Welcome Readers to the new chap! Haven't been updating lately though... I'm sorry for the delay because of some certain conditions for me to update like the views, reviews, follows etc. and I'm sick so my body feels like hell, like I've been carrying a whole truck in my shoulders. Thanks to altajir95 and Ryojumari15 and for those that I haven't mentioned don't worry you're all precious to me. XD

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THIRD PERSON

Chapter 11 Part 1: On the day of the decisive battle.

"I'm ready."

Ise's getting fired up in his own room. Right now, it's 10 o'clock at night. The decisive battle will start in two hours, exactly from 12am. Today their job as a Devil is off. All of them went home straight after school or they may end up wasting their stamina.

Rias planned to meet up at the club room 30 minutes prior to the match, so they can only stay here for about 90 minutes. But still, Ise feel the most relaxed in his own room. So he wanted to stay here as long as he can.

For Daiki, he's on the bedroom together with Akeno cuddling to each other while Rias is on the desk trying to figure out a plan on how to beat Riser. She remembered what she said to Ise and Daiki.

"Ise, you and Daiki-kun are the keys to winning this upcoming match. Do your best."

She looked at the two figures on the bed covered on the bed sheet. And went back to thinking... but there's something in her nerves that she wanted to be in the clubroom early.

The silver haired guy woke up earlier than Akeno did; rubbing his eyes with his hands he scanned the room and figured out that Rias wasn't around. He grabbed the bedsheets and his feet touched the cold wooden floor and directly went up to the shower room.

Akeno touched the place beside her on the bed and found out he's not there. She looked around and heard the shower turned on and spoke.

"Ara ara taking a shower aren't we?"

"Yeah, I've been thinking lately... and figured that we must win. Not just for ourselves and for Buchou, she's doing all the way possible to turn down the marriage so let's not let her down." He said, his voice echoing through the shower.

"Right. We have to do our best." She said with a serious look on her face, and Daiki found it the exact time to speak to her since it's the first time he saw her serious unlike the past days that she's been flirtatious to him.

He walked out of the shower room, only in a towel, half naked and wet hair. He reached the cabinet and picked another towel rubbing it in his hair."Seems like Buchou's in the clubroom already... Let's go."

...

"If my group has a uniform, then it has to be the uniform of Kuoh academy. We are the members of the Occult Research Club after all. As for Daiki-kun, you can wear your black suit... you seem pretty popular in that suit. We might attract any other devils and be known." Rias replied like that to with a smile.

That's why Ise's battle uniform will be his school uniform. Well, if he was doing martial arts he could have prepared a dougi...but no.

Someone knocked on the door. "Ise-san, may I come in?"

"Yeah, sure." He got a bit shocked when he witnessed the clothing that Asia was wearing. That's because she is wearing a nun outfit but she didn't have her Rosario hanging around her neck she also didn't have her veil on her head. "Asia that outfit…"

"Y-Yes. When I asked Buchou-san, she told me, "Wear something that you feel the most comfortable in". I thought about it a lot, and I found out that this outfit is the easiest for me to move around in. …I'm not a Christian anymore, but I haven't forgotten my beliefs. Even though I'm a Devil now…".

"Yeah. You look the most natural in a nun's outfit. You also look good in our school uniform, but you were dressed in that outfit when I first met you. Yeah, you look great."

"Thank you very much." Asia made a very happy face when the brunette praised her.

"U-Umm, Ise-san?" Asia suddenly becomes hesitant. "Can I sit beside you?"

"Y-Yeah. Sure." Asia approached him who's sitting on bed and then she sits beside him. She then hugs onto his arm tightly.

"W-What's wrong?" He said with a panic, but he can feel her shaking through by his arm.

"…I can't stop shaking when I think that there is a scary battle waiting for us. But if Ise-san is with me, I will be okay."

"Asia…"

"Ehehe. I'm not scared if I'm with Ise-san after all. Can I stay like this until we leave?"

"Sure."

"…Can I stay with you forever from now on?"

"Yeah, we will always be together." He held on to Asia's hand gently and stayed like that till they left the house. After that, they didn't feel nervous anymore and Asia's shaking has also stopped.

...

Around 11.40pm at night—.

The other club members have gathered in the old school building. Waiting in their most relaxing positions. Everyone except Asia and Daiki are wearing their uniform.

Kiba is equipped with a gauntlet on his hands and has some armour on his lower leg. He has his swords against the wall. Koneko was sitting on the chair and reading a book. On her hands, she was wearing a pair of fingerless gloves that allow her fingers to be seen. It's one of those gloves that martial artists wear.

Akeno and Rias were drinking green tea elegantly. Just to be expected from the Onee-samas, they are calm… Asia and Ise sat on the chair quietly while waiting for the time to come. Ten minutes prior to the match, the magic-circle glowed and Grayfia appeared from it. "Is everyone ready? It's ten minutes before the match." Everyone stood up after Grayfia confirmed the group. She then started to explain about the battle. "When it becomes the time to start the battle, you will be teleported to the battlefield through this magic-circle. The location of the place is in a different dimension used for battles. You may fight with all your power. It's a disposable space so feel free to fight to your satisfaction."

"Hey, Buchou?"

"What is it?"

"Buchou, you also have another [Bishop], right? Where is that person?" After he asked the question, everyone except Daiki, Ise and Asia acted weird. It seems like the boy asked something he shouldn't have. It feels like the atmosphere in this room has changed. All of them are keeping their mouth closed.

"Unfortunately, the other [Bishop] can't participate. Though there will be a time when I will talk about that in the near future." Rias said that to without looking at his in the eyes. "This "Rating Game" battle will also be viewed by members of both households from a different location through broadcast."

"Maou Lucifer-sama will also be viewing this battle. Please do not forget about it."

'Maou!? Maou-sama!? Wow, that makes me nervous. Even the one standing above us is paying attention to this match!?' Ise thought.

"Onii-sama is? …I see, so Onii-sama is also going to view this battle."

"Sirzechs... never expected you'll come..." Daiki whispered to himself but everyone heard it and looked at him with a confused look.

"U-Umm, Buchou, you just called Maou-sama "Onii-sama"…? Did I hear wrong?"

