" " - Talking

' ' - Thinking

' ' - Talking mentally

" " - Telepathically talking to someone

[ ] - Abraxas talking out loud

" " - Talking mentally

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Looking at the blown-up building, Takeshi momentarily stopped and narrowed his eyes. He saw Azazel flew out of the building, following a woman with devil wings and wearing such revealing clothes, but he did not went towards his aid as he knows that Azazel might use the thing he was working on here. Magicians started to surround him and, as far as his wolf form can, formed a smirk and started attacking them, enjoying every bit of pain the magicians felt before they die.

Line Break...

"Impossible!"

"They have transferred here!"

"Damn devils!"

The magicians exclaimed as Issei and Rias appeared at the ORC room and saw Gasper, tied up in a chair and a cut-off paper bag on his head, making Issei sigh in relief silently. They looked around the room to see it occupied with magicians.

"B-Buchou! I-Ise-sempai!" Gasper exclaimed as he saw the two newcomers.

"Gasper! I'm so glad you're safe." Rias said with happiness.

"Buchou... it's already too late..." Gasper broke into tears after he said.

"It's better if I die. Please, Buchou, sempai. Please kill me. Because of this eyes... I'm only a bother and a... coward." He added while shedding heavy tears.

"Don't say those stupid things. I won't abandon you, you know? When I transferred you into my family, I said that now that you have been reborn, you will live for me, and find a satisfying way of life for you." Rias smiled kindly at the distress dhampir. But, her words didn't go through his head as he shook his head and spoke negatively of himself.

"...I just couldn't find it. For me, who only causes trouble, have a value in living is-"

"You are my servant, a part of my family. I won't abandon you as easily as you think. It was finally possible for you to be free!" Rias exclaimed.

WHACK

Right before their eyes, Gasper was struck by a female magician. The same magician seized his hair and gave a glare and a sneer at the pair.

"You devils are so stupid! It's foolish how you treat such a dangerous half vampire normally. It is just like the old Maou faction says. You Gremorys are as dumb as you are deeply affectionate and overflowing with power." The magician said as she assessed Rias with a contemptuous look.

"Maybe you would have gotten more value if you quickly brainwashed this half-vampire after acquiring it and used him effectively as a tool? If you had made his Sacred Gear run wild while throwing this kid into the territory of the opposing fallen angels, he might even taken out one of the leaders as well. Why didn't you do it? Could it be that you want to treat a servant as a close friend?" She added while raising its eyebrow.

"Why you-" Issei tried to say something but Rias stopped him with her hand. Issei looked at Rias with a questioning gaze as he pondered on why she stopped him from making a remark at what the magician said about her.

"I...treasure my servants." Rias replied to the magician calmly.

BON!

The magician fired a small magic bullet at Rias. Her uniform was partly blown away as the magic bullet semi-hit her. The magician "tch"-ed, her glare not leaving.

"What a cheeky mouth you have. Also, I don't like how beautiful you are, even though you're a devil, daughter of Gremory!" The magician said, with jealousy seeping out of her words, as she placed a blade at Gasper's neck.

"You move and the kid dies. Let's have some fun!" The magician said with a crazy tone.

The magician struck out her hand and started releasing magic. Rias looked at it with narrowed eyes and didn't move out of the way. Issei, quickly taking into action, rushed in front of her and made himself as her shield as the magician fired at them.

BON!

The bullet grazed Issei at the lower part a little bit by his neck. When he thought about where the bullet is suppose to hit, he got angry as it was aimed at her face. He was about to rush forward, but Rias beat him to it and came forth from behind him and spoke at Gasper with her kind voice.

"Gasper, please cause me more trouble. I'll scold you over and over again! I'll comfort you! And I will never let you go!"

"B-Buchou...I...I!" Gasper stuttered and cried again, yet instead of tears of sadness or fear, it was tears of happiness.

"GASPER!" Issei shouted, his voice ringing in the room. He looked at Gasper with a determined face.

"Don't run away! Don't be afraid! Don't cry! Me! Buchou! Akeno-san! Asia! The Casanova! Koneko-chan! And Xenovia as well! We are all your friends! We will absolutely never abandon you! We won't do something like that to you!" He said strongly and put up his left arm.

"Boosted Gear!" He called out as they heard the familiar voice of his Boosted Gear.

[Boost!]

The red gauntlet appeared at his left arm and he quickly looked at Rias.

"Buchou! I will be promoting to queen!" He asked, getting a nod as a reply from Rias, quickly feeling his power rise.

"Ascalon!" He called out once more.

[Blade!] With a new voice, the weapon, Ascalon, that he acquired from Michael, extended out from his Sacred Gear.

The female magicians warily looked at Issei, in case he used it to them. But, instead of pointing at them, he pointed it at his other hand.

Slash!

