Hey guys! Here is the next chapter! The chapter after this one will be back in the school and ill try to deepen the Koneko and Akeno relationship.. or perhaps... perhaps ill time skip to an important part in my story. A drama/tragedy scene. It will be important as the last chapter gave a hint to what will be occurring in the next chapter((If I decide to do something like that)).

I own nothing but some of the plot. Enjoy.

28 days later.

It was the day of the match between the Gremory Group and the Spartans. The battle was being watched by Sirzechs who was Rias's brother. Her mother, father and Grayfia who was her sister in law, was also there. The battlefield was Kuou academy and the Spartans base was in principals office while Gremory had their club house.

"Alright, remember. Our opponent are the Spartans. They are a group of highly trained military operatives and most likely they will be ruthless. Take down them swiftly. Only two of them have sacred gears and they are new to being devils. According to our informant, Kano who is the king of the Spartans, the weakness of the King is Issei, Koneko and Kiba. Koneko. You said that you would be the major threat to him right?"

Koneko nodded. "Yes. My powers awakened thanks to Kano are also one of the things that threatens him greatly."

"Good. Issei and Koneko need to go to the gymnasium. This is the middle and we should see a bunch of them. They have a total of nine Two knights, one rook, one bishop, four pawns and their king. The Bishop is also a large threat. This is Dimitri. He is the only one besides Kano who has a sacred gear. Be careful. We only have 6 players. They have 9. Kiba. We need you and Akeno to prepare the trap we discussed. Akeno, you and Kiba will then flank in the forest and aim for any of their pieces not at the base or at the gym. at their base. Me and Asia will advance on the king when its safe. Now lets win this!"

"Yes!" Everyone yelled.

[Attention. The battle begins in five minutes. Prepare the last of your strategies.] Grayfia said over an intercom.

Five minutes later...

[The battle now starts.]

Everyone went to their destinations. Issei and Koneko arrived in the gym and felt only one presence. Koneko and Issei were both shocked to see Kano standing in the middle, shirtless. It showed off his powerful muscles. He had both hands in his pockets, waiting for them to come out.

"Rias! The king is in the gym! I repeat, The King is in the gym!"

"Roger that Issei! Take him down now! Use his recklessness against him!"

"Right! Balance Breaker countdown!"

[Boost!] The Gauntlet said.

Koneko walked down the steps, cautious when Issei just charged at Kano head first. Kano smirked as Issei closed in.

"... Wait Issei! Its a trap!"

But it was too late. The trap was sprung.

Kano removed his hands from his pocket and then he threw something into Isseis eyes. It was sand and dirt. Issei yelped in pain from the debris and swung his hand out in a left jab. Kano blocked and delivered a right cross to his left cheek.

Akeno rushed inside the gym with Kiba, as everyone began to close in on Kano. She then watched as Kano delivered his signature move. Akeno rushed to Konekos side.

"This is his signature move. It is highly devastating when it finishes. We really need to help him now!"

Koneko, Kiba and Akeno both ran towards Kano to save Issei, but a giant tornado was brought down around Issei and Kano. They looked up and saw Dimitri smiling from the stage.

"Cant allow you guys to interfere. Sorry."

[Four pawns and one knight of the Spartans, retired.]

"Ah. So Rias and Asia have defeated most of our people. Well played. Your king is quite strong against our melee users. I am impressed. Now, shall we play Thunder Queen?"

Akeno and Dimitri both fired wind and thunder bolts at each other, creating magnificent explosions. When the fight started, they noticed that Kano had kicked Issei already and Issei was traveling within the tornados wind. The tornado finally threw Issei into a wall, defeating him.

[One pawn from Rias, defeated]

"Issei! NO!" Rias screamed over the mic. "What happened?!"

"... Their Bishop and King formed a fantastic combination together. Dimitri has the power of the wind as his sacred gear. He formed a twister around Kano and Issei and walled us off. Kano took down Issei putting sand into Isseis eyes."

"I see. Im on my way!"

[One Bishop from the Spartans, retired.]

Akeno came down from the sky, breathing heavily.

"If he was able to be a queen, we would be equal, but he wasnt an attacking type anyway. He was a support. I had the advantage."

Kano smiled and looked at Kiba, Akeno and Koneko.

"Yes. It has come down to the end. This was a great match, but its time to end this. Who is next?"

Akeno aimed her hand at Kano and Kiba raised his sword, readying a two person strike. However a blur pushed past Kiba and there was a knight holding onto Akenos right shoulder. In the mans right hand was a knife. The knife was then plunged into Akenos gut, forcing her to fall to the ground. She groaned and began to disappear immediately.

[One queen of Rias, retired.]

"What?! How?!" Rias exclaimed as she finally came through the door.

"Simple. Poison." The man with the knife said. "The poison isnt fatal to anyone, but it drains stamina. The poison is fast acting. This would normally take about half of anyone's stamina but she was already weakened by Dimitri. I am a knight in the Spartans group."