But Kiba answered him straight away. "No, Buchou's brother is indeed the Maou-sama."

"M-Maoooooou!? Buchou's Onii-sama is Maou-sama!?"

"Yes." Rias confirmed it straight away.

"Are you confused because Buchou's family name is different to the names of Maou-samas'?" Kiba guesses what the brunette was thinking. It's a bummer but he has it correct.

"Yeah, that's it."

Kiba starts to explain after I admit it reluctantly. "In the previous Great War, the Maou-samas was in a critical condition and has passed away a long time ago. But there would be no Devils if there aren't any Maou-samas. That's why—"

"To tell you the truth, out of the three factions of the God, the Fallen Angels and the Devils, the Devils have the least power. We are actually in a tight spot but we are still safe because the current Maou-samas has a power equal to the previous Maou-samas."

He's pretty shocked to hear that the Maou-samas that have their names recorded in the books you find in the libraries are already dead. "So Buchou's brother was chosen to be a Maou from the Ultimate-class Devils then?"

Kiba nods at the question. "Sirzechs Lucifer—who is also known as the "Crimson Satan". He is Buchou's brother and the most powerful Maou-sama."

"…So that's why Buchou needs to inherit her household."

Daiki just sat there with Akeno sitting on his lap and seemed to have enjoyed the place. But before she's found the comfortable spot Grayfia cut them. "It's about time. Everyone, please head to the magic-circle." The Gremory peerage gather to the magic-circle after Grayfia-san urges them to. "Also, once you get transported, you cannot use the magic-circle until the game ends."

The magic-circle's symbol changed to another one which is not that of the Gremory's and it starts to emit lights. It's also not the symbol of the House of Phoenix. The light covered them and the teleportation began.

'What the, did the teleportation fail? But everyone besides me and Asia are calm and they aren't even shocked about this situation we are in.'

[Hello everyone. I am Grayfia, a maid from the House of Gremory and today I will be the arbiter of the Rating match between the House of Gremory and the House of Phoenix. In the name of my Master, Sirzechs Lucifer, I will be keeping my eye on this match. By using both Rias-sama and Raiser-sama's opinion, we created this battlefield which is a replica of the school, Kuou academy, which Rias-sama attends to in the human world.]

Ise and Asia was shocked to see that the club room looked like the real thing, despite being a replica. They looked out to the window and saw the sky wasn't white but instead dark.

[The location where both teams were transported will be their "base". Rias-sama's "base" would be the Occult Research Cub's clubroom located in the old school building. Raiser-sama's "base" would be the Student Council's room located in the new building. For the [Pawns] to use "promotion", please head to the enemy's base to do it.]

Similar to the actual chess, "promotion" is a special move you are able to do if the [Pawn] reaches the furthest part of the enemy's base. Daiki too can change into any pieces besides the [King] piece.

"Everyone, will you all please put this transceiver in your ears." Akeno gave everyone an earphone type transceiver.

Buchou said it while putting it in her ears, "At the battlefield, we will be using this to communicate with each other."

[Now it's the time for the commencement of the battle. Also, this match will continue till dawn in the humans time. So, Game starts now.] The school bell rings. So this is the ring to signify the start of the match huh. Like this, the first "Rating Game" begins!

"First we have to take down Raiser's [Pawns]. It will be troublesome if they all promote into [Queen]." Rias said it while sitting on the sofa. She's quite confident. Akeno started to prepare tea.

"B-Buchou, you seem pretty calm…"

"Ise, the battle just started. The "Rating Game" is originally a game that doesn't finish in a short time. There are times when it becomes a "blitz", but mostly it's a game that takes very long. Just like the actual chess game." She paused and looked at everyone. "The "Rating Game" has a meaning only if you use the battlefield to the fullest. Usually the base would be a fortress, a castle or even a tower. There are forests and rivers between the two bases and we battle using those areas. This time the school is our stage. Yuuto."

"Yes." Kiba spread a map on the table after Buchou urged him. It showed the whole map of school. It's divided into grids and there are English alphabets and numbers on it. It's broken into grid that is similar to a chessboard.

Rias drew a circle around the old school building and the new school building with a red pen. She marked their base and the enemy's base. "There's a forest near our base. It's safe to assume that this is also our territory. In other words the new school building would be Raiser's territory. It's quite possible that there will be an ambush when you enter their territory. The school field is visible from the new school building. So it's dangerous to pass through here."

Then Rias began the planning.

...

Buchou sent Ise and Koneko off at the entrance. Koneko nodded at Rias. "Yes, I will."

The target is the gym. They need to win the battle that will be await them. The ones that will be heading there is him and Koneko. They are not allowed to fail.

"Then I will be going as well." Kiba was getting ready to go by placing his sword to his hip.

"Yuuto, move accordingly like we discussed."

"Roger that."

"Asia will be on standby with me. But we will be going after we get a signal from Ise and the others. You definitely cannot be taken down. It will be over if we lose our healer."

"Y-Yes!" Asia also replied energetically even though she is nervous. Asia's ability to heal is the lifeline. Because of that ability of hers, they are capable of doing things that is a bit recklessly for strategy.

"Akeno, I trust you to move when you think it's the right time."

"Yes, Buchou." The strongest servant, Akeno. According to Rias, the outcome will be decided with her move. It's all because that she can set the traps that will damage most of Raiser's servants.

Rias stepped forward after she checked everyone. "Now then, my adorable servants. Are you ready? We can't turn back now. Our enemy is Raiser, who is said to be a genius from the immortal House of the Phoenix with a promised career. Now then! Let's go and blow them away!"

[Yes!] All of them replies together and heads off!

Daiki, Ise, Koneko-chan, and Kiba left the old school building.

"Ise-san! Everyone! Please do your best!" Asia's cheered for them from behind. The four raised their hand and waved at her. Daiki had to do his job and he don't need to interfere because he had his own job.

They ran towards the gym. During their way towards the gym, Kiba left them to head to a different direction. It's in the plan for Kiba to leave them at a certain point. "Then I will be waiting for you ahead!"

"Yeah, you just do that!" They splited up after saying their goodbyes. Ise will do his job, and Kiba will do his own. Daiki started to dash straight into the bushes, nobody can sense him due to the fact that he made his aura the same as the surroundings.