As he temporarily suppressed the power of the sword, he cut his palm, making blood flow out of his right hand.

"Ise...?" Rias looked at his action dubiously. He looked at her with a reassuring smile as he turned to Gasper.

"However, Gasper! It's no use if you don't get up on your own. After receiving encouragement by a girl, the next step is to stand up!" He said as he struck out his left hand and extended Ascalon, that has his blood, at Gasper's direction.

Faster than the magicians could react, the blood, that flung out off Ascalon, went to Gasper and dripped down towards his mouth and some on the side of his mouth.

"Drink it. The blood of mine who harbors one of the Heavenly dragons, and show us that you are really a man!" He encouraged as Gasper nodded with a strong look.

Gasper drink the blood that went inside his mouth and licked the other blood on the side of his mouth. As he tasted the blood, the atmosphere around the room suddenly changed.

An indescribable chill went up to their bodies as Gasper got enveloped by shadows. As the shadows disappear, Gasper was no longer tied in the chair. The only remaining at his position before is the rope that was used to tie him up in the chair. They all held a shocked expression at the disappearance of Gasper. The magicians quickly looked around to look for Gasper, but they didn't found him.

Chichichichichi!

Suddenly, a weird chirping sound was heard around the room. Countless bats were suddenly seen flying near the ceiling of the room. Then, the group of red-eyed bats swooped down on the female magicians, all at once.

"Kuh! He transformed, that damn vampire!"

"Bastard!"

The cursing magicians pointed their hands at the bats and tried to fire their magic bullets, but they were pulled down by black hands that came out from the shadows and lost their balance. Then, the hands tried to pull the girls inside the shadows.

"So this is the ability of a vampire!"

"Kuh! Take this!"

DON! BON!

They fired their magic bullets at the shadows, but the hands just dispersed uneventfully. During that, the bats wrapped itself at the bodies of the magicians and bit at the various parts on their bodies.

As the magicians were having a hard time at the mercy of the bats and the hands that extended out from the shadows, Issei watched in shock at the display of power of Gasper, of a vampire.

"Ise, that's a part of the power that Gasper inherited and was originally hiding. It must have been released when he drank your blood." Rias explained as she saw the shocked expression from his face. Unknown to them, the magicians took aim at them.

"Tch! In that case, we can only do this!" A magician said as they fired their magic bullets.

As the bullets about to hit the pair, the bullets suddenly stopped in mid-air, gaining shocked expressions from the magicians.

[Its useless. I can see all of your movements and attacks here.] Gasper's voice suddenly echoed around the room while the red eyes of the bats glowed.

[I'm stopping you people!] He added as countless bats made their eyes shine, making the time around the female magicians stop.

[Ise-sempai! The finishing blow!] Gasper said, some bats looking at Issei while he gained a determined smirk.

"Leave it to me!" He said as he started running, heading towards the magicians while the magicians have wide eyes.

Line Break...

Mauling at the magicians, Takeshi felt the time stopping effect of Gasper's Sacred Gear has been lifted, making him lift his head and look towards the building where the meeting had held place. Before he took a good look, he was suddenly attacked with multiple magic bullets, making him growl and start mauling at them again.

"Vali, looks like the Sekiryuutei managed to free the dhampir." Takeshi said to Vali, who are fighting, or blasting, magicians somewhere near him.

"Is that so? Then, I think its time to show Azazel the truth." Vali replied back and flying towards where Azazel and Katerea are fighting.

Azazel saw Vali fly towards them. As he was about to ask what he is doing there, he got punched in the gut, followed by a punch at his face, and finishing by kicking him towards the ground. He landed in front of Rias, Issei, and Gasper as he spit some blood on the side.

"Tch. So you're the one who's doing the inside job for the Khaos Brigade, Vali." Azazel said as he looked at Vali, who landed near him with Katerea.

"That's right Azazel." Vali replied quickly.

"The instant you chose peace, arrangements were quickly made to invoke the Sacred Gear of the dhampir and begin the terrorist attack. The Hakuryuukou ran wild along me once we saw a good time. It will be good if we could kill one of the leaders of the three great powers. It will be fine if the meeting was broken because of that." Katerea added, walking a bit forward.

Seeing her clothes, Issei started having lecherous thoughts and his face quickly contorted into his famous face when he starts thinking about his favorite topic. Seeing this action from a far, Takeshi groaned in frustration as he saw Issei's antics. Feeling those eyes, Katerea looked towards Vali with questioning eyes.

"I feel vulgar eyes. Vali, is this the kid who holds the Sekiryuutei?" She asked, pointing at Issei, making Vali sigh.

"Yeah, while regrettable, it's true. He truly is a regrettable host." Vali replied.

Snapping out of his "happy place" because of Vali, Issei looked between Azazel and Vali.

