has White fur and sunglasses on. And then the one who threw the Axe a man with huge muscles a lot of tattoos and a bull nose ring.

Leon is suddenly surrounded with Golden Flames and Yin and Yang holding their weapons. "Capricorn... Taurus" Leon says.

"Leon... Yin and Yang" Capricorn says calmly. "Listen if you'd move I'd like to bring these two to Takamagahara... and in one piece as well" Leon says to Capricorn.

"And you know sadly how incompetent our fellow spirit here is, and I'd rather not here Gemini or Scorpio's mouth if they find out I just backed out of a fight. Especially against you Leon" Capricorn says.

"Is that so?" Leon says as the flames around his fist get hotter as Capricorn just straightens his back staring at Leon.

Leon and Capricorn disappear from sight as a shockwave can be heard as they both reappear in the air as they both punched each other in the jaw as they land and slide back on the ground before charging at each other in a burst of speed again and punching again.

"We'll bring it on Rival!" They both say. Meanwhile Yin draws her swords and charges at Taurus who dodges all her slashes before trying to punch her but misses as she jumps up and lands on his arm.

Yin proceeds to kick Taurus in the face while doing a backflip as he goes stumbling backwards luckily towards his Axe. Yang draws his scythe and dashes towards Taurus who picks up his Axe and blocks his attack.

"Shouldn't we do something?..." Alice says to Yukihara. "Honestly I wouldn't mind watching this fight play out... but we don't have time for meaningless fights."

Yukihara's turn a Golden Bronze color as his aura appears around him as he starts to feed off the negative emotions being let off by the Celestial spirits. "Liberation" He says under his breath.

Leon and Capricorn are once again charging at each other with their fist prepared to strike but they're interrupted by Yukihara appearing infront of them and grabbing both their fist.

"Master?..." Leon says confused and Capricorn just stares at the boy. Yukihara shouts before releasing a lot of magic that pushes them both backwards as they both are sent flying into trees.

Yukihara then looks at Taurus as he extends his hands over at him. "Zen' nō Seiun!" (Almighty Nebula) he says as he shoots a beam of magic that hits an unsuspecting Taurus.

"Listen I don't have a lot of time, and watching you five fight isn't one of them so do me a grand favor and get me to wherever the fuck I need to be. Or else I don't have any problem destroying all of you..." Yukihara says glaring using his full power to make his aura and magic pressure bigger.

Capricorn looks at Yukihara and just stares. "Such high Killer Intent from such a young age, now I can understand why he uses War magic rather than Heavenly King Magic like Izanagi and Jup-" Capricorn starts but is caught off by Yukihara.

"What's Heavenly King magic?..." Yukihara ask him. "Capricorn if you even dare answer that question I will personally kill you once you return, Also Leon hurry and take them to the shrine so we can get to business" Izanagi says from Yukihara's Sacred Gear.

Leon nods before getting up as everybody calms down and puts away whatever weapon or magic they have. In complete silence they continue up the path until the reach a Shrine as they all go inside and close the door behind them.

"A shrine? We came all this way for some stupid Shrine?! Yukihara says as Yang covers his mouth. "Just watch."

Leon places his hands on the ground as his magic circle crest appears as the room feels like it's spinning. "What's going on?.." Alice says almost about to throw up by the rotation of the room.

Leon lifts up his hands as his magic circle disappears and Yukihara and Alice are overwhelmed with the level of magic they're feeling as their bodies are shaking.

"It's done..." Leon says as he opens the door as Yukihara and Alice look out in amazement. They see the sky surrounded by clouds and buildings connected together by bridges that all have Shinto gates infront of them.

Alice notices these clouds are so huge that they are almost comparable to huge cities as some cloud islands have Oceans, Forest, Cities, Shrines it seems as if there is a place for everything on Earth up here.

"Welcome to Takamagahara, or The Plain of the Highest" Leon says smiling to them.

A/N: That about does it for this chapter. Now to envision Takamagahara think of how people Heaven to look like, a city in the sky ontop of clouds. Well imagine multiple clouds some higher or lower than others, have multiple natural earth landmarks like mountains, forest, volcanoes, etc but all connected through bridges.

And finally a huge palace in the middle of it all which is also the highest point in the whole area. Btw Heavenly King magic is major foreshadowing to something that will come up.

But it'll only be brought up when Yukihara gets his full set of Evil pieces or maybe a little earlier I don't know it all depends on how this story goes. But all I gotta say the backstory that comes with learning about that magic is really cool to imagine or atleast in my eyes.

But enough of my hopeful thoughts please leave a Rate and REVIEW. Good or bad I'm always open to all forms of criticism so please feel free to say anything. And until Next time.