He stared at the fellow servant of Gremory, doing their respective job according to the plan. Then Rias' reminder of his role struck him. "Daiki-kun, you need to stay in the bushes… stay hidden. Let them think you're hiding from Riser so they think they got the upper hand, but come out as soon as possible when five members are left in them so it makes things easier." He took a look at the members of Riser Phenex's members going on the offensive not even caring for the traps that Akeno made.

Ise went towards the gym along with Koneko. Since the main entrance is connected to the new school building, the two can't enter from there. That's because their intrusion will be caught by them. They needed to go in from the other door located on the opposite side of the gym. They went there and turn the door knob. It's opened. It's not locked.

They come into the back platform from the back door. Since the curtain isn't down, the inside is visible. Ise tried to look at the court from the corner of the platform, but then Koneko muttered. "…Presence. Enemy."

"We know you are there, servants of Gremory! We watched you coming inside." The voice of a woman, one of Raiser's servants said after stating they saw them coming inside.

'Then there is no need for us to hide ourselves.' Koneko-chan and Ise show themselves to them by appearing at the platform boldly. There are four female Devils standing at the court. The woman with a china dress, the twins and also the loli girl who almost knocked him down with a stick.

"If I remember right, the woman with the china dress is the [Rook]. The twins are the [Pawns]. And the small girl is also a [Pawn]. I know it because we were explained about the enemies while having the photo of them shown to us at the clubroom before we came here." He whispered to Koneko who seemed to nod at him. "Boosted Gear, standby."

[Boost!] The Boost began, and can be heard throughout the room.

"…I will leave the [Pawns] to you, Ise-senpai. I will take care of the [Rook]."

"Yeah!" Both Koneko and Ise stand in front of their own opponent. The china dress woman made a kung fu stance and the small girl made a stance with her stick.

Then the thing that scared Ise the most is that the twin brought out their chainsaw. The chainsaws started while making a dangerous sound. "Disassembling time " Both of the twins say that happily.

"Hey! You can't say things like that with a bright voice!"

Koneko and the china dress woman have already begun their fight a bit further away from him. It's a martial arts match because of all the punches they are throwing at each other. Each hit looked powerful since both of them are [Rooks]. Ise thought that Koneko is at an advantage because of her small build, which allowed her to move more freely but the china dress woman is also moving swiftly while doing tricky attacks.

The [Pawn] girl spun the stick professionally while making a sound. Her name is Mira. Then he got a nasty flashback. Acting all mighty and ended up almost getting hit by that stick without doing anything.

"Split, split, split, split, split!" The twins came right at him while grinding their chainsaws to the floor. The chainsaws were making sparkles and they swung them at him. He can hear a nasty sound near his ear. Somehow he managed to dodge it… he tackled one of the twins with his shoulder and put some distance between them.

A sound of something being pointed at Ise from behind. "Wow!" Ise also dodged this attack by a margin as well. The stick passed through his armpit sharply. It's an attack from the girl called Mira and at last he somehow dodged it this time. And he felt too happy about it boosting his confidence. "My body can move more than I thought! It was because of the training and also because Buchou unsealed some of the power of the [Pawn] pieces inside me!" When he showed some confidence, the chainsaw grazed his cheek. From the pain he suddenly felt, it's certainly bleeding. He looked carefully and saw his uniform is cut in different places.

[Boost!] The second power up. The girls still doesn't hesitate to attack during the boost. But Ise dodged the attacks that are coming from above by moving his body to the side, and dodge the attacks coming from the side by jumping and ducking down; he seemed like a dancer in the air while doing that and guarding the attacks of the stick that is coming from the front by crossing his arms.

The sound of the china dress woman. When Ise looked, the china dress woman has her hands on the floor and Koneko is still maintaining her fighting stance. "Wow. I can tell that Koneko-chan is at an advantage by the looks of it."

"Geez! If we lose to a guy like him, Raiser-sama will get mad at us!" One of the chainsaw girls fixed her position and made a negative comment. "We will definitely dissemble you into pieces!" The twin turned on their chainsaws once again.

In the end, he dodged the attacks and unleashed his ultimate secret weapon that he designed himself: Dress Break that caused the women to curse him for being a pervert but all Ise did was stared at them naked. "Ahahahahaha! How's that!? This is my technique! And the name of it is "Dress Break"! I just kept on imaging the girl's clothing getting blown away into pieces! I spent all of the talent I have in making a technique that will make all of the girls naked!" He looked at them more…"Yes, you can say I spent all of my talent I have in using my demonic-power for this reason! I don't have talent at using demonic-power in the first place. So I just turned what I'm good at imagining into reality by using up all of the talent I have."

"You are the worst! You are the enemy of every woman!"

"Beast! You sex fiend!" The chainsaw twins starts to bad mouth him while having tears in their eyes. And he thought that he will gladly accept those words.

"...I misjudged you." Koneko's muttering, yet he heard from far away impales his heart… Then heard a sound from the transceiver he had on his ear.

[Ise, Koneko. Can you hear me? It's me.] Rias' voice can be heard and Koneko also heard it.

"Yes! Both Koneko-chan and I are safe! More like we are doing well right now!"

[That's good to hear. But Akeno's preparation is also completed! I want you two to move accordingly with the plan!] Buchou's order, Ise nodded after exchanging a glance with Koneko. Koneko and he went to the central entrance while ignoring the girls who are down on the floor.

"Are you running away!? This location is supposed to be a crucial place!" Raiser's servants become shocked by their actions. Koneko and Ise left from the central entrance.

An instant flash. Then…

A huge lightning falls down onto the gym with a sound. When the lightning stops, the gym that is supposed to be in front of them got wiped out. "Take." Akeno's voice. Thunder can be heard throughout the building, and Daiki looked up proud of what his girl had done and smiled to himself.

He stared at her flying, "That's my girl…" When the pair turned around, they can see Akeno-san with a smiley face that is flying through the air with her black wings spread. She has her right hand raised upwards and her hand is sparkling with electricity.

[Raiser Phoenix-sama's three [Pawns] and one [Rook] retires!] Grayfia's voice who is the arbiter echoes through the battlefield.