Kiba raised his sword and rushed at the knight, who began to duel now. Koneko, Asia and Rias all looked at Kano.

"I am not easily defeated. Now bring it on! All of you!" Kano said, telling them to strike. Rias began to fire off aura of destruction at Kano, clearly upset over the losses of her precious pawn and queen. However, a beam of ice collided with the destruction and nullified it. When they turned, a new opponent came in.

"Oh. This is my rook. Please enjoy him. He is a magic user who has been granted extreme defense. That is what he worked on. Go fight him Rias!"

Rias turned and began battling with the wizard rook. Kano and Koneko got into a battle stance and Koneko charged. She aimed punch to his gut, but he easily deflected it. She began to send punch after punch at him, at random places. She was trying to be unpredictable which she was but Kano either dodged or deflected. Kano looked over towards his knight and nodded.

The knight of his ran at Koneko and Kiba followed. Kano gripped a punch towards his leg by Koneko and turned her so her punch would hit the wall. Kano then reached down and took two large knives from his boots. He took one knife and stabbed down. It looked like he was going to stab at his knight, but the knight zig zagged behind him. Before Kiba could react, he felt a knife in his knee, completely sending him to his knee. Kano then stabbed downwards with the other knife, sending Kiba to his knees, at the mercy of Kano. Kano stood back then brought his leg up. Kano then spartan kicked Kiba in the face, breaking Kibas face. His nose, jaw and skull were now began cracked and shattered, defeating Kiba.

[One Knight of Rias, defeated.]

Koneko turned and punched at the knight who actually didnt dodge in time. He took the punch in the throat, sending him into a wall.

[One knight of the Spartans, defeated]

It was down to Rias, Asia and Koneko versus Kano and his rook. Rias was uninjured while the rook wasnt, but it was because of Asia. The rook aimed his next Ice shot towards Rias, but then made it turn and aim at Asia. Rias predicted this and aimed a destruction aura up. However, the rook antcipated this, and shot his ice towards Koneko, striking her square in the chest. Koneko was sent flying and she collided with a wall, while also frozen in a block of ice. By the time Rias looked back at the rook, Kano already had Rias in a headlock, squeezing the air out of her. Kano began to wrestle Rias who was struggling violently to the ground, keeping her still. Kano used his other hand and his everlasting darkness to keep her destructive powers in check. She could fire them, but she knows she would only hurt herself from the resulting explosion. Rias kept squirming, but Kano had his legs around her waist and tangled in her own lags, keeping her from actually getting free. His hand had both of her wrists locked in an embrace. Rias's struggling slowed down and finally, it stopped.

[Rias Gremory. Defeated.]

Everyone was finally teleported out of the battlefield, and Kano ended up on a hospital bed. He was uninjured, but he was tired. It was his first real large-scale fight and it was tough on him. He was glad that he had actual battle plans that worked! I mean his strategy with Dimitri's wind, the rook firing blasts at one target only to change and change again! Then the position change with the knight. It was a great battle and Kano was happy. Koneko wasnt ready for large scale fights, but neither was the rest of the Gremorys. No strategies. It was their first game though so it was not an issue.

Sirzechs walked into his room and looked at Kano.

"Nice fight. I am quite happy to see that the Spartan program was a success. You got strength and battle skills. You as a commander would do very well."

"Thank you. Im just happy I had a good fight."

[I am quite satisfied to. The seal is so weak, I could actually FEEL your blows and feelings so well. It made me feel alive. Im enjoying myself. I havent actually gotten sleep much when I had my body. Now I can rest.] Erebus said.

Sirzechs raised a brow at what Erebus said about the seal, but didnt say anything.

"Well, I just wanted to congratulate you. I will let you rest and meet up with the others."

Kano nodded.

Two hours later.

Kano walked into the Gremory groups hospital room and smiled. He leaned against the wall.

"Kano. You were a good opponent. It was fun, even though I lost." Rias said.

"Thank you, though I know I can do better. At first, my strategy to attack you with the four pawns and the knight was a fail. I didnt research you very well. That was my mistake, but the strategy within the Gym felt nice. I need to get better and I will. From my view point, you guys need better team work. While all of you are powerful, teamwork will be your enemy."

"Thanks for the tip. I will keep it in mind."

Kano nodded.

"Is your group ok?" Kano asked. "I didnt make them hate me did I?"

They all said no and Kano smiled.

"Alright. Well I guess its back to school we go. So do we take a transport circle?"

"Yea, I think thats best."

"Cool. I will wait then."

Koneko looked at Kano with her cute cat face. "Do you still lack a place to stay?"

"I can stay in the school. Sona said that would be ok."

"Oh. Alright."

Koneko said with a smile.

"Well actually... since im staying with Issei now, I think I will remodel the house. How about we all stay in his house when its completed."

"If thats what you want. I am a part of your club and I do need a place to sleep. That would be fine."

Rias nodded and Kano left.

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