"Why are you and Azazel confronting each other? And, who is this onee-chan?" Issei asked, pointing at Katerea for the last question. Making Katerea look at him with a pitying and semi-disgusted eyes.

"I see. He really does seem to be a regrettable child. Would you kill him, Vali?" She asked Vali as she turned towards him.

"My feelings are wavering on what to do. To be honest, I did not expect him to be here." He said as he look back at Katerea.

"Geez, I've also lost my edge. For one of my subordinates to do this..." Azazel suddenly said and laughed at himself, gaining the attention of the people around him.

"When? When did you decided to join and do this?" He questioned Vali.

"I got the offer when I took a small detour when returning Kokabiel to headquarters. Sorry Azazel, but this side seems to be more interesting." He answered.

"Vali, are you serving Ophis?"

"No, I work independently. They gave me an attractive offer. 'Wouldn't you like to fight against strong opponents?' When they said that, I couldn't help but accept their offer. Azazel, you hate wars, right?"

"I told you to 'become strong', but I should have also said 'don't do things that will cause the end the world'."

"I only want to fight against strong opponents."

"... I see. No, I may anticipated that this would happen, seeing you're a battle-maniac. So, who's next? My son?" Azazel asked, keeping his cool demeanor while he is freaking out and nervous inside as he waited for Vali's answer.

"Fortunately for you, your son chose not to join me and, somehow, siding with you." Vali answered, making Azazel sigh in relief.

"The preparations and information about this were all thanks to the Hakuryuukou. It is unusual of you to leave him alone even though you know his true nature. As a result, you have dug your own grave." Katerea said while giving a sneer at Azazel, who just ignored her and kept his attention on Vali.

Suddenly, Vali jumped up in the sky and pounded his chest with his fist while using his Sacred Gear to float.

"My realt name is Vali Lucifer."

As he said that, he unraveled his devil wings for all people to see. Getting the shocked reactions of the people, except for Azazel, Takeshi, and Katerea, he smirked under his mask.

"I am a descendant of the first Maou Lucifer. However, I am a mixed blood from a father, who was the old Maou's grandson, and a human mother. I obtained the Vanishing Dragon's Sacred Gear because of my status as a half-human." He explained as he flapped his wings a bit, gaining him some altitude.

"... It can't be!" Rias said with a troubled expression.

"It's true. If there's such a ridiculous existence, it's him. He'll become the strongest Hakuryuukou of all the hosts from the past and from the future." Azazel explained, somehow with a troubled expression from Vali's true strength.

"Have you resolved yourself, Azazel?" Katerea asked, still sneering at Azazel. He then looked sharply at her for realizing something he should have known.

"Tch, that aura increase from you earlier, did it came from Ophis?" He asked with a hint of malice in it. Hearing his question, Katerea just smiled and giggled a bit.

"Yes, it came from him. For the sake of world's reformation, I borrowed a little bit of his power. Because of that, I can now fight against you. There's even a slight percentage that I can now beat Sirzechs and Michael. They are foolish leaders, just like you." She explained, then pointing at him.

"I may be foolish, a person who couldn't do anything without Shemhazai and just a Sacred Gear enthusiast. But, do you really think to the extent where Sirzechs and Michael are idiots? At least they are far superior than a lackluster like you." Azazel said blankly, making her face twist in his words.

"How dare you?! Very well, I'll deal with the finishing blow here. I will destroy you Azazel, Governor of the fallen angels, as the first step of the new world!" She exclaimed in a strong tone. But, Azazel didn't get fazed by this and instead, seemed pleased at her declaration. He then took out a weapon, similar to a dagger, from his pocket. He pointed the tip at her, who is looking at it suspiciously.

"I have gone far being a Sacred Gear enthusiast that I can produce them myself. Well, most of them are trash. This is the only thing I respect God for, but they are incomplete. Because of God and the Original Maou's deaths that they left the Sacred Gear with bugs that would likely tip the balance of the world. Things like Longinus and Balance Breaker. Well, that's why they are interesting though." Azazel said with a hint of enthusiast, making Katerea scrunch up in disgust.

"Don't worry, things like Sacred Gear won't be a part of the new world we are thinking. Even without those things, Earth keeps moving. In time, we'll make Northern Europe's Odin move too and then the world will start its change." She said.

"The more you say about your plans, the more I wanted to puke on it. Valhalla?! Seriously?! So you plan to snatch everything through Odin from the sides." He spat out. The dagger started changing and its parts suddenly separate while light is gushing out. The people around, looked at Azazel in shock as he muttered two words.

"Balance Break!"

A/N: I know this is a really delayed chapter, and I'm really sorry for that. The reason would be, I'm fighting depression. It really is a big deal for me since it really struck me so hard that I didn't even touch my laptop to write. I'm sorry yet again. And also sorry if this is a short chapter. I'll try to make it a bit longer next chapter. Bye - Frost