"Wait, so with that attack just now, the enemies Koneko-chan and I were fighting got defeated!? Are you serious!? With that one attack!? Oh yeah, I heard this from Kiba before. "The "Priestess of Lightning", that's Akeno-san's nickname. Since Buchou isn't the age where she can play in the official matches, not many people know about Akeno-san, but she is famous among certain group of people." He said to himself "We did it, Koneko-chan." Ise tried to put his hand on her shoulder, but she avoided him.

"…Please don't touch me…" She says that with a scorn voice and she's glaring.

That reaction saddens him. "Hahaha, don't worry. I won't use it on my comrades."

"…Even so, it is a very low technique."

[Everyone, can you hear me? Akeno did a perfect attack and finished it. With this, the first phase of our plan is completed.] They can hear Rias's voice from the transceiver in their ears. She sounded really happy. Her plan -That is to destroy the gymnasium that was thought to be a crucial point. Also destroying it along with Raiser's servants.

Koneko and Ise went through the back door of the gym to enter, but they did this act while knowing that the enemies were watching. Needing to have them battle by making the opponent come into the gym as well. They simply needed to flee after they fight them for a certain time. After that, Akeno destroyed the gym with her lightning from the sky.

"We were a bait to make the enemy come inside the cage. Then we, the bait, left the cage and destroyed it along with the prey." Ise thought out loud.

[That lightning takes time to charge it to use for the second time after she uses it. So using it continuously is impossible. Though the enemy still has a greater number than us. We will also head out as soon as Akeno's demonic-power recovers, so I will leave the rest to each of you till then. So please move on to the next phase!]

"Yes!" Rias and Asia were heading out, while Ise and Koneko's next move is to regroup with Kiba and defeat the enemy located at the sports court. It happens then…

A sudden explosive sound is made nearby. When he look at where the sound came from. "…K-Koneko-chan!" His comrade was lying on the floor a bit away from him while smokes arose from her. Ise went to her quickly and held her with a worried look on his face. Her uniform was torn as if she was dragged into a bomb. There are parts of her uniform that are gone.

"Take." An unknown voice. When Ise looked up, there is a shadow up in the air flying with its wings spread. It's a woman dressed up as a mage and wearing her hood. "Fufufu. When you hunt a prey, the best time to take them down is when the prey accomplished something because that's the time when the prey is the most vulnerable. It's enough for us to "sacrifice" many of our pieces in order to take down one of you. Your group has a small number of members to begin with. That alone will be enough to give a huge damage to your group, right? Even if you defeat us, you cannot defeat Raiser-sama. It's useless to resist." The magician woman laughed as she found it amusing.

"…Ise-senpai… Akeno-senpai…" Koneko-chan speaks with a voice that is about to disappear. "…I'm sorry …I wanted to be of more use to Buchou and everyone…"

"Y-You don't have to apologize! We were doing our job! It's not a problem! Just wait, once Asia arrives, she can heal you—" Koneko's body gets enveloped with light. The body starts to fade and then it disappears from there.

[Rias Gremory-sama's [Rook] retries.] Guilt run down through Ise's body, and he felt so worried for her even though Rias already told him that they cannot die in the game. His body shakes with anger. "Come down heeeeeere! I'll be your opponent!" Ise ignored about the next plan and started provoking the enemy who defeated Koneko.

'But I still can't forgive her. Koneko-chan was crying just before she disappeared. She was crying because of regrets!'

"Fufufu. What a noisy [Pawn] boy. Do you want to explode like that girl from before?" The mage put her hands towards him like his going to get shot.

"Ara ara. I will be your opponent. Raiser Phoenix-sama's [Queen], Yubelluna-san. Or should I call you the "Bomb Queen"?" Akeno came between them as if she is trying to protect him.

"I don't like that name because of its bad taste, "Priestess of Lightning". Though I was hoping I can fight you."

"Ise-kun, meet up with Yuuto-kun. I will take care of here."

"B-But!" Ise try to convince her but Akeno showed a serious face to him for the first time. His heart raced and he can feel the extreme pressure from her.

"Ise-kun. You have your own role, correct? Go then. This matter here is my job." She looked at him with a smile. "It's okay. I will avenge Koneko-chan. I will defeat this [Queen] with everything I have!"

"Akeno-san! I will leave this place to you!" After he say that, he turn around and head towards the sports court where Kiba is waiting for.

Right after that, a violent roar of lightning and explosions echoes from behind him.

The battle changes from the opening to the mid-game—.

Chapter 11 Part 2: GhostFriend

"Here! Look, there's an enemy here running from that direction!" She said and looked at him. Daiki was sitting under the tree waiting for another announcement of Raiser's servants retiring and found it music to his ears. He's accompanied by Yuuko, the ghost he just saved from being trapped in a school. For now he keeps her because she said that Daiki was the first one to see her and treats him as precious as she wanted him to be.

Yuuko was in the middle of the school yard looking at the enemy, taking advantage of her being a ghost. For now Daiki lets her to be the one to tell him about what's happening since he can't look outside of thinking maybe he would be caught. He can't even speak, afraid of the enemy hearing him. He never cared if the enemy caught him since he can beat them even with a blindfold in him but if that happens, his cover will be blown.

The ghost lady walked to where he was, he was there staring up at the sky looking bored of what to do. Ryujin had been sleeping for almost a week, saying he wasn't used anymore so there's nothing he can't do but sleep. Sara was in Daiki's mindscape in the city of Rouran, and the last week the silver haired boy found out that he can put Yuuko in his own mindscape and for a week she's been in Rouran together with Sara.

Once she approached him, a naughty idea came up to her mind and decided to do it. She sat beside him and opened the top button of her clothing revealing her cleavage to him. "Could you take a look at this? I tried to wear a bra today you see?" She said as she rubbed her breasts to his arm and let him take a look at her.

"W-what are you doing?!" He asked in a loud whisper as he leaned back trying to avoid any body contact from her. "I can't afford to blow my cover."

"Then just shut up and look at it, if you want… you can touch it." She said a little shy with a slight blush on her face.

Something happened during Ise's way to the sports court where Kiba was waiting for him.

[Raiser Phoenix-sama's three [Pawns] retires.]

