Devils of the Void NEW

Ren, boy reincarnated into the world of Highschool DXD and a Servant to Rias Gremory. however, things are not what they appear to be as more worlds begin to converge and new mysteries unfold.

And we're back. Again, this one is mostly unchanged other than a few corrections and the likes. Enjoy!

Chapter 10

The school yard had been turned into a battleground, craters littering the area and the gym had been completely destroyed. in the center of the chaos two beings stared each other down. One, a Leader Class Fallen Angel with a desire to restart the Great War, the other, a red armoured teenaged Devil with a desire to prevent it.

"Ren, I should warn you that I cannot hold your Balance Breaker for long," said Zero, "Your body has taken far too much damage and is on the verge of shutting down. I will keep it going, but if you keep fighting for more than 5 minutes, the damage will become permanent."

"So I have five minutes to end this then?" I asked, gripping the hilt of the sword attached to my belt, "That's plenty."

"Heh, I knew you'd say that," said Zero, "You really are just like X."

"I'll take that as a complement. Now let's stop wasting time and get to kicking this guys ass!"

I drew the Z-saber, the atom thin energy blade appearing with a flash.

"So, you really intend to fight me?" asked Kokabiel, "Even if you do have your Balance Breaker, there's still no way you can possibly.."

Be cut of as the tip of my blade appeared an inch from his throat.

"W-what the hell?" he questioned, looking over at where I had been standing a second ago, "How did… not even the fastest Knights are that fast!"

"Thats for me to know and you to find out never," I said, "This is over."

I went to stab him, only to be forced to jump back as he summoned a spear and nearly stabbed me.

"Heh, you should have taken the opportunity to kill me then," said Kokabiel, "After all, miracles only happen once."

"Oh really?" I asked, "Then how do you explain this?"

I vanished, only to reappear behind Kokabiel and bring my sword down, the glowing blade slicing through the ground like it wasn't even there as the Fallen Angel threw himself forwards. I vanished again and appeared to slam into a tree. Silence filled the area as everyone sweatdropped.

"Oww, I should have known better," I said as I pried myself from the tree, "I'm not used to that much speed yet."

"Is that the best you got?" asked Kokabiel, "One lucky shot and then you do this? Don't you fuck with me!"

He summoned a lance and threw it at me. I spun round and brought my blade down, easily slicing straight through the lance and sending both halves flying in opposite directions.

"Sorry about that little cockup," I said, standing up from my crouched position, "I just misjudged how much speed this armour had. It won't happen again."

"Why you little..!" growled the Fallen Angel, "I'll kill you!"

He threw out his hand and a massive number of spears appeared and began to fire at me. I smirked and charged, flickering around the spears and deflecting those I couldn't dodge. I broke through the wall of light and shot towards the Fallen Angel, sword at the ready. Kokabiel swiftly created a sword and blocked my attack, only for my Z-saber to shear straight threw it and forcing him to leap back. He still suffered a cut to the chest though that immediately started bleeding profusely.

"Why you little brat!" snarled Kokabiel, his wings emerging and carrying him high into the sky, "I'll kill you!"

He raised a hand and a massive spear appeared and began to rapidly expand as he pumped power into it. I scowled and held up my left hand, a small, white gun unfolding from my bracers into my waiting hand. Yellow energy began to gather in front of the barrel. we both finished charging at the same time and released out attacks. Kokabiels was a huge spear of light was bigger than he was, while mine was a beam of energy just as massive. Both powerful attacks collided and paused for a moment, before they exploded, throwing up a massive cloud of smoke.

The smoke cleared, revealing me standing there, panting lightly.

"Heh, looks like even with that power you still aren't strong enough," scoffed Kokabiel, landing across the field from where I stood, "You truly are pathetic!"

"Damn, I hate to admit it, but hes right," I thought, my vision blurring, "Damn it, I just need one more shot…"

Suddenly, a hand landed on my shoulder and a surge of energy entered my body. I looked to the side and saw Issei standing there with a grin on his face.

TRANSFER!

"You don't have to take all the glory to know," he said, "We can help to."

I blinked and grinned.