With this, seven of their pieces have been defeated. With this, they have nine members left including Raiser. Rias' only have six members left with Koneko-chan gone. It's a situation where they still can't let our guard down!

Someone then grabbed his arm while his on the way to the court. At first he thought it was an enemy and made his fighting stance, but the one who was holding his arm is Kiba. He's putting on a refreshing smile like always.

"Oh, it's you."

"Yup." Kiba was observing the sports court from behind the storage room which is a blind spot from the court.

"Sorry, Kiba. Koneko-chan is…"

"I know it since I heard the announcement as well. She must be feeling regrets. I never knew what she was always thinking about, but she was really pumped for this match. She was working hard when we were setting the traps in the forest."

"...Let's win."

"Of course, Ise-kun. They both hit our knuckles together. Ise knew that Kiba pissed him off during their normal school life, but he is the most dependable ally in terms of battle. Occult Research Club's male trio, together with Daiki. It will be a shame if the duo didn't show guts right here, then they will look totally uncool in front of the girls.

"Also, was it you who defeated the enemy [Pawns]?"

Kiba nodded at the boy's question. "Yeah. The clubroom located at the sports court is an important location. So it's natural that there are lots of enemies. I somehow managed to lure the [Pawns] that were keeping their eyes over there and took them down. But the person in charge of this location is quite calm and hasn't responded to my provocation. Well, it seems like she used the [Pawns] to watch my attacks. Seems like Raiser Phoenix likes to battle by sacrificing his servants. It's something only he is able to pull off because of his immortality and the number of servants he has." Kiba was smiling, but his eyes aren't, "The enemies who are in charge of here are one [Knight], one [Rook], and one [Bishop]. Three pieces in total."

"…That's a severe defense."

"Well, that's how much they are keeping up their guard for this place. Against our intrusion here, that is. Since we eliminated the gym, they will put more strength here. Anyway Daiki's there hiding, so when we eliminated them it's a lot easier to win." The two routes that were seen as a path to the bases. The route from the gym and the route from the sports court that is behind the new school building. Rias chose to destroy one path, so the only place they need to guard is this sports court.

So it will be natural for them to increase the strength there. Well, because of the plan earlier, it ended by making their [Queen] come to the front lines…

"Are you nervous?" Kiba asked with a smile.

"O-Of course! I basically have no battle experience! And now I'm here in an actual battle. I would be a grunt compared to you who is full of battle experience."

"I have the powerful Boosted Gear. That will be enough for me to be a threat. But the wielder, which is me, is still a newbie in terms of battle. It's like a waste of treasure. But still, I want to fight for Buchou. I want to do something for Buchou. Even if I'm a weakling on this battlefield, I won't go down without a fight. If I'm going to get defeated, I will at least take many opponents down along with me."

"Look."

While Ise try to make his determination strong, Kiba showed his hand. They're shaking… "Ise-kun, you said I have a lot of battle experience. That's certainly true. But it's my first time participating in the Rating Game. A serious battle between Devils. Even if this match is a special case, it doesn't change the fact that it's a serious fight. We get involved in Devils fights, whether we like it or not. And this is our first game. We can't show them even a slight opening in our guard. This is a match where we have to give it all we got as Buchou's servant Devils. It's something that will be important even in the future. I feel delighted and also scared. I don't want to forget the feeling of my hands' shaking. This feeling of being nervous, this intense atmosphere, I want to feel everything and turn it into my experience. Let's become stronger together, Ise-kun."

"Then let's do a combination that would make the girls get aroused."

"Hahaha! Does it mean that I'm the one who goes from "behind"?"

"Dumbass! If it's sticking in, then it's my job! I mean, no! Die, handsome!"

Then they both heard a loud voice of a brave woman.

(SKIP…)

While they were fighting, Daiki still tried to stop the urge to help Akeno, he saw that both of them are exchanging attacks and neither have any advantage to each other. Then he saw something hanging from the mage's neck. "Phenex Tears… Dammit!"

[Raiser Phoenix-sama's two [Pawns], two [Knights], and one [Bishop], retires.]

With that announcement, he saw that Riser's peerage's number had decrease drastically and he immediately dashed off to Akeno…

"Yes!" Ise made a victory pose after hearing Grayfia's announcement. With that attack, it took down a large number of their servants. "I can do it! We can do it! With this new power, "Gift", Buchou, Akeno-san and Kiba's power will increase! Oh yeah! We can even enhance Asia's healing ability!"

"Ise-kun. I'm surprised. This power…" Kiba looks around at the various demonic swords with an awestruck look. He seems surprised since his ability did more effects than he thought.

As Daiki dashed to Akeno, the mage was almost about to spell the bomb that nearly touched Akeno but Daiki managed to grab her bridal style and fall on the ground safely, "Are you fine? Sorry I'm late. Don't worry I can heal you." He said continuously that didn't gave her the chance to answer them one by one.

She looked at him half-closed eyes due to the hurt and pain she'd go through. "I don't think I can make it… Tell Ise and the rest… to do your… best." She held her head back, and her eyes closed to his fear.

Her body disperses from his touch. It's been the second time he saw a woman that he love that way, and it struck his mind. He looked above to Yubelluna, with a serious look on his face. "Let's dance…"

"Yeah, Kiba. I used the gauntlet to strengthen your—" That instant, an announcement which they can't believe is revealed.

[Rias Gremory-sama's [Queen] retires.]

"—!?'

"What!?" Kiba and Ise can't believe their ears.

The ground vibrates violently and heard a familiar noise. The sound came from where Kiba is. When Ise looked in that direction timidly, he lost his words…

[Rias Gremory-sama's [Knight] retires.]

Another unbelievable announcement echoes through the field. Ise can only stand there in a daze with the continued outcome of unexpected events… The world of demonic swords that is covering the sports ground. But by losing its master, the demonic swords make a sound and start to shatter one by one. The fragments of demonic swords that float in the air of the sports ground while making a silver glow. It's making a magical atmosphere due to the sparkling lights. All of the demonic swords disappears from the sports ground within few seconds. Without a second to spare, Ise catch a glimpse of a shadow up in the air. When he look up, there is a magician with a hood. With Daiki looking at her from a distance to me, he had a very serious look on his face because of Akeno and Kiba being retired. "Let's dance…"

—It's Raiser's [Queen]

"The [Knight], eliminated." Raiser's [Queen] makes derisive laughter while saying that cold word. That moment, Ise snap.

"Were you the one who did in Kiba and Akeno-san!?" He shouted at them. "Come down here! Akeno-san! Koneko-chan! And Kiba! I will avenge them! Come down! I will take you down with my Sacred Gear so come doooooown!"

Then Daiki looked at Ise, "GO TO BUCHOU, I'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS BITCH… TAKE CARE OF BUCHOU AND ASIA… I'M GONNA TEACH HER HOW TO DANCE." He said with an evil grin to her.

Ise stood up slowly and managed to face the direction of the school building. When he was thinking of going, someone speaks to him. "Are you still going to continue to fight?" When Ise turn around, Raiser's sister comes down from the sky with her wings of fire. Ise make a stance against her but she shrugs her shoulders. "I'm not going to fight any more. Because no matter how you think about it, it's your group's loss."

"Shut up. Neither me or Buchou and Daiki have fallen yet."

"The power of the Dragon from earlier. It certainly was something tremendous. To transfer the power you boosted to the person you choose. I think it's an abnormal power and thinking of Rias-sama's power of destruction and "Priestess of Lightning" power's rising scares me. That power would be a threat to the High-class Devils in the Rating Game in the future. —But it's your group's loss for this battle."

"…Is it because Phoenix is immortal?"

"That's part of it but also because both you and Rias-sama barely have any stamina left, correct? Even if you can heal any wounds, you can't heal stamina. In this situation you will lose because you will get even more worn out. Also—" Raiser's sister took out a small bottle… He mistook it as a holy water but... "—Phoenix's Tear. Have you heard of it? This is it. Our tears can heal all types of injuries." She stopped for a while… "Don't say it's cheating. Your group also has a person who possesses the "Twilight Healing", correct?" She says it as if she read his mind. "And it even is in the rule book that "Only two Devils participating in the Rating Game can use it". It was restricted because it was too powerful. Well, that would be natural. In our case our [Queen] and myself was in possession of it. That's why our [Queen] was able to defeat the "Priestess of Lightning". Also our tears are sold for high prices. Thanks to that, the House of Phoenix is very wealthy. Only good things happened since the game was created. Immortality and tears, this certainly is our age." Raiser's sister started to speak proudly.

He made up his mind again and walk towards the building.

"H-Hold on! Are you ignoring me!? You are going to lose anyway so it's safer to stay here with me!?"

"Shut up. Just talk to yourself bird-girl. If you get close to me I will strip you naked." Raiser's sister makes a stance to defend herself. Ise move towards the building. After a while, he heard a shrill voice from behind. "I got into the building from the back door and am running through the corridor. My goal is the rooftop! To Buchou's side!"

"Promotion! [Queen]!"

Buchou and Raiser are confronting each other. Asia is looking at them nervously from a distance. Meanwhile, Daiki used his devil wings to fly to Yubelluna with his boosted gear in his right hand and he's attacking her with a Rapier in his hands piercing her with quick attacks that made her like dancing everytime she avoids but failed in the least…

Her body full with blood, and in the end Daiki just stabbed her with the back of the sword…

Rias is inhaling her breath painfully. Her beautiful crimson hair is messed up and her uniform is torn. Ise then inhale a large amount of air and,

"Buchoooooooou! Hyoudou Issei, here at your seeeeeervice!" He said it out loudly so everyone on the rooftop can hear him. Everyone's gazes are directed at the brunette.

"Ise!"

"Ise-san!"

Buchou and Asia made a shout of joy.

"The Dragon-brat, huh. That Ravel, she let him pass huh." Raiser made a sound with his tongue.

"Don't mess around Raiser!" The angered Rias shoots her demonic-power ball at Raiser's face! He doesn't even dodge it and receives it on his face. Raiser's face returns to its original shape since the flame turns into his face and hair. Raiser starts to twitch his neck as if nothing happened.

"You're not even interesting to fight." Raiser said mocking Rias and Ise. "Rias, resign. You will make your Otou-sama and Sirzechs-sama who are watching from another place look bad. You have no more choices. Everyone already has foreseen the outcome. —It's checkmate, Rias." Raiser says it as if he can see the outcome. But Buchou just glares at him.

"Shut your mouth, Raiser. I won't give up! They knew the outcome? I have no more choices? Me, the [King], is still active you know?" Buchou laughs fearlessly. Ise went to Buchou's side and stand between Raiser and her.

"Asia, stay back after you heal us."

"!" Asia puts on a shocked face. Her expression tells that she didn't imagine for him to say that to her. "If Asia stays, then you can heal me and Buchou. You are like our lifeline." Asia has a sad face that seems like she wants to say something. But she closes her lips and steps back.

"Buchou. The battle continues right?"

"Yes it does!" Rias sounds as if she hasn't given up yet.

"But only me, Buchou, Daiki and Asia are left. And Asia is captured. He on the other hand is immortal. He also has two servants as well. The situation is the worst." Ise make a grin and say it out loudly. "But I won't give up. I'm dumb so I don't know anything about "foreseen" or "checkmate". But I can still fight. I can continue fighting as long as I can crunch my fist!"

"Well said! Ise, let's defeat Raiser together!"

"Yes Buchou!" Rias ordered him proudly like usual.

"Let's go!"

[Burst]

Then suddenly, the Boosted Gear's exhausted that the jewel shut down. Means that Ise won't be able to use once in a while. Raiser laughed hard at that and reached Ise to punch him in the face. The Yakitori grabbed Ise's shirt and was about to punch him then…

[Raiser Pheonix-sama's [Queen] retired!]

That announcement made Raiser stepped back as Daiki dropped on the ground with the Fallen Angel wing hiding his face like a caterpillar hiding in its cocoon and the devil wing used for dropping down safely. He hid the wings back, and looked at Raiser ferociously. "Are you fine Buchou? Ise? Asia-chan?"

"We're fine, but Ise-san seemed exhausted…" Asia said as she hid to Rias slowly.