"Thanks buddy," I said, before standing up straight and glaring at Kokabiel.

"Oh, you still intend to fight?" he asked, "Even with that power boost, your still on your last legs."

"You have attacked my friends, threatened my town and damn near killed me," I said, ignoring the Fallen Angels comment, "But the worst thing is, the one thing thats signed your death sentence more than any of those things, you've made Koneko cry!"

I crouched and held my Z-saber out to the side, focusing all my remaining strength into it. the sword glowed and began to expand, turning from green to flaming red and gold.

"And for that, I'll cut you to pieces!"

"Just you try it!" yelled Kokabiel, creating another spear.

I pushed of, my blade held out to the side as I flew at Kokabiel at incredible speed. Kokabiel created a spear and met my charge, the two of us colliding in a brilliant flash of light. When it cleared, it revealed us standing on opposite sides of the field, before my shoulder suddenly spurted blood and I collapsed. Kokabiel stood, a grin on his face.

"Well what do you know, the kid did it," he said before a large gash appeared in his chest and beams of light began to emerge from his body, "Don't you dare die kid, you need to become the strongest of everyone!"

The Fallen Angel Warmonger vanished in a blast of light.

Third Person POV

"Ren!" yelled Issei as he ran to where his friend lay, followed quickly by the other members of the ORC.

The young man was quickly overtaken by a silver blur as Koneko dashed passed him and skidded to a stop by Rens side. she quickly turned him over, only to gasp in horror at the sight of the cut across the red-heads torso.

"No.."

Suddenly, the armour that still covered Rens body glowed and vanished, transforming into a small, purple object that floated over his chest.

"Don't worry little one, Ren is not in any real danger," said the object, "My armour took the brunt of the blow. He is simply exhausted."

Koneko breathed a sigh of relief and pulled the unconscious Rens head into her lap, heedless of her tattered uniform or the blood that leaked onto her.

"Am I to assume that you are the Spirit of Rens Sacred Gear?" asked Rias as the others gathered around Ren, with Asia getting to work on his injuries.

"Indeed, I am Zero," said the Spirit.

"I see," said Rias.

"I wish I could stay and chat, but remaining in this form takes a lot of energy that I really don't have," said Zero, "I shall return to Rens body for now."

The Spirit turned into an orb of light and shot into Rens chest.

"So, it looks like you won," said a voice as Sona and her group arrived, "I'm impressed Rias, I wasn't expecting you to win, only hold off until your brother arrived."

"Actually, we didn't win," said Rias, "It was all Ren."

She looked down at her fellow red-head who was smiling in his sleep and nuzzling closer to Konekos body as the girl ran her fingers through his hair, apparently lost in her own world.

"You mean Ren took on a leader class Fallen Angel on his own?" asked the Sitri Heiress, her shock and disbelief clear in her tone.

"I know its hard to believe, but its the truth," said Rias, "I can't believe how strong Ren has become in such a short time."

"Well, I trust you Rias," said Sona before looking around at the destroyed school, "Looks like we should get to work fixing everything."

"We'll help," volunteered Rias.

"No, thats alright," said Sona, "It is the duty of the Student Council to tend to the school. we should be done before class starts."

"Alright," said Rias, "I guess we do need some rest after that fight."

Rens POV

As I slowly came back into consciousness, I became aware of a few things. The first was the smell of disinfectant and floor polish I associated with hospitals. The second was the small hand that held mine. I opened my eyes and looked around, seeing that I was indeed in hospital. Not the nurses office in school, but genuine hospital. I looked down and was surprised to see Koneko sitting next to my bed, sleeping with her head resting on her crossed arms, my hand held tightly in her own. I smiled slightly and reached out to gently run my hands through her silver hair, chuckling lightly as she shifted closer to my hand.

"She hasn't left your side since we brought you in here."

I glanced to the door and saw Rias standing in the portal, looking at me with a smile on her face.

"How long have I been here?" I asked.

"Nearly a week."

"I see."

I looked down at Koneko who was smiling in her sleep and leaning into my touch.

"Did I..?"

"You completely destroyed him," said Rias, "I don't know how you did it but there wasn't even a scorch mark left."

"I see, thats a relief," I said, before I heard a faint gasp.

I looked at Koneko and saw that she was now awake and looking up at me.

"Hey."

Her answer was to punch me in the face.

"You Idiot!"

"Ow, Koneko what the hell?"

"SHUT UP!"

She punched me again, this time breaking my nose.

"What the hell were you thinking, taking on Kokabiel in your condition?!" she yelled, "You nearly died! Do you have any idea what that would have done if you had!"

By this time she had collapsed onto my chest and was weakly pounding on me. I looked to the door to implore help from Rias, only to see that she had left.

"I'm sorry, Koneko," I said, wrapping my arms around her, "But you know that I can't leave my friends to fight alone."

"That doesn't mean you have to risk your life for us," she sniffed, "We're not helpless you know."

I chuckled thickly and gently probed my smarting nose.

"Yeah, I know."

We sat like that in silence for a moment before I sighed.

"I truly am sorry Koneko," I said, "I know I made you and everyone else worry."

"Dummy," said Koneko, slapping my chest lightly.

She looked up and gently prodded my bloody nose, getting a slight wince from me.

"Sorry."

"Ah, don't worry about it," I said, "I deserved that one. Although this is the second time an angry girls managed to hurt me despite my Rook defence."

I grabbed my nose and snapped it back into place with a slight yelp.

"Owww, next time just smack me won't you?" I said, earning a slight giggle.

I looked down at her, only to find our faces about an inch from each other.

"Aw, to hell with it," I muttered, before closing the distance.

Koneko let out a slight gasp, before instantly relaxing, wrapping her arms around my neck as mine went around her waist as we lost ourselves in each other. at least until a voice came from the door.

"Well its about damn time, pay up guys."

We broke apart and looked to see the rest of the ORC in the doorway, with Issei being handed a large amount of money from the rest of the grumbling group. At least until a boxing glove suddenly slammed into his face.

"You know, I shouldn't really be all that surprised," I grumbled as the boxing glove and spring turned back into a scarf.

Koneko giggled and curled up on my lap, leaning as close to me as she could, and the rest of the group came into the room. the last person it was a guilty looking Kiba.

"Hey, Ren, I'm…"

I held up a hand, forestalling the apology.

"Kiba, you're an idiot," I said, "You let your desire for revenge control you and that very nearly caused you to leave us."

Kiba winced, before he was suddenly slammed into the ground as my fist slammed into the top of his head.

"That was for being an idiot. You're not alone in your fights, you have all of us."

The Knight looked around and saw everyone nodding in agreement.

"Thanks guys," said Kiba, smiling happily.

"Oh my, it sure is crowded in here," said a voice from the door. We all looked to see Mom standing in the doorway.

"Hey Mom," I said, "Sorry I couldn't keep my promise."

Mom waved a hand.

"Oh don't worry about it," she said, "So long as you're alive, I consider your promise fulfilled."

"We should be going," said Rias as she and the rest of the ORC filed out, leaving me Koneko, who didn't look like she would be leaving my lap any time soon, and Mom.

"Theres someone else here to see you," said Mom after a few moments of smalltalk.

I blinked before Mom stepped to one side to reveal and awkward looking Yuri.

"Yuri? what are you doing here?" I asked

"Well, I heard you were in the hospital and came to see how you were," said the Himi-Miko, "I'm glad to see your OK."

"Yep, just a few more days and I'll be back to full health," I said, before yelping as Koneko grabbed my cheek and pulled.

"Ren, who is this?" she asked, a certain tone to her voice that had me sweating.

"She a classmate!" I said, "Koneko, this is Yuri Mariya, a classmate and friend, Yuri, this is Koneko, my girlfriend."

Koneko blushed lightly at that before sizing up the other girl as she did the same. I looked between the two, taking in their stances, the way Koneko was holding me possessively and the way lightning was crackling between them.

"Oh no."

END! There we go, Kokabiel gets treated to the same fate of all of the Megaman Zero bosses, Koneko and Ren FINALLY get together, Issei gets punched, Kiba gets punched and we get a bit of feminine jealousy. hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. drop me a review and have a lovely week!