Daiki remove the golden laces in his black suit, removed his white tie and unbutton the gold that keeps the suit together. Once he removed the black suit, he's left with a black polo sleeves and walked to Rias slowly putting his black suit in her. "Dress this up, your clothes is torn apart. It's not good to show your body to this twerp."

"Thank you…" Rias muttered while putting the suit in her crossing it.

"I'll take care of fried chicken," Daiki said as he looked at Riser with serious look and back to Ise. "Ise, would you please keep on boosting your gear? It seems like I needed it." Due to exhaustion, he just nodded.

Meanwhile, Raiser began to bring up a serious match. He released a fire wings on his back that emitted heat. "Seems like I have to be serious…" Once Daiki looked back at him, Raiser quickly grabbed his throat in a serious grip. "I'm going to kill you now, by choking you out of your life!" He thought he was winning but Daiki doesn't even struggle, not feeling any pain from it.

"Is that the best you got?" Daiki said and his body turned into water making Raiser touched the water. Raiser gasped for air as the water touched his hands. Yakitori's hand then slowly burned, not from the fire but from the water. "Damn it! What kind of water is this!?"

"My Exiled Longinus-can create any shit out of water… even this water can turn into diamond, and anything solid. Pretty weird right? Not just any water, it has a LOT of things." He said as he grabbed Raizer's collar, "The one that touched you was Holy Water, and despite being a devil I won't get affected by it because of the Sacred Gear that's compatible with my body."

Raiser looked at his hands that are burning… Now it's time for Daiki to grip his throat and he dashed forward while smashing Raiser's head to the ground continuously. He threw Raiser above and he appeared above him, kicking him down that hit his head earning a blood on his head.

Being a phoenix, the blood goes to nothing and he immediately recovered. "Damn you! You can't beat me. I am a Pheonix!" Fried chicken got up from the ground and his opponent fall beside him safely.

"Ise, would you please transfer the power to me? I'd hate to use my sacred gear now especially when my enemy's a chicken…" Daiki pointed to Raiser who's just getting up. The silver haired guy released a small amount of water, as small as a half grain of rice.

"I'll gladly help!" Ise put his hand above his head. "If that's guy my enemy, I'll do it. Boosted Gear, transfer!"

[Transfer!] The sound of the brunette's gear echoed loudly, and transferred his power to Daiki and the water that came from Daiki that was once small as a half grain of rice began to be as big as a ball form and he blasted it into Raiser. He turned around hands in his pocket, closed eyes with a serious face.

Raiser screamed from his lungs at the pain that he felt, as a ball-sized holy water touched his face and it felt so bad for him. "You can't even keep up a good match, no… it's not even a match for me." Daiki paused for a bit, "Ise…"

"Hai!" The brunette put his right hand on his forehead like what a soldier with do to his general.

The silver haired boy just laughed a bit at his reaction, "You want to take revenge on him right? So does Buchou right? Both of you can do what you want now… He can feel pain now. Hate him, take revenge on him. And make him feel pain…" Daiki looked at the roof where Rias was, "I want Buchou to take the final hit on him… For being a pain in the ass."

As he said, Rias jumped down and looked at Ise waiting for him to act on Raiser first. Ise brought his Boosted Gear, he ran to Yakitori and punched him so hard that Raiser was thrown about a meter or two away. "This punch is for Koneko-chan!" He punched again in the other side, "This is for Kiba!" He kicked Raiser in the face, "This is for Akeno-san!" He punched him continuously, "And this… this is for Buchou!" Ise delivered his last punch to Raiser that made him fly upwards as Ise uppercut Raiser. The wielder of the Boosted Gear turned to Rias and smiled to her, and returned to Daiki, "Thank you Daiki, I couldn't done this without you!"

"Damn you! That fucking hurts! You're gonna pay you bitch!" Raiser cursed.

""Ise watch out!"" Rias and Daiki said in unison, as Raiser throw a fast punch for Ise with flame in his hands and throw another good punch at Ise's gut and twisted his fist to make it deeper as blood came out of Ise's mouth. Asia followed down and was about to run to Ise to heal him but Raiser also throw a fireball at Asia. "Asia watch out!" Rias warned but it's too late…

[Rias Gremory-sama's [Bishop] Retired!]

Another cruel announcement rang throughout the battlefield. "How's that Pawn-kun? Does it hurt? Hahaha that's what you get for punching me, bitch!" Raiser shouted at Ise who was still on the ground in Rias' arms holding Ise.

"Ise, are you alright?" Rias asked with tears forming in her eyes.

Ise puts his hands on Rias' cheek and putting away the tears that's about to fall down. "Sorry Buchou… I guess this is it… Do your best… You can beat him…"

Rias bended down and kissed Ise on the cheek as he began to decapitate "Ise."

Daiki ran towards his pal who's in Rias' arms, "Don't worry Ise, I'll heal you, don't panic… just hold it a little longer." he turned to Raiser with hatred filled in his eyes. "Fuck You! Go to hell!" Daiki screamed at Raiser and within a blink of an eye he appeared in front of Raiser and punched him so quick like bullets for so many times with a ferocious eyes and brought out a weapon. "Forbidden Sledgehammer!" a long steel with large hammer on the end appeared before his eyes. He spun it as he grabbed it and smashed Raiser in the face blood coming out of his head and looked like it broken his skull.

"Buchou… Please eliminate him…" Daiki requested while he ran towards Ise, and used his Longinus to heal the fallen boy. "Omega!", a white magic came out of the Longinus and began to engulf the injured boy. It lasted long until his whole body is covered and the omega shone bright and revealed the newly healed Ise. "I should have beat you earlier, but I figured out that everyone needs experience in battle, but this time it's the end of the line!"

"Affirmative." Rias replied and emits a dark power in her and form a Magic of Destruction on her hands and readied to throw it at Raiser. "This is for my adorable servants Riser Phenex, CHECKMATE!"

And with one SWOOSH, the battle ended…

[Riser Phenex-sama Lost! Rias Gremory-sama Wins!]

With that announcement, Rias cried pure of joy and smiled at Daiki, "Thank you, Daiki-kun." And she kissed him on the cheek like what she did to Ise…

Chapter 11 Part 3: Koneko's Brother Figure

Now that the match had ended, Ise, Rias and Daiki went to the clinic where the fellow servant of Daiki was treated. As both of them were on the hallway, Rias seemed worried with mix of happiness. Worried of her servants that were injured in the match and Happy for the fact that the marriage was canceled as they won. When they reached the room they saw that most of them were severely injured while some just have bruises on their bodies.

Daiki studied everyone, everyone seemed to had burnt their skins but it's treated by the nurses that seemed to do pretty well on their job. All of them saw the remaining two people, as in devil, in the open door and have sad looks on their faces thinking they should have been more help to the peerage but smiled as their master smiled at their good work.

"Are my servants alright?" Rias asked the nurses eagerly to check if her servants are fine and the nurses gave their nods and left the room to give them the space and their time after the breathtaking match.

Kiba was the first one to speak, "I'm sorry Buchou, I should have dodged that attack. If I did, I could have done better." The [Knight] looked down on the bedsheet as he sat on the bed, thinking low of himself as he remembered how he got hit by the bomb and left the game.

Asia seconded, "Me too Buchou, I'm sorry if I worried you too Ise-san. I should not recklessly run down to heal you…"

Akeno was about to speak but Daiki slowly walked to her and hugged her gently, rubbing both sides of her shoulders digging her head to his manly chest. "Don't speak."

"But-" She's cut off directly by the silver haired boy.

"You shouldn't attack that carelessly; remember that you're the [Queen] piece that the [King] needed the most. Never do that again, you shouldn't worry us."

Ise intercepted the moment as he shouted loud the room that it echoes, "Gah! A-a-a…"

"A what Ise-kun?" Kiba looked at him with a confused look, and followed where his look was and saw a…

"C-c-c-c-cockroach!" The brunette shouted as he jumped to Rias who was beside him. He clung to her like what a kid would do.

Daiki sweatdropped at the view in front of him and laughed followed by Kiba and everyone else. Ise just asked 'What?' and told everyone how scary a cockroach would be as it flies to you. Rias pulled Ise down slowly as she asked, "Why won't we group hug for our success?"

"Hai!" Everyone shouted at the top of their lungs "FOR BUCHOU'S SUCCES!" as they group hugged and went back to the real clubroom and take their leave. Akeno opened the magic circle and went back to the clubroom; Ise actually liked the way his body leaves the place and teleported to another place.

Everyone took their leave and went to their respective houses, Daiki told Akeno and Rias to go early and he will talk to Koneko after figuring out that she didn't talk since she lost. He walked to the clubroom and saw Koneko looking at the sweets in her hand, chewing it slowly while staring into nothing in the room. For Daiki, she seemed a little… depressed.

"How are you feeling lately?" He asked sincerely, not wanting any trouble from a fellow servant. Koneko stared at him and she moved a little to the side of the couch signaling him to sit next to her. He took the offer and sat next to her and asked her again, "I know how you feel. I don't get lost in a fight much often but, if I do… I took it seriously and get depressed. But through those hard matches that I'd experienced before it gives me the motivation to strive harder. It's better if you take things as a challenge than mopping around thinking why you lost."

Koneko looked at him and put the sweets back to the desk in front of her, she had some tears in her eyes that are held back. "I just wanted to be used better in the match; I wanted to prove myself to Buchou and to the others. I put on a face just to let them know I'm strong but I just put on a font in front of them." Daiki looked surprised by the sudden act of Koneko, it's the first time he saw her talked that long.

He smiled at her and looked at the open window and walked to it, he stared at the moon shining bright shining up his face. "You know what, you kinda remind me of my sister." He said as he remembered her brunette sister, "But you're older in a year I guess, she's just taller." Koneko took it as a compliment and nodded wiping away the tears that are about to fall down.

"I also have a sibling, but she's a woman." Koneko muttered and Daiki looked her way, now that he remembered it there's also a cat girl that he knew. He had worked with her along with other men in a group fighting for creating a war. But now he shook his head forgetting his past.

He made his feet do the work and now in front of her and kneeled down, "Forget those dark memories; they just put us into something worse. They don't do any good for us; if they do… it's never gonna be happiness."

"Onee-chan…"

"What did you say?" He asked not sure if his ears were playing with him.

"Onee-chan…" After hearing it twice, he hugged Koneko in a brotherly act, and rubbing the top of her head gently.

"You can call me that." Now that Koneko have a brother figure, she won't do anything that he will dislike and she will work harder. They went home after that and Daiki walked to the room silently seeing two beautiful figures on the bed. He made up his mind that he will serve as an inspiration to his Younger Sister Figure and slept on the couch afraid of bothering the two ladies.

The next day…

"So, like how I just explained, I, Rias Gremory, will also be living in this house. I might be inexperienced but please take care of me, Otou-sama, Okaa-sama." At the living room of Hyoudou residence, a crimson hair beauty was next to Ise and Daiki greeting the brunette's parents. And there was another beauty with blonde hair next to Ise with teary eyes and unpleasant face. She seems to be in a very bad mood.

After that incident, Rias suddenly said she would live with Ise's house together with Daiki and Akeno. The silver haired boy asked what will happen to their old house, and said that she will leave it that way.

Ise can't understand what she meant, but she mostly forced herself to make this happen. She did say, "I want to strengthen the relationship with my servants", but Ise didn't think that his house is not enough for Rias.

The engagement thing between the house of Gremory and the house of Phoenix was cancelled, Rias was so happy that she think it's a happy ending.

That Raiser went into a slump after experiencing his first defeat of his life. And right now, they're just enjoying their life much better as devils in the human world.

A/N: I'M VERY SORRY FOR THE DELAY… I REALLY FEEL BAD. FOR THE RELATIONSHIP OF KONEKO AND DAIKI, IT'S JUST A BROTHER-SISTER NOTHING PERSONAL. I WON'T TELL THE CONDITIONS OF WHEN I WILL UPDATE BECAUSE IF I DO THAT, I FEEL LIKE I BRIBED YOU FOR IT AND I WANTED YOU TO DO IT PERSONALLY NOT JUST BECAUSE I BRIBED YOU FOR IT. XD

*PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I JUST MADE ANY CORRECTIONS OR MISTAKES